hello, i'm ros atkins, this is outside source. labour has launched its general election campaign, on the day the uk was supposed to leave the european union. jeremy corbyn is promising a radical transformation of the uk. here's how he says he'll do it... with the biggest and most confident campaign that our country has ever, ever seen! boris johnson says he's frustrated at missing the deadline but is promising to deliver brexit if he wins. let's get through the logjam now, get a new parliament going, and then deliver on the priorities of the british people. we'll also look at the number of mps standing down because of death threats, abuse, and bullying. the impeachment investigation against donald trump has entered a new phase,

after the democrats voted to make it more public. pakistan has suffered its worst rail disaster in over a decade. at least 7a people died in a train fire. and we'll talk about facebook, which is enjoying a massive profits boost. we will find out what is going so right for facebook. if borisjohnson had delivered on his brexit commitment, the next two hours would have been the uk's final ones in the eu. instead, he had to ask for a delay — and now, instead of leaving the eu, we're into an election campaign. and it's already picked up a head of steam. the prime minister visited a hospital to talk up his support of the national health service. he also visited a school in london,

saying education funding is another priority. and he visited a police station — keen to talk about hiring thousands of police officers — though remember the conservatives cut thousands of them in the last ten years. and here is the prime minister making his opening pitch. all the candidates are laying out their opening pitch. what we want to do, as i say, is to support our fantastic wealth creating sector, lift people up. the biggest increase in the living wage in memory that we are putting in. invest in a high—skill, high—wage, but low tax economy. invest in a high—skill, high—wage, but low—tax economy. that is the way forward. stimulate the wealth—creating sector so that we have the income that we need to pay for fantastic public services. that is our pitch to the country. the labour party officially launched its campaign today with a promise to transform the uk. here's its leaderjeremy corbyn.

this is the most radical and exciting plan for real change ever put before the british electorate. so, jeremy corbyn is promising radical change. here's an example of what he means by that. we are going after the tax dodgers, we are going after the dodgy landlords, we are going after the bad bosses, we are going after the big polluters, because we know whose side we, the labour party, are on. applause jeremy corbyn also spoke out against giving american firms greater access to the national health service via a uk—us trade deal after brexit. something mr corbyn thinks will happen. and he attacked boris johnson directly. his toxic brexit trade deal with trump could hand over £500 million per week of nhs money to big drug corporations in america and around the world. we will stop them, labour won't let

donald trump get his hands on our national health service. donald trump got involved in uk politics today. he spoke at length earlier with the brexit party leader nigel farage on mr farage‘s lbc radio show. inevitably, he shared his thoughts on borisjohnson and jeremy corbyn. so, we have got nothing to fear, then, if we do a trade deal with the usa, the nhs is not up for grabs, is what you are saying. and the other line i get is... i don't even know where that started. where your health care system with respect to us taking over your health care system. i mean, it is so ridiculous. i think corbyn put that out there. but to even think... it was never even mentioned. i never even heard it until i went over to visit. it's not surprising

the national health service is getting so much attention. here's a chart tracking which issues the british people consider most important, politically. the nhs is represented by the blue line — it's consistently one of the top issues. but look at that yellow line. five years ago, the uk's place in the eu was way down the list — one referendum and all the rancour that has followed — and now brexit is a top concern. and despite missing his deadline of getting out by today, the prime minister wants to talk about it. if you vote for us, and we get our programme through, which we will. as i say, it is oven—ready, it is there to go. and we can be out at the absolute latest by january next year. labour has a very different plan for brexit. it says that if it forms the next government, it would take three months to negotiate a new do is take six months more to hold a second referendum on it. here isjeremy

corbyn again. labour will get brexit sorted within six months. we will let the people decide whether to leave on a sensible deal, or remain. it really isn't that complicated. jessica, are you surprised that the first few exchanges have been dominated by the nhs rather than brexit? i think it is interesting because there had been some expectation that going into this election, that maybe it would be the brexit election. however, we always knew, i think, brexit election. however, we always knew, ithink, that brexit election. however, we always knew, i think, that for example, the labour party might try and do what they did in 2017, which was also try and turn people's attention to other topics. namely, an anti—austerity agenda. jeremy corbyn, as you have been talking about, did absolutely join today's launched touch on brexit. and about labour's alternative plan for that. namely,

