And coming up at 3. 30pm its click, which has been meeting the young programmers of the future. Good afternoon. Questions have been raised about links between russia and leaked documents detailing talks between the United States and the uk. The papers were used by labour to claim the nhs would be on the table during post brexit trade talks. They were published on the Online Discussion Forum reddit. Last night, the site said it believed the documents are linked to a Russian Campaign to interfere in the general election. Our political correspondent, ben wright, has this report. A warning it does contain flash photography. Elections are about defence as well as attack. This morning, Boris Johnson was in stockport, saying the tories would provide more Grassroots Football funding in england. But today there are also questions about what role russia might be playing in this election. These censored, blacked out reports. This leaked government document detailing initial trade discussions betw
Contain flash photography. Elections are about to defence as well as attack. This morning, Boris Johnson was in stockport, saying the tories would provide more Grassroots Football funding in england. Today there are also questions about what role russia might be playing in this election. These are censored, blacked out reports. This leaked government document detailing initial trade documents between the uk and the us was highlighted by the labour party. The message board reddit said it was posted online by an account linked to the campaign linked in russia. I think we need to get to the bottom of that. As far as im aware we have not established the truth of that. But i certainly think that that document, whatever it was intended to prove did not prove what the Jeremy Corbyn and the labour party hoped that it would. Jeremy corbyn is campaigning in wales this morning. The labour party has said publishing the trade document was in the interest of the public and argued that the government
The billionaire businessman elon musk is cleared of defaming a british cave explorer after calling him pedo guy on social media. And coming up in sport. Its fight night. Can anthonyjoshua win back his world titles from andy ruinunior in saudi arabia later. And at half past 11 in dateline london. Well be discussing this weeks nato summit and Donald Trumps visit to the uk. Borisjohnson and Jeremy Corbyn have gone head to head in a tv debate for the final time before the general election next week. They put forward competing visions on brexit, the nhs, and the economy, and attacked each others plans but neither scored a knockout blow. More than four Million Viewers watched the debate on tv last night. Our political correspondent, nick eardley, was there. With just a few days until the country goes to the polls, one of the last big chances to persuade voters. How would we be better off from the brexit deal or a future labout deal, compared to what we already have as a member of the eu . Ca
The billionaire businessman elon musk is cleared of defaming a british cave explorer after calling him pedo guy on social media. And coming up at 5. 30, hype building for the long awaited re match, with anthonyjoshua facing andy ruiz tonight. Find out about that and more, with our sports bulletin. The internet message forum, reddit, says it believes a leak of sensitive uk us trade documents is linked to a Russian Campaign to influence voters. The dossier, which runs to several hundred pages, was highlighted byJeremy Corbyn in labours claim that the nhs would be on the table during us trade talks, something denied by the conservatives. Labour says the release of the documents was in the public interest, and neither the uk nor us governments have denied their authenticity. Reddit have issued a statement explaining their actions. It says we were recently made aware of a post on reddit that included leaked documents from the uk. We investigated this account and the accounts connected to it
European championships next summer. Time for a look at the weather heres mel coles. We will see a brief break in proceedings from the wet weather towards the middle of the week, but it will be short lived. We still had several severe flood warnings in force for the don valley, those areas struggling to cope with recent flooding and rain. Some showery rain forecast this afternoon. This is the recent rainfall, they are gradually drifting southwards, there are some sunny spells on offer. It is tied into this area of low pressure gradually drifting towards the north sea, a transient ridge of High Pressure following behind but another weather system waiting in the winds. For the rest of the afternoon, further showers feeding on, drifting southwards, some could be wintry over the Higher Ground in parts of scotland, some sunshine, but you will all notice the blustery winter evident down irish sea and north sea coast, but even inland it is not helping. We mayjust about squeeze out a double dig