Silent night. And coming up on bbc news. Ferrari confirm theyve had social discussions with mercedes six time formula one World Champion over driving for them in the future. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. After weeks of campaigning, voting is under way in the general election. This morning, the Party Leaders were out casting their ballots. Its the third election in less than five years and the first to be held in december for nearly a century. The first results are expected before midnight. Heres our Political Correspondent ben wright and a warning his report includes some flashing images. Voting at 7am. The prime minister, borisjohnson, had voting at 7am. The prime minister, boris johnson, had some voting at 7am. The prime minister, borisjohnson, had some canine company as he cast his ballot at this polling station in westminster. Have you all got your pictures, are you all right . The labour leader Jeremy Corbyn posed for the cameras too after voting in his north
Thanks. And well have all the weather. If youre stuck indoors you arent missing much. This is the view, cloudy, murky, pretty wet in places. A lot of muddy fields if youre taking the dog for a walk later. What is in store for the weekend . Ill have all the details. Thanks. Also coming up the underwater treasures of Hms Invincible. The 250 year old captured french warship that revolutionised the royal navy. Hello, everyone this is afternoon live. After weeks of campaigning, voting is underway in the general election. This morning, the Party Leaders were out casting their ballots. Its the third election in less than five years and the first to be held in december for nearly a century. The first results are expected before midnight. Heres our Political Correspondent ben wright. And a warning his report includes some flashing images. Voting at 7am. The prime minister, borisjohnson, had some canine company as he cast his ballot at this polling station in westminster. Have you all got your p
We often hear it said that governments around the world should take more of a lead on tackling waste. The french Authorities Say they are doing just that, and are hailing their new anti waste law as a world first. Its still being debated in the french parliament, but are the proposals Ground Breaking . The french government says its promoting a circular economy, by banning the destruction of unsold non food items. This covers cosmetics, clothing, shoes, textiles, electronics and plastics. According to the office of the french government, around 725 million worth of unsold non food items are thrown away every year. The fashion industry, in which france is a world leader, is notoriously wasteful. A 2017 report by the Boston Consulting Group put the level of waste generated by the fashion industry at 92 million tons worldwide. We are going to pause on this story about french waste because we want to ta ke about french waste because we want to take you live in new zealand with the premise
More had the f. B. I. Investigation into the shooting at a u. S. Naval base in florida says theyre working on the presumption the attack was 2 an act of terrorism Saudi Air Force officer Mohammad Saeed al shaab rani shot dead 3 students on friday Saudi Crown Prince mohammed bin solomon is call the president to express his condolences and her schapelle has more more information from the f. B. I. About Mohammed Saeed al some nonny the junior officer in the royal Saudi Air Force who shot 11 people on friday killing 3 sailors our main goal right now is to confirm whether he acted alone or was he part of a Larger Network we currently assess there was one gunman who perpetrated this is attack and no arrests have been made in this case. On the open fire in a classroom using a gun that hed legally purchased around 2 hours beforehand he allegedly tweeted his disdain for u. S. Troops returning to saudi arabia calling america a nation of evil our hearts break for the families who lost their preci
A family in the occupied west bank about their ordeal. Now a volcano off the coast of new zealand has a ruptured as tourists were visiting at least one person has died up to 50 people including tourists from a cruise ship were on white highland when the volcano sent a plume of smoke and ash thousands of metres into the air rescuers say its currently too dangerous to go to the site you zealands Deputy Police commissioner says 23 people made it off the island but many remain unaccounted for some of these people have been transported to shore however theres a number still remaining on the oil who are currently unaccounted for. I can confirm theres one fatality and based on information we have is likely to be more now speaking at an emergency briefing new zealands Prime Minister just under a durned confirmed to a group tour groups rather world on the island at the time of the eruption we know already that there were a number of tourists on or around the island at the time both New Zealande