labour have criticised the fare rise.dow transport secretary, andy mcdonald, told me prices should freeze, and train companies should cover the cost. this is a real slap in the face to long—suffering rail passengers, who have had a year of misery, and this is exactly the wrong response from the government. what we should be seeing is a freeze on those fares, in those areas where people have had to put up with absolute chaos and mayhem, and that should be funded by the train operators themselves. but to put a 3.1% increase across the board is a real insult, and that means that, since 2010, people have suffered rail increases three times faster than the rate of their wages have increased. so this is grossly unfair, and a lot of people will be feeling very aggrieved thinking about the months of suffering that they have had, and they go into the new year facing yet another price hike. our business correspondent theo leggett has been guaging reaction from rail passengers at london bridge station. it is fair to say that they ar

no one wants to pay extra for their fares, but what do these fare increases cover?which allows billions of extra money to be focused on investment. new stations, new carriages and extra services. so, how's that going down with passengers? i think it's already very expensive, so, i'm already trying to control how much i use it. the trains are normally late. the trains are usually dead busy, i never get a seat. it's too much money, isn't it? for a very bad service? if the fares don't go up, you won't get the investment. it's as simple as that, really. the costs go up, and what do you want? do you want a situation where the networkjust declines gradually? the industry is promising a more comfortable and more reliable ride on thousands of new services from 2021. but that's cold comfort for passengers who've called for fares to be frozen, fed up with feeling the pain of paying higher prices before they see the improvements. no one wants to pay more and eve ryo ne no one wants to pay more and everyone can see the current system is under strain. the rail delivery group say

no—one wants to pay extra for their fares, but what do these fare increases cover? on investment. new stations, new carriages and extra services. so, how‘s that going down with passengers? i think it‘s already very expensive, so, i‘m already trying to control how much i use it. the trains are normally late. the trains are usually dead busy, i never get a seat. it's too much money, isn't it? for a very bad service? if the fares don‘t go up, you won‘t get the investment. it‘s as simple as that, really. the costs go up, and what do you want? do you want a situation where the networkjust declines gradually? the industry is promising a more comfortable and more reliable ride on thousands of new services from 2021. but that‘s cold comfort for passengers who‘ve called for fares to be frozen, fed up with feeling the pain of paying higher prices before they see the improvements. that report by sophie long. the nhs in england and wales, recorded the highest number of excess deaths last winter, for more than 40 years. the office for national statistics, estimates that more tha

no one wants to pay extra for their fares, but what do these fare increases cover?ng of the railways, which allows billions of extra money to be focused on investment. new stations, new carriages and extra services. so, how's that going down with passengers? i think it's already very expensive, so i'm already trying to control how much i use it. the trains are normally late. the trains are usually dead busy, i never get a seat. it's too much money, isn't it? for a very bad service? if the fares don't go up, you won't get the investment. it's as simple as that, really. the costs go up, and what do you want? do you want a situation where the networkjust declines gradually? the industry is promising a more comfortable and more reliable ride on thousands of new services from 2021. but that's cold comfort for passengers who've called for fares to be frozen, fed up with feeling the pain of paying higher prices before they see the improvements. a powerful earthquake has been felt for hundreds of miles across alaska, causing widespread damage. measuring up to a magnitude of

wasn't there a case on this occasion for fares to be frozen?pe with the extra investment? maybe, full one year, if those fares were frozen you would be able to carry out the investment programme but afterwards, then it would be the taxpayer who would fund the extra investment. if passengers wanted the service improved. we have got a long—term commitment, a plan, together as an industry to increase the numberof together as an industry to increase the number of services and carriages. 7000 new carriages by the 20205, and we want to continue to put the money where it will be appreciated most. robert, thank you. these rises will come into force on the 2nd of january. these rises will come into force on the 2nd ofjanuary. i guess in another month or so we will be talking about this a lot more... theo leggett, thank you. theresa may, who's arrived in argentina for the g20 summit, has urged mps to think about the views of their constituents when they vote on her brexit deal next month. mrs may said that her tour of the uk this week had given her an "o

