to be fair to michael gove he did apologise immediately.hing to say. at the same time, listening to the clip was illuminating because quite a lot of people joined illuminating because quite a lot of peoplejoined in on illuminating because quite a lot of people joined in on that. illuminating because quite a lot of peoplejoined in on that. nick robinson rete did that. neil kinnock extended the joke. robinson rete did that. neil kinnock extended thejoke. a robinson rete did that. neil kinnock extended the joke. a lot of people we re extended the joke. a lot of people were laughing. some of that might have been shocked laughter but it does demonstrate that people still joke about sexual assault and rape and there is nothing funny about it. 0ne and there is nothing funny about it. one of the things that struck me as we seem to be in a situation where on the one hand we will use the strongest possible language about it, and on the other hand we will make light of it, not quite in the same breath, but in a short space of time. why do we struggle

the environment secretary michael gove apologises ‘unreservedly‘ for an on—airjoke about disgraced movie, harvey weinstein. ‘warped and degrading' — jeremy corbyn says a culture which tolerates the abuse of women is thriving in westminster. the humanitarian crisis affecting almost 400,000 syrians in an eastern suburb of damascus — is described as an ‘outrage‘, by the united nations. also in the next hour, the zip—wiring and clubbing glasgow pensioners. the new scheme aiming to tackle loneliness and improve health among older people. england's teenagers are hoping to become the world champions against spain. they currently trail 2—0. coming up in the dateline london, after a full extremely few days in spain, what's next for catalonia? that is at liz30pm. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the spanish government has begun implementing direct rule over catalonia, a day after it's parliament declared independence. madrid has stripped the region of its autonomy , and the interior ministry of the national government has taken control of the regional police force. in the last hour, catalon

remember, this is the times, and they are bigging up michael gove, because rupert murdoch loves michaele you read the times, michael gove is being set up for some kind of enthroned. and he is the worst person for it. i'm going to agree with you now. because some people are saying that he is going to be given the job. it must be worrying to be described as toxic muck that the chancellor is toxic. such a quiet man, and it seems to me, according to this, whatever he does, because he is not a passionate brexiteer, that is part of the underlying problem, but then when he did the stupid thing of calling the european union enemies, in order to please the right, and you can never really pleased the right of the tory party... notjust "brexit", there is disharmony, the kind of lack of any unity... very worrying. his last budget was somewhat unfortunate, if i remember correctly. what was it? he came out with proposals, and he had to drop them. i thought it was a good idea! will have to see how the next one polls. we started talking about brexit, the guardian picks up the story. business chiefs dem

does michael gove has the credentials?”p hammond ran his own business, he has a mathematical mind. let him get on with it, he is capable of doing the job, leave him to do it. let's turn to the guardian. business chiefs demanding an urgent transition deal, so demanding an urgent transition deal, so many demands, what can be delivered? there are several needs to be some grown—up behaviour here. i don't think politicians are serving anyone particularly well in brexit, not their own party, not anyone. i think businessjust needs, they cannot give full certainty because 27 countries are going to have to be part of whatever happens next. it's sometimes unfair tojust blame one or two people. but it interesting to me as somebody who is not always very interested in the rights of business, that the cbi, the british chambers of commerce and others have signed this letter saying can you please just make this a more sensible process. maybe the government doesn't know what it wa nts ? government doesn't know what it wants? it cannot. the

michael gove was taking part in an anniversary edition of the today programme.g to presenter john humphrys and the former labour leader lord kinnockjoined in. sometimes i think that coming into the studio with you, john, is a bit like going into harvey weinstein‘s bedroom. applause. i tell you what... have you got something else to say there, michael? john goes way past groping! way past groping! you just pray that you emerge with your dignity intact. mr gove later apologised on twitter for his clumsy attempt at humour saying it wasn't appropriate. that failed to appease critics, including an mp from his own party who said his comment had insulted victims of rape and other sexual assault. the allegations may so far be anonymous but few think it is a joking matter. many worried this workplace like others may have turned a blind eye for too long. islamist militants have said they were behind two deadly explosions today in the somali capital, mogadishu. at least 14 people have been killed. one of the blasts was caused by a suicide car bomb driven into the gates of

