After being charged with assault. As australias bushfire crisis continues the countrys Prime Minister defends the coal industry and defies calls for new carbon targets. We need to take action on Climate Change. You dont run government on sentiment, you run government on fa cts. And later in the programme private eyes editor, ian hislopjoins the bbcs media editor amol rajan to look back on a fascinating year of front covers, cartoons and satire. There are calls for a government inquiry into racism within football after the Chelsea Player, Antonio Rudiger, complained of hearing monkey noises from the crowd during yesterdays premier league match at tottenham. The professional Footballers Association said it was disgusted by the reports, and insisted urgent action was needed. The referee stopped play during the second half after rudiger complained of hearing monkey noises in the crowd. Shortly after the stoppage, an announcement was made over the public address system warning that racist b
From futuristic, what happened here yesterday seems to be another worrying indication that in fact things are going backwards. A professional footballer telling the referee, telling the world, that he has heard monkey chants. Not on a distant football pitch in eastern europe. This was Chelseas Antonio Rudiger at tottenham hotspur, in englands capital city, famed, theoretically, for its diversity. Rudiger himself posted several tweets expressing his dismay at the incident, but also stressing the importance of talking publicly about racism, so that its notjust forgotten about, as he suggests always happens. Rudiger also points out that in a modern ground like tottenham hotspurs, with so many cameras in place, it should be possible to both isolate and punish the offender. Announcer racist behaviour among spectators is interfering with the game. Please remember that in football there is no place for racism. A warning was made over the loudspeaker three times at the game, but there was no m
In saudi arabia for the murder of the journalist Jamal Khashoggi. The former love island presenter Caroline Flack has pleaded not guilty to assaulting her boyfriend at herflat in london. Boeing has announced that its chief executive Dennis Muilenburg is stepping down. Mr muilenburg has faced serious criticism in the aftermath of two major accidents involving boeings new 737 max planes in which a total of 346 people died. Last week the Company Announced it was halting production of the aircraft. In a statement the company said a change of leadership was needed to restore confidence. Our International Business correspondent theo leggett gave us some background a little earlier. He presided over an era where boeing came out with its flagship aircraft which we now know contained a flaw, which never should have got past regulators, and it was allowed to continue flying after the first of those two catastrophic accidents involving a plane of indonesia. The plane was allowed to keep flying an
Where hundreds face chrstimas out of their homes after last months flooding. The professional footballers assocation has called for a government inquiry into racism in the sport, after the chelsea player, antonio rudiger, complained of hearing monkey noises from the crowd during yesterdays premier league match at tottenham. Our sports correspondent, joe wilson, is at tottenhams stadium. The stadium behind me is a gleaming addition to the british sporting landscape in itself, an advertisement to the power and wealth of the premier league. But, farfrom futuristic, what happened here yesterday seems to be another worrying indication that in fact things are going backwards. Professional footballer telling the referee, telling the world, he has heard monkey chants. Not on a distant football pitch in eastern europe, this was Chelseas Antonio Rudiger, at Tottenham Hotspur, in englands capital city. Famed, theoretically, for its diversity. Rudiger himself posted several tweets expressing his d
The margins there seems to be more optimism in the markets that the yearend wont bring the crunch we had forecast. This is the picture for european stocks up 0. 1 . 1. 3096. D, a phase one trade deal. At 96. 3,ng in betterthanexpected after they had a figure of 95. 5 and thats moving euro a little bit. Coming up we will discuss the and also dont miss our exclusive interview with the chief executive, thats coming up at 1 00 p. M. London time. Lets get straight to the first word news in new york city. President trump is accusing Speaker Nancy Pelosi of turning chamber. Into a star powerump laying out his and obstructed congress. Later today the house is effective vote to approve two articles of impeachment. The u. K. Credit outlook has been upgraded by both s p and after Boris Johnsons conservative party won a decisive majority in last weeks elections. S p raising the outlook from negative to stable. Fitch taking them off rating watch negative. It removes the immediate threat of a downgr