that has led to calls for fares to be frozen.ugh towards the cost of the railway and the government should look at the balance and keep pressure on the industry to reduce its costs and pass it on to passengers like a normal industry but the rail delivery group, representing train companies and network rail, says the extra money is badly needed to cover rising costs and fund new investment. nobody wants to pay extra for their fares but what do the increases cover? the day to day running of the railways, allowing billions of extra money to be focused on investment. new stations, new carriages and extra services. the industry is promising major improvements to the railway network, allowing thousands of new services every week from 2021 and making travel more comfortable and reliable. but that is likely to be cold comfort for passengers as they had to work in january faced with a new year of higher prices. theo leggett, bbc news. new figures obtained by the bbc reveal that almost one in four houses meant for military families is stan

rail fares railfares will go rail fares will go up railfares will go up by an rail fares will go up by% in january. rail fares will go up by an average of 3.1% injanuary. they rail fares will go up by an average of 3.1% in january. they will see the annual cost of getting to work rise by £100 when the new fares come into effect onjanuary rise by £100 when the new fares come into effect on january the rise by £100 when the new fares come into effect onjanuary the 2nd. passenger groups say the rise comes as punch vanity and reliability on the railways is the worst in five yea rs the railways is the worst in five years —— punctuality. they say that 5p years —— punctuality. they say that spin years —— punctuality. they say that 5p in every pound is reinvested into the railways. the increases help to fund the day—to—day running of the railway allowing for billions of pounds of extra investment to be targeted where it is really needed, in stations like this at london bridge, liverpool lime street and new rolling stock which passengers have been asking us for. thousands of patients will be pr

rail fares going up. yes, they are going up fares going up.provements that are being promised. a lot of concern about whether that efficiency, we have seen those issues with northern rail, the problem with those transport and time tales so different over the year. clearly a lot of problems for other franchises, including southern railway. we were talking about this this morning while we were waiting for the regional to turn up, we were talking about how they decide these rail fares. talking about how they decide these railfares. there talking about how they decide these rail fares. there was a big talking about how they decide these railfares. there was a big debate whether it should be based on which measure of inflation each be based upon the one that includes mortgages and house prices, or not. basically what they do, it is about half and half. some of these fees are regulated by the government, rail companies have no say over and that is based onjuly‘s inflation figure and all of the others the companies are free to decide what they want.

that has led to calls for fares to be frozen.than enough towards the cost of the railway and the government should look at the balance and keep pressure on the industry to reduce its costs and pass it on to passengers like a normal industry but the rail delivery but the rail delivery group, representing train companies and network rail, says the extra money is badly needed to cover rising costs and fund new investment. nobody wants to pay extra for their fares but what do the increases cover? the day to day running of the railways, allowing billions of extra money to be focused on investment. new stations, new carriages and extra services. the industry is promising major improvements to the railway network, allowing thousands of new services every week from 2021 and making travel more comfortable and reliable. but that is likely to be cold comfort for passengers as they had to work in january faced with a new year of higher prices. theo leggett, bbc news. ukraine is banning russian men aged between 16 and 60 from entering the cou

no one wants to pay extra for their fares, but what do these fare increases cover?ed on investment. new stations, new carriages and extra services. so, how's that going down with passengers? i think it's already very expensive, so, i'm already trying to control how much i use it. the trains are normally late. the trains are usually dead busy, i never get a seat. it's too much money, isn't it? for a very bad service? if the fares don't go up, you won't get the investment. it's as simple as that, really. the costs go up, and what do you want? do you want a situation where the networkjust declines gradually? the industry is promising a more comfortable and more reliable ride on thousands of new services from 2021. but that's cold comfort for passengers who've called for fares to be frozen, fed up with feeling the pain of paying higher prices before they see the improvements. the inquest into the death of the former welsh government minister carl sargeant, whose body was found last november, has been adjourned until a date yet to be announced by the coroner. the first m

tributes to fares have been paid from across the world. dateline london is coming up.est scotland fared best for sunshine and will again tomorrow, thanks to an easterly flow coming into the uk and most of the cloud stays in the east and south on with that today we have had outbreaks of rain and showers and through this evening and tonight we will keep showers on the south coast, but into the east of scotland and north east england, a few in northern ireland as well. temperatures getting into low single figures, close to freezing in the clearest spots. maybe a touch of frost going on to the morning. tomorrow, still an easterly flow and showers around in scotla nd easterly flow and showers around in scotland and the north of england fishing into northern ireland, some clipping the far south—east. elsewhere, variable cloud, clear spells, quite a bit of dry weather away from the showers and

