welcome to bbc news. with just over 12 hours until polls open party leaders have spent the day criss crossing the country, making their last pitch to voters. 50 days after calling the general election theresa may said that brexit was the priority and she was the leader best able to build a stronger, more prosperous britain . beginning his day in glasgow the labour leaderjeremy corbyn warned voters against five more years of austerity and pledged more spending on health and education, delivering hope not fear. we ll be bringing you the last word from all the campaigns but first our political editor laura kuenssberg has been following the uk s two major parties labour and the conservatives. this is the last push, the final few miles as they try to bring you over and even before most voters were awake, theresa may was out in is london. talking about the conservative‘s plans to invest more in london. with security dominating the campaign, mrs mayer pledged to toughen the law
welcome to bbc news. with just a few hours until polls open party leaders have spent the day criss crossing the country, making their last pitch to voters. 50 days after calling the general election theresa may said that brexit was the priority and she was the leader best able to build a stronger, more prosperous britain. beginning his day in glasgow the labour leaderjeremy corbyn warned voters against five more years of austerity and pledged more spending on health and education, delivering hope, not fear. from north, south, east to west, they re having breakfast on the go, managing to find a moment for a sit down and a cuppa. this is the last push, the final few miles as they try to win you over and even before most voters were awake, theresa may was out in east london. tomorrow is the big one. yes. talking about the conservatives promise to invest billions more in housing, roads and rail. with security dominating the campaign, late last night mrs may pledged to toughen
good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. a man has been charged with murder after a car was driven into a crowd in the american city of charlottesville killing one woman and injuring nineteen people. the attack followed a day of violence in the city involving white nationalist protesters and anti racist demonstrators. president trump has been criticised for failing to explicitly condemn far right groups but a white house spokesman denied this , saying the president had called out anyone fomenting racism and violence. a warning that you might find some of the images in caroline hawley‘s report distressing. late last night a vigil for the victims of what politicians are calling an act of domestic terror. there s been cross party condemnation, notjust of the attack but of the president s response to it. we condemn in the strongest possible terms, this egregious display of hatred, bigotry and violence on many sides. on many sides. a day of disturbances in charlottesville was
welcome to bbc news. the white house has defended president trump s reaction to an attack on anti racism protestors in the state of virginia, saying his condemnation had included white nationalist groups even though he did not specifically mention them. a 20 year old man has now been charged with murder after a car was driven into a woman who was part of a demonstration against a rally of far right groups in charlottesville. 19 other people were injured. our washington correspondent laura bicker sent this report from charlottesville. after a violent day of division, charlottesville has come together to pray, to show that this city condemned the state brought here by condemned the hate brought here by neo nazis and white supremacists. the virginia governor went from row to row, hugging worshippers in this baptist church. he promised to keep politics out of the pulp it, but there is a message he felt he had to give. it is about politics in that the political rhetoric in this