in the centre of pyongyang. the two leaders signed what the russian president called a breakthrough agreement. so what does that mean for global security? good evening. the scottish national party has launched its election manifesto in edinburgh today, putting independence and the nhs at the forefront of their campaign. the first ministerjohn swinney said he would push for a second independence referendum, if his party won a majority of seats in scotland at this election. he claimed that future independence would allow scotland to re join the european union. among other pledges, a commitment to end the two child benefit cap and to abolish the house of lords. here s our scotland editor, james cook. applause. the snp leader, john swinney, promised independence would be front and centre of this manifesto, and it is. at the very heart of our beliefs is the principal that decisions is the principle that decisions about scotland should be made by the people who live in scotland. no
sunak and keir starmer are being quizzed by beth rigby, this evening s live show that started at 7pm. so let s speak to our political correspondent hannah miller who is inside the spin room for us, where journalists and politicians will be dissecting the leader s performances. hannah, isn t quite a debate, it s a different format so what can we expect? what can we expect? quite an interesting what can we expect? quite an interesting format, what can we expect? quite an interesting format, actually, i what can we expect? quite an - interesting format, actually, here this evening. both leaders will face a 20 minute interview with political editor beth rigby, that will be alive. after that they will have a 25 minute grilling by a studio audience, that has been made out to be politically representative of the whole country, it s got people from grimsley on the local area as well as some people who live around the country. from grimsby. whether they get into more policy, w
douglas ross for the conservatives, labour s anas sarwar and alex cole hamilton, of the liberal demorats but not the scottish greens. the israeli military has announced the deaths of four more people who were abducted by hamas on the 7th of october. they ve been named as nadav popplewell, chaim peri, yoram metzger, and amiram cooper. israel s army says the hostages were killed during an israeli operation in khan younis. claudia sheinbaum has been elected as mexico s first woman president. preliminary results showed the 61 year old former mayor of mexico city had won close to 60% of the vote in sunday s election. she will replace her mentor, the outgoing president andres manuel lopez obrador. a final message from rugby league legend and motor neurone disease and motor neurone disease campaigner rob burrow has been released as part of a new bbc documentary. the message was recorded by the former leeds rhinos star especially for the programme, called there s only one rob burrow,
Doctors say a british woman who was shot while on holiday to brazil is lucky to be alive. Eloise dixon is reported to have been attacked when her family drove into a slum area. Good morning. Tesco has announced its scrapping 5p Carrier Bags altogether in favour of the more expensive bags for life. Ill be asking if other retailers will do the same. Also this morning, the challenge of finding the right pair of shoes for the children. Well be getting the latest advice on a problem troubling many parents at this time of year. And carol has the weather. Good morning. Good morning from the roof of the Broadcasting House in london. Grey skies. Dry at the moment. Rain and showers. Heavy downpours in east anglia and the south east. For the rest of the uk, it is sunshine and showers. I will have more details in 15 minutes. Thank you, carol. We will start with our top story. More than 40 of Maternity Wards in england closed their doors to expectant mothers at least once in 2016, data obtained by
Borisjohnson is due to hold a Conference Call in the next hour with conservative mps amid growing anger about his plans to override part of the brexit Withdrawal Agreement. In the last few minutes weve learned that a total of 3,539 new coronavirus cases have been recorded in the uk thats the highest daily figure since may the 17th. This comes as data released by the governments Scientific Advisory group has confirmed that the reproduction number, or r value, of coronavirus transmission across the uk has risen above one, meaning the epidemic is growing. Meanwhile the uks largest study of Coronavirus Infections has found the number of cases is now doubling every week. New lockdown restrictions have been announced in parts of the West Midlands which have seen a sharp rise in covid 19 cases. From tuesday, households in birmingham, sandwell and solihull will be banned from mixing together. Meanwhile, wales will follow england and scotland and ban indoor gatherings of more than six people fr