that has led to calls for fares to be frozen.ngers are paying more than enough towards the cost of the railway and the government should look at the balance and keep pressure on the industry to reduce its costs and pass it on to passengers like a normal industry but the rail delivery group, representing train companies and network rail, says the extra money is badly needed to cover rising costs a nd is badly needed to cover rising costs and fund new investment. nobody wants to pay extra for their fa res nobody wants to pay extra for their fares but what do the increases cover? the day to day running of the railways, allowing billions of extra money to be focused on investment. new stations, new carriages and extra services. the industry is promising major improvements to the railway network, allowing thousands of new services every week from 2021 and making travel more comfortable and making travel more comfortable and reliable. but that is likely to be cold comfort for passengers as they had to work injanuary faced with a new ye

and fareed, it is more than just a phone.ra, their first alarm clock, their first video device. all of that in one device. that's why it is as powerful as it is. >> in many way as lot of things the smart phone will do will allow india to leapfrog over our models western models, american models. for example, indians will essentially skip the laptop and go directly to the phone as the computer, portal to the internet. >> independentians weren't using credit cards. they don't need to because so many are taking their businesses shopping on line and they are using apps, pay pell or venmo. they are able to use those applications to complete transactions and helping them arrive in the digital country. enia is still mostly rural. it is still a place that has 300 million illiterate people who can speak to their phone and the phone can speak back to them. they can watch videos. this is all happening because of the smart phone revolution. >> the government has created really the first biometric id system. every indian has a biometric id

technology and vehicles are among the many items on display but this isn't your ordinary industry fare is a show and it aims to highlight china's role in the business world some three thousand six hundred companies from nearly one hundred seventy countries and regions are taking part. in the five day their targets a wide audience a variety of forums and workshops underscore the message that the chinese government wants to send amid the trade dispute with the u.s. . so for me and i to that would be a fair shows that china is an open generous country in global trade. whereas the us unnecessarily launched the trade war and now symbolizes protectionism and you need lateralus and. then and. foreign companies also say that china isn't really an open market they face a number of barry as such as import tariffs rules that force companies to create joint ventures with local firms disadvantages when it comes to tenders at and industries that are closed off for foreign companies but china's huge market remains attractive despite the trade war. to be doing our job or staying out of it or somewhere

that's getting them online, and fareed, it's more than just a phone.rst camera, their first alarm clock, their first video device. all of that in one device. and that's why it is as powerful as it is. >> and in many ways, a lot of things the smartphone will do will allow india to leapfrog over old models, western models, american models, right? for example, indians will actually essentially skip the laptop and go directly to the phone as the computer, as the portal to the internet. >> exactly. so indians weren't really using credit cards, for example. now they don't need to because so many of them are taking their business and shopping online and they're using apps, the equivalent of a paypal or venmo, for example. india has a company, they're able to use those things for transactions in ways helping them to leapfrog and arrive in the digital economy. again, the reason why this is as exceptional as it is is india is still a very poor country, still mostly rural, still a place that has 300 million illiterate people who can now speak to their phone and t

tributes to fares have been paid across the world. impassioned plea for peace in the embattled city of hodeidah — which is held by the houthi rebels. a government offensive has jeopardised the operation of the port , a vital lifeline for aid. on a visit to the area, mr griffiths pressed for the un to be given a leading role in running it. caroline rigby reports. explosion. from bombs and bullets to malnutrition and disease. described by the un as the world's worst man—made humanitarian crisis, this conflict has left a nation on the verge of famine. half of children, 47%, approximately half of children are chronically malnourished. health facilities functioning are approximately only 50%, versus 90% in 2013. one fifth of the districts have no doctors any more. in recent weeks, fighting in yemen has focused on the rebel—held city hodeida as government forces try to seize the area from houthi rebels. but hodeida's harbour acts as a vital lifeline in this devastating war, and this recent offensive has threatened the arrival of food aid fo

