Into claims of electoral fraud, after the brexit party said its candidates had been offered inducements by conservatives to stand down. The labour partys executive Committee Meets to finalise what policies it will put to voters in the general election. Two people have been hurt in a large fire at a Student Accommodation building in bolton. More than 200 firefighters were brought in to tackle the blaze at 11 30am, tts dateline with my colleague carrie gracie, shell be talking about trump, the crisis in hong kong, and floods and fires. Hello, good morning. In an unprecedented interview, Prince Andrew has told the bbc that he let the royal family down by staying at the home of the convicted sex offender, jeffrey epstein. Speaking to Newsnights Emily Maitlis at buckingham palace, the duke addressed accusations that hed had sex with a 17 year old american girl. He said he couldnt remember meeting Virginia Roberts and denies allegations of inappropriate conduct. Our royal correspondent, Nich
After being groomed by epstein. Prince andrew denies any inappropriate conduct. The education secretary orders universities to review fire safety in all their buildings after 200 firefighters spent more than nine hours tackling a fire at a student hall in bolton. Jeremy corbyn has led a meeting of senior labour figures to decide the pa rtys manifesto, promising a vision for a better britain for everyone. Competing on green issues the conservatives say they will plant 30 Million Trees a year by 2025, but the lib dems say they can plant twice as many. Good evening. Prince andrew has told the bbc he categorically denies having sexual relations with Virginia Roberts, who says she was forced to have sex with him when she was 17 years old. In an interview with bbcs newsnight, hes answered questions for the first time about his links with the convicted sex offenderjeffrey epstein. The duke of york said a sense of honour led him to continue his assocation with the disgraced financier. 0ur roya
Inappropriate conduct. The education secretary orders universities to review fire safety in all their buildings, after 100 students had to flee a blaze at their halls of residence in bolton. Jeremy corbyn has led a meeting of senior labour figures to decide the partys manifesto promising a vision for a better britain for everyone. Competing on green issues, the conservatives pledge to plant 30 Million Trees, a year by 2025, but the lib dems say they would plant twice as many. Prince andrew has told the bbc he categorically denies having sexual relations with Virginia Roberts, who says she was forced to have sex with him when she was 17 years old. In an interview with bbcs newsnight, hes answered questions for the first time about his links with the convicted sex offender, jeffrey epstein. The duke of york said, a sense of honour led him to continue his assocation with the disgraced financier. Our royal correspondent, Nick Witchell reports. The years 2010. Prince andrew is in new york.
Also in the programme a sweeping election victory for gotabhaya rajapa ksa. Sri lankas new president says he will be the leader of all citizens, regardless of religion or ethnicity. And, how to help workers when dirty coal mines close. Can spain be a model . Good morning. Its 8 00am in singapore, midnight in london and also 8 in the morning in hong kong where local media are reporting that police have entered the Polytechnic University campus after a two day standoff between protesters and police. Activists inside the University Set its main entrance on fire as police made another attempt to take the building. Police have used tear gas and water cannon against a group of about 100 pro democracy activists, whove responded with petrol bombs and rocks fired from catapults. Our correspondent gabriel gatehouse, whos at the scene, sent this report a little after the trouble started. For the assault on the campus has started, about five minutes ago we thought several dozen black clad Police O
Helped define the 1960s, the photographer terry oneill has died. First to hong kong, where i want to build up a picture of rapidly moving events, in the last few minutes we have seen these pictures of at least a0 people arrested near Polytechnic University. The people were detained outside hotel icon on Science Museum road. The university has been the scene of intense clashes between Anti Government protesters and police over the weekend. At 5 30am local time, the police advanced in to the huge campus. Protestors set the main entrance on fire. Police used tear gas and water cannon. Our correspondent gabriel gatehouse witnessed events. The assault on the campus started about five minutes ago. We saw several dozen black clad Police Officers suddenly materialise out of nowhere and start storming the place. They were firing rubber bullets and tear gas and in response, the protesters unleashed all the petrol bombs they had, sometimes hurling whole boxes at a time which caused two huge fires