and bernadine in contrast your book is about 12 different women mainly black, british, and a pictureporary britain. are there stories if you are overlooked in fiction? absolutely i do. i feel there aren't enough writing black women in british literature. i think this year there are two of us who have published novels about black british women so i wanted to publish a book that had 12 very different kinds of black women and it to sort of people the pages of a novel with all the possibilities of our lives. and you have got bankers and clean eyes and a farmer and stretching from adolescence to old age. lucy, we can't not talk about the length of your book. it is a thousand pages long and if it were to win tonight it would be the longest book ever to win this price. it's also told in a single sentence. my question is did you conceive the novel in that way oi’ you conceive the novel in that way ordid it you conceive the novel in that way or did itjust somehow turn into that? i have to admit i did not concede it that way because it was quite a surprise for me when i wrote it in different s

the winners are margaret atwood for the testaments, the sequel to the handmaid's tale, and bernadine evaristo for girl woman other. our correspondent rebecca jones is at the ceremony in central london. hello and welcome to the guildhall, the splendid surroundings here in the splendid surroundings here in the heart of the city of london where there was shock and disbelief in this room when the judges announced that they could not decide between two books and they were going to avoid the dilemma and give the prize jointly even though the rules of the prize expressly forbid that. but the judges said they could not compromise, the only course of action was to split the prize. and thatis action was to split the prize. and that is what they've done and i'm delighted to say that the winners of the 2019 booker prize are with me. margaret atwood and bernardine evaristo. congratulations to you both. margaret atwood, how surprised are used to be sharing the prize? i'm extremely surprised to be winning it in the first place. i was discounting myself out of the running. it was nice of them to put

for her novel the testaments the sequel to the book the handmaid's tale she shares the prize with bernadine ever isto who won for her work girl woman other. well spanish riot police fired rubber bullets and used tear gas against pro independence demonstrators in barcelona the clashes came after spain's supreme court issued long prison sentences for 12 catalogues separatist leaders now one of the morial from cairo us says a new referendum on cattle on independence will now be unavoidable meanwhile as backers of independence for the region are vowing to keep up the pressure. i protesters shouting freedom blocked barcelona airport outraged at the long verdicts handed down to catalonia separatist leaders dozens were injured in clashes. as thousands took to the streets. and then they were sentenced to many years for a nonviolent act politically approved by the people and it was the people who went to vote while we're looking at that single example they've already spent 2 years in prison for expressing their ideas and we know that the only way is dialogue not violence to express ideas freely noth

and as we just heard, two women authors, margaret atwood and bernadine everest are named joint 2019 bookerrize winners after the judges broke their very own rules by declaring a tie. so it is time for some business news.. i am joined on. the trump administration has slapped turkey with sanctions in response to thehe country'ss military offensive in syria. ththis is not the first time it has done that. president donald trump has said he is prepared to destroy turkey's economy if they continue to attack the kurds. the new sanctions may not have that much impact. steeltariff on turkish comes at a time when metal exports have already declined, meaning there is not much ststel left.- steel we take a look at the trade relations. reporter: the partnership with washington already under strain. questions over how much damage the u.s. can do to the chinese economy. >> these sections will be very severe on the turkish economy. reporter: the u.s. goods and .ervices total $20 billion it they will boost trade to $100 billion, but that has now been scrapped. only 5% of turkish exports had to the u.s.. so

other groups later went on and did it including the black liberation army but from there on out, bernadine and jeff jones, new principal leaders, along with bill ayers, chartered what they called one letter write to a berkeley paper, called it responsible terrorism. and that was, what i call protest bombing. bombs not intended to kill. >> now, bill ayers told terry gross that they never tried to kill any cops. how did you get the story and how confident are you that they were behind this berkeley police bombing? >> my source, the young man that built the bomb and placed it. there is every reason in the world that bill ayers doesn't want the world to know this but others who resent his notoriety and his fame, there is a large segment of the radical left out there to whom bill ayers is not very popular. lot of them came forward in the book because they, i think, frankly felt like why is bill ayers the only underground figure that most of america has ever heard of. the young man, for instance, who built 198% of the weather underground bombs, who went on to a long career teaching in the public

