Prince harry in london loads to talk about chaos in the asylum system. Well be joined by Jonathan Gillis about that dramatic defection. Later on. He will give it both barrels , no will give it both barrels, no doubt. What do you make of this defection . Should it even be allowed . Natalie. Elphicke been very, very critical of sir keir starmer, basically saying he favours open borders now. Hey presto. Suddenly, on the eve of a general election , she defects a general election, she defects to a party. Shes done nothing but criticise for years and years. Do you buy this . Is this an onorable defection or is something fishy going on down there in dover . Whats her career about to head off the white cliffs of dover . Thelma and louise style. And this is about a dramatic way of making her seem like one of the good guys, not one of those whos spectacularly failed to control our borders for all of these years. Get in touch. As you can tell, im hyped. I hope you are too. Get in touch gbnews. Co
In global news, business and sport. Donald trump has switched on the Christmas Tree lights at the white house. Yes, it is december the 1st, and you can be part of the conversation. So do you think its too soon to be talking about christmas . Tell us what you think. Just use the hashtag bbc the briefing. The pope is leading an open air mass for tens of thousands of people in the bangladeshi capital, dhaka. He first went over to myanmar. We have a live scene coming up in a moment from Suhrawardy Udyan park. People had been queuing for hours to get a glimpse of pope francis. There are a tiny number of roman catholics in bangladesh. They make up just 0. 2 of the population, but significant numbers have turned out to see him. Joining me now from dhaka is our correspondent yogita limaye. Obviously an historic visit. It doesnt come very often the pope comes to this part of the world, but with so much political resonance to it. Thats right. Im just outside that park where the mass is taking pl
To mark the end of our amazing week about special Educational Needs, were at piper hill high in manchester. Today were at this Outstanding Special School to hear what can be done to ensure every child fulfils their potential. This is fergus, a classroom assistant. Im in the sensory room here, which helps children understand the world around them. Today were reporting that 1. 4 million kids have speech and language difficulties but far too many of them are not getting the help they need. Good morning. There is no stopping the vinyl revival, after a decade of increasing sales we are still on course to buy 30 more this year than last year. I will have more on that later. In sport, the world waits as the draw for the 2018 world cup in russia takes place at the kremlin this afternoon. England are not one of the top seeds, so we will be hoping to avoid the likes of brazil, argentina and germany. And matt has the weather. Good morning. It is the meteorological start of winter today. Icy acros
A nswe is where will they play . All the answers coming up where will they play . All the answers coming up for england and the other 31 teams in the world cup draw which starts at three oclock. It will be very exciting. Thanks, catherine. Tomas has all the weather technically the first day of winter . Yes, meteorologists considered the 1st of december the first day of winter, and we have a great afternoon on the way, in terms of sunshine, and it will be turning milder. Also coming up Health Inspectors order a review of all nhs Radiology Services in england, after a hospital in portsmouth failed to spot three cases of lung cancer. Hello, everyone this is afternoon live im ben brown. Friends of the embattled cabinet minister damian green have been rallying around him today after new claims that police found thousands of pornographic images on his parliamentary computer. A retired Scotland Yard detective has told the bbc he was shocked at the volume of pornographic materialfound during a
The fiancee of George Papadopoulos came completely out of the blue. The First Official to plead guilty speaks out calling him a patriot. What he told the special counsel about his contacts with the campaign and why hes cooperating with the investigation. How surprised do you think i and everyone else at home will be when they learn the whole story. Only on gma this morning. Light it up, luke bryan taking over gma bringing country right here to times square. Good morning, america. [ cheers and applause ] good morning, america. Welcome to a big friday here on gma. You just saw luke bryan right there from the opry city stage right here in times square. Just a few blocks away. So im going to head out there in just a little bit and grab a coat but at least its not snowing. A lot of people are there early. Not snowing there but it is snowing down south. You know about this all too well. Take a look at the palm trees near houston covered in snow. Wow. Kids are excited doing a little dance in