within six months, having negotiated a deal, have another referendum. and during a special conference, labour would decide which way it would campaign, having got a would decide which way it would campaign, having gota labour would decide which way it would campaign, having got a labour brexit deal versus remain. so he did talk about that, but he was also very keen to talk about taking on vested interests, and investing in public services. i think that is real red meat for his supporters. of course, borisjohnson on the same day, where did he go for his visit? a hospital, a school. i think the tories keen to ta ke a school. i think the tories keen to take the battle to labour on those issues of investment in public services. and maybe you will see something of a bidding war going on during the course of the general election campaign. perhaps the bigger challenges for the tories, because it was the tories who oversaw austerity, who oversaw a great many cuts. how are they challenging that critique? great many cuts. how are they challenging that critique ?m great many cuts. how are they challenging that critique? it is interesting because when they talk about putting 20,000 more police officers on the streets, a lot of critics are quick to point out that

about that number were lost during the years of austerity. i think the defence from boris johnson's team will be that he is a new prime minister, obviously he was conservative throughout that period, taking ona conservative throughout that period, taking on a range of different roles. but he is a new prime minister, newly in office. i think the broader conservative argument on thatis the broader conservative argument on that is that when they took over in 2010, they had to make cuts, because cuts needed to be made, in their view, to save the economy after the crash. there is an alternative view to that that they went way too far too fast and caused a lot of damage and community. and that is the argument the labour party will be making. stay with us, please, because what we focused on boris johnson and jeremy corbyn, there is a third leader. that'sjo swinson of the liberal democrats. this is some date from bbc poll tracker, which collates information from several polls. it shows the liberal democrats are polling at around 18% —

that's within striking distance of labour but currently well behind the conservatives. they are a long way from being able to form their own government. you can't accuse them of not cutting straight to it. they say stop brexit. they said it will come into government and stop the process, if they get the votes. they are also saying they will attack both the labour and conservatives, equally. the liberal democrats are fighting our most ambitious election yet. because this general election is one where the future of our country for generations is at stake. and make no mistake, i stand here ready to take on boris johnson and jeremy corbyn as candidate to be prime minister. jessica, i am a bit confused here. if the number one priority for the

lib dems was to stop brexit, wouldn't working with labour rather than attacking them relentlessly be a reasonably good idea?” than attacking them relentlessly be a reasonably good idea? i think the liberal democrats are trying to aim high in this election. jo swinson talking about possibly being the next prime minister. they have an awfully long way to go to do that. in terms of taking back seats. i think the liberal democrats feel that the only way is up for them, after they had a pretty dire election in 2015. in a minor recovery in 2017. i think they are trying to build on that. they have picked up a few defections in recent months. of course, look, pulse and a lwa ys months. of course, look, pulse and always tell the whole story, as we know. elections are unpredictable. i think the liberal democrats are trying to send a clear message on brexit. as you say, they are saying that if they go into government, they would revoke article 50, just stop brexit. i think when they started switching to having a general election in the last week or

so, some people accused them of abandoning the idea of having another referendum. they say they are still on board with that idea in principle. they haven't given up on that. but they thought the time had come to have a general election. it is worth saying that the snp have a similar policy on that. they have argued for another referendum as well. thank you very much indeed. much more on the election on the bbc news app and bbc website. democrats have voted to step up the impeachment inquiry into president trump. the issue is donald trump asking the president of ukraine to investigate his democratic rival, joe biden, and the allegation that mr trump threatened to withold us aid if he didn't. this is the development today. the house of representatives, the lower house of congress which is controlled by the democrats, has passed a measure that calls for public hearings,

and for the release of transcripts from proceedings that have already happened behind closed doors. the chairman of the house intelligence committee, adam schiff, explained why. the founding fathers understood that a leader might take hold of the oval office who would sacrifice the national who would fail to defend the constitution, who would place his personal and political interests above the interests of the country. they understood that might happen. and they provided a mechanism to deal with it, and that mechanism is called impeachment. help me out here, is this simply the same process going on, but this time we find out everything about it? or is very big shifting gear?|j we find out everything about it? or is very big shifting gear? i think that it is very big shifting gear? i think thatitis is very big shifting gear? i think that it is the same process. what the democrats wanted to do by conducting the depositions behind closed doors was find out exactly what these witnesses had to say, keep them from learning from other people's testimony and possibly altering their own testimony if they we re altering their own testimony if they were going to be possible witnesses. now they have conducted what in the