>> thank you, fareed. first, i would say i think the argument of the piece was more that the conditions have changed. i actually think a collection of bipartisan group did follow the right strategy for decades. but the course that china has chosen is quite different from what we had hope frdd for a lon period of time. and now that requires us to have a fairly significant rethinking of what the strategic approach to the united states and other countries should be towards china and a rising asia. the argument, however, is very different from what the policy description of what the president has proposed. what we need is a multifaceted approach that frankly involves participating in the kinds of summits and engagements that the president is missing this week, plus a multifaceted trade in diplomatic stradagy th diplomatic strategy that's reminds them the united states intends to play an important role for decades to come. >> is there a sense people are genning to people we are entering into a new kind of cold

passenger anger as rail fares rise by over 3%, despite months of chaos and delays. homes for the military is empty. ambulance service — is the patient breathing?

tributes to fares have been paid across the world.d to significantly reduce bed—blocking and unnecessary admissions in hospitals. it was used in trials at two hospital trusts in norwich and south london, and avoids the need to put patients in isolation. 0ther flu tests can take several days to return results. the search is on for missing footage of sir david attenborough, first aired on the bbc almost 50 years ago. staff at the royal institution are asking the public to look in their attics for any recordings of their christmas science lectures — including those by sir david — after realising 31 broadcasts are missing from their collection. 0ur correspondent david sillito reports. we will have a little protein dance. carl sagan, in1977, doing the protein dance. very good. can you get a different note on it? christopher zeeman and the science of music. heart rate 126 — you must be calming down, robert. how do you feel now, compared to before? great. these lectures have been a christmas tradition since 1825, and were first broadcast on

tributes to fares have been paid across the world.e of sir david attenborough, first aired on the bbc almost 50 years ago. staff at the royal institution are asking the public to look in their attics for any recordings of their christmas science lectures — including those by sir david — after realising 31 broadcasts are missing from their collection. our correspondent david sillito reports. we will have a little protein dance. carl sagan, in1977, doing the protein dance. very good. can you get a different note on it? christopher zeeman and the science of music. heart rate 126 — you must be calming down, robert. how do you feel now, compared to before? great. these lectures have been a christmas tradition since 1825, and were first broadcast on the bbc in 1936. but not all of them have survived in the archive. some of david attenborough‘s lectures from 1973 have gone missing. there are also gaps in ‘66, ‘67, ‘69, ‘70 and ‘71. the royal institution wants to put all of these televised lectures online, and is asking the public if they hav

rail fares rising 3796 in a decade.re going to buy i% injanuary which seemed alarming enough for me to discover that they have risen 37% in a decade is incredible. passengers can face a £10,000 a year commute. this is obviously very frustrating as people feel their pain more and more for services which has become a grizzly crowded and been hit with timetabling issues and also with industrial action. the same time they are paying more in some areas they are paying more in some areas they are paying more in some areas they are getting what's clearly a reduced and a poorer service. the question is who takes responsibility for this? the companies? it feels almost impotent when it comes to talking about who runs this and so what can be done about them? what is extraordinary is the resilience of the man in charge, the man who is supposed to take final responsibility for all of this still in hisjob. really quite encompass men. teresa has fewer and fewer ministers to choose from the states. as you are commenting on that to brin

and the fares do not get any lower either, the are right up.with this market. there's not a level of competition that forces the fares lower, but they cannot get the labour either. i don't quite follow how it is. the have taken nearly £3 billion in profit out of the industry in the last ten years, the bus company, so there's something going on that's causing them to do very well out of the current situation, even though it may go too far over the next couple of years, they cannot provide service and cannot lower the fares. nick lynch of the rmt. that is it for this programme. alecia mccarthy is here for the rest of the week, but for now for now from me, goodbye. hello there. well, we certainly started off the working week on a pretty chilly note for most of us, didn't we? if it was too much for you, i can offer you something just that little bit milder. but unfortunately, it comes at a price, turning increasingly wet and windy over the next few days. let's take a look at the main culprits. it's these areas of low pressure pushing in from the at

so i want to talk about this now with fareed zakaria. he's the host of fareed zakaria gps.d to have you on this evening. again tonight president trump brushing off the cia's assessment of the saudi crown prince that he ordered the assassination of journalist jamal khashoggi. this is what he told the post. maybe he did. maybe he didn't. but he denies it. and people around him deny it. and the cia did not say affirmatively he did it either, by the way. i'm not saying that they're saying he didn't do it, but they didn't say it affirmatively. >> we'll let gras marians figure out the -- >> i know. it's kind of hard to read, but it's incredible to hear that from the president of the united states, isn't it? >> well, what's sad about it is i don't understand why the president is, you know, on his knees with the saudi royal family. it's perfectly understandable, and americans are adults. if you were to say, look, this was a terrible thing. you know, we have to hold them accountable, here's what we're going to do. but we're not going to destroy the relationship. we've got serious st

