let us talk 110w here in downing street. let us talk now to our assistant political editor norman smith. the campaign has not garrotted as a start has it? it is been a wobbly wednesday for tea m it is been a wobbly wednesday for teamjohnson. it is been a wobbly wednesday for team johnson. —— the it is been a wobbly wednesday for teamjohnson. —— the campaign has not got off to the best start. not helped by mrjohnson himself this morning in the daily telegraph accusing jeremy corbyn of being like josef stalin in his attitude towards the wealthy people having the same attitude as a soviet dictator. to the unfortunate peasants who were slaughtered in their millions. that was not a great phrase. but perhaps more seriously, we had this comment byjacob rees—mogg more seriously, we had this comment by jacob rees—mogg yesterday, more seriously, we had this comment byjacob rees—mogg yesterday, which caused a lot of disquiet. and so, the task for mrjohnson today really is to try and get his campaign back on track and what

good morning and welcome to downing street. campaigning in the general election officially will get underway this morning after the prime minister, boris johnson, travels to buckingham palace for an audience with the queen to tell her parliament has been dissolved. later he will launch the conservative party campaign. but the tories are facing a tricky start with questions over jacob rees—mogg's comments on grenfell, a doctored social media video, and fresh controversy with mrjohnson comparing his rivaljeremy corbyn to the soviet dictator, joseph stalin. in an article for the daily telegraph, mrjohnson said the labour leader had a shared "hatred" of wealth creators — a claim dismissed by mr corbyn as "nonsense." so let's take a look at what the start to the general election campaign involves. parliament was dissolved at one minute past midnight, at which point mps reverted to being members of the public. mps lost their title, and stopped representing constituents. but government ministers remain in theirjob. they continue t

good afternoon and welcome back to downing street. borisjohnson has launched his election campaign by repeating his promises for more spending on the nhs and schools. but his speech in downing street was overshadowed by the resignation — minutes earlier — of the welsh secretary, alun cairns, who has been facing accusations he knew about allegations that a former aide sabotaged a rape trial. mrjohnson said he did not want to hold the election on the twelfth of december — but he had no choice because parliamnent — as he put it — was paralysed over brexit. we have got to the stage where we have no choice because our parliament is paralysed, it has been stuck in a rod for three and a half yea rs stuck in a rod for three and a half years and i'm afraid our mps are just refusing time and again to deliver brexit and honour the mandate that the people. i can tell you i have got to the stage where i wa nt to you i have got to the stage where i want to chew my own tie—in frustration because in a sense we are nearly there. we have go

we know that corbyn is desperate to get into downing street. we know he will do a deal with the snp. just as kissing babies is familiar in a campaign, so, too, will be the question of independence in this election. i will vote with and work with other parties on issues where we agree but when it comes to the snp, they need to drop their obsession, absolute obsession, with independence. what's more important to you, staying in the eu or scotland becoming an independent country? both of these things are important to me. if you had to choose? well, i've campaigned for independence all of my life. putting the decisions about our future into our own hands so independence is much more of a fundamental foundation for the kind of country we want to be. but in scotland, it's hard to talk about one without talking about the other. brexit was the reason for this election, yet the future shape of the whole uk is right in the middle. laura kuenssberg, bbc news, edinburgh. boris johnson has been campaigning in deesside in north wales today, and he's again sa

we know he will doa into downing street. we know he will do a deal with the snp. just as kissing babies is similar in a campaign, so, too, will be the question of independence in this election. i will vote with and work with other parties on issues where we agree but when it comes to the snp, they need to drop their obsession, their absolute obsession with independence. what is more important to you, staying in the new mackerel scotland becoming independent? both of these things are important to me. if you had to choose? i've campaign for independence of my life. putting decisions about our future into our own hands so independence is much more of a fundamental foundation for the kind of country we want to be. but in scotland, it is hard to talk about one without talking about the other. brexit was the reason for this election, yet the future shape of the whole uk is right in the middle. laura kuenssberg, bbc news, edinburgh. this election looks very different in scotland. not only because the snp are by far largest party, b

