Three, by London Bridge. Two, one and lift off but that three, two, one and lift off but that the rise of starliner, a new era in human space flight. And could this capsule one day take paying passengers into space . And coming up on bbc news, after a week of speculation about mikel arteta, well have the latest on the managerial situation at arsenal. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. Mps vote this afternoon on the Prime Ministers plan for the uk to leave the European Union at the end of january. Borisjohnson urged the commons to back his Withdrawal Agreement bill, and said it was time to discard the old labels of leave and remain. But his critics are angry that previous safeguards on the environment, workers rights and child refugees have been watered down or removed from the bill. Our Political Correspondent Jonathan Blake reports. Suddenly it seems so simple. Time after time, this Prime Minister and the last have come to parliament to get mps to back their brexit dea
5 live and online. Good morning and welcome to the bbc news at 9. At least five people have died and several others are missing after a volcano erupted at a popular tourist site in new zealand. The eruption on white island happened just after 2pm local time. One tourist who was leaving the island, filmed the eruption as it sent a thick plume of ash and smoke into the sky. Other footage showed a group of visitors inside the crater. New Zealand Police say that around 50 people were on or near the island at the time, including travellers from overseas. Both New Zealanders and overseas tourists are believed to be involved. We believe a number of these tourists have come from the ovation of the seas cruise ship. We cannot confirm the nationalities of these people involved. Due to the current risk, Emergency Services are unable to access the island. Samantha olley is a reporter for nz me and joins me from north island. I know you have flown over in a helicopter and you can bring us the lates
Tojose mourinho being named the new boss at tottenham, and were asking where it went wrong for pochettino. Thanks, holly, and Sarah Keith Lucas has the weather. It is mostly dry but fairly cloudy this afternoon, some right then a forecast, particularly to end the week and into the weekend, but pretty quiet and dry for most away from the south west over the next couple of days. I will bring you all the details in about half an hour. Thanks, sarah. Also coming up the koala rescued from the bushfires in australia the woman seen on video taking off her shirt and charging into the flames to save the injured animal. Hello, everyone this is afternoon live. The liberal democrats have set out their general election manifesto, reiterating their pledge to stop brexit. The party claims by doing so it will be able to invest billions of pounds in Public Services, and tackling inequality. The manifesto also includes a pledge to tackle Climate Change by generating more electricity through renewable en
Him outand a nice guy but the truth is i called him out and i guess he is not very happy about it. Im reporting live from the luxury hotel where the nato leaders have been meeting, they have issued a joint communique and we are expecting a News Conference from borisjohnson expecting a News Conference from Boris Johnson any minute expecting a News Conference from borisjohnson any minute now. The white house accuses democrats of a witch hunt after they published a report which sets out the case for impeaching donald trump. Calls for more to be done to tackle the continued growth in oil and gas consumption amid signs global c02 emissions are still rising. Coming up on afternoon live all the sport withjohn watson, Jose Mourinho back to his old stomping ground. I know nothing about the sport but i will tell you all about the weather details coming up later on. Well recovered, john will be here with the sport. Jose mourinho prepares to return to old trafford for the First Time Since his sack
Fighting to stop brexit that is or priority. Because we believe we are better in the european union. It is better for our Public Services, like the nhs. It is better for our environment, and its better for peoplesjobs. Heres the scene live in Central London where party leaderjo swinson will be giving more details of the lib dem manifesto shortly. At the trump impeachment inquiry the Us Ambassador to the eu says the president was behind pressure on ukraine to investigatejoe biden. And the special one is special again at least thats what spurs think, asJose Mourinho returns to football management in the premier league. Its five oclock. Our main story is that borisjohnson has said that, if elected, the conservatives would raise the threshold at which employees Pay National Insurance to £12,500. That would bring the threshold into line with income tax. Mrjohnson said the first step would be to increase the threshold to £9,500 in the first budget of a tory government. The Prime Minister a