Visit. Residents in the worst affected areas are expected to be out of their homes for up to three weeks. More rain is forecast for tonight and tomorrow in large parts of the country. Since the government came in in 2010, theres been a huge amount allocated to flood defences, but its plain were going to have to do more. A Historic Task democrats say they aim to prove Donald Trumps actions warrant impeachment as the first public hearings get underway in washington. Severe flooding in venice leaves much of the italian city under water. The mayor says Climate Change is to blame. Join me and chris mason in half an hours time for tonights episode of electioncast. Labour has pledged to outspend the tories on the nhs in england, promising an additional £6 billion a year by 2023 24 thats on top of the £20 billion a year originally promised by theresa may. Wales, Northern Ireland and scotland would get the same percentage increase. Meanwhile, the Prime Minister has renewed his calls to get br
Look over here. I love this had. Look over here. I love this had. Look at all the orange i do not see a lot of red here tonight. When i was in washington, there was plenty of orange but i have not seen many nationals supporters here. Maybe the astros bought all the tickets. I dont know that is quite a sea of orange. Bring us back one of those hats. Kiki bertens pulled off an upset to beat world number one Ashleigh Barty at the end of year wta finals in shenzhen. Bertens is a replacement for naomi osaka, who has pulled out with injury. After losing the first set, she came back to win and will now play Belinda Bencic next. Bencic beat Petra Kvitova in the days other match the swiss prevailing in three sets against the two time wimbledon champion. Still with tennis, us open finalist Danil Medvedev has been knocked out of the paris masters. It ends a run of six consecutive finals for the russian whos risen to numberfour in the world. He was beaten byjeremy chardy. The frenchman, lost the f
Whatsapp goes to court, the messaging app is suing an israeli cyber Surveillance Company over claims it helped governments hack into peoples phones. A warm welcome to the programme, briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. Also in the programme Gatwick Airport is trying different boarding methods such as window seats first, starting at the back, to cut down boarding time. So wed like to know what bugs you most about air travel . What frustrations do you have, and how would you resolve them . Get in touch, just use the hashtag bbcthebriefing. Lets get started. Mps at westminster are gearing up for britains first pre christmas Election Campaign in nearly a century after voting to go to the country on the 12th of december. Theyre hoping to to seek a way out of the brexit impasse. Borisjohnson said the public must be given a choice over the future of brexit and the country. Labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn, pledged that his party take on what he called the veste
Tumbling through the air. That is a horrific site. How he walked away after going airborne. A blast from the past. Why sony is releasing a new walkman. And from tom bradys performance. And wide, wide open. To the game that ended in a tie. The player wearing a watch worth hundreds of thousands of dollars on the field. We have the most talked about moments from the nfl on this monday. Good monday morning, everyone. Thank you for joining us. We begin with four crew members still missing, more than 24 hours after their cargo ship capsized off the coast of georgia. The nearly 700foot ship called the golden ray was about to depart for baltimore when it make a turn and eventually flipped on its side. The fire is out and the black smoke is no longer visible, but the ship needs to be stabilized before rescue crews can search inside. Ines de la cutera is joining us with the latest. Reporter good morning, janai and kenneth. The ship is partially lost off the coast of georgia. And rescue workers a
It will feel quite a lot warmer as well, but there is some wet and windy weather there in the north west later on. Hello, this is bbc news. Iam martine i am martine croxall. The headlines amber rudd quits borisjohnsons cabinet, attacking his handling of brexit the government insists it is doing all it can to get a new deal. You might expect in the balance between getting a deal and no deal, 50 50 in terms of work, but its not that. Its, like, 80, 90 of government time going into preparing for no deal. We are working wholeheartedly, straining every sinew to get a deal, and the Prime Minister is personally putting in all the significant effort you would expect. Peace talks between the taliban and the us are called off President Trump blames a deadly attack in the afghan capital, kabul. Hours to go before British Airways pilots go on strike, affecting up to 300,000 passengers. Joy for australia theyve retained the ashes, after bowling out england on the final day of the fourth test at old