ok, laura, thank you, laura kuenssberg there live in telford in shropshire. two major cinema chains have tonight pulled all screenings of the film blue story, following a mass fight at a cinema complex in birmingham. fans of the film, about two street gangs in south london, are outraged at the decision, saying there's no clear link between its screening and the violence. police made five arrests and recovered two machetes after the brawl last night. charlotte gallagher reports. screaming. a weekend trip to the cinema becomes a terrifying experience. seven police officers injured trying to break up a brawl involving around 100 people and machetes. five have been arrested, the youngest a 13—year—old girl. this startling picture is being shared on social media — a group of young teenagers apparently armed with a machete. we're not entirely certain what caused it, so we're not going to get into that speculation, but it is reassuring that we were able to deal with it. today, vue cinemas announced it was pulling this film, blue story, from all its venues. it'

laura kuenssberg, bbc news, birmingham. let's speak to our wales political editor, felicity evans, in cardiff, who broke the story about mr cairns yesterday. iam i am wondering what is your reading of this whole controversy, about alun cairns come on the political landscape in this election in wales? i think the conservative campaign in wales is in some disarray tonight because, as welsh secretary, alun cairns was supposed to be the person leading the campaign. there is no obvious successor to that role. mr cairns himself denies any wrongdoing, and he believes the enquiry into his conduct will clear his name, and he is still standing asa his name, and he is still standing as a candidate in this general election. and obviously, there is some damage that has been done to this campaign inevitably, it is not the start they wanted but conservative candidates around wales will be hoping they can draw a line under this now. the thing is, i'm not convinced that they can. the practice, we simply cannot know what photos will make of

laura kuenssberg, bbc news. let's speak to our wales political editor, felicity evans, who first broke the story about the welsh secretary. she's in the vale of glamorgan, alun cairns' constituency. how will this resignation of alun cairns affect the campaign in wales? george, you have to do say that campaign is in some disarray this evening because as welsh secretary alun cairns was supposed to lead it and there is no obvious candidate to replace him. mr cairns says he has done nothing wrong and the inquiry into his behaviour will clear him but a resignation at this point will damage his electoral prospects and potentially those of his party. the conservatives had hoped to gain seats in leave voting areas in the north—east of wales and we do not know how this row over the selection ofa know how this row over the selection of a candidate for the welsh assembly elections who it emerged had been accused by a judge of sabotaging a rape trial will affect voters' decisions but we know the victim has spoken of her d

laura kuenssberg, bbc news, westminster. so, the lib dem leader has made stopping brexit the centre—piece of her pitch to the electorate. but with just 20 mps in the current parliament — including those mps who switched allegiance from both the conservatives and labour — what would it take for the liberal democrats to be in a position to deliver their remain pledge? 0ur deputy political editorjohn pienaar answers that question and more. could the liberal democrats stop brexit? it's possible. it may not seem likely, but if the lib dems win outright, they could cancel brexit. if no party wins most seats, lib dems mps could still press for a referendum or block future brexit plans. would that be democratic? we've had one referendum. well, 17.4 million people voted to leave, but 16.1 million voted to remain, and a lot of them, younger voters, and many unhappy labour and tory supporters, could backjo swinson‘s plan. frankly, we don't know. but there's a lot we won't know until december the 12th. what would the liberal dem

laura kuenssberg, bbc news, coventry. so under labour a big increase in spending on the nhs in england — £6 billion a year on top of the extra £20 billion already promised by theresa may. what difference could the extra money make for patients and nhs staff? our health editor hugh pym has been looking at the figures. once again, the nhs is front and centre in the run—up to polling day, with the parties vying to outspend each other. the conservative government's already promised an extra £20 billion a year after inflation, by 2023 in england. labour have said they will add another £6 billion to that, bringing the annual increase to £26 billion, and spend some of that on cutting waiting times for patients. are you ready? that's it. here. frances, who has arthritis, is finding life a lot easier after a hip replacement, but she had to wait more than six months to get it done, two months longer than the official nhs target. she says the delay affected her in many ways. waiting that extra time was hard. i mean, i was d

