hello, you're watching afternoon live — i'm ben brown. today at 2. six people are now known to have died and eight are missing after the volcanic eruption in new zealand. rescuers say the scene was devastating. everything was just blanketed in ash. it was quite an overwhelming feeling. the penultimate day of campaigning as party leaders criss cross the uk in a last ditch attempt to persuade the undecided. jonathan ashworth, insists he was ‘joshing around' when he told a friend there was no way labour

could win the election he was saying the tories are going to lose, i was saying the same, joshing as old friends do. he has only gone and put it on a website and selectively leaked it, and i thought he was a friend. the nobel peace prize winner aung san suu kyi in court to defend her country over accusations of genocide against rohingya muslims. and the sport. some rain and blustery wind, but nothing as turbulent as in iceland over the next couple of days. people are told to stay indoors, two metres of snow, and strong winds to come. i will have all the details just

before half past. two bens for the price of one. and the latest banksy street art gets protection after its reindeer are given red noses. hello, everyone — this is afternoon live. six people are now known to have died and eight people missing presumed dead after yesterday's volcanic eruption in new zealand. 31 people are being treated in hospital, among them two british women. almost all of the injured have at least 30% burns to their bodies. dozens of people were exploring new zealand's most active volcano when it erupted. questions are being asked about how they were allowed to go there in the first

place given that seismologists had raised the alert leveljust a few weeks ago. more than 10,000 visitors go to the privately owned island every year. steam continues to rise from the crater of new zealand's most active volcano. and on white island, images from one of the first helicopters on the scene reveal a white blanket of ash. and on white island, images from one of the first helicopters on the scene reveal a white blanket of ash. the rescue operation is now one of recovery. many of those saved were badly injured when the volcano erupted, and today those who came to their aid have been telling their stories. immediately the crew of the boat launched the inflatables and started picking up the injured. we didn't know what we were dealing with until the first ones started coming on, and as they came on, they were horrific burns, and everyone... we took 23 people off the island before we started heading back to mainland,

every single one of them were badly, badly burned. new zealand's prime minister, jacinda ardern, visited the injured and thanked those members of the emergency services who were first to respond. it was like... like, i've seen the chernobyl mini—series, there was just... everything was just blanketed in ash. it was quite... quite a... an overwhelming feeling. there was a helicopter on the island that had obviously been there at the time. they were pretty poorly, obviously difficult to see specific details but covered in ash, looking quite badly burned. obviously requiring transport by helicopter meant they were very sick anyway, so... they were in fairly serious condition. as hearses arrive to pick up the bodies of some of the victims, an investigation into the tragedy has begun, although police say it is still too early to confirm whether it will be criminal in nature. tipene maangi, a 23—year—old tour guide from new zealand who was called in to work on his day

off, is among the missing. he's a wonderful boy, he's an awesome kid, tipene. everyone knows him, he is well—known on the coast, from the small babies right through to the kaumatuas, he can walk in all those worlds. hard case, can sing... very talented. very talented boy. the local community has been paying its respects to those who lost their lives. the focus is now on those injured and bereaved, and questions are being asked about whether anyone should have been on the island in the first place. the alert level was raised in november, because of an increase in volcanic activity, but a direct threat to visitors was not envisaged. today, though, all was quiet in whakatane as people mourn those lost across the sea. russell fuller, bbc news. two days before the general election, borisjohnson

and jeremy corbyn have been trying to focus their campaigns on what they see as vote—winning issues for their parties. for labour — the emphasis has been on funding for the nhs — but the party's health spokesman has had to insist that a secret recording of him apparently criticising jeremy corbyn emerged. for the conservatives, borisjohnson has warned a hung parliament would mean more uncertainty over brexit. here's our political correspondent, chris mason. the last slog towards election day is under way. jeremy corbyn outside manchester. all the parties want to talk up what they see as their key messages. and we will hear from jeremy corbyn in a moment. but first, stuff happens in elections. a private chat between a shadow cabinet member and a friend who is a conservative activist is leaked and the labour frontbencher candid about his party's prospects. i think it is dire for labour. i try to help my colleagues back

over the line. but it is awful for them. it is a combination of corbyn and brexit. mr ashworth insists it has been selectively leaked. i look stupid, of course i do. i was trying to wind him up. the reason this has come out today is because the tories know that the crisis in the tories know that the crisis in the nhs is ruining their campaign. appointjeremy corbyn wanted to focus on. we now have until thursday night to wind this election, thursday night to save the nhs, thursday night to save the nhs, thursday night to end child poverty in britain, thursday night to end homelessness in britain, thursday night to build a house is that we need, thursday night to get a government you can trust that will actually represent people.

labour are emphasising the nhs after a bumpy day for the prime minister yesterday after a four—year—old boy was pictured apparently asleep on a hospitalfloor in leeds, because there was no bed for him. demand in the nhs continues to grow. we have seen that since its foundation. the founding assumption of the nhs is with increasing provision demand would drop, but the opposite has been true. but what we have is a very targeted and structured programme that has been agreed with nhs england to invest in places like leeds. at this stage in the campaign with a couple of days to go, it is about the parties playing their greatest hits. this is no time for obscure album tracks. enter the liberal democrats with their big pitch on brexit. we need to run the best, the biggest, the hardest operation we have ever run to get those liberal democrat votes out, knocking on tens of thousands of doors, in each and every one of our target

seats to make sure that we can stop borisjohnson getting a majority and leading us to a crash out brexit. the snp's big plan is scottish independence, but in the short—term, their message is similar to the liberal democrats. if scotla nd if scotland votes snp, we will make sure we will lock borisjohnson out of government, find an escape route from the messe brexit and crucially put scotland's future in scotland's fa ns put scotland's future in scotland's fans so we can get on to build a better future. —— in fans so we can get on to build a betterfuture. —— in scotland's hands. 0ur chief political correspondent vicki young is in westminster. not the best of days yesterday for the tories, and today not so good for labour. that's right, as we go into the final straight of this election campaign, of course all the parties want to be in control of the agenda, talking about what they see

as they are strong points. what you saw yesterday, a difficult day for the conservatives on the back foot over the nhs. they want to be talking about delivering brexit. today, for labour, this is very difficult, particularly because all eyes a re difficult, particularly because all eyes are onjeremy corbyn‘s leadership. when you have a member of the shadow cabinet even in a secret recording talking at length about the shortcomings of the leader and of course that is a problem, and talking about the party's prospects, saying that outside some of the remaining voting cities, things are dire for labour, that is certainly not the message they want out there. we heard from jonathan ashworth saying he was effectivelyjoking with a friend of his who heroes is a conservative activist, i think the problem for mr ashworth, though, is that as journalists we have all spoken to labour candidates and former labour mps over the last few weeks in the last few months, and they have been saying, quite a lot of them, that this is an issue on

the doorstep, that there are some voters who are put off byjeremy corbyn and his particular brand of politics, and that is harming them and their prospects. so i think that is the problem forjohn ashworth at this point and for labour, particularly because what they want to be focusing on is the nhs, shortcomings as they would see it, problems with staffing, they have released a dossier today, focusing on all the things they need to do to improve the nhs, they think it is a killer vote for them and a killer blow for the conservatives. thank you very much indeed. we can also talk to alex forsyth, who has been following borisjohnson. not such a good day for the prime minister and the conservatives, and they have been trying to recover from that today. yes, i think that they will

view this leaked john ashworth conversation is something of a relief because it was a very turbulent day on the campaign trail for the conservative party yesterday. of course, started by the prime minister, shown the photograph of her four—year—old boy lying on the floor of a hospital, which knocked them off their central narrative, which for the conservatives has been about brexit from the very beginning, suffered today, focus on the labour recording, the are going to try to wrest the narrative back onto their comfortable terrace, so we are expecting the prime minister boris johnson here in staffordshire this afternoon, where we think he is going to give a speech, and the theme of that is going to be familiar territory, things we have heard from him time and time again... and that promise that we have heard that if he wins by a majority he will get brexit over the

line, as he sees it, pretty quickly. the problem is to convince people he can actually deliver on that, that we can believe what he says. the reason this is so hard in this election is that he is asking people who perhaps have always voted for labour, would never have contemplated voting for the conservatives, to turn to him this time round and therefore trust is a huge issue for the prime minister. he is backing labour lead areas, we can expect him to be back in those kind of areas tomorrow on the final two days of the campaign, trying at this point not to let anything else not come off track because while the narrative is the conservatives are frontrunners, there is a sense that they cannot take anything for granted at this point because this is such an unpredictable contest, is pretty true. thank you very much indeed.

let us take you to washington, regarding the impeachment charges in which they accuse the president of unlawfully trying to persuade a foreign leader, the ukrainians,... we stand here today because the president's continuing abuse of power has left us no choice. to do nothing would make ourselves complicit in the president's abuse of his office, public trust and national security. the misconduct is a simple and terrible as this. president trump solicited a foreign nation, ukraine, to publicly announce investigations into his opponent —— opponent, and a baseless conspiracy theory promoted by russia

to help his re—election campaign. president trump abuse the power of his office by conditioning two official acts to get ukraine to help his re—election. the release of hundreds of millions of dollars in military aid that nation desperately needed and the white house meeting within ally trying to fend off russian aggression. in so doing, he undermined our national security and jeopardise the integrity of our next election, and he does so still. the evidence of the president's misconduct is overwhelming and u nco ntested, misconduct is overwhelming and uncontested, and how could it not be when the president's own words on july 25, i would like you to do us a favour, though, lies so bear his intentions, his willingness to sacrifice the national security for his own personal interests. and when the president got caught, he committed his second impeachable act, obstruction of congress of the

variability to make sure no one is above the law, not even the president of the united states. the evidence is every bit as strong that president trump did this without precedent, and without peace and love. if allowed to stand it would demonstrate congress's ability to oversight this president or any other in the future, leaving this president and those who follow to be freed to be as corrupt or incompetent as they would like with no prospect of discovery or accountability. now, some would argue, why don't you just wait, why don't you just wait until you get these witnesses the white white house refuses to produce, why not wait until you get the documents they refused to hand over? people should understand what that argument really means. it has taken us eight months to get a lower court ruling

that he has no absolute right to d efy that he has no absolute right to defy congress, eight months for one court decision. if it takes another eight months to get a second court 01’ supreme eight months to get a second court or supreme “— eight months to get a second court or supreme —— supreme court decision, people need to understand thatis decision, people need to understand that is not the end of the process. it comes back to us and we ask questions because he no longer has absolute immunity and then he claims something else. but his answers are privileged and we have to go back to court for another eight or 16 months. the argument, why don't you just wait, amounts to this. why don't you just let him cheat in one more election. why notjust let him cheat just one more more election. why notjust let him cheatjust one more time? why not let him have foreign helpjust cheatjust one more time? why not let him have foreign help just one more time? that is what that argument amounts to. the president's misconduct goes to the heart of whether we can conduct a free unfair

election in 2020. it is bad enough for a candidate to invite foreign interference in the political process , interference in the political process, but more corruptive for the president to do so, and who abuses power to make it so. despite everything we have uncovered, the president's misconduct continues to this day, unapologetically and right now. as we saw when he stood in the white house lawn and asked, what do you want in thatjuly 25 pull, and he said the answer was a simple one, and not just a he said the answer was a simple one, and notjust a simple one onjuly 25, and a simple one today, but is he still wants ukraine to interfere our election to help his campaign. even this week the president's lawyer was back in ukraine seeking to revive the same debunk conspiracy theory promoted at the president's behest. which gets to the final and most pernicious of the arguments we have heard in his defence. but the

president can do whatever he wants under article two, including get foreigners involved in our elections, and we should just to approach the president's chief of staff, get over it. ben franklin said we have a republic if we can keep it. the president and his men say, you cannot keep it and americans should just get over it. americans should just get over it. americans do not get to decide americans do not get to decide american elections any more. by themselves, not without foreign help. for the members of congress this is not a question of fact because the facts are not seriously contested. it is rather a question of duty. the president's oath of office appears to mean very little to him, but the articles put forward today will give us a chance to show that we will defend the constitution and that our oath means something to us. and that our oath means something to us. i thank you, mr chairman.

and that our oath means something to us. ithank you, mr chairman. so there we are, the us housejudiciary committee aiming fora there we are, the us housejudiciary committee aiming for a vote on articles of impeachment against president trump no later than thursday, we are hearing. and that was a representative from the house intelligence committee saying, if allowed to stand, donald trump's refusal to cooperate would leave them free to corrupt without accountability. the judicial chairman said there will be two articles of impeachment against donald trump, two charges effectively in the peach red impeachment process, one that he abused his terror by pressurising ukraine to investigate his opponent, joe biden, and the second article of impeachment that donald trump

obstructed congress, and also saying that no one, not even the american president is above the law. the nobel peace prize winner, aung san suu kyi, has appeared in court in the netherlands, to defend her country against accusations of genocide. the international court ofjustice in the hague is hearing allegations that myanmar committed atrocities against its rohingya muslim population. myanmar says it was trying to tackle extremists , and now miss suu kyi has found herself defending the actions of the military which once held her under house arrest. nick beake reports.

the world used to see this woman as a symbol of peace and human rights. aung san suu kyi even won a nobel peace prize for her efforts to bring democracy to myanmar. now, she's the civilian leader and she's fighting charges that the country, on her watch, has committed genocide. it's hard to get your head round just what an incredible turnaround this is. for nearly 20 years, on and off, aung san suu kyi was kept under house arrest here in this city of yangon by the brutal military dictatorship. now, though, she's standing up for the same army which took away her freedom, and even trying to justify its actions to the world. this is what it's accused of — targeting and killing the rohingya muslim minority. un experts say myanmar‘s army acted with genocidal intent when, in 2017, troops forced up more than 740,000 rohingya. these refugees tell horrific stories of rape and murder, and they're still trapped in camps across the border in bangladesh. then this happened. this tiny west african muslim country, the gambia, brought a case against myanmar at the united nations' top court, the international court ofjustice.

