speaking about the green party as an alternative to the mainstream german parties give us a sense of where the green party fits today in germany's political landscape. well the green party right now is very much a part of a much bigger change that's coming through german politics and they have to stay in very much true to some of the left leaning policies particularly when it comes to the economy which will be interesting to see how that might play out if they were to form a coalition with calls conservatives come the next election of course. will be absent from the election she's already announced that she won't be running for office again and so that will be interesting to see how the green party will be able to find footing in germany's new political landscape which has changed dramatically in recent years but so far the greens on a steady road to success come those 2021 elections but the big question now is whether they can keep that momentum going for the next 2 years we've already seen the opinion polls that the polling currently in 2nd position with around 20 percent of the vo

there are green people within parties. ctions, where we doubled the number of meps, and the number of counsellors in other elections. that is how you get the electoral change and that is why voting for the green party is the most important thing to do. that is it for this evening, ladies and gentlemen. thank you very much to jonathan ladies and gentlemen. thank you very much tojonathan bartley ladies and gentlemen. thank you very much to jonathan bartley and ladies and gentlemen. thank you very much tojonathan bartley and to the audience. from all of us here, good night. most places are frost free at the moment because there is too much cloud around, although over the next few days it will continue to get milder, day and night, but mainly because the weather is turning more unsettled. there will be more rain in the forecast. most of the rain today will be towards the south. and getting blown away by those brisk winds. grey through the midlands through the south—east of england, brighter skies further north, a few showers to

the green party. the biggest issueis for? the green party.r neighbours because we think it is the best way of protecting our environment. we may disagree on brexit but hopefully we can agree on the biggest issue which is the climate issue. robert tweets, how many agendas are there?” climate issue. robert tweets, how many agendas are there? i couldn't give you a number of the top of my head. we don't need to get hung up on trying to categorise people or lay out a blueprint. people need to be free to express themselves in the way that is personal to them. it is about their identity and we don't need to get hung up on it. my daughter has a very good friend who transitioned during their time at school. i saw the heartache, the bullying, the stigma attached to it andi bullying, the stigma attached to it and i want to support people who are going through transition and make sure we have a new way of including people. they can self identify? how will it work? you can self identify, you can self identify, what do you mean? legally, how will it mean?

the other big party's green policies, compromise... unfair on smaller parties. we are trying to make sure the room a majority in the countries represented. we've got some bottom line when it comes to working with them in parliament and you'll see earlier in the week, we put forward ten bills we want to introduce into parliament, so that's the starting point of our negotiations. we want to see virtually all of our policies, especially on corbyn, introduced by the other parties and we are pushing them really hard on that —— especially on carbon. we will be pointing this out in any talks. try to make sure as many of ourideas talks. try to make sure as many of our ideas get taken up as possible. and german scotland says, why does the green party want to ban the construction of nuclear power plants? we would not put any of our money into new nuclear, that is true. power plants can mobile keep them going while we bring in the new renewable energy. but i think the cost of the new nuclear power stations is absolutely huge... it's a question of

some support the green party come summer support the green party come summer support others and somedum. good evening. right, let's go straightaway to our audience. what is the point of voting green in birmingham. i've spoken to a lot of people who want to vote greens but they said the wasted vote. how are you going to convince people to vote greens? every single green vote will send a message to westminster that we urgently and desperately need to change course. we have a once—in—a—lifetime literally opportunity to change direction and we have to do it now but we've seen over the last few years, people trying to fall over themselves. so what is the point of voting green? because it will. when you vote green, the other parties know they have to get those boats back. it's a huge influence. we've seen labour change their policies but they have started to shift in that direction. they won't deliver what is needed to secure our future. they won't deliver what is needed to tackle the climate emergency. only the green party ca n climate emergency. only the green party can tackle that exist

germany's green wave the green party is surging in the polls thanks in part to its popular pair at the top because the greens eventually step into the american suits. and also in the show he goes to west africa to take a look at it and unusual projects former fighters in sierra leone are using yoga as a way of coping with the long term effects of the devastating civil war. omarion evans team it's good to have you with us the presidency of sri lanka is within the grasp of former defense minister go to biafra. who's opened up a strong lead over his main rival following saturday's election early results show russia ahead of government government minister. and we're getting reports saying. premadasa has conceded the race turnaround was time and the poll went off mainly peacefully security was a key issue in the election campaign the vote comes just 7 months after a series of terror attacks left more than 250 people dead over the easter holiday. well let's bring in just wall who's standing by in the sri lankan capital colombo let me show what more can you tell us about the vote count is the

