Life and i very naively, im american, we dont have that they are. Two big legal changes in Northern Ireland are looming with abortion and same sex marriage becoming legal at midnight. It has prompted stormont to assemble for the first time in three years. Coming up one afternoon live, lizzie with all the sport. Hello, simon. We have squad news for the Rugby World Cup semifinals this weekend, there is good news for england but bad news for wales. 0k, back to you later. And we have the whether with matt taylor. Thanks, simon, half term week for some of you and some of you would appreciate something drier but rain will never be too far away from the forecast and i will tell you where that will be in around half an hours time. Good afternoon from westminster, where borisjohnson will this afternoon try again to get the backing of mps for his brexit deal with the European Union, after he abandoned his bid to secure parliamentary approval during a special sitting on saturday. The government i
Sources in the Royal Household say Prince William is concerned for his brother. Prince harry and his wife the duchess of sussex open up about struggling to deal with the pressures of being in the spotlight. The biggest thing that i know is that i never thought this would be easy but i thought it would be fair. And coming up, angry scenes at stormont as members walk out of the First Assembly meeting for three years, paving the way for abortion and same sex marriage to become legal in Northern Ireland. Its five oclock our top story the speaker of the house of commons, john bercow, has ruled that mps cannot vote on the governments brexit deal today. Hes been forced to defend his decision, after a number of mps challenged his ruling. Downing street says the government is disappointed with the speakers ruling and that they would now prefer to go ahead with the introduction of the Withdrawal Agreement bill. Were expecting to hear the governments legislative plans for the week shortly but ahe
In the quarter finals. And foreign correspondents based in london will give their take on the protests in hong kong and the brexit negotiations. Thats in dateline london in half an hour. Good morning. Much of hong kong is shut down after violent demonstrations led to the suspension of the citys public transport network, many shopping centres, banks and businesses have been unable to open. Thousands of people have taken to the streets to protest against a newly imposed ban on wearing face masks. The protesters use the masks to avoid identification. Hong kongs leader carrie lam is warning that she can no longer tolerate rioters destroying the territory. Translation the extreme actions of rioters created a very dark night for hong kong, and made Hong Kong Society semi paralysed. Everyone is very worried and concerned, or even scared. The government will suppress violence with the greatest determination. I appeal to everyone to support the government in suppressing violence in accordance w
Win over argentina. Good evening. Donald trumps political opponents have intensified efforts to impeach the president. Three congressional committees have demanded legal documents relating to a telephone call by mr trump in which he asked ukraine to investigate his president ial rival, joe biden. From washington, Chris Buckler reports. What was a request has become a demand. Democrats are piling the pressure on President Trump by issuing a subpoena for a series of documents. They want a full, rather than a rough, transcript of thejuly phone call in which he asked the ukrainian leader, Volodymyr Zelensky, to investigate his political rival and potential president ial candidate, joe biden. And amid all the talk of impeachment, mr trump continues to make unfounded allegations about mr biden, who hopes to challenge him in next years president ial election. Youre pointing out when hes flatlining, where there is no evidence, none, not a scintilla, not one tiny piece. The American People know
Hello this is bbc news. The headlines the mother of the teenager harry dunn, who died in a crash involving the wife of a us diplomat, says the government must put pressure on her to return to the uk. Democrats leading the impeachment enquiry into President Trump issue a legal order demanding the white house hand over more documents. Dozens of people are injured, eight of them seriously, after a double decker bus overturned in devon. A british australian woman and her boyfriend are released after more than three months in an iranianjail. Now on bbc news, its time for sportsday. Hello and welcome to sportsday, with me olly foster and jane dougall. The headlines this evening england are the first team through to the Rugby World Cup quarterfinals six tries against argentina secures another bonus point win. Fighting for the title liverpool leave it late against leicester as they make it eight wins out of eight in the premier league. There are more british podium hopes on the final weekend o