straight to you, john, in downing street. any word yet from that cobra meeting being chaired by boris johnson? we wait for word after that meeting. it's taking place behind me here at number ten, the prime minister in the chair, the siddique khan, the mayor of london is in the meeting too. —— sadiq khan. the minister is being fully briefed on the police operation and latest intelligence and his job since the operation has been running on well planned and practised lines with no need for political interference, he's had a big job of articulating the view of the country, so he spanked the emergency services, he's praised members of the public who stepped in at some risk to themselves —— he thanked the emergency services. he articulated the message of defiance which has been picked up by leaders of all the parties. borisjohnson been picked up by leaders of all the parties. boris johnson has been picked up by leaders of all the parties. borisjohnson has stepped back from campaigning, the labour party has suspended campaig

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street, if i am lucky to be backin downing street, if i am lucky to be back in downing street in december, we will be investing, as i say, the biggest ever cash boost to the nhs. 50,000 more nurse, 50 million more gp appointments and we are bringing back the bursary for nurses as well. i believe absolutely passionately that it i believe absolutely passionately thatitis i believe absolutely passionately that it is ourjob as one nation conservatives, to support a step change infunding, conservatives, to support a step change in funding, of our great public services, particularly the nhs, and that is what we are going to do. yes, of course, it is true that we are doing it in a sensible way, and we are making big commitments now, big commitments over the lifetime of the parliament and particularly on public services and particularly on public services and infrastructure, but we can only do that because we manage the economy sensibly, and we have a dynamic and growing economy. applause and...i applause and... iam applause and... i am sorry to say, i am sorry to say, that some of the spending c

would you prefer to seejeremy corbyn in downing street than boris johnson? you know with the best luck in the world you are not going to get this to be so who can stop brexit? i think it's the people, if they choose to support the pro— remain parties. but boris johnson is leaving at the end of january... jeremy corbyn would buy time, maybe another referendum, but he is the one that can stop your hated brexit, as you put it. i'd disagree, i'm afraid i don't have any confidence injeremy corbyn on this issue. afraid i don't have any confidence in jeremy corbyn on this issue. so you wouldn't do a deal? because he himself has repeatedly refused to say whether he is even in principle in favour of remaining in the european union quite so you are willing to hold your nose, if you like. her price would be a second referendum. would you put a price on, let's say he is four short, what would be your price. i don't think that the labour party or a labour government is going to solve all of wales' problems. labour as part of the problem... so it's better to have boris

borisjohnson on his way into downing street for the first time as prime ministers said it was something he would sort out. there was no plan in the manifesto. they said was we will try to work on a cross—party consensus, which, i to work on a cross—party consensus, which, lam to work on a cross—party consensus, which, i am sorry, to work on a cross—party consensus, which, lam sorry, has to work on a cross—party consensus, which, i am sorry, has not worked for a which, i am sorry, has not worked fora numberof which, i am sorry, has not worked for a number of years. they conservatives have been in government for almost ten years, some of them with a majority and this is not an issue that has been sorted out. we have overi million orgy people at home who need help with everyday tasks, like washing, dressing, eating —— we have overi million older people atom. it is not a human way to treat older people. jeremy corbyn is proposing, a big pledge and are manifesto, free personal care items for the over 65. what that means is at the moment in out what that means is at the moment i

for four years, his ranks of supporters have dreams of him walking through downing street's door but like his rival, he wants to move on from the mess. westminster has not exactly covered itself in glory recently. you are right to feel frustrated with the political system because it is not working for you. politics should be about your life, your community and yourjob. but on what to do instead, their solutions are different, very different. if the british people elect a labour government on the 12th of december, i will be proud to bea 12th of december, i will be proud to be a labour prime minister. but i have to warn you, it will be very different. because i was not born to rule. none of us in this room were born to rule. the politics that i stand for is about sharing power and wealth with people who don't have a lot of money, don't have friends in high places, so they can take control of their own lives. the two contenders for the top job can both pack a room, both prompted cheers and chanting on their own side, but they both divide as well, and which will govern, that is down to y