it is something the green party has built itself on.g the globe, and it has been cascading across britain with our two best—ever election results in green party history. and other parties are also trying to muscle in. a country that leads the way with clean, green technology. the climate emergency is an existential threat. scotland will be a net—zero emissions nation. to tackle the climate emergency. not tackling the climate emergency could be a political liability. not all the partyies' manifestos are out yet, so we don't know their policies in detail. but they are already making moves to prove they care about the environment. this week, the government banned fracking, a kind of gas mining that can cause minor earthquakes. that was a change of tune from a government whose prime minister once wrote, "let's leave no stone un—fracked". and jeremy corbyn thinks the timing of the fracking ban is a bit too convenient. i think it sounds like fracking can come back on 13 december, if they were elected back into office. seems to me like an elec

the green party of england and wales launch their manifesto pledging to make the whole country carbontral by 2030. greens will tackle the climate crisis, greens will remain and transform, greens will build a better britain. borisjohnson and jeremy corbyn go head to head in the first tv debate of the election campaign tonight after the lib dems and snp failed in a legal bid to be included. and how will it all go down here in southampton? it's a key battle ground in the coming weeks. we're here on the latest of our visits around the uk to answer voters‘ questions on the big topics, today we're looking at education. and coming up,the renowned broadcaster sir david attenborough tells the bbc the world is beginning to tackle the threat of plastic waste. it's a bit of a litmus test to see whether, in fact, the population care about this sort of thing, and people do. and so i think it's very encouraging. good morning. welcome to bbc newsroom live. i'm joanna gosling. an alleged victim ofjeffrey epstein has appealed directly to prince andrew to "come forward" and give a statement to us invest

the next general election there will be a green party leading there will be a green party leading the the uk, coming back to the comparison, the uk hasa coming back to the comparison, the uk has a first past the post electoral system so the green party struggles to make any buy ledge at all, despite its votes. it will be very difficult in the british political system to have a purely green driven policy being really pa rt green driven policy being really part of their power in britain and i think that i don't see so far very convincing ideas, from labour or the conservatives. not that pan compared to the challenge. so the ideas we have seen, big climate change fund, tree—planting have seen, big climate change fund, tree—pla nting projects, have seen, big climate change fund, tree—planting projects, we have seen a pledge for carbon neutral by 2050. are you saying this is a less aspirational offered than you are getting in germany? it is i believe it is because it is very costly. the german government has adopted this week a new law or climate package and they had to very clearly say, t

best movement police respond with water cannon and tear gas also coming up germany's high flying green party realize the leadership duo that has seen the greens garner unprecedented support in the country. and a soccer a day of destiny for germany the injury to its men's soccer team toes velour a sitting euro 2020 qualifier later on saturday if results go their way they could book their place in the church. i'm married to evanston it's good to have you with us protesters have staged a series of demonstrations across france to mark the 1st anniversary of the yellow vest movement police turned water cannon on activists in paris protesters also targeted a bank the yellow vest actions peaked at the end of last year bringing hundreds of thousands on to the streets to oppose high living costs and the quality of the numbers of people taking part have since fallen. d.w. correspondent lisa lewis is in paris following all the developments there for us so lisa what have you been seeing what have protesters been doing and what are their demands. well the protesters were trying to march through paris but

party. but the big question for the greens — is their programme actually achievable within a decade? change argues that it isn't. other parties have set targets of 2045 or 2050 for making the economy carbon neutral. but the greens are talking about an economic revolution. each and every green mp elected this december will have in their in tray a legislative agenda ready to go. ten bills ready for the next parliament to hit the ground running. because the future will give us another chance to get these next two years right. £100 billion a year is an awful lot of money — but it's about the same as the government currently spends on education, less than it spends on health. so, for a party that says the climate is by far the most important issue facing the country, and indeed the world, this is their radical alternative vision. reeta. chris, many thanks. borisjohnson has announced that if the conservatives win a majority at the election, the police will be given new powers to make it easier to stop and search suspects who are known to have carried knifes. speaking this morning in greate

and germany's green wave the green party is surging in the polls thanks in part to a popular pair at the top of the greens eventually step into on the mantle since. i'm married to evanston it's good to have you with us we begin in hong kong where there have been fresh clashes between pro-democracy demonstrators and police protesters barricaded hong kong's polytechnic university as part of a week long campaign aimed at disrupting traffic and hitting the local economy riot police fired tear gas in a bid to clear the demonstrate. hers threw petrol bombs and started fires on the street chinese troops were deployed in the city for the 1st time since the protests began. well earlier i spoke to him and he is building a who's in hong kong and i asked him about the significance of the chinese soldiers being on the streets for the 1st time since the protests began. yet it was yesterday that they came out of a garrison to clear up some of the barricades they were wearing their sports outfit and they were marching and then clearing some of the debris there they said that was a voluntary action it

