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of the general election. tony lee, and his wife laura sanders who is the party s candidate in bristol north west are both being looked into. this morning it emerged that mr lee has taken a leave of absence from his job, and left the campaign yesterday. our political correspondent helen catt has the latest. we will have a general election on the lith ofjuly. july elections are a rarity. now, the gambling commission is looking into some of the bets that were placed on one being called. the use of confidential information in order to gain an unfair advantage when betting may be a criminal offense. we now know that among those being looked into are tony lee, who s the conservative party s director of campaigning, and his wife, laura saunders, who s a candidate. mr lee took a leave of absence from his job yesterday. both mrs saunders and mr lee have been approached for comment, but haven t replied. this will be a two bedroom apartment? correct, yes. on a visit earlier, the hou ....
is no country that could be closer than our two countries. and i want to say thank you very much. we are working for a trade deal which will bea working for a trade deal which will be a very big dealfor working for a trade deal which will be a very big deal for both countries. and i think we will have that done very quickly. it was not all so friendly, theresa may also urged him to drop opposition to the climate change treaty. but trade is the priority and he was still planning a visit. though not eve ryo ne planning a visit. though not everyone will be as happy as theresa may to see him. until then worth cultivating the us friendship with the president, his family and advisers. his daughter ivanka trump is both. meeting the japanese leader was also important, shinzo abe has done a trade deal with the eu and the uk would like onejust done a trade deal with the eu and the uk would like one just as favourable. warm words about trade and cooperation can be comforting, even ....
zuma fended off a no confidence vote, we ll bring you the latest reaction from capetown. and after a man died attempting to swim across the channel, we ll speak to an expert on the challenges of extreme swimming. now on bbc news, it s time for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday. i m olly foster at the london stadium. the norovirus hits the 400 metres final. one of the favourites, makwale, is told he can t run it s set to be another lean night for great britain, unless kyle langford can stun the field in the 800 metres. i m nick marshall mccormack in salford and, away from the athletics, we ll be looking ahead to the uefa super cup where manchester united take on real madrid. jose mourinho‘s side are bidding to win a fourth trophy injust over a year. it is the ee of the women s rugby world cup in ireland and i have been tilting to the english, irish and welsh squad square victoria derbyshire. good evening. they fired at the world athletics championships. we are ....
conflict, bbc arabic is going to explain why. todayis today is the formal start of a major shift in power in america, we had the newly elected congress meeting to the first time, the republicans hold both houses, these are, i was going to show you live pictures, they dropped off, as well as congress, bear in mind, january 20, the republicans control the white house, the dynamics within the republican party are becoming very interesting. republicans in the house of representatives had hoped to push this through, it is an amendment to weaken the body that overseas claims of misconduct against members of congress, a niche concern but it has become a symbolic issue, it went ahead despite senior republicans in congress objecting but then a few hours ago, we heard this. in fact, but then a few hours ago, we heard this. infact, and but then a few hours ago, we heard this. in fact, and this is from writers, in fact, the us house republicans reversed course, withdrawing these pr ....
sackur. just how ugly is britain s divorce from the eu going to be, and how damaging for the unhappy couple? as british mps debate the formal triggering of the effort says, my guest is an eu politician who will be at the heart of the complex negotiations over a brexit deal. belgium s former prime minister and current mep guy verhofstadt has warned britain to expect no favours as it heads for the expert, but how confrontational is he prepared to be? guy verhofstadt, welcome to hardtalk. i want to talk about brexit with you but i don t want to start with the detail, i want to start with the detail, i want to start with the contest. when the british public voted for brexit on june 23, 2016 barack obama british public voted for brexit on june 23,2016 barack obama was president of the united states. now the white house is occupied by donald trump. to what extent do you think this fundamental shift in global politics, the most important power in the world after all, how impor ....