you may remember there were briefings from downing street that boris johnson would just squat on downing street if he didn't get brexit. that would put the queen in a situation. it will be tense. that's really the kickoff for the election campaign because boris johnson will then head off to downing street to make his pitch to the public. we've got jeremy corbin doing the same later on today. to give you a sense of the tone, christine, it's going to be very feisty indeed. the election in mid-december. here we are on the front of the "daily telegraph," boris johnson comparing jeremy corbin to stalin which has gone down very badly in labour. they want this to be a construction active campaign. everyone has very different views as you well know. >> as you always say, if you're not confused, you're not paying attention because it is very confusing. thanks, mass fostas max foster. >> absolutely. >>> researchers say hackers can use a simple laser pointer to take over devices. it's possible to take everything that acts on sound commands to act on silent light commands. since many systems don't r

jeremy corbyn walking into downing street on friday, 13th december. top targets would be labour held constituencies that voted to leave, but labour is focusing on its own offer, with something it claims for everyone. what we are saying is, whether you are remain or leave, there is a route through for you by voting labour, for the other parties, one side or the other, very divisive, and one thing we ought to do is try to reunify an angry country, this is the way forward but there is much more than brexit on the agenda in this election and i am sure that we will begin to move on to some of the other debates about the nhs, jobs, poverty, and the other countries faced by the country. support for the brexit party is easy to find in places like thurrock, essex, which voted overwhelmingly to leave. the challenge for nigel farage will be to turn that into electoral success. i think there is something about the man, nigel farage, he says he's going to do something and he generally goes out and does it. we should have been out yesterday and i'iow should have be

jonathan, how did downing street react to president trump's comments? convention is out the window. the president getting involved in our election campaign. we said this would be an unusual and unexpected and unconventional election campaign and unconventional election campaign and that is proving to be true thanks to donald trump was my as you suggest unconventional intervention, really unusual for a us suggest unconventional intervention, really unusualfor a us president suggest unconventional intervention, really unusual for a us president to weigh in during an election campaign and give their thoughts and this is, really, blow for boris johnson and give their thoughts and this is, really, blow for borisjohnson in conservative campaign because mr trump's message strikes at the heart of their core belief about boris johnson's brexit deal and that is it would allow the uk to leave the customs union and the single market and enable britain to do trade deals around the world that he had the president suggesting the deal somehow limits the possibility for

to downing street, whoever happens to be in it, before christmas. that is because it is vital that scotland ta ke is because it is vital that scotland take control of our own future. i future has been dictated by boris johnson who is in thrall to donald trump, that is not the future of the people of scotland want. we can have a better future by being independent and that is one of the big issues thatis and that is one of the big issues that is on the line in this election. it is interesting nicola sturgeon picks up on this issue about post—brexit trade talks that might take place with —— between the uk and the us. she says there were where is their concerns about the nhs, what impact american firms might have on the nhs and she also said she believed there were risks forfood said she believed there were risks for food standards, environmental standards and also workers' rights. you can expect there to carry on pushing those buttons particularly on the nhs, protecting it in scotland. james, for now, thank you. we are hearing the details of the

street he used brags it is his platform and promise to put a deal through parliament on day one if his party wins the right to form a government. parliament is paralyzed it's been stuck in a rut for 3 and a half years and i'm afraid our m.p.'s are just refusing time and again to deliver bricks and all of the mandate of the people i can tell you i've got to the stage where i'd be willing to chew my own time in frustration because in a sense we're so nearly that we've got a deal i've been radii by which we can leave the e.u. in just a few weeks it's a great deal for this country the main opposition party labor leader jeremy corbyn is taking a different tack putting more emphasis on issues like the national health service saying that brings it must be sorted so that the country can move on judge us on whether patients are still waiting more than 4 hours and i any departments and tens of thousands of waiting months for cancer treatment judge us on whether we've got brecht's sorted within 6 months by offering the people the final say between credible leave jail and remain so we can get on w