process of conducting these initial investigations, then they can bring them out into prime time and have a much more public hearing. they were also concerned that republicans could try to grandstand or showboat and delay things, giving it behind closed doors kept that to a minimum. i think that it will be a different tone, a different kind of impact on the public body or mind, having it happen out where you can see these people. yon is that, it is going to bea people. yon is that, it is going to be a relatively similar sort of process. let's flesh this out a bit. at the heart of this story is a phone call in july at the heart of this story is a phone call injuly between president trump when he was in washington and president volodymyr zelensky in ukraine when he was in kiev. president trump has admitted he asked president zelensky to investigate targetjoe biden, and his son, hunter biden, who worked for a company in ukraine called burisma holdings while his father was vice president. and the white house transcipt for the call backs that up.

but president trump denies he did anything wrong, and denies there was any ‘quid pro quo' arrangement — meaning he never tied the aid to the investigation. during today's vote, he tweeted that the inquiry is "the greatest witch hunt in american history!" a number of republicans agree with him. last month, without a vote, and with only the speaker's say—so, committees have been engaged in a closed impeachment enquiry on what amounts to nothing more than a partisan fishing expedition. at least today, the majority is admitting that what we have known all along, that the house was not following an appropriate process for impeachment. but i don't think the process we are setting forward in this resolution is a fair one either. it is not fair to the president of the united states, it is not fair to the house of representatives, and it is not fair to the american people. back to you, anthony. the thing that confuses me here is that on one

level it is not a fishing expedition, because donald trump has admitted he asked the president of ukraine to look into the bidens will stop other republicans are saying that part of the story is fine?“ you read that readout from the phone call, they talked about military aid, donald trump and that is a lengthy, then donald trump went on and asked for a favour. what are saying is that there wasn't any connection between those two sections of the phone conversation, no quid pro quo. democrats say that one of the reason they are interviewing all of these other people in the white house and the state department is to see if there was a direct tie to in the military aid and this investigation that donald trump wanted the ukrainians to launch that could produce damaging information directed tojoe biden, the little rival. establishing that connection is what democrats wanted to do, and what republicans say just isn't democrats wanted to do, and what republicans sayjust isn't there. while we are talking, while the democrat voting, the testimony goes

on, it goes on through the week? democrat voting, the testimony goes on, it goes on through the week7m is going to continue on into next week. one of the ones to keep an eye on isjohn week. one of the ones to keep an eye on is john bolton, week. one of the ones to keep an eye on isjohn bolton, the national security adviser, the former national—security adviser for donald trump. he was resigned or was pushed out relatively recently because of his name keeps coming up in this other testimony is one of the people who raise real objections about the shadow foreign policy that rudolph giuliani and other mums of the imitation were trying to do in ukraine. it is an open question whether whether he will show up or not for this request. it could turn into a subpoena or court case if that drags on, democrats will have to decide whether to keep moving ahead with a few other depositions 01’ ahead with a few other depositions or wait for a court case to get resolved. one other thing on the republicans, i want to understand this. let's imagine there was no connection to the military aid, they are saying that bringing up a foreign leader and apply pressure on one of my opponents, that in and of itself is ok, as long as it is not tied to anything else? essentially,

yes. they are saying that donald trump and presidents in general have a wider latitude to conduct foreign policy anyway they can. and while maybe donald trump, what he did was inappropriate, maybe it wasn't exactly the best use of american foreign policy pressure, that is not an illegal act, and it is not impeachable. that he was able to call and request, maybe it wasjust trying to root out corruption in ukraine and was much more interested in making sure that us military aid was well spent and doesn't get misappropriated once it gets to ukraine. that is the argument they are presenting. it becomes a lot harder of an argument to make if you get people testifying that this military aid was being held specifically in order to get this investigation opened up that could be damaging to joe investigation opened up that could be damaging tojoe biden. but you find the republicans at the very end saying once again that that wasn't illegal, may be a misjudgment, but not illegal, not impeachable. got it. appreciate you taking me through

it. appreciate you taking me through it. thank you very much indeed. remember, as and when there are development in washington, that his daily at the moment, you will find a nalyses daily at the moment, you will find analyses both written and videos on the bbc news app and the bbc news website. the death toll from a fire on a train in pakistan has passed 70 — making it the worst rail disaster in over a decade. before i show footage of this, i should say you may it distressing. you can see the power of these fla mes you can see the power of these flames and the fact they got through a number of carriages in it. here are some of the passengers. translation: we could smell something burning in the night. i kept saying, "i can smell something burning," but no one paid attention. translation: it was very difficult for us to get out of the train and save our lives.