the party are calling it a green new deal.ry single sector of the economy. energy, industry, agriculture, transport and housing. it is a rapidly growing out renewable energy in britain so that we are net zero carbon by 2030. eliminating carbon by 2030 is 20 years sooner than the current uk target for net zero emissions, which many experts would regard as extremely ambitious. you can find more information online. throughout the election campaign, the bbc will be looking at key issues, explaining the policies that are being talked about and some that aren't. find the explainers at bbc.co.uk/news, or on the bbc news app. we will take a look at some of the other main stories. we will take a look at some of the other main stories. the climate activist group extinction rebellion has won a legal challenge against the metropolitan police, following the force's decision to ban the group protesting across the capital. lawyers acting for extinction rebellion say the met now faces claims for false imprisonment from potentially hundreds of

any moment now the green party will become the first political party to launch their election manifestoross to it live so you can watch it as soon as it begins. first let's bring you a news summary — which we may interrupt if the green launch begins — with annita mcveigh. actually, no. thank you, victoria. i think, in fact, actually, no. thank you, victoria. i think, infact, the actually, no. thank you, victoria. i think, in fact, the launch is about to start, i am not sure if i should launch into the summary because i thinkjonathan launch into the summary because i think jonathan ba rtley launch into the summary because i thinkjonathan bartley it is about to begin speaking. it is so great to see you all here today at such a pivotal moment in politics. as greens, we know a pivotal moment when we see one. ten years ago while other parties were bailing out the banks, we were building a bridge to the future. as the whole financial system slid into the abyss, our very own caroline lucas was one of a small group of people who wrote a road map to something so much better. a green new deal. ap

the setting is green and so is the message. but other bigger partiessues as well. the greens say they will go further and faster, but they will face questions as to whether their plans are realistic. as part of their agenda, they also want to phase and a universal basic income, starting at £89 per week for every adult. scrap tuition fees and hold a further brexit referendum. improve the insulation of over a million homes and we are and... you want to pay additional taxes on meat, dairy, flying... how do you think i will go down with the public? it is a carbon tax and we will use the money from the carbon tax to give back to people to form a basic income. so actually they are getting the support they need to navigate through the zero carbon... the greens had just one mp in the last parliament, but they are looking for more. two people who had direct knowledge of thejuly phone call between president trump and the ukrainan president have been heard publicly for the first time today. the house intelligence committee has been hearing evidence from lt col. a

the green party is the first to release theirs today. eneral election and doesn't fulfil those promises. the manifesto. the document that sets out what each political party would do if it got into government. daniel craig, a taxi driver who lives in hampshire, has a question about them. why can't we make election manifestos legally binding? to answer his question is peter. his job is to analyse politics, including elections. it would be really hard to make manifestos legally binding. the prime minister and the cabinet obviously lead the government, but if they want to make any changes, they have to get mps and members of the house of lords to agree, and that's not always possible — even when a party has a majority. this is anna. she is a criminal lawyer. here is what she thinks about getting courts mixed up in politics. the problem is that it's a bad idea. if the election manifesto becomes legally binding, then firstly you have the risk that it will tie the hands of parliament and, secondly, when it comes to enforcement, against whom woul

the uk, coming back to the comparison, the uk has a first—past—the—post electoral system, so the green partys votes. it will be very difficult in the british political system to have a purely green—driven policy being really part of their power in britain, and i think that i don't see so far very convincing ideas from labour or the conservatives. but can compare to the challenge of that. so the ideas we have seen, big climate change fund, tree—pla nting projects, we have seen a pledge for carbon neutral by 2050. but are you saying this is a less aspirational offer than you are getting in germany? it is, i believe it is because it is very costly. the german government has adopted this week a new law or climate package and they had to very clearly say, "this is going to cost each consumer more for their heating. more forflying — the further you fly, the more you have to pay." that is something in a election campaign that you don't want to say. eunice. i think labour has announced a green new deal and their plans have been attacked on the grounds of being very ambitious, extremely radical. they

natalie bennett, former leader of the green party of england and wales. i think the party would have made if they had been part of this debate. don't forget the bbc will be showing the party debate which includes seven of the leading parties in the united kingdom later in this campaign. and following the leaders' debate, michael gove from the conservatives and andrew gwynne from labour, had their own colourful exchange about the labour's party stance on leave or remain, while they spoke to iain watson. there were many occasions on which jeremy corbyn was asked about his position on brexit. he couldn't a nswer position on brexit. he couldn't answer the question. andrew talks about bringing people together. he wa nts to about bringing people together. he wants to bring people together by having another referendum ? wants to bring people together by having another referendum? that is divisive, it would suck all the oxygen out of our political system, it would mean we would not be able to move on and invest in our nhs, invest in schools, invest in crime. but m