i want to talk about this with fareed zakaria, the host of "fareed zakaria gps."night, president trump brushing off the cia's assessment of the saudi crown prince that he ordered the assassination. >> this is what he told "the post," maybe he did, maybe he didn't but he denies it and people around him deny it. the cia did not say affirmatively he did it either by the way. i'm not saying that they're saying he didn't do it. but they didn't say it affirmatively. >> we'll let grammarians figure it out. >> it's hard to read. it's incredible to hear that from the president of the united states. >> what's sad about it, i don't understand why the president is you know on his knees withed saudi royal family. it's perfectly understandable and americans are adults. if you were to say look, this was a terrible thing, you know, we have to hold them accountable. here's what we're going to do. but we're not going to destroy the relationship. we've got a serious strategic relationship with saudi arabia. for some reason, he wants to buy the saudi cover-up for some reason, he want

fares was tatargeted by boboth e governmement and oppososition lilitants.s surviveprevevious asassassination attempts, a kidnapping, and torture. back in the united states, "the new york times" reports lawyers for donald trump's former campaign chair paul manafort briefed the president at the white housuse about mananafort's cooperatioion with federeral investigators working forr special counsel robert mueller. the briefings by manafort lawyer kevin downing were confirmed by rudy giuliani, one of president trump's personal attorneys. the meetings were not illegal, but were highly unusual, and reportedly infuriated investigators with robert mueller's team. on monday, the special counsel's office said manafort violated his cooperation agreement with robert mueller by repeatedly lying to federal investigators. meanwhile, lawyers for julian assange said the wikileaks founder will sue the guardian newspaper for libel after it reported tuesday that paul manafort held secret talks with assange inside the ecuadoran embassy in london on three occasions. the alleged

a couple of shout outs for upcoming holiday fares picked the dogpatch holiday fare is this saturday, december 1st coming up. s.f. made has a city hall pop up coming up next tuesday, on december 4th at city hall. and the s.f. made holiday fare at california college of the arts is on saturday, december 15 th. all kinds of opportunities to buy local and support the local maker community and small business community. that set. >> i love it. commissioner riley quach. >> i was invited by the committee to their goodwill mission in china, they are very interested in the office of small business. the small business commission, as well as the assistant centre. we met with the assembly and parliament and some of the department his. anyway. we talk about the office of small business and talk about the business portal as well as some of the programs we have. they seem to be very interested and they seem to be very strong interest of the vietnamese people to come do business with the u.s. it was a very busy. i just got back. >> welcome. thank you. commissioner dooley law specter. >> i spent severa

cents short of the fare. ♪ cents short of the fare. ♪ ♪ the holidays begin here at the disneyland resortght now by a pop culture superstar. he is a 10-time grammy and four-time emmy winner and a a five-time host of "saturday night live." he's also currently unable to speak. [ light laughter ] say hello to justin timberlake! [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> jimmy: they love you. they're speaking for you. they are speaking for you. oh, please, justin, welcome. take care. justin timberlake, there you go. ♪ [ cheers and applause ] wow, this is fantastic. justin. thank you again for being here. and i know you can't speak or talk. [ light laughter ] you're on vocal rest. so this is going to be interesting. i have a pen and paper over there in case you -- in case want to say anything. oh, yeah, okay? [ laughter ] oh. so you're de niro? [ laughter ] you get to do your de niro impression. yeah, that's pretty good. "oh, excuse me. a little bit." okay, good. [ laughter ] besides this, you are doing well though? [ laughter ] no, no, justin. you're kidding, you're kidding. i saw you went out trick-or-tre

not the greatest, but it definitely fares better with close—ups.the kodak much better for the outdoors. to close this week, i am at beiteddine palace, one of lebanon's historic castles. many of these fortresses are left over from the crusades. but beiteddine was built later, at the end of the 1700s, in tribute to the country's ruler, emir bashirshihab ii. it is only an hour out of beirut, but nestled in the mountains it is a world away from the city's hustle and bustle. legend has it that once this unique palace was completed, the emir ordered for the architect to have his hands chopped off to prevent him from building anything as beautiful ever again. the building was restored in the 1950s. ziad's father was part of the restoration team. good to meet you. welcome! my father was here, he was 20 years old. so he worked here when he was very young? very young. this is moussa al maamari. when moussa was working on the palace, he discovered a plot of [and just a few kilometres away, and had an idea. a few years later, in 1962, he laid the foundations o

