We are tuning in from around the world this hour welcome to our 2 international my names you know neal good to have your company. The International Olympic committee stated russias Sports Movement is clear off any wrongdoing in the latest doping scandal the i. O. C. However did say it will support tough sanctions on russian authorities which have been accused of manipulating anti doping data bases well this all comes after the world. Committee this choose they recommended a 4 year bond be applied to russia for all major sporting events and go give me more of the details earlier. So just a day after the World Antidoping Agency came out with their accommodation for a 4 year ban. And on the russian side consisting of many elements the International Olympic Committee Said that it would support the toughest measures against those responsible for the manipulations with the databases but they pointed out that they believe the russian athletes and also the Russian National Olympic Committee ha
There is never a right time to go in politics but you can leave it longer than you should. Extinction rebellion, the climate protesters, win at the high court as judges rule that police were wrong to ban their protests in london. We report on the events of 30 years ago in berlin when the wall came down in a Popular Uprising against communist rule. And a good night for spurs, as they take on Red Star Belgrade in the Champions League. And coming up on sportsday on bbc news, double olympic champion nicola adams retires from boxing at the age of 37 over fears she could lose her sight in one eye. Good evening. Borisjohnson has launched the conservative Election Campaign, hours after visiting Buckingham Palace to meet the queen following the dissolution of parliament. He addressed supporters this evening after a day which saw the resignation of one of his cabinet colleagues. The welsh secretary, alun cairns, stepped down because of his links with a man whod sabotaged a rape trial. Our Politi
With Law Enforcement without any accused of Sexual Offences condition and without any more delay. The number of people being sectioned by police in england and wales increases by a fifth in two years. Regardless of who is the biggest band in the world is, you have to realise that youre going to be polishing ed sheerans boots. Good morning. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. Labour will unveil its general election manifesto as the party sets out its plan for government. Jeremy corbyn says the programme represents the most radical and ambitious plan to transform the country in decades. Its expected to include proposals for a windfall tax on oil companies. Labour says it wants to shift the uk towards a low carbon, Green Economy. They say theyll set up a new green transformation fund, worth 250 billion pounds, to be paid for through borrowing, creating hundreds of thousands of green apprenticeships. Housing is another core issue in the manifesto the party says it will expand social and affordab
So after so called super saturday, what do people beyond westminster and weve got the mother of all gorillas, the silverback make of it all . Right there. Our Political Correspondent alex forsyth spent the day he is watching us watching him. With voters in birmingham. I cant believe we are this close. It was great to meet the locals at Moseley Rugby Club this morning, people were certainly my mind is absolutely blown, benefiting from tourists who passed poised for a big result. Through and spend their time the country on tenterhooks, they are so beautiful. And money in these communities. Many hoping for a decisive outcome. Next on myjourney, lake kivu. And when you think we share 98 but while the sport was settled, the wrangling of our dna with these great apes, in westminster goes on. As does, for some, the frustration. You understand why they, too, are curious about us. Rwanda, in collaboration this is one of the its not about whether were with International Conservation partners, ha
Request from borisjohnson to delay brexit for three months. Mr tusk said he would start consulting eu leaders on how to respond. Mrjohnson also sent a second letter telling european leaders that a further brexit delay would be a mistake. He was forced to ask for a delay after mps voted not to approve his dealfor the uk to leave the eu until all the legal steps had been completed. This is how he reacted to that defeat. I will tell our friends and collea g u es i will tell our friends and colleagues in the eu exactly what i have told everyone in the last 88 days that ive served as Prime Minister, that further delay would be bad for this country, bad for our European Union, and bad for democracy. Its an historic day for parliament, because it has said it will not be blackmailed by a Prime Minister who was apparently prepared, once again, to defy a law passed by this parliament. Heres our political editor, laura kuenssberg, with the latest from westminster. The government has two nights an