response some party leaders say they ll talk to him but the lib dems reject the idea. i hope that they will all support the motion of no confidence that i will put and that will ensure that this government can then not continue with this headlong pursuit of no deal brexit. continue with this headlong pursuit of no-deal brexit. there is no way he can unite rebel conservatives and independents to stop boris johnson. it is not even certain he would secure it is not even certain he would secure all the votes of labour mps. the proportion of a level students getting the top grades has dropped to a 12 year low. and coming up, missionjurassic we ll be talking to one of the dinosaur hunters behind one of the biggest finds in decades. it s five o clock our top story. drug related deaths in england and wales are the highest they ve been since records began more than a quarter of a century ago. figures from the office for national statistics show there were more than 4,300 deaths
let s start with the huge sell off currently taking place on global stock markets, which over the past 2a hours have seen their biggest falls since 2018. in the us, the dowjones and s&p 500 both fell by almost 3% on monday, and tech heavy nasdaq was down by 3.5%. investors are concerned about the latest developments in the trade war between washington and beijing. a few hours ago the white house officially called china a ‘currency manipulator after a sharp fall in the value of the chinese yuan against the dollar. it passed the seven per dollar level for the first time since 2008. nervy investors have been pouring their money into safe haven assets as a result, with gold futures currently trading at a six year high, hovering around the $1,500 level. let s get more now from samira hussain, who sent us this report from new york. it is clear that investors here on wall street were spoke by china s moved to devalue its currency. us financial markets and their worst day in all o
you are up to date with the headlines. now it is time for tuesday and parliament. in parliament. hello and welcome to the programme. mps return from their easter break and condemn the killings of more than 300 people in churches and hotels in sri lanka. our response must be to deny the perpetrator is the satisfaction of dividing us. perpatrators. as a teenager climate activists comes to westminster a former labour leader urges the government to do more to tackle global warming. the right response to rebellion on our streets is to produce a revolution in climate leadership and the time for action is now. and there s condemnation of the new ira after it admits and apologises for the death of northern ireland journalist, lyra mckee. sorry is nowhere near good enough, sorry does not bring back lyra or ease the suffering of her partner, friends and family. the commons on its first day back after its easter break held a minute s silence for the people killed and injured in th
there shouting that we will win it but if he stays the three miles, he s done nothing long in his career so he s done nothing long in his career so farand he s done nothing long in his career so far and deserves to have a go at a race like that. forget off-white christmas, the staff here are dreaming ofa christmas, the staff here are dreaming of a win in one of the biggest races of the year. it would mean everything, a big race like that doesn t come very often and it s not often you get a very good horse but to have a chance would be a good christmas present for everyone. so on boxing day he ll be worth waiting a little less patiently for starters orders. let s see if santa brings success. nearly time to go but before we go just want to flag you in the direction of the that peter crouch podcast christmas special. it s available now on bbc sounds and peter has some special guests. hello. mum and dad are here, there are cameras and microphones, music. i hereby swear by the pow
uncovering stories from the trenches of the western front, we ll be live in france as we look ahead to the armistice day centenary. good morning. welcome to bbc newsroom live. i m joanna gosling. americans deliver their verdict today on president trump s first two years in office, in what are known as the midterm elections. final campaign rallies were held last night with the president visiting indiana and missouri in a final attempt to appeal to voters. the election will decide which party will control the two houses of congress, as our washington correspondent gary o donoghue reports. i m not on the ballot, but in a certain way i m on the ballot so, please, go out and vote. go out and vote. cheering. he s not on the ballot, but these mid term elections are allabout him. seven states, 11 rallies and that s just in the last week. his message, democrats are a socialist mob, the media are the enemy of the people and, above all else, migrants are to be feared. another man who is