here's what the french president told our fareed zakaria in this exclusive interview to cnn. >> were you disappointed that president trump chose not to go to the cemetery and memorial? >> i know it was his decision, but this is a place that french and american soldiers died together fighting for freedom, and is very important in the history of the u.s. marine corps. were you disappointed? >> no, i think it was just because of the weather and for security reasons, so i do respect that. i'm not part of the security team of president trump. he did want to go there, and we had a discussion, we had a very pleasant and friendly lunch. he wanted to go there, but he was not in a situation to go because the helicopter was blocked in paris due to the weather. but anyway, i appreciate that he had intention to go. if you remember, we together at the white house garden, precisely, we put an oak coming from waterloo together as a symbol of this alliance. so i'm sure that next time it will be in a situation to go there, that they still have a tree in a certain way representing this alliance and the

north—west scotland fared best for sunshine and will again tomorrow, thanks to an easterly flow comingnto the uk and most of the cloud stays in the east and south on with that today we have had outbreaks of rain and showers and through this evening and tonight we will keep showers on the south coast, but into the east of scotland and north east england, a few in northern ireland as well. temperatures getting into low single figures, close to freezing in the clearest spots. maybe a touch of frost going on to the morning. tomorrow, still an easterly flow and showers around in scotla nd easterly flow and showers around in scotland and the north of england fishing into northern ireland, some clipping the far south—east. elsewhere, variable cloud, clear spells, quite a bit of dry weather away from the showers and still the easterly breeze, stronger wind in scotla nd easterly breeze, stronger wind in scotland compared with today and overall tomorrow it will feel cooler thanit overall tomorrow it will feel cooler than it has done today. that your latest forecast. hello and welcome to dateline

and would often visit this complex, responding to well fare checks.well fare newark.has more from they are... released. they are... (ken) new details tonight into the deadly officer involved shooting in danville over the weekend. neighbors of the suspect -- who was killed in the shooting -- say they believe he may have suffered from mental illness.(pam) kron4's michelle kingston visited his apartment complex today.. and has more from newark. (mk)michelle kingston, mkingstonnews"neighbors of laudemer arboleda say he was quiet, but his behavior was bizarre ... and that police were called here several times."thursday was the last day neighbors say they saw laudemer arboleda ...they say he was with police in the parking lot and that he was carrying a red backpack.many describe him as quiet ... and say he may have suffered from mental illness.they say they'd often see the 33 year old outside spraying vinegar on plants and lining the sidewalks with salt ... they say he glued the locks on some neighbors' doors and would peak into their windows billy lopes, neighbor"we noticed the notes he lef

let's see how they are faring. what are we expected?have 40 trading days left in the year. we are seeing november looking kinder than october. asian stocks set for a fourth day of gains. the best weeks in september. earnings very much remain in focus paid you have apple that will have holiday sales. that will weigh on apple suppliers. starbucks coming out with fourth-quarter numbers. we did hear recovery in chinese sales and counting it down to alibaba second-quarter results which will give us a gauge to how chinese consumers are faring. over in australia, the earnings highlight we saw it rising 5% to beating estimates. we do have the boost coming through from the commodities and capital market's misses. plus, the fiscal year 2019 results are looking to rise 10% on a yearly basis. we have a quarry graphing its share buyback plan. over the past year, it has been a rough ride for the stocks. 18% in quarry shares up the past 12 months. plus month, we did see macquarrie along with its share peers falling into a bear market territory. still

raed fares founded an independent radio station broadcasting from opposition—held areas.playing music and to remove female broadcasters. he died along with a fellow activist, hammoud juneid. china says the militant attack on its consulate in karachi will not deter it from investing in infrastructure projects in pakistan. no consular staff were hurt in the attack, but two pakistani police officers, two locals, and the three gunmen were killed. a separatist group, the balochistan liberation army, which opposes chinese influence in pakistan, said it carried out the assault. secunder kermani reports. gunfire outside the chinese consulate in the heart of pakistan's commercial capital. the attackers, armed with assault rifles and grenades, didn't manage to enter the building, but did kill two policeman. two pakistani civilians also died, but the consular staff were unharmed. translation: i took the people inside and locked the door. the chinese asked what was happening. i told them there were terrorists, and to stay inside. i barricaded the door with chairs and a cupboard, but

