Radical campaign for real change in this country. I look forward to campaigning ina this country. I look forward to campaigning in a general election all over the country. Now, the wrangling in the house of commons is over what day the public will vote. Meanwhile, 10 of the 21 tory mps expelled by the conservative party have personally been invited back into the fold by Prime Ministerjohnson. A warm welcome to viewers here in the uk and around the world. The United Kingdom is heading towards its first december general election in almost a century as mps finally agree to the Prime Ministers call to go to the polls. The conservatives, labour, Scottish National party and liberal democrats have all come out in favour of holding that december poll. This is borisjohnsons fourth attempt to call a snap election and crucially, its the first time the labour party has removed its objections. As ever with brexit there are still question marks and the path to an early election is not a forgone conc
Years debating over brexit in parliament. There will be crucial votes again tonight but if mps reject a proposal to speed the withdrawal bill through the commons by thursday borisjohnsons deal is unlikely to be passed by the october 31st deadline. Im joanna gosling, the other stories developing this morning on bbc newsroom live. Northamptonshire police are to travel to the us to question under caution the american diplomats wife who fled the uk after being involved in a fatal car crash. Abortion has been decriminalised in Northern Ireland and same sex marriage has been legalised after westminster voted for the changes in july. Canadas Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, wins a second term in office but loses his majority in parliament and will need support from smaller parties to carry on governing. Good morning to you. Welcome to westminster where borisjohnson will urge mps to back his brexit deal, as he launches a final bid to get the uk to leave the eu by the end of the month. Today he
don t. the prime minister has a big decision to make. the british citizens trapped under fire in the sudanese capital khartoum as food and water run out. buildings have been obliterated and pounded continuously. hundreds of people line the streets of kent for the funeral of the entertainer paul o grady. and coming up on bbc news: two own goals in the quarterfinal first leg. can manchester united turn their fortunes around against sevilla in the second leg of the europa league? good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. the biggest and most powerful space rocket ever launched has blown up on its maiden flight. spacex s starship exploded just minutes after lift off from texas. there was no one on board. elon musk, the man behind it, declared the test flight a success. he is trying to develop a reusable space vehicle that will eventually be able to carry up to 100 people on interplanetary flights as well as allowing travel to anywhere in the world in one hour or less. rebe