for her novel the testaments a sequel to her 1985 book the handmaid's tale she shares a prize with bernadine ever reso who won for her work girl woman author. in tunisia official preliminary results confirm that chi saeed won sunday's presidential elections the former law professor gained over 72 percent of the vote she ran as an independent candidate sayyid is the country's the 2nd democratically elected president crowds celebrating in the streets on sunday night after exit polls suggested she came in 1st. voting is underway in mozambique where elections are being held today to choose a new president and parliament the poll is being seen as a key test of a ceasefire signed in august between the government and opposition rebels. is in mozambique's capital reporting on what is at stake. the queues have been long since morning here in with 13000000 registered voters are expected to cast their vote today in a very tight election because mozambique is still one of the poorest countries in the region almost every 2nd person here lives in poverty and therefore there are high expectations for the n

. —— bernadine. now on bbc news, monday in parliament.lo there, and welcome to the programme on the day the queen came to westminster for her 65th state opening of parliament. coming up, after the grand ceremonial, it's down to business with a pledge from the government to get brexit done. my government's priority has always been to secure the united kingdom's departure from the european union on the 31st of october. with no commons majority and an election predicted, borisjohnson‘s plans may have little chance of becoming law, but he defends his ideas on fighting crime, the nhs and the environment. in important respects, this country is the greatest place to live and to be. the greatest place on earth. butjeremy corbyn isn't impressed with what's on offer. the prime minister promised that this queen's speech would dazzle us! 0n closer inspection, mr speaker, it is nothing more than fool's gold. so, after a wet weekend, the state 0pening was always going to be a rather soggy affair, but early morning rain cleared away, so the crowds linin

judges for this year's booker prize have ripped up the rulebook and named 2 winners british author bernadineevery stone canadian writer margaret atwood have both been given the prestigious award it's at woods 2nd booker prize this time she won 4 heard the thriller the testaments which is a sequel to the handmaid's tale while every still won for her novel girl woman other the 2 authors will share the $63000.00 prize money. and now a reminder of the top stories on al-jazeera u.s. president all of trump has authorized the sanctions against turkey in response to its offensive into northern syria and is calling for an immediate cease fire 3 turkish ministers have been targeted trump also said that he will stop the go see asians with ankara on a $100000000000.00 trade deal and boost tariffs on turkish steel to 50 percent as president mike pence will soon have to turkey to lead mediation if. the united states is going to continue to take action against turkey's economy until they bring the violence to an end. we want to media to cease fire. and we want to begin negotiations between turkey syria def

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prize for her novel the testaments a sequel to her 1905 novel handmaid's tale shares the prize with bernadine. who won for her work girl woman other it's to tunisia now where officials have confirmed a landslide victory for say he'd the 61 year old former law professor is now set to become that country's president the vote has been very closely watched it's only the 2nd democratic election since an uprising in the country help spark the arab spring back in 2011 so he'd thank the country's young people for turning a new page and has vowed to build a new tunisia. joy explodes on the main boulevard in tunis proud of this still budding democracy. doesn't a site supporters say liberating the men would they say can keep alive the spirits of the 20 levon revolution. that in the young people showed they can use their vote to change the system several political parties give a lot of money to win this presidency but the people and the young ones who were part of the revolution in 2011 did it again a new revolution this time with a ballot. case sayed is a low profile conservative low professor he come p

prize forfiction are the two winners of the 2019 booker prize for fiction are margaret atwood and bernadineverest oh. and a surprise result at this year's booker prize two authors are joint winners of the prestigious literary award. and coming up on sportsday on bbc news, paddy mcnair strikes twice as northern ireland beat the czech republic to win a friendly match away from home for the first time in 13 years. good evening. the queen has outlined the governmnent‘s legislative agenda for the year ahead at the state opening of parliament. but this queen's speech, the first in over two years, was delivered in the midst of the political and constitutional crisis provoked by brexit and drafted by a government with no majority in the commons. so there were immediate questions about the feasibility of boris johnson's programme, which included planned measures on crime, health, and delivering brexit on the 31st october. opposition parties say that with an election in the offing, the queen's speech was a sham as our political editor laura kuenssberg reports. plenty of pomp. but very bizarre circums

