and we ll speak to a woman who says she was sexually harassed by the former fox news star bill o reilly. hello. welcome to cornwall. we are pretty much in the middle of the county, and we are just off the much in the middle of the county, and we arejust off the high and we are just off the high street, in the main square, a small, pretty square. we are talking to all sorts of people here ahead of the general election. we are asking about the things they care about with 30 days to go. a lot of people say they don t have a great deal of time for politicians. they feel pretty forgotten, actually. geographically, they are 300 miles away from westminster. we will hear from pledge of them this morning in detail. wherever you are, get in touch. what issues do you care most about ahead of this general election? we will hear from about ahead of this general election? we will hearfrom more about ahead of this general election? we will hear from more of you after the news. our top story
president trump s cabinet? people with small bank balances need not apply. and i love all people, rich and poor. but in those particular positions ijust don t want a poor person. does that make sense? welcome to the programme. i m christian fraser in london, jon sopel is in washington. the european commission supported theresa may s decision to call a snap election. they wanted reassurance the prime minister had a mandate for brexit and would be there to see it through to the end. well, they have no such guarantees. so, the dinner conversation tonight might be somewhat strained. over coffee, mrs may will be explaining to the other 27 leaders how the uk plans to protect the rights of eu and uk citizens once it leaves the union. the commission has already made its counter offer, some weeks ago. we will see how they compare. but president of the european council, donald tusk, stressed brexit wasn t the only thing on the agenda and had this to say about defence. somebody needs
welcome to bbc news. more thani million people have signed a petition calling on the government to cancel a planned state visit to the uk by president trump. it follows his temporary ban on visitors from seven, predominantly muslim, countries from entering the usa. labour leaderjeremy corbyn said the visit should be postponed. but downing street said that would undo everything achieved in mrs may s recent visit to washington. here s our political correspondent, iain watson. chanting: no fascist usa! the demonstrations in america against president trump s imposition of a temporary travel ban are likely to be repeated here, with protests planned outside downing street later today and in other uk cities. although the foreign office have clarified that british citizens are exempt from the ban, the foreign secretary has been under pressure to say why it took so long to get that clarification. i ll be talking to you in the house of commons. that s the place. house of commons be
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welcome. it s good to have you with us today the second phase of forming in a month long general elections voters are going to the polls to elect a new parliament. has been seeking a second has been the opposition congress party. the election is the world s biggest with nine hundred. in total eligible to vote. five hundred forty three representatives to the house of parliament called the. india is one of the biggest markets for social media companies like facebook and whatsapp these platforms additional campaigning ground. to the state of karnataka to meet a candidate hoping social media can be history to
a seat in parliament. i think we re probably going to. be there to see just recently he s about to go into the south indian city of bengal to sample your you and an aspiring member of parliament for joining us but of particular that there were people at twenty eight he s the youngest candidates
and nothing but propaganda at the same time the british government was in an emergency meeting to come up with a response to what it calls iranian piracy on the open sea on friday iranian revolutionary guard troops ignored warnings from the british navy and seized a british ship in the strait of hormuz the fact that it has taken 3 days for london to announce its response speaks to the few and frustrating options that it has ever since the u.s. withdrew from the iran nuclear deal britain has found itself in an almost impossible position how to help the rest of europe save the nuclear deal while maintaining ties with its most important ally the united states and to make matters more difficult britain is counting on a new trade deal with the u.s. after it leaves the european union later this year so the irony was not lost today when the u.k. said that it will put together a naval protection mission in the strait of hormuz to be led by europe and not
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