that have been proposed elsewhere — alexandria 0casio—cortez in the united states and even the green partythat we face with the british election is that manifestos have not yet been launched, but what we have seen with labour is that they are using the climate emergency — and i think it's interesting that they are using the term "climate emergency" — with their very, very ambitious public spending plans that will break the mould of the british — the way that the british economy has been run for the past 40 years, and that is scaring a lot of investors, and so on. so, take that thought more global. the climate emergency — use of that term or the refusal to use that term. of course, we've got, you know, we've got bushfires — or we had fires california and brazil, and yet, you know, you get an american president who questions climate science and a brazilian president who questions climate science. so, this idea of a climate emergency not universally accepted. no, it is not, but those democratically elected politicians will feel the fire of public opinion asking them to do something about it b

and tear gas as fires and violence erupt and parents also coming up germany's dream awaits the green party is surging in the polls thanks in part to its popular pair at the top in the greens eventually step into uncle americal shoes. plus a much anticipated presidential election in the sri lanka despite fears of violence the vote goes off relatively peacefully but national security was a campaign issue just months after the devastating easter sunday attack. i'm calling aspen welcome to the program a fiery anniversary today in france as yellow vest protesters mark one year of their grassroots movement there were demonstrations today across france including in paris where violence flared police used water cannon and tear gas to disperse the crowds the movement's has waned recently with far fewer people turning up for the weekly marches but still one year on activists insist they won't give up. then numbers have dropped since they peach last year but france's yellow vest protesters are still determined to take a stand against. quality and high living costs the movement's 1st anniversary saw t

cannons and tear gas as fires and violence erupt in paris also coming up germany's green wave the green party is surging in the polls thanks in part to its pay or at the top in the greens eventually step into uncle americal to shoes and in soccer battered and bruised but ready for battle germany's shorthanded men's team host fell roots in the euro 2020 qualifier in just a few hours away and could book their place in the chart. i'm called aspen welcome to the program a fiery anniversary today in france as yellow vest protesters mark one gear of their grassroots movement police turned water cannons on demonstrators in paris protesters also targeted a bank the yellow best actions peaked at the end of last year bringing hundreds of thousands of people into the streets to oppose high living costs and inequality the numbers have fallen since that. let's get more now from correspondent lisa lewis she's in paris for us following this story lisa we saw that some of those violent images of the demonstrations so far today i mean 1st just give us a sense what's the situation like right now i mean how big

the green party will promise to invest £100 billion a year for a decade to rid the uk of fossil fuelss it launches its campaign. we have to make this investment if we are going to tackle the climate emergency and we have to make it now rather than in ten years time. we'll bring you the latest election developments live from downing street throught the programme. i'm anita mcveigh. the other stories this morning... the trial of the man accused of murdering british backpacker grace millane begins in new zealand. a bbc investigation finds that prosecutors used evidence provided by so—called paedophile hunters in more than 250 cases against suspected abusers last year. marks & spencer says it is rapidly pushing ahead with its "turnaround" plan after news of a half—year sales slump. eight goals, two red cards, two penalties, and two own goals. and an amazing second—half comeback. chelsea hold ajax to a dramatic 4—1; draw. we'll have the full report in the sport later this hour. good morning and welcome to downing street. campaigning in the general election officially will get underway this

germany's green wave to green party is surging in the polls thanks in part to its popular player at the top but can the greens eventually step into angela merkel's shoes. and way of glucose welcome to the program a fiery anniversary today across france as the gallo vest movement marks one year of their grassroots movement in paris police used water cannon and tear gas to disperse at times violent crowds the protest movement which has been accused of tolerating anti-semitism and nationalist views in its ranks is attracting fewer people these days it activists say they'll keep up the pressure on the government to improve the lives of regular workers. then numbers have dropped since they peaks last year but france's you know best protesters are. still determined to take a stand against inequality and high living costs the movement's 1st anniversary saw the now familiar confrontation with riot police on the streets of paris. i couldn't even breathe there was so much tear gas if the guy from mcdonalds hadn't opened the door for me i'd be on my way to hospital these imbeciles keep firing tear

cannon and tear gas as fires and violence erupt in paris also coming up germany's green wave the green party is surging in the polls thanks in part to its popular player at the top and the greens eventually step into uncle americal shoes . i'm carl kasell and welcome to the program a fiery anniversary today in france as yellow vests protesters mark one year of their grassroots movement there were demonstrations today across france including in paris where violence flared police used water cannons and tear gas to disperse the crowds now the movement has waned recently with far fewer people turning up for the weekly marches but still one year on activists insist they won't give up. their numbers have dropped since they peach last year but france's yellow vest protesters are still determined to take a stand against inequality and high living costs the movement's 1st anniversaries. for the now familiar confrontation with riot police on the streets of paris. i couldn't even breathe there was some much tear gas if the guy from mcdonald's hadn't opened the door for me i'd be on my way to hospital t