jeremy corbyn speaking to laura kuenssberg. brexit party leader nigel farage has claimed his party's election candidates have been coerced into standing aside in some constituencies. mr farage has also suggested some of his colleagues had been offered jobs by the conservatives in exchange. the brexit party leader has been speaking ahead of a party rally in lincolnshire this evening. let's hear a little more of what he had to say. we have had a funny day. we've had never before in the history of british politics have people who wa nt to british politics have people who want to stand for election, one of our rights as free citizens and intimidated out of standing. 0ur candidates today have been subjected to thousands of phone calls and e—mails and threats all over the country. i think we are at about 285, some have dropped away, most have held very firm. but also inducements at all levels. at number ten downing st, wringing our candidates offering our people jobs, it is quite astonishing. so they tailored intimidation and i thi

ok, laura, thank you. laura kuenssberg live in cardiff. the energy supplier npower is to cut to up to 11,500 jobs in the uk, as part of restructuring plans to make it more profitable. three call centres, in sunderland, hull and worcester, could be closed. unions have called it a "cruel blow" for the compa ny‘s workers in the run—up to christmas. our economics correspondent andy verity has more details. sunderland, where workers used to be told that manufacturing was the past and call centres were the future. not any more. a few miles away, near the town of houghton—le—spring, 2500 call centre workers were among those told by npower today theirjobs were going. disappointment, but it's a shame, there's nothing else we can do. i'll take it one step at a time. i'm still going to do myjob, still going to do the best i can, and take it from there. it's a heavy blow for an area already reeling from bad economic news. the future does look bleak, to be honest. you've got tata, you've got british gas. for 2000 people to lose theirjob, what e

laura t.: laura kuenssberg reporting. in other news, the european union has a new leadership team, headed by a woman for the first time, the former german defense minister. eth new commission was approved by the european parliament by a comfortable majority, and the are promising to put climate change front and center by focusing investment on green industries. the mexican government says it is seeking clarification after presidt trp said he would designate mexico's drug cartels as terrorist organizations. under u.s. law, people linketo terrorist groups are banned from hentering the country ande their assets seized. it follows the murders ofat several u.s.nals in mexico you're in the u.s. can everyone is getting ready for thanksgivingro tom and that teually involves a last-mi trip to the store. this year in some parts of the country you need skis and a snow shovel to get anywhere. colorado has been walloped by the white stuff. the storm is moving east and causing trouble for holiday travelers. 33 states are under travel a

laura kuenssberg, bbc news, london. let's look at some of the other pledges. there's free childcare for working parents from nine months old. plans to recruit 20,000 more teachers, and they're promising to transform mental health services. 0ur chief political correspondent, vicki young, reports from cornwall, where the lib dems face key election battles. this cornish brewery is proud of its ale and sells it to pubs all over the country. the business is doing well, but the owner is worried about the economy slowing down after years of uncertainty over their brexit. so, how is the lib dems' main pro—eu message going down here in truro? i voted for remain for the very reasons that i wanted stability. now i'm not so sure, because ijust think we need to get out. upstairs in the office, most think this election will be dominated by brexit. the lib dems, they've got a very clear message on brexit. do you know what that message is and is it something that appeals to you? yeah. they will revoke article 50. i get that, they need a usp, that's their usp. whether people

laura kuenssberg there. our political correspondent jonathan blake is in falmouth, wherejeremy corbyn has been at a rally this evening. we at a rally this evening. will come onto that in a mo jonathan, we will come onto that in a moment, jonathan, but first of all, and the subject that labour tried to steer on to you today, the nhs, is there a sense that that is getting cut through and pushing labourforward from last night's rather difficult interview? well, he certainly attempted to seize the agenda with its, and among labour supporters, attempted to seize the agenda with its, and among laboursupporters, i think it will do very well, in terms of chiming withjeremy corbyn‘s key message, that under borisjohnson government, as he sees it, the nhs will be up for sale, and there will be access for big us house companies, we have yet to see, of course, whether he can keep the debate on that, and whether labour will be successful in winning support from a perhaps floating voters, and others who weren't yet throw

laura kuenssberg, bbc news. laura kuenssberg, bbc news, telford. well, today, borisjohnson promised to add an fifty thousand nurses to the workforce. let's talk to patricia mar—kwiss, she's the royal college of nurses director for england and joins me now via webcam. thanks very much for being with us. the key word here seems to be added 50,000 nurses. what's your understanding of what they are thinking? well, we are not quite sure what they are thinking of the moments, but we know that there is currently 43,000 vacancies in the nhs alone. so, it's a move in the right direction to start looking for an extra 50,000 nurses, but what we are keen to make sure is that that is registered nurses. people who've got a degree, and who are the right people to be delivering the care to the people of england. 50, when people to be delivering the care to the people of england. so, when you say you are concerned about registered nurses, is there evidence then that sometimes, nurses are being recruited who you would say are not quite up to it? no, it's not about

