In a row in hong kong. A stand off between pro democracy campaigners and police is continuing into the night there. Storm barry makes landfall in the us state of louisiana, where there are warnings of life threatening floods. Now on bbc news, a look back on the week in parliament. Hello and welcome to the week in parliament. As the race for number ten nears the finish line, mps start laying down the law. The ayes to the right, 294. The noes to the left, 293. Members of the uks Youth Parliament hear about the risks young people face from knife crime. We have to be very careful. I dont want to leave that Radio Station and weve got 20 young men that have just heard this track waiting outside the front with shanks and machetes and all sorts. And all change on the woolsack but the lord speaker knows his limits. And i have no ambition to do whatjohn bercow does and say that mr brown or lord brown or mr smith. All that to come and more from a week dominated by the race for downing street. Not
Biggest industries be better off in public hands . From trains, bus services and water supplies, should they be run by the government rather than private firms . I look at both sides of the nationalisation debate. Sporting fears for england, with both centre backs down for tonights world cup quarterfinal against norway. Officials in france issue warnings about the risk to life as temperatures hit a0 degrees. And yesterday, germany, poland and the Czech Republic all broke theirjune record temperatures. In the uk, we see the highest temperatures on friday in the west, on saturday in the south. But i will have more from Somerset House in london through the morning. And i have been chatting to kylie about getting ready for glastonbury. I do have welliesjust in case. Gold hotpants, are they making a comeback . Not the gold hotpants. Really . I dont think so. Our top story is that Scientists Say Cervical Cancer could eventually be eliminated thanks to a Vaccination Programme targeting the hp
Now on bbc news, thursday in parliament. Hello, and welcome to thursday in parliament. Coming up after the suicide of his father, an mp calls for a change in the law to allow assisted dying. What drove him to end his life at that point was the fear that if he didnt act when he could and was still able to do so, then he would lose the opportunity to act at all. Ministers are accused of potential cover up or incompetence over documents relating to the deaths of disability benefits claimants. A governments first duty is to protect its people all its people. But they are failing the sick and disabled, and this reveals the enormity of this failure. And peers press the government to force muslim couples to have a civil marriage, as well as a religious ceremony. Where human rights are concerned, there is no room for cultural exceptions. But first an mp has made an emotional plea for the laws on assisted dying to be changed on the anniversary of his fathers suicide. Labours Paul Blomfield told
Eighties seriously injured. Donald trump officially launches his bid for a second term as president. Good morning. The school has just won the Gardening Team of the year. Well show more of it through the course of the morning. The forecast, scotla nd course of the morning. The forecast, scotland and Northern Ireland, seoung joung 0h jallet stop england and wales, more thunderstorms to come this morning. Scotland and Northern Ireland. Ill have more details coming to you shortly. Its wednesday june 19th. Our top story. The race to be Prime Minister is gathering pace today after the five remaining candidates for the conservative leadership went head to head in a live bbc debate. Frontrunner Boris Johnson and his rivals clashed on brexit and there were disagreements over taxes as they answered questions from the public. But they did agree to launch an internal inquiry into islamaphobia, as our Political Correspondent iain watson reports. High stakes can lead to a hard battle. The frontrunn
How electric cars are being used to power a small portuguese atlantic island. And the actressjune spencer, who plays peggy in bbc radio drama the archers, reveals the secret of how shes still working as she turns 100. Well, i suppose it is inheriting good genes, for a start. And an outlook of. A cheerful outlook, i think, an optimistic outlook on life. Good morning. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. Andrea leadsom and mark harper are the latest candidates to launch their campaigns to replace theresa may as consersative party leader, and become the countrys next Prime Minister. The initial group of ten candidates will be whittled down to two by a series of mp votes over the next few weeks. The final pair will then face a ballot of the wider party membership. We should know the winner of the contest towards the end ofjuly. This morning, Andrea Leadsom launched her campaign by pledging action on climate change. Mark harper called for tax cuts for those on lower incomes. Rory stewart will laun