we know that corbyn is desperate to get into downing street. we know that he will do a deal with the snp. just as kissing babies is familiar in a campaign, so, too, will be the question of independence in this election. i will vote with and work with other parties on issues where we agree, but when it comes to the snp, they need to drop their obsession, absolute obsession, with independence. what's more important to you, staying in the eu or scotland becoming an independent country? both of these things are important to me. if you had to choose? well, i've campaigned for independence all of my life. putting the decisions about our future into our own hands, so independence is much more of a fundamental foundation for the kind of country we want to be. but in scotland, it's hard to talk about one without talking about the other. brexit was the reason for this election, yet the future shape of the whole uk is right in the middle. laura kuenssberg, bbc news, edinburgh. as nicola sturgeon made clear there — the battleground in scotland is markedl

in a protest day a cooling blot of all children exoplanets till 500 liters of fake blood on downing street the office and the president of the british prime minister. and i've been his very nice me one of exiles co-founders claire farrow. when did the idea of the blood of our children. we were already suffering a genocide because of. the impacts of pollution so we're trying with this action to get people to understand that it's that it kills people and that it kills people now it's already killing people it's not like something ahead in the future. and. that's why the whole thing. as we make our way to downing street i want to know why they're compelled to confront the political establishment in such a drastic way. we think it's important that our actions directed at government because it's only i think a state led internationally that's going to make a meaningful change to the situation when so we're trying to represent the kind of this real reality of death and suffering which climate change has already started to cause around the world in which it will always in the future. the processi

that was completed last month and given to the prime minister and downing street. and then the question is when does it come out? the reason why this has become an urgent issue is because, if it doesn't come out by tuesday, parliament rises and the chance of seeing at this side of the general election in the uk is gone. and i think that's why there's a particular issue and pressure, because the chair of the committee feels that people ought to see it because it is partly about electoral interference and whether there has been any by russia ahead of the election. downing street says it is following the normal process but the chairman of the committee dominic grieve, an independent mp has strongly disputed that this is a normal delay. do we have any idea what is in this report? what we know is that the report is called russia, s0 is that the report is called russia, so it is pretty broad. 0ne is that the report is called russia, so it is pretty broad. one part is this issue of electoral interference. we've had a lot of evidence and inquiry to the us issue of electora

street —— in numberten back in number ten downing street —— in number ten downing st. she has we are going to spyjeremy corbyn, we are going to spyjeremy corbyn, we are going to spyjeremy corbyn, we are going —— we are not going to supportjeremy corbyn, it will be interesting to see if there is another hung parliament. and if, as she is saying in this interview with the ft, her preferred option is to have another 2020 election, well, is the public going to be grateful for the public going to be grateful for the party who made it possible to have yet another general election in 2020? you wonder. it is interesting, isn't it, it is almost as if she was slightly prodded into saying that she would prefer to have another election than a pact? i think she was burst into it by canny questioning. but the point is if you wa nt questioning. but the point is if you want to have a line —— pushed, saying we will not support jeremy corbyn going into it, she has said repeatedly know that jeremy corbyn or borisjohnson is repeatedly know that jeremy corbyn or boris johnson is fi

you are in downing street also when they pass the direct policy. did you find your direct communication, did you find yourself seeking this information saying that we better get this costed and see? it has happened consistently down the years but it is normally done a little bit further away from the election which is how the civil service in the past has been able to justify the exercise and that they are asked to cost, which happens to be based on the political pronouncements of an opposition party. but it is an unreal exercise because we haven't gotten the manifestos and the people of said speeches are written in an article or answered and interview, and we have all of those work out what it might cost and we come up with some ludicrous figure. goes over the head of most people. in doing this against labour party. traditionally it is labour that wants to spend more and the tories and when we are and government, we looked at what they were going to cut as opposed to what they're going to do to increase public services. one of the examples that is