laura t.: laura kuenssberg reporting on the row engulfing labor. you are watching "bbc world news america." still to come on tonight's prram, the impact ofetroit going broke. a new book chronicles the troubles of those who call the city home. laura: a 6.4 magnitude earthquake has hit albania, killing at least 2le and injuring 600. psbuildings have col from leaving people trapped under rubble. it hit in the early hours of the morning. close to the epicenter of the earthquake,in a coastal city, te killed. it is the most powerfulst quakeo ke the country in decades. tomorrow has been declared a day of mourning. more for us on this story. reporter: it is albania's strongt earthquake for decades, and in this village close to the epicenter, the impact was devastating. soldiers joined firefighters in the effort to rescue people trapped beneath thbble. but at a time like this, everyone pitches in to help their neighbors. the earthquake hit while most people were sleeping just befo 4:00n the morning. those who could made for the streets as soon as their home

laura t.: laura kuenssberg reporting there. sir david anand borough has taken viewers around the world on his adventures, and his programs have shown how plasticc pollution is ang our oceans. the broadcaster calls plastic waste vile, and his show "blue planet 2" has won a high-profile award.ke he sith science editor david shukman. david: depressing images of plastic waste drifting in the ter, sights captured by the bbc documentary seriesatfilming evealed that how our throwaway culture is damaging life in the oceans. sir david: other forms of pollution e only too familiar . david: presented by sir david ortenborough, the programs were shown around the, forcing companies to take action. sir david: every year 8 million tons of it ends up in the ocean. david: this london supermarket gi one of many turning its back on plastic packa, a movement that is gathering pace in many different countries. when i meet sir david in london, he says that the dangers of plastic waste are now so well understood that there are reasons to be optimiic.

, oui’ bbc online today, laura kuenssberg, our political editor, saying labour might struggle to move on from this row, which has been a real issue in the labour party sincejeremy corbyn became leader. looking at the messaging of the general election campaign, lots of people are saying it's the brexit election and labour have tried to send it to the nhs. if that messaging is lost in this about anti—semitism, all the good work they can say they have done about trying to pivot the electorate to think about the nhs will fall away. he is not a favourable character, his unfavourable ratings are very high. from the point of view of your clients, what are you advising them in the midst of all this uncertainty and difficulty? the pound has been very sensitive, but 0k of late. and difficulty? the pound has been very sensitive, but ok of late. it's been very quiet, there's a lot of geopolitical issues that are holding things steady at the moment because no—one is willing to commit until we have further info about what will happen on december the 12th. for my money, borisjohnson wins a major

laura kuenssberg, bbc news. there's been a hostile reaction to labour's plans from broadband providers and the wider business community with questions being raised about how much it would actually cost. our business editor simon jack reports on how it could work and how it could be paid for. the uk has some of the slowest average broadband speeds in europe. it even trails madagascar, making life difficult for the people and businesses closer to home, in rocklands norfolk. we have trouble running the business, sometimes the card machine, which is linked to the internet is a problem. i was in spain for 20 years and i lived in the most rural part of spain you can imagine. my internet speed was 100. i came here to rocklands and my internet speed was one. if you have families, everyone comes home from school, all the homework's done online now, it makes it really tricky. children are not able to do their homework, people are not able to work from home. the average household broadband bill is £30 a month. labour woul

laura kuenssberg, bbc news. well, there has been a hostile reaction to labour's plans by broadband providers and the wider business community with questions being raised about how much it would actually cost. simonjack reports on how it could work and how it could be paid for. the uk has some of the slowest average broadband speeds in europe. it even trails madagascar, making life difficult for the people and businesses closer to home in rockland's norfolk. we have trouble running the business, sometimes the card machine, which is linked to the internet is a problem. i was in spain for 20 years and i lived in the most rural part of spain you can imagine. my internet speed was 100. i came here to rocklands and my internet speed was one. if you have families, everyone comes home from school, all the homework's done online now, it makes it really tricky. children are not able to do their homework, people are not able to work from home. the average household broadband bill is £30 a month. labour would make it total