it's doing this on behalf of dozens of other muslim countries. they want the court to issue an emergency ruling to protect the rohingya from further harm. but myanmar rejects all allegations of genocide. the army, which still holds enormous power, insists it was only clearing out those it calls terrorists, and that, really, the rohingya are illegal immigrants. justice for the rohingya is still a long way off, even with this court case. and that's because the icj has no way of enforcing a ruling against myanmar, and there is no international police force to protect the rohingya from further abuse. neither aung san suu kyi nor the generals would automatically be arrested and put on trial. but it could lead to sanctions against myanmar, damaging an economy only just finding its feet

after military rule. nick beake, bbc news, yangon. we are going to be talking in a short while to the biographer of aung san suu kyi, to get his thoughts. a man in the czech republic has shot dead six people and injured three others at a hospital in the northeastern city of 0strava. the a2—year old shot his victims in a waiting room before fleeing in a car. he then killed himself. the motive for the attack is unclear. the prime minister has confirmed the news, and said that after shooting the six people in the waiting room of 0strava hospital, he managed to

go and see his mother, told his mother what he had done, and then left her house and was then being hunted by police, including police helicopter, when the helicopter approached the scene, he shot himself in the car. police have identified him as a 42—year—old man, not giving his name for obvious reasons, and saying he killed his victims with a nine millimetre weapon, legally held, and then in the waiting room at 0strava hospital. time for a look at the weather. ben richards is here. that is not in this country? now, this is iceland, and this now they are going to have is going to look a whole lot worse than this. a major storm has developed a iceland, andi major storm has developed a iceland, and i will show you what is going on on the satellite picture and i will

show you the jet stream as well. the uk is over here, thejet show you the jet stream as well. the uk is over here, the jet stream show you the jet stream as well. the uk is over here, thejet stream is going across the atlantic, and his mix this swirl of cloud, a deepening area of low pressure, and it has essentially become marooned across iceland, so we will take a look at the pressure chart, very strong wind on its northern flank, and a lot of snow which is going to move on over the next 2a hours. you can see that this now is relentless, people being told to stay at home after 3pm reykjavik time, they have been told not to travel, a lot of roads have been closed and the icelandic weather service has issued its first weather service has issued its first weather warning. iceland is a place exposed to all the elements, cold airfrom the north, you exposed to all the elements, cold air from the north, you would exposed to all the elements, cold airfrom the north, you would think there would have been lows of red warnings there, but actually this

was the first. they only started the warning system in 2017. is it entirely surprising you have heavy snow macro in iceland in december? not entirely, but even for them, this is a big deal. thejet stream going across the atlantic, what that often does for iceland, and this is ha rd to often does for iceland, and this is hard to get your head around, it often wafts up warm or mild air, so actually iceland in the winter can be fairly mild. just as parts of the ca re are be fairly mild. just as parts of the care are often mild in the winter. so what they are expecting is more scenes like this, this was a webcam from the travel service a little earlier on, snow really piling up, and some places will get two metres of snow piling up. we were trying to

work out how to kinda visualise that. if you imagine chris fawkes, who is often here, a little taller than me, it is that amount of snow! sustained 75 miles per, which is almost harry kane strength. gusts will be stronger than that so it goes without saying there will be blizzards, poor travelling conditions flooding around the coast as well. so this is going to be a big dealfor as well. so this is going to be a big deal for iceland, as well. so this is going to be a big dealfor iceland, and a place you might expect bad weather at this time of year. i hope they have been told that there is a chris fawkes amount of snow coming! what is happening here? we have a lot going on here as well, in the shape of strong wind, heavy rain, a little snow over high ground over the rest of the week. this is how things have shaped up so far today

on the radar picture. bands of rain, giving intense downpours through the rest of the afternoon. it is windy out there, gusts of up to 55 mph, and also for the northern isles, the winds are a little stronger than that. if you're driving through the lunch hour, notice this narrow stripe of bright colours here, a sharp burst of intense downpours, a cold front moving its way through, the very intense downpours will be accompanied by gusty winds, so for the rush hour into the first part of the rush hour into the first part of the evening, some really poor driving conditions for a time. the rain band will clear away, skies will clear out, you will see some clear conditions overhead, but the showers will move in, and the air is turning colder. not too low, but

thatis turning colder. not too low, but that is partly because the wind will stay brisk. that will hold temperatures up on the thermometer but it means that tomorrow morning, with the cold air and brisk winds, it will feel really chilly if you are about. tomorrow is essentially a day of sunshine and showers, hail and thunder mixed in, wintry over high ground, and the western coast north of the uk will be very windy once again, and temperatures are single digits for all of us, five in aberdeen, seven in cardiff. that is not the end of the unsettled weather either, because as we move into thursday, low pressure spinning to the north of the uk. the frontal system approaching, that is going to bring more rain as we go through thursday. heavy bursts of rain, particularly across southern and western areas. 0ver high ground there could be a little snow mixing in. it will be another windy day,

particularly late in the day towards the south and west. temperatures 45 degrees. a little milder across south—western portions of the uk. as we look towards the end of the week to the weekend, there will be more rain at times, more brisk wind as well, stays relatively chilly, so a lot going on in our weather as we go through the next few days.

this is bbc news — our latest headlines. sex people have been confirmed dead and eight others are missing after the eruption in new zealand. rescuers said it was devastating. the eruption in new zealand. rescuers said it was devastatingm was like i have seen the chernobyl mini series and everything was blanketed in ash. it was quite a overwhelming feeling. borisjohnson urges people to vote conservative to avoid a hung parliament. while

jeremy corbyn puts the focus on the national health service, on the penultimate day of election campaigning. as an apology from the shadow cabinet ministerjon ashworth when he said he wasjoshing round when he said he wasjoshing round when he said he wasjoshing round when he told a friend labour could lose the election. joshing as old friends do, he has leaked it all to a web site and selectively leaked it, andi a web site and selectively leaked it, and i thought he was a friend. the nobel peace prize winner accuse walk —— aung san suu kyi is in court to defend her country over accusation of genocide. sport now on afternoon live with katie, and it's a big afternoon in store for last seasons champions league winners. liverpool, jurgen klopp says it is a cup final against salzburg. as

liverpool are in danger of going out at the group stages of this year's. co—petition. at the group stages of this year's. co-petition. they need a point away at red bull salzburg to make sure they secure their place in the last 16, which might come as a surprise to. so, but liverpoolare 16, which might come as a surprise to. so, but liverpool are in this position as they won the champions league title, remember, six months ago. this is actually the third year running the defending champions have left it until the final game to qualify for the knock out stages and it won't be easy to keep red bull salzburg at bay. a win would take them through as leaders, but they really can't afford to slip up. we will fight in each challenge. what red bull salzburg did at anfield we did well in the beginning but we opened the doorfor the did well in the beginning but we opened the door for the game. they usedit opened the door for the game. they used it because they are talented, strong, they are doing an incredible job, so it isjust a strong, they are doing an incredible job, so it is just a football game like it always is. so chelsea will

qualify if they beat lille at home, but a deciding night for both british teams who will want to able tojoin british teams who will want to able to join manchester city and totte n ha m to join manchester city and tottenham in the knock outstages. away from football richard free man's medical tribunal going on in manchester, that is continuing today. yes, so there have been more allegations heard against the former performance director of british cycling. into the teams former doctor richard free man, he is alleged to have ordered to testosterone gel knowing or believing it was intended for an athlete. katie gornall was there for us. athlete. katie gornall was there for us. today mary 0'rourke was permitted to read out questions. in her submission she made a number of explosive allegation, in an effort to show in her words that sutton's

evidence was tenuous an not credible. earlier in the tribunal sutton denied he was a serial liar, a doper and bully and said he had never failed a a doper and bully and said he had neverfailed a drugs a doper and bully and said he had never failed a drugs test, but the morning she claimed that sutton conspired with a current british cycling coach to avoid a positive drugs test when he was a rider. 0'rourke says she would have asked him aboutan 0'rourke says she would have asked him about an occasion on the tour of ireland this that coach gave him you're in in a coke can to avoid a test. she said she would have asked about an allegation that he confessed he had used amphetamines when he was a rider. she claimed he she had a fia page statement from the former british cyclist nicole cooke and her father outlining bullying and shady behaviour by by sutton. the tribunal is taking place to determine dr free man's fitness to determine dr free man's fitness to practise, he faces a number of allegation, one he is contesting is

the accusation that he ordered testosterone gel knowing or believing it was intended for an athlete. he said he was bullied into ordering it by sutton. the tribunal continues. now, the head of the us anti—doping agency is among those saying that the four year ban given to russia is not strong enough. he says authorities have buried their heads in the sand over the issues since 2016, after the state sponsored doping scandal, russia have been banned from all major sporting competitions but that doesn't cover events like the euros next year and athletes who can prove they are clea n athletes who can prove they are clean will be able to compete under a neutral flag. and the pakistan cricket captain has thanked sri lanka for returning to the country a decade after the fatal attack on the team bus which brought an end to tours in pakistan, they have continued to play international cricket but not at home after eight

people were killed, and six players injured when gunman ambushed the bus. pakistan have hosted their international matches in the middle east for the past six years. that is all of the sport for now. no inner the next hour. no inner the next hour. more now on myanmar‘s leader aung san suu kyi's appearance at the international court ofjustice in the netherlands, where she's defending her country against accusations of genocide. thousands of rohingya were killed, and more than 700,000 fled to neighbouring bangladesh, during an army crackdown in the country in 2017. we are going to talk about that in a couple of minutes where her biographer, but we are going to go tojo swinson, biographer, but we are going to go to jo swinson, the biographer, but we are going to go tojo swinson, the liberal democrat leader, there is some flash photography here, but let us look at jo swinson, at one of the last rallies of this election campaign,

in bath. a slightly less crisp winter's day, bobble hats at the ready, scarves, gloves you know, three pairs of socks to stop your toes going white. it has been a challenge to be have a december general election but you have been doing absolutely amazingly. and we know why we are doing this. you know, in places right across the country, we have pro european movements that have sprung up. the other day there was something from 0xford for europe. i know bath for europe is amazing, there are so many people across the country who have been campaignling four place in the european union, i am proud that liberal democrats have been at the forefront of leading these campaigns, in local communities, and indeed right across the country. because this is about our future. it is about, yes, being members of the european union. but why do we want to be members of the european union?

we are an international list party. we are an international list party. we are an international list party. we area we are an international list party. we are a liberal party, we recognise that this is a fight for the soul of our country. are we open or closed, are we generous or selfish? do we reach out and work with others or do we pull up the drawbridge and whether it is guaranteeing our prosperity or security or tackling the climate emergency, we know we can do that so much better, by working with our closest neighbours. cheering .so cheering . so you know what you get from the liberal democrats, on brexit, to remain in the european union, and to stand up for liberal values. and what do we get from the prime minister? it's absolutely clear. we get lie after lie after lie. the prime minister who said that he would guarantee the rights of those three million nationals from other

eu country, he said he promised he would guarantee their rights. and how long did it take? before instead he was stoking hostility towards those very people in our country. his dog whistle comments over the last few days have let that mask slip. it is clear when he says and he talks about eu nationals in our country being a threat to ourjobs, bringing in criminals and being a drain on our public service, what his message is, is not to be thinking of fellow eu citizens as our neighbours, colleagues, as our friends. not to be thinking of them as part of our community, despite the fact that they are the people who look after our children, who treat our elderly relatives, when they are sick, who work in our bar, in ourfarms, who keep our economy going, no, he would have us treat

those people as our enemies, and it has to stop. we respect those three million citizens, so that is what you get from the prime minister that language that is stoking that division, and that hate. and we liberal democrats reject that. we know that our country, our wonderful united kingdom that we love, is better than that. we are an open country. we are a warm hearted country. we are a warm hearted country. we are a warm hearted country. we are a generous country, and we do best when we reach out to others too. so there are 48—hours to go. the end of the general election is nearly in sight. and then you have got thejob is nearly in sight. and then you have got the job of looking after christmas, so the work doesn't stop. but, the end of a general election is nearly upon us and what we all do for these last few hours, will make that difference, in terms of the type of country that we will see on

friday and beyond. because liberal democrats are in the position, in so many parts of the country where we can stop boris johnson, many parts of the country where we can stop borisjohnson, we can win seats from the conservatives. not just in places where liberal democrats have previously been strong, although absolutely we are winning in those places, but also in places where we have previously been far behind and we are all going to look with interest as we watch the results come in, and we look at what happens in north east somerset and we look at what happens in walton and we look at what happens in finchley and golders green. former tory strongholds where liberal democrats are challenging, and to people who live in those areas, you know, if you have had a lot of liberal democrat eleaflets piling up on the table, that is a place where liberal democrats can win. you can vote liberal democrat and get a liberal democrat mp and stop boris johnson getting his majority. we can stop brexit and we can build a brighterfuture. stop brexit and we can build a

brighter future. thank you very much. there we are. that is jo swinson, the liberal democrat leader, campaigning there in bath on the penultimate day of election campaigning, finchley was mentioned there and you can get a full list of there and you can get a full list of the candidates in that constituency on our bbc news website. now let us go back to myanmar where we we re now let us go back to myanmar where we were talking about the leader aung san suu kyi, appearing at the international court ofjustice, where she is defending her country against accusations of genocide. thousands of rohingya were filled —— killed and more than 700,000 fled to neighbouring bangladesh a couple of yea rs neighbouring bangladesh a couple of years ago. . peter popham is a foreign correspondent and feature writer for the independent who has toured myanmar as an undercover journalist several times since his first visit to the country in 1991. he has written two books on aung san suu kyi. thank you indeed for being with us. a pleasure. why has he gone the netherlands for this? she didn't have to go, why do you think she is

making that appearance? have to go, why do you think she is making that appearance ?m have to go, why do you think she is making that appearance? it a question a rot of people are asking, —— a lot of people are asking. the proceedings are going to go on for age, it is very unusual for anybody as famous at her to expose herself in this way. it is not even if she is in in this way. it is not even if she isina in this way. it is not even if she is in a cosy situation with the army. accord toing the best journalists inside myanmar, in fact she and the arm yes are at loggerheads and they have been since she came to power in 2016. however she came to power in 2016. however she does have her own general election next year in about a year's time, slightly less than a year. she won a landslide in 2015, which swept her into power but she hasn't really done what she wanted to do or what she promised to do. she hasn't brought peace on the border, the economy is still desperately poor. loads of people are very poor. corruption, criminality, it is not a great record after five years so it is, one way for her party to see it is, one way for her party to see it is this is a way of whipping up

