, i might have said margaret atwood. — — if it, i might have said margaret atwood. —— if we had got.s her and this is a really pc, enjoyable novel. i think it's great. and this is a really pc, enjoyable novel. ithink it's great. it is and this is a really pc, enjoyable novel. i think it's great. it is not the first time the price has been shared, it was shared in the 19705 and in the 19905, and that is where the rules were changed to stop it being shared again. what do you make of the decision? i feel very foolish for what i said earlier, but it is almo5t... a5 for what i said earlier, but it is almo5t... as a writer, for her contribution, market outward, that mu5t contribution, market outward, that must be recognised. she is a literary giant. —— margaret atwood. i feel a lover that book when it appeared in my life as a book group, i regret led to get. it is a real... i feel euphoric. it feels like the right decision for 2019. the because of the shortlist have reflected it i5a of the shortlist have reflected it is a difficult time. we need hope. i don't think anyone needs any help fi

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

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

margaret atwood and bernardine evaristo have been named the joint winners of the 2019 booker prize aftert black woman to win the prize. they each took home about $32,000.

margaret atwood and bernardine evaristo are joint winners of the booker prize.hor of girl, woman, other shares the prize with margaret atwood for the testaments, the sequel to the handmaid's tale. hello and a warm welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are lucy fisher, defence correspondent at the times, and polly mackenzie. welcome back. most of tomorrow's front pages are now in. the i leads on the queen speech which leads on promises including attacks on single use plastic and easier access to medicine. it reveals borisjohnson‘s pledges to get the country moving again. the queen speech is on the front of the times. the paper says the raft of measures unveiled from crime to the nhs are part of a push by the prime minister to secure an early election. a different story in guardian, carries investigation about how to government is developing so—called welfare robots which the government claims could put the most vulnerable in society at risk. klisz is facing criticism for its decision to stop customers withdrawing cash

tonight -- glenn howerton presidential candidate, andrew yang, author, margaret atwood, featuring theg band with yesod williams ♪ [ cheers and applause dies and gentlemen, seth meyers. >> seth: good evening. i'm seth meyers. this is "late night. how's everybody doing tonight? [ cheers and applause that is great to hear. in that case, let's get to the news during a visit to the u.s./mexico border yesterday, president trump claimed the new wall is designed to absorb, heat making it harder to climb. so it's absolutely foolproof, unless immigrants can find some sort of technology that would -- damn it! [ laughter ] while at the border, president trump called the new fencing, quote, "virtually impenetrable." but then again, he said the same thing after pushing on this for an hour. [ laughter ] "there's no way through. [ light laughter ] canadian prime minister justin trudeau is facing criticism after a photo from 2001 surfaced in which he's wearing brownface. i'm not going to show you the picture, because it's really bad. it's so bad, that canadians traveling in europe are going to start t

the joint winners of the booker prize share the prize with margaret atwood for the testaments, the sequelhandmade‘s tail. we will be taking a look at the papers with our reviewers —— handmaid's tale. hello and welcome. president trump has tonight renewed his threat to destroy tu rkey‘s has tonight renewed his threat to destroy turkey's economy, as criticism mounts over his decision to withdraw us troops from northern syria, opening the way for the kurdish attack on the kurds. mr trump's latest intervention came just hours after his opposite number in turkey said he would not back down until victory has been achieved, no matter what anyone says. on the ground, fighting has intensified, and allegiances have changed. syrian troops have now gathered in the north of the country, when kurdish forces turned to them for help after being abandoned by the us. the deal was brokered by russia. the kurds hope president assad's army will deploy along the entire length of the turkish border. turkey has already made gains in two key border towns, seen here in the middle of the map. dozens of civilians an

but last night, thejudges could not separate margaret atwood and berna rdine evaristo. the handmaid's tale, was described by the head judge as a savage and beautiful novel. the 79—year—old is the oldest person to win the prize, and it was her second time. i am very surprised. i would have thought that i would have been too elderly. and i kind of don't need the attention, so i'm very glad that you're getting some. bernardine evaristo made the shortlist for the first time with her eighth book. girl, woman, other was praised as something utterly magical. it follows 12 characters, mostly black british women. i — i suppose a lot of people say this. i never thought it would happen to me. and i will say that i am the first black woman to win this prize. applause. the authors will now share the £50,000 award, but winning one of the world's most prestigious literary prizes is about so much more. bernardine evaristo has described it as a game changer. tolu adeoye, bbc news. congratulations to both of them. and do we need a game—changer and put all? was it a game—changer last nigh