it happened in the san bernadine know county town of colton acting a silent alarm tipping off authorities. the suspect started shooting at officers through the bank window when they arrived on scene. the bank robbery shot himself during the standoff. >>> police in oakland are are still looking for the driver involved in a deadly hit-and- run a woman was killed and a 4- year-old girl was hurt. this happened on foothill boulevard in front of bar field elementary school. >> this has been a problem for many years. like, that's why my brother being 9 i still have to pick him up, why want him to be getting run over here, like i am always worry, like, what if he gets run over. >> the woman has been identified as 45-year-old chong the little girl is expected to survive. >>> a hit-and-run driver in the south bay has arrested on suspicion of murder. two pedestrians were hit by someone driving through rancho san antonio park in cupertino. one died. >>> bay area drivers should be extra careful out on the roads this morning, more than 13,000 students in san francisco are expected to take part in walk

the medium for this message was a tape recording reputedly by the weatherman rebel leader, bernadine> sisters and brothers, we are not just attacking targets. we are bringing a pitiful, helpless giant to its knees. guard your colleges, guard your banks. guard your children, guard your doors. >> at one minute before 1:00 this morning, the switchboard at the capitol received a phone call. a man's voice said a bomb would go off in the building in half an hour. at 1:30 in the morning it did. credit for the bombing was claimed by the weather underground. >> in 1971, it appears that weather is really aiming even higher. and at that point, their idea was fewer bombs, higher profile targets. >> weather underground bomb the capitol to bring joy, to bring joy to america, to bring a smile and a wink to all the kids who hate the american government. >> when the police killed young black people, we bombed the police headquarters. when washington escalated the war into cambodia, we bombed the capitol. >> a bomb exploded early this morning in the pentagon. >> it was trying to exact a small price fo

bernadine ever bestow‘s girl woman other, featuring women mostly black and british, with interconnecteddead in a dustbin while her brain remains active, we learn her brain remains active, we learn her story. lucy ellman has written ducks, newburyport, which takes us inside the koteka mind of a housewife from ohio trying to deal with modern life. salman rushdie's key short, is a retelling of cerva ntes's key short, is a retelling of cervantes‘s donkey ot. it is but a travelling salesman pursuing an unobtainable woman across america. i am delighted to say we are joined by two of those authors now, salman rushdie and lhr fight. your book is about modern america and yet it is davey imagining of a 17th—century novel. how did that inspire your book? ulysses was inspired by a big written thousands of years earlier, itjust seemed written thousands of years earlier, it just seemed to written thousands of years earlier, itjust seemed to me that written thousands of years earlier, it just seemed to me that those characters are modern versions of those famous characters, great three, would be very

bernadine is the first black woman to be awarded the prize.50,000 prize. that is amazing. i love that they just break the rules. why not? they are due to meet the prime minister. the duke and duchess of cambridge continue their official visit to pakistan today, where they're due to meet the prime minister, imran khan. they'll also travel to the city of lahore, amid tight security. the last royal visit to the country was made by prince charles and camilla in 2006. they are due to meet the prime minister. england thrashed bulgaria 6—0 in their latest euro 2020 qualifier — but the match was overshadowed by racist chanting at england players. more of what was happening across the pitch. in the next few minutes. the cover of what happened last night. rightly so. it was the horrible thing to watch, a horrible game to watch. despite that, england crushed bulgaria. marcus rushford scored the first goal. tyrone mings and raheem sterling appeared to be the targets of the chants — with the game in sofia stopped twice — as officials threatened to abandon

i also want to thank the incredible people of bernadine south fork electing me.ing to continue to work with you and for you. thank you. [applause] [cheering] i've got to tell you throughout this campaign i've made some mee incredible people, some inspirational people and i am inspired by them and their stories have stuck with me. i've met these folks across the country, folks that inspired the work that we do as democrats and one of those people is a young man, a young boy barely 10-years-old that lives with a chronic illness and told me he wasn't worried about the chronic illness or other medication or the injections or wasn't worried about the fact that he didn't stay on top of this medication or blood work he might die. he told me he wasn't worried about any of that, he was just worried the medication was costing a lot to his mom and dad. he worried about being a burden to his family. i remember that young man and the fact that someone as young as that felt he was a burden in a country such as ours is part of the reason we are fighting, we are fighting for tha