support in advance of the election campaign next year. what is the real aung san suu kyi? you have written a couple of bog fist, she was of course adored round the world as a human rights heroine and now she appears to be defending, is defending what many, most of the world frankly has seen as a brutal crackdown and horrific example of ethnic cleansing against the rohingya. it is a bizarre turn rounders which we witnessed with horror really as she went from being a person who was admired and loved round the world. part of the explanation, herfather, round the world. part of the explanation, her father, the round the world. part of the explanation, herfather, the founder of the country was also the founder of the country was also the founder of the country was also the founder of the burmese army, she has had an ambivalent approach to the arming, hating it for it refusing to allow

democracy buts have having loyalty to it. since she came to parliament in early 2013, i think she has suffered something rather like the stock it can howson effect, where she —— stockhausen effect. she has come to their point of view, fortune notice tick or more deeply held reasons, she has come to the view her country right or wrong in a way, buddhism certainly, which is chauvinistic version in burma, is hostile to islam. that is one of the factors, it also puts her in a very useful alliance with china, who have got their own brutal policy towards their muslims, the uighur, and to other politicians in the region, so it isa other politicians in the region, so it is a mix of other politicians in the region, so it isa mix ofa other politicians in the region, so it is a mix of a weird ideal tick approach to army and a great deal of political opportunism. do you think she cares people round the world no longer think of her in such saintly terms? i think the short answer is

no. and ever since her 0xford days she has not minded going dead against the settled opinion. i think she enjoys being in the minority of one. thank you very much peter. ethiopia's prime minister has been awarded the nobel peace prize at a ceremony in oslo today. abiy ahmed was chosen for his efforts to "achieve peace and international cooperation" — after he facilitated a peace deal with eritrea, ending a 20—year miltary stalemate between the two nations. mr ahmed is the 100th winner of the nobel peace prize, which is worth around 900,000 dollars. though when i became prime minister, about 18 months ago, ifelt in my heart that ending the uncertainty was necessary. i believed peace

between ethiopia and eritrea wasn't rich. i was convinced that the imaginary wall separating our two countries for too long needed to be torn down. we will have the business news in a moment. let us run you through the headlines. up to 14 people are now feared to died after the volcano eruption in new zealand. the prime minister says questions must be asked. borisjohnson warns of a hung parliament, if voters don't support the conservatives. labour promising a relentless focus on the national health service if they win power. the shadow home secretaryjon as hworth the shadow home secretaryjon ashworth said he was onlyjoshing round when he told a friend there was no way labour could win the election in a secretly recorded phone conversation.

here's your business headlines on afternoon live. the two top bosses at fashion chain ted baker have resigned after yet another warning that profits won't be as good as hoped. chairman david bernstein and chief executive lindsay page — who was only appointed by bernstein in april — have both gone. the firm is struggling with falling sales and calls this year the "most challenging in our history". it included a misconduct scandal involving previous boss ray kelvin — accused of "forced hugging" of staff — mr kelvin denies this ted baker shares fell by 36% this morning. pubs chain wetherspoons by contrast is in positive territory. it says it will create 10,000 jobs in new and enlarged pubs and hotels in the uk and republic of ireland over the next four years. downside for the company has been rising costs including the minimum wage and property prices and energy bills.it has also faced shareholder unrest over £95,000

of pro—brexit spending. the economy suffered its worst three months for more than a decade — official figures show output failed to grow once again in october. office for national statistics data showed the economy flatlined month—on—month in october, after two months of declines. it was the weakest three months since early 2009. the figures come ahead of thursday's general election, with the main parties all promising to boost growth. today marks a landmark in world trade — the world trade organisation is losing its appeals court — yes, that is the way it certainly looks at the moment. the appeals court has been called the ultimate umpire but it can't function without judges and two of the final three judges, their term of office expires today. the united states has a hand in this. it has no been happy with some of the way the trade decisions have been taken by the court and has

been blocking the appointment. we will go to michelle who is standing by in new york. hello my yell. this pa rt by in new york. hello my yell. this part of the world trade organisation has been in place since 1995, so it has been in place since 1995, so it has had a good run, almost 25 year, how did we get to this point? well, i think the the united states and certainly the trump administration has been clear, it has been unhappy with the way disputes are resolved within the world health organization for a while now, you have had —— world trade organisation, you have had people jumping up world trade organisation, you have had peoplejumping up and down saying they are unhappy and something needed to change. they claimed that not enough has been done, that their complaints fell on deaf ear, it wasn't taken seriously tough and they are withholding the appointment of newjudges and now we are at that point where it cripples the an late body, the arm of the world trade organisation that as you

say, like an umpire decides who wins or loses a disputed call. in this particular case we are talking about trade disputes. it is worth pointing out the us has won some but it has lost some. that being said, donald trump has always said he wants america first and the wto has been something of a hindrance in his mind at least. what happens to outstanding disputes? when you look back at some of the big victories america has had, one involved the huge dispute over government subsidies involving boeing and airbus. in that one, the us won, but through is still a pending dispute, a kind of retaliation dispute going on and we are still waiting for the outcome. then there is tariffs the trump administration has introduced, those were being disputed by a number of countries, all of that grinds into the sand. nothing

happens at this point. that is why people are looking at this and saying it a threat to multi—lateralism, a threat to the global order of trait. the eu is trying to come up with a liberal democrat work round, that would allow them to perhaps create an alternative mechanism but this has raised question, what does this mean for the future of the world trade organise. a story we will be following for some time to come by the sounds of it. what from the markets doing? the ftse was down a bit but has recovered a bit. not as soggy as it was. the ted baker share, they have recovered from the 36% fall. 36% fall this morning, this 13% fall is still hefty with the troubles that company is facing, and we have morrisons down 3.5%, because some market share figures can came out

from a market research company and it showed that morrisons had lost more market share compared with its rivals. thank you very much. see you later on. security guards have been posted to protect a new mural in birmingham by the street artist banksy. the artwork features two reindeer painted onto a brick wall appearing to pull along a bench like santa's sleigh. it went viral online after the artist filmed a homeless man on the bench. but now vandals have added their own finishing touches to the reindeer, as phil mackie reports. on a victorian railway bridge in birmingham's jewellery quarter, the elusive artist banksy has created his latest piece. this was the film he uploaded to instagram. it's already been viewed nearly 3 million times, and thousands of people have turned up in person to see it. the lady in the jewellery shop just told me, so i'vejust come down to take a picture of it. and how much do you know about banksy?

well, i know he creeps up in lots of places and paints pictures on the walls, but i don't know much more about him than that. and what do you think about this one? i think it's amazing, it's beautiful. it's absolutely beautiful. well, i think it's brilliant. i think it's a great addition to birmingham's artwork and our culture itself. for the homeless people themselves, it brings a great awareness to everything and i think it's really good and it's brought a lot of... as you can see, a lot of people out in birmingham, high spirits and everything else. the reindeer appeared in the early others of friday morning. the filming happened later that evening. local businesses knew something was going on but weren't sure it was a banksy until yesterday. banksy has really good ideas. i like his art, his thinking behind his art, there's always a thought behind his pictures. it's a lovely... lovely idea. the red noses weren't on the original piece, someone jumped over the barriers last night and sprayed them on. whatever you think of the red nose additions to the original artwork, network rail have decided they need

to put up some clear plastic to protect it from any further potential street artists. banksy says that while they were filming with the homeless man, ryan, passers—by kept offering him drinks and help. rough sleepers regularly sleep at the station. for us, it touches a really... really poignant point for birmingham. and i think that was the intention anyway, of his artwork. so it needs to be saved? so it needs to be saved. the clear plastic glass will protect itfrom further vandalism — or enhancement, depending on your of view. the wall itself could be worth millions. phil mackie, bbc news, birmingham. the singer in the band, roxette, marie fredriksson, has died at the age of 61. the swedish star achieved global success in the 1990s with hits including the look, joyride and it must have been love, which featured in the film pretty woman. a statement said the singer had died today "following a 17—year long battle with cancer". her band—mate per gessle paid tribute, saying "you were the most wonderful friend for over 40 years, things will never be the same."

now it's time for a look at the weather. very good afternoon to you, a lot going on with our weather over the next few days. it is looking turbulent, brisk winds and heavy rain, had some really heavy rain in parts of scotland. you can see western scotland has had wet weather all day long, we have this band of rain pushing in the the west. that will give a short sharp burst as it d rifts will give a short sharp burst as it drifts to the owt is is and east, strong and gusty winds out there as well. not great travelling conditions through the rest of today. through tonight the skies will clear, we will see some dry

weather, showers pushing into the north and west, quite a chilly night particularly when you factor in the strength of the winds. tomorrow getting off to a bright start for many. but there will be showers in western northern part, some will be wintry over high ground. temperature—wise single digits for just about all of us between five and nine, and it stays unsettled as we head to the end of the week. further showers or longer spells of rain and strong winds as

hello, you're watching afternoon live — i'm ben brown. today at 3pm. six people are confirmed dead and eight others are still missing following the volcanic eruption in new zealand — rescuers say the scene was devastating. it was like, i have seen the chernobyl miniseries, and everything was just blanketed in ash. it was quite an overwhelming feeling. boris johnson urges people to vote conservative to avoid a hung parliament — while jeremy corbyn puts the focus on the nhs on the penultimate day of election campaigning. an apology from shadow cabinet member, jonathan ashworth, who insists he was ‘joshing around' when he told a tory friend there was no way labour could win the election.

he was saying the tories are going to lose, and i were saying you're going to be fine, joshing a old friends do, he has only gone and lea ked friends do, he has only gone and leaked it, selectively leaked it, andi leaked it, selectively leaked it, and i thought he was a friend. in america, democrats publish articles of impeachment they intend to bring over president trump, highlighting an abuse of power. we will also have the sport, including champions league action. yes, a big night, as holders liverpool and chelsea are in action, lots of permutations involved, but a wind will guarantee both of them slots in the last 16. and also permutations of the weather. wet and windy is pretty much all you need to know. turbulent through the next few days, and we are not alone. in iceland it is going to be windy

and exceptionally snowy. full detailsjust and exceptionally snowy. full details just before half past three. also coming up, the latest banksy mural gets protection, after vandals gave the reindeer red noses. good afternoon, i am ben brown. six people are now known to have died on white island and eight people are missing, presumed dead, after yesterday's volcanic eruption in new zealand. 31 people are being treated in hospital — among them british women. —— among them two british women. dozens of people were exploring new zealand's most active

volcano when it erupted. questions are being asked about why they were allowed to go there given that seismologists had raised the alert level just a few weeks ago. more than 10,000 people visit the privately owned island every year. russell fuller reports. steam continues to rise from the crater of new zealand's most active volcano. and on white island, images from one of the first helicopters on the scene reveal a white blanket of ash. the rescue operation is now one of recovery. many of those saved were badly injured when the volcano erupted, and today those who came to their aid have been telling their stories. immediately the crew of the boat launched the inflatables and started picking up the injured. we didn't know what we were dealing with until the first ones started coming on, and as they came on, they were horrific burns, and everyone... we took 23 people off the island before we started heading back to mainland, every single one of them

were badly, badly burned. new zealand's prime minister, jacinda ardern, visited the injured and thanked those members of the emergency services who were first to respond. it was like... like, i've seen the chernobyl mini—series, there was just... everything was just blanketed in ash. it was quite... quite a... an overwhelming feeling. there was a helicopter on the island that had obviously been there at the time. they were pretty poorly, obviously difficult to see specific details but covered in ash, looking quite badly burned. obviously requiring transport by helicopter meant they were very sick anyway, so... they were in fairly serious condition. as hearses arrive to pick up the bodies of some of the victims, an investigation into the tragedy has begun, although police say it is still too early to confirm whether it will be criminal in nature. tipene maangi, a 23—year—old tour guide from new zealand who was called in to work on his day

off, is among the missing. he's a wonderful boy, he's an awesome kid, tipene. everyone knows him, he is well—known on the coast, from the small babies right through to the kaumatuas, he can walk in all those worlds. hard case, can sing... very talented. very talented boy. the local community has been paying its respects to those who lost their lives. the focus is now on those injured and bereaved, and questions are being asked about whether anyone should have been on the island in the first place. the alert level was raised in november, because of an increase in volcanic activity, but a direct threat to visitors was not envisaged. today, though, all was quiet in whakatane as people mourn those lost across the sea. russell fuller, bbc news. two days before the general election, borisjohnson and jeremy corbyn have been trying to focus their campaigns on what they see as vote—winning issues for their parties.

for labour, the emphasis has been on funding for the nhs, but the party's health spokesman has apologised, after a secret recording of him criticising jeremy corbyn emerged. for the conservatives, borisjohnson has warned a hung parliament would mean more uncertainty over brexit. here's our political correspondent, chris mason. the last slog towards election day is under way. jeremy corbyn outside manchester. all the parties want to talk up what they see as their key messages. and we will hear from jeremy corbyn in a moment. but first, stuff happens in elections. a private chat between a shadow cabinet minister and a friend who is a conservative activist is leaked and the labour frontbencher is candid about his party's prospects. i think it is dire for labour.