laura kuenssberg, bbc news, birmingham. labour's multi—billion pound plans would mean the biggest increases in spending, tax and borrowing we've seen in peacetime history — that's according to the leading think tank the institute for fiscal studies. 0ur economics editor faisal islam has been looking at labour's proposals and what impact they could have on the economy. this is a radical attempt to change britain's business model, involving not just britain's business model, involving notjust huge britain's business model, involving not just huge amounts britain's business model, involving notjust huge amounts of public spending and investments, but also attempting to rewire the way the economy works. there would be significant sums going to schools and opening centres for preschool children, £16 billion. and more than £18 billion a year to do with healthcare and social care in particular. and £5 billion a year will be spent on immediate inflation busting pay rises and earnings increases for public sector workers. alon

our political editor laura kuenssberg has the details on the upcoming general election. he has been one of the best—known politicians in the country for a decade, but fame and having faith are not the same thing. he may be the tory party's darling, but he wants you to trust him, and to stay in number 10. i didn't want an election. and no prime minister, frankly — i love myjob, and no prime minister wants an election, particularly when i'm enjoying it — there's so much that we want to get on and do. but, my friends, we have no choice. the whole brexit delay is holding us all back. it's like a bendy bus — i banned them in london — a bendy bus jackknifed on a yellow box junction. laughter and adoration in this room, but if clearing a crop of mps is the answer, why should the new ones be from his side? we get this deal through parliament and get on with the fantastic projects in which this government is engaged. uniting and levelling up our country, giving people opportunity across our country, with better education, better infrastructure and new technology. that i

laura kuenssberg, bbc news, birmingham. more protests in major cities across the world this week and on bbc news, we are trying to work out why. is there a common thread? why are so many young people taking to the streets? how are governments responding7 events in hong kong have been gripping the headlines sincejune. a plan to extradite suspects to mainland chinese courts controlled by the communist party triggered mass demonstrations, which have now become a call for widespread reform, including full democracy — one person, one vote. most did not expect this crisis to last this long. 0ur china correspondent stephen mcdonell has been speaking to some of the demonstrators. they didn't want to be identified. you can't be in hong kong these days and not be exposed to political conflict. this clash of ideologies is everywhere. it's plastered on the walls. it's seen in the graffiti. freedom versus stability. upheaval versus the way things were. the authorities have tried to crush the movement, but 3,300 arrests later, it hasn'

laura, once again, many thanks. our political editor laura kuenssberg. anybody yet to register to vote in next month's general election has until midnight tonight to do so. government figures show nearly 3 million people have applied to register in the past month, with more than a third of them under the age of 25. the day's other main stories now. hundreds more families have come forward with potential cases of deaths and injury at a maternity department in shropshire. an investigation into what happened at the shrewsbury and telford hospital nhs trust is already looking at over 600 cases, spanning decades, where newborn babies and mothers died or were left injured. our health correspondent dominic hughes has been talking to some of the families affected. just a few hours after these photos were taken in april 2016, pippa griffiths became seriously illand died. an inquest found she could have survived had staff from the shrewsbury and telford hospital trust acted faster. the culture, the cover—ups, the lies... and that's what ultimately caused our dau

laura kuenssberg, bbc news, telford. one of the conservative‘s key new policies is to add 50,000 more nurses to the workforce in england by 2023. here's our health editor, hugh pym, with some analysis of that pledge. 50,000 more nurses by 2024 was an eye—catching plan set out by boris johnson. what does that actually get up to? well, it's not the same thing as recruiting 50,000 new nurses, it's adding 50,000 to the workforce in england, currently around 300,000, now, there are a lot of vacancies at the moment, it is difficult recruiting, so the conservatives are arguing this is trying to deal with that problem, but that 50,000 figure includes recruitment overseas, and it includes better retention. that is policies to hold onto nurses and try and make or persuade them that it's worth staying with more professional development of their careers rather than leaving early. the recruitment of new nurses is rather less than that, down around between 10,000 — 20,000, based on more training places. now, the conservative gov

here's our political editor, laura kuenssberg. the buses look the same, but it's not just the season that the buses look the same, but it's notjust the season that makes this a very weird election, as one senior mp put it. inside both the big parties, there are serious doubts about the leaders. jeremy corbyn's track record of handling or not handling fast enough racism against jews is under attack again. anti—semitism is a poison and an evil in our society. i have spent my whole life fighting against racism. i will die whole life fighting against racism. iwilldie and whole life fighting against racism. i will die and anti—racist. whole life fighting against racism. i will die and anti-racist. but two of his former mps simply don't believe that. not fit to hold high office. there is no love lost between these two and the labour leadership. but foryears, between these two and the labour leadership. but for years, they were both deeply loyal lieutenants of the party. listen to them now, urging you to choose not a labour prime min

