Plus why the internet just cant get enough of this image of Melania Trump greeting the canadian Prime Minister. Hello and welcome im katty kay in washington and david eades is in london. If you want a sense ofjust how critical the brexit crisis has become, Opposition Party leaders invoked the spirit of World War Two today. For good measure, they gathered at church house a westminster building that mps used during the war itself. There, leaders of the five opposition parties agreed Common Ground to defeat a no deal brexit. In a joint statement sent out by labour, lib dems, the greens, plaid cymru and the snp they agreed they would act together to find practical ways to stop a no deal. And to get there, it was clear they had to trade compromises and, for now at least, to set aside personal and party preferences. The priority is to prevent a no deal exit from the eu because of all the damage it would do to peoplesjobs, economy, and our relationships with the rest of the world. So weve had
Overnight, back into Northern Ireland and Southern Scotland the rain will track north. Now to the north of that band of rain it could be quite chilly for a while in northern this programme continues on bbc one. Published by michael gove tomorrow help stamp out extremist ideologies, as it claims . Since october 7th, anti semitic and anti muslim hate cases have soared. The government says its new more precise defintiion of extremism will tackle the ever evolving threat of such behaviour in our country. Will it . Well ask the Secretary General of the Muslim Council of britain and the Policy Director of a think tank called the Counter Extremism Group which works closely with mps. Also tonight, The Labour Leader drills down on the tory party being bankrolled, as he put it, by a businessman who reportedly said diane abbott made him want to hate All Black Women and that she should be shot. Meanwhile, there are growing calls for labour to restore the whip to ms abbott. Well speak to labour mp
Showing theres around £2 billion less to spend than previously thought. And thats previously thought. And thats after britain was confirmed to have slipped into a recession at the end of last year. Well, speaking to gb news earlier this morning, said his morning, jeremy hunt said his budget deliver better value budget will deliver better value for taxpayers. It is wrong to say that we should be putting more money into the Public Sector, fewer Civil Servants to be more productive , correct. Be more productive, correct. You want fewer people to do more. I think weve got to stop always looking at the inputs and always looking at the inputs and always saying that the way to get public to get Better Public Services is to spend more and actually ask if we could be more efficient. We could be more efficient. Those who preach hate could be blocked from entering britain. Thats under plans being considered by the government. Reports suggested government. Reports suggested that current powers co
Prince harry cries racism also at 10 pm, polling closes in the rochdale by election. We will be covering that live. Yes. And of course on my panel tonight it is the star telegraph columnist Allison Pearson, director of popular conservatives Mark Littlewood and ex labour advisor matthew laza. Oh, and whats all matthew laza. Oh, and whats all this. Get matthew laza. Oh, and whats all this. Get ready matthew laza. Oh, and whats all this. Get ready britain, here we this. Get ready britain, here we go. Go. The abdul ezedi case exposes something astonishing. Next. Something astonishing. Next. The top story on gb news tonight. Voters in rochdale in Greater Manchester have got less than an hour now to cast their ballot in tonights by election, with polling stations closing at 10 00. The ballot will decide who will replace veteran labour mp sir tony lloyd, who died in january. There are 11 candidates on the ballot paper. The results are expected tomorrow for full coverage right through the nigh
the result of sabotage. the uk must prepare for a big wave of flu this winter, say health experts, as people are urged to get flu and covid vaccines. and the spotlight is on glasgow and liverpool, as they vie to host next year s eurovision song contest. and coming up on the bbc news channel, england s women will play their first ever stand alone fixture at twickenham next year. theirfinal six nations match against france will take place at rugby hq. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. the bank of england has made a surprise intervention to try to calm the financial markets, by launching a temporary uk government bond buying programme. it s an attempt to get long term borrowing costs down. they had been. since last week s mini budget. the emergency move is to stave off what the bank said was a material risk to the country s financial stability , given the turmoil that s followed friday s mini budget. the bank said its intervention was to restore orderly market