Well be asking, are there any steps now that could bring both sides back from the brink . Stay away from auckland unless youve had yourjabs. Thats from new zealands Prime Minister, as her country tackles its worst outbreak of measles this century. And asjapan ramps up its commercial whaling industry, younger generations say they want to watch whales not eat them. This is bbc world news, it is newsday. A very warm welcome to newsday. Its 1 oclock in the morning here in london, 8am in hong kong, and 8pm in the bahamas where Hurricane Dorian has made landfall in the north west of the country, with winds of up to 260 kilometers an hour. The storm is the strongest hurricane in modern records to hit the region and residents of grand bahama, which is on its predicted path, have been evacuated. Parts of the florida coast are also forecast to be in the path of the storm. Aleem maqbool reports from there. These were the last pictures out of the abaco islands of the bahamas before Hurricane Doria
Tactics. Tactics. My bill has been stopped today from being debated by the labour party and i am absolutely furious about that. They do not even want to talk about the important of recognising biological sex. They do not want to talk about how we stop children being able to access puberty blockers that would actually stop their development. Actually stop their development. So they have spent today filibustering my bill and stopping it being talked about, even though over the last few weeks i have had a huge amount of public support from concerned parents, concerned teachers , parents, concerned teachers, from young people themselves who want these bills measures put into law. Into law. James heappey has announced he wont stand as an mp at the next general election, saying he wants to prioritise his family and pursue a different career. Hes also expected to resign as Armed Forces Minister by the end of this month. More than 60 tory mps have now announced theyre leaving the commons , as
Name the date. Now, labour, added rishi sunak needs to stop squatting in number 10. In other news, police say theyve contacted the families of 35 people whose remains were recovered as part of an investigation into a funeral parlour in yorkshire. The bodies and a quantity of ashes were respectfully removed from legacy independent Funeral Directors in hull after concerns were raised about the storage and management processes relating to the care of the deceased. Humberside of the deceased. Humberside police described it as a truly awful incident. Two people awful incident. Two people arrested on a number of offences have been released on bail as enquiries continue and thousands of drivers will be stuck in gridlock traffic this weekend dunng gridlock traffic this weekend during an unprecedented closure of the m25. Five drivers have of the m25. Five drivers have been warned to stay away from a five mile stretch in surrey, between junctions ten and ii, to between junctions ten and ii, to b
Production company bannau uk have launched internal investigations against comedian Russell Brand for women have accused the 48 year old of rape and Sexual Assaults during the height of his popularity between 2006 and 2013. Russell brand denies all the allegations and says all of his relationships have been consent, while investigative journalist Mark Williams thomas says more people could come forward. Could come forward. Ive already had one person whos contacted me talk to me about brand. There will be about brand. There will be numerous other people who are contacting either the authority parties or other individuals. Contacting either the authority parties or other individuals. So parties or other individuals. So Russell Brand himself has been very clearly saying that there are things that have happened in the past. He puts it down to a promiscuous relationship that hes had. You know, there is obviously an issue where consent is the question. Is the question. The former Prime Minis
Is about to set off on his seventh marathon in seven days, in support of former team mate rob burrow. Just completely blown away by the whole thing. The support has been unbelievable. Um, i just want to thank everybody. Its been wonderful. Good morning. A cold start to the day and a cold day generally, some dense fog, some which will be slow to left, some will not lift at all. Brighter skies likely to be part of the west. Details all coming up. Its monday the 7th of december. Our top story. Post brexit trade talks resume this morning in brussels, following a weekend of tense negotiations. The brexit transition period ends in just over three weeks time. Last night the irish Prime Minister put the chances of a deal at 50 50. Borisjohnson and the European Commission president ursula von der leyen will speak this evening, for the second time in a little over 48 hours, to assess whether a deal can be salvaged. Our Political Correspondent chris mason has the details. Last night in brussels,