This week, we discuss the state of the uks finances after the budget, whether this could be the end of the german chancellors reign, and assess the prospects for the people of zimbabwe, now Robert Mugabe has gone. My guests are, from germany, Stefanie Bolzen of die welt, uk conservative political commentator alex deane, from bloomberg news, Senior Writer stephanie baker, and the italian writer and film maker annalissa piras. Welcome to you all. But before we discuss those events, we do want to take a moment to focus on the horrific attack in northern sinai, where more than 300 people have been killed in a bomb and gun attack on a mosque during friday prayers. As we go to air, no group has claimed it carried out the attack, although the state prosecutor in cairo said the gunmen were carrying flags of the so called islamic state. It is a quite horrific attack, and annalisa, the scale and the coordination of this is something that has not been seen in this region for a very long time. It
This week, we discuss the state of the uks finances after the budget, whether this could be the end of the german chancellors reign, and assess the prospects for the people of zimbabwe, now Robert Mugabe has gone. My guests are, from germany, Stefanie Bolzen of die welt, uk conservative political commentator alex deane, from bloomberg news, Senior Writer stephanie baker, and the italian writer and filmmaker annalisa piras. Welcome to you all. But before we discuss those events, we do want to take a moment to focus on the horrific attack in northern sinai, where more than 300 people have been killed in a bomb and gun attack on a mosque during friday prayers. As we go to air, no group has claimed it carried out the attack, although the state prosecutor in cairo said the gunmen were carrying flags of the so called islamic state. It is a quite horrific attack, and annalisa, the scale and the coordination of this is something that has not been seen in this region for a very long time. It is
Welcome to bbc news. A 12 year old boy is among five people who died when a stolen car collided with a tree in leeds last night. Our correspondent Chi Chi Izundu joins us now. Whats do we know now . A spokesman for West Yorkshire police said officers were confronted by a scene officers were confronted by a scene of co m plete officers were confronted by a scene of complete carnage when they arrived at the scene last night at around 10pm. In a statement they said the vehicle involved was a stolen renault clio. They confirmed that five people were killed, as you say, all boys or men aged between 12 and 28. They have now confirmed that two were pronounced dead at the scene, the other three died later in hospital. All the families of the disease have been informed. Two 15 year old boys remain in Police Custody. They were arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving. As yet, the police have not established whether everybody involved in the car crash was in the car or some wer
Dateline london, imjane hill. This week, we discuss the state of the uks finances after the budget, whether this could be the end of the german chancellors reign, and assess the prospects for the people of zimbabwe, now Robert Mugabe has gone. My guests are, from germany, Stefanie Bolzen of die welt, uk conservative political commentator alex deane, from bloomberg news, Senior Writer stephanie baker, and the italian writer and film maker annalissa piras. Welcome to you all. But before we discuss those events, we do want to take a moment to focus on the horrific attack in northern sinai, where more than 300 people have been killed in a bomb and gun attack on a mosque during friday prayers. As we go to air, no group has claimed it carried out the attack, although the state prosecutor in cairo said the gunmen were carrying flags of the so called islamic state. It is a quite horrific attack, and annalisa, the scale and the coordination of this is something that has not been seen in this re
Streets in support of spanish unity in madrid. Police seal off more than half of the polling stations in catalonia as they step up efforts to stop tomorrows referendum on independence. The government insists the poll is illegal. These people, mainly independence supporters want to keep this school open so it can be used as a polling station in the referendum. And at liz30pm well bring you dateline, where foreign correspondents currently posted to london look at events in the uk through outsiders eyes. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. On the eve of the conservative Party Conference, theresa may is facing renewed pressure over the governments approach to brexit. The foreign secretary, borisjohnson, has intervened again on the issue, calling for a strict time limit on any transition period. Pro brexit campaigners have published their own letter to the Prime Minister demanding she should walk away from talks with the eu if negotiations on trade dont begin by christmas. Heres our Pol