some members of the group managed to pull the emergency chain. it was very chaotic, everyone thought they were going to die. translation: their faces, beards and clothes were burnt. and they were saying that there were about 50 more people who have died inside. it happened near the town of rahim yar khan in punjab province. the train was travelling between karachi and rawalpindi. many passengers were pilgrims heading to one of pakistan's largest annual religious congregations near lahore. pakistan's prime minister tweeted: we're told this was caused by a gas cylinder which exploded while a passenger was using it to cook breakfast. it's worth adding that pakistan has a history of fatal railway accidents, with high casualties because trains are often packed with far more passengers than they were designed for.

a0 people were injured. the bbc‘s farhatjaved has been to one of the hospitals treating them. we are here when nine people have been brought with burn injuries from this tragic incident that happened today in rahim yar khan in the south of punjab province. eyewitnesses have claimed that they tried to use the emergency brakes, but it failed. and the train didn't stop, and this is the reason that and the train didn't stop, and this is the reason th witnesses - also of the damage. witnesses have also confirmed that some of the passengers tried to jump off the burning train, and this was the reason that they died on the spot. most of the dead bodies are not identifiable, and officials have confirmed that the dna tests will be done for identification of these bodies. at the same time, the prime minister of pakistan has also ordered an immediate enquiry into this incident. there is more on that

story via the bbc news website. extraordinary numbers coming out of facebook. facebook founder mark zuckerberg has rejected calls to follow twitter and introduce a worldwide ban on paid political advertising. facebook will continue to do that. facebook announced a massivejump in revenues in the three months to september — $17.5 billion — up 28% on the same period last year. and $6 billion of that is profit. vivienne nunis is in new york. enormous numbers, what generates facebook‘s the biggest numbers? enormous numbers, what generates facebook's the biggest numbers7m is online advertising. facebook is the world's second largest seller of online adverts, and he would say the business model appears to be working. as you say, the total sales we re working. as you say, the total sales were worth $18 billion for the last three months, a big jump on the same last year. profits $6 billion, also a bigjump on

last year. profits $6 billion, also a big jump on the same period last year. interestingly, these financial results have come right in the middle of this very public debate over just how middle of this very public debate overjust how much political advertising social media sites like facebook should put on their websites. twitter yesterday decided to ban political advertising. mark zuckerberg remained defiant on the owning school when talking about those latest financial results. he again reiterated that he stands that private companies like facebook, he says, should it be censoring political content. in terms of what has changed, facebook is all it made a lot of money of advertising. but 28% is a big jump year on year. why are things going so well in that area? the number of users looking at facebook, not just area? the number of users looking at facebook, notjust facebook, they also own whatsapp messenger and instagram, the number of daily users on those four platforms is now 2.8 billion people. that is more than one third of the global population. we are talking about how many idols are seeing these apps, but the numbers keep going up and up. —— how

many numbers keep going up and up. —— how ma ny eyes numbers keep going up and up. —— how many eyes are seeing these apps. let's return to politics — and focus on the experience of being an mp. these pictures are from earlier today. it's a ministerial car trying to enter parliament. you will get the kind —— you will getan you will get the kind —— you will get an idea of the kind of abuse that mps are getting at in their constituency at westminster. traitor! traitor! the passengers inside that car being called traitors. more than 50 mps are standing down at the election — among them 18 women. and a number of those women have cited abuse as one of the reasons they've taken that decision. some have been speaking to the bbc‘s lucy manning. die, you stupid bleep. and stay off tv, your face makes me want to vomit... betraying your constituents makes you an enemy of the people.