laura kuenssberg, bbc news, birmingham. foreign ministers from ethiopia, egypt and sudan are holding talks in washington on a controversial mega dam along the river nile. ethiopia is about half way through building the four billion dollar project, but egypt is worried about the impact on its water supplies and how much water sudan will use. from our correspondents in the region, let's hear more of what each country is saying. since ethiopia began building the nile dam, it has insisted that in addition to it being an integral part of its developmental efforts, it will bring trans—boundary benefits. countries in the region including egypt and sudan could buy electricity that the dam is expected to generate cheaply, it has said. officials in addis ababa have repeatedly argued that ethiopia is only after an equitable and reasonable utilisation of the nile waters and accuse egypt of trying to maintain a colonial—era treaty that they say upholds unfairness. in line with that, nobel peace prize winning prime minister abiy ahme

laura kuenssberg, bbc news, edinburgh. as nicola sturgeon made clear there — the battleground in scotland is markedly different to the rest of the uk. not only is the snp the largest party by far — but many of the issues being debated at westminster — such as health, education and public spending — are controlled by the scottish government. our scotland editor sarah smith has been considering the challenge for the snp in this election. what are the key questions the snp has to answer? what do they mean by, "vote snp to escape brexit"? the snp are totally opposed to brexit, believing it would be enormously damaging to the economy, in scotland in particular. they want the opportunity to have another referendum on scottish independence, and if they won that vote, an independent scotland would hope to rejoin the european union. that could raise issues similar to the arguments about the border on the island of ireland, if scotland was inside the eu and the rest of the uk was not. but when could there be another independ

laura kuenssberg, bbc news, cardiff. this is bbc news. the headlines. the terror suspect shot dead on london bridge has been named as 28—year—old usman khan. he was convicted in 2012 for terrorism offences and released from prison in december 2018. the victims who were killed were a man and a woman. three others injured in the attack remain in hospital. police say they were not actively seeking anyone else. thousands of students across the world took place and protests against climate change. around 100 demonstrations staged in the uk as well as 3000 and 150 countries. we report from manchester. we care about our future and we demand that those in power care about it as well! another friday, another climate strike. and as the scale of this movement grows, its message is becoming increasingly urgent. youth strikers are trying to put an impending environmental crisis at the top of world leaders' agendas. it's a pretty friendly, even jubilant atmosphere here, but the banners that people are carrying have messages that are really stark. essentially that

laura kuenssberg, bbc news, darwen. meanwhile the liberal democrats, the greens and plaid cymru — three parties who all want to stay in the eu — have agreed not to stand against each other next month in dozens of seats across england and wales — to try to give the strongest candidate the best chance of winning. alex forsyth reports from winchester, which is currently held by the conservatives and where the greens have now stepped aside in favour of the liberal democrats. the country is poised to make a crucial choice, but in some seats, it will be a limited one. winchester is one place some anti—brexit parties have agreed not to stand against each other. it's a really good idea. it's the only way we've got a chance of staying in the eu. i think anyone trying to hijack for or against brexit is wrong. in this current tory seat, it means the green party won't put up a candidate but the lib dems will, the idea — to avoid splitting the pro—eu vote. the lib dem leader, whose party could benefit most, argues brexit

in a moment, it's electioncast with adam fleming, chris mason and laura kuenssberg. now it's time for a look at the weather with louise lear. hello there. cloudy, murky, wet at times, pre—much sums up november. and there's more wet weather in the forecast particular for england and wales. but also eventually to southern scotland as well. localised flooding could still be an issue. for the next few hours, some operates of showers, drifting their way steadily northwards and that's going to be replaced by another area of low pressure moving into the southwest which will bring a spell of wet and windy weather. mild start to tuesday morning, yes, but we could see gusts of winds in excess of 40-50 could see gusts of winds in excess of 40—50 mph quite widely. we will see another spell of wet weather pushing into the southeast as well. it stays pretty unsettled, it stays windy but it stays mild. highs of 9-14. as windy but it stays mild. highs of 9411. as we move out of tuesday into wednesday come and there is more wet weather to come, i'm afraid, but something a little