at the green party conference and she caught up with after reelection. thank you for joining us today the greens are still flying high in the polls here in germany in 2nd position what do you plan to do to make sure that the party can keep that momentum going ahead of the 2021 election to keep on going what we have tried in the last 2 years that we didn't look what are the others doing the social democrats or the conservatives and just. reacting to their proposal about bringing our own proposal with regard to fair housing in cities which is a big problem in germany with regard to the economy and the question how do we get our economy carbon free and the question especially of rural areas we have tried to put in the middle of our politics and who are quite successful not everyone in the last elections but to try to keep one of the following distracting we heard from your colleague as well yesterday rove it back speaking about the and of the medical error that that's upon us how do you see the green party shaping the future of germany in the future of germa

cannons and tear gas as fires and violence there and parents also coming up germany's green wave the green party is surging in the polls thanks in part to its popular pair of the top 10 the greens eventually step into the uncle americal shoes. and also in the show we go to west africa to take a look at an unusual project former fighters in sierra leone are using as a way of coping with the long term effects of the devastating civil. i'm call naslund welcome to the program a fiery anniversary today in france as yellow best protesters mark one year of their grassroots movement there were demonstrations today across france including in paris where violence flared police used water cannons and tear gas to disperse the crowds the movement's has waned recently with far fewer people turning turning turning up for the weekly marches but still one year on activist insists they won't give up. their numbers have dropped since they peaks last year but france's yellow vest protesters are still determined to take a stand against inequality and high living costs the movement's 1st anniversary saw the now famil

germany's green party is in the opposition for now but polls show them nipping at the heels of under merkel's conservatives and there's a good chance they could find themselves in government after germany's next elections increased concern over climate change is largely responsible for their newfound popularity but the party's co-leaders have also done their share of uniting and expanding the party's base and they've been re-elected at the party's annual conference. flowers for the winner the greens reelected are now in a bear book as co-leader with 97 point one percent of the votes thanks to you i accept the result i'm speechless and close to tears thank you. no leader of the greens has ever been elected by such a margin before in her acceptance speech stressed the goal of achieving a carbon neutral economy and society. the most enough is that what we have to assure that the ecological transformation is the social ecological transformation that works for all people for all people in this society 30 delegates also reelected told the topic their books partner in leadership he told del

in this current tory seat, it means the green party won't put up a candidate but the lib dems will, thevote. the lib dem leader, whose party could benefit most, argues brexit is key in this election. it speaks volumes about how high the stakes are, how important this is, that these parties, ourselves, the liberal democrats, with the green party and plaid cymru, have been able to put aside those narrow party interests to work together in the national interests. there are 60 constituencies where agreements have been reached between the lib dems, plaid cymru and the green party. ii in wales, the rest in england, targeting remain areas like here in winchester. but without labour involved, the effect could be limited. it's hard to know how much difference this might make. it could only have an impact in perhaps a small handful of seats. but this, more than most, is an unpredictable election, and even a handful of seats could be crucial. in this eco hub in the city centre, local businesswomen harriet and laura have their reservations. there's a lot of logic behind their unifying together, but

in this current tory seat, it means the green party won't put up a candidate but the lib dems will, thero—eu vote. the lib dem leader, whose party could benefit most, argues brexit is key in this election. it speaks volumes about how high the stakes are, how important this is, that these parties, ourselves, the liberal democrats, with the green party and plaid cymru, have been able to put aside those narrow party interests to work together in the national interest. there are 60 constituencies where agreements have been reached between the lib dems, plaid cymru and the green party. ii in wales, the rest in england, targeting remain areas like here in winchester. but without labour involved, the effect could be limited. it's hard to know how much difference this might make. it could only have an impact in perhaps a small handful of seats. but this, more than most, is an unpredictable election, and even a handful of seats could be crucial. in this eco hub in the city centre, local businesswomen harriet and laura have their reservations. there's a lot of logic behind their unifying together

but it was very much a piece for the green party, they were found as the green party, they were found quite a low—key launch in terms of manifesto watches for other parties, but it had a lot of policy in detail in there and it's the first one we have had. the big thing that we have been talking about all day is the huge pledge on tackling climate change, when is £1 billion a year that they want to put into tackling that. uses was low-key but if you listen to the co—chair, he said it was anything but low—key fuels in full on climate emergency mode. everything needs to change. the new deal is an idea whose time has come. today, we're so proud to put forward a manifesto which puts us on put forward a manifesto which puts us on track to de—carbonized every single centre of the economy by 2030 while delivering socialjustice across britain. the word everyone is using for this manifesto is ambitious with a capital a and massive text. how ambitious are they being here? even an iron environmental terms, that taken by d carbonised in the entire economy in the legally binding target date for tha

