Jo swinson launches the lib dems manifesto she predicts a 50 billion pound remain bonus and investment in schools and support for the low paid. At the trump impeachment inquiry the Us Ambassador to the eu says the president was behind pressure on ukraine to investigate joe biden. In the last hour Prince Andrew has announced he is stepping down from public duties for the foreseeable future after being engulfed in the scandal involving jeffrey epstein. The duke of york denies an allegation that he had sex with a 17 Year Old Girl procured for him by his friend epstein, the financier who killed himself in a us prison while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges. Lets talk now to royal commentator. This is an unprecedented statement. It was issued by Buckingham Palace Royal Communications just before six oclock this evening. If ijust read it to you, this was a statement by his Royal Highness the duke of york. It says, it has become clear to me over the last few days that the circumstance
Transition of power in decades also coming out. Its own Prime Minister apollo gentil only sets march fourth as the date for a National Election for president sergio much of that lughnasadh parliament will bring you the latest from rome. And carnage in kabul multiple blasts rocks the Afghan Capital a Suicide Attack on a shia Cultural Center and the media outlet killed. Im sara han and welcome to the show former soccer star george weah has won liberias president ial election provisional results show we had taking about sixty one percent of the vote to defeat Vice President tells us. We have supporters in the capital city of monrovia at the cheering his victory the fifty one year old reece warnin next month in was said to be the countrys first democratic transition in more than seventeen years. Correspondent evelyn pot a sikh is in monrovia forest evelyn why do you think people in liberia voted for. Well the language since the campaign has been a change sheet from a units of parts of gove
And race leave one person dead. Thousands of people break lockdown rules to attend an illegal rave in south wales. And Lewis Hamilton wins the belgian grand prix. Hello and welcome to our look ahead hes nowjust two victories away from Michael Schumachers to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. All time record. With me are broadcaster Daisy Mcandrew and the Financial Times white hall correspondent, Sebastian Payne. Tomorrows front pages,starting with. They have had a sneak preview, we will bring you up today. The i leads on what it calls a backlash good evening. From tory mps and business groups the president of belarus, at reports which we saw alexander lu kashenko, on yesterdays front pages that the chancellor rishi sunak remains under intense pressure tonight as, for a third consecutive sunday, tens of thousands of protesters demonstrated against him in the capital, minsk. There were clashes with riot police who made over a hundred arrests, with protesters mocking the pr
Five years ago german chancellor Angela Merkel first used the term wir schaffen dass or we can do it and in effect, opened her countrys doors to hundreds of thousands of people seeking asylum. This week, bbc news is looking back at the week that changed europe. In a moment well hear from our berlin correspondent jenny hill, but first lets remind ourselves of some of the key facts from that time. More than a million migrants and refugees crossed into europe in 2015, sparking a crisis as countries struggled to cope with the influx, and creating division in the eu over how best to deal with resettling people. The vast majority arrived by sea but some migrants made their way over land, and the dangers they faced quickly became apparent. In january 2015, lebanon closed its border to refugees from syria, forcing thousands to travel further. And by spring, thousands started making the perilous crossing of the mediterranean sea. The second leg of theirjourney, over land, was not safe either. I
Britains authority on the international stage. We are determined to ensure we are delivering on the agreement we have in the protocol. And our leading priority is to do that through the negotiations. I think the government needs to focus on getting a deal, moving on, and actually focusing on the crisis that is the pandemic. I think thats what the public want. Greater Manchester Police say they werent aware of the Ariana Grande concert ahead of the Manchester Arena bombing because British Transport Police had jurisdiction. As furloughing comes to an end, the figures that reveal companies plans to cut hundreds of thousands of jobs. Nazanin Zaghari Ratcliffe, the british iranian woman arrested in iran four years ago, is told shell face another trial. Past the point of no return and the show must go on a warning to mps that theatres have to re open soon. There comes a point now where we really cant go on much more. Hello, good afternoon. The Health Secretary, matt hancock, says it is a mom