about his mother s death he says the shock of losing her is still he says the shock of losing her is still with him 20 years on. travel chaos at london euston as a track side fire in north london halts services in and out of major transport hub. sam warburton of wales will captain the british and irish lions on their tour of new zealand in the summer. good evening and welcome to bbc news. mps have voted overwhelmingly to back the prime minister s call for a general election on june eighth. opening the debate, the prime minister declared that it was time to trust the people and let the people decide. let s take a look at the day s main developments. mps backed the government motion by 522 votes to 13 easily surpassing the two thirds majority of all mps needed to trigger the poll. already a row has broken out over mrs may s refusal to take part in any tv leaders‘ debates. mr corbyn and others have accused her of running scared. in another development the former chancellor,
also tonight. the mystery of the missing warships. president trump said he d sent an armada to north korea, so where is it? prince harry says he s amazed at the response to his comments about his difficulty in coping with his mother s death. and the volcanic eruptions that can be predicted using technology in space. and coming up in sportsday on bbc news. sam warburton is picked to lead his pack of lions again. he ll captain the squad on their tour of new zealand and their tests against the mighty all blacks. good evening. so it s official, the country will go to the polls in seven weeks‘ time after mps voted overwhelmingly to approve it this afternoon. just 13 mps voted against it. a handful of others and all the snp mps abstained. the prime minister says victory in a vote onjune 8th would give her a stronger hand in her brexit negotiations with eu leaders and stability after britain leaves. the labour leader has described the coming election as a chance for the british pe
concentrate on his newjob, as a newspaper editor. also in the next hour, prince william has been speaking out about his mother s death. he says the shock of losing her, is still with him 20 years on. and on newsnight, we talk to nick clegg and ruth davidson here in the studio and ask whether party loyalty still exists for voters in a post brexit age? good evening and welcome to bbc news. mps have voted overwhelmingly to approve holding a general election on june the 8th. just 13 mps voted against it. the prime minister says victory would give her a stronger hand in the brexit negotiations with eu leaders. the labour leader has described the coming election as a chance for the british people to change direction. here s our political editor laura kuenssberg. day one of the national argument that we ll decide who is in charge. applause event one for theresa may. she went straight on the road. it s great to be here in bolton, fresh from the house of commons and fresh from winning
and how do lib dems claw back the south west that went so heavily for brexit? hello, good evening. just two years ago this month, david cameron s conservative manifesto was promising a brighter, more secure future. an irony presumably not lost on the former pm politically or personally. but now it s theresa may s turn. what will she chose to promise the nation? brexit determined her reign, brexit has dominated it so far. but what about all the other stuff that decides how we vote? spending plans, schools, foreign aid and defence. what will she set out to achieve and what may trip her up in the quest for more control? our political editor nick watt has been having a look, and is with me now. nick, let s just focus on the aid budget. what are you hearing? there is something of a battle going on at senior levels of the conservative party. the 0.7% pledge of gross national income that should be spent on overseas aid. there are seniorfigures who are saying that should be rolled in
place in caracas. at least two people have been shot dead in venezuela during protests against the government of president nicolas maduro. also in the ft, brussels is urging businesses to move inside the european union as british companies are warned they will be shut out from multi billion euro contracts. the gulf news says airline emirates is cutting the number of flights to the us after passengers became put off travelling due to the recent imposed ban on electronic devices and visa restrictions. in the gulf news, business section says stocks, bonds, yields and the dollar are all falling while sterling is marching higher. the paper says the reflation trades of 2016 that were supposed to mark a turning point in global markets are fading fast. don t worry, our guest will make sense of all of that. i had no idea what i was talking about! just wait, you will do in five minutes! and finally in the irish times says according to doctors people in ireland are wasting millions of e