Would be leaving the eu. Well have all the latest from here in westminster. The other news this lunchtime. Theres been sporadic fighting in syria, despite turkeys agreement to suspend its military offensive against Kurdish Forces. Barcelona is brought to a standstill as a general strike is called over the jailing of separatist leaders. More than 700 people are arrested across the uk as Police Launch an operation to break the so called county lines drug gangs. And in japan, excitement mounts as three home nations prepare for this weekends quarterfinal matches at the rugby world cup. And coming up in the sport later in the hour on bbc news, good news for wales, dan biggar is fit and theyll be at full strength for their world cup quaretrfinal against france. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one from westminster, where the Prime Minister is in a race to try to persuade mps to back his new Brexit Agreement before tomorrows vote in parliament. Borisjohnson says hes very confiden
The most played song goes to. If i lay here would you lie with me and just forget the world . Chasing cars by snow patrol, its been crowned the most played song of the 21st century on uk radio. And englands netballers could qualify for the semi finals of the netball world cup in liverpool today. They need to beat trindad and tobago. Coming up, gazing at the moon weve got some spectacular pictures to show you of the Lunar Eclipse. Good morning and welcome to the bbc news at 9. Comments made by President Trump about four congresswomen have been condemned as racist by the us house of representatives. The president called for these women from minority backgrounds to go back to their countries of origin, despite all being us citizens. Shortly after the vote, a democrat politician called for mr trump to be impeached. 0ur north america correspondent david willis reports. A row that started in cyberspace became all the more human, not to mention personal, on the floor of the nations capital, a
Maine state police say that authorities are going to execute search warrants at several homes. Associate with robert card. So that is what we saw in that video with police surrounding a home. And they were using megaphones to call for anybody inside the home to come out with their hands up. But police are saying this is just standard procedure and they do not have any information. That card is actually going to be inside any of the homes that they search. Theyre just doing their Due Diligence and following up on every lead as they try to bring the suspect into custody. And rebecca here we are, 24 plus hours later, from your point of view, whats been the reaction from that tight knit community there. Yeah, you mentioned its a tight knit community. I mean, just over 37,000 people live in this town. So thats smaller than the population of some college campuses. So the community here really knows each other, you know, with just how massive this shooting was, with 18 people injured and at l
A lot of people leave cities and go further and further out to get opportunity. The supreme courts jurisprudence undermines the government being racially conscious to counter that. Host we want to thank you for your conversation this morning. The house is about to gavel in and we will bring you up to the floor for a live gaveltogavel coverage here on cspan. The speaker pro tempore the house will be in order. The chair lays before the house a communication from the speaker. The clerk the speakers rooms, washington, d. C. May 16, 2024. I hereby appoint the honorable mary e. Miller to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. Signed, mike johnson, speaker of the house of representatives. The speaker pro tempore pursuant to the order of the house of january 9, 2024, the chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour debate. The chair will alternate recognition between the parties with time equally allocated between the parties and
Politicsnation. Tonights lead destination, georgia. All political roads are leading the states controversialeek. Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor greene made good on her threat to challenge Mike Johnsons speakership yet begun. While Many Democrats followed through on their vow to join republicans in defeating that effort, but not every democrat was on board with saving the speakers skin. Atlanta congress wam Williams Joins me shortly. Meantime in atlanta, georgia governor mike kemp signed three new Voter Repression Bills into law ahead of the 2024 election, making it even harder for black and brown voters to exercise their right to vote. And theres anticipation mixed with controversy on the campus of Morehouse College where President Biden is due to deliver the Commencement Address this weekend. Hell be speaking to the student body deeply divided over to war in gaza as mass protests continue in colleges and universities across the country. All of that tonight plus were 100 days away from