At the vatican this morning that hed been stuck in an elevator for 25 minutes and had to freed by firefighters. Apparently there had been a power outage as he was making his way up in the lift. Now its time for a look at the weather with ben. Hello. It is the first day of september. The first day of autumn as far as meteorologists are concerned and so it seems apt that there is quite a cool fail that there is quite a cool feel to our weather today. Sunshine at times, but also some showers, some of which will be heavy and thundery. The showers most plentiful across scotland, Northern Ireland, the north of england, in fact, a band of cloud will bring more general showery rain into Northern Ireland later in the afternoon. Further south, not as many showers, more dry weather as well, some sunshine with highs of 13 20d. Through this evening and tonight we see the showers crossing Northern Ireland, passing into scotland on the north of england. Showers elsewhere tending to fade away and with
Lead brexit negotiator, Michel Barnier, says the uk has now reached a moment of truth. He rejects borisjohnsons demand for the irish backstop to be scrapped. Hurricane dorian is the strongest ever to hit the bahamas us forecasters describe the conditions there as catastrophic. Pro democracy activists in hong kong target the citys airport after a night of violence in which dozens of people were injured. Political leaders from across the world gather in poland to mark the 80th anniversary of the start of world war ii, as the german president asks for polands forgiveness at the event. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. Labour says itll present a bill in parliament this week designed to stop the uk leaving the eu without a deal. Sir keir starmer, the shadow brexit secretary, has told the bbc that if the legislation is passed, its likely to delay the date of departure. The cabinet minister, michael gove, refused to commit the government to implementing such a change even if its approve
Hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. With me are the mirrors Political Correspondent Nicola Bartlett and the president of the Foreign Press association benedicte paviot. Nice to have you here. Tomorrows front pages are already in. A warning from the Prime Minister on tomorrows telegraph tories who defy borisjohnson by trying to stop a no deal brexit will be expelled from the party. More of the same on the telegraph as the Prime Minister warns rebel tories ill kick you out the party mps who block no deal will be banned from standing banned from standing as conservatives. Ready, steady, chaos the metro warns westminster mayhem looms as mps prepare to return tomorrow after downing street signalled any new laws to block a hard brexit could simply be ignored . The Financial Times reports that a Labour Government would cost uk companies £300 billion by shifting shares to staff in one of the biggest state raids on the private sector to take
Is the process of becoming a british citizen too complicated and costly . Thats the question a Cross Party Group of mps is asking, as the government reviews how the process works. Currently, people hoping to become uk nationals have to pass a test about life in the uk, but is it too difficult . Our home editor mark easton has been to wakefield to find out. God save our gracious queen. Around 150,000 foreigners are turned into british citizens every year, often at a ceremonies like this one in wakefield. But becoming british takes at least six years and, typically, can cost between £5,000 and £10,000, making it among the most laborious and expensive in the world. I will be faithful and bear true allegiance. The home office even charges an extra fiver to take the oath . To her majesty the queen, elizabeth ii. The government is reviewing parts of the citizenship process so a good time to ask, how difficult should it be to become british . What does a good british citizen look like . And
Why is kenya important this african country is conducting yet another population count its outcome is expected to shift political boundaries and shape elections but in a country divided along ethnic and tribal lines what does that mean this is inside story. Hello and welcome to the program. Governments has been holding a historic census over the weekend more than 160000 people would you ploy to collect data from its population of about 50000000 vets process has proven to be a challenge since millions of kenyans live in slums with no official address millions more nomadic herders who cross into neighboring countries regularly. Kenyas government is conducting a census for the 6th time happens every 10 years and the result may be significant for several reasons state resources are allocated to each district according to population higher numbers of people means more money from the Central Government in the last census 10 years ago there were allegations of data rigging this time police sa