and, in half an hour the click team takes a closer look at the perils of the gig economy. good afternoon, and welcome to bbc news. the duke of york has been widely criticised in the media following an interview with the bbc in which he denied having a sexual encounter with a 17 year old girl in 2001. virginia roberts says she was groomed by prince andrew s friend, jeffrey epstein a billionaire who was also a paedophile to have sex with the prince. he s admitted that staying with epstein after the businessman was convicted was a mistake. here s our royal correspondent, nicholas witchell. your royal highness, we ve come to buckingham palace. the interview has been heard, andrew s answers have been noted, with incredulity in some quarters and, one suspects, with something close to despair within the royal household. the reaction to his words in most cases has been negative. the consensus, in pr terms, the interview was extremely ill advised. andrew s denial of impropriety
is occupied. tributes to a chronicler of the swinging sixties the photgrapher, terry o neill has died. and in half an hour the travel show heads to japan to seek out the country s ancient burial mounds. the duke of york is facing widespread criticism today after the bbc interview in which he denied having a sexual encounter with a 17 year old girl in 2001. virginia roberts says she was groomed byjeffrey epstein the american financier who was convicted on child sex offences in 2008 and who had been a friend of prince andrew. the prince has admitted that going to stay with him after his release from prison was a mistake and is now facing calls to assist legal inquiries in the united states. our royal correspondent nicholas witchell reports. your royal highness, we ve come to buckingham palace. the interview has been heard, andrew s answers have been noted, with incredulity in some quarters and, one suspects, with something close to despair within the royal household
the labour leaderjeremy corbyn refuses to confirm whether or not free movement of people from the eu will be included in their general election manifesto. police and protestors clash in hong kong after a university campus is occupied. and tributes to a chronicler of the swinging sixties the photgrapher terry o neill has died. coming up, the latest from kosovo, where a goalfrom harry binks puts england in the lead. that is in sportsday at half past six. the duke of york is facing widespread criticism today after the bbc interview in which he denied having a sexual encounter with a 17 year old girl in 2001. virginia roberts says she was groomed byjeffrey epstein the american financier who was convicted on child sex offences in 2008, and who had been a friend of prince andrew. the prince has admitted that going to stay with him after his release from prison was a mistake, and is now facing calls to assist legal inquiries in the united states. 0ur royal correspondent nichol
for next summer s tournament. and he guided england to their first rugby world cup final for 12 years, so what s next for this man, eddie jones? we ll ask him at 7:30am this morning. it s a cold and frosty to the start of the day, a risk of ice for the far north of the country, but it is mostly going to be dry and with lengthy sunny spells. i ll have more in15 lengthy sunny spells. i ll have more in 15 minutes. it s monday, 18th november. our top story: prince andrew is facing calls to apologise to the victims ofjeffrey epstein for his close association with the convicted sex offender. a lawyer who represented epstein‘s alleged victims has told breakfast that the duke showed an astonishing lack of empathy in his bbc interview at the weekend. jeffrey epstein took his own life while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges. here s andy moore. your royal highness, we ve come to buckingham palace. it s hard to find anyone who thinks the interview was it s hard to find anyone
they reportedly rise in full year net profit. the flench advertiser also upping its dividends and hugo boss shares struggle despite the german fashion house forecasting the profits will rise faster than sales thanks to strong momentum on line and in asia mark langer tells cnbc china is a bright spot. italy s ten-year bond yield had diepd to a five-yeek low while the two-year touched a seven-month trough ahead of today s ecb meeting. that s ahead of expectations that it could signal a new round of cheap bank loans. as can you see beside me in temz of where the yields are trading, the german ten-year currently flat on the day. over in italy, the key mover this morning, we did see those two-year yield drop to the lowest levels since the coalition formed right now the ten-year is currently trading about seven basis points lower in terms of price at that 1 01.66 level. it will likely keep guidance on interest rates unchanged we are joined now from frankfurt with more in terms