i try to help my colleagues back over the line. banging on about the nhs in their areas for them. but it is awful for them. it is a combination of corbyn and brexit. mr ashworth insists it has been selectively leaked. i look stupid, of course i do. i was trying to wind him up. the reason this has come out today is because the tories know that the crisis in the nhs is ruining their campaign. a pointjeremy corbyn wanted to focus on. we now have until thursday night to wind this election, night to win this election, thursday night to save the nhs, thursday night to end child poverty in britain, thursday night to end homelessness in britain, thursday night to build houses that we need, thursday night to get a government you can trust that will

actually represent people. labour are emphasising the nhs after a bumpy day for the prime minister yesterday after a four—year—old boy was pictured apparently asleep on a hospitalfloor in leeds, because there was no bed for him. demand in the nhs continues to grow. we have seen that since its foundation. the founding assumption of the nhs is with increasing provision demand would drop, but the opposite has been true. but what we have is a very targeted and structured programme that has been agreed with nhs england to invest in places like leeds. at this stage in the campaign, with a couple of days to go, it is about the parties playing their greatest hits. this is no time for obscure album tracks. enter the liberal democrats with their big pitch on brexit. we need to run the best, the biggest, the hardest operation we have ever run to get those liberal democrat votes out, knocking on tens of thousands of doors, in each and every one of our target seats to make sure that we can stop

borisjohnson getting a majority and leading us to a crash out brexit. the snp's big plan is scottish independence, but in the short—term, their message is similar to the liberal democrats. if scotland votes snp, we will make sure we lock borisjohnson out of government, find an escape route from the mess of brexit and crucially put scotland's future in scotland's hands on to build a betterfuture. 0ur chief political correspondent vicki young is in westminster. jonathan ashworth saying it is dire for labour, that he was justjoshing

around, but how bad do you think this is for the labour party? they will feel they had a much better day yesterday, talking about the issue they want to talk about, which is they want to talk about, which is the nhs and problems with the nhs, they think that the conservatives had a very difficult day, so to then wa ke had a very difficult day, so to then wake up this morning to discover a member of the shadow cabinet has been secretly recorded talking, it seems about the dire situation that labour is in, he says particularly over brexit handoverjeremy corbyn's leadership. john ashworth says lots of people, particularly those in leave the voting areas, traditionally labour parts of the country, they believe the party has prevented brexit happening. jonathan ashworth, like us, has been talking to candidates, knocking on doors, and the problem they have got as he says he was just joking and the problem they have got as he says he was justjoking with her friend, but the problem is what he's saying in that secret recording does reflect what labour candidates have

been telling us over the last few weeks. so, all parties going into the final days of campaigning want to be talking about their particular issue, this is not what labour wants to be talking about. they have released a dossier today talking about problems in the nhs, crumbling buildings, talking about lack of staff, things they believe people do ca re staff, things they believe people do care about, and i believe there has been cut through with their message about all the flat, now this turns back again to jeremy about all the flat, now this turns back again tojeremy corbyn's leadership, an issue that has been running through the parliamentary labour party for many years. as we know, they tried to get rid of him ina know, they tried to get rid of him in a couple of occasions and that didn't happen. the question now is whetherjonathan ashworth is correct in that assessment, whether it was just a joke or whether it is something that is happening around the country. it is interesting, with the country. it is interesting, with the election campaign in its last week, things have got more unpredictable with the prime minister and his difficulty just unpredictable with the prime minister and his difficultyjust to be putting the reporter's phone in

his pocket, and now this. yes, i think people have said not much has happened and the messaging has been pretty tight from both parties, but nerves are starting to come in now, both sides will be looking at the last couple of days, desperately wanting it... borisjohnson talking about brexit, and saying to do that is to not have a repeat of a hung parliament, and the delay in getting many things done in the last three and a half years, that has been his entire pitch, he doesn't want to be talking particularly about the nhs as we saw yesterday, unless he is talking about extra money the conservatives want to put into the service, so i think now, this close to the finish line, there will be a lot of nerves on both sides and the anxiety lot of nerves on both sides and the a nxiety levels lot of nerves on both sides and the anxiety levels do start to rise. all right, thank you very much indeed, vicki young, our political

correspondent. alex forsyth is following borisjohnson for us, they are currently on the tory battle bus in staffordshire. what has the prime minister been doing? well, we caught the first glimpse of the prime minister on the campaign trail today, when he was actually driving, thejcb, through a polystyrene wall marked with the word gridlock, and thejcb in front of it has the words, get brexit done, so i will leave you to make up your minds as to what you think that might bea your minds as to what you think that might be a metaphorfor, but your minds as to what you think that might be a metaphor for, but that is what the prime minister wants to talk about today, the campaign message that has dominated from the beginning of this process, that a conservative majority will deliver a brexit that is taking us out of the european union. the reason he is so keen to shift back on the narrative is because he had a difficult day yesterday when he was presented with the photograph of a four—year—old boy lying in a hospitalfloor. today

is about trying to bring this back on track. we are once again in lead supporting areas of the uk, expect visits across staffordshire this afternoon, then heading up to the north west later on. he is continuing to target the labour vote which he needs to get the majority he craves, but there is a warning on this tour, the prime minister this afternoon will talk about the risk as he sees it of tactical voting. there is a sense in the last few days that because the prime minister has widely been refused to... they are trying to draw their supporters out because we know and they know nothing is guaranteed in this election, this has been a hugely unpredictable contest with old loyalties, party tribal preferences being thrown out of the water and crossing brexit dividing lines, and unexpected events like that which happened yesterday, which caused some campaign wobbles. so we are entering into a crucial 24—48 hours.

expect to hear a lot from the prime minister about brexit. thank you very much, alex forsyth. let's take a look at some of today's other election news. the green party has promised to deliver what it calls "justice" to students by scrapping tuition fees. in a speech in london, its deputy leader, amelia womack, said the party would write off existing student debt. she said education should be free, for life, for everyone. the brexit party leader, nigel farage, says he believes he can get some of his candidates ‘over the line' in thursday's election. he's urged leave—voters in some labour—held seats, which he claims will be very unlikely to vote conservative, to ‘vote tactically‘ and back the brexit party. he also renewed his criticism of borisjohnson's brexit deal, saying it would lead to "years of agonising negotiations". you're watching afternoon live,

these are our headlines. up these are our headlines. to 14 people are feared to dived up to 14 people are feared to have dived after the full keno eruption in new zealand. —— feared to have died. boris johnson warns of a hung parliament if people do not vote conservatives. labour focuses its emphasis on the nhs if it wins power. the shadow health secretaryjonathan as hworth the shadow health secretaryjonathan ashworth has apologised and insisted he was onlyjoshing around when he told a friend there was no way labour could win the election in a secretly recorded phone conversation. in sport, all eyes are onjuergen klopp's liverpool as they could go out of the champions league today. chelsea also need a win to secure their place in the knockout stages. the head of the us anti—doping agency says the four year doping ban given to russia is not strong enough, after the state—sponsored doping scandal. russia have been banned from all major sporting

competitions. pakistan prepare for their first home test in ten years after the sri lankan team bus was attacked in lahore in 2009. we will be back with more at red after 3:30pm. —— after 3:30pm. today, the house committee on the judiciary is introducing two articles of impeachment charging the president with the united states journal —— donald trump with misdemeanours. the first article is for abuse of power. it is an impeachable offence for the

president to exercise the powers of his public office to obtain an improper personal benefit while ignoring or injuring the national interest. that is exactly what president trump did when he solicited and pressured ukraine to interfere in our 2020 presidential election. thus damaging our national security, undermining the integrity at the next election, and violating his oath to the american people. these actions moreover are consistent with president trump as my previous invitations of foreign interference in our 2016 presidential election. and when he was caught, when the house investigated and opened an impeachment enquiry, president trump engaged in unprecedented categorical and indiscriminate defiance of the impeachment enquiry. this gives rise

to the second article of impeachment for obstruction of congress. here to we see a familiar pattern and president trump's misconduct. a president who declares himself above accountability, above american people, and above congress's power of impeachment, which is meant to protect against threats to our democratic institutions, as a president who sees himself as above the law. we must be clear, no one cut not even the president is above the law —— no one, not even the president. we will be live in washington in a moment, but before that i want to bring you some breaking you is that we are hearing, that a gp who was accused of molesting female patients as young as 11 has been found guilty, this

was doctorjacques, who carried these attacks out for his own sexual gratification. he had denied the assault charges against them, 34 charges and all. —— doctor shah. he has been found guilty at the old bailey of 25 sexual offences against six patients. doctor manish shah found guilty at the old bailey of 25 sexual offences against six patients. the prosecution had described how on one occasion he brought up a news story about the hollywood star angelina jolie having a preventative mastectomy, if he

asked —— as he asked women if you would like her to examine her breasts. we will hear from our correspondent following the case at the old bailey, but doctor manish shah has been found guilty. we have been hearing charges in washington that charges have been laid out in the impeachment process, and donald trump has tweeted about it. we were watching mr nadler laying out the charges against him. he has tweeted. .. artist donald trump's immediate reaction. let's get analysis from

our washington correspondent, gary donohue. so they are wrapping up this impeachment process. yes, i will trade you a quote that came out from the press secretary, she says the president will address these false charges in the senate, and expect to be fully exonerated because he has done nothing wrong. i do not think that is an absolutely copper bottomed guarantee that he will appear in person, it may be just a figure of speech but it would be an interesting prospect if we got toa be an interesting prospect if we got to a trial injanuary, and the president himself wants to give evidence on the floor there, we will see if that happens. the democrats have taken the step we expected them to for some time, this is really getting very serious now, a solemn act is the way they democratic house speaker, nancy pelosi, described it. two articles of impeachment under

the rather lofty language of the constitution, high crimes and misdemeanours. this has all come from the democrats, it is hugely partisan, the question is, if it does get to the senate, what happens then and what did republicans make of it? in some ways the choreography of it? in some ways the choreography of all this is pretty clear, unless the unforeseen happens, we are pretty clear that the house will vote for the articles of impeachment, it is controlled by democrats, it will probably happen next week. we also know that the senate has the sole constitutional right to impeachment trials, it sets the rules for itself, the only rule set down in the constitution that has to be presided over by the supreme has to be presided over by the supremejustice of has to be presided over by the supreme justice of the —— has to be presided over by the supremejustice of the —— chief justice of the supreme court, and there has to be a two thirds vote in favour of conviction, in other words

removal. look at the maths, 53 republicans, 45 democrats, two independents with the democrats, you would need people to switch sides to conviction, which seems vanishingly unlikely. so does donald trump in the end feel safe? i think you feel safe in office. so you might think why are they bothering to do this if the outcome is so clear? there are two a nswers, the outcome is so clear? there are two answers, one, they will say, as they step up onto the podium, look, when a president commits a high crime or misdemeanour you have to impeach him, whatever the politics are, whatever you think the outcome is going to be, republicans should do the right thing, etc, the other calculation i think is we are going into an election year, impeachment is not a good thing, it has only happened three times in the history of the united states, it is not a badge of honour, although the president may see it as a way of

vindicating himself, he may enjoy to some extent. but it does stop an awful lot of other stuff getting them, and it sucks a lot of the oxygen, political oxygen out of the atmosphere to pursue his other goals andindeed atmosphere to pursue his other goals and indeed to sort of highlight everything else that is going on. gary, thank you, gary 0'donoghue in washington. let's come back to the 0ld washington. let's come back to the old bailey and the breaking news about doctor manish shah, who has been found guilty of 25 sexual offences against six patients. john, give us the background of this case and what the gp was accused of. yes, this was a six—week trial in which thejury this was a six—week trial in which the jury heard that doctor manish shah was a well respected and liked gp at his surgery in romford in east london, but they also heard evidence that he abused his position of trust

and sexually assaulted some of his female patients, six women, 25 cou nts female patients, six women, 25 counts of sexual assault, that was the finding of the court today. 0ver the finding of the court today. 0ver the course of the trial we heard plenty of evidence. he was described as popular, well trusted, but the assaults were carried out between 2009 and 2013. he was specifically accused of carrying out invasive, intimate and unnecessary examinations on the women, which amounted to sexual assault. 0ne woman who went to him with the problem was given a smear test which was totally unnecessary as she had no symptoms calling for that. the doctor persuaded her to take it by talking about the celebrity jade goody, who died of cancer. another patient went to doctor manish shah with a painful shoulder and was persuaded to have a breast examination that again was totally unnecessary, and in that case he spoke to her about the example of

angelina jolie, the secretary who had had a double mastectomy. another patient was left lying naked on an examination room by him. the defence tea m examination room by him. the defence team for him presented him as somewhat cautious, perhaps overprotective, sometimes incompetent gp, who had been motivated by his own family history. his wife and mother both had breast lumps and his mother—in—law died of breast cancer. that all contributed, they said, to him being overly cautious with patience and carrying out these examinations, but the jury disagreed today and found him guilty on those counts and convicted him of sexually assaulting his patients for his own gratification. thank you very much indeed, john mcmanus reporting from the old bailey. now, the weather, ben richards is here with us. that is iceland behind you? yes, a webcam from iceland earlier

today, showing the travel situation, a bit of snow around, but the travel situation is set to get a lot worse because they have a major winter storm that has already started to deposit a lot of snow and strong winds and will continue to do so. you might think that iceland is used to rough weather and that is true to an extent, but we have a really strong jet stream long across the atlantic, a swirl of cloud, an area of low pressure rather than clearing away, it has become somewhat marooned. very strong winds on the northern flank, a lot of snow in the forecast, perhaps up to two metres in places. people in reykjavik have been told not to go outside after 3pm this afternoon, iceland time, told they have to stay indoors. roads have been closed for 24 hours, such are the concerns, and in terms of what we are expecting, up to two metres of snow in places, but also the wind, 75 miles private sustained

winds, and we talk about gusts often, this is a steady wind blowing at 75 mph, round about the low end of hurricane force, believe it or not. coastal flooding as well, so that whether situation is going to be noteworthy, even for a place that is used to inclement conditions. what about us? before i get on to the uk weather, you might remember a few weeks ago we were talking about the weather watchers photo of the season in perdition, and earlier on bbc breakfast we unveiled the winner. drum roll, please. here we are. this is the winning shot this year. that is brilliant. absolutely, from tony, from porthcawl, and he took this with a long lens, a long way from the seafront, because obviously we do not want people getting too close with conditions like these. a wonderful shot, thank you for all the votes, thank you for eve ryo ne you for all the votes, thank you for everyone who sent in photos, and the weather watchers need to keep sending in pictures because we use them everyday. beautiful shots like

this are very useful to us. and there is no prize for the winner because we were talking to louise lear about this, she said there was no prize. the prize is the esteem of having your winning photo here on afternoon live and on the website and the weather watchers website. there is no bigger prize, frankly! what more could you want? what more could we offer? we could offer a weather forecast. yes, i will do that. we have more strong wind and rain in the forecast, quite a messy rainfall radar, it has been wet across the western side of scotland, and now we have a weather front which will bring a short, sharp burst of heavy rain in many places, moving east with very strong and gusty winds which will continue on to the end of the day, if you are travelling through the rush—hour hour, look at this very narrow line of dark blue and green colours

moving east, and that is a squall line, which is basically a short, sharp burst of very heavy rain accompanied by a squall of gusty winds, which could make for quite poor conditions out there. the very wet weather could slide away to the east into the night, with clear skies overhead and showers moving on from the west, which will be wintry over high ground, maybe even snow temporarily to low levels in parts of scotland. a touch of frost for some, but the wind will be too strong for frost in most places. it will feel really chilly out there, there will be some spells of sunshine, but some showers will fall as snow and high ground. showers are peppering up over the midlands and central southern england. not as many shower was getting into eastern areas. when the again across western

coasts in the far north of the uk, and temperatures are five to 9 degrees at best, so actually feeling day, particularly where you still have very strong winds. wednesday into thursday, low pressure to the north, bringing snowfall across iceland, dominating the scene across europe, and we have a new frontal system moving on, so for thursday, that means more rain across the uk, particularly across the southern half of the uk, dipping into england and wales, over high ground there could be a bit of snow. aberdeen and newcastle, four or 5 degrees, and plymouth up to 11 degrees come out milder in south—western areas. generally it will stay chilly for the rest of the week and into the weekend, with more rain at times and also more brisk winds at times as well. plenty going on in our weather over the next few days.