the green party says it would invest £100 billion a year over the next decade, as part of a "green newtely, in the wild, they are officially classed as vulnerable. not begging for scraps. at a wildlife centre today, the green party announced big plans that mean big spending. they say on climate change, the country can't afford not to act. this is the last election where we can take the first step down the right path, and that is what we must do. vote green. if not now, when? £100 billion a year on climate action, far more than other parties, most of it through borrowing. they say it'll create millions ofjobs too, for a net—zero carbon economy by 2030 — the kind of target the committee on climate change had suggested wasn't credible. and we're entirely honest. it is the most ambitious green new deal anywhere in the world. accept no limitations. the settings green and so is the message, but other bigger parties are straining to be seen as serious on environmental issues as well. the greens say they'll go further and faster, but they'll face questions as to whether their plans are realist

the green party in england and wales has said 12th december should be ‘the climate election‘. west england, the party said it would spend £100 billion per year to protect the environment over the next decade. this would be funded by borrowing and tax changes. the impeachment inquiry is entering an important new phase. today it was announced that open hearings will begin next week. that means the witnesses who have been appearing behind closed doors will now be in front of the cameras for everyone to see. first up on wednesday is william taylor, america's top diplomat in ukraine, and deputy assistant secretary of state george kent. then on friday we will hear from marie yovanovitch — who served as us ambassador to ukraine until she was called back early in may of 2019. and just moments ago, the closed door testimony of ambassador taylor was released. here to talk about it all is the bbc‘s anthony zurcher. there are well over 300 pages so i am sure you haven't had a chance to go through it all, anything jump out at you? it is interesting, we knew some of what bill taylor was goin

the green party also launched their campaign today — and just after 5.30 our reality check correspondenthe party is proposing. stay with us for that. today was the intended date of sajid javid's first budget as chancellor. the failure to implement a brexit deal, and the general election campaign means that the budget has been delayed. had it not been delayed, what would the fiscal backdrop to today's budget have been? the institute for fiscal studies has released a report analysing what the budget might have said. the economic research organisation claims that downgraded growth forecasts, the spending review, and the changes to student loans have all changed the picture since march, with forecasts for borrowing next year would likely have been at least £30 billion higher than those made by the 0br back in march. reductions to borrowing in the last finacial year were back to the level seen in 2007—08. measured as a share of national income, borrowing in 2018—19 was 1.9%, its lowest share since 2001—02. this is about in line with the average rate of borrowing seen over the period from the

this year an estimated £55 billion will be borrowed but that green party would increase borrowing to roportion of national income, according to researchers at the institute for fiscal studies. the party are calling it a green new deal. it's means re—carbon rising every single sector of the economy. energy, industry, agriculture, transport, and housing. it is rapidly rolling out renewable energy in britain so that we are net zero carbon by 2030. eliminating carbon by2030 carbon by 2030. eliminating carbon by 2030 is 20 years sooner than the current target, which many experts would regard as extremely ambitious. a new feature, your, questions answered. you will hear a lot of this on the bbc news channel and website. we are keen for you to get in touch... today our chief political correspondent is on hand to answer questions. is the number of mps stepping down at this election higher than usual? this in the context of having another election only two years ago. that is a point here. it is below average. itjust that is a point here. it is below average. it just feels that is a point here.

the deal between the liberal democrats, plaid cymru and the green party is designed to maximise supportndidates. senior figures in labour say they're shocked and saddened that the party's deputy leader, tom watson, is stepping down. mr watson has been at odds with jeremy corbyn, but insisted his resignation was a personal decision. here's our political correspondentjessica parker. i'm sorry we don't have that report. let's get more on this from our political correspondent chris mason. here you have someone, ian austin, a dyed in the wool labour man and day two of the official election campaign and he's telling people to vote for boris johnson. what sort of impact will that have? jessica's piece was ancient history and she only did it five or six hours ago. there's been a blizzard of election news in the last couple of hours. let's bring you up to date, firstly, ian austin, an astonishing interview on the today programme. he has been a labour party man all of his adult life and was a councillor in his hometown in dudley in the west midlands in his 20s and went on to a labour party offici

caroline lucas of the green party. let's get a full sports round—up. with news of the cricket.icketers have won the t20 series against new zealand after a tense fifth match which went to a super over. in scenes reminiscent of the summer's world cup, they were tied after 11 overs each. the match was short and because of the weather. so it went to a super over. england batted first and scored 17. they then restricted new zealand to just eight runs from there over. so a much more comfortable margin than at lord's in the summer. that means that england win the series 3—2. in football, the hotly anticipated match between leaders liverpool and manchester city takes place later at anfield. it is the first meeting of the season, and the result could be indicative as to where this season's title goes. city won the premier league byjust one point last season. and they were the only team to beat liverpool in the competition. this time, city are already six points behind jurgen klopp's undefeated side. now the rest of the day's premier league results are on to bbc sport website and app. th