raed fares founded an independent radio station broadcasting from opposition—held areas.g music and to remove female broadcasters. he died along with a fellow activist, hammoud juneid ——juneid. taiwan is voting on whether to become the first place in asia to legalise same—sex marriage. the issue has divided the island nation so the proposal is being put to the vote in a referendum. it's one of a number of contentious issues on the ballot paper our taiwan correspondent, cindy sui, has been to a polling station in taipei. she says there's considerable doubt about whether the measures will get passed. it is really hard to say because last year hopes were up with the highest court in taiwan, the constitutional court, past a ruling that said that same—sex marriage should be recognised and the court ordered the parliament to amend the current marriage law to make same—sex marriage legal. that got hopes up at the time that it would be the first place in asia to legalise same—sex marriage. since then religious groups have rallied a lot of support from the public, including parent

tributes to fares have been paid from across the world.we had rainy, dreary weather in the south of the uk today. that will hang around, mainly the southern counties, also the north and east by generally speaking the night going to be dry across most of the uk with some clear spells and a touch of frost here and there but i think most major towns and cities will see temperatures well above freezing, around three to six celsius. tomorrow, better day in the south, brighter weather around although at times it will still be quite cloudy. a few showers across the northeast once again and the best of the weather once again across these western areas. you can see the wind is blowing out of the east and an easterly wind, which means the continent and it is going to be chilly once again, temperatures around single figures. it will be turning wetter and windy as well. la nka hello, this is bbc news. the headlines: theresa may has arrived in brussels, ahead of tomorrow's summit to approve her brexit deal. the spanish prime minister says britain has g

a quick look at how the markets are faring.pening and donald trump and they are in negative territory now. president xi. that 620 summit in argentina means the global economy is very much in the spotlight, and there are plenty of other big economic stories around this week. there's been a string of reports about what brexit will mean for the british economy and the price of oil has continued to fall. 0ur economics correspondent, andrew walker, is here. andrew, as always, it is just getting busier and busier for you. how is life these days? do you ever get breast? if it is not brexit, it is oil and if it is not oil, it is trade. —— do you ever get any rest? there is a plan for the new trade deal the united states, mexico and canada have negotiated. nafta was a lot easier. there was a plan for that to be signed by the three leaders in the margins of the summit. due to happen in a little over three hours' time. we do not know whether they will nail it down because there are some continuing negotiations going on about trying to pin

average rail fares will increase by 3.1% injanuary, with annual season tickets going up by around £100for prices to be frozen. a keeper at a zoo in the west midlands is facing disciplinary action, after a snow leopard got out of its enclosure and was shot dead. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are tim stanley, leader writer for the telegraph , and susie boniface, columnist for the daily mirror. i thought you are going to say communist for the daily mirror! not since i was about 16. many of tomorrow's front pages are already the daily telegraph breaks the news that the universities minister — sam giymah, has become the latest member of government to resign over theresa may's brexit plan — saying "we have surrendered our voice, our vote and out veto". that resignation comes as the prime minister is at the g20 in buenos aires. the times shows a key moment so far at the summit — mohamed bin salman and vladimir putin's enthusiastic high five. a record number of children are being excluded from school for racist bullying, according

who eastern scotla nd fare well with sunshine.d there will be some showers around from that cloud. temperatures have come down a few degrees with stronger winds as well which gets stronger winds as well which gets stronger tuesday into wednesday. which jill stronger tuesday into wednesday. whichjill will be a factor with cloud around and there will be showers with an outbreak of rain. —— wind—chill will be a factor. hello this is bbc news. the headlines: theresa may fights back against her critics, saying replacing her as conservative leader wouldn't make the brexit negotiations any easier. she warned that the next week would be crucial. and these next seven days are going to be critical. they are about the future of this country. it's about people's jobs. it's about their livelihoods. it's about the future for their children and grandchildren. the chairman of the 1922 committee graham brady indicates to the bbc that the threshold of 48 letters for a no confidence vote in the prime minister has not yet been reached. president trum

