by democrat led committees. also on the programme... china has been celebrating 70 years of communist rule but in hong kong more violent demonstrations. the police have been using tear gas, pepper spray and live rounds to quell the protests. and what to do when your name is facing extinction? 0ne nigel brought together 400 nigels, for a night of nigel nostalgia. hello and welcome i m christian fraser in london, michelle fleury is in washington. when the european commission presidentjean claude junker met with borisjohnson a few weeks ago, he said he d discovered something new; that this prime minister wanted more of a border on the island of ireland than his predecessor. and today mrjohnson confirmed it. the reality of brexit, he said, means that there must be customs checks of some description in northern ireland, after the uk leaves the eu. the prime minister has rejected briefings from the irish side that that will effectively mean a hard border, in the form of a serie
from his role by the 31st october. also on the programme. the peace talks are off. president trump cancels a secret meeting with the taliban but it s the invite to camp david which has lawmakers from both parties crying foul. there s nothing left say survivors left homeless, as hurricane dorian leaves a trail of death and destruction in the bahamas. hello and welcome. i m christian fraser in westminster, michelle fleury is in washington. this british parliament has sat for more days in one session, than any other since the english civil war over 300 years ago. but borisjohnson‘s decisison to bring it to a close tonight, proroguing it as it is known, is not without controversy. the current brexit deadline looms just 52 days away and after parliament is suspended this evening, the house will not sit again forfive weeks. one of the last pieces of legislation to get royal assent today was the backbench bill, approved last week, which will force the prime minsiter to request ano
and coming up. we hear from the chicken connoisseur on the home office decision to put anti knife slogans on takeaway boxes. good morning. welcome to bbc newsroom live. a 20 year old man denies any involvement in the murder of pc andrew harper, who was killed while responding to reports of a burglary in berkshire last thursday. jed foster has appeared at reading magistrates‘ court this morning, charged with the murder of pc harper, who was dragged along the road by a vehicle. nine other men have been released on bail. our correspondent, andy moore is at reading magistrates court. tell us what has happened in court this morning. good morning. this was a brief appearance lasting just a few minutes. mr foster was brought in wearing grey prison issue cloths, flanked by two security officers. he was asked by the court clerk to give his name, his date of birth, and his address. his address he gave as keepers cottage in their field. address. his address he gave as keepers cottage
a court s told the six year old allegedly pushed from the tenth floor of the tate modern broke his back and suffered a bleed on the brain. some people evacuated from properties below a damaged dam in derbyshire are being allowed back to their homes. the first black woman to win the nobel prize for literature the american novelist toni morrison has died at the age of 88. good evening and welcome to bbc news. the government has denied it wants talks with the european union to fail so that it can end up with a no deal brexit. officials in brussels have claimed that borisjohnson has no intention of entering new negotiations and that the government s central scenario is a no deal break at the end of october. mrjohnson has insisted he does want to reach a new deal with the eu, but says he s not prepared to open talks unless brussels drops the irish backstop. that s the mechanism designed to avoid a return to a hard border dividing the island of ireland. our political correspondent
you re just about up to date with the headlines. now on bbc news, it s time for hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk, i m stephen sackur. ireland is bracing itself for the scariest of halloween nightmares. prime minister borisjohnson has pledged to take the uk out of the eu on october the 31st come what may. that may very well mean a no deal brexit, with potentially damaging economic consequences for the uk, but also for eu nations, most particularly ireland. my guest is neale richmond, chair of the irish senate s brexit committee. can ireland prevent itself becoming the collateral damage in a brussels london showdown? neale richmond in dublin, welcome to hardtalk. thanks for having me on. let s start with boris johnson, hardtalk. thanks for having me on. let s start with borisjohnson, new prime minister. he has changed the dynamic of the brexit process, because he says britain is leaving on october the 31st come what may. how has ireland adapted to this new borisjohnson how has ire