The ceo of the association of chartered certified accountants, helen brand, and political commentator lance price. Stay with us for that. Good evening, welcome to bbc news. On the eve of the launch of the conservative election campaign, a member of Boris Johnsons cabinet, alun cairns, the welsh secretary, has been urged to resign, by a victim of rape. The victim, who cant be named, says mr cairns should step down because of his links to a man who sabotaged her trial. Ross england, who served as an aide to the welsh secretary, was heavily criticised by a judge for his role in wrecking the trial last year. Mr england was subsequently selected as a conservative candidate for the Welsh Assembly in 2021. Mr cairns had denied knowledge of the events. But bbc news has seen an e mail sent to him, mentioning the issue. Our wales Political Editor Felicity Evans has the story. Alun cairns arriving at the last Cabinet Meeting before the election, just hours before he faced calls for his resignatio
We see this band of rain tracking in from the south west. This band of rain will become quite slow moving as this weather front just rain will become quite slow moving as this weather frontjust hangs up across parts of england and wales as we get into thursday. An associate with a slow moving, lumbering area of low pressure. You can see this band of heavy rain, could be enough to cause problems and localised flooding through east anglia, the midlands, north wales, potentially into Northern England as well. To the south of that a mix of sunny spells and heavy showers. To the north, showers could be wintry of the highest ground in scotland. Yes, the highest ground in scotland. Yes, the air will be that goal. As we move out of those into friday, as this area of low pressure pushes eastwards, we could get back into a broadly north and north easterly flow. So its going to be cold once again. It will turn increasingly dry and bright, ithink, during friday was some spells of sunshine. As temp
Even my worst enemies. Firefighters continue to battle dozens of raging bushfires in eastern australia. Officials warn residents that conditions are expected to worsen today. And coming up Hillary Clinton tells the bbc that its inexplicable and shameful the uk government hasnt published a report on alleged russian interference in british politics. Im dumbfounded that this government wont released a report about russian influence because every person who votes in this country deserves to see that report before your election happens. Good morning. Its november 12th. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. The labour party says there has been a sophisticated and la rge scale cyber attack on its digital platforms. The party said the attack had failed because of their robust Security Systems and that no data had been taken. In a statement, the party said. Our security procedures have slowed down some of our campaign activities, but these were restored this morning and we are back up to full speed. We
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For the springboks in south africa after winning the Rugby World Cup in style. Live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news. Its news day. Thank you forjoining us. Good morning. Its 8am in singapore, midnight in london and 7pm in washington, dc. Where a climate study endorsed by 11,000 scientists warns that there will be untold human suffering without deep and lasting changes. The report by researchers in the us, australia and south africa draws on a0 years of data. It declares the world is in the midst of an accelerating climate emergency. The study says there are profoundly troubling signs of human impact on the climate, including sustained rises in population, increased air travel and a global loss of tree cover. 0ur environment editor David Shukman told us more about the study by international scientists. They point out that exactly a0 years ago there was a world im at conference which warned of the urgency of tackling Climate Change as Greenhouse Gas emiss