And he changed the world by revealing mass surveillance by governments and corporations now Edward Snowden has laid out the details in a new book. Im brian thomas thanks so much for joining us all voting is now underway in israels 2nd general election this year its expected to be a very tight race Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife are voting earlier theres hope todays election will end the political crisis that began when netanyahu was unable to form a government after the last election in a full 5 months ago former army chief benny gantz is netanyahu main challenge. For more lets get the latest now with did obvious tony kramer joining us from jerusalem good morning tanya tanya hows a voter turnout been so far where you are. One mean people here coming since the Early Morning to the polling stations they opened at 7 am people have a day off to go and vote and theres a lot of expectation here because its going to be a long day exit polls are not expected before 22100 tonigh
International honors environmental activist breccia to member who calls for more protests in the fight against Climate Change. Im sara kelly welcome to the program voting is underway in israel 2nd general election this year and it is expected to be a tight race the Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife voted early today its hope that todays election will end the political crisis that began when netanyahu was unable to form a government after the last election back in april for me former army chief benny guns is netanyahu is main challenger. And for more on this i am joined now by correspondent mariam dagen who is live in jerusalem so how is the voter turnout been so far miriam. Hi sara so the voter turnout this morning is actually been higher than in the previous elections which was a little bit unexpected i mean we have to see how it pans out during the day but people were actually expecting kind of voter apathy in the 2nd round in such a short time and but of course this is
Environmental activist rectitude who is calling for more protests in the struggle to keep the Climate Crisis. Plus scientists here in europe are calling it a serious threat a deadly virus has already killed more than a 1000000 all the trees in italy and has now spread to neighboring france as more trees are spelled to try and stop the brought we look at the fallout from all of growing countries. Im sorry kelly welcome to the program more suicide bombings by the taliban in afghanistan just a week after President Trump called off peace talks with the Jihadist Group there were 2 attacks today and in the 1st 124 people were killed in parvati province when a bomb exploded. Near an election rally where president ghani was speaking he was unhurt a later blast in the capital kabul killed at least 22 people and wounded many more. Lets bring in journalist t. V. Who is in kabul and joins us now weve seen an uptick in attacks like this why now. The fact that you know we have the elections coming u
See on the streets. Amnesty International Honors environmental activist gratitude berg who is calling for more protests and the struggle to beat the climate crisis. And scientists here in europe are calling it a serious threat a deadly virus has a really killed more than a 1000000 olive trees in italy and has now spread to neighboring france as more trees are felled to try and stop the brought we look at the fallout from all of growing countries. Im sara kelly welcome to the program more suicide bombings by the taliban in afghanistan just a week after President Trump called off peace talks with the Jihadist Group there were 2 as have. X. Today in the 1st 124 people were killed in part on province when a bomb exploded near an election rally where president was speaking he was unhurt a later blast in the capital kabul left many injured and 6 dead. Lets bring in journalist t. V. Who is in kabul and joins us now weve seen an uptick in attacks like this why now. The fact that you know we ha
Statistics has admitted mistakes have been made. A man accused of murdering pc Andrew Harper will stand trial injanuary. Shipping containers and empty office blocks are being used to house thousands of Homeless Children, says englands child rens commissioner. And coming up on bbc news enough is enough Manchester United players hit out at social media sites, after paul pogba becomes the latest footballer to be racially abused online. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. An inquiry is to be launched into whether the h52 high speed rail link should go ahead. £7 billion has already been spent on the scheme, which is designed to link london, birmingham, manchester and leeds. The cost of the project has been rising, with recent reports it could reach £86 billion. The inquiry will look at whether the scheme should be approved, amended, or scrapped. The government says it will make a final decision by the end of the year. Our transport correspondent, tom burridge, has the detai