Vision. Do you think they have perhaps learned from the mistakes of the past . 2017, theresa may five ma nifesto, the past . 2017, theresa may five manifesto, where she famously you turned, and it was a disaster. What borisjohnson is trying to do is appeal to the labour heartland, previously he talked about potentially increasing the threshold for the higher rate of income tax, talking about stamp duty, these are not popular with the traditional labour motors, and you will see they are not in the manifesto at all. What he has done is he has steer clear of all of that, but he has talked about these people policies, the nhs is his number one, 50,000 nurses, grants for nurse training, he has talked about the police and education, he has not talked about social care which is a whole other issue, and i think that is what theresa mays Biggest Issue was. It isa theresa mays Biggest Issue was. It is a very safe manifesto. And he has very much pitched it as lets get back to done at the end ofja
The ride hailing firm uber has been in last ditch talks to extend its licence in london, after months of turmoil over its position in its largest european market. The companys full london licence was suspended in 2018, after concerns were raised about ubers policy on passenger protection and driver vetting. It also comes as uber battles huge losses and growing competition. In the us its biggest rival is lyft, though both firms are losing money. Latest results for lyft showed losses of 1i63m, compared to 1. 3 billion for uber. Thatis that is supposed to be 1 billion there at the bottom instead of1 million, so we will fix that graphic. Uber has also been investing in food delivery and autonomous cars, while lyft is concentrating on ride hailing. Meanwhile, French Company kapten was acquired by german car makers daimler and bmw. It now operates in the uk, france, portugal and switzerland, and plans to expand to 15 european cities by 2020. Estonian company bolt also has uber in its sights,
Back. Labour are vowing to tackle dodgy landlords if they win the election with plans to improve conditions for tenants in privately owned accomodation. Two cinema chains withdraw the gang film blue story after a brawl at a cinema in birmingham on saturday. Coming up chinas prison camps leaked documents reveal the government re Education Programme at detention centres for nearly a Million People. Thats at 9 15am. And in sport, a world away from world cup form. New zealand crush england by an innings. That and more at 9 35am. Good morning and welcome to the bbc news at nine. Pro democracy parties in hong kong have made huge gains in local elections, with voter turnout the highest in the territorys history. The councils theyve elected only have limited powers, but the result is being seen as a clear verdict on the way the authorities have handled more than five months of Anti Government protests. Chinese state media had urged voters to use the election to denounce the Pro Democracy Movem
We hear about one french mothers fight for justice and the starter was stabbed to death by an export from france is the highest murder rate of women in europe and although the government is working on a new law to better protect women and many others say it is not enough. And leaked documents shed light on the Chinese Governments mass detention of leader muslims and a network of prison camps beijing insists theyre simply voluntary we educated center. Im sumi so misconducts good to have you with us prodemocracy supporters in hong kong have secured a landslide victory and municipal elections now the prodemocracy camp has been celebrating after parties sympathetic to their cause won almost 390 Council Seats compared to less than so. 60 for pro beijing parties hong kong residents turned out in record numbers to cast their ballots in an election that was widely seen as a referendum on the prodemocracy movement after nearly 6 months of protests on kongs probation chief executive kerry lamb h
Oppose violence against women we hear about one french womans fight for justice for her murdered daughter france as the highest murder rate of women in europe and leaked documents shed light on the Chinese Governments mass detentions a week of muslims and a network of prison camps beijing insists theyre simply voluntary reeducation troops. Im sumi someones going to is going to have you with us we start with some breaking news here in germany of thieves have reportedly pulled off a spectacular heist at one of europes most renowned museums police in dresden say the break in at the green vaults in the citys royal palace took place in the early hours of monday morning theres been no immediate word of what was stolen about the price collection of historic treasures includes crown jewels and royal bowls carved out of crystal. Lets bring in our correspondent maximillian acosta is following the latest on this story for us im actually on it what can you tell us about what happened here yes so p