Skills and education. And the race to be the democratic challenger in 2020 has been thrown wide open, with a new poll putting Pete Buttigieg in first place in iowa with a 9 point lead over his nearest rival. Hello and welcome. Im Michelle Fleury in new york and Christian Fraser is in london. The duke of york is said to be standing by his decision to take part in an interview about his links to convicted sex offender, jeffrey epstein. Sources close to Prince Andrew said he wanted to address the issues head on, and did so with honesty and humility. It comes after the princes extraordinary interview with the bbc over the weekend. There are now growing calls for the prince to cooperate with us investigators about his links to jeffrey epstein. In his interview, Prince Andrew denied having any sexual contact with the American Woman Virginia Roberts who says she was forced to have sex with him at the age of 17. Epstein took his own life, while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges. With m
A head to head between borisjohnson and Jeremy Corbyn and one with all the main british parties. Jail for an 18 year old man who stabbed to death his teenage former girlfriend, ellie gould. Coming up on afternoon live all the sport with katie. England celebrating a pretty nice when in the t20 . They certainly are and one mans name in lights is davitt malan as he makes history after hitting the fastest t20 century by an eggless batsman as a level the series against england, it is 2 2 with the decider in auckland on sunday. Thanks katie and tomasz has all the weather very difficult conditions for some. Is it going to ease . The weather has dried out in terms of the fact it is not raining so thatis of the fact it is not raining so that is good news on the river levels will stay at pretty high for some time but the good news is as far as the weather goes, the worst is over. Thank you. Also coming up. The emotions of a 0 day veteran as he sees a memorial being built for his fallen friends.
In california are set president trumps ukraine to lose power on tuesday call testifies about the concerns he raised. As a utility firm tries to stop damaged cables triggering wildfires. Strong winds have been fanning the fires, and thousands of residents in los angeles have been told to evacuate. And we look at why parts of asia are seeing birth rates hit thats all. New lows and ask what governments can do about it. Voiceover live from our studios in london and singapore. This is bbc world news. Its newsday. Hello. Its 9am in singapore and 1 00 in the morning here in london where borisjohnson has finally secured an early general election in the uk on the fourth attempt. Mps approved his call for a snap poll on december the 12th by a huge majority with opposition backing. The Prime Minister said the public must be given a choice over the future of brexit and the country. Labour Leaderjeremy Corbyn said the election is a once in a generation chance to transform our country. Our Political
Is set to hold an early election which the Prime Minister hopes will break the deadlock. Lebanons Prime Minister has resigned after days of nationwide protests he says hes reached a dead end in dealing with the unprecedented demonstrations and violence that a power lines the country they know how to is following developments for us from beirut. Unrest in the streets of beirut running battles in the heart of the lebanese capital. Police moved in after hundreds of men allied with Political Parties in power attacked out tie government demonstrators who have been in the streets for almost 2 weeks demanding the ruling elite leaves office the Prime Minister saddle how d. D. Has now handed his Resignation Letter to the president. For 13 days the lebanese people have waited for a decision for a political solution that would stop the deterioration and i have tried during this period to find a way out to listen to the peoples voice and to protect the country from Economic Security and social cha
Testifies over the 737 max crashes. Lebanon under pressure to form a new government, as Anti Government protesters celebrate after the Prime Minister resigns. Here in the uk, a general election has finally been called for december 12th to try to end the deadlock over brexit. It may also have serious implications for the unity of the country. Itll be the first december election in the uk in nearly 100 years. The Prime Minister has said the public must be given a choice over the future. The leader of the labour opposition described the election as a once in a generation chance to transform our country. This from our Political Editor laura kuenssberg. These will soon be portraits from the past. Speaker order order the howls and the rage of a house divided. Theyll be replaced with some new voices. Some here will disappear. I call the Prime Minister. Mrspeaker, thank you. Its never been that straightforward with this group of mps, as this still new Prime Minister knows to his cost. There is