Its a podcast, we have microphones and headphones and people in there doing faders and pushing buttons. Todays episode is all about Boris Johnson, the Prime Minister pulling pints, nigel faraj, leader of the brexit party grilling candidates. Dont worry, i will make sense when you listen and watch this. Nigel farage. Welcome to your monday edition of electioncast. Its adam here at electioncast hq joined by. Laura here in westminster as well. And i think alex forsyth is in a pub. In a pub, best place to be during an election. Have you given up work already and hit the bottle . Yes. I didnt even go to work today, ive spent the whole day in the pub. And then Boris Johnson happened to walk in. Just travelling from pub to pub. 0k. He did, it was pure coincidence. Borisjohnson, the Prime Minister, its crazy. Thats amazing, i cant imagine that happening ever. Anyway, the person we are used to seeing in a pub is of the brexit party leader, nigel farage. He was not in a pub for once, he was doin
In the turkish city istanbul. Its the morning in sydney, and people are waking up to what authorities are calling a catastrophic threat its the morning in sydney, and people are waking up of dangerfrom bushfires thats the highest level of warning. And the day coming is predicted to be the worst since these fires began several weeks ago. Hot temperatures and strong winds in New South Wales are the reason why this threat level is being used in sydney. There are bush fires in queensland too. And we already know how desvtasting these fires can be. These are pictures from the last week. New south wales is already under a state of emergency. That gives the fire Service Special powers to evacuate property and turn off power. Fire crews have come from all over australia and new zealand to help. The fires escalated on friday. 150 homes were destroyed and three people died. This footage gives you a sense of the danger people and Fire Fighters are facing. This crew is completely surrounded by fla
Also tonight. There are 42 flood warnings still in place in the north of england, ministers will hold an emergency meeting tomorrow, as locals underline the scale of the crisis. Weve never experienced this in our lifetime. Weve lived here for nearly 55 years. I was born here. And we just think the system has completely let us down. One of the uks biggest steel makers has been rescued by a chinese company, potentially safeguarding thousands of jobs. In hong kong, two people are in a Critical Condition after another day of demonstrations by democracy campaigners in hong kong. And a two minute silence across the uk, as people gather to pay tribute to those lost in two world wars. And coming up on sportsday on bbc news a fourth consecutive gold in a championship record in the javelin. Hollie arnold starts for Great Britain at the world para athletics. Good evening. Theres been a potentially significant shift in the dynamics of the upcoming election, caused by the brexit partys decision not
Dutch women who joined the i saw in syria and scientists and stargazers witness a rare cause make a friend as the planet mercury passes between the earth and the sun. With this thought is a football or a shard the red card and sent off this part be the victim of racist abuse in ukraine. Hong kong is reeling from one of the most violent days of antigovernment demonstrations in more than 5 months one protester is in Critical Condition after being shot at close range by police well demonstrators are accused of setting a probation supporter on fire chief executive kerry lamb called the protesters the enemy of the people and said the she will not yield to pressure sarah clarke has more from hong kong. Protesters started blocking roads and ran lines during the morning rush hour at a crossroads inside one home district on the east of Hong Kong Island a traffic officer was filmed as he grappled with a demonstrator and then pointed his gun at a 2nd protester and shot him in the torso the peach
The u. S. May give approval next month, but either regulators are more cautious. Tencent music find the right beat with earnings topic the highest analyst estimates. Lets take a look at how asian markets are set to trade today after a pretty terrible session yesterday. We did not get a great lead from the u. S. Wall street seeing very thin volumes and expert tatian still high that we will see this trade deal but some uncertainty coming through in the mix as well as you look at yesterdays trading due to we are looking at trading starting in sydney, i staggered open pretty much flat at the open after a robust session on monday. New zealand trading at 1 10 of 1 ahead of the rbnz decision. Economists split about whether we will see another 25 basis points easing from the new releases new zealand central bank. We will get some hints to what direction they will go with the inflation exit tatians report later today as well as housing prices. To cargo nikkei futures flat at the moment. We are