In parliament, our look at the best of the day in the commons and the lords. On this programme can we trust the Civil Servants to be neutral over the effects of brexit . I have maintained this document as propaganda from top to bottom. A hundred years since women got the right to vote. But female peers say theres a long way to go in the fight for womens rights. You have to ask yourself what is meritorious, who decides what is the value . And after Donald Trump Tweets about the state of our nhs, an invitation is issued to the us president. Showsowwleaders hip. L i think i have done overall more than 20 years, with some discontinuities. I never had the occasion to question the impartiality or objectivity of the of Civil Servants. Quite often they have said things that i did not want to hear but i would never accuse them with with the recent accusations leveled against them. I think we should be proud of our Civil Service and i reject the smears against them. He will be familiar with this
That allegedly shows england cricketer ben stokes in a violent fight outside a nightclub. We will bring you the details. Hello. Welcome to the programme. Were live until 11 this morning. We are every weekday. We want to hear from you this morning if youve had unwelcome sexual attention on a night out. Let us know what happened and how you dealt with it. And how did the menu deal with it as well . Venue. Also this morning, ryanair is threatened with legal action for persistently misleading passengers about their rights when their flights are cancelled. If youve been affected, will you ever use the airline again . We will talk about that after ten oclock. Do let me know. Use the hashtag victorialive and if you text, you will be charged at the Standard Network rate. Our top story today the Prime Minister is to mount a strong defence of the free market economy, a day afterJeremy Corbyn told the Labour Party Conference that capitalism was facing a crisis of legitimacy. Theresa may will put
Of china, the partys leader, xijinping, has said his country has made great accomplishments in the last five years, despite challenges from a very weak global economy. President xi is still speaking, in a speech which has already lasted three hours. They are listening with great intent, and xi jinping they are listening with great intent, and xijinping has been speaking of a successful reorganisation of the Chinese Military to come, as well as the importance of taiwan, hong kong and macao remaining integral parts of china. The biggest applause came in response to his discussion of tackling corruption. Translation we need to work further towards achieving socialism with chinese characteristics, to build a well off country, and to build a great power in the world. It is also the age for the party, for the people, to unite together and to strive for a better life. It is time for older generations of chinese to realise regionalisation, and to realise our chinese dream. It is time for us to
And are on the rise. And with the nissan scandaljust the latest set back to take the shine off japans manufacturing reputation, well assess the damage with our Asia Business correspondent Karishma Vaswani wholl also talk us through a big week for china. And as more than 100 cities bid to be the location of the new Amazon Headquarters, we want to know would you want the amazon hq near you and if so how would you sell your city . Just use the hashtag bbcbizlive. Hello and welcome to business live. We start in spain, a country battling to stay in one piece. As you have been hearing, the government says it will impose direct rule on the region of catalonia and suspend its autonomy over the weekend following threats by the Catalan Leader to unilaterally declare independence. The crisis has been escalating since catalans voted to break from spain in a referendum on 1st october. Now, despite the poll being declared illegal by the spanish court. It is already taking an economic toll. Catalonia
President trump has again denied being insensitive to the widow of a fallen soldier, to whom he offered his condolences. Myeshia johnson said the president had made her cry even worse when he told her that Sergeant La David Johnson knew what he signed up for. Speaking publicly for the first time about the phone call, mrsjohnson said the military had refused to let her see her husbands body. Our north america editor, jon sopel reports. Sergeant la David Johnson was laid to rest at the weekend but theres no resting in peace. Instead, there is sound and fury. His widow has spoken for the first time about the now infamous call from President Trump. The president said he knew what he signed up for but it hurts anyways. And i was, it made me cry because i was very angry at the tone of his voice and how he said it. He couldnt remember my husbands name. She also revealed the us military refused to let her see her husbands body. I dont know nothing. They wont show me a finger, a hand. I know my