joining me now isjonathan bartley, the co—leader of the green party. good afternoon. you or do you look at it and say this is not nearly enough? it is encouraging. we are setting the agenda in the election, that is what we feel, this has got to be the climate election. but it isn't nearly enough. it's notjust about a bidding war over the number of trees! we would obviously go further, we would plant 700 million, that has been planned in our ma nifesto for that has been planned in our manifesto for a long time. but it is also about what you don't do. if, as jo swinson said, we have to do everything possible to tackle the climate emergency, why are the three big parties going ahead and ploughing ahead with hs2 which will threaten ancient woodlands. we don't just have a climate crisis, we have an ecological crisis. this biodiversity can't just an ecological crisis. this biodiversity can'tjust be restored by planting a few more trees, this ta kes by planting a few more trees, this takes decades, hundreds of years, to develop. we are in the midst of a sixth mass distinction

done and i've done for four and a half years is work with colleagues in other parties and the liberal democrat and the greensture. so that we can reclaim our membership of the european union. i don't want us to leave the eu, there is better deal than the one we have in the eu. it needs to be stopped and scotland needs to be stopped and scotland needs to be given a choice. what do you say when people say, actually, the snp and the liberal democrats would do best if borisjohnson and the conservatives won a majority on december 12th? i'm i'm the conservatives won a majority on december12th? i'm i'm sorry the conservatives won a majority on december 12th? i'm i'm sorry that garbage. we are the biggest and strongest party at westminster. i don't want to see harm being done to my constituents and scotland, and i don't want to see the damage to our closest neighbours either. we know it will hit the public services and the nhs in england as much as it will in scotland. the scotland has done great work to protect us as far as it can, but you can only go so far when westminster has so much control and we know, we know

there's a lot in the green party manifesto that i agree with.livery 93p- there has always been a delivery gap. we have a labour government in wales at the moment and the issue is this. labour government that we are experiencing, they had been in power for 20 years and in so many ways, they are part of the problem and not they are part of the problem and not the solution. if you look at the nhs in england, they are mirrored in wales. the environment, i agree with the clean air act but why hasn't the labour government in wales introduced that? they were taken to court because of the 2000 people every year that die unnecessarily. i agree with many of the aims in the labour manifesto. but unless we have plaid cymru mps at westminster, we are not going to get the delivery, the real change, to use their phrase, that wales has been crying out for four phrase, that wales has been crying out forfour generations phrase, that wales has been crying out for four generations while we have voted labour and not having much to show for it. just to pause ifi much

voting for the green party so the c.d.u. is struggling to keep that profile and we've seen just leading up to the party conference now that the city leadership is very aware of that problem it doesn't want to get in tangled in leadership debates and it has just once again both and they come but also feel it's man so they want to focus on policy issues going forward so that city you voters actually know what the party stands for now that the reporters are pledging this surge in support of friedrich that's what is coming from given that he hasn't been active in politics in recent times. well he definitely has had an impeccable timing he always steps in when i'm going to come cavuto is losing support and since she has lost so much for his support for the finance is presenting himself as the alternative he's also championed by most of the party's conservative wing also the youth organization who's more conservator additionally more conservative than the parties so he has a lot of support from those senior members who want the par

the settings green and so is the message, but other, bigger parties are straining to be seen as seriousll go further and faster, but they'll face questions as to whether their plans are realistic. as part of their agenda, they also want to phase in a universal basic income, starting at £89 per week for every adult, scrap tuition fees, and hold a further brexit referendum, improve the insulation of over a million homes a year, and... you want to put additional taxes on meat, dairy, plastics, flying. how do you think that's going to go down with the public? well, what we want is a carbon tax, and we'll use the proceeds of that carbon tax to give the money back to people, in the form of a basic income. so, actually, they're getting the support that they need to navigate through the zero—carbon economies. the greens had just one mp in the last parliament, but they're looking for more. jessica parker, bbc news. ever since the eu referendum and the election of donald trump in america, there have been fears that social media platforms can be used by foreign powers to manipulate opinion and inf

