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The Online Market in domestic slaves claims its enabled by google, apple and instagram. And coming up how hundreds of thousands of dangerous tumble dryers could still be posing a fire risk in uk homes. Good morning. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. Im annita mcveigh. Nigel farage has called on the conservatives to form an election pact with his brexit party. Ahead of the partys official general election launch this morning, mr farage said the two parties need to form an alliance, but refused to com...

Library is under threat. Well report from the scene. Just on the hill by the president ial library where there is a massive effort to get this blaze under control. They are fighting it from the air and the ground, but the wind is blowing very strongly. And in the last hour, twitters announced its stopping all political advertising, all around the world. Well look at why we begin with the grenfell fire that killed 72 people in june 2017. Today a report into the tragedy was released. And it calls ...

Up about. 75 . Strong profits, positive news on trade, an expanding economy with full employment. This is why stocks are headed up again this monday morning. This stock, though, is not. Mcdonalds. Its ceo, Steve Easterbrook, has been fired. He broke Company Rules by having a consensual relationship with another mcdonalds employee. No details on that, but hes out. The stock had doubled under easterbrooks tenure. Today it will be down about not as much as it was earlier but it will be down about 1...

And we stayed. As the general election is confirmed for december 12th we look at the role of social media in the campiagn as twitter says it will ban political adverts. Raging wildfires in california as a new blaze in the south of the state threatens the Ronald Reagan president ial library. Goals galore in the caraboa cup with ten scored in a single game between arsenal and liverpool and thats before it went to penalties, with the reds eventually sealing a place in the quarterfinal. And at 11 30...

Also tonight. As the general election is confirmed for december 12th, we look at the role of social media in the campiagn, as twitter talks of banning political adverts. Six years after the Helicopter Crash onto the clutha pub in glasgow, killing ten people, a report says pilot error was to blame. The pentagon has released footage of the Us Special Forces raid that killed Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi, leader of the Islamic State group. And the story behind one of the standout performers of englands Rugb...

Neighbourhoods in los angeles. Challenging our ideas about time and space. A new super telescope may give us more clues about dark energy. Live from our studios in london and singapore. This is bbc world news. Its newsday. Hello and welcome. Its 8am in singapore and midnight here in london, where borisjohnson is trying to break the brexit deadlock by holding a snap election. The british Prime Minister had pledged that the uk would leave the eu on october 31 do or die. But he doesnt have enough v...

Back at the week in parliament. Hello and welcome to the week in parliament. Its on. The uk will vote on december the 12th as borisjohnson argues a general election is the only way to push brexit forward. This endless, wilful, fingers crossed, not me, guv refusal to deliver on the mandate of the people, and that is, mr speaker, to refresh this parliament and give the people a choice. Labour backs a general election because we want this country to be rid of this reckless and destructive conservat...

Two months after a ba flight filled with smoke, and was forced to make an emergency landing, passengers tell the bbc theyre still suffering from breathing difficulties. The veteran labour mp Dame Louise Ellman quits the party after 55 years saying Jeremy Corbyn is not fit to be Prime Minister. Also coming up a new way of detecting arthritis in knees moves a step closer. Researchers use High Frequency sound monitoring to help their diagnosis. And in sport, american boxer patrick day has died aged...

Heavy rain, very strong winds, but equally along the south coast of the country. But today part two of the weekend is looking much better. We will see later winds, some sunshine, but light winds and the forecast. I will have all the details later on. Good morning. Its sunday, november 3. Our top story as the general Election Campaign gets into full swing, labour and the conservatives are making big spending pledges. Borisjohnson has promised to end the benefits freeze in place since 2016, whileJ...

To take on south africa in the World Cup Final. And coming up at quarter to 8 shaun ley delves into viewers comments on bbc news coverage, in this weeks newswatch. The leader of the brexit party, nigel farage, has called on borisjohnson to ditch his Withdrawal Agreement with the European Union and form an alliance with his party, in the upcoming general election. Speaking at his campaign launch, he said hed field a candidate in every seat in britain, if the Prime Minister didnt drop his brexit p...