laura, many thanks again, laura kuenssberg in salford. more on the election a bit later but some of the day's other news now. a leaked official report into multiple failings at shrewsbury and telford hospital nhs trust has revealed that babies and mothers died because of a "toxic" culture, stretching back four decades. the trust has apologised and said "a lot" had been done to address concerns. an investigation was ordered by ministers in 2017, but as our health correspondent dominic hughes reports, many of the failings have yet to be addressed. i can remember saying to the lady, who's got a little pink badge... i'm sorry, i get upset. "she's dead, leave her." and then he said that there was no heartbeat. that midwife come in crying, saying, "oh, i'm so sorry, i'm so sorry!" too late. these are the bereaved, left devastated by failures of care at the shrewsbury telford trust. dozens of avoidable deaths, babies and mothers left with lifelong injuries. a leaked interim report lays bare a failure to learn from mistakes stretching back a0 yea

laura kuenssberg, bbc news, edinburgh. boris johnson has been campaigning in deesside in north wales today, and he's again said the conservatives want to "get brexit done" and move onto work around other areas of policy. but he's been accused of not understanding his own brexit deal or what it means for businesses in northern ireland. speaking to conservative party members in northern ireland yesterday, the prime minister said firms could "bin" customs forms because there would be "no barriers of any kind" to trade crossing the irish sea. let's have a listen. when you come out of the eu customs union which is what we want, you need some way of checking that goods that may attract a tariff going from the uk into ireland pay that tariff. if there is to be a tariff. the only place you can do it if you don't do it on the border is at the border in northern ireland. most of the time there would not be checks on goods coming from great britain. in the grating misunderstood about this is that there will not be checks, there will

nicola sturgeon has been talking to our political editor laura kuenssberg. she wants two things — to stay in the eu... we want scotland to remain inside the eu. ..but scotland to be out of the uk. it should not be for westminster to decide. but if she worked with jeremy corbyn, could this election give the snp both the outcomes they want and change the course of the country for us all? if there is a hung parliament after this election, snp mps would seek to form a progressive alliance to lock the tories out of government. to be crystal clear about this, if labour were looking to seek a government and they accepted the principle of having another vote on independence in scotland, you would be willing to form an alliance that would put jeremy corbyn in downing street? i would never put borisjohnson in downing street. but he would putjeremy corbyn in? and if 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 progressed and the right values are protected than having a

laura kuenssberg, bbc news, darwen. let's talk to our economics editor faisal islam — the scale of the spending and borrowing pledges from both parties today — give us a sense of the enormity of it all. these are hugely consequential announcements. both major parties if not quite on the same page, reading from the same book, of changing their budget rules to borrow more money to fund investment, and labour have pushed this further, hundreds of billions. they say because the country can't afford not to make these investments, because of what they say is a climate change emergency and emergency in terms of our socialfabric, care emergency and emergency in terms of our social fabric, care homes, housing and the like. the conservatives though, about half that money, still a huge amount. sajid javid suggesting, yes, we can give you the spending that you want but still keep public finances in check. so this isjust but still keep public finances in check. so this is just a very different parameter to this general election

that report there by laura kuenssberg. the energy supplier npower is to cut to up to 11,500 thousand jobs in the uk as part of restructuring plans to make it more profitable. three call centres, in sunderland, hull and worcester, could be closed. unions have called it a "cruel blow" for the compa ny‘s workers in the run—up to christmas. 0ur economics correspondent andy verity has more details. sunderland, where workers used to be told that manufacturing was the past and call centres were the future. not any more. a few miles away, near the town of houghton—le—spring, 2500 call centre workers were among those told by npower today theirjobs were going. disappointment, but it's a shame, there's nothing else we can do. i'll take it one step at a time. i'm still going to do myjob, still going to do the best i can, and take it from there. it's a heavy blow for an area already reeling from bad economic news. the future does look bleak, to be honest. you've got tata, you've got british gas. for 2000 people to lose theirjob

laura kuenssberg, bbc news, edinburgh. we turn to the brexit party. the brexit party leader nigel farage has been on the campaign trail in south wales, where he told supporters that his party was the only one which would deliver what he called a ‘clean break‘ with the eu. the brexit party say they will be fielding 600 candidates across the uk, but mr farage himself has decided not to stand. some in the party are questioning the strategy, as our political correspondent alex forsyth reports. nigel farage! just days into the election, but his campaign has gone on for decades and he is not letting up. tonight in wales, nigel farage was still pushing for a brexit pact with borisjohnson. his demand now... boris, please, toughen up on this deal. it's not good enough as it is. the conservatives have ruled out a pact, in which case, he says, he will put up candidates in 600 seats, taking on even tory brexiteers — but earlier insisting they are not his main target. look at where we are now, in south wales, so many labour voters who voted leave and they ar