this is bbc news. our latest headlines... six people are confirmed dead and eight others are still missing following the volcanic eruption in new zealand rescuers say the scene was devastating. it was like i have seen the chernobyl miniseries. everything was just blanketed in ash. it was quite an overwhelming feeling. a doctor from romford has been found guilty of 25 sexual offences against six patients. in a crucial day of campaigning, borisjohnson warns of a hung parliament if voters don't support the conservatives.

jeremy corbyn promises a " relentless focus" on the nhs if the labour party comes into power. an apology from shadow cabinet member, jonathan ashworth, who insists he was "joshing around" when he told a tory friend there was no way labour could win the election. he was only saying, oh the tories are going to lose. and i said, oh you're going to be fine justjoshing as you do. and he's only gone and recorded it all, and leaked it to a website. and i thought he was a friend. democrats publish articles of impeachment they intend to bring against president trump, accusing him of abuse of power and obstruction of congress. the white house has labelled the claims "false". katie has the latest sport. big night for champions league football. liverpool have got to win or draw tonight?

yes, liverpool are in danger of going out at the group stage of this competition. they need a point away at salzburg to make sure they secure their place in the last 16, which might come as a bit of a surprise, that liverpool are in this position as they won the title six months ago. this is the third year running the defending champions have left it until the final game to qualify for the knockout stages and it will be easy to keep salzburg at bay tonight. only bind munich and totte n ha m tonight. only bind munich and tottenham have more goals in europe's top flight this season. a win would take them to as leaders, so win would take them to as leaders, so they cannot afford to slip up. we will fight in each challenge 100%. what salzburg dig at anfield, we played well in the beginning, but we opened the doorfor the played well in the beginning, but we opened the door for the game. they used to because they are talented and strong. jesse is doing an incredible job. and strong. jesse is doing an incrediblejob. it isjust incredible job. it is just a football game, like it always is. as for chelsea, they will need to

qualify. they will need to win to qualify. they will need to win to qualify against lille at home but are deciding night for both british teams who want to be able to join manchester city and tottenham in the knockout stages. good luck to the english sides, but especially liverpool! international test cricket returning to pakistan? yes, this is a big step for cricket in pakistan as there's not been a test match there since the shih lankan team bus was attacked in lahore a decade ago. ten to 12 gunmen ambushed the team coach with grenades and rocket launchers leaving eight people killed and six players injured. pakistan have hosted the international matches in the middle east for six years. the pakistan cricket captain has function anchor for returning to the country. the two match series which sta rts country. the two match series which starts tomorrow, will be part of the two match championship. sri lanka did play in pakistan this year but that was a limited overs match. they did this to test the security for

this first home test which is marking quite a historic moment for both teams. the concerns that people had about pakistan were certainly, for the last year or two, not what the reality is. we've still had to struggle to convince people to come. so what we did was, we kept telling people pakistan is safe, it will make no difference. so what we have done, we have actually got people from the other cricket boards to come and visit pakistan. we have a lwa ys come and visit pakistan. we have always had a very good relationship with the sri lankan cricket board and the very fact they came and they played the t20 matches and the 0d! was a very played the t20 matches and the 0d! was a very strong played the t20 matches and the 0d! was a very strong signal. the head of the us anti—doping agency is among those saying the four—year ban given to russia is not strong enough. he says the authorities have buried their heads in the sand of theissue buried their heads in the sand of the issue after the state—sponsored

doping scandal, russia has been banned from all competitions but that doesn't cover the euro rose next year and russian athletes will have to prove they are clean. and patrick reed said he should not be called a cheat after being penalised for improving the light of his ball last friday. he moved sand in a bunker with his practice swing which carries a 2—stroke penalty. 0ur correspondent says he will face hostile crowds in australia this week during the presidents cup. the video footage is pretty damning, particularly in slow motion. it shows patrick reed addressing the ball at the start of what were two practice swings. his clubhead is immediately behind the ball, he is in a sandy race. slightly different to a bunker. he is allowed to ground his club there.

but he cannot improve the light of his ball. and that's exactly what he did, brushed away the sand and it made it easierfor the did, brushed away the sand and it made it easier for the club to access the ball. the video footage, which was from an angle behind the golfer is pretty damning, but when you come into issues of intent, then the waters become muddied. he is perfectly entitled to say it was accidental, it wasn't a case of deliberate cheating. but what it does do, it puts a target on his back. he is playing for the united states and the presidents cup in australia this week and it certainly gives the opportunity to those australian fans to make their feelings known. that is all of the sport, i will have more in the next hour. thank you very much indeed, see you later. the 1991 nobel peace prize winner has appeared in court. she is

hearing allegations that my committed atrocities against its rohingya muslim population. now, let's get back to the election and this is boris johnson let's get back to the election and this is borisjohnson talking in staffordshire, exchanging hugs with sajid javid. thank you very much, it is wonderful to be back injcb, one of the most amazing companies in this country and in the world. jcb is in every country on earth. there arejcb diggers that are currently clearing contaminated sites, moving rubble and on blocking roads, moving fallen pylons and on thursday, you will see where this idea is going, on thursday i think it is time for the whole country, symbolically, to get in the cab of ajcb, the the whole country, symbolically, to get in the cab of a jcb, the custard colossus and remove the current blockage that we have in our parliamentary system. that is what

we need to do. the choice, frankly, could not be starker on thursday. 48 hours from now, our country can choose between going forward, punching through the current deadlock and achieving a brighter future together with a one nation conservative government. 0r, future together with a one nation conservative government. or, we can remain stuck in neutral, paralysed with more deadlock defeatism, division and drift under a coalition, as we have pointed out, a coalition, as we have pointed out, a coalition which is the only mathematical majority because government propped up by nicola sturgeon. it would be a disaster, they would put up taxes, everybody pays more taxes under a labour government. they would put up taxes for ordinary taxpayers, £1000 more

for ordinary taxpayers, £1000 more for people earning as little as £20,000 a year. it would be an economic disaster in the sense that the cost of borrowing for the whole country would go up, pushing up mortgages. it would be a political disaster. it would mean this country would be led by our high mass backing, ira supporting, anti—semitism condoning the kremlin. which is what he is, look at his record. look at what his health spokesman said today, john ashworth. he revealed that he thinks his own leader is a security risk and it couldn't be clearer than that. there is another factor couldn't be clearer than that. there is anotherfactorjohn couldn't be clearer than that. there is another factorjohn ashworth mentioned, which i think is even more terrifying when you look at the year ahead on the prospects for our country and john as worship made it

clear he thinks the reason mr corbyn is failing to persuade some people to vote for him, is he is blocking brexit. he won't get brexit done. don't listen to me, look at what john ashworth, his health spokesman said. he is absolutely right. jeremy corbyn, the snp, the liberal democrats, they are blocking brexit, they don't want to get it done. we do, we want to respect the will of the people. we are democrats. whether we are leave or remain, we have come together and we want to get it done and we have, we have got a deal. it is oven ready, every one of the conservative candidates standing in this election, including kate and sajid javid, are backing this deal. every point of view on the spectrum, we are backing it. how many members ofjeremy corbyn's shadow cabinet are backing the deal

he wants to do? can you name anybody? notjohn mcdonnell, not keir starmer, not diane abbott. who? not evenjeremy corbyn himself. he is not even backing his own deal. how is he supposed to do a deal in brussels when he doesn't support it himself. it is ludicrous, it would be disastrous for our country. we would spend a whole year ended the and confusion, not just would spend a whole year ended the and confusion, notjust on a referendum in scotland, which we had in 2014. we would have another referendum on the eu. is it, divisive, pointless. holding the country back. we want to get on, we are the one nation conservative party, our deal allows us to get out of the eu onjanuary to party, our deal allows us to get out of the eu on january to 31st. party, our deal allows us to get out of the eu onjanuary to 31st. it gets brexit done and we get the benefits are brexit, take control of our money, borders and our laws. we can do things differently, whether it is regulating differently on animal welfare, cutting vat on sanitary products, having free ports

around the country, doing free trade deals, having our own democratically accountable immigration system. all those things, we can start doing from january to 31st. we will see the economic benefits immediately as well. because the confidence will return to this country and we will start to get our mojo back. you look at the studies, they say there is about $150 million of inward investment just waiting to about $150 million of inward investmentjust waiting to come to this country as soon as we can get the brexit deal over the line. we, in parliament, we in parliament, once we get brexit done injanuary, we can get on with our work of serving you, the british people and putting your priorities first. putting people's priorities first, getting on with massive investment in the nhs, the biggest in history, £34 billion, 14 new hospitals, 50,000 more nurses, investing in 20,000 more police officers around the country to bring crime down.

lifting funding for every school, primary and secondary in the country. £4000 minimum per pupil in primary schools, £5,000 minimum in secondary schools. we have a vision for this country, this is an amazing country and we want to unite it and ta ke country and we want to unite it and take it forward, we want to unite and level up. we think the talent and level up. we think the talent and genius is evenly distributed around the whole country, but we think opportunity is not fairly distributed. we want to solve that by investing in infrastructure, in better education and in technology. better broadband across the country, sg better broadband across the country, 5g telephony, infrastructure education and technology to bring the country together. we have a vision of the united kingdom. jeremy corbyn would divide our kingdom and ican corbyn would divide our kingdom and i can tell you this, we can do all of this as one nation conservatives, whilst not putting up your taxes. that is why in our manifesto, it is

very clear we will not put up income tax, vat or national insurance contributions. those are just some of the things we want to do. i can tell you much more about our plans for child care, i can tell you more about what we want to do to make this country an environmental leader by cutting c02. we beat the cleanest government in history in this country. but we have very little time left, my friends. we have only got 48 hours to get this thing done. i want you to reflect on the gravity of the choice we have before us. this is a momentous occasion for our country. we have, and i have never known an election like it, i have never known a moment when the choice before us was so clear and so stark. iurge before us was so clear and so stark. i urge you all to think about it very hard. we have 48 hours to end the deadlock, 48—hour is to end the gridlock... think of another word?

deadlock, gridlock, roadblock! laughter. 48—hour is to get rid of the roadblock that is in the path of this country. you have seen how we can do it, literally and figuratively. we can do it, you can do it. you can do it with your votes and your support and we can end the gridlock that is holding our country back and we can move forward together. i have very much we will collectively be able to remove the wall, the wall, you saw the styrofoa m wall, the wall, you saw the styrofoam wall that we tore down early on. as one conservative said to another communist, mr corbyn, it is time to tear down that wall and remove your opposition to getting brexit done. we can get brexit done, we can move this country forward and i hope very much you will support us asa i hope very much you will support us as a party of progress, that will ta ke as a party of progress, that will take this amazing country forward, unite it and vote for a one nation conservative government on thursday. thank you all very much for your

attention. thank you. applause. thank you. thank you, thank you. iam now thank you. thank you, thank you. i am now going to go to, john, questions from members of staff. 48 hours to go until the election, you can ask the prime minister any question you like. good afternoon. mr prime minister, if you are still in numberten at mr prime minister, if you are still in number ten at the end of the week, will hs2 happen on your watch and is it what the country needs? let me tell you, hs2 is a scheme thatis let me tell you, hs2 is a scheme that is running out at £88 billion in estimated costs, projected cost.

i think it could go higher. i have beenin i think it could go higher. i have been in office for 130 days, it is reasonable for any new government to kick the tires, wrong transport metaphor, but look at the value of hs2. 0ur their ways in which the funding is profile that could be improved? are there ways that spend could be re—prioritised, are there better ways of doing it? i have asked douglas 0ak of the, who is well—known civil engineer to do a study. he will be reporting to me shortly after the election is over and we will look at what he has to say. if there is a chance to make hs2 work better or if he says it is a bad idea, then obviously we will have to look seriously at that. i wa nt to have to look seriously at that. i want to give you my instincts. i am the candidate in the selection who has done the most to build massive infrastructure projects. i am a massive enthusiast for it. on the whole, this country is woefully

under provided for fantastic infrastructure. whatever he says, i am going to be temperamentally very much inclined to want to go ahead with a great national project if i can, but! with a great national project if i can, but i am also going to want to save whatever money i can. those will be the instincts i will use when approaching it. any more questions? good afternoon, prime minister. if you are not in a majority on the 13th of december, what is your view of the justification of paying parliamentarians' justification of paying pa rliamentarians' salary justification of paying parliamentarians' salary for the next three years if they continue their belligerence, impotence and incompetence of getting anything done? that is a particularly brilliant question, in my view!

