A warm welcome to the programme, briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. Also in the programme all or nothing the four turner Prize Winners wanted to make a strong statement of community and solidarity, so this year for the first time there is no single winning artist. What do you think . Is the age of winners and losers coming to an end . Is that a good thing . Get in touch, just use the hashtag bbcthebriefing. Democrats in the United States have set out their case for removing President Trump from office. A report from the House Intelligence Committee accuses him of obstructing justice and trying to use a Foreign Government to help his re election campaign. A vote in the house is expected before the end of the year. Mr trump has described the process as an unpatriotic witch hunt, a one sided sham. This report from peter bowes contains flash photography. Page after page, the case to impeach donald trump. Overwhelming evidence of misconduct and obstruct
Stars like jeremy irons. Something for everyone. Hello from hull. This weekend we host the biggest festival of poetry and spoken word. Swerving to solitude of skies and scarecrows. Between the shorelines. I have been known to write a few. It is a rich tradition in lancashire to turn up at a wedding with a ditty but i wouldnt put myself in the class of the great writers i am reading this week in anyway shape or form. Its National Poetry day and we hear from some people reading their favourite poems. They have been sent to fry us. It is exciting to see the hull accent and language taking its place on a global stage. The reason being black and academic doesnt match your perspective. You are sparkly like the wit of your mind. So much there. You cant have a poetry festival without the legend that is the punk poetjohn cooper clarke. He was an absolute gent and he took time out to share tips about how to be a performance poet. The doorbell used to say ding dong but now it bursts out in to son
Steps. I dont understand by weve had so many amazing dancers come dancers come from hull, its quite incredible. We go behind the scenes as the turner prize moves from london to hull. We will see what the public think of the short listed artists. This one here. Dirty murderers have put their bum cheeks on that. It should be piled high and set alight. Hello and welcome to the show. This is a hall for hull, its a huge new art installation being installed here in front of hull minster. Which is one of many venues taking part in the contains Strong Language festival. And in this weather im glad weve got somewhere to go indoors. Have you got room in there for a little one . Whos the little one . Kate tempest has just finished rehearsing. Shes one of the headline acts here at britans biggest spoken word festival. Its called contains Strong Language, four days over 60 acts and if you thought poetry was just similes, stanzas and sonnets, think again. Bbc radio 1xtra were here last night. I went
This is bbc news. The headlines Nazanin Zaghari ratcliffe, the british iranian woman jailed in iran for spying, is on the verge of a nervous breakdown, according to her husband. In a telephone conversation with borisjohnson that he called positive he said the foreign secretary expressed deep sorrow for her suffering, but this evening the row over the governments handling of the case continues. The deputy Prime Minister damian green insists police never told him about pornography allegedly found on his computers. He says the allegations have an ulterior motive. The prince of wales has led the country in honouring its war dead on remembrance sunday, taking the queens place to lay a wreath at the cenotaph in london. Now on bbc news, Anne Marie Tasker and kofi smiles go behind the scenes of hull 2017 in britains city of culture. Welcome to autumn in the awesome city of culture. Summer might be over but the culture keeps coming. This huge new art installation is the latest. It fits in with