And on the markets those comments from fed chair Jerome Powell boosting stock markets in the us and asia. A warm welcome to the Programme Briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. It will be a very busy day ahead. And you can be part of the conversation as a perk, a Marketing Agency here in the uk allows its employees to take hangover days. If theyve been out the previous evening theyre allowed to work the next day from the comfort of their own sofa or even bed. Good idea, orflexible working gone mad . Tell us what you think just use the hashtag bbcthebriefing. Polls open here in the uk in a couple of hours as Voters Decide who will form their next government. Candidates in the general election are contesting 650 seats in the house of commons the lower legislative chamber. Polling stations close at 10pm gmt and an exit poll will be released then, by the bbc and other uk broadcasters. Our Election Results special broadcast will begin just ahead of that. Jo
Silent night. Also coming up. The story of why terrence wont be spending christmas alone for the first time in 20 years. Good morning. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. Police in new zealand have confirmed that theyre planning to head back to white island tomorrow to recover the bodies of those killed by a volcanic eruption on monday. At least eight people are known to have died, and another nine are missing, presumed dead. The recovery operation has been hampered by ongoing volcanic activity on the island. In a News Conference earlier this morning, police admitted that the operation would be risky but said they will do what they can to find any unidentified bodies on the island. Tomorrow will be more about. We know exactly where they are, those six people, so, our First Priority will be to get those six people off, and we will have very limited opportunity to look about for the two others we suspect are out there somewhere. But we have done lots of aerial reconnaissance and with the eyewi
Good morning welcome to breakfast with Nina Warhurst and jon kay. Our headlines today. A chance to make sporting history as england take on south africa in the Rugby World Cup final. They sing. Is thousands of venues open early. After four yea rs of prepararoion to get them here, the world cup finaljust getting under way eddie jones says england are ready for their South African test. Fracking is to end in england after the government orders a halt because of fears of earthquakes. Good morning. Weve got a deep area of low pressure working its way across the uk today. Thats going to bring some very strong winds, with gusts potentially up to 80 mph for parts of southern england. Some heavy rain in the forecast as well. Ill have all the details in the next half an hour. Its saturday the 2nd of november. Our top story. One of the biggest sporting events of the year has just kicked off in japan, as england take on south africa at the Rugby World Cup. Thousands of fans have been arriving at
In the Rugby World Cup as they trail the springboks, 6 12 at half time. England prop Kyle Sinckler was taken off in the third minute with a head injury. England fans on the edge of their seats as their team tries to secure their first world cup victory since 2003. And here in tokyo, england fans and local supporters are worried. Eddie joness team down to south africa at half time in the world rugby cup final. The government halts fracking for gas in england until there is evidence the controversial process is safe. President trump ridicules former democratic president ial hopeful, beto orourke, saying his rival quit like a dog. And the travel show explores a hidden city, in the arabian desert, untouched for thousands of years. Thats in half an hour, here on bbc news. Good morning. Its half time in the Rugby World Cup final and england are trailing south africa by six points 12. Its been a tough first half for england who are hoping to win the tournament for the First Time Since 2003. M
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