A p pa re ntly apparently this is a problem within the Supreme Court although this is no consolation to you. Apparently it is related to the rain, would you believe . i think potentially unless you are inside the Supreme Court at the moment no one is able to hear what the baroness is saying. 15th of august, nikki da costa, director of legislative affairs at number 10 downing street sent a memorandum to the downing street copied seven people, Civil Servants and special advisers. Recommending that his parliamentary private secretary approached the palace with a request for prorogation to begin within ninth 12th a request for prorogation to begin within ninth 12th september and for a queens speech on the 14th of 0ctober. For a queens speech on the 14th of october. The Prime Minister take to that recommendation. 0n october. The Prime Minister take to that recommendation. On 27th or 28th of august, in a telephone call, he formally advised her majesty to pirogue parliament between those date
A top spokesman for the taliban tells the bbc its still willing to negotiate. And a landmark case at the uk Supreme Court. Judges consider whether Boris Johnson acted unlawfully in suspending parliament. The main challenger to the israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has said he would work towards a government of National Unity after tuesdays general election. Exit polls suggest benny gantzs centrist alliance is slightly ahead of mr Netanyahus Likud party, with neither winning enough seats to form a government. From tel aviv, the bbcs jeremy bowen reports. Israeli tv exit polls showed no decisive victory for any side. The votes will be counted through the night, but it could take weeks of coalition horsetrading before the next government and Prime Minister emerge. The election has been a referendum on Benjamin Netanyahus last ten years in office. He is israels longest serving Prime Minister. His main rival is retired general, benny gantz, from the blue and white party. Some of h
Years in the house. New figures reveal uptake of all 13 routine vaccinations for the under fives has fallen in the last 12 months. Strong words from the duke of sussex on a tour of botswana prince harry takes aim at Climate Change deniers. It is a race against time and one in which we are losing. Everyone knows it, there is no excuse for not knowing that, and i think the most troubling part of it is i dont believe there is anybody in this world that can deny science, undeniable science and facts. And coming up, the uks new Polar Research ship, originally due to be called Boaty Mcboatface, is launched, now named after Sir David Attenborough. Good morning and welcome to westminster where borisjohnson is facing calls to moderate his language after the commons witnessed some of the most furious exchanges its seen in recent years last night. A number of conservative mps, including a cabinet minister, have urged him to pick his words carefully, after he accused his opponents of surrendering
New figures reveal cancer survival rates in the uk are on the up, but still lag behind other high Income Countries. Good morning, welcome to bbc newsroom live. Iamjoanna i am joanna gosling. The Prime Minister has insisted that he didnt lie to the queen over the suspension of parliament. Hes been speaking this morning. Heres what he had to say. Prime minister, your announcement today, whats the aim behind it . Well, the uk is one of the great centres of shipbuilding and were expending that now. I think that shipbuilding is an area of industry, which is of massive promise for this country. We are exceptionally good at it, we make loads of frigates used in australia, the canadians are buying them and we are now announcing another five type 31, a new type of frigates that will be built at shipyards around the uk, so they drive high qualityjobs here in they drive high qualityjobs here in the uk, the shipbuilding programme, but they also represent a massive export opportunity for this count
Seen reflection on the General Health of the uk Aviation Industry which continues to thrive, passenger numbers are up, people are travelling more. The truth is that the way people have come out their holidays has changed an enormous amount over the years but he didnt change as much with the company. Never should distract from the distressed experience of the businesses relying on thomas cook passengers and thomas cook employees, who have worked above and beyond, particularly in recent days, during this distressing situation. We have never had a collapse of an airline or Holiday Company on the skill before, we have responded decisively, right now, our efforts are focused on getting those passengers home and looking after those employees who have lost their jobs. We also need to understand whether any individuals or third in the duties of stewardship within the company. Then our efforts will turn to working through the reforms necessary to ensure that passengers do not find themselves in