margaret atwood, bernardine evaristo, hasten to add. margaret atwood, berna rdine evaristo, many congratulations and that is that from the guildhall. many congratulations to the joint winners. that is it, time for the news where you are. have a good night. an ugly night in sofia, the qualifier in bulgaria is suspended twice over racism. paddy beck layout struck twice as northern ireland won any fairly match away from home for the first time in 13 years. and we look ahead to the rugby world cup, host japan begin to believe while scotla nd host japan begin to believe while scotland go home. a night where eglin‘s footballers we re a night where eglin‘s footballers were subjected to racist abuse whilst laying against bulgaria, the match halted twice during their euro 2020 qualifier which england went on to win 6—0. the fa has urged uefa to investigate this as a matter of urgency. the first break in play came in the 20th minute followed by a stadium announcement that condemned the abuse, the game a stopped againjust condemned the abuse, the

fantastic, bernardine evaristo has been recognised, in truly brilliant novel. before hand, who novel. fbi got to the subject beforehand, who i might think when it, i might have said margaret atwood. —— it, i might have said margaret atwood. — — if it, i might have said margaret atwood. —— if we had got. if anyone deserves another gong to add to our already large collection, it is her and this is a really pc, enjoyable novel. i think it's great. and this is a really pc, enjoyable novel. ithink it's great. it is and this is a really pc, enjoyable novel. i think it's great. it is not the first time the price has been shared, it was shared in the 19705 and in the 19905, and that is where the rules were changed to stop it being shared again. what do you make of the decision? i feel very foolish for what i said earlier, but it is almo5t... a5 for what i said earlier, but it is almo5t... as a writer, for her contribution, market outward, that mu5t contribution, market outward, that must be recognised. she is a literary giant. —— margaret atwood. i feel a lover that bo

bernardine evaristo has described it as a game changer.w what to do when a baby raccoon was abandoned by its mother. but another zoo had a plan — partner him up with a puppy. the bbc‘s tim allman has the story. best of friends, with a bounce in their step. meet moshka the raccoon and broshka the dog. moshka had no—one to play with when he was brought to this zoo in the siberian city of irkutsk, so they put him in with broshka. now, they are as thick as thieves. translation: they not only get along well, but they study each other and take certain behaviours from each other. for example, the dog has already learned how to climb on people. the raccoon is a better teacher than the dog, i must say. dogs are less dangerous to raccoons than, say, cats when it comes to viruses and diseases. broshka, a friendly little chap, helped moshka learn how to eat solid foods, although it doesn't always go smoothly between them. translation: the dog is very disappointed because its paws are not that grippy, and when the raccoon climbs somewhere, the dog sits

the testa m e nts, atwood and bernardine evaristo.le, was described by the head judge is a savage and beautiful novel. the 75—year—old is the oldest person to win the prize, and it was her second time. the oldest person to win the prize, and it was her second timelj the oldest person to win the prize, and it was her second time. i am very surprised. i wouldn't have that i would have been —— i would have thought that i would have been too elderly. and i kind of don't need the attention. so i'm very glad that you are getting some. thank you. berna rdine you are getting some. thank you. bernardine evaristo made the shortlist for the first time with her eighth book. girl, woman, other was praised as something utterly magical. it follows 12 characters, mostly black british women. i, i suppose a lot of people say this, i never thought it would happen to me. and i will say that i am the first black woman to win this prize. applause the authors will now share the £50,000 award. but winning one of the world's most prestigious literary prizes i

bernardine evaristo has described it as a game changer. tolu adeoye, bbc news. all? was it a game—changer last night, the stand the england game —— tea m night, the stand the england game —— team took in bulgaria. we've been asking for your opinions on what action needs to be taken to kick racism out of four. many of you have beenin racism out of four. many of you have been in touch. thank you so much for your opinions. simon simply says kick bulgaria out of the competition and ban them from the next european championship. with that other viewers who say ban the team from playing ball, simple. many of you have that view. johnny cases the solution is obvious. don't ask for them, ask fifa and uefa to do something meaningful, bradley says this is something that needs to be dealt with as soon as possible, especially since sports is meant to bring people together. so many opinions. thank you for getting in touch. some of us have had a real soaking in the last few hours but as we head towards dawn, the weather will be improving across the uk. the most of us on improvi

obviously berna rdine evaristo book but look forward to doing so. game and margaret atwood, big fan of the handmaid 's tale, look forward to reading the testaments as well. a great bit playing earlier from testaments as well. a great bit playing earlierfrom bernardine evaristo, saying this is going to be good for my career. just a little bit. it was lovely to see margaret atwood being so gracious and happy to share and shying away from the spot light and wanting to be an allied to this amazing novelist, berna rdine allied to this amazing novelist, bernardine evaristo. i haven't read her book either. none of us have read any of the book. i've read one page and haven't got much further. how significant is it that the first black woman is recognised for this hugely important prize? black woman is recognised for this hugely important prize ?|j black woman is recognised for this hugely important prize? i have to admit, iwas hugely important prize? i have to admit, i was surprised that accolade hadn't been bestowed on a black woman before so i'm glad it's