so, an attempted joke by michael gove this morning wasn't necessarily welcomed. humphrys and the former labour leader lord kinnockjoined in. sometimes i think that coming into the studio with you, john, is a bit like going into harvey weinstein‘s bedroom. applause. i tell you what... have you got something else to say there, michael? john goes way past groping! way past groping! you just pray that you emerge with your dignity intact. mr gove later apologised on twitter for his clumsy attempt at humour saying it wasn't appropriate. with unspecific allegations about impropriety swirling in westminster, politicians of all parties want to make clear they don't see this as a joking matter. islamist militants have said they were behind two deadly explosions in the somali capital mogadishu. at least ten people have been killed. one of the blasts was caused by a suicide car bomb driven into the gates of a hotel popular with politicians and army officers. a fortnight ago a huge bomb attack in mogadishu killed more than 350 people. all crew members on royal navy submarines

so, an attempted joke by michael gove this morning wasn't necessarily welcomed.king to presenter john humphrys and the sometimes i think that's coming into the studio with you, john, is a bit like going into harvey weinstein‘s bedroom. i tell you what... have you got something else to say there, michael? john goes way past groping! way past groping! just pray that you emerge with your dignity intact. mr gove later apologised on twitter for his clumsy attempt at humour saying it wasn't appropriate. with an specific allegations about impropriety swirling in westminster, politicians of all parties want to make clear they don't see this as a joking matter. i can now speak to sophie walker, leader of the women's equality party. i'm sure that report was quite an uncomfortable one, but also welcoming because in many ways here welcoming because in many ways here we are talking openly in an environment where we hope victims can now feel comfortable and come come forward. what is your reaction to whatjeremy corbyn had to say about this culture that allows it, ignores it is

michael gove has apologised for an on—air joke december. harvey weinstein. jeremy corbyn has warned that a culture that tolerates the abuse of women is thriving in westminster. sport now, and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's mike bushell. is there more to tell us about the under 17 is? is there more to tell us about the under17 is? there is, you heard about what happens in qatar 2022, when it comes to youth football, england can claim to be the best in the world, they are already the under 19 and under 20 champions and todayit under 19 and under 20 champions and today it is the turn of the under 17 tea m today it is the turn of the under 17 team to try and complete the set. the match will be the biggest of their young lives, more than six to 6000 and will be in stadium. we have seen 6000 and will be in stadium. we have seen against brazil that they can handle the pressure, rhian has been a star, scoring seven goals so far, including that hat—trick against brazil. we believe in ourselves, it is more like adrenaline. i w

the environment secretary michael gove has apologised unreservedly for an on airjoke about disgracedovie mogul harvey weinstein. ‘warped and degrading' — jeremy corbyn says a culture which tolerates the abuse of women is thriving in westminster. the humanitarian crisis affecting almost 400,000 syrians in an eastern suburb of damascus is described as an ‘outrage‘ by the united nations. also this hour — the biggest match of their lives. england's teenagers prepare to face spain in the under 17 world cup final. and, in coming up in dateline london after an extraordinary few daysin london after an extraordinary few days in spain we discuss what's next for catalonia. that's at 11:30am. that's at 11:30am. good morning and welcome to bbc news. spain has begun to assert direct rule over catalonia. the spanish prime minister, mariano rajoy, announced last night that madrid was taking control, after the catalonian parliament voted to establish an independent republic. the region's leaders have been sacked, its parliament has been dissolved and regional elections have been called for december.

michael gove. it wasjust michael gove.e that the prime minister spoke to reporters from her constituency in maidenhead where she addressed the plot that challenged her leadership. i have had a cold all this week, but i'm here at this fantastic fundraising event to support raising money for families going through real hardship. what the country needs is calm leadership, and that is what i am providing with the full support of my cabinet. next week i will be updating mps on my florence speech which has given real momentum to the brexit talks, and i will also be introducing a draft bill to cap energy prices which will stop ordinary working families from being ripped off. do you have a message for those people in your party who don't support your leadership? what i think is necessary for the country now and what the country needs is calm leadership, that is exactly what i'm providing, and i'm providing that with the full support of my cabinet. thank you. the prime minister this afternoon. the prime minister this afternoon. the

