is awareness of a complaint that may have been, or an allegation that may have been made, and something that trips the wire, if you like, meets the threshold for formal disciplinary action. a man is arrested by police in the us state of illinois after six people were shot dead at an independence day parade. 50,000 people have been put on evacuation alert as floods hit sydney for the third time this year. a bbc investigation has found that children as young as 11 have been housed in temporary accommodation as record numbers are placed into care. and england beat india by seven wickets on the final day of the fifth test at edgbaston. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. borisjohnson s decision to appoint chris pincher as deputy chief whip is facing further scrutiny after a former top civil servant said the prime minister was briefed in person about an investigation into the mp s conduct when he was a foreign office minister. downing street s account of what happened ha
has said the government was now collapsing amid sleaze, scandals and failure. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are benedicte paviot, who is the uk correspondent for france 2a, and ali miraj, columnist at the article. tomorrow s front pages, starting with. the telegraph describes johnson as hanging by a thread after the resignations of sunak and javid. the sun say johnson is in the last chance saloon and described him as being knifed on a day from hell. the daily mail poses the slighlty unusual question of can even boris the greased piglet wriggle out of this? the mirror s headline is quite literally finally they describe it as the end game for boris. the metro wonders if the prime minister will stay. with the headline going, going, gone? to represent sajid javid, rishi sunak and borisjohnson the guardian thinks borisjohnson s leadership is on the brink after two of his ministers quit the times
had questions to answer. the comments were secretly filmed and broadcast by channel 4 while activists were campaigning for reform uk in clacton, where mr farage is standing. nigel farage claimed the racist comments were a set up . our political correspondentjoe pike is in westminster. nigel farage s sur #3r50iz entry into this election reenergised reform and gave them a poll boost as well, but his controversial comments about russia and ukraine plus this drip, drip of allegations concerning first candidates, and now campaigners has left some of those around mr farage feeling nervous. a warning my report contains offensive language. please welcome nigel farage. applause. he s attempting a fightback after yet more accusations of racism within reform. this whole thing is a complete and total setup. but this time it s not nigel farage s candidates, but his campaigners. one, seeing a pride flag on a police car, compared gay people to paedophiles. you see that bleep degenerate fla
hello, i m lucy grey. you re watching the context on bbc news. withjust over a week until the uk general election we find out how the next generation of voters are feeling around 23,000 children from across england and wales have cast their vote in a mock election aimed at preparing under 18 year olds particularly those from marginalised communities to exercise their democratic rights when they reach voting age. among the children taking part in the 0ur generation, 0ur vote intiative, it was labour who had the clear win, with 32% voting for the party. the green party closely followed in second place with 29% of the vote. while the liberal democrats came third with 13% of the vote, reform at 10% and conservatives came last place with a result of 9%. let s speak to farida, a 16 year old pupil who took part in the 0ur generation, 0ur vote project. hello 0ur vote project. to you. just tell me, that s oui’ hello to you. just tell me, that s our panelist, we will hear from
Were going to brief you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. And you can be part of the conversation. Today, we are asking for your plastic solutions. A leading Supermarket Chain in the uk is trying to eliminate Plastic Packaging by 2023. So, should we follow suit . Can you live without plastic . Just use the hashtag, bbcthebriefing. She was the girl that captivated the world at the rio olympics in 2016. But now, simone biles has become the most high profile athlete to admit she was abused by someone who was supposed to be helping her. The 20 year old has accused this man, dr larry nassar, of sexual abuse. Hes already serving a prison sentence for possessing indecent images of children, and faces more charges later this month. Andrew plant reports. She is a four time olympic champion. With 19 combined world and olympic medals, she is americas most decorated gymnast. Now, in a statement, the star of the rio games has said that she was sexually abused by the former