Authority Andrew Bailey is named as the next governor of the bank of england. Without question, he is the right person to lead the bank as we forge a new future outside the eu and level up across our great country. Trains and road travel is severely disrupted on one of the busiest travel days of the year gatwick services are affected and theres disruption in devon and cornwall. Australias pm apologises for going on holiday while the countrys bushfire crisis worsens , fire continues to ravage parts of the country. And the us moves closer to putting its astronauts back into orbit as boeing prepares to launch its new starliner capsule. Good morning and welcome to bbc news live from westminster. Mps will vote on the Prime Ministers brexit plan this afternoon which will take the uk out of the eu by the end of january. Its thought the Withdrawal Agreement bill will easily clear its second reading in the house of commons with the conservatives having won an 80 seat majority at last weeks gene
International sanctions plus fighting racism in football more allegations of racist abuse in english football the Players Association now demands a government inquiry after a chelsea defender was allegedly subjected to monkey chants on the pitch. On my ark thank you so much for your Company Everyone a court in saudi arabia has sentenced 5 people to death for the killing of journalist journalist. The saudi writer and Washington Post columnist was assassinated and reportedly dismembered inside the saudi consulate in istanbul over a year ago but his remains were never found well despite todays ruling questions still linger the Court Proceedings were shrouded in secrecy in the i. Densities of those who were sentenced today are no. Machines in a country that in forces far more than 100. 00 death penalties each year the sentence against the suspected murderers of Jamal Khashoggi is no surprise. To the defendants will be sentenced to death and they are the direct and joint participants in the
Join us, the brexitcast gang, in half an hour, to look back at the year that was in the world of brexit. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. The chief executive of boeing has been sacked less than a week after the plane maker said it would temporarily halt production of its troubled 737 max airliner. The company has struggled to recover after 346 people died in two crashes involving its planes. Our business correspondent, theo leggett, has the story. Two devastating accidents, and 346 people died. The first plane crashed into the sea off indonesia late last year. Then, in march, an identical aircraft went down in these fields in ethiopia minutes after take off. Since then, boeings newest and fastest selling aircraft, the 737 max, has been grounded worldwide. Blames been placed on a piece of Flight Control software, known as mcas, that activated at the wrong time and forced both planes into a catastrophic dive. Boeings failures and mr mullenbergs leadership have been angrily condemned
His political opponents of spreading lies about a new citizenship law that has led to widespread protest. More than 20 people have died in the hello, and welcome clashes. Special trains for children travelling alone in france during to world news today. The Christmas Holidays have resumed service. Prolonged nationwide strikes had led to the National Rail indias Prime Minister, narendra modi, has accused his service calling them. Tottenhams political opponents of spreading lies about a new citizenship law premier league win over chelsea which has led to deadly protests. Seems to have been marred by racist speaking behaviour from the crowd. The at a rally of his bjp party referee stopped play in the second in the capital, delhi, half of the game after an object was mr modi said Indian Muslims thrown onto the pitch. The american who are a minority in the country had nothing to fear from the legislation. The law offers fast track Space Agency Nasa says the unmanned citizenship to migrants
Racism in english football a premier league match is halted this evening after a player complains of abuse. At the Chelsea Tottenham game chelsea midfielder toni rudiger said he was targeted by monkey chanting. He told me that he was listening in the crowd monkey noises, and obviously myjob as the captain was to come straight to the ref. Tottenham hotspur have promised a thorough investigation but this is the latest in a series of incidents. Also tonight the girl who found a message in her Tesco Christmas cards from prisoners in china who say theyre being forced to work. The battle to control australias bushfires more than 100 are still raging in New South Wales. Indias Prime Minister defends his new citizenship law after days of protests that have claimed at least 20 lives. Its a Beautiful Day in this neighbourhood. We talk to tom hanks on playing a childrens tv presenter in his latest film and being known as the nice guy. Good evening. Tottenham Hotspur Football Club has promised a t