Beijing threatens retaliation after President Trump signs two bills which back the pro democracy protesters in hong kong. And the arms race over trees. All the parties are committed to planting more in this election but are the promises realistic, and wood you believe them . Hello and welcome. Im Christian Fraser in london. Michelle fleury is enjoying her thanksgiving meal. So youre stuck with me tonight. These days, the Television Debates are part and parcel of most elections. And this week here in the uk, both the snps Nicola Sturgeon and laboursJeremy Corbyn have subjected themselves to the bbc andrew neil interview. It is always forensic, persistent and all encompassing. The headlines for mr corbyn the next day werent altogether flattering but then, no politician finds an andrew neil interview easy. At least mr corbyn took part. And he is tonight in the channel 4 debate on Climate Change. The Prime Minister and nigel farage were both no shows, and so they are being represented toni
Hello, yes indeed. Also. You will be talking about how people are reacting here in stoke on trent to the tumultuous events of the last few days concerning brexit and the vitriol that has been expressed by both sides. I shall talk to you shortly. Also this afternoon President Trumps top intelligence official faces congress over a whistleblower complaint that sparked an impeachment inquiry. Coming up on afternoon live, all the sport with holly hamilton. 242 with 2a2 with england at the world cup and a conference victory over the United States put them top of the group. All reaction to 30 pm. At 2 30pm. Thanks, holly. Stav danaos has all the weather. Into the weekend, we could be looking at a potent area of low pressure, heavy rain on saturday night into sunday with also some strong winds as well, all the details a bit later on. Thanks, stav. Also coming up the duke and duchess of cambridge are to name the uks new Polar Research ship. No, not Boaty Mcboatface, but the sir david attenborou
With widespread gales. Wednesday, so many messages, nasty ones, but outbreaks of rain and drizzle coming and going to england and wales, the one that was at the top was from scotla nd and going to england and wales, scotland and Northern Ireland. Bright and breezy with a few showers a random man, and he wasjust, like, in most places and most places will brighten up to the day. Around 19 to saying how disgusting i am and that 21 celsius. Back to louise. I dont deserve to be in the girl band and that i deserved to die. Good morning. Travel disruption for hundreds of thousands of British Airways partners passages, as its the start of another big pilots go on strike. Week in westminster. Its the biggest strike jon is outside parliament in bas history. For us this morning. Ill speak to bas boss, and to the head of the pilots we for us this morning. Arejust we union. For us this morning. Are just still not certain and that we are just still not certain and thatis we are just still not certai
Diana did the same. Good morning. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. One of the Prime Ministers most Senior Advisers has said he is not surprised that some voters are angry with mps over brexit. Dominic cummings said the only way to solve the issue of abuse would be if mps respected the result of the eu referendum. And he said if mps say we dont want to respect that vote, what do you expect to happen . The angry tenor of debate over brexit has caused more than 100 bishops to warn against further entrenching our divisions. Theyve called for respect on all sides, in the debate on britains withdrawal from the eu. Boris johnson has defended the language he used in wednesdays commons debate, after he described one mps safety concerns as humbug. But the prime minster insists he deplores any threats to anybody, particularly female mps. Speaking at a book launch in london last night, mr cummings dismissed suggestions the government was under pressure over brexit, saying he was enjoying it. 0ur Poli
Weather for Northern Ireland and scotla nd weather for Northern Ireland and scotland with just a few showers. This evening and tonight, we lose sun showers but mobile racing from the west. Southern half of the uk, staying windy. Moore will race in. Staying dry in the north west of scotland, some spots in the countryside might get down to 2 degrees, more generally 9 12. This low pressure heading in full saturday night. In between, bump in the isobars, you have to squint to see it, a little ridge of High Pressure canning in squashing the shower activity. Morning showers tomorrow will fade, decent amount of sunshine, temperature wise highs of 1619, sunshine, temperature wise highs of 16 19, windy in the south. Behind me, the next weather maker, lower pressure, driving up from the south west, heavy rain, could cause flooding in parts of england and wales, and strong south westerly wind, costs of maybe 55 miles per hour. Sunday, very wet and windy. Particularly heavy rain in parts of wales