at 79, atwood is the oldest ever winner, while evaristo is the first black woman to win the prize. they each took home about $32,000. hundreds of colleagues, family and friends have attended the funeral of pc andrew harper in oxford. the 28 year—old officer who'd been married for just four weeks, was killed while responding to a reported burglary in august. three teenagers have been charged with murder. 0ur correspondentjon kay reports. just weeks after his wedding day, the funeral of pc andrew harper. hundreds of his colleagues lined the route. a city silent. to remember the 28—year—old officer killed in the line of duty. inside the oxford christ church cathedral his widow led the tributes. they met at school and married just 28 days before he was killed. she told the congregation: she placed his ceremonial police had upon his coffin, pc harper was killed while responding to reports of a burglary in august. she said: your smile was infectious, your humour relentless. even in the darkest of times you made me laugh. your personality shone through in everything you did and i am so ve

bernardine evaristo, the first black woman to win the booker prize. seems extraordinary.men, from 1905 to 2017, the story of black women over that period, which has been pretty difficult. the story for women over that period has not a lwa ys women over that period has not always been that easy. the two together have broken the rules and thejudge also broke together have broken the rules and the judge also broke the rules! together have broken the rules and thejudge also broke the rules! rule breakers! disruptors! moving us onto monzo, rbs decided to launch a stand—alone rival after considering whether to take over monzo. it is a fintech disrupter, whether to take over monzo. it is a fintech disru pter, and whether to take over monzo. it is a fintech disrupter, and alternative banking system. they have come up quite quickly, these alternative banks, when monzo started they started with 12 people, and they had a designer as part of the 12, because they were thinking about how to design a service, they decided with customers in mind, bringing in things like mental health app

at 79, atwood is the oldest ever winner, while evaristo is the first black woman to win the prize. they each took home about $32,000. now on bbc news, hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk, i'm stephen sackur. donald trump doesn't seem to do regret, but maybe even he will come to rue his abrupt decision to pull us troops out of northern syria. his move prompted a turkish military invasion of territory held by syria's kurds. the kurds are now looking to president assad for military help. the region, once a playground for so—called islamic state, has been plunged back into chaos. my guest is alan semo, representative of the syrian kurdish democratic union party in london. what are his people's options now? alan semo, welcome to hardtalk. thank you, great pleasure to be here. you represent the democratic union party of syrian kurds. should you and your people have seen donald trump's dramatic decision to withdraw us forces from your region coming? no, we haven't seen it. but should you have seen it coming? because donald trump, if one looks at the record, as long ago as last december declared

margaret atwood and bernardine evaristo have been named the joint winners of the 2019 booker prize after the judges broke their rules by declaring a tie. the pair will split the prize money, each taking home about $63,000. margaret atwood is the oldest winner of the book prize and bernard is the first black winner. —— bernadine. now on bbc news, monday in parliament. hello 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 ministe

bernardine evaristo has described it as a game changer. tolu adeoye, bbc news.of lahore amid tight security. thank you for coming on giving us a bit of information, secunder kermani. i'd love to know what you are thinking about the significance of this visit, and the people of pakistan. here in pakistan, this trip is being seen as an opportunity to showcase how much safer pakistan has become in the past few years. the authorities here in ordinary people are very keen on attracting more tourists to pakistan. but i think this trip has a special significance for the uk, given the large british—pakistani population. around 1.5 million people from pakistan live in the uk. he will be following in the footsteps of his mother he made three trips in the 1990s. wright you mention those trips from princess diana and they were equally memorable. absolutely. she came for the first time in 1991 and i was speaking to a pakistani government minister and she told me huge crowds came out to see princess diana. she then came again in 1996 and 1997 partly because she was in a relat

and british author bernardine evaristo is the fit black woman to win the major literary prize for herl, woman, other." still to come on the newshour, why a handful of democrats are still holding out on throwing their support behind the impeachment inquiry. amy walter ain domenico montanaro analyze the president's relationship with his own party as he moves troops out of syria. journalist ronan farrow on his new book about covering the most explosive stories of the me too era. >> woodruff: we return to a volatile situation on the syrian turkish border where a american effort over the past five years devolved into new violence just inhe last few days. nick schifrin is back with that. >> reporter: thanks, judy. soone of the latest developments in the fluid situation in syria meathn? fot we get two views from two long-time syria waters. ted kattouf was a career diplomat and served as ambassador to ria under president george w. bush. he's now president of amideast which promotes mutual understand he's now president oeast which promotes mutual understanding of the middle east. and joshua la