A marathon in under two hours, Kenyas Brigid Kosgei shatters Paula Radcliffes 16 year old world record, quick stepping up the leaderboard, well catch up with mike after his highest strictly score. Good morning from the wellington downs whether king street by getting ready for the procession later on at parliament. The weather is not looking so great. Rain and showers in the forecast today. We will see some dry conditions. More details in 15 minutes. Its monday the 14th of october. Our top story. The first queens speech of Boris Johnsons premiership will be unveiled today with promises to introduce tougher sentences for foreign offenders, tackle violent crime, and invest more in the nhs. But events in brussels could still overshadow the Prime Ministers parliamentary plans with significant work still to do in brexit labour has called todays speech an uncosted wish list, which the government has no intention of delivering. Our Political Correspondent nick eardley reports. Today, there wil
We hear from an mp who is calling on the government and bbc to reach an agreement. And typhoon hagibis is disrupting the weekends sport injapan. Formula 1 qualifying is postponed while scotland wait to see if their Rugby World Cup game against japan will go ahead. Good morning and welcome to the bbc news at nine. The cabinet has been briefed on what happened in the meeting between Boris Johnson and his irish counterpart, leo varadkar, yesterday, ahead of a resumption of brexit talks with the eu this morning. The Prime Minister and mr varadkar say they held detailed and constructive talks at a Country House on thursday. The two leaders agreed they could see a pathway to a possible deal. The meeting has meant negotiations could resume in brussels. The brexit secretary, stephen barclay, and Michel Barnier are currently holding talks there. Last night, the Northern Ireland secretary, julian smith, told the bbc that there was a need to compromise. Im not going to go into the negotiations no
Well be live from the border. Good morning and welcome to the bbc news at nine. The first queens speech of Boris Johnsons premiership will be unveiled today, with promises to introduce tougher sentences for foreign offenders, tackle Violent Crime and invest more in the nhs. But events in brussels could still overshadow the Prime Ministers plans, as he said there was still significant work still to do in brexit negotiations. Labour has called todays speech an uncosted wish list, which the government has no intention of delivering. Our Political Correspondent nick eardley reports. Today, there will be pomp. Fanfare. And there will be pageantry. But this week is mostly about politics. First up, the queens speech, where the government will set out its priorities delivering brexit, tackling Violent Crime, investing in the nhs. Labour says its nothing more than a pre Election Party political broadcast. This isnt an ordinary queens speech, though. Borisjohnson doesnt have a majority and cant
In another referendum. As it stands, we cant support this deal and will oppose it in parliament on saturday. Well have the latest from here in brussels and from westminster. The other main stories this lunchtime. Commuters clash with Extinction Rebellion protesters who try to stop tube trains running in london. New figures show knife crime in england and wales is up by 7 and gun crime is also rising. were sorry the mobile network three apologises after millions of customers are left unable to make calls or send messages. And its fever pitch excitement in japan as the countrys rugby team prepare for their world cup quarter final. It comes after days of intensive negotiation ahead of the crucial summit of eu leaders that begins in about an hour from summit of eu leaders that begins in about an hourfrom now. Boris johnson has to try and get this latest deal from the Uk Parliament on saturday. Let us remind you how we found out about this. A tweet from john god younger. Jean claude younger
Unable to support it because it wasnt beneficial to the economic well being of Northern Ireland and may undermine the integrity of the union. There had been positive noises from conservative hard brexiteers who voted against theresa mays deal, although they said they wa nted mays deal, although they said they wanted to see the final text first and there is a risk the dup position might put some of. It is hugely concerning, if one part, the dup, are unwilling to support the aspects of the deal that borisjohnson is negotiating with the eu that affects Northern Ireland, there is a question as to whether that complies to the good friday agreement when it comes to consent. What is coming out of brussels is that he has actually managed to negotiate something that is even worse for our negotiate something that is even worse for oui economy negotiate something that is even worse for our economy than what theresa may had put forward. We are talking about an act of economic vandalism which would