margaret atwood, the testa m e nts price.s three women in the totalitarian states of gilead. an orchestra of minorities is the second book of this author, the young nigerian farmer falls second book of this author, the young nigerian farmerfalls in love but then becomes the victim of a scam. the story is told by the guardian spirit. girl, woman, other has 12 main characters, women mostly black, blue —— mostly british with interconnected stories. in ten minutes 38 seconds in the strange world, she chronicles the life and death of a woman who becomes a sex worker in istanbul. dead in a dustbin, while her brain remains active, we let her story. and i truly think single sentence 1000 page epic, a picture inside the catholic mind of a housewife from ohio trying to deal with modern life. the retelling of the 17th century novel, it's about a travelling salesman pursuing an unattainable woman across america. i'm delighted to say two of those authors are here with us now. the youngest author on the short list is here he is 32 and marg

margaret atwood and bernardine evaristo have been named the joint winners of the 2019 booker prize after the judges broke their rules by declaring a tie. the pair will split the prize money, each taking home about $63,000. margaret atwood is the oldest winner of the book prize and bernard is the first black winner. —— bernadine. now on bbc news, monday in parliament. hello there, and welcome to the programme on the day the queen came to westminster for her 65th state opening of parliament. coming up, after the grand ceremonial, it's down to business with a pledge from the government to get brexit done. my government's priority has always been to secure the united kingdom's departure from the european union on the 31st of october. with no commons majority and an election predicted, borisjohnson‘s plans may have little chance of becoming law, but he defends his ideas on fighting crime, the nhs and the environment. in important respects, this country is the greatest place to live and to be. the greatest place on earth. butjeremy corbyn isn't impressed with what's on offer. the prime ministe

margaret atwood was out at the front, when i arrive, it has made my day to congratulate her, even thatause they broke the rule set up by the booker prize on this case. the other winner... bernardine evaristo, the first black woman to win the booker prize. seems extraordinary. her story, talking about... 12 different women, from 1905 to 2017, the story of black women over that period, which has been pretty difficult. the story for women over that period has not a lwa ys women over that period has not always been that easy. the two together have broken the rules and thejudge also broke together have broken the rules and the judge also broke the rules! together have broken the rules and thejudge also broke the rules! rule breakers! disruptors! moving us onto monzo, rbs decided to launch a stand—alone rival after considering whether to take over monzo. it is a fintech disrupter, whether to take over monzo. it is a fintech disru pter, and whether to take over monzo. it is a fintech disrupter, and alternative banking system. they have come up quite quickly, these alternative banks, when monz

margaret atwood and sir salman rushdie are among the nominees hoping to take home the fifty thousandze. rebecca jones is at london's guildhall where the winner will be announced tonight. it promises to be quite a party. 500 guests will be enjoying a champagne reception before heading through to the main hall for a three course meal. among them the six writers shortlisted for the booker prize this year and i'm delighted to say we arejoined by this year and i'm delighted to say we are joined by two of them now. shortlisted for her seventh novel and bernie being shortlisted for her eighth novel. thank you both. if i might start with you lucy, your book ta kes might start with you lucy, your book takes us inside the mind of a woman in ohio who makes cakes for editing and she's a mother and it's a book about modern america and i wondered why you chose such a particular singular focus why you chose such a particular singularfocus to why you chose such a particular singular focus to tell such a wide story? i'm most interested in how modern america women and i think my face are neglected so

margaret atwood yeah yeah i mean she was often the fan favorite i'd suggest that would obviously canadian writer huge bestseller also in the news of course because she just brought out the testaments her sequel to her famous handmaid's tale book i think she was the fan favorite. maybe she was a little bit too popular if you know the cool kids of the swedish academy left us like maybe next you know i mean do you think do you think yeah do you think they thought oh this is too popular we should it's interesting because the nobel prize tends to give their awards to sort of more of skewer writers they've got a couple popular ones of famously a couple years ago dylan bob dylan which was a very very controversial choice maybe wood has been punished for being a bit too successful she said sometimes that she's not deliberately a bestselling author that she's actually a literary writer but happens to sell a lot of books but maybe i would like to see the academy you know maybe occasionally pay to play to the crowd and pick a writer that people heard of scott thanks very much should just quickly men

