Americas opioid epidemic. Thats all coming up on outside source. Theyve done so by paying fines of well over 200 million. Here we have it, published in the last hour. The British Government has just published its eu Withdrawal Agreement bill, ten days before brexit is supposed to happen. The bill is 110 pages long. Mps have to read it quickly. They are being asked to approve it and vote on it in the coming days. If mps approve it, brexit on 31st of october becomes much more likely. Not certain, because it has to be ratified by the European Parliament as well. But, and its a big but, we dont know if parliament will support it whenever the vote happens. We dont know if parliament will resist the very tight timetable its been given. And we also dont know if parliament will support amendments that would effectively wreck the deal. This is tim shipman of the sunday times saying the withdrawal bill, let battle commence. This person at the Huffington Post says, a bit of history, the bill gets
Access to their money. Mps say the rising number of Online Banking crashes and disruption are unacceptable. Bring on south africa. England fans rush for tickets for their first World Cup Final in 12 years. But theres heartbreak for wales as they narrowly lose their semi final. Tick tock, tick tock. More dance off drama for mike hes saved by head judge shirley after his halloween tango. A cold and frosty start to tomorrow and also some patchy fog to watch out for but for most of us, it will be dry and sunny. I will have more details in 15 minutes. Its monday the 28th of october. Our top story mps will vote today on whether to hold a general election on the 12th of december. Its borisjohnsons third attempt to secure an early election while in brussels, the eu is also meeting to discuss giving the uk a brexit delay. Lets get a bit more detail. For the vote on a december general election to be passed today, the Prime Minister needs the support of two thirds of the house of commons, thats 4
Involved in a fatal car crash no longer has diplomatic immunity because shes returned to the united states. Typhoon hagibis sweeps across japan killing at least 18 rivers have burst their banks in over a dozen different places, and almost half a million homes are without power in tokyo. More than 130,000 people have been displaced from rural areas in North Eastern syria, as a result of fightingbetween turkish led forces and kurdish militia. Borisjohnson is planning to scrap the system of rail franchises the Prime Minister will use tomorrows queens speech to announce proposals for a fundamental overhaul of the railways. Before the papers a look at the sport. John watson is at the bbc sport centre with news about the Rugby World Cup and other sport as well . News on scotlands match which is on injust a moment but we start with the action already under way. Wales up against uruguay, a win will see them top the group and avoid england in the quarterfinals. Warren gatland makes 13 changes a
Growing interference. Cities around the world close their streets to traffic for world car free day organisers want to promote greener travel alternatives. And coming up at a30, the inside out macro Team Investigates the number of crashes by on duty star for emergency services. Good afternoon. It is four oclock. The labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn, has sought to play down divisions in his top team after one of his key aides announced hes resigning. It comes as the party prepares to debate brexit. Heres our Political Correspondent nick eardley. Not everything here is going according to plan. Jeremy corbyn wants to persuade you he is ready for power, but one of his key aides has raised concerns. Andrew fisher, still by mr corbyns side this morning, is quitting, privately accusing the leaders team of a blizzard of lies and saying he no longer has faith in them. I have obviously seen the words that andrew wrote, and i discussed them with him at some length. Why do you think he said that . I t
Office said they are disappointed at mrs rudds departure, but all ministers who joined the cabinet signed up to leaving the eu on october 31st come what may. In other news the number of people known to have been killed after Hurricane Dorian ripped across the bahamas has risen to 43 but there are fears that will increase significantly. Englands ashes hopes fade as early wickets fall at close of play on the fourth day they were 18 for two. And well be taking an in depth look at the papers with our reviewers martin lipton, chief Sports Reporter from the sun, and the economist ruth lea. Good evening. The work and pensions secretary amber rudd has resigned from the government tonight and announced that she will no longer be sitting as a conservative mp. Shes said she cannot stand by while good loyal moderate conservatives are expelled from the party. It follows the decision of the Prime Minister borisjohnson to expel 21 mps this week, who have refused to back a no deal brexit, including tw