Prince andrew said he had no recollection of meeting virginia roberts, who claims she was forced to have sex with him when she was 17 after being groomed by epstein. The duke denies any inappropriate conduct. The education secretary has ordered all universities to review fire safety in their buildings after two people were hurt when fire ripped through student halls in bolton. Jeremy corbyn has led a meeting of senior labour figures to decide the partys manifesto promising a vision for a better britain for everyone. Competing on climate change. The conservatives pledge to plant 30 Million Trees a year by 2025, but the lib dems say they would plant twice as many. Now on bbc news, its time for sportsday. Hello. Youre watching sportsday on bbc news with Lizzie Greenwood hughes and ben croucher. Our top stories this saturday. As the home nations euro 2020 qualifying campaigns draw to a close, theres a morale boosting win for scotland. Could this be a changing of the guard in tennis . As St
Inappropriate conduct. The education secretary orders universities to review fire safety in all their buildings, after 100 students had to flee a blaze at their halls of residence in bolton. Jeremy corbyn has led a meeting of senior labour figures to decide the partys manifesto promising a vision for a better britain for everyone. Competing on green issues, the conservatives pledge to plant 30 Million Trees, a year by 2025, but the lib dems say they would plant twice as many. Prince andrew has told the bbc he categorically denies having sexual relations with Virginia Roberts, who says she was forced to have sex with him when she was 17 years old. In an interview with bbcs newsnight, hes answered questions for the first time about his links with the convicted sex offender, jeffrey epstein. The duke of york said, a sense of honour led him to continue his assocation with the disgraced financier. Our royal correspondent, Nick Witchell reports. The years 2010. Prince andrew is in new york.
Also in the programme a sweeping election victory for gotabhaya rajapa ksa. Sri lankas new president says he will be the leader of all citizens, regardless of religion or ethnicity. And, how to help workers when dirty coal mines close. Can spain be a model . Good morning. Its 8 00am in singapore, midnight in london and also 8 in the morning in hong kong where local media are reporting that police have entered the Polytechnic University campus after a two day standoff between protesters and police. Activists inside the University Set its main entrance on fire as police made another attempt to take the building. Police have used tear gas and water cannon against a group of about 100 pro democracy activists, whove responded with petrol bombs and rocks fired from catapults. Our correspondent gabriel gatehouse, whos at the scene, sent this report a little after the trouble started. For the assault on the campus has started, about five minutes ago we thought several dozen black clad Police O
Bbc. Co. Uk news and the news app. Now on bbc news, live to singapore for Asia Business report. Hong kong violence flares. How the ongoing unrest threatens to push the Asian Financial hub deeper into recession. And yahoo japan mergers. They confirm its plan to create the countries exist internet company. Hello and welcome to Asia Business report. We start with hong kong because police have moved on hundreds of protesters occupying a University Campus after a long stand off. University campus after a long sta nd off. Protesters a re Polytechnic University have been hurling petrol bombs and shooting arrows at police from behind barricades and that comes in the latest fla reu p barricades and that comes in the latest flareup of Anti Government demonstrations that have convulsed the city for over five months. The u nrest the city for over five months. The unrest has already pushed hong kong into its first recession in a decade with concerns that the ongoing protest will trigger a longer an
Helped define the 1960s, the photographer terry oneill has died. First to hong kong, where i want to build up a picture of rapidly moving events, in the last few minutes we have seen these pictures of at least a0 people arrested near Polytechnic University. The people were detained outside hotel icon on Science Museum road. The university has been the scene of intense clashes between Anti Government protesters and police over the weekend. At 5 30am local time, the police advanced in to the huge campus. Protestors set the main entrance on fire. Police used tear gas and water cannon. Our correspondent gabriel gatehouse witnessed events. The assault on the campus started about five minutes ago. We saw several dozen black clad Police Officers suddenly materialise out of nowhere and start storming the place. They were firing rubber bullets and tear gas and in response, the protesters unleashed all the petrol bombs they had, sometimes hurling whole boxes at a time which caused two huge fires