margaret atwood and byrne again every star has been declared the joint winners of the book a prize one of the most prestigious awards for novels in english i will share the 57000 euro prize atwood won for her novel the testaments a sequel to her 9095 book the handmaid's title everest as novel is called girl woman. and her mind are about top stories as all sides seem strategic positions in northern syria u.s. president donald trump has called on turkey to halt its offensive against could use forces there he slammed turkey's actions as dangerous and he's threatening sanctions against the circus of fish. and protests of a rapid in the catalan region of spain after the country's supreme court convicted 12 separatist leaders for sedition none of them perceived lengthy prison terms and john g. is seeking the arrest of another leader who's in exile. next doc film on the village above the clouds in laos that's off to the bright brian thomas will be back at the top of the hour with more news and there's more on twitter at p w news or d w dot com i'm jarred green but by. that . and i'm getting o

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

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

margaret atwood and bernardine evaristo have been named the joint winners of the 2019 booker prize after the judges broke their rules by declaring a tie. at 79, atwood is the oldest ever winner, while evaristo is the first black woman to win the prize. they each took home about $32,000. hundreds of colleagues, family and friends have attended the funeral of pc andrew harper in oxford. the 28 year—old officer who'd been married for just four weeks, was killed while responding to a reported burglary in august. three teenagers have been charged with murder. 0ur correspondentjon kay reports. just weeks after his wedding day, the funeral of pc andrew harper. hundreds of his colleagues lined the route. a city silent. to remember the 28—year—old officer killed in the line of duty. inside the oxford christ church cathedral his widow led the tributes. they met at school and married just 28 days before he was killed. she told the congregation: she placed his ceremonial police had upon his coffin, pc harper was killed while responding to reports of a burglary in august. she said: your smile was inf

booker prize award throughout the evening here on bbc news, this year nominated authors include margaret atwood. he will be hearing from another to of the shortlisted authors and at 9:50pm tonight in a special programme we will find out who has won the literary prize. that's all i had here on bbc news, now it is time for sports day. hello, welcome to sprite state, coming up tonight, gary southgate says england must deliver with you about qualification at stake. as japan sends scotland home, the house began to believe at that rugby world cup and a record breaker as we reflect on two of the weekend marathon achievements. the countdown is on to kick off at 7:25 p:m., we could see england qualify for a euro 2020 with two games despair, enabling the results elsewhere to go their way and then defeat of the czech republic on friday, that performance will not be the only thing concerning gary southgate, part of the stadium is closed, due to previous racist chance. joe wilson is there. there has been hold here in sofia that the presence of england with their well—known primary players might actually att

margaret atwood's the test and it is the sequel to the handmaids tale.o love but then becomes the victim of a scam. the story is told by his guardian spirit from ego culture. bernadine ever bestow‘s girl woman other, featuring women mostly black and british, with interconnected stories. it is told in free verse. in ten minutes 38 seconds in the strange world, relief fact chronicles the life and death of a woman who becomes a six worker in istanbul. dead in a dustbin while her brain remains active, we learn her brain remains active, we learn her story. lucy ellman has written ducks, newburyport, which takes us inside the koteka mind of a housewife from ohio trying to deal with modern life. salman rushdie's key short, is a retelling of cerva ntes's key short, is a retelling of cervantes‘s donkey ot. it is but a travelling salesman pursuing an unobtainable woman across america. i am delighted to say we are joined by two of those authors now, salman rushdie and lhr fight. your book is about modern america and yet it is davey imagining of a 17th—century novel

ripped up the rule book a name to win as british author ben that in every stolen canadian writer margaret atwoodhave both been given the prestigious literary award has won for her dystopian thriller the testaments while every stone was honored for her novel girl woman other it's at would 2nd book a prize the 2 authors though would have to split the $60000.00 prize. it would have been quite embarrassing. for persons of my age. to have one the whole thing and they're trying. to capture a younger person in a different stage of their career from going through that door i'm not thinking about sharing and thinking about the fact that i've got it and i think that's some an incredible thing considering what the prize has meant to me in my history life in the fact that it just felt so unattainable for decades. talk a quick check of the headlines here on the al-jazeera u.s. president donald trump has approved a series of sanctions on turkey he's also calling for an immediate cease fire in northern syria where turkish forces are carrying out a military campaign in kurdish held areas meanwhile u.s. vice pre

