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you can send me a message by the usual ways. you can send me a message by the usual ways. thousands of women stage rallies, across australia to protest against gender discrimination and violence. martial law is imposed in more areas of yangon in myanmar, after one of the deadliest days of protest since last month s coup. further lockdown easing as more children return to school in scotland and hairdressers reopen in wales. the grammy goes to beyonce! at the grammys, beyonce breaks the record for the most awards ever won by a woman. as an artist, i believe it is myjob, and all of ourjobs, to reflect the times and it has been such a difficult time. and coming up in around halfan hour, we ll talk live to katie price as her petition to make it more difficult for online trolls to be anonymous passes 100,000 signatures. hello, and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. borisjohnson will chair a meeting today of the uk government s crime and justice ta ....
to those wanting catalonia to be independent of spain? join us tonight at 7.45 here on bbc news. good evening and welcome to bbc news. jeremy corbyn is under pressure to explain why he appointed the labour mp, kelvin hopkins, to the shadow cabinet months after he d been reprimanded for alleged inappropriate behaviour towards a young party activist. in the past few minutes mr hopkins said he absolutely and categorically denied allegations of inappropriate conduct. earlier this evening, labour said it would appoint an independent organisation to offer confidential support to anyone affected by sexual harassment. theresa may has issued the party s own new code of conduct. meanwhile the labour activist who accused mr hopkins ava etemadzadeh has told bbc news she feels disillusioned by the party s response at the time. our deputy political editor, john pienaar reports. step by step, one by one, in one party, then another and today, young labour activist with more alleg ....
ruling party, adding that twist to the raging power struggles over who will succeed the 93 world president. we will hear live from zimbabwe about that struggle to succeed the world s oldest head of state. and. hi. hello. nice to meet you. nice to meet you. visiting the uk from the philippines, the niece of the g re nfell tower philippines, the niece of the grenfell tower victim meets neighbours to make sense of the tragedy. the months, we have gazed at the us as it deals with interference in its political affairs. as we tend to do what the americans do but with a lad, it was a matter of time before concerns about russian meddling would come here and it has. the sun and the times are reporting tomorrow that the head of the national cyber security centre that british energy companies have threats against them. that is one kind of problem. last night, the prime minister talked of a different one. she used a rather interesting phrase in condemning the russians. the country ....
with a 15% rise in council tax. surrey county council says it s been left with no choice due to government funding cuts. and there is shocked down and, as novak djokovic crashes out to the australian open to a player ranked 117. good evening, and welcome to bbc news. donald trump has arrived in washington, along with his wife melania, ahead of his inauguration tomorrow as the 45th president of the united states. hundreds of thousands of people are expected to attend some to support him, and some protesting. and the tv audience will run into many millions around the world. a little earlier, i spoke to our washington correspondent, jane o brien. the clock is ticking. fewer than 2a hours to go and donald trump will become president of the united states. the celebrations are already underway, the donald trump at least, but a lot of protests are also expected to kick off. including a big march at the weekend, where women from all over the country are expected to converge o ....
presenting on radioi promoted their mental health campaign. mike s taken to the slopes this week, trying to keep up with 18 year old millie knight, britain s first world champion para skier. in sport chelsea chase the double the premier league leaders take on their closes rivals tottenham, in the first of this weekend s fa cup semi finals at wembley. and we take a look at the weather with them. plenty of dry weather, even some sunshine, but a plenty of dry weather, even some sunshine, buta big plenty of dry weather, even some sunshine, but a big change on the way for the start of next week. something much colder on the way. i will have all of the details later. thank you very much. good morning. first, our main story. the conservatives are attempting to play down speculation that they will raise taxes if they win the general election. yesterday, the chancellor, phillip hammond, hinted that the government might abandon the pledge made at the last election not to raise ....