Joanna gosling the headlines a vigilfor the victims of the London Bridge attack the Prime Minister and the labour leader will be among those honouring jack merritt and saskia jones at a Remembrance Service in the city. The un secretary general, antonio guterres, says the world must end its war against nature as two weeks of talks on Climate Change begin in madrid. Travel disruption for thousands of rail passengers as workers on South Western Railway begin a 27 day strike in a dispute over guards on trains. Jeremy corbyn pledges to cut rail fares by a third and give under 16s free travel as part of labours plan to renationalise the railways. And coming up in the next few minutes the Scottish National Party Leader Nicola Sturgeon will be answering your questions live on independence, brexit and more. Captainjoe root rescues englands cricketers in the second test in new zealand he makes a double century, to leave them trailing byjust five runs. Good morning 7 and welcome to the bbc news a
Jails . So a lot to talk about. Its not about prison reform. Its about the fact that prisons are overcrowded. Theres space for 288 more prisoners in england and wales. Weve got 11,000 and wales. Weve got 11,000 foreign prisoners in our just foreign prisoners in ourjust deport all of them. Theyve talked about it and they dont do it. Do it. And i want people who come out of prison to be less at risk of reoffending. Were terrible at that as well. Gbv at gbnews. Com is the email address. First, though, the very latest News Headlines with sam francis. News headlines with sam francis. Bev and andrew thank you very much. Good morning from the gb newsroom. 931 the top story this morning. New gas power stations will be built to protect britains energy security. Thats despite concerns over the potential impact it may have on climate change. The government says the new stations are needed to avert potential blackouts and provide a backup for the growing electric economy. Its understood theyll rep
Princes on a tour of the white garden at Kensington Palace, planted to mark two decades since Princess Diana died. A hard drive containing unfinished works by Terry Pratchett has been crushed by a six and a half tonne steamroller as per his wishes. The fantasy novelist died in march 2015 after battling alzheimers disease. Welcome to houston, a city where so many neighbourhoods are underwater. Im ina many neighbourhoods are underwater. Im in a suburb to the west of houston, the storm has passed, but look at the impact. We have cars submerged, home completely flooded, rescue boats going door to door this morning. Ive seen at least three in the last 15 minutes. Whats happening here is because the reservoirs outside houston are for, the authorities are doing timed releases from the dams to stop the reservoirs overflowing, but that means this neighbourhood is still flooding from those timed releases and people here tell me the waters are still rising. Its an extraordinary state of affairs,
Fiona bruce will be here with a full round up of judos news. Fiona bruce will be here with a full round up ofjudos news. First of all, it is news watch. Hello and welcome to news watch. It has been a long week in us politics but did bbc news go overboard and how it covered Donald Trumps inauguration and his first few days as president . And was it in the uks Public Interest to focus in News Bulletins on the failure of a Trident Missile Test last year . It has been a busy and controversial first week in office for President Trump and we have heard plenty about it on bbc news. It all started, of course, in washington, dc. It on bbc news. It all started, of course, in washington, dci it on bbc news. It all started, of course, in washington, dc. I Donald John Trump do solemnly swear that i will faithfully execute the office of president of the united states. And will do the best of my ability. And will do the best of my ability. And well do the best of my ability. Preserve protect and defe
And it was announced that the budget for the border force called fron text would be tripled. It can rescue people. The main purpose was to stop them getting into europe. It was agreed to triple the resources available. Our Border Mission in the center of the mediterranean. Enhancing operations capability. Im happy to announce that leaders pledged significantly greater support. Including minimal vessels and aircraft and experts and money. Lots of refugee groups what about accepting it. Its important to change the narrative and the policies. And to stop criminalizing the communities. We see how they have been criminalized through fingerprinting, racial profiling and chasing undisputed migrants. All the policies need to be addressed. The approach is wrong altogether. Many of europes leaders with an eye on elections and Public Opinion have to say they want to stop the deaths and want to keep people described as regular migrants out. The e. U. Committed to avoid a repeat of this, but the wa