Hello, this is bbc news, the headlines. David cameron accuses borisjohnson of only backing leave, in order to further his own political career. But the brexit secretary insists thats not the case. Remain would have been the easier career choice so borisjohnson led the campaign, he did so because he believes in brexit and is committed to delivering it. Former conservative minister sam gyimah defects to the liberal democrats, after he lost the tory whip, for rebelling over brexit. The liberal democrat leader jo swinson will be taking questions from Party Members at their conference, at ten past two this afternoon well have live coverage, on the bbc news channel. The former International Rugby star, Gareth Thomas, reveals he is hiv positive saying he wants to help reduce the stigma around the condition. Iran dismisses accusations made by the us, that it was responsible for two drone attacks, that have crippled saudi oil production. Protestors are gathering outside the british consulate in
Fled the war in afghanistan and 2015 he and his family live in this makeshift shelter without water electricity or basic sanitation and little food. If i had money wouldnt have come here my wife has been sick 3 years ago she got fever i was in hospital for 5 days she leaves but. I have no money to buy but their food. Mohamed is one of 400 refugees sharing the small space in ca to do this in west jakarta up to 26 men live in this room using cardboard boxes and plastic sheets to make the floor more comfortable to sleep on unable to work or study they sit and wait for transit papers or permanent assistance but as conflicts in africa and the middle east continue frustration levels are rising the refugees have been demonstrating your front of the Un Refugee Agency for the past several weeks many of them have come from afghanistan pakistan sudan eritrea somalia and iraq. 7 yet many blame the authorities for not doing enough. But if youre not protecting those in what are you doing here you ar
Phenomenal. And then we had those european elections, and its like its sort of caught the imagination. I would find that i would be on the train and i would find that i would be on the train and i would have my lib dem sticker on from campaigning and random people would come up to me and say, keep going, youre doing well and i knew that other people had that experience. Canvassing at the moment is an absolute joy. The me tell you. If you have never gone knocking on doors before, youve always been a bit worried about it, really, seriously, now is the time to go knocking on doors liberal democrat leader, jo swinson, theyre talking but the fortunes of her party and the local elections. And more recently the european elections. And here shes got another conservative, former conservative, has been sitting as an independent, joining the ranks. You can hear in her tone of voice that optimism, the sensitive liberal democrat are going places. They scraped the bottom of the barrel in their downt
The attacks sparked huge fires at the abqaiq plant the Worlds Largest Oil Processing facility as well as an oil field about 100 kilometres away. There are concerns that Global Oil Supplies may be affected with reports saying as much as half of saudi arabias output could be disrupted. Jon donnison has the latest. These were audacious attacks at the heart of the saudi oil industry. The abqaiq processing plant, one of the Worlds Largest, engulfed in flames after apparent drone strikes. The kingdoms second Largest Oil Field at khurais was also hit. On a houthi owned tv channel, a military spokesperson for the group said it was behind the attacks. Translation this Mission Comes as part of our legitimate and natural right to react to the crimes, of the aggression and its continuous blockade on our country for the past five years. The war between a Saudi Led Coalition and iranian backed Houthi Rebels in yemen began in 2015. Saudi air strikes have left thousands dead and left millions on the b
Hello this is bbc news with samantha simons. The headlines. Borisjohnson has been warned against forever being known as mister no deal over brexit by donald tusk as World Leaders gather at the g7 summit in biarritz. Meanwhile the Prime Minister will urge trump not to escalate a trade war with china when they meet at the summit. Prince andrew has said he did not see, witness or suspect any behaviour of the sort that subsequently led to the arrest and conviction of disgraced financierjeffrey epstein. Brazils president has bowed to International Pressure and ordered the armed forces to tackle the Record Number of fires in the amazon forest. Tens of thousands of British Airways passengers could be affected as pilots are to strike next month, in a dispute over pay. Ba says its extremely sorry passengers have found difficulties trying to re arrange their flights. Now on bbc news its time for sportsday. Hello and welcome to sportsday, with me olly foster and holly hamilton. Hello there, these