We must proceed straight to an election. Well have the latest from westminster and from brussels, and the likelihood of an election before christmas. Also tonight. A lorry driver appears in court charged with the manslaughter of 39 people found dead in a container in essex last week. And we report from the district in vietnam, where its thought many of the victims in the lorry came from. The death of a british teenager has changed the way social media firms deal with harmful posts, according to the head of instagram. And how one of the worlds most powerful telescopes is unlocking the mysteries of dark energy, the force that makes up most of the cosmos. And coming up on sportsday on bbc news, the countdown is under way to the Rugby World Cup final. England get ready to face south africa in a repeat of the 2007 showdown. Good evening. The Prime Minister, who said last month that hed rather die in a ditch than ask for another brexit delay, has written to the European Council president , a
We will not allow this to continue and one way or another we must proceed straight to an election. In other news, the driver of the lorry in essex, in which 39 people died, appears in court charged with their manslaughter. The death of a british teenager has changed the way social media firms deal with harmful posts, according to the head of instagram. Campaigners call on the government to extend how long women can store their frozen eggs, saying the 10 year limit breaches human rights. And at 11 30 well be taking an in depth look at the papers with our reviewers, ros altmann, former pensions minister, and mihir bose, writer and broadcaster. Stay with us for that. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. The Prime Minister, who said last month that hed rather die in a ditch than ask for another brexit delay, has written to the European Council president , accepting a three month extension to the brexit process. Its the formal confirmation that mrjohnsons pledge to take britain out of the
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Ask to you stop the Russian Investigation . No. Charles obviously a win for the trump team. We saw the russian part with the opening testimony, it felt like vindication for President Trump. Gregg not only is comey saying the president isnt the subject of an investigation web wasnt at the time. But its only been a short while since he was canned. For those people who have been the antagonists of trump claiming there is collusion, than is no evidence of collusion. And im not sure collusion is a crime except in antitrust law. Its clear according to comey the president did not try to stop the investigation. A pretty good day for President Trump on the russia allegations. Charles i want to ask you about mike flynn. You can see your way clear to letting this go, to letting flynn go webs a good guy. I hope you can let this go. He did not direct you to let it go. Not in his words, no. He did not order you to let it go. Those words are not an order. Charles he said over and over again he interp
Of the leftwing national media. Today the president declared comey is not only a liar, but a confessed leaker as well. He held a rose garden News Conference in which said he will be able to testify under oath that he never asked comey for a loyalty pledge. That he never asked comey to drop the investigation into former National Security advisor general michael flynn. Fox news chief white house correspondent, john roberts, with our report. John there was a lot of anticipation about what the president would say about the testimony on capitol hill. It turns out he said a lot. In the rose garden President Trump spoke for the first time in public about james comeys testimony on capitol hill. He said he would be happy to tell the details of their meetings to robert mueller, under oath. The president said he never asked comey to shut down the investigation. I didnt say that. He lied about that. I didnt say that. And there would be nothing wrong about i did say that. But i didnt say that. Repo