But today the tories refused to confirm the National Living wage would reach nine pounds an hour by 2020 as George Osborne had previously announced. Our Political Editor nick watt is with us now. A big moment. It was. I have been trying to identify about how theresa may may take to fashion one nation conservative to her vision about how the country should be run and workers rights is that the hard and the reason for that is one of her insights from brexit was notjust about to leave the eu, it was a cry of anguish from people who feel left behind by globalisation. These pledges today are designed by her to show that she really means business about Making Globalisation Work for those people who feel left behind. She needs a mandate on this to face down critics in her own party. She lost a battle in the cabinet in the autumn about getting workers sitting on company boards, one person said this did not work in germany. That idea, it comes back, although the language and wording about who w
And coming up in sportsday on bbc news, the return of rooney to goodison park. But would wayne win as everton started their Europa League campaign . Wayne rooney has been sleeping in Everton Pyjamas for 13 years, waiting for the day that he could put the full kit back on. Double sessions, holiday winning, spin classes and whatsapp messages. He is a competitor, he is a leader he back. Good evening. Weve a Special Report tonight on the devastating human cost of a war that has been raging in a remote corner of the middle east for two years. The un is calling it the worlds worst humanitarian crisis with the country on the brink offamine. Yemen is split by a fierce civil war between the internationally recognised government backed by a Saudi Led Coalition and houthi rebels, allied with iran. Yemen is now on the brink of famine and has become a Breeding Ground for disease. Cholera has swept the country with nearly 2000 deaths since the outbreak began in april. The situation there now is desc
From the council and the Tenant Management Organisation that ran the block are likely to be interviewed under caution. Now on bbc news, all the latest Business News live from singapore. It has been a bumper week of earnings fall the tech names, but is on shares fall after earnings miss their mark. Is on shares. Amazon. And as the us company on track to meet president trumps Ambitious Goals . Second quarter gdp figures are released today. Hello, and welcome to Asia Business report. Im sharanjit leyl. It has been a big week of earnings from tech companies, household names, with services that are very much part of a everyday lives. We have seen fantastic Quarterly Results from googles parent company, alphabet, as well as facebook. But the latest, twitter, has bucked the trend. Its Quarterly Report card showed the companys Quarterly Report card showed the compa nys revenue was Quarterly Report card showed the companys revenue was down about 5 and advertising revenue fell by about 8 . Now,
We have no tolerance for hate and violence from White Supremacists, neo nazis and the kkk. These dangerous Fringe Groups have no place in American Public life and the American Public debate and we condemn them in the strongest possible terms. And 70 years ago 200 years of British Colonial rule in india came to an end when the country was partitioned into pakistan and india Hundreds Of Thousands of people were killed as violence erupted on both sides. We will talk to two families about what it meant for them and the legacy it left. Hello. Welcome to the programme, were live until 11 this morning. Do get in touch on all the stories were talking about today including the news of a big increase in the number of people being arrested for being drunk at airports or on flights. Do you drink when you fly . If you work in the Travel Industry and have experienced drunk passengers or if youre a traveller with views on whether Licensing Laws should be changed do get in contact. Use the hashtag vic
In aleppo, after the last rebel fighters and civilians leave the eastern half of the city. And we speak to a seven Year Old Girl whose plight has moved people Around The World with her descriptions on social media of life under siege in aleppo. And we will look at tomorrows front pages. The Daily Express warns that the uk faces christmas storms, with 90 mph gales and torrential rain. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. German police say there is clear evidence linking their main suspect a tunisian man, anis amri, to the attack on a Christmas Market in berlin. His fingerprints have been found in the lorry that was driven into shoppers on monday, killing 12 people. Speaking at the family home in tunisia, amris brother called on him to give himself up. Chancellor merkel said today she was proud of the calm way in which germans had responded to the attack, as our europe correspondent Damian Grammaticas reports. It is new footage that hasjust emerged. The scene immediately after mondays a