of an investigation into beijing s activities in america. and disgraced former hollywood mogul harvey weinsteen faces charges of rape and sexual assault in los angeles. it s seven in the morning in singapore, and midnight in london where rishi sunak will formally become british prime minister on tuesday morning after an audience with king charles at buckingham palace. he was named conservative leader after his only challenger, penny mordaunt, pulled out of the contest just before the deadline for nominations. mr sunak made a short statement in which he promised to work day in, day out to bring the party and the country together. here s our political editor chris mason. cheering today s new conservative leader, this week s new prime minister. rishi sunak arrived at conservative party headquarters this afternoon, his party s third leader this year. waves, smiles and handshakes done, he wanted to talk to the country but didn t want to face questions i d like to pay tri
You are this morning. This is the current beach outside the studio in sa lfo rd. Current beach outside the studio in salford. A lovely picture. Good morning. After a chilly start, it will be dry with a fair bit of sunshine around. For the rest of england and wales, a bit more clouds, a few showers, a breeze picking up, and chilly on the east coast. I will have all the details inis coast. I will have all the details in 15 minutes. Thank you. Good morning. First, our main story. Theresa may will visit Buckingham Palace today, for an audience with the queen, to mark the Dissolution Of Parliament. It signals the official start of the general Election Campaign and just after midnight all seats in the House Of Commons became vacant. Attention turns to the local elections tomorrow, with crucial votes for 3h english councils, all scottish and Welsh Councils, as well as a number of local authority mayors. The deadline to register to vote in the General Election is may 22nd and polls open onjune
In a botched burglary. And Scientists Say they found shocking levels of a toxic chemical in the body of one of the uks few Killer Whales. Good morning, imjane hill reporting live from westminster on the day the general Election Campaign officially gets underway. At midnight last Night Parliament was officially dissolved, meaning that from today onwards every seat in the House Commons is up for grabs. Lets bring you up to date with some of the key stories this morning. The eus Chief Negotiator on brexit, Michel Barnier, says britain must honour its obligations as it leaves the eu and warns departure will not be quick or painless. Later today the Prime Minister theresa may will visit the queen at Buckingham Palace to mark the Dissolution Of Parliament. And labour and conservatives have clashed on their tax plans. In the last hour, the European Commissions lead brexit negotiator, Michel Barnier, has been setting out his guidelines for the discussions on britains departure. It comes amid r
Quote of the night from the french president , whose choice of english words to describe the wife of australian Prime Minister turnbull led to this. I would like to thank you and your delicious wife for your warm welcome. Delicious. Tucker good evening and welcome to Tucker Carlson tonight. Its been an amazing 24 hours even by the actionpacked standards of 2018, there has been lots of drama and washington. As you well know, Rudy Giuliani revealed on the shale on hannity show that payments cohan made to a star stormy daniels, which seemed like a major story at the time. But within hours it wasnt even the biggest story of the day. Nbc news reported that federal Law Enforcement had wiretapped cohens phone, it and recorded a
michael cohan certainly seems a shady character but shadiness is not a cry. The fbi cant destroy your life because you talk like a character from the sopranos, those arent felonies. Basic norms were violated, attorneyclient privilege is an ancient and vital concept, an
A weeknight look at the news, featuring interviews, analysis and Panel Discussions hosted by Bret Baier. Ahead but there are about 8,000 provisional votes that need to be counted. Can you believe how close this is . [cheers and applause] we are in a tied a ball game. For Democrat Danny Oconnor to be in a race this tight in the district, no democrat has won this in 38 years and that had him delivering wet sure sounded like a victory speech last night. You believed in us in a race that the pond and said we had no chance even being in. You proved them wrong. By getting close wont be enough to help democrats retake the house this november. They have come close and for other special elections in reliably red districts, but they have only 11 of those. They are banking on a wave of energy. Do you believe that President Trumps support is the reason you wanted . I dont believe its the full reason i want but it was deftly helpful. Our numbers really surged. President trump came in and put Troy B