A conservative majority after the next general election will take us in the direction inquiry will begin in the us Congress Today following weeks of testimony behind closed doors. Of a very hard brexit. The basilica is flooded for the david is a good friend but i think on this issue hes sixth time in history. The first televised hearings got it precisely wrong. Of President Trumps impeachment inquire will happen in us congress venice has been hit by the highest today following weeks of testimony good afternoon. Tide in more than 50 years, welcome to bbc newsroom live. Behind closed doors. Flooding the streets. Im joanna gosling. The president is accused of improperly seeking help from ukraine to boost his chances of re election next year. The two main parties in the general Election Campaign are today focussing on what they regard as their key issues. Englands leading football clubs have been placed in a new league table, while labour looks to health designed to assess their the conser
Worth of rain fell in a single day. Welcome to the programme. We will start in australia with those wildfires. And a pretty serious warning, actually. leave your homes for safety or risk not receiving help. The severe warning from firefighters as bush fires continue to ravage the east coast of australia. At least three people have died and there are fears the number of casualties could rise. Weather forecasters say more bad weather is on the way. 1,300 firefighters, backed by water bombing aircraft, are tackling dozens of fires in baking temperatures. Officials in New South Wales say 150 homes have burned down. With me is our News Reporter freya cole who has experience reporting on bushfires in australia. Freya, thank you for being with us. Bring us up to date. Freya, thank you for being with us. Bring us uptodate. There has been some relief overnight on the weather. Firefighters are doing what they can today to get on top of this bushfire disaster but dont get me wrong, the risk is fa
We will start with those fires in australia and a warning. leave your homes for safety or risk not receiving help. The severe warning from firefighters as bush fires continue to ravage the east coast of australia. At least three people have died and there are fears the number of casualties could rise. Weather forecasters say more bad weather is on the way. 1,300 firefighters, backed by water bombing aircraft, are tackling dozens of fires in baking temperatures. Officials in New South Wales say 150 homes have burned down. With me is our News Reporter freya cole who has experience reporting on bushfires in australia. We know there are 1300 firefighters out there. They are entering their third day fighting this bushfire emergency. As we have heard from the Rural Fire Service and as you have just said, tuesday is expected to be a holiday. Let us take a listen to what ben shepherd said just a short time ago. We are talking about a massive area here now that were with. Some six or 700 thousa
In the wake of his bbc interview. And new hope as scientists try to save britains ash trees from being virtually wiped out by a fungal disease thats swept europe. And coming up in the sport in the next half an hour on bbc news the english and european rugby champions saracens will not challenge their 35 point deduction and £5 million fine for breaking the salary cap. Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. Hundreds of Anti Government protestors are trapped inside a university in hong kong as a stand off with police intensifies. Some have managed to escape under a volley of rubber bullets and tear gas. Police have surrounded the campus for a week now and its thought up to 500 are still inside, some armed with petrol bombs. The past week has seen some of the most violent protests since they began injune in response to plans to allow some criminal suspects to be extradited to mainland china. Critics feared it could undermine the territorys freedoms. Those plans were withdrawn in
Could be critical in deciding who wins the title. After the rain and flooding of the last few days and even some snow for some of us yesterday, this remembrance sunday gives us a chance to draw a breath. Mostly dry was sunshine, full details on the way. Its sunday the 10th of november. Our top story. Thousands of people are facing a third day of damaged homes, disrupted businesses and difficult travel as floods continue to affect parts of Northern England. Seven severe Flood Warnings are in place in the river don in yorkshire meaning theres a danger to life. This morning theres also concern water levels are rising on sections of the river trent. Andy moore reports. The village of fish lake on the lower reaches of the river don were almost the entire community, hundreds of people, have been forced to leave their homes. The water here is showing little signs of receding and the levels could remain high for some time to come. Elsewhere, on other rivers such as the lower reaches of the tre