borisjohnson intervenes again in the brexit debate calling for a strict time limit on any transition deal. ukip‘s new leader henry bolton addresses his party conference in torquay saying mass immigration is harming british culture and overwhelming public services. a man s been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after a young girl was dropped from a bridge into a river in bolton. now on bbc news sir viv richards, sir wes hall and david lloyd recall the impact west indian players made on the lancashire cricket league over the last 90 years. this is a story about small white towns and the biggest black stars. we are talking about the best players in the world. these guys were clamouring to come and play in lancashire league cricket. when east meets west. rainy east lancashire meeting the sunny west indies. what a marvellous stroke. for the biggest name ever to play in the lancashire league, it was a welcome to match. it was a special time in a home away from home.
have been stepping up efforts to stop the vote claiming that most voting stations have been closed. it follows a raid at the catalan government s i.t centre to disrupt electronic voting. the vote is considered illegal by the government in spain. the national police have sealed off over a thousand schools which are intended to be polling stations. it s prompted the president of the catalan national assembly to make this plea. translation: i want to make a plea to the police and appeal to their sense of responsibility and community. well, this was the scene in madrid earlier people against the vote showing their support for a united spain. but many catalans say they are determined to vote. here s our correspondent tom burridge who is in barcelona. this is how parents and people in this part of barcelona a scene repeated across the city and across the region of catalonia, are trying to keep this school open. they hope the police cannot get in if they organise activitie
upgrades to his home is released. more than 20 years after the death of hollywood legend march layne nah deitrich some of her personal belongings are up for auction. hello everyone. day 12 since malaysian airlines flight mh370 disappeared with the aircraft and 239 passengers, still not found. two relative ps of chinese passengers on the airliner were forcibly dragged away speaking to journalists at a media center in kuala lumpur. the two brought a long white banner in words in chinese characters saying we protest against the malaysian government for hiding the truth and for wasting time in finding the passengers. in an update on the search operation itself, malaysia s acting transport minister reports that the plane had been seen in the maldives, those reports are untrue. he said the investigation into crew, passengers and ground staff goes on. analysts are trying to recover dater apparently deleted from the pilot s personal flight simulator. 26 countries are involved i
government s next legislative program amid it the traditional pomp and ceremony. hello. thanks for joining us on bbc world news. president obama has met is the president elect of ukraine petro poroshenko on the second day of his trip to poland. he said they discussed a plan for reducing ukraine s energy dependence on russia and how the u.s. can help train the ukrainian security forces. this all comes ahead of a major speech that mr. obama is due to make in the next few minutes, in fact, as part of a ceremony to mark 25 years since the end of communism in poland. this is the stage setting. come rove ski, poland s president speaking now, cataloging poland s move, transition from the communist ear rat which ended precisely 25 years ago to today when it can count itself among the market democracies showing huge signs of stability over the course of the last 25 years. it is a timely moment for president obama to be in eastern europe, given the travails that have faced ukraine in
25 years on from tiananmen, does china s tradeoff between personal prosperity and political freedom still hold? also in the program, aaron is here and the g-8 missing a player. tim and then there were seven. yes, with russia no longer given a seat at the table, the leaders head to brussels later today and high on the agenda, how does europe wean itself off russia gas. we speak to the energy commissioner and hear why america may have the solution. . hello, and welcome. it is midday here in london. 7:00 a.m. in washington. 3:30 in the afternoon in afghanistan. where in the last few hours, the taliban have released dramatic images showing the moment the american soldier sergeant bowe bergdahl was handed over to u.s. forces. as heavily armed taliban fighters looked on, a u.s. black hawk helicopter touched down in coast province just 40 kilometers from pakistan. to pick up the man who had been held for nearly five years. but many questions are now being asked in america will t