raed fares founded an independent radio station broadcasting from opposition—held areas.sic and to remove female broadcasters. he died along with a fellow activist, hammoud juneid. the un envoy to yemen, martin griffiths, has delivered an impassioned plea for peace in the embattled city of hodeidah — which is held by the houthi rebels. a government offensive has jeopardised the operation of the port — a vital lifeline for aid. on a visit to the area, mr griffiths pressed for the un to be given a leading role in running it. caroline rigby reports. from bombs and bullets to malnutrition and disease, described by the un as the world's worst man—made humanitarian crisis, the conflict has left a nation on the verge of famine. half of children, 4796, verge of famine. half of children, 47%, so approximately half, art malnourished. health facilities are functioning at approximately only 50% versus 90% in 2013. one fifth of the districts have no doctors any more. in recent weeks, fighting in yemen has focused on hodeidah, as governor forces tried to seize the area from houthi rebe

raed fares founded an independent radio station broadcasting from opposition—held areas.aying music and to remove female broadcasters. he died along with a fellow activist, hammoud juneid. the trump administration has asked the us supreme court to review its policy of preventing some transgender people from serving in the military. the appeals court is already reviewing the decision of lower courts, which have blocked the policy, but the administration wants the supreme court to fast—track a definitive ruling. between 4,000 and 10,000 us active—duty and reserve service members are believed to be transgender, from a total personnel of almost 2 million. our correspondent peter bowes is in los angeles. peto, first of all, can you explain how this proposed ban has led up to this point? well, yes. they have in fa ct this point? well, yes. they have in fact been two proposals, and the original proposal, which would have been a blanket ban on transgender people serving in the military was essentially kicked out by the court. indeed, there are still some injunctions in force as t

. >> how do you think progressives will fare? >> well, you know, we have some progressives leading in marquee races. andrew gillum in florida, obviously, stacey abrams in georgia. so, we'll see. a lot of these races are very close, as you know, and who knows what the political moment will be when the election actually happens, but it could flip one way or another. >> i know. it could be a wave or a drizzle. >> right. >> you know, it seems to me that one of the contributions of bernie's 2016 effort is that many democrats who are running are self-identifying as progressives who wouldn't have before. so, why is it so popular to be a progressive? is it just because of bernie? >> no, it's popular because it's popular with the american people. >> in recent polls that have come out, i mean, medicare-for-all is a signature issue among progressives. you know, over half of the democratic caucus in the house, the current caucus, supports medicare-for-all. you know, bernie introduced his bill. virtually anybody in the senate who is considere

higher what about for air fare. is that still the answer?at higher air fare will be able to offset the rising cost that you're seeing? not just for the oil prices? are seeing big improvement in our revenue that is covering increase in oil. airumers never had good fare. the aviation industry is an amazing business. last 10id in australia, years, average air fares come down by 45%. the discount level. we are seeing some air fares going up and some of the specials out there are no longer out there. industry.y efficient alan joyce was there. story. another big is in tom mckenzie shanghai for us. little bit cold there. day really heating up year. does suggest that -- approximate to the $24 billion you got in 2017. look at number of brands about 180,000. just within the first two made more than a billion dollars worth of sales. for some those brands including is a big payday. that manysome numbers some might look at some element of concern potentially. if you look at the rates of growth, that slowed about 27% growth for this year versus what to 40

and 400 within home, caravan made it here, a combination of walking, hitchhiking, paying a bus fare it continues tomorrow. lou: thank you william lajeunesse from mexico. >> today stocks rallied for a third straight session, dow jones climbing 265. sep up 29, a good day on wall street. we'll have more on the booming trump economy in the broadcast. up next, president trump on the campaign trail. he is making it clear what radical dimms are about. open borders. >> which means crime, they are against law enforcement. they are against i.c.e. a vote for democrats is a vet for open borders. >> i would be a failed politician if i had to really promote. >> open borders, everyone comes in democrat party is openly encouraging millions of illegal aliens to break our law, violate our borders and overwhelm our country. >> a vote for democrats is say vote to liquidate american borders. >> democrat' open borders, and they want to invite caravan after caravan into the country that brings crime upon crime. >> we take up president's plan to secure our borders, and to fix our broken immigration laws, we'l