Well have the latest from westminster and brussels, including an interview with the belgian mep, philippe lamberts. The other main stories on bbc news at 5. A mother breaks down at the contaminated blood inquiry as she talks about the death of her ten year old son. 19 people are arrested as police say theyve broken the uks biggest ever drugs operation more that 50 tonnes of drugs are seized. And coming up on the programme well be live from the roundhouse in london, ahead of tonights building of the year award the stirling prize for architecture. Today at five, the top story talks to secure a brexit deal appear close to collapsing after a downing street source said the eu had made a brexit deal essentially impossible. The source claimed the german chancellor Angela Merkel had told borisjohnson in a phone call this morning, that a brexit deal is now overwhelmingly unlikely. Mrs merkel reportedly said a deal would never be possible unless Northern Ireland stayed in a Customs Union which i
On closer inspection, mr speaker, it is nothing more than fools gold. Lets get on with the proposals, with the measures announced in this queens speech. Lets get on with out queens speech. Lets get on with our vision. Lets get on with our vision for a britain where fairness and balance are at the heart of what we do. Well have the details, and well be asking if the queens speech could be rejected by mps, renewing calls for a general election. Also on the programme. Hundreds of colleagues, friends, and family attend the funeral of pc Andrew Harper, who was killed on duty in august. Syrian Government Forces take up positions within the range of turkish artillery, hours after striking a deal with the kurds. One of britains most notorious paedophiles, who abused as many as 200 children, has been stabbed to death in prison. Iam i am Rebecca Jones, here at the magnificent guild hall here in the heart of the city of london, where the great and good of the book world will soon be gathering to
A compelling case for impeachment not only to convince the American Public but also Senate Republicans it would take a swell of republican the factors to remove trump from office and thus far theres only been a trickle. Castro aljazeera capitol hill. Well small still ahead on aljazeera trying to hack the u. S. President to cyber group linked to the iranian government is attacking microsoft accounts. Im a quote reporter from the waters off the coast of french guyana right of the my great tree roots of whales and other marine species as we listen to the sounds of the. How the weather is looking pretty mobile now across parts of Northern Europe because the sabria clapp which is. Piling across the low countries into germany thats the a remnant of what was storm around lorenzo thats going to city making its way further south which in the east was ahead of that this long line of class a lot of the shadows theyre still in place theyre just around grace pushing into that western side of turkey
Sir mo farahs former coach Alberto Salazar has been given a four year ban from athletics, after being found guilty of doping violations. Coming up on afternoon live, all the sport. That is with jane dougal. We hope will have all the details on the fast developing story on mo farahs former coach has been given a foul year ban from athletics. Mo farah has never failed a year ban from athletics. Mo farah has neverfailed a drug year ban from athletics. Mo farah has never failed a drug test and that he has no tolerance for anyone that he has no tolerance for anyone that breaks the rules. Thanks, jane. It is lively out there, darren, we will have a look at the flooding on the isle of man, the rain will ease off but there is a high tide along the east coast at the moment. Tomorrow looks drier everywhere, but there is an old hurricane going close by towards the end of the week. Thank you, darren. Also coming up is red meat back on the menu . The controversial study that says cutting down on sa
Youre just about up to date with the headlines. Now on bbc news, its time for hardtalk. Welcome to hardtalk, im stephen sackur. Ireland is bracing itself for the scariest of halloween nightmares. Prime minister borisjohnson has pledged to take the uk out of the eu on october the 31st come what may. That may very well mean a no deal brexit, with potentially damaging economic consequences for the uk, but also for eu nations, most particularly ireland. My guest is neale richmond, chair of the irish senates brexit committee. Can ireland prevent itself becoming the Collateral Damage in a brussels london showdown . Neale richmond in dublin, welcome to hardtalk. Thanks for having me on. Lets start with Boris Johnson, hardtalk. Thanks for having me on. Lets start with borisjohnson, new Prime Minister. He has changed the dynamic of the brexit process, because he says britain is leaving on october the 31st come what may. How has ireland adapted to this new borisjohnson how has ireland adapted to