it is a damn pity traitors don't get hung anymore... so, who would want to be an mp? some politicians, despite all this, want to carry on. lots of people don't like you, you know that. but some female mps are stepping down, saying the abuse is too much. culture secretary nicky morgan is going. abuse and the impact on herfamily, a factor. i have had a number of people prosecuted for death threats and that sort of thing, and an e—mail recently received in my office, which a couple of years ago i think we would have reported to the police, we all agreed, "oh, well, that is not as offensive as others we get." everyday you open the e—mails up and there is more abusive e—mails. anna soubry is hoping to stay on, but the job has left her in tears. this is a form of terrorism, its winning. we wouldn't accept it in any othersphere, but because we are deemed to be remoaners, mutineers, traitors, all these awful words that are used,

it is kind of like we deserve it. so far, 18 women are standing down. although more male mps are leaving, the female ones are younger and have not been in the commons as long. there has been an enormous increase in abusive tweets sent to mp5. figures shared with the bbc show that, in january, mps were receiving 32,000 abusive tweets, and by september, that had increased and mps received 87,000 abusive tweets. in the last nine months, in total, mps were on the receiving end of half a million tweets containing abuse. a reminder that the election is on the 12th of december. between now and then, you will get a lot of coverage of the election campaign in the bbc news channel. in a few minutes' time here on the bbc news channel, you have the latest edition of brexit cast. we are expecting—like we were expecting that they were reflecting on brexit

actually happen, it was meant to happen in 90 minutes' time. that is not happening, but brexit cast is. you will see it in three minutes. it is not as windy now across northern california, but in the south, gusts of 80 mph have led to extreme red flag warnings. even here, the winds will ease in the next few days, but there is no sign of any next few days, but there is no sign ofany rain next few days, but there is no sign of any rain to come. more changeable weather eastern parts of north america, very warm, humid air pushing up the eastern seaboard and clashing with this cold air that is coming down across the plains. in between, we have a weather front, very active given the temperature contrast, that can produce heavy rain. and maybe thunderstorms and snow on the back edge. this coming down from the prairies into the great lakes this weekend will bring some heavy snowfall into some areas. not so much in chicago, but it will be cold. lots of wet weather clears new york, it will feel cooler and fresher. temperatures should be set

to rise in dallas, but it remained dry and sunny in los angeles. looking further afield, here we are in the arabian sea. and two cyclones, those two areas of cloud there, the first one here is weakening. it may take some rain to the horn of africa. the second one developing is going towards the north—west. it should stay out at sea. this one is strengthening, mind you. it is pulling away a lot of the energy and taking away showers from the south of india. ahead of the rugby world cup, it is cool and fresher but generally dry across japan. eastern parts of china as well. very wet weather for the philippines. we have also had a tropical storm making landfall in vietnam. the rain will continue for the next few days and they could be more flooding. we have a band of rain pushing its way across southern parts of australia. that will knock the temperatures in melbourne and adelaide is that rain comes in. eventually, that will push its way

up eventually, that will push its way up towards sydney and should wash away some of those bushfires we are seeing at the moment. into the weekend across new zealand, it will bea weekend across new zealand, it will be a lovely warm one. temperatures around christchurch will be close to 30 degrees. much cooler in perth, with the rain, it will be cooler in melbourne and sydney too. across europe, we have had chilly air blocking any movement of the weather across europe. that block of colder airand the high across europe. that block of colder air and the high pressure is getting squeezed more towards the north—east allowing these weather fronts to come in from the atlantic. that is certainly changing the weather here in the uk. and across many other parts of europe, certainly across north—western areas of europe. mild air, yes, but there will be some showers and longer spells of rain. it continues unsettled through the mediterranean, burst of heavy rain here could give localised flooding. here is the outlook. londonderry changeable, could be windy for a while across southern parts of the uk. and across towards amsterdam.

further south, shelter parts it could be sunny. —— london very changeable.

now, they will not be a shortage of things to talk about in this edition of brexit cast. i've got the trick. it is halloween. not halloween we we re it is halloween. not halloween we were expecting. are little auditions oi'i were expecting. are little auditions on the campaign trail. it is getting a bit colder here on the trail. word reaches me, he has been walking the streets today. walking the streets on halloween in traditional or very adam address. let us have a quick

look, he is dressed