on the steps of downing street, borisjohnson promised on the steps of downing street, boris johnson promised 20 on the steps of downing street, borisjohnson promised 20 hospital upgrades, we've already got them going. that is the action we've been able to take, we've taken the decision. 40 hospitals will be built over ten years. you heard from the nurse that works in a&e, the state of morale at the national health service, saying people are dying and accusing your party of lying over the national health service. you heard it, i heard it, and you have to have a response to that. you have to have a response to that. you have to have a response to that. you have to have the biggest investment in history in the nhs. the programme of building hospitals in a generation, evenif building hospitals in a generation, even if it is just yesterday showed more doctors, there is an increase in 2010. 43,000 nurses short. you scrappy in 2010. 43,000 nurses short. you scrappy bursaries, you cannot suddenly rock up nine years later and say, the mess and misery with cause, we now have a plan. you cause that in

i would never put borisjohnson into downing street. but he would be jeremy corbyn in? people are worried about jeremy corbyn with good reason in many respects. then better to have snp mps in there making sure the right issues are progressing, and the right values are protected, rather than having a jeremy corbyn government without that influence of the snp. you said if brexit goes forward it means more years of wrangling economic uncertainty. that's exactly the same as it would be if there was another independence referendum, wouldn't it?|j be if there was another independence referendum, wouldn't it? i don't accept that. i oppose brexit. but it was never inevitable that brexit became the chaotic mess it has done. that was down to a lack of honesty before the referendum from the key advocates. theresa may trying to have all of these red lines which contradicted each other. a lack of planning... whatever peoples view on the outcome of the independence referendum, it was an informed choice with a detailed proposition. if you do the work and thinking, be honest about the

street to address the media and lay out his battle plan a stark choice he said between his vision of a u.k. quickly out of the e.u. with a dynamic free market economy and his opponent's plans for high taxation and more bracket uncertainty come with us get done and take this country forward. this is the alternative next year spend the whole of 2020 in a horror show. in a newspaper column on wednesday the prime minister attacked jeremy corbyn the opposition labor party leader for targeting the rich with a vindictiveness not seen since stalin but on the campaign trail in the u.k. midlands mr corbyn insisted that britain's richest 5 percent had a moral obligation to pay more together we can do something spectacular we can transform people's hopes by the inclusiveness he of our campaign and into town and i show so that communities and painful and not held back and left behind. i think it is time for real change again as campaigns go it's been a shaky start for the conservatives were in a sign of just how unrestrained this election campaign may become the party posted a doctored social med

on december the 13th when jeremy turns up on his bike and walks down to downing street to numberten, it will walks down to downing street to number ten, it will be more than just a new labour government coming to power, it will be giving so many people so much hope and we are going to transform people's lives. applause there might be something wrong with me but i really enjoy election campaigns even if it is december. i just wish sajid javid would enjoy it as well and come and talk to me every now and then. i want to thank jeremy, just for showing us in his speech what sort of prime minister he will be and i think the type of prime minister desperately needs. he isa prime minister desperately needs. he is a prime minister who will, i think, knows and understands the communities across all our country but also someone who will stand up for them. but also someone who will stand up forthem. i but also someone who will stand up for them. i think he will be a principled prime minister, always giving expression to the values we can all live up to. care, solidarity, socialjustice, these are

street. that makes it incredibly ha rd street. that makes it incredibly hard for her to roll back in that situation and play a kingmaker role that we have seen in previous situations with the hung parliament and the tory lib dem coalition. it's and the tory lib dem coalition. it's a very definite stance, and i mean, you might think that the coverage andindeed you might think that the coverage and indeed the liberal democrats in, it seems like 100 years but it's only a week or something like that, that this general election campaign has been somewhat scant, and there does seem to be at the moment very, and she is struggling i might suggest to make an impact. maybe the fa ct suggest to make an impact. maybe the fact she is front pages today, the yellow boxing gloves of north london have got hurt coverage. do you think the lib dems are struggling to make an impact? i think where they did make an impact is their agreement with the green party, that was a very significant and substantial and donei

