After a referendum on independence for the region of catalonia. And coming up in sportsday on bbc news. More injury concerns for england ahead of this weeks world cup qualifier both fabian delph and philjones sat out training today and require further medical assessment. Good evening, and welcome to the bbc news at six. At least 58 people have died and some 515 have been injured in a mass shooting in las vegas. The gunman, Stephen Paddock, was a 64 year old white man living in a retirement village and unknown to the police. The shooting broke out during an open air Music Festival attended by thousands of people. Shortly after 10 00pm local time, hundreds of bullets rained down on the festival goers from the mandalay bay hotel, as paddock opened fire from his room on the 32nd floor. People ran for cover in panic, some were crushed in the stampede. By the time the police managed to work out where the gunfire was coming from, paddock had shot himself. The police say they found in excess o
Decency and professionalism been put on hold, just because of sexual dynamics in the workplace . It is inexcusable. And, by eck we preview the opera thats been written for a yorkshire accent. Our main story at 5pm theresa may has called on eu leaders to set out ambitious plans for the brexit negotiations. The Prime Minister is in brussels for a key summit, where the other 27 eu states will consider whether enough progress has been made to begin trade negotiations. The german chancellor, Angela Merkel, has suggested that trade talks could begin as early as december. Mrs may will have a chance to influence the debate when she addresses leaders later this evening. But here shes being urged by some in her party to issue an ultimatum to say that if trade talks dont begin soon, britain will settle for no deal. This report from our europe correspondent Damian Grammaticas, whos in brussels. Are you confident of progress today, Prime Minister . Deal or no deal . But at this stage, its no deal.
Is it going . Ill reveal all a little later on. Thanks darren. Also coming up shift like the seasons chops for no reason. Give us an eee by gum. The opera notes sung in a yorkshire dialect. We talk to the writer and composer. Hello everyone this is afternoon live. Simon mccoy. Theresa may is in brussels for an eu summit shes pushing for progress on brexit negotiations and will address eu leaders tonight. But no one thinks its going to be easy and mrs may is being urged by some in her party to issue this ultimatum if trade talks dont begin soon britain will settle for a no deal on brexit. This report from our europe correspondent Damian Grammaticas. Are you confident today, Prime Minister . Deal or no deal . But at this stage its no deal. The pms jaguar and the talks both making slow progress. Gathering in brussels, the leaders from the eus 27 other countries have made plain theyre not satisfied with what the uks proposing in the brexit negotiations. Their conditions have not been met.
We begin with your car instead of filling up your tank, would you rather just plug in overnight . Companies worldwide are moving more quickly to try and energize the electric car market, but is the demand there yet phil lebeau joins us with this weeks cover story on cars is there a power surge ahead reporter what started with tesla picked up momentum with the chevy bolt and nissan leaf is now turning into a surge of new electric vehicles. Ford, volkswagen, and bmw all planning to sell more plugin models, while volvos new xc60 crossover utility vehicle, a plugin hybrid, is designed to meet the growing demand for batterypowered cars and trucks. This is an evolution and not a revolution and we have made a few statements in the past, we at volvo. We have said by 2025 we want to have 1 million electrified cars on the road. Reporter heres why automakers are going green china. Leaders of the Worlds Largest auto market want more of their citizens to plug in their cars, which would help cut pol
The electric car market, but is the demand there yet . Phil lebeau joins us with this weeks cover story on cars. Is there a power surge ahead . Reporter what started with tesla picked up momentum with the chevy volt and nissan leaf is now turning into a surge of new electric vehicles. Ford, volkswagen, and bmw all planning to sell more plugin models, while volvos new xc60 crossover utility vehicle, a plugin hybrid, is designed to meet the growing demand for batterypowered cars and trucks. This is an evolution and not a revolution. And we have made a few statements in the past, we at volvo. We have said by 2025 we want to have 1 million electrified cars heres why automakers are going green. China. Leaders of the Worlds Largest auto market want more of their citizens to plug in their cars, which would help cut pollution in big cities. T banning the sale of new gaspowered vehicles at some point in the future. In addition, china already sells more electric vehicles than any other country,