Is going under the hammer in geneva tonight. Bids are expected to top 25 million. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. Mps have begun debating key legislation that will pave the way for brexit. As expected no amendments have yet been made to the eu withdrawal bill. As the debate got under way earlier, sharp divisions within conservative ra nks sharp divisions within conservative ranks were exposed with the government warning rebels that they risked playing into labours hands in they vote down the legislation. 0ur chief Political Correspondent vicki young is in westminster for us now. And the government has safely negotiated the first two votes in this marathon session really. Tonight they will go on till almost midnight, the first of eight days of line by line scrutiny of this withdrawal bill. Much of the discussion today was about the governments desire to put the brexit date into law. Labour are not happy about this. They feel that its a happy about this. They feel that itsa gimmick
Nearly 48 hours after the devastating earthquake in iran, tens of thousands of people are still in need of help. Well the earthquake struck and at least 460 people were killed after this 7. 3 magnitude quake struck on sunday. The epicentre was here. There have been around 200 aftershocks felt in all those areas, marked in red. The image thats are coming from the area have been a real devastation with thousands of buildings destroyed. Around 8,000 people have been injured during this quake. Thousands more are now facing their third night camped out and during the night, the weather conditions do get really cold. It becomes freezing. The devastation is phenomenal. Iranian authorities have called off rescue operations saying that there is quite frankly little chance of finding any more survivors. If we look at the amount of devastation, theres a lot of road structure damage as well, making it really hard for rescue services to get through. 30,000 homes have been damaged in this quake. The
£17 billion the annual cost of wasted food, as campaigners say that its time for much tougher measures. And denmark have ended the republic of irelands hopes of reaching the world cup finals. And in the sport on bbc news england continue their world cup preparations with a glamour tie against brazils samba boys at wembley. Good evening. The United Nations is warning that the desperate humanitarian crisis in yemen is worsening, and that unless aid is allowed in, millions more lives will be at risk. The crisis began in 2015, when Houthi Rebels backed by iran ousted the president and took control of parts of the country. A coalition, led by saudi arabia, then began a campaign of airstrikes, to try to restore the government. Two years on, extreme hunger and disease are killing an estimated 130 children every day. The conflict has left 80 of the country in need of humanitarian aid. Seven Million People are fully reliant on food aid, much of which is now not able to get through because of a
Hello and welcome to sportsday im jessica creighton. Heres whats coming up in the programme. Irelands world cup dream is over, thrashed by a dazzling denmark in dublin. A dream comes true for mo farah. Britains most decorated track and field star receives his knighthood from the queen. And Roger Federer closes in on a place in the atp world tour finals in london. Roger federer has defeated a battling Alexander Zverev. Good evening. We have a busy programme ahead, but well start with football where the republic of irelands world cup dream is over. They were thrashed in the second leg of their play off qualifer against demark 5 1. Our correspondentjoe wilson is in dublin for us. Joe, a great start from ireland but they couldnt hold on against a brilliant denmark tonight. Yes, its funny, i guess we are reflecting really the republic of ireland scoring too soon and we wondered if they would score a goal. Being defensively strong has been the reason for their success in getting to this stag
Now on bbc news, all the latest Business News live from singapore. Its a yes vote for legalising same sex marriage in australia. We look at how the pink dollar could boost the economy. Hack or fact . A bbc Team Investigates claims apples Face Identification system on its iphone x is not secure. Hello and welcome to Asia Business report, im sharanjit leyl. Australians have voted in favour of same sex marriage, the results were announced this morning. It paves the way for legislation that will make australia the 26th nation to legalise same sex unions, and there could be economic benefits. By some estimates same sex weddings could give a 1 billion boost to the economy assuming every same sex couple rushes out to tie the knot in the first year but that could be a tad optimistic. But Research Suggests same sex couples in australia earn more than their opposite sex counterparts. Earlier i spoke to her leigh fisherfrom opposite sex counterparts. Earlier i spoke to her leigh fisher from the e