Attacked pro democracy activists last weekend. Good afternoon. The Prime Minister has pledged to fund a new high speed rail route between leeds and manchester. Borisjohnson says it will turbo charge the economy. It is thought the new route is part of the governments wider investment commitment to the north of england set to cost around £39 billion. But labour have cast doubt on the plan, saying mrjohnson failed to deliver on infrastructure when he was mayor of london. Tom barton reports. In manchester, theyre expanding the tram network, spending millions on improving public transport. But the new Prime Minister says he wants to go further, promising to build a fast railway line between this city and leeds, 35 miles away. I want to be the Prime Minister who does with Northern Powerhouse rail what we did for crossrail in london, and today, im going to deliver on my commitment to that vision with a pledge to fund the leeds to manchester route. But while local leaders have welcomed that p
And in the yellowjersey, colombias egan bernal, looks set to win the Tour De France from team mate ge rint thomas. From team mate geraint thomas. Good evening. In another policy announcement three days after becoming Prime Minister, borisjohnson has pledged to fund a new high speed rail link between leeds and manchester. He says it will turbo charge the regions and unlock jobs, boosting growth. He was speaking on a visit to the north west, with the full details of his proposals, to be published in the autumn. But labour says the plans are a rehash of past failed promises from the conservatives. Our chief political correspondent, vicky young, reports from manchester. Taking his first steps as Prime Minister, Boris Johnson is promising a bright, optimistic future. I wasjust thinking. But he is not the first conservative to come to manchester offering more investment for the north of england. At the science and industry museum, mrjohnson said action was needed to combat the hopelessness f
Johnny clays Memorial Service in johannesburg. Much more coming up on bbc news. We start with breaking news. You can reach me on twitter, im regedahmadbbc. The Us Supreme Court has cleared the way for the us president to build sections of his promised border wall with mexico, using pentagon funds. The Supreme Courtjustices narrowly voted to allow the Trump Administration to access 2. 5 billion from the military budget to strengthen existing barriers in border states. President trump was quick to declare the ruling a big victory on twitter. Hello. Weve made it to the end of what has been an extraordinary week of weather. Initially it looked like we had not broken the uks all Time Temperature record, but in the last 2a hours some new information has come to light, a temperature reading from Chris Buckler is in washington. Cambridge University Botanic garden of 38. 7 degrees on thursday afternoon. This still needs to be verified, why is this decision significant . As it needs to be checke
President trump has long promised this border wall. He went to rally after rally, even before he was elected president , and promised he would build a barrier between mexico and america to tackle the problem of illegal immigration and there has been a long battle between President Trump and his political opponents over how to fund that. Inside congress, democrats have repeatedly blocked his attempts to get money specifically for the wall earlier this year he declared a National Emergency, arguing that there was a crisis in americas southern border because of a number of people trying to claim a silent and because it illegal immigration and he argued because of that National Emergency, he should be allowed to redirect funds from other government departments. For example, the department of defence, in order to pay for the wall. A court had argued, and had decided that it was going to put in place an injunction because it felt it that stage, it wasnt appropriate for it to do it and part o
The Us Supreme Court has cleared the way for the us president to build sections of his promised border wall with mexico, using pentagon funds. The Supreme Courtjustices narrowly voted to allow the Trump Administration to access 2. 5 billion from the military budget to strengthen existing barriers in border states. President trump was quick to declare the ruling a big victory on twitter. Chris buckler in washington has more. President trump has long promised this border wall. He went to rally after rally, even before he was elected president , and promised he would build a barrier between mexico and america to tackle the problem of illegal immigration and there has been a long battle between President Trump and his political opponents over how to fund that. Inside congress, democrats have repeatedly blocked his attempts to get money specifically for the wall earlier this year he declared a National Emergency, arguing that there was a crisis at americas southern border because of a numbe