it is something the green party has built itself on. suckering a country that leads the way with clean, green technology. the climate emergency is an existential threat. scotland will be a net zero emissions nation. to tackle the climate emergency. not tackling the climate emergency can bea tackling the climate emergency can be a political liability. not all the party's manifestos are out yet, so we the party's manifestos are out yet, so we don't know their policies in detail. but they are already making moves to prove they care about the environment. this week, the government banned fracking, a kind of gas mining that can cause minor earthquakes. that was a change of tune from a government whose prime minister once wrote, "let's leave no stone on for act". and jeremy corbyn thinks the timing of the fracking band is a bit too convenient. thinks the timing of the fracking band is a bit too convenientlj think band is a bit too convenient.” think it sounds like fracking can come back on 13 december, if they we re come back on 13 december,

everyone a job and switch to renewable energy among other things initially being pushed by the green partyand left wing activists a mainstream discussion number 3 legalizing marijuana. rapidly spreading across the country which is not just crucial to people who have gained tremendous medical benefits from marijuana but also crucial for anybody who needs to get back to watch the impeachment hearings. which is the old way the only way you can watch the impeachment hearings without thinking you've lost touch with reality. marijuana has become so accepted that joe biden is became a laughingstock this week when he called a gateway drug to someone give grants of pills he's trying to free the little people living inside to tell.

stakes are, how important this is, that these parties, ourselves, the liberal democrats, with the green party those narrow party interests that work together in the national interest. there are 60 constituencies where agreements have been reached between the lib dems, plaid cymru and the green party. 11 in wales, the rest in england, targeting remain areas like here in winchester. but without labour involved, the effect could be limited. it's hard to know how much difference this might make. it could only have an impact in perhaps a small handful of seats. but this, more than most, is an unpredictable election, and even a handful of seats could be crucial. in this e cohabit in the city centre, local business women harriet and laura have their reservations. there is a lot of logic in them unifying together, brexit will be over, however it is over, and then we need to move on as a country and without all the voices being heard, we are doing ourselves a disservice. both wa nted doing ourselves a disservice. both wanted to remain in the eu, but have concerns about efforts to stop brexit. the coun

everyone a job and switch to renewable energy among other things initially being pushed by the green partyand left wing activists a mainstream discussion number 3 legalizing marijuana. rapidly spreading across the country which is not just crucial to people who have gained tremendous medical benefits from marijuana but also crucial for anybody who needs to get big to watch the impeachment hearings. which is the only the only way you can watch the impeachment hearings without thinking you have lost touch with reality. marijuana has become so accepted the job became a laughing stock this week when he called a gateway drug to someone give grants to pills. trying to free the little people living inside the television again. documented documented who is joe biden and to tell last not to get a little loopy sometimes how many prescription meds does it take. just to put pants on each of. your. number of coal or $15.00 minimum wage. i don't have to tell you why this matters to me what was the federal minimum wage right now $7.25 do you know what that can buy.

i think they are just clapping a member of the scottish green party.ide george square and the pro—independence rally here in the square. people have come from all across the country. we have already heard from the snp mp and we think nicola sturgeon is due here in the next hour. as you said, she has said that independence is now within touching distance. independence is closer than ever according to nicola sturgeon. that is what she is likely to say when she gets up on that podium within an hour. she has also said that this election coming up on the 12th of december is likely to be one of the most important elections for scotland in modern times. what she has said, that she says that scotla nd she has said, that she says that scotland needs to have an independence referendum next year in 2020. she has pledged to the people that she will go to the government, the uk government, she does have to ask formally for the legislation to be able to have that referendum here in scotland. who knows who is going to be in ten downing st after the 12th of december.

around 20 opposition movements they say the current electoral system favors the ruling georgian green party which critics argue has too much power for people here electoral reform is much more than a formality this is a very very important change. because everybody understands that with the current system there may be no free and fair elections people want something very basic they want these countries to be peaceful to be democratic they want their will to be respected they want free and fair elections and the basic constitutional rights of georgian people some protesters are even camping out here to keep up the pressure on the government the ruling georgian green party had promised a change in the electoral system after protests in june but last week it didn't pass in parliament where the party has a majority we are here protesting. because they like us and they may promise you we're coming from soviet past we don't have proper courts we don't have proper checks and balances so to have a parliament where the forces are represented proportionally is vital for our democracy and people reali

but the green party says fracking is a fantasy and want to see a permanent ban.ment's stance could be an election ploy. i think it sounds like fracking would come back on the 13th of december if they were elected back into office. we are quite clear, we will end fracking. the big question now is whether the industry will be willing to invest any more money here in the hope that the science will one day find in their favour and the regulation could change. katie prescott, bbc news. a women has died after her car was hit by a falling tree in dorset. strong winds and rain have also suspended passengerferries in and out of dover. gusts of more than 80 miles per hour brought down power lines and caused transport disruption across large parts of southern england. met office rain warnings remain in place for wales and north—eastern scotland. the government is facing pressure to release a report assessing the threat posed by russia to britain's democratic process. it's been produced by parliament's intelligence and security committee, whose chairman says the findings are