Faces rebellion on a key piece of brexit legislation, the vote expected in parliament any time now. And the words of the year, what do events around the world tell us about what people are searching for online. Do get in touch with us. Hello im katty kay in washington, Christian Fraser is in london. Democrats today are triumphant, celebrating their first big victory in alabama in more than 20 years. Theyre hoping it is a sign that the political tide is turning in their favour. Democratic voters turned out in almost record numbers. Party leaders suggest it is the President Trump affect. But how much does it reflect the rest of the country. The republican candidate roy moore was both extreme and exceptional. Democrats are unlikely to run against someone quite like him anywhere else. A short time ago President Trump expressed his regret over not picking up that alabama seat. We lost a seat, many republicans feel they were happy it turned out that way. But i would have liked to have the se
Troopers monitoring the demonstration lost their lives in a Helicopter Crash and the 32yearold woman was killed after the man plowed his car into the white nationalists rally. Racism is evil. Those that cause violence in its name are criminals and thugs including the White Supremacists, neonazis, or kkk and other hate groups that are repugnant to everything that we hold dear as americans. We are a nation that is founded on the truth, that all of us are created equal. We are equal in the eyes of our creator. We are equal under the law. We are equal under our constitution. Those that spread violence in the name of bigotry strike at the very core of america. Until this morning President Trump has been facing criticism for not specifically condemning White Supremacists in his initial response to the violence in charlottesville. Saturday he said we condemn this egregious display of hatred, bigotry and violence on many sides which sparked backlash from democrats and republicans. The man accu
This project back to the Planning Commission and demand that that project follow local and state laws thank you. Thank you. Next speaker, please. Good afternoon, supervisors thank you for having us and i just want to you know remember the all the victims from paris you know there is some big issues going on i want to remember them and i want to thank you you guys especially you guys are saying no to 5 m i want to thank you guys in advance im against this project specifically just because of gentrification against gentrification 10 years from now what is selma going to look at the Environmental Impact report i dont think it addresses our positions you know it is simple thank you very much. Thank you. Next speaker, please. Gamechanger supervisors im teresa i opposed this 5 m project im a residence of s o m a we lived with others we were one the luck ones we had family here and so many filipinos arrived having to deal with the situations on their own selma oma is our home. We will fight a
Thank you. Next speaker, please. Im crisis not filipino japanese and im queer too ive been working in soma for quite a bit the year after the earthquake i started working here as a Security Guard as an Affordable Housing director and as a planner if a communitybased now access to housing coordinator for bmr as well as Affordable Housing im here to tell you this i think the diversity of soma is beautiful i love soma since the first day i started to work there and the people the diversity of people and especially 6th street it is in a terrible departments time but love the way that people Work Together and the filipino communities was very accepting of me mainly because of way i look but because of the enlists i was able to bring Japantown Task force they were spooird and member of mac in the mission and those gifts that that ability to see what is happening in the rest of the neighborhood to bring that and talk about the way that people are treated in a different way and different stand
Welcome to bbc news. Authorities in pakistan say at 80 people are now confirmed to have died when a passenger plane crashed into a residential area in karachi. The airbus a320 was enroute from lahore in the north of the country when it came down near the runway at least two passengers survived. Secunder kermani reports. These are the moments just before the plane crashed to the ground. At the site, panic and chaos. This residential area is just a short distance away from the airport. Rescue workers combed through the debris, looking for surviving passengers and injured locals. This man, head of a major bank, was pulled out from the wreckage alive, but other families have been left distraught. Translation we pulled out a small child and his mother. They are both alive. Then we found two dead bodies on top of the building. There might be a few more bodies up there, with the rest under the plane, but we just dont know yet. The muslim festival of eid is this weekend, and many of those trav