Shirley ballas has been named as the new head judge on strictly come dancing, replacing len goodman. Good morning, its tuesday the 9th of may. Im rachel schofield, welcome to bbc Newsroom Live. The conservatives have vowed to cap Energy Prices if they win the General Election. Under the plans theresa may would give powers to the industry regulator, ofgem, to set a limit for people on standard variable rates. Under the new plans, new powers would be given to ofgem to set a limit for people on standard variable rates. Elsewhere labour leader Jeremy Corbyn is due to formally launch his partys general Election Campaign, where hes expected to say that the issue of Whether Brexit happens has been settled. The uks highest electorate campaigning on the nhs, and the green party is on the Isle Of Wight the uks highest electorate campaigning on the nhs, promising to end what it calls the privatisation experiment. Well be live In Manchester ahead of labours Campaign Launch shortly but first more o
Annual profile and courage award at the john f. Kennedy library in boston. Ladies and gentlemen, at this time we are beginning our livesteam of tonights john f. Kennedy sentinual award ceremony. I am delighted to welcome our audience of online viewers. There are many, many people who take credit for our decision to go online. One of the most important ideas came from the person who constantly gives us great ideas on how to use technology and other initiatives at the library and that is my friend who claims to have a day job but i doubt it ed slotsberg but i doubt it. I thank ed. [applause] and you will be happy to know, ed, mike barnacle, seconded the idea. We thank him for that. We have so much to celebrate tonight including president and ms. Kennedys deep appreciation for the arts. Our next guest is a multiple grammy award winner whose songs are among the great pillars of american music. His music spans generations and his songs have provided the soundtrack across decades of our live
Britain, including the daily telegraph. A shock for theresa may. Exit polls pointed to a hung parliament, which is exactly what we are seeing. Are joined live on the phone from stephen earlier. Thanks for being with us. Guest sure. Glad to be here. Host tell us what happened overnight. Guest [laughter] what happened overnight is that britons noticed and they decided they did not like theresa may as much as she hoped they would. They voted in large numbers and they decided that her campaign for a new mandate three years earlier was not something they wanted to give her. Part a lotarge of lot of young people turned out for Jeremy Corbyn, the man of the left, but ran a very optimistic campaign. He criticized the conservatives on a sturdy questions austerity questions, policeman, social welfare. He did not explain how it was going to get paid for. In general, the problem for theresa may is that the more people hurt her, the less they seem to like her. Host was part of this based on the fac
Though perhaps we could be seeing an Opposition Coalition as well. Chart, looking at this the biggest reflection has been the currency markets. Towardsd edging down 1. 27, session lows at the moment , 1. 7 percent fall back or that is the scene outside Jeremy Corbyns house. This is bloomberg. Haidi uncertainty in the u. K. , a Hung Parliament with conservatives falling short of a majority. Plunging theling most since january and raising doubts about negotiations with the european union. The u. K. Could be without a full functioning government 11 days before brexit talks are due to begin. Rishaad the questions are being the primet ministers future. She may not survive. This is our special coverage of the british election. I am Rishaad Salamat coming to from our asia headquarters in hong kong. In sydney. Haidi lun asia awaking to political turmoil. When will we learn . Trump, brexit, and now more Political Uncertainty, the range of outcomes is starting to narrow when it comes to what sor
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