>> i think what's important to read in that statement there from 10 downing street. doesn't mention an ongoing threat. we passed that initial period of chaos. we have the tick tok. we know what happened. they have the person detained. they'll try to figure out what went on. again what we do know is this man had a large knife. he started to attack people on the bridge. we know that we've seen social media video. passersby then jump on him. there is a scuffle on the bridge there before police arrive. they arrive on the scene quickly. pull the passersby off and shots are fired at the man. we also know he doesn't die at that point. we see him move in later videos. so he has been detained at this point. again the motive is one thing we don't know about yet and have to be cautious. usually the operation for a terror attack we often see them using cars to start off with. london has suffered a severe hike in knife crime recently. a lot of gang crime involving larges knife and police respond to those as they do with terror incidents. we know there was an attack using a knife

the election campaign is officially on and the prime minister left downing street with the air of a man with no time to waste even using social media to post an election update while on route to get the queen's approval for the bout to see about steve mcqueen which is always a very tough interview the role formalities complete johnson returned to downing street to address the media and lay out his battle plan a stark choice he said between his vision of a u.k. quickly out of the e.u. with a dynamic free market economy and his opponent's plans for high taxation and more uncertainty come with us get bricks done and take this country forward. this is the alternative next year spend the whole of 2020 in a horror show of yet more data and delay imagine waking up on friday that just december 13th and finding corbin at the head of his technicolor you'll have a coalition in a newspaper column on weapons day the prime minister attacks jeremy corbyn the opposition labor party leader for targeting the rich with a vindictiveness not seen since stalin but on the campaign trail in the u.k. midlands m

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street says refused to release the report prior to the election the opponents of restraints and say that this is an attempt to cover up and also to ensure that the criticism doesn't reach him ahead of these elections the prime minister sais and through a spokesperson from downing street that there is a due process that needs to happen before a report like this is released and that there is no foul play however. the sources . say that this process has already started and the reason of time for the reports to be released so it's something that's going to increase criticism levelled outburst from some particularly when it comes to the divisive issue of brakes it's a little risky influence from from powers into domestic british politics. all right jamal shah with the latest there the head of the army corps banally that's coming up shortly thank you yes appeals court has ordered president donald trump to hand over 8 years of tax returns to new york prosecutors ruling allows prosecutors to enforce a subpoena for the documents from trump's accounting firm trump has tried to prevent the rel

there's been pressure on downing street to release it. not least from the chair of the committee — and former tory mp, dominic grieve. here he is at the weekend. i cannot think of a reason why he should wish to prevent the report being published. we do know it's that the russians have sought to interfere in democratic processes in the past. the prime minister's office has had this report since october 17th. but its decision today means it won't be released until after the general election in december. mark urban, diplomatic editor for the bbc newsnight programme — has more. yeah, i mean effectively he's the author because he's the chair of the intelligence and security department which is a rather unusual set up. we have only the broadest ideas, the d rafter of have only the broadest ideas, the drafter of the report is still classified secret and downing street won't let it out and we know we understand not before this general election. rep and the start of their inquiry they were looking at things like whether the russians had tried