laughter. i struggle to see it. i think the people of this country do want positive, dynamic government that moves us forward. what i don't think they want is paralysis, data and re. for three and a half years brexit has been the biggest issue facing this country. the people of the uk mandated us in westminster, all of us, to get it done. we promise time, time again to get it done. people going on and on about trust in politics. 0ne going on and on about trust in politics. one of the reasons trust in politics has been undermined, is parliamentarians have kept breaking that promise. it is clear from what john ashworth said today, that labour intends to block brexit if they possibly can. let's move this thing forward. if mps turn up and continue to block brexit, how they can justify drawing their salaries, i don't know, but i don't think i would have the powers without, i don't think i would have the power

under any circumstances to take salaries away from mps and i would be accused of anti—democratic behaviour. but i take your point seriously, it would be a scandal if the delay continued. a gentleman on my right says, interjects and says, most of them will be sacked on thursday anyway. laughter. iam not laughter. i am not sure about that. applause. we will have to see. obviously, i will keep my own seat and sajid javid is hoping to keep his, but i am hoping one nation conservatives will prevail. i have been with jcb only for about three months, prior to that i had seven years in a retail environment. i am a local

lad, but newcastle—under—lyme is in a serious state of decline. under a conservative government, what can we expect for towns like mine and others in a similar situation? brilliant question. i totally agree with that and when i was running london, i rapidly realised there we re london, i rapidly realised there were parts of the city that were doing unbelievably well. but then there were other parts where the town centre was run down, where the shopping arcade was very, very tatty and it was clear there was no life, and it was clear there was no life, and a business, no investment. there are several things you have got to do. you have got to invest. town's fun, 3.6 billion pound town fund, so towns like newcastle and the line can bid in for that. you need to invest in transport and i am

assessed with this. i think transport links, transport connectivity can make a huge difference to people's lives, particularly in towns that feel left behind. very often, the problem is the roads are no good all there isn't a good enough rail connection so we are isn't a good enough rail connection so we are putting a huge amount into restoring rail connections and improving rail. ialso restoring rail connections and improving rail. i also mentioned gigabyte broadband and 5g telephony. if you invest in a town, around this country, if you start a business, you must have the security of fantastic internet connection. that is how the economy works now. it's not good enough in this country. in spain, they have 95% full fibre broadband. in this country, it is only about 7%. come on! we have got to end the manana attitude in the uk. we want full fibre broadband and also, better mobile telephony, as i

say. all these things will help, but you have also got to give local people the power and the confidence to do things for themselves. local communities need to be more invested in their towns and local democracy so in their towns and local democracy so you have strong, local champions for the communities. you don't rip off the businesses, by the way, with higher business rates, but who are champions for their local communities and get things moving. we will be looking to devolve powers to towns and regions as well. i want to towns and regions as well. i want to see a renaissance in our towns. while cities are doing fantastically well, too many of our towns feel left behind and our agenda, uniting and levelling up the country is all about addressing that injustice. it is not just an about addressing that injustice. it is notjust an injustice, it means there is so much potential in this country that is going to waste. that is what we need to do. all of that,

we can get going if we get brexit done. and if we move the country forward. that is why we must end the current paralysis and take the country current paralysis and take the cou ntry forward current paralysis and take the country forward on thursday. those are some of the things i want to do for towns and communities across the country. i hope that goes some way to answering your question, but it is one of my favourite subjects. john stevens from the daily mail please. prime minister, labour's jonathan ashworth has been recorded saying jeremy corbyn's chances of getting a majority are dire. he is right, isn't he, you are home and dry? absolutely not, john. this is a very close fought election and we need every vote. the only mathematical possibility, the only mathematical possibility, the only mathematical alternative to a working majority conservative government, is the real risk of another hung parliament. that is

another hung parliament. that is another five years of confusion, chaos, data, delay and division. we cannot go down that route. i am sorry to say this, but you remember what happened in 2017? polls can be wrong, john. we need to be fighting for every vote. as it happens, john as hworth for every vote. as it happens, john ashworth did make a very good point, which is, as i say, mr corbyn, i don't think, he does present a very serious question about his security, the security risk he would pose and his previous allegiances and views. the other very relevant pointjohn as hworth the other very relevant pointjohn ashworth made was thatjeremy corbyn wa nts to ashworth made was thatjeremy corbyn wants to block brexit. that is the key fa ct, wants to block brexit. that is the key fact, when you look at a future labour government, should this bar them from office. if they cannot get brexit done they will be standing in

the path of democracy and holding the path of democracy and holding the country back. that is the choice. sam lister from the country back. that is the choice. sam listerfrom the daily express. prime minister, youjust mentioned the very real stability of a hung parliament. if that position happens and you are returned in a minority government on friday, what is plan b for brexit? sam, we have got to get brexit done. you are asking me to contemplate something pretty appalling, in my view. i don't see any alternative but a working majority to deliver it. with the best will in the world, listening... nicola sturgeon has just hired a bus with stop brexit on it. so she is obviously not in favour of it! laughter. she is the only wayjeremy corbyn can remain in office. it is very ha rd to can remain in office. it is very hard to see how we do it without a

working majority conservative government. that is what we need to government. that is what we need to go for. prime minister, ifjeremy corbyn does get the keys to number ten, i know you don't like the prospect, would you be tempted to follow people likejohn caldwell and leave the country, or would you stay and fight for a second referendum? obviously i am going to stay in the country. but i do not wish to contemplate this terrible eventuality. it is a hypothesis and i really want to push to one side. i am fighting for every vote, we are in the last 48 hours of this campaign. it could not to be more serious for a country and the choice could not be starker. we either go forward , could not be starker. we either go forward, do things together, unite the country, get brexit done, bring

together leave and remain and get the debate over and with the country forward with a fantastic programme, infrastructure, education, technology. which is what this country needs. all else, we are paralysed again. that is the choice on thursday. to say nothing of the economic devastation that mr corbyn orjohn mcdonnell would produce. john mcdonnell was so left—wing he was sacked by ken livingstone for forging a budget. these guys are seriously of the spectrum, they would bring back exchange controls. i don't even think angola has exchange controls any more. they still have them in venezuela and cuba, but that is the kind of far left government we talking about. it is not just it is notjust about it is not just about the it is notjust about the political and security risk they present. so there is boris johnson and security risk they present. so there is borisjohnson talking in staffordshire, just to say he did mention the constituency he is in,

all the candidates in that constituency of burton are available to be seen listed on our bbc news website, and from boris let us go to jeremy corbyn, who is in carlisle on this penultimate day of campaigning. it could work out to be a good afternoon all round for everybody. absolute welcome to our candidate as well as carlisle and to eric, former mpfor well as carlisle and to eric, former mp for carlisle. always supporting us. applause and ever since he stopped being an mp, eric has never stopped working for and mp, eric has never stopped working forand campaigning mp, eric has never stopped working for and campaigning for the labour party. thank you for everything you have done and the support you have given. applause we are on a tour round the whole country, in the last few days of this election campaign. we have been to wales over the weekend, both south and north, we have been in the west country, west midlands, north—west and here and then we are

going to scotland this evening and then all down the east coast tomorrow, finishing up back in london late tomorrow night. our member, all over the country are working incredibly hard. despite the terrible weather, despite the cold and the wet and everything else, there is more people out campaigning than i think there were in 2017. and with even more determination than in that campaign itself. cheering and applause soi cheering and applause so i want to say a huge thank you to all of you, for all the effort that you are putting in. and ask you, just to go through another two days, of wind, rain and cold. laughter . i can't do anything about the weather. i would like to. i would love to. but i know you are used to it so you are not that bothered any way. you bring the sunshine. oh my gosh, spot on cue. what he said was i'm bringing the sunshine. well i

can't bring sunshine but i can tell you win on thursday, and you get an early christmas present on friday. cheering and applause and there's so much that has to change, there is so much that has to change, there is so much that has to change in our country. when we have a country that is the fifth richest in the world, where the un sent a person to examine poverty in britain and the conclusion of this that having looked at universal credit, the poverty levels of children, concludes that the social contract of the 1940s, the one that agreed on a welfare state, the principle that nobody should fall into destitution has been torn apart and ripped up and replaced by a cold and uncaring ethos, called universal credit, i think... i think there is a lesson for all of us. think about that fifth richest country in the world.

we have four million children in poverty, we have 130,000 children this christmas not knowing if they have a home, a few days or a few weeks ahead. we have 500,000 children, going to school, in a combination of oversized class, and in some cases with unqualified teachers, and then we have four million people waiting for operations in nhs hospitals, and we have a mental health crisis and a social care crisis. we have a prime minister who hides the truth when it is put in front of him, takes the mobile phone off somebody and sticks it in their pocket. well, these are yes, they are uncomfortable pictures but i thank those papers for printing thosen couple fortable pictures because imagine what it is like... problem with sound ill and wanting support or imagine... and being told there

really is no space. i do not blame the nurse, i do not blame the doctor, i do not blame the health servicings i blame a government that has underfunded our nhs. cheering and applause and so... 0ur message is quite simply this. our nhs is under threat, our nhs is at risk, and when we asked for information on these talks, that the government is having with the united states about a future trade deal, what happened? eventually, they produced them under freedom of information act and took a sharpy pen to every line of it so you could not read one word of what the discussions were about except the discussions were about except the title of the meeting. the united states published a short summary of the trade proposals to the us. interesting. because they said any trade deal with britain would require access to our public

services, and crucially, access to our health care market. we don't have a health care market in britain. we have a national health service, because we believe in health free at the point of view. applause then we published all of the documents that were revealed just over a week and a bitting a. we published those documents because we thought it was right people should i know. people should know the british government was meeting in secret with us pharmaceutical companies to discuss raising the price of medicines that are exported from the usa by extending the patient life rather than the generic medicine version which is cheaper and does the same thing medically to people, and that they were discussing how they could have access to our health ca re they could have access to our health care market. as if the tories and liberal democrats, when they set up the health and social care act which

has already put £10 billion of privatisation in the nhs was not enough. so, to me, when they say you're politicising the nhs, the nhs was created through political action to bring about justice was created through political action to bring aboutjustice for the people of this country. applause and bevan himself when asked will the nhs always last? and he said, it will last as long as there are folk round to fight for it. we are folk and we are fighting and above all we are going to win to defend our nhs. cheering and applause make it absolutely clear, our nhs is not for sale. not now, make it absolutely clear, our nhs is not forsale. not now, orany make it absolutely clear, our nhs is not for sale. not now, or any time in the future and i am absolutely determined to achieve that. but there is issues as well, of social justice in britain. i mentioned universal credit in the context of what the un said. i am a

constituency mp just like ruth will be, and! constituency mp just like ruth will be, and i go through that... applause . and applause .andl applause . and i go through those stories ofry week of people who have been moved on to universal credit. lost their private rented sector flat or had to borrow money from a greedy money lenderjust to survive and find themselves in an endless cycle, of deep debt. 0r, parents with three orfour of deep debt. 0r, parents with three or four children, of deep debt. 0r, parents with three orfour children, find of deep debt. 0r, parents with three or four children, find they only get benefit for the first two, or women who have given birth as a result of rape going through the most inquisitive form imaginable to get benefits to help their child. child. what happened to morality when he said only child one and two mattered? three said only child one and two mattered ? three or four or five didn't matter. sorry, every child matters, and every child should be supported. cheering and applause

that is why i was pleased to go to chingford and woodford green to speak ina chingford and woodford green to speak in a constituency formally represented by ian duncan smith, soon represented by ian duncan smith, soon to be be replaced by a far better candidate to ennouns we would end universal credit and i am determined to do so. is the dog happy? -- announce. please nobody mention iain duncan smith again. it u psets mention iain duncan smith again. it upsets the dog. what else upsets the dog by the way? tories i expect! and so, that is a sense of where we want to go on social policy in britain. but it is also about the future, it is also about children's also about the future, it is also about child ren's chances also about the future, it is also about children's chances in life, and what they get. i mentioned the point about the number of children in overcrowded classes and so on. the legacy of the 1945 to 1951

government was the national health service. health care free at the point of need whenever you required it. the legacy will be a national education service where we take away the principle commodity in education and replace it with the right to education. applause . you all know, that children that get preschool get nursery opportunities, tend to learn a lot faster, socialise a lot faster and doa faster, socialise a lot faster and do a lot better in primary and secondary school as a result. it is clear that nurseries are a very good thing all round, notjust for the pa rents thing all round, notjust for the parents but also for the child as well. so we will pay for free nursery education for all 2—4—year—olds for 30 hours a week. that means that socialisation is there and those parents that want to go back to work after having had a child will obviously have the opportunity to do so, and help, at

the same time the child is helped. it is also about properly funding our primary schools, so the head teachers don't have to go out with a begging bowl to keep the school going and properly fund the teaching #1234i7b9s that go with it. too often the special needs children —— assistants. those with particular problems don't get the help they need because the specialist teachers are no longer there, the school can't afford the seven co—it needs. that never gets noticed in the league table, in the inspections of schools. i am very keen that we adopt the principle that all children deserve the very best they can getand children deserve the very best they can get and inclusive education means you have to provide special needs support for all children and help them to develop the best they can, and, ensure that all children get their creative abilities stretched as well and therefore we will have a ring—fenced but fully funded pupil arts premium for every

school so there is art and music education as well in schools. these things actually are life—changing for the children in the future. and i think the stress levels inle zoo, the stress levels of teachers an children because of excessive testing, which is not shown to improve our education standards. co—paired to countries that do less off it, compare the record in britain for that of finland for example and you see the reason why i have come to the view and our party has come to the view that we will end testing at key stage one and key stage 2. and replace it with a supportive inspection system that gives teachers that flexibility and that opportunity to teach. because it must be something wrong with the system when so many young people wa nt to system when so many young people want to become teacher, work hard to become teachers and then can't stand the pressure, so they move on. so we have to can do better on that. and

then in the other aspect of education in secondary school, particularly, the overemphasis on league tables to me leads to a down side of it with the numbers of children excluded from school, stu d e nts children excluded from school, students are excluded. we need to recognise, we have to do things differently and better in our school, and give the equal esteem, recognition whether they go down a road of vocational and apprenticeship education or decide to go on to university, and also, and we will pay for it by raising corporation tax end fees and the stress that goes, the debt that goes with it as a result of it. applause so our education is central to our lives and that national education service will provide the wrap round support and benefit for that. contrast to to the underfunding of education under the tory, the

assault on local government budgeted with what we are proposing to do. i am proud of our manifesto. proud of what it say, proud of the title of it. absolutely clear it is time for real change. cheering and applause because... in 2010, there was a fundamental change in britain. when the incoming coalition government made the political choice of going down the road of austerity. that austerity has frozen public sector wage, depressed wage levels in general so spending power is less thanit general so spending power is less than it was in 2010, for many communities and families, and it has cut local government expenditure, however good the local government is, however determined they are to run services properly, the difficulty is if they don't get enough money what goes, the youth centre, the library, the playing fields, all the things that matter, all the bits of glue that are there

in the community, and so, we do have to change gear, and develop things very differently by properly funding local government and investing in the future. particularly housing and development of council housing and i am determined to do that. so there isjeremy am determined to do that. so there is jeremy corbyn am determined to do that. so there isjeremy corbyn in carlisle. speaking ina isjeremy corbyn in carlisle. speaking in a pub in carlisle in fa ct, speaking in a pub in carlisle in fact, in the penrith and the border constituency, all the candidates in that constituency can be found on our bbc news website. so that is the latest on the election campaign. the last week, the penultimate day of full campaigning jeremy corbyn and before jeremy corbyn we were watching boris johnson in staffordshire. now our breaking news this afternoon is that a gp has been found guilty of 25 sexual offences against six female patients. dr manish shah made patients as young as 11 undergo

