Force affecting parts of Greater Manchester, northern derbyshire, up into parts of west and South Yorkshire. The potential that we could see up to 100 millimetres of rain over high ground. That sort of rainfall will bring some localised flooding and certainly some very poor travelling conditions, but in a broader area than that across Northern England, also north wales, you can expect some very wet weather through the guest of the afternoon. For scotland and Northern Ireland some showery rain, its drying out and brightening up, quite breezy. To the south a mixture of sunny spells and heavy, thundery showers and those are your temperatures for the rest of the afternoon, 8 10. The rain will continue for a time across Northern England and north wales. Thats why we are so concerned about flooding and travel problems. The rain will sink down into the midlands. It will tend to peter out. To the south east of that, one or two fog patches, one or two showers. Quite a chilly night, chilly and N
Are seeing birth rates hit new lows and ask what governments can do about it. Voiceover live from our studios in singapore and london. This is bbc world news. Its newsday. Its 8am in singapore and midnight here in london, where borisjohnson has finally secured an early general election in the uk on the fourth attempt. Mps approved his call for a snap poll on december the 12th by a huge majority, with opposition backing. The Prime Minister said the public must be given a choice over the future of brexit and the country. Labour Leaderjeremy Corbyn said the election is a once in a generation chance to transform our country. Our Political Editor, Laura Kuenssberg, has the latest. These will soon be portraits from the past. Speaker order order. The howls and the rage of a house divided. Theyll be replaced with some new voices. Some here will disappear. I call the Prime Minister. Mrspeaker, thank you. Its never been that straightforward with this group of mps, as this still new Prime Ministe
Where this government offers nothing. And with an election on the horizon, ten of the 21 tory mps expelled by the conservative party have been invited back into the fold. Well look at what the parties will offer in this brexit election. And if youve got questions about what happened today, what to expect in the next few weeks, and where this leaves brexit, send me your questions using the bbcos yesterday it was off, todays its on. There will be a uk election on december 12. Mps voted a short time ago on whether to hold it on the ninth heres the vote at westminster a short time ago. Order. The ayes to the right, 295. The noes to the left, 315. So the noes have it. The noes have it. Unlocked. That idea was defeated. So having said no to it yesterday now parliament has finally voted in favour of an election on december 12 after a long day of debating. Its got the green light because the leader of the oppositionjeremy corbyn, brought his labour party behind an election 2a hours after he bl
Especially big oil and big attack. We will have the likes of credit suisse. Its very much so a mixed fixture mixed picture. Are mixed financials this morning. Also interested to see how retailers will do today given the fact lvmh looking to make a bid for the blue box, tiffanys. Staples and industrials are in the red, looking to be a risk off here in europe. What are you seeing across individual names . Winners butrs and lvmh is at the top of your list as far as Companies Adding index points or holding us back from further losses. Adding points to the index, you shall in second place there. Luxurygot some other stocks there carrying specifically. If you look at the losers here, onc is the biggest weight the stoxx 600. Taking out about 2 10 of a point from the stoxx 600 down half a point right now. Unilever are also losers today. You do see two of the biggest newsmakers, Louis Vuitton making an offer for tiffany is the biggest gainer. Asc earnings disappointed the biggest loser. The ind
Flash floods cause chaos across england on the isle of man, a Major Incident has been declared. And coming up on the programme mps will debate proposals for a long awaited new law to better protect victims of Domestic Abuse. Ill be speaking to the labour mp, jess phillips, whos worked on the bill. Good morning. Welcome to bbc newsroom live im joanna gosling. The government will submit what it calls its final proposals for a new brexit deal today, with a warning there will be no further negotiations if brussels fails to engage with the offer. Borisjohnson is expected to tell the conservative Party Conference the plan is a fair and reasonable compromise that all sides can build on. While the official plan wont be published till later, the Daily Telegraph has published details of what it says are the proposals british negotiators are putting forward in place of the backstop designed to avoid a hard border on the island of ireland. The paper says the idea is to have some checks on the bord