street after the election, and scotland had to leave the eu. as we know, scotland voted to remain in the european union. and what she said was that brexit is the biggest threat to the nhs in its history. she said brexit would also be detrimental to scotland's economy, and forjobs in scotland. now, the other picture that she painted was that if scotland was independent, and what she said is that a vote for the snp is a vote to keep the tories out of downing street, and a vote towards that referendum, and in her words, she wa nted referendum, and in her words, she wanted to have that referendum next year. now, idid wanted to have that referendum next year. now, i did ask how she is going to get that, because boris johnson has said there will be no referendum if he has prime minister, and jeremy corbyn has said there will be no referendum in the early yea rs of will be no referendum in the early years of a labour government. she didn't want to dwell on that, she said she had another date in mind and she was looking towards campaigning for this ele

street and you also have theissue of downing street and you also have the issue of russian interference in the issue of russian interference in the blocking of a report into that. that is not where any party leader would want to be at the start of a campaign? laughter i was going to say it's not a textbook start to your campaign! it's... textbook start to your campaign! it's. .. you have textbook start to your campaign! it's... you have this playbook. textbook start to your campaign! it's. .. you have this playbook. you can laugh about it now! can become a spectator to what will be a very hard—fought spectator to what will be a very hard —fought election spectator to what will be a very hard—fought election campaign. i think it is suboptimal. but i would say it is a five—week campaign. i'm now back to sounding like a politician, is a five—week campaign. again, quite genuinely, i do think... i'm sure a lot of your viewers will tear their hair out when i say this. i think there is something about boris. i think he has a sort of campaigning mentality foster people really do like

the media outside downing street he laid out the philosophical and practical differences that the concert he sees between the conservative party and predominantly between them and labor he spoke for example about the dynamic free market economy that the conservatives believe in he also spoke about the come with us he said it was a recurring phrase and you wonder whether it's going to be a slogan of that's come with us instead of going with labor we will deliver on bracks if we will deliver on on taxes we will deliver on public services shaping up for what appears to be a kind of arms race in relation to pledges of spending for britain's public services obvious a jeremy corbyn the labor leader has also been out and about on the election trail up in the midlands of the u.k. today too and he is equally strong defending and promising that the labor will look at public services very benignly as well judge us on whether patients to still waiting more than 4 hours and i any departments and tens of thousands of waiting months for cancer treatment judge us on whether we got sorted within 6 months.

boris johnson has come back to downing street where he's being briefed. we are in the middle of an election campaign here in the uk with an election in just over two weeks' time. so this is a sensitive time. during election campaigns in the past there have been terror attacks. indeed this incident very close to where six people were killed just two years ago. a lot of these incidents have taken place in the bridges over the river thames. so london bridge, a couple, westminster bridge where there was a stabbing and shooting incident a couple years back. so the police are certainly taking this extremely seriously. they have set up a very, very why cordon. things have calmed down a little bit. in fact, we've seen a couple of police vehicles leave the area. we believe it has been contai d contained. they are treating this with an abundance of caution given the possibility that in previous terror attacks, one incident has followed the other from isis and al qaeda and other groups. have used one incident to draw police emergency services. the police are taking

he celebrated his 80th birthday downing street and continue to hold office until he stepped down in april the following year. a break with protocol, the queen came to his home for his farewell dinner instead of him traveling to buckingham palace. meeting of cabinet his career, he is putting advice to his colleagues, notwithstanding the strains with the united states, was, never be separated from the americans. it was a sound advice, the truth of which was revealed the following year when his successor, anthony eden, himself in failing health, blundered into the suez crisis. eisenhower and dulles brought an end to the anglo-french adventure, humiliating the british government, and eden retired three years later. churchill's sunset years from his retirement in 1955 to his death 10 years later were a time of gradual decline. old age beset him and he suffered a series of ailments, becoming more depressed with passing years, faced with the decline of britain's power, as well as his own, he told his private secretary, i have worked hard all my life and i have achieved a great deal, in the end,