unnecessary intimate examinations for his own sexual gratification. he will be spence sentenced in february: patient thought their gp was trusting and caring but dr manish shah was found to have breached that. he was bound to guilty after similar verdicts concerning 17 others at a previous trial which couldn't be reported at the time. he carried out examinations which were unnecessary and in breach of medical guideline, some of the victims gave evidence at the trial. he would say like, you know, you need to have these like, sexual health tests to make shoe you are safe, you never know whether somebody goes with somebody else, even though you might have a safe partner. he was encouraging the tests along, didn't think nothing of it. i thought if a doctor suggests it. i thought if a doctor suggests it you go along with it. he duped so many people, you know, he used their

weaknesses, their fears. and many people, you know, he used their weaknesses, theirfears. and took advantage. but not one time did i actually think that he was doing anything untoward. the court heard that the experience of the celebrity jade goody who died with cervical cancer had been mentioned to patient by manish shah as a reason for having smear tests, the prosecution said he exploited the fears of patients about cancer and with a sexual motive. 0ne patients about cancer and with a sexual motive. one was aged 17. he had falsely noted in medical records that patients had requested the examinations. he worked at this east london practise, one of his patients reported him to the practice management in 2013. the police were called in, and he was suspended from working as a gp. police sources have indicateded this is one of the biggest cases of its kind involving one doctor. it does raise questions about the oversight of gp practises. a lawyer has told the bbc he intends

to start civil legal action seeking compensation on behalf of some former patients. it seems astonishing to my clients he's was able to behave this way for so many yea rs able to behave this way for so many years without anyone raising question, we know he was in practise for a number of years buzz thurz these assaults continued and they have to answer that question as to why questions were not raised internally. sentencing of dr shah will take place millions more people around the world will be exposed to coastal flooding every year by the end of the century, if greenland continues to lose ice at its current rate, scientists are warning. they say greenland is losing ice seven times faster than during the 1990's a rate of ice loss that's in line with the gloomiest projections about what's likely to happen if the world doesn't get a grip

on greenhouse warming. this would see 40 million more people around the world exposed to coastal flooding by 2100. the assessment was led by dr erik ivins at nasa's jet propulsion laboratory in california and professor andrew shepherd at the university of leeds. and professor shepherd joins me now. thank you for being with us, these are horrific statistics aren't they? yes it is shocking, i think it is something scientists we have expected for some time, maybe decades and now it is kicking in and happening. happening why? just explain to people exactly why this ice is melting at such an alarming rate? so greenland suffers because

it is further away from the pole and antarctica, so it melts in summer time and the water runs into the sea but the glaciers are speeding up because the ocean round the ice sheet is too hot as well. and the implications of that, for the planet? well, it is not great. we have seen as you have said a seven fold increase in ice losses unin under 30 years, if we have another seven fold increase that will be problematic for people who live in coastal parts of every country that has ocean round it. you said if, as things stand, are we on course to do just as badly in terms of this ice melting rate as we have been doing? the projections are quite simple, for most parts of the climate system. the ice sheets are more complicated but we followed that trajectory for 30 years, that is pretty much indisputable, that is what we like in climate science to have a long record so we can

separate out the effects of weather from long—term climate change and it is clear this is happening and that is clear this is happening and that is the course we are heading for. and that is the course we are heading for, despite all the talk, the campaigning, about greenhouse gas emission, about global warming, all the conferences and summits about it, it is still this bad? that is correct. we, the ice sheets are like the hundred away train of the climate system, they have been pushed for 30 or 40 years and we haven't seen such a huge change but now they are going and carry on going and we need to do something about it. and when you say do something about it, i mean, we hear lots of different campaigners calling for different things but sum up calling for different things but sum up in simple terms what you would like to see done as soon as possible? so the first thing is that people listening should believe this is happening and it will affect us all, whether you live by the coastlines or you depend on them for goods and service, and the second

thing people do need to do is to put their trust in politicians who are prepared to debate climate change, not all are. the ones that are are taking it seriously ant want to protect our future. does it worry you that some people don't take it seriously? it does because we have a choice to make in the country, there are win—win situations we can have a strong economy if we invest in solution to climate change, high tech, no just planting tree, we don't want britain to be a nation of tree planter, we want britain to be a high tech nation like we have done in the past. of course some will say it doesn't really matter what we do here in britain, we have china, india, the us, you have massive polluters round the plant.|j india, the us, you have massive polluters round the plant. i am an education —— educator, i pick on the good molt the bad. i use the good things as examples and that is what we should continue to do. we have

led by science in the past and we should do it in the future. how much time do you think we have in the polar ice sheets will melt. that is another thing our politicians should make people aware of. which parts of our country going to be at risk because of sea—level rise. obviously the next solution is to try and protect enus if we tip climates into more perilous states. good to talk to you. many thanks. many thanks. six people are now known to have died and eight people are missing presumed dead after yesterday's volcanic eruption on white island in new zealand. 31 people are being treated in hospital among them two british women. almost all of the injured have at least 30 per cent burns to their bodies. dozens of people were exploring new zealand's most active volcano when it erupted. questions are being asked about why they were allowed to go there, given that seismologists had raised the alert level just a few weeks ago.

russell fuller reports. steam continues to rise from the crater of new zealand's most active volcano. and on white island, images from one of the first helicopters on the scene reveal a white blanket of ash. the rescue operation is now one of recovery. many of those saved were badly injured when the volcano erupted, and today those who came to their aid have been telling their stories. immediately the crew of the boat launched the inflatables and started picking up the injured. we didn't know what we were dealing with until the first ones started coming on, and as they came on, they were horrific burns, and everyone... we took 23 people off the island before we started heading back to mainland, every single one of them were badly, badly burned. new zealand's prime minister, jacinda ardern, visited the injured

and thanked those members of the emergency services who were first to respond. it was like... like, i've seen the chernobyl mini—series, there was just... everything was just blanketed in ash. it was quite... quite a... an overwhelming feeling. there was a helicopter on the island that had obviously been there at the time. they were pretty poorly, obviously difficult to see specific details but covered in ash, looking quite badly burned. obviously requiring transport by helicopter meant they were very sick anyway, so... they were in fairly serious condition. as hearses arrive to pick up the bodies of some of the victims, an investigation into the tragedy has begun, although police say it is still too early to confirm whether it will be criminal in nature. tipene maangi, a 23—year—old tour guide from new zealand who was called in to work on his day off, is among the missing.

he's a wonderful boy, he's an awesome kid, tipene. everyone knows him, he is well—known on the coast, from the small babies right through to the kaumatuas, he can walk in all those worlds. hard case, can sing... very talented. very talented boy. the local community has been paying its respects to those who lost their lives. the focus is now on those injured and bereaved, and questions are being asked about whether anyone should have been on the island in the first place. the alert level was raised in november, because of an increase in volcanic activity, but a direct threat to visitors was not envisaged. today, though, all was quiet in whakatane as people mourn those lost across the sea. russell fuller, bbc news. the singer in the band rocks yet has died at the age of 61. she achieved global suck suss in the 90 which

hits including the look, joyride and it must have been love which featured in the film pretty woman. # must have been love # must have been love # but it's over now. # there we are that was one of roxette's biggest hits and a statement said the singer died today following a 17 year long battle with cancer. her band there we are that was one of roxette's biggest hits and a statement said the singer died today following a 17 year long

battle with cancer. her band mate paid tribute saying "you were the most wonderfulfriend for paid tribute saying "you were the most wonderful friend for over 40 year, things will never been be the same." p now, we will get a look at the latest weather for you and ben has the details. goon, the weather is looking turbulent, some heavy rain, very strong and gusty winds, this is the radarfrom earlier on. it shows where rain has fallen. the particular band has been pushing in from the west, giving particularly heavy downpours and squally gusty winds, the gusts 40—50mph but strongerfor winds, the gusts 40—50mph but stronger for western coasts. tonight we will push that main band away and see clear spell, showers too, it will turn into a chilly night, particularly when you factor in the strength of the west or north—westerly winds, so as we go into tomorrow, quite a few showers pushing in from the west, some will be heavy. wintry over high ground. particularly across scotland. not as many showers in the eastern side and

for about all of us single digit temperatures, highs of five to nine. further ahead it stays unsettled to the end of the week. showers or longer spells of rain and strong and gusty winds. cuba, but that is the kind of far left government we talking about. this is bbc news. our latest headlines... borisjohnson boris johnson says borisjohnson says he needs a

commons majority to get brexit done on the penultimate day of campaigning in the general election. jeremy corbyn promises what he calls a relentless focus on the nhs if labour comes into power. an apology from shadow cabinet member, jonathan ashworth, who insists he was "joshing around" when he told a tory friend there was no way labour could win the election. he was only saying, oh the tories are going to lose. and i said, oh you're going to be fine justjoshing as you do. and he's only gone and recorded it all, and leaked it to a website. and i thought he was a friend. a doctorfrom a doctor from romford a doctorfrom romford is a doctor from romford is found guilty of 25 sexual offences against six patients in one of the worst cases of gp abusing his patients. greenland is losing ice seven times faster than in the 1990s, leaving 400 million people at risk from being exposed to coastal flooding.

six people are confirmed dead and eight others are still missing following the volcanic eruption in new zealand rescuers say the scene was devastating. all the latest sport for you now on afternoon live. it is a big evening for last season's champions league winners, liverpool and we are all a bit nervous, liverpool fans, i have got to say. if liverpool don't win, they could be out of the champions league. which might come as a bit of a surprise, that liverpool are in this position as they won the champions league title six months ago. but a champions league title six months ago. buta point champions league title six months ago. but a point away at salzburg will secure their place in the last 16. this is the third year running the defending champions have left it until the final game to qualify for the knockout stages. it won't be easy to keep salzburg at bay tonight. 0nly bayern munich and

totte n ha m tonight. 0nly bayern munich and tottenham have more goals in the top flight this tottenham have more goals in the top flight this season. we will fight in each challenge, 100%. what salzburg did that and feel, we played well in the beginning but then we opened the door for the game. they used it because they are talented, strong. jesseis because they are talented, strong. jesse is doing an incredible job. it isjust a football jesse is doing an incredible job. it is just a football game, like jesse is doing an incredible job. it isjust a football game, like it always is. chelsea play allele at sta mford always is. chelsea play allele at stamford bridge at apm and a win will see them go through. as you say, an exciting night of champions league football ahead with both of those matches on bbc radio 5 live. liverpool kick off at the earlier time of 5:55 p m. not too long to wait. coming back to pakistan's test cricket? big step up test cricket in pakistan because there hasn't been a test match there since the sri lankan team bus was hijacked in

lahore a decade ago. since then pakistan have hosted their international matches in the middle east for the past six years. the pakistan captain has thanked shrill effo rts pakistan captain has thanked shrill efforts returning to the country for the two match series which starts tomorrow. sri lanka did play in pakistan earlier this year but that was a limited overs match. they did this to test the security for this first home test, which is marking quite an historic moment for both teams. the concerns that people had about pakistan for the last year or two are not what the reality is. we still had to struggle to convince people to come. what we did, we kept telling people pakistan is safe, it made no difference. we have got people from the other cricket boards to come and visit pakistan. we have

always had a very good relationship with the sri lankan cricket board. the very fact they came and they played their t20 matches and the od! was a very strong played their t20 matches and the od! was a very strong signal. the head of the us anti—doping agency is among those saying the four—year ban given to rush it is not strong enough. he says the authorities have buried their heads in the sand of the issue. after the state—sponsored doping scandal, russia had been banned from all major sporting competitions, but it doesn't cover events such as football euros next year and russian athletes can compete if they prove they are clean. us golfer, patrick reed said he should not be called ichise after improving the light of his ball last friday. he moved sand into a bunker with his practice swing which carries a 2—stroke penalty. 0ur golf correspondent says he will face hostile crowds in australia this week during the presidents cup. the video footage is

pretty damning, particularly in slow motion. it shows patrick reed addressing the ball at the start of what were two practice swings. his clubhead is immediately behind the ball and he is clubhead is immediately behind the balland he is in a clubhead is immediately behind the ball and he is in a sandy waste, which is different to the bunker. he is entitled to ground his club there. but he is not entitled to improve the light of the shot. that is what happened. as he took the clu b is what happened. as he took the club back, he brushed away the sand and it made it easier for the club to access the ball. the video footage, which was from an angle behind the golfer, is pretty damning. but when you come into issues of intent then the waters become muddied and patrick reed is perfectly entitled to say, if it was accidental, it wasn't a case of deliberate cheating. but what it does do is a put a target on his back. he is playing for the united states in the presidents cup in

australia this week and it certainly gives the opportunity to those australian fans to make their feelings known. that is all of the sport, there is more of the stories on the bbc sport website. goodbye for now. goodbye, thank you very much. now back to the general election campaign. just a couple of days left of campaigning and boris johnson and jeremy corbyn have been focusing on what they see as vote winning issues for their parties. as forjo swinson, it is all about stopping brexit. here she is a little bit earlier on speaking to tom symons. you know my position clearly a nd tom symons. you know my position clearly and boris johnson tom symons. you know my position clearly and borisjohnson and jeremy corbyn, liberal democrat votes will not put either of them in number ten. after this election, if nobody wins a majority, it is feasible we have differences in party leadership from the conservatives and the labour party. we will be working on a constructive, cooperative basis across parties, as we have for the last two years to try to make sure

we can secure a people's vote to stop brexit. we have done that successfully, we have stopped brexit twice this year and now we need the final numbers for a people's vote and on thursday people have the opportunity to elect a parliament that will support that and that gives us the opportunity to remain in the european union. given the conservatives are clear, if there is a vote for the conservatives that put them into number ten, they will push through brexit, surely you up preference has to be for the labour option? i will work with everybody who wants to stop brexit. we have worked in the unites, remain, the greens, plaid cymru in specific constituencies. i have worked with labour mps constituencies. i have worked with labourmps and constituencies. i have worked with labour mps and conservative mps. most of those conservative mps have eitherjoined the liberal democrats or been kicked out of the conservative party and standing as independents in the selection. people like dominic grieve. that tells you how extreme the conservative party under boris johnson now is. it is in step with

