Good evening and welcome to bbc news. Borisjohnson claims hes been a model of restraint when it comes to his use of language, in the brexit debate. He was speaking on the opening day, of the conservative Party Conference in manchester. The Prime Minister refused to apologise for using words such as surrender, when describing the legislation, designed to stop the uk leaving the European Union without a deal. This report from our Political Correspondent jonathan blake, contains some flash photography. You cant miss the message the conservatives want to hammer home here. Get brexit done might be a simple slogan, but the reality has been far from easy for the Prime Minister so far. And he has arrived here facing questions about how he has tried to argue his case, accusations that his language has got out of hand. He should be ashamed, say labour, but borisjohnson says all sides need to pause for breath. Well, i certainly think everybody should calm down. Including you . I think ive been a
Hello and welcome to world news today. There have been running street battles in hong kong, in some of the worst violence in more than three months of Anti Government unrest. Protesters threw petrol bombs, while the police fired round after round of tear gas and rubber bullets. There were multiple arrests, as the authorities try to assert control, in the run up to tuesdays 70th anniversary of communist party rule in china. From hong kong, heresjohn sudworth. They are determined to spoil the party. With just two days to go before china s big anniversary, hong kong is decidely off message. While in beijing, rehearsals are in full swing for a celebration of 70 years of communist rule and a message of unity and strength. In hong kong, there is division. Uncertainty and fear. It is a fault line that cuts across class and generation. This 73 year old man is showing me the protective gear he wears when supporting the protesters. Translation for 70 years, the ruling party has subdued its peopl
Where this year there have been when getting your Morning Coffee at least five deaths becomes an extreme hobby across 33 states. Well talk to the starbucks customer plus, a big day for apple with the goal of feeding his caffeine addiction, as the tech giant unveils its latest round of products. But is the company losing its shine . Well discuss. In every one of its shops worldwide. Hello and welcome, now, you may have thought im michelle fleury, in washington, Christian Fraser in london. That the us midterm elections were done and dusted in november. Think again. There is more upheaval today, the last race will be in the trump white house. Decided in North Carolina. The National Security advisor, its actually a re run john bolton, one of the most senior after the authorities figures in the administration has uncovered absentee ballot fraud been fired, by tweet. It comes just a few days after talks in the 9th district. The surprising thing is that this is a republican stronghold with th
Continue across the world. In business, france to slash taxes again next year to tackle what the finance minister calls a social crisis. Are president macrons economic reform plans now out of the window . A warm welcome to the programme, briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. And you can be part of the conversation. Japan airlines has announced that customers will now be able to see where small children are located when they book their seats so that they can choose to sit further away. Do you think all airlines should take this up . What other things might you like to see highlighted before you selected a seat . Tell us what you think, just use the hashtag bbcthebriefing. Hello there. Senior us democrats say a whistleblowers letter which has been made public proves that donald trump tried to cover up details of a phone call he had with the president of ukraine. In the call, mr trump pushed for the Ukrainian Government to help smearjoe biden, his leadin
To be the whistle blower whose claims have prompted impeachment proceedings against President Trump. Tens of thousands of people working for the police in england and wales have not been properly vetted, a watchdog report has found. The world athletics championships get under way in doha later with britains athletes set to endure scorching temperatures as they bid for gold medal glory. And in angola, prince harry walks through a partially cleared minefield 22 years after his mother diana did the same. Good morning and welcome to the bbc news at 9 00am. One of the Prime Ministers most Senior Advisers has said he is not surprised that some voters are angry with mps over brexit. Dominic cummings said the only way the issue of abuse would be solved is if mps respected the result of the eu referendum, and said its not surprising if people are angry with the way parliament has responded to the referendum result. The parliamentary tensions have more than 100 archbishops and bishops to warn ag