At ten oclock, Rachel Schofield will be here with a full round up of the days news. First our world. Its 30 years since the iron curtain fell. For millions across europe, it meant freedom. For moscow, it meant the end of its empire. Todays russia wants to forget about 1989. But three decades on, russia is reasserting itself. There are fears of a new stand off with the west. The baltic has become one of the front lines of what feels like a new cold war. As russia pushes for greater influence, i ask its leader how he sees his country. I am on a journey that will take me back to 1989 and across europe, to find out what it was like for moscow to lose an empire and whether russia is building a new one. Moscow it is a city that oozes empire. From the skyscrapers ofjoseph stalin, to the residence of the czars. The message is unmistakable this is a country with ambition. Throughout its history, russia has had an unswerving belief in its own greatness. You can feel that inside the kremlin. This
Hello. This is bbc news. Well be taking a look at tomorrow mornings papers in a moment first the headlines. The mother of teenager harry dunn who died in a crash involving the wife of a us diplomat says the government must put pressure on her to return to the uk. The Us State Department expressed sympathy, but said diplomatic immunity was rarely waived. Democrats leading the impeachment inquiry into president trump, issue a legal order demanding that the white house hand over more documents. Dozens of people are injured, eight of them seriously, after a double decker bus overturns in devon. A british australian woman and her boyfriend are released after more than three months in an iranianjail. Hello, and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. With me are the Political Editor of the sunday mirror and sunday people, nigel nelson and the political commentator, jo phillips. Many of tomorrows front pages are already in. The telegraph says ministers are d
Good evening. Britain is calling on the United States to hand over the wife of an american diplomat whos left the uk, after she was involved in a fatal road crash. Police say they want to question the woman about the death of 19 year old harry dunn in a collision in crowton in northamptonshire. The foreign secretary, dominic raab, says hes called the Us Ambassador to say hes disappointed the americans have refused to waive her diplomatic immunity. Duncan kennedy reports. This is how local people have reacted to the death of harry dunn, a teenager from their community, killed on a country road. Harry had been on his motorbike when he was hit by a car. He died of multiple injuries. The car had been driven from this nearby air force base by the 42 year old wife of an american diplomat. The base is a centre for Us Intelligence gathering. The woman, who lives on this American Air Force base, told the police that she would co operate fully with their enquiry and that she had no plans to leav
Hello and welcome to sportsday im james pearce, our headlines this evening off and running new zealand start the defence of their world cup title with a win against south africa. A late drop goald helps france survive a second half fightback by argentina to win by two points back with a bang. Manchester city respond to last weekends defeat by scoring eight against watford also coming up in the programme, ferraris sharl leclair is on pole for the third race in a row. Hell start tomorrows Singapore Grand Prix ahead of championship leader Lewis Hamilton. And a bit closer to home, ahead of the World Championships that start tomorrow, the worlds top paracyclists take to the yorkshire roads. Hello and welcome to sportsday. Good evening, well have all the news about Manchester Citys record breaking afternoon and the details from todays other premier League Matches a bit later, but lets start injapan with the Rugby World Cup. Of the days three games it was defending champions new zealand again
In football, Kevin De Bruyne helps man city score a massive eight goals and secure victory against watford. And 75 years on from the battle of arnhem, a mass parachute drop takes place in the netherlands to mark what was known as operation Market Garden in world war two. Good evening. The labour Leaderjeremy Corbyn has intervened in an attempt to oust tom watson as his deputy, in a row thats overshadowed the start of labours conference in brighton. The grassroots group, momentum, had tabled a motion at the partys Ruling National Executive Committee to abolish tom watsons role. But this morning the nec backed Jeremy Corbyns proposal to review the position instead. Tom watson likened the ploy to remove him as a sectarian attack on a broad church. Our Political Correspondent iain watson reports. Despite the smiles, friends of the labour leader said he was livid when he found out of plans last night by fellow left wingers to oust his deputy, tom watson. There is no love lost between them b