laura kuenssberg, bbc news, birmingham. labour's multi billion pound plans would mean the biggest increases in spending, tax and borrowing we've seen in peacetime history — that's according to the leading think tank the institute for fiscal studies. 0ur economics editor faisal islam has been looking at labour's proposals and what impact they could have on the economy. this is a radical attempt to change britain's business model, involving notjust huge amounts of public spending and investment, but also an attempt to rewire the way the economy works. there would be significant sums going to schools and reopening sure start centres — for pre—school children, £16 billion. and more than £18 billion a year also to deal with health care and social care in particular. and £5 billion a year will be spent on an immediate pay rise — and later earning increases — for public sector workers. alongside other pledges — £83 billion in spending rises, matched, yes, by £83 billion extra taxes, that labour says it can squeeze

laura kuenssberg, bbc news. there‘s been a hostile reaction to labour‘s plans from broadband providers and from the wider business community with questions being raised about how much it would actually cost. our business editor, simonjack, reports. the uk has some of the slowest average broadband speeds in europe. it even trails madagascar, making life difficult for the people and businesses closer to home in rockland‘s norfolk. we have trouble running the business, sometimes the card machine, which is linked to the internet is a problem. i was in spain for 20 years and i lived in the most rural part of spain you can imagine. my internet speed was 100. i came here to rocklands and my internet speed was one. if you have families, everyone comes home from school, all the homework's done online now, it makes it really tricky. children are not able to do their homework, people are not able to work from home. the average household broadband bill is £30 a month. labour would make it totally free, but not to the

laura kuenssberg, bbc news. among the pledges outlined by the lib dems today were a promise of free childcare for children of working parents from 9 months old, there are plans to recruit 20,000 more teachers, and they're promising to make significant improvements to mental health services. 0ur chief political correspondent, vicki young, reports from cornwall, where the lib dems are trying to win seats from the conservatives. there's an election on but there's still plenty of time for seasonal celebrations. tonight, the streets of truro were lit up by hundreds of handcrafted lanterns. this was the only part of cornwall that voted to remain in the eu. but what will be on the minds of the volunteers behind this event when they go to the polls? i think there's more to the country then just brexit. i think a lot of things need to be considered. education — i'm a teacher, or an ex—teacher — but also, the lack of funding in education and the nhs. for me, brexit is important. our back on europe. so the liberal de

laura kuenssberg, bbc news, london. among the pledges outlined by the lib dems today were a promise of free childcare for children of working parents from nine months old. there are plans to recruit 20,000 more teachers and they're promising to make significant improvements to mental health services. our chief political correspondent vicki young reports from cornwall — where the lib dems are trying to win seats from the conservatives. there's an election on but there's still plenty of time for seasonal celebrations. tonight, the streets of truro were lit up by hundreds of handcrafted lanterns. this was the only part of cornwall that voted to remain in the eu. but what will be on the minds of the volunteers behind this event when they go to the polls? i think there's more to the country than just brexit. i think a lot of things need to be considered. education — i'm a teacher, or an ex—teacher — but also, the lack of funding in education and the nhs. for me, brexit is important. i feel it's very sad that we are t

he was talking to our political editor laura kuenssberg as part of a series of interviews with party leaders. would you like to see immigration go up or down? i want to see immigration being fair and we'll see what the outcome of that is, but the principle has to be that the many families in britain that want to bring relatives here, and families should have a chance to live together, but can't because of the income levels they are required to do. and also, we have to be realistic that in this country we're not training enough people so there's going to be immigration in the future. as a point of principle, would you be happy if it went up or would you rather see it go down? i want people to be able to be reunited with their families and i want british people to be able to work across europe as they are at the present time, and i think putting arbitrary figures on it, as successive governments have done, simply doesn't work. you don't have a strong view on whether immigration should be higher or lower? i want our system to be decent, to be fair, and our services to be properly run an

laura, thanks again. laura kuenssberg, with the latest analysis at westminster. the prime minister is to chair an emergency cabinet meeting, known as cobra, tomorrow, to discuss the response to widespread flooding in the north of england. labour has criticised the government for not declaring a national emergency. the environment agency says 42 flood warnings are still in place, including five severe warnings on the river don near doncaster. the local council says it's concerned that some residents in the village of fishlake are refusing to leave their properties, despite extensive flooding, with more rain expected over the coming days. our correspondent dan johnson is in fishlake tonight. yes, it is fairly quiet here. a little bit eerie because most people have left. over the weekend, boris johnson said the flooding across yorkshire and the midlands, wasn't a national emergency. but after the letter written byjeremy corbyn today, he has decided there will be a cobra emergency meeting to discuss this meeting with officials, to high—level work out what they can

