Been starker. And coming up. The billionaire former mayor of new york Michael Bloomberg announces he wants to run for president. Hello, and welcome to world news today. The first results from hong kongs local District Council election are coming in and they show the pro democracy parties making big gains. Theyre on course to all but wipe out their pro beijing rivals. Theres been a huge voter turnout in comparison to elections in 2015. With slightly more than half of the count complete the numbers just a few minutes ago showed pro democracy parties have already taken 196 seats. While pro establishment parties have just 27 so far. These are the numbers being reported by local media and there is still a way to go yet, of course. Now, some notable names ran in the elections, including pro beijing lawmaker junius ho. Hes one of the most controversial politicians in the city and is reported to have suffered a shock defeat. Our correspondent Stephen Mcdonell is in hong kong. Stephen, this cou
Chinas secret brainwashing camps bbc panorama goes inside the network of high Security Prisons where inmates are indoctrinated and punished. And coming up at 8 30 a bbc investigation finds Vulnerable Children are increasingly being placed in unregulated homes. Thats in britains care scandal exposed. Good evening. Borisjohnson has launched the conservative partys election manifesto, promising to get his brexit deal passed by parliament, as soon as possible after the election, if he wins. In a speech in telford in shropshire, he offered what he called a route map to take the country forward. For the nhs in england theres a pledge to add 50,000 more nurses, and restore nursing grants, thats on top of an existing promise to pump tens of billions more into the health service. He said thered be no rises in income tax, National Insurance and vat for five years. And he pledged to raise the threshold at which people start paying National Insurance to £9,500, a saving of £85 a year, per person
About gang violence, but he is offering a referendum, following a mass brawl and borisjohnson very much isnt, at a cinema complex in birmingham. Doesnt that mean you are inevitably huge turnouts and gains for pro democracy groups going to have to lean in hong kongs local elections, towards the labour party and help with voters giving their verdict them form a government, vote things through for them, on months of demonstrations. Rather than the conservatives . Well, first of all, as things stand, and englands cricketers as things stand, borisjohnson are struggling to avoid defeat in the first test in new zealand. Is on course to get a majority, and liberal democrats are the best placed party to stop it. Ah, you think that is what is happening at the moment . If you look at the polls right now, that is what they say. Now there is, obviously, two and a half weeks to go in this campaign, and i am working very hard to change that situation. You are not conceding yet, but you think that he
The intervention from the chief rabbi has prompted a leading Muslim Organisation to criticise the conservatives for their handling of claims of islamophobia in the party. In other news. Dont give this man your vote because of his brexit policy thats the message from former tory cabinet minister lord heseltine. A present senior minister hit back. Michael i think advised people to vote liberal democrat in the european election. So in that sense he is consistent. But i do think he is wrong on this. A bleak outlook, says the un on Climate Change. The world has to act much faster to avoid Dangerous Levels of global warming. Coming up on afternoon live, all the sport with ben croucher. Ho isato ho is a to lead Tottenham Hotspur at home for the first time tonight. He says he likes the love his fans give their side. And andy murrays thoughts on retirement. Thanks, ben. And another ben ben rich has all the weather. We have had some cloud and outbreaks of rain. It has been mild. That will change
About many things. Dont ask me, dont ask me what are the mistakes but i realised that during my career i also made mistakes and i am not going to make the same mistakes. I am going to make new mistakes. Sol have time. I think i am stronger and when i am saying im stronger, im not saying im fitter, i was i was fit, but i think i am stronger from an emotional point of view. I am relaxed, i am motivated and i am ready. On to tennis and serbia were among the winners as the group stage of this years davis cup came to an end in madrid on thursday. They beat france to finish top of group a. First Filip Krajinovic beat Jo Wilfried Tsonga in straight sets, and then Novak Djokovic beat benoit paire, also without dropping a set, to clinch the tie. Djokovic winning 6 3, 6 3. This review confirmed thejob was done. France claimed a consolation win in the doubles but its serbia wholl play russia in the last eight. Philip definitely gave me wings with his winner. Tonga was playing well and philip was