margaret atwood and bernardine evaristo have been named thejoint winners of the 2019 booker prize after the judges broke their rules by declaring a tie. at 79, atwood is the oldest ever winner, while evaristo is the first black woman to win the prize. they each took home about $32,000. now on bbc news, hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk, i'm stephen sackur. donald trump doesn't seem to do regret, but maybe even he will come to rue his abrupt decision to pull us troops out of northern syria. his move prompted a turkish military invasion of territory held by syria's kurds. the kurds are now looking to president assad for military help. the region, once a playground for so—called islamic state, has been plunged back into chaos. my guest is alan semo, representative of the syrian kurdish democratic union party in london. what are his people's options now? alan semo, welcome to hardtalk. thank you, great pleasure to be here. you represent the democratic union party of syrian kurds. should you and your people have seen donald trump's dramatic decision to withdraw us forces from your region coming?

wrapped up the rulebook and named 2 when a special the very date everest and canadian writer margaret atwood atwood has once had to stop in several of the testaments while everest i was honored for her novel gale one when other it's at once 2nd book of prize. it would have been quite embarrassing. person of my engines damage. to have won the whole thing and there are high. counts and younger person under different names on their career from going through the doors i'm not thinking about sharing i'm thinking about the fact that i've got to do with it and i think that's an incredible thing considering what the prize has meant to me in my list tree life in the fact that it just felt so on the table for decades still ahead on the news out in sport women's best football makes its debut on the global stage box had him build a devotion audience. it is time for sports now has andy thank you very much for racism has forced an international football game to be halted twice pull darian fans targets of england players with abuse during a european championship qualifier the game was stopped on 2 occasion

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

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wrapped up the rule book and named 2 british author bernadino to restore and canadian writer margaret atwood have both been given the prestigious literary award at one of her dystopian thriller the testaments while everest i was honored for her novel girl woman other it's at words 2nd booker prize the 2 authors will have to split the $63000.00 prize money. still ahead on the. story. thank. you. thank you very much well racism has forced an international football game to be halted twice bulgarian fans targets of england players with abuse during a european championship qualifier the game was stopped on 2 occasions in the 1st half it's a fait with loudspeakers used to warn fans about their behavior the stadium was already partially closed for this match as part of a punishment for racist chancing by bulgarian fans at other games this year in one sense win the match 6 nails in kiev portugal caps interest to an hour scored his 700th career goal his penalty though wasn't enough to stop the defending european champions losing c one suit you credit there is only in ukraine qualify for next year's f

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

ignored say on roles and names to win is british author ben a dane ever risto and canadian vita margaret atwood will share the prestigious award and the $63000.00 prize that would won for the testaments everest so for girl woman there everest as the 1st black woman to win the book what becomes the 2nd woman to win it twice. again i'm fully back to go with the headlines on al-jazeera the u.n. human rights office is calling on turkey to conduct independent investigations into possible war crimes following its offensive in syria a us president donald trump impose sanctions targeting several texas ministers also signaled his intention to increase types on turkish steel imports and cancel talks on a trade deal the u.s. vice president says trump spoke to turkey's president russia typo on monday and called for an immediate cease fire like ben says he'll be heading to the region to discuss techie's campaign let me say the president could not have been more firm with president heard want to. the united states of america simply not going to tolerate. turkey's invasion of syria any further and we're calli

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

but last night, thejudges could not separate margaret atwood and berna rdine evaristo.he head judge as a savage and beautiful novel. the 79—year—old is the oldest person to win the prize, and it was her second time. i am very surprised. i would have thought that i would have been too elderly. and i kind of don't need the attention, so i'm very glad that you're getting some. thank you. bernardine evaristo made the shortlist for the first time with her eighth book. girl, woman, other was praised as something utterly magical. it follows 12 characters, mostly black british women. i — i suppose a lot of people say this. i never thought it would happen to me. and i will say that i am the first black woman to win this prize. applause. the authors will now share the £50,000 award, but winning one of the world's most prestigious literary prizes is about so much more. bernardine evaristo has described it as a game changer. tolu adeoye, bbc news. the duke and duchess of cambridge continued their initial visit to pakistan. they also going to travel to the of lahore amid tight secur

tonight -- glenn howerton presidential candidate, andrew yang, author, margaret atwood, featuring theening. i'm seth meyers. this is "late night. how's everybody doing tonight? [ cheers and applause that is great to hear. in that case, let's get to the news during a visit to the u.s./mexico border yesterday, president trump claimed the new