street to the prime minister's office by the 17th of october and was expecting that report then to be simply published within about 10 days they say that that would be the normal procedure for this there was no security concerns the security services have said that they are happy for the contents of that report to be published and yet downing street is sitting on it and have said that they won't publish the report until after the election now that is creating real serious questions as to why is it because there is something damaging and suspicious in that report that would be pertinent to this election that we're going through at the moment hillary clinton who's on a book tour of the u.k. publishing her latest book said in interviews that it was inexplicable that the british government would not release a government report about russian influence in explicable and shameful she said because there's no doubt we know it from our country the us and we've seen as in europe we've seen it that russia in particular is determined to try to shape the politics of western democracies not to our b

churchill's determination to return to number 10 downing street was finally rewarded in october 1951 just before his 77th birthday when a conservative party won a narrow majority in the house of commons. a few months later in early january 1952 churchill was back in the united states for a series of meetings with trulyen and his advisors. five of these meetings were held over two weeks, addressing a wide range of world issues. relations with the soviet union and china, turbulence in the middle east. the war in korea and the future of continental europe, which was still suffering from the destruction of the second world war. a highlight of churchill's time was his third address to a joint session of congress january 17th, 1952. his rhetoric did not soar to the heights of his great speech in december 1941. instead, reflecting britain's diminished and changed position in the world, churchill began by saying, "i have not come here to ask you for money to make life easier for us in britain." but happily, since this was to be his last appearance before congress, he ended on a more inspirin

the british governement held an emergency meeting in downing street following the attack. this is what the home secretary had this to stay. i have just returned i havejust returned back i have just returned back from a meeting with the prime minister and of course, the country will be shocked and saddened by shocked and saddened of course, the country will be shocked and saddened by the events of today. it is quite clear that the swift actions of the police, the emergency services and members of the public as well undoubtedly prevented further loss of life. and now, we know the police need their own time and space to pursue the investigation and, of course, they need to have the support that is required and i would also urge members of the public if they have any information to come forward as well. i think at this particular moment in time, though, my priority is absolutely to support the police, the counterterrorism police, the metropolitan police of this investigation but i think today is also a stark reminder of the harm and threat that terrorism does pose to our commu

down the street behind me here, about half a mile away is the hong kong polytechnic university, which is still under siege. around it, many, is still under siege. around it, any is still under siege. around it, many, many places donate, means like this of complete chaos dash many

street, if i am lucky enough to be back in downing street in december, we will be investing, as i say, the biggest ever cash boost to the nhs. 50,000 more nurses, 50 million more gp appointments and we're bringing back the bursary for nurses as well. i believe absolutely passionately that it's ourjob as one nation conservatives to support a step change in funding of our great public services, particularly the nhs and that is what we are going to do. yes, of course, it is true that we're doing it in a sensible way and we're making big commitments now, we're making big commitment over the lifetime of the parliament and particularly on public services and infrastructure. adam is very excited, laura, about what we are about to do. but before that, on the spending stuff and the austerity stuff, i noticed there was a line in one of the papers this morning talking about for every pound that the conservatives have pledged to spend by the end of the next parliament, labour has promised 28. but then, interesting, this little nugget from torsten bell of the resolution foundation. he worked for e

street in a phone call prime minister bars johnson as urged president donald trump to lift tariffs on goods including scotch whisky and exclude britain from possible judi's on european cars. a boeing whistle blowers told the b.b.c. up to a quarter of oxygen systems in the company's 787 dreamliner as could be faulty putting passengers in danger if cabin pressure is lost boeing denies the allegations. air travelers flying through or from germany can expect major delays as cancelled 1300 flights affecting around 180000 passengers category striking for 2 days. to bid to halt the strike at a frank mccourt industrial action centers around expense payments i am maybe affect flights leaving from germany on thursday and friday. the international monetary fund has cut its full costs for the eurozone and its biggest economy germany the council of economic advisors to the government has also trimmed its growth outlook for these year to just half a percent the council suggests that drop its treasured balanced budget policy critics of long blamed for galaxy crumbling infrastructure and problems wit