Places tonight. And at 11. 30 well be returning to the papers with broadcaster John Kampfner and kate andrews from the right leaning think Tank Institute of economic affairs. Stay with us for that. And at 11. 30 well be returning to the papers with broadcaster kpmg has confirmed it is not renewing its sponsorship of Prince Andrews mentorship scheme pitch at palace. Its understood the leading Accountancy Firm took the decision in october, but it emerged as the duke of york is facing renewed calls to speak to the american authorities following his interview with bbcs newsnight, in which he was questioned about his friendship with the convicted sex offenderjeffrey epstein, who died earlier this year. The prince has consistently denied allegations about his own conduct. Our royal correspondent Nicholas Witchell reports. In los angeles tonight, a lawyer for some of Jeffrey Epsteins alleged victims and a young woman who says she was raped by epstein at the age of 15. And, in no uncertain ter
Are scenes like this, of complete chaos. Well have live reports from hong kong and from beijing, with no end in sight to the clashes between democtrators and the authorities. Also tonight. Following that bbc interview, Prince Andrew is now under growing pressure to talk to us officials about his links with the latejeffrey epstein. Three Party Leaders take their messages to the cbi conference, each claiming to be the Natural Partners of business. We report on the crisis in care for the elderly, and the major policy and financial challenges facing whoever wins the election. And we meet the team behind the Tony Award Winning musical dear evan hansen, which opens in london tomorrow night. Coming up on sportsday on bbc news, can the republic of ireland secure a crucial win over denmark in dublin to guarantee their place at euro 2020 . Good evening. In hong kong, hundreds of activists remain under siege inside the polytechnic university, where theres been more violence today, as police try t
Increasingly concerned. It is the economy. Jay powell fed chief jay powell holds where facetoface talks with President Trump. Warnings from within the fed. Rosengren eric morning policymakers against putting financial policy at risk. We will hear exclusively from him. And now, back to sophie for a look at australian markets. Higher. 6 200 is opening a2 milk leading the pack. Aining 17 after reporting better margin outlook. Checking in on the aussie dollar. Ahead of the rba. Still clearly and a focus for the currency. 1 ancks are adding on hour into cash trade. Futures Holding Steady in chicago. Lets see how we are sitting up in hong kong. Hans sang futures are under pressure after the rebound. Speculation that chinese funds are providing support for the market. Even so, there is some investor caution given they are rethinking their positions with the increasing violence in hong kong. We did have the hans sang in the hong kong index regain their 50 day moving averages. Lets jump to the
Springs train just leaving the bay fare station. The fight continued through our hayward station. At which point a knife was introduced into the fight between the two males. As the train approached south hayward, the Hayward Police partners responded to the call along with the Bart Police Department and we were on the platform, walked onto the train and determined that there was a victim on a train that was bleeding and was possibly the victim of a stabbing. Our partners in the Hayward Police department and our officers had a good description of the suspect. They conducted an area search and they were able to stop a suspect matching the description about one block from here on tennyson. Our victim unfortunately deceased as a result of the incident. This is something that is very tragic and rare on bart. Not something we get a lot of. I do want to ensure our ridership that part is safe and we are continuing all to reassure them providing the presence in our system so they can ride safel
National. With us. Are the f. B. I. Is investigating a shooting at a u. S. Naval base in the state of florida where a Saudi National has left 3 people dead reports say they are looking into whether the incident is terror related. 3 people are dead and 8 others have been injured when a shooting took place at the u. S. Military base at pensacola in florida now the perpetrator has been identified as a Saudi Air Force officer who was receiving training at this base he opened fire in one of the classrooms and he was then shot dead himself from what we understand the f. B. I. Is on the scene and investigation between the u. S. Military and the f. B. I. Has been opened we are working with local Law Enforcement and with the f. B. I. In our actions afterwards as i said the bases shut down will be shut down until further notice until we can really understand the situation trump has tweeted out that the saudi king gave him a personal phone call to express condolences for the victims of the shooti