our political editor laura kuenssberg reports. it is entirely different from anti—semitism... this it is entirely different from anti—semitism. .. this argument it is entirely different from anti—semitism... this argument has been raging for more than three yea rs. been raging for more than three years. it burst into the election campaign today. since jeremy years. it burst into the election campaign today. sincejeremy corbyn has been in charge, there have been co nsta nt has been in charge, there have been constant accusations that labour has allowed racism against jews constant accusations that labour has allowed racism againstjews to creep in. right in the middle of his contest he is right back in the middle of it. a leader of one of the country's main religions actually warning against a vote for labour. writing in the times the chief rabbi says, jews have watched with incredulity. labour's handling of the issue is incompatible with the british values of which we are so proud. the rabbi suggests a new poison sanction from the very top has taken root. with extraordinary

laura kuenssberg, bbc news, coventry. the outgoing european council president donald tusk has urged british voters not to "give up" on stopping brexit. as campaigning ramps up ahead of next month's general election, he warned that leaving the eu would leave the uk a "second—rate player. " in a speech, he also said brexit would likely mark the "real end of the british empire." the uk election takes place in one month. can it since be turned around? month. can it since be turned around ? before things month. can it since be turned around? before things become irreversible or people start to think so? so the only words that come to my mind is today i simply don't give up. in this match we have added time, now we are in extra time, perhaps it will even go to penalties. our political correspondent chris masonjoins us now from westminster. chris, here we have the president of the european council saying brexit might not actually happen? what are we to make of this? well, he has regularly pined about brexit in his job as presi

laura, thanks. laura kuenssberg our political editor with the latest analysis. the former conservative chancellor philip hammond says he will leave parliament with "great sadness" after deciding not to stand as an independent candidate in his surrey constituency. mr hammond lost the conservative whip after defying borisjohnson over plans for a no—deal brexit. he said he wouldn‘t run as an independent as that would be a "direct challenge" to the party he loved. the outgoing head of the european commission, jean—claude juncker, has told the bbc he believes the uk will leave the eu by the end of january, the end of the current extension period. mrjuncker admitted he regretted not speaking out at the time of the european referendum, so our europe editor, katya adler, has put to him some of the promises made by the parties in the run—up to this election to get his reaction. if we start with boris johnson, because he‘s still our prime minister... i like him, by the way. 0k. so, he says if he wins the election and the withdrawal bill is passed, then he thinks

laura kuenssberg, bbc news, telford. stay with us on bbc world news, still to come: the former mayor of new york michael bloomberg announces he's running for president. president kennedy was shot down and died almost immediately. the murder ofjohn kennedy is a disaster for the whole free world. he caught the imagination of the world. the first of a new generation of leaders. margaret thatcher is resigning as leader of the conservative party and prime minister. before leaving number 10 to see the queen, she told her cabinet, it's a funny old world. angela merkel is germany's first woman chancellor, easily securing the majority she needed. attempts to fly a hot air balloon had to be abandoned after a few minutes, but nobody seemed to mind very much. as one local comic it, it's not hot air we need, its hard cash. cuba has declared nine days mourning, following the death of fidel castro. he developed close ties with the soviet union is in the 1960s, an alliance that brought the world to the brink of nuclear war, with the cub

our political editor laura kuenssberg reports. ahead, but farfrom ahead, but far from clear and away. feeling optimistic ministers? tories out, tories out! the trees know it's theirs to lose, but who would bet on much these days? this time last year, borisjohnson was just a controversial backbencher. now defending his own position as prime minister. and with a list of promises, he is making new, trying to secure the conservatives another five years in charge. how is that? can everybody see that? his number one rallying cry, to move on, and leave the eu injanuary. his number one rallying cry, to move on, and leave the eu in january. do we want more delay? do we want more ditherand we want more delay? do we want more dither and drift we want more delay? do we want more ditherand drift an we want more delay? do we want more dither and drift an deadlock and division? do we want 20/20 to be another year of defeatism and despair? no, we don't. get brexit done, and we can restore confidence and certainty to business and two families. get