nigel farage and endorsed by tommy robinson. the one nation conservatives should be thinking carefully, if that is a man they wa nt to carefully, if that is a man they want to be given unchecked power to with their vote on thursday, or whether or not they want to make sure there is a strong group of liberal democrat mps to make sure we can avert from this crisis of brexit. jo swinson, leader of the liberal democrats. nicola sturgeon is telling voters to lock boris johnson out by voting snp. we have two days now to reject a tory future and choose a brighter future instead. a tory government will mean a hard brexit, jobs on the line, the nhs on the line and child poverty will rise. scotland can play a big part in helping to stop that if scotla nd a big part in helping to stop that if scotland votes snp. we can make sure we lock borisjohnson out of government, we can find an escape route from the mess of brexit and crucially we can put scotland's future into scotland's hand so we

can get on the building a brighter future. that is the choice people have on thursday. a vote for the snp is about to make sure borisjohnson is about to make sure borisjohnson is not calling the shots over a future for potentially many years to come. nicola sturgeon. there has been further controversy about that picture of a boy sleeping on the floor of leeds general infirmary. the four—year—old was photographed lying on a pile of coats at the hospital on the 3rd of december. despite the hospital issuing a full apology for what happened, there are claims the incident was staged on those claims have gone viral on social media. he is our digital election reporter, joe tidy. the way the story around this one image has evolved tells us a lot about the election online. it was first brought to prominence by a mirror article online and in print on sunday. the story was shared widely in labour social media circles. the image, they claimed, depicted the nhs in crisis. the labour party used it in three paid for ads on sunday. around 15,000 was spent getting it to hundreds of thousands of people's

timelines on facebook and instagram, but the story didn't really take off until this video. this is a four—year—old boy, prime minister, suspected of pneumonia, forced to lie on the floor, on a pile of coats. i understand that. on twitter alone, this video from an itv reporter has been shared more than 40,000 times, viewed almost 10 million times and with a potential reach of 92 million. it's a terrible, terrible photo and i apologise, obviously, to the family and all those who have terrible experiences in the nhs. but then this, counterclaims posted on hundreds of accounts saying the picture was staged. despite the hospital issuing an apology for the child's care, the debate has now been derailed by this strange, seemingly coordinated campaign. and as reporters and researchers work to find the source, the message has gone viral. but the real battle ground has been on paid—for ads, particularly on facebook and instagram. nearly 20,000 have been launched since the election began, with at least 2 million

spent so far. most are highly targeted and use the social network's digital tools to hone in on specific voters. certain ads are being chosen for us based on age, location, interests and gender. so how much of a difference will all this political advertising actually make? upbeat music. boris johnson: let's get brexit done. there the tag line. what do you think of that? not aimed at you, but what do you think of the message? oh, i don't know! how do you feel about the fact that the parties are aiming very different messages and very different adverts to different people in the country? well, it's all marketing, isn't it? i think it's quite worrying because itjust means you have to find the best message for you and for me, which doesn't really have any relation to what's best for the country. herfears are mirrored by a growing number of groups calling for reform in political ads, particularly around fact checking, which isn't currently a legal requirement. we need some rules in line with the mantra that governs all other advertising,

for it to be legal, decent, honest and truthful, that sets out what you can and can't say in an ad. these changes have been called for for years, and it's up to whoever‘s in power next to take on the challenge. joe tidy, bbc news. democrats in the us house of representatives have unveiled two articles of impeachment again president trump charging him with abuse of power and obstruction of congress. a group of house committees have held a news conference and this is what the chair of thejudiciary conference and this is what the chair of the judiciary committee conference and this is what the chair of thejudiciary committee had to say. the first article is for abuse of power. it is an impeachable offence for the president to exercise the powers of his public office to obtain an improper, personal benefit while ignoring or injuring the national interest. that is exactly

what president trump did when he solicited and pressured ukraine to interfere in our 2020 presidential election. thus damaging our national security, undermining the integrity of the next election and violating his oath to the american people. these actions moreover, are consistent with president trump's previous invitations of foreign interference in our 2016 presidential election. and when he was caught, when the house investigated and opened an impeachment enquiry, president trump engaged in unprecedented, categorical and indiscriminate defiance of the impeachment enquiry. this gives rise to the second article of impeachment for obstruction of congress. jerry nadler of the democrats outlining the impeachment process and those two articles of impeachment again

president trump. the ethiopian prime minister has been awarded the nobel peace prize ata been awarded the nobel peace prize at a ceremony in oslo. he was chosen for his efforts to achieve peace and international cooperation after he facilitated a peace deal with eritrea that ended a 20 year military stalemate between the two nations. he is the 100th winner of the nobel peace prize and it is worth around £700,000. accepting the prize, he said he felt he had no choice but to take action. when i became prime minister about 18 months ago, ifelt became prime minister about 18 months ago, i felt in became prime minister about 18 months ago, ifelt in my became prime minister about 18 months ago, i felt in my heart that ending the uncertainty was necessary. i believe to peace between ethiopia and eritrea was within reach. i was convinced that the imaginary wall separating our two countries for too long, needed to be torn down. the prime minister of ethiopia, winner of the nobel

peace prize. australia's biggest city sydney, is covered in a thick blanket of smog caused by bushfires burning out of control in surrounding areas. health warnings are in place and there are fears of worse to come. phil mercer sent this report. sydney is again a hostage to a thick toxic haze that's been blown in from nearby bush fires. this is sydney harbour. people come here to get married, and to enjoy glittering views of one of the most picturesque harbours in the world, but some of australia's most recognisable landmarks, the opera house and the sydney harbour bridge, have disappeared into this smog. health authorities are warning of hazardous air quality levels. the noise, as you can hear, are the ships sounding their foghorns because visibility is so bad. residents are being urged to stay indoors, and officials say a combination of the heat and the smoke is a recipe

for severe illness. i have never smoked a cigarette in my life, but i now imagine what it feels like to be a heavy smoker. clearly you can smell the smoke, you can taste it and you can feel it on your chest. from today, the people of sydney are subjected to the toughest water restrictions seen here in ten years, because of a very serious drought, and it is that long dry spell that is making the fires here in eastern australia far, far worse. today could well be another dangerous day for firefighters, there are 2,000 of them on the ground here in new south wales. later today, there are thunderstorms and lightning forecast that could exacerbate existing fires and start new ones. australia is bracing for what could well be a brutal summer. phil mercer, bbc news, on sydney harbour.

extraordinary scene in sydney. rebecca has the business news in a moment, but the latest headlines... a doctorfrom a doctor from romford a doctorfrom romford has been found guilty of 25 sexual offences against patients. borisjohnson warns of a hung parliament if voters don't support the conservatives. while labour promises a relentless focus on the nhs if it wins power. meanwhile, the shadow health secretaryjonathan meanwhile, the shadow health secretary jonathan ashworth has apologised and insisted he was only joshing around when he told a friend there was no way labour could win there was no way labour could win the election. that was in a secretly recorded phone conversation. here are the business headlines on afternoon lie. the two bosses at ted baker have resigned after another warning that office won't be as good

as hoped. david ben steyn and the chief executive lindsey page, he was only appointed in april have both gone. the firm is struggling with falling sales and calls this year the most challenging in our history. the year included a misconduct scandal including the previous boss ray kelvin, who was accused of forced hugging of star. he denies this. ted baker shares were down by 36% this morning. wetherspoon is, by contrast, is in positive territory and says it will create 10,000 jobs in new and enlarged pubs and hotels in the uk and the republic of ireland over the next four years. the downside has been rising costs, including the minimum wage and property prices and energy bills. it has also faced shareholder unrest, over £95,000 of pro brexit spending. and the uk economy grew at its slowest annual pace in nearly seven

yea rs slowest annual pace in nearly seven years in october. officialfigures from the office of national statistics showed gross domestic product rose by 0.7%, the weakest growth since 2012, with services the main driver in the three months to 0ctober, growth was flat against the previous quarter. rebecca, lots to talk about. big news for investors, those figures on the economy and also bad news from ted baker? yes, neither of those two things were pretty. the economy is broadly flat. more on this from our market guest, the associate director for personal investing at fidelity international. let's start with the gdp figures. how did they go down? it is hard to tell precisely. you wouldn't expect them to go down well, but the markets are jittery, all down because of course, worries about what it will happen with brexit and the general election on thursday. but it is not good news. if you are

an optimist who could say year on year, october flatlined after two months of decline. that is the positive, as it were, but it is not generally good. nothing positive at a ted baker and that announcement, came as a crushing shock to investors. 36% full in the share price, what is going on? it is terrible, when you look at the shares have gone down 75% so far as well since the start of the year. so it isjust more bad news. we have had things like the hugging scandal, we have had this £25 million inventory overstatement. then these profit warnings, it is more bad news. it isjust the fact it is a race to the bottom for these retailers. they are giving to give lower prices, inducing customers to buy but there is a bit of discount fatigue going on and ted baker has got itself into a muddle and it

needs to have a good christmas to sort itself out. speaking of christmas, morrisons, the supermarket. it is a crucial time of year, the retail experts put out their market share figures, that caused a dip in morrison ‘s shares because it came out the worst of the ones? it certainly did. all four of the big supermarkets, tesco, sainsbury's and asda all fell. aldi and lidl didn't, they managed to get more of the market share. the only bright spot has been online retail, avocado, which has seen sales rise. it isa avocado, which has seen sales rise. it is a matter of fact that we have brexit, the general election, christmas, which is so important for these retailers has been put on the back burner until these other issues are out of the way. they will be relying on the fact people get spending and get the christmas tills ringing. at the moment, it is a

scrabble, a lot of competition. i don't think morris and's is doing any worse than the others, in terms of what it is putting out, it'sjust so of what it is putting out, it'sjust so highly competitive. we can end on a positive note because we have wetherspoons, investing £200 million in the uk and the republic of ireland in hotels as well as expanding pubs, what has got the spring in its step? yes, some people say the pub industry is dying and you hear terrible tales about pubs closing every week. they are opening more and it is optimistic and they will be investing and there will be more jobs. the market hasn't reacted that much, which is odd. it sounds like it is a bit too good to be true. if there are going to be these extra jobs and business is booming, fantastic. we could do with some cheer and bright spots in the economy. thank you for talking us through that. and we do have a look at the markets. the ftse 100,

at the markets. the ftse100, probably its best level for the day. it was down about 1% earlier. morrison is down about 3%, about that level all day as a result of those market share figures. ted baker, a massive improvement on the 36% fall we saw at the start of the day but still 13% loss but still not a good look if you are an investor in ted baker. the labour leaderjeremy corbyn, has been giving his reaction in the last few minutes to criticism from his shadow health secretaryjonathan ashworth, who was secretly recorded bya ashworth, who was secretly recorded by a conservative activist friend saying labour had no chance of winning the election. jonathan as hworth winning the election. jonathan ashworth has apologised and said he was just joshing ashworth has apologised and said he wasjustjoshing around ashworth has apologised and said he was just joshing around in ashworth has apologised and said he was justjoshing around in the conversation. this is whatjeremy corbyn had to say. jeremy corbyn, a member of your shadow cabinet has

suggested in a secret recording that he thinks your party has no chance of winning this election, is he wrong? this is gidon fawkes tapping into private banter between two old friends. i have had a talk withjohn ashworth, he called me straightaway. he is out there campaigning for the labour government, defending our nhs and he has my full support and we get along great. when he said the situation for labour is abysmal and dire and some voters cannot stand you, that was banter? he said to me it was all about reverse psychology banter as it was all about reverse psychology banteras in it was all about reverse psychology banter as in football supporters and the other person was saying the opposite about their party. it got out of hand. it isn't the kind of stuff i would do, butjohn has called me and made it clear. john has been a fantastic shadow secretary of state for health and exposed what this government is

doing. they are keen to take the state away from the national health service and onto this. children being treated on the floors of hospitals. will people believe this was just banter? hospitals. will people believe this wasjust banter? they can decide for themselves on thursday, whether they wa nt themselves on thursday, whether they want to invest in the national health service and save the national health service and save the national health service and save the national health service or let it be destroyed by 1000 cuts in the way this government is doing. he also suggested you wear some kind of security risk? john and i have known each other for a very long time and he was actually making some jokes, rather odd sense of humour surrounding it, but that is him. if you knewjohn ashworth like i did, he makesjokes you knewjohn ashworth like i did, he makes jokes the whole time. so this was reverse psychology and banter? what it was, guido fawkes on behalf of the tory party... they didn't make the recording? they release the recording at a time of their choosing and their

suitability. the other thing that puzzles me is why somebody would re cord puzzles me is why somebody would record somebody's private conversation and put it on social media. but they have done that and they are trying to deflect away from they are trying to deflect away from the tory's mess on the nhs. john ashworth has done fantastic campaigning for our nhs. john as hworth campaigning for our nhs. john ashworth is going to keep hisjob? john ashworth is the shadow secretary of state for health. i will announce who my ministers will be on friday. jane hill will be bringing you the news a 5pm but now it is time to leave you with the weather from ben rich. the weather is looking turbulence over the next few days. this is the radarfrom over the next few days. this is the radar from early over the next few days. this is the radarfrom early on. this band of rain has been pushing in from the west, giving some particularly heavy downpours and some squally, gusty winds. 40 to 50 mph but stronger

than that for some western coasts and the northern isles. tonight, the rain band will push away and we will see clear spells and showers. it will turn into a chilly night, especially when you factor in the strength of the west or north westerly winds. as we go into tomorrow, quite a few showers pushing in from the west. some will be heavy with hail and thunder. when treat of a high ground, particularly across scotland. not as many showers across scotland. not as many showers across the eastern side of the uk and forjust across the eastern side of the uk and for just about all of across the eastern side of the uk and forjust about all of us, single—digit temperatures of five to 9 degrees. as we look further ahead, stays unsettled towards the end of the week, showers or longer spells of rain and some very strong and gusty winds.

today at 5pm: a gp is found guilty of 25 sexual offences against six patients. manish shah took out unnecessary checks and carried out invasive intimate examinations. it was astonishing to my clients he was able to behave this way for so many years without anyone raising questions. we will have the latest from the old bailey. in a crucial day of campaigning, borisjohnson warns of a hung parliament if voters don't support the conservatives. we can do it, you can do it, you can do it with your votes, with your support, we can end the gridlock thatis support, we can end the gridlock that is holding our country back, we can move forward together. meanwhile, jeremy corbyn promises

a "relentless focus" on the nhs,