A warm welcome to the programme, briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. And you can be part of the conversation. The traditional christmas dinner in the uk is likely to cost more due to extreme weather conditions hitting supply of turkeys and some veg. Whats on the menu in your home . Are your festive traditions changing . Tell us what you think. Just use the hashtag bbcthebriefing. So lets get started. Two years after the murder of the maltese journalist daphne ca ruana galizia, a volley of resignations has thrown the government into crisis. Three senior politicians have stood down and angry crowds have called for the Prime Minister to resign as police step up their investigation into the murder. Now out of government are the chief of staff to the Prime Minister, the tourism minister and the economy minister. All deny involvement in the death of ms caruana galizia, who had been investigating corruptio on the island. Corruption. Rich preston reports. O
Swept through zimbabwe causing death and destruction. In iraq facing an uncertain political future after the Prime Minister offered to resign the cabinet is just met to discuss. His resignation his decision follows weeks of antigovernment protests which have turned violent demonstrators have warned they will not back down until there is a complete political overhaul for 2 months iraqis have been protesting to demand jobs Better Services and and to corruption some of alton joins us live from baghdad so simona weve had this meeting of the cabinet what came out of that. Prime minister had a lot done the theory affirmed the surgeon to hand in his resignation to parliament which is supposed to hold a session tomorrow the cabinet also discussed that it will. I continue to work on a daily basis and line of the constitution to ensure a smooth her hand over and a peaceful transition to whatever government comes next not course when youre at Tahrir Square and despite the resignation being announ
Police have named the man who killed two people and injured several more in a terror attack in central london. Officers shot dead usman khan on London Bridge. Its been revealed that he was convicted of terrorism offences in 2012 and had been released from prison on licence in december of last year. Simonjones has more details. This was an attack that brought terror back to the streets of london. A man and a woman killed before the attacker was shot dead on friday afternoon on London Bridge. Now, during the night the police have named the man who was shot dead as usman khan. He was 28 years old from staffordshire in the midlands here in the uk. Now, he is a convicted terrorist. He was jailed back in 2012 for a plot to bomb the london stock exchange. He was initially given what was called an indeterminate sentence, meaning he could be kept injailfor as long as was deemed necessary, for as long as was deemed he was a threat to the public. But he appealed that and then he was given a jail
About free speech and sport the biggest ever edition of the Southeast Asian games that is efficiently underway developing the host nation for the regions largest multisport and that. Fellow iraqs cabinet has met to discuss the Prime Ministers Office of resignation meeting was called to find a political solution after 2 months of antigovernment protest demand he says the government has done everything to meet the protesters demands but demonstrators disagree and say they wont back down they vowed to continue protesting until theres a complete political overall more than 400 people have been killed across the country since the protests began in october. Good morning now from see mona fulton who is live for us in baghdad so simona what is the latest there thats happening. Well the violence appears to have gone down after 2 very violent days that claimed a lot of lives but the aftermath of what has happened still very much reverberates not just here for her square but the entire nation for
Weve now got evidence that under borisjohnson, the weve now got evidence that under Boris Johnson, the nhs weve now got evidence that under borisjohnson, the nhs is on the table, and it will be up for sale. We are absolutely resolved that there will be no sale of the nhs, no privatisation, the nhs is not on the table in any way. Well look into labours claims and analyse what they mean. Also on outside source. Welcome once again to the bbcs first deregulated from a lead free, self financing from a fully sponsored tv programme. Clive james, writer and broadcaster, famed for his wit and humour, has died. This man keith skembri was the maltese Prime Ministers chief of staff, yesterday he resigned. This man keith skembri was the maltese Prime Ministers chief of staff, yesterday he resigned. Today hes been questioned by police in relation to the murder of the journalist Daphne Caruana galizia. She was known for investigating corruption in malta, and was killed by a car bomb near her home in