Lead brexit negotiator, Michel Barnier, says the uk has now reached a moment of truth. He rejects borisjohnsons demand for the irish backstop to be scrapped. Hurricane dorian is the strongest ever to hit the bahamas us forecasters describe the conditions there as catastrophic. Pro democracy activists in hong kong target the citys airport after a night of violence in which dozens of people were injured. Political leaders from across the world gather in poland to mark the 80th anniversary of the start of world war ii, as the german president asks for polands forgiveness at the event. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. Labour says itll present a bill in parliament this week designed to stop the uk leaving the eu without a deal. Sir keir starmer, the shadow brexit secretary, has told the bbc that if the legislation is passed, its likely to delay the date of departure. The cabinet minister, michael gove, refused to commit the government to implementing such a change even if its approve
Hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. With me are the mirrors Political Correspondent Nicola Bartlett and the president of the Foreign Press association benedicte paviot. Nice to have you here. Tomorrows front pages are already in. A warning from the Prime Minister on tomorrows telegraph tories who defy borisjohnson by trying to stop a no deal brexit will be expelled from the party. More of the same on the telegraph as the Prime Minister warns rebel tories ill kick you out the party mps who block no deal will be banned from standing banned from standing as conservatives. Ready, steady, chaos the metro warns westminster mayhem looms as mps prepare to return tomorrow after downing street signalled any new laws to block a hard brexit could simply be ignored . The Financial Times reports that a Labour Government would cost uk companies £300 billion by shifting shares to staff in one of the biggest state raids on the private sector to take
Is the process of becoming a british citizen too complicated and costly . Thats the question a Cross Party Group of mps is asking, as the government reviews how the process works. Currently, people hoping to become uk nationals have to pass a test about life in the uk, but is it too difficult . Our home editor mark easton has been to wakefield to find out. God save our gracious queen. Around 150,000 foreigners are turned into british citizens every year, often at a ceremonies like this one in wakefield. But becoming british takes at least six years and, typically, can cost between £5,000 and £10,000, making it among the most laborious and expensive in the world. I will be faithful and bear true allegiance. The home office even charges an extra fiver to take the oath . To her majesty the queen, elizabeth ii. The government is reviewing parts of the citizenship process so a good time to ask, how difficult should it be to become british . What does a good british citizen look like . And
On any other day, wednesdays spending plan would have been the big story at westminster. The chancellor, sajid javid said hes turning the page on austerity as he promised to raise public spending by more than £13 billion next year. Extra funding has been announced for schools, defence, and preparing for britains exit from the european union. Our economics correspondent andy verity has been looking at the numbers. The last time spending rose this fast, by more than 4 , was back here in 2004, and the government was in a lot less debt back then. These red bars here show the spending reviews since the financial crisis, when the governments debt shot up. Sajid javid argues the Interest Rates are cheap now, so he can afford to borrow more for extra spending. Every single Government Department has had its budget for day to day spending increased at least in line with inflation. Thats what i mean by the end of austerity, mr speaker britains hard work paying off, a Country Living within its me
Later in this half hour well have newswatch. But first, its time for click. A warm welcome to click. Welcome to click. Welcome to click, i am spencer kelly. Finally we have reached a very special milestone. We have been on air every week of every year, without a break, since we launched in the year 2000, which means this week you are watching season 1, episode 1000. And to celebrate, we are making a world first. Doing new things is in our dna. I am floating on air. Which is why we dont just show you the tech, we use the tech to push the boundaries of whats possible on tv. Here is the team. It is marc on camera one and two, simon on camera three and four, jen on five, nima on six and seven, ben on eight and this is thalia on nine. This was the worlds first full tv programme to be filmed and edited only on mobile devices. Fyi, it was a nightmare. This weeks click has been filmed entirely in 360 degrees. This was another world first, where we reinvented how tv was made, for an audience th