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Or while on a mobile phone are among those who may be handed life sentences under government proposals. Austrians head to the polls for a snap general election the 31 year Old Conservative Party leader Sebastian Kurz is tipped to become europes youngest leader and form an alliance with the far right. A0 people have died and hundreds are still missing following six days of wildfires in california. Its the most lethal outbreak in the States History with more than 100 thousand people have been disp...

Also in the next hour. Forty people have died and hundreds are still missing in california after six days of wildfires. The governor said it was one of the greatest tragedies the state had everfaced swathes of countryside and thousands of homes have been destroyed. Also, Donald Trumps denunciation of iran. Theresa may, the eu and brexit. Thats all in dateline london, in half an hour, here on bbc news. Good morning and welcome to bbc news. Harvey weinstein has been been kicked out of the academy ...

Food. We will grow more here and buy more from around the world, but that will mean bad news the continental farmers, that is why it will not happen, it is in their interest to reach a deal. There have been questions around whether seaports like dover could cope with backed up lorries in the event of no trade deal with the eu. The transport secretary said he thought a deal would be done, but if it does not we already have a operation stack, and he rejected suggestions that planes would be grante...

Regarded as austrias chancellor elect. For the eu and brexit, on the face of it, it does not mean very much. Mr kurz is a big supporter of the eu and an ally of angela merkel, not likely to break rank when it comes to austrias stands on brexit negotiations. But look at this, the eyes of europe are on this small country tonight and that is because this result has real political significance. This was austrias cha nts to significance. This was austrias chants to cast their verdict on the refugee c...

Welcome to bbc news. British police are now investigating claims by two women one of them the actress Lysette Anthony that they were sexually assaulted by the hollywood film executive Harvey Weinstein. Ms anthony, who stars in the channel 4 series hollyoaks, says she was raped by weinstein at her flat in the late 1980s. The metropolitan police say a second victim has alleged that she was assaulted in westminster in 2010 and 2011, and in camden in 2015. Heres daniel sandford. Guys, im not doing 0...

But with up to a50 million estimated still to be in the publics hands, many retailers say theyll continue to accept them for a limited period. And coming up in half an hour, well look back at the week in parliament. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. The british actress Lysette Anthony has come forward to say she is the woman who reported a Sexual Assault by hollywood Film Producer Harvey Weinstein to merseyside police. The actress, who stars in hollyoaks, says she was raped by weinstein at...

Police in britain are now investigating allegations of Sexual Assault made by three women against the Film Producer Harvey Weinstein. Against the Film Producer one of them is the actress Lysette Anthony, who stars in the channel 4 series hollyoaks. Lysette anthony, who stars she says she was raped by weinstein at her flat in the late 1980s. The metropolitan police say that today another woman has made allegations of an assault in 1992, and a third has said she was assaulted on three separate occ...

Offering any evidence. Promotes angen hello, and welcome the bbc news. Afg ha n hello, and welcome the bbc news. Afghan Officials Say up to 60 people have been killed in two separate Suicide Attacks on mosques. First, they entered a shia mosque in kabul and opened fire before setting off explosives. Islamic state said they carried out the attack in kabul. Elsewhere, another mosque was targeted in ghor province. We have been following the story. The massive Suicide Attack triggered an emergency i...

Iam i am michael fish, and i was a bbc weatherman for over a0 years. I am michael fish, and i was a bbc weatherman for over 40 years. A lot of snow in eastern parts of the country overnight and still are lot to come. In october, 1987, i drove an austin micro. We gave forecast in fahrenheit as well as celsius. Nothing but bad news, iam fahrenheit as well as celsius. Nothing but bad news, i am afraid. Trouble with the wind, you might say. And then, of course, there was this. Earlier on, a woman ra...

And back down again. This weekend, the Worlds Toughest sailing race begins. Held every three years, the volvo ocean race starts in alicante, in spain, and ends in the hague, in the netherlands. Now, that doesnt actually sound very far. But, in the middle, there is the small matter of 16,000 nautical miles, taking in 12 cities in six continents. And with broken masts, capsizes and icebergs almost guaranteed, this is no luxury cruise. To try and make this journey even possible, technology inevitab...