the environment secretary michael gove apologises "unreservedly" for an on—airjoke about disgraced movieogul harvey weinstein. "warped and degrading" — condemnation from jeremy corbyn of a culture that tolerates the abuse of women at westminster. compulsory drug testing aboard royal navy submarines is ordered after nine crew members on the nuclear vessel hms vigilant were dismissed for allegedly using cocaine. also in the next hour: the humanitarian crisis affecting almost 400,000 syrians in an eastern suburb of damascus is described as an outrage by the un. many are children at risk of severe malnutrition after a four—year long siege. the zip—wiring and clubbing glasgow pensioners, aiming to tackle loneliness and improve their health. england take the lead in the under 17 world cup in india against spain. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the spanish government has begun implementing direct rule over catalonia a day after the region's parliament declared independence. madrid has stripped catalonia of its autonomy and the interior ministry of the national government has taken contr

boris johnson and michael gove think the uk's prime minister strategy. asking businesses to prepare for the worst. may says the ball is in the eu's court although that has been rebutted by the european commission. global news, 24 hours a day, powered by 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i am debra mao. this is bloomberg. angie: japan's political leaders are sticking out key policy differences less than two weeks and the other abe set to base the campaigns on taxes and nuclear powers. we have stephen engle sitting here, standing by. can he challenge the prime ministers record. stephen: she is. absolutely. this is why this is an interesting snap election because it is pushing to the forefront the issues that need to be discussed in japan. -- sois at two decades instead of having a splintered opposition group coming forward with a bunch of opposition to have this maverick who is wildly popular and forming a new party who doesn't necessarily pay homage to interest, she wants change, the party of hope. is why this is a dynamic that we

the environment secretary michael gove has announced a three—month public consultation on the proposalsent pallab ghosh reports. a bonfire of tasks taken from 6000 elephants slaughtered in kenya for their ivory. their number has declined by almost a third in the last decade. around 20,000 are killed each year. the current rules allow ivory older than 19117 to be sold within the uk and the eu. the government says it wants to ban ivory sales no matter how old it is and has launched a 12 week consultation on its plan. the new proposals would still allow the sale of works of art or objects of cultural or historical value. there's some concern that such exemptions could become loopholes for antique dealers. but overall conservation groups are pleased. we really want to see this put in place within a year so that when they host of the london conference on illegal wildlife trade next year they can demonstrate that they are a global leader in tackling illegal wildlife trade. if the government does ban ivory sales, britain willjoin the us and china, who have made similar commitments recently, a

the environment secretary michael gove has apologised' unreservedly‘ for an on airjoke he made on bbc a's today programme about disgraced movie mogul harvey weinstein. the labour leader, jeremy corbyn will say later that mps who sexually harass women must be held to account. in a speech, mr corbyn is expected to condemn a culture "where the abuse of women has often been accepted and normalised." those were the main stories, more on them at the top of the hour,. now on bbc news, witness. hello and welcome to witness. i'm here at the british library to guide you through another five extraordinary moments from the recent past. we'll meet a man who was caught up in britain's worst ever nuclear accident. a woman who was taken hostage along with hundreds of others when chechen rebels seized a theatre in moscow. and a man who helped thousands of hungarianjews escape the nazis. but first, on october 9th, 1967, marxist revolutionary ernesto che guevara was killed in bolivia. felix rodriguez, a cuban born cia agent, helped the bolivian army track him down. that was the last picture of che alive

the environment secretary michael gove has apologised unreservedly for an on—airjoke he made on bbc radio about disgraced movie mogul harvey weinstein. it comes on the day that the labour leaderjeremy corbyn will warn that a culture which tolerates the abuse of women is thriving at westminster. the humanitarian crisis affecting almost 400,000 syrians in an eastern suburb of damascus has been described as an ‘outrage‘ by the united nations. now on bbc news, it's time for the travel show. this week on the travel show, i'm in the far north of sweden to visit a city on the move, literally, in one of the world's biggest ever urban transformations. well, the mine is our heart. we wouldn't be here without a mine. rajan heads to croatia's capital, zagreb, to take a look around some of the city's most exclusive addresses. for ten days of the year, the doors of these architectural secrets are flung open to the public so that even commoners like me can go in and snoop around. and lucy heads to the south downs in the uk to road—test the latest in travel tech. i'm not 100% convinced. i think hardened

the environment secretary michael gove has apologised unreservedly for an on—air joke about the disgraced mogul, harvey weinstein. taking part in the today programme on radio 4, which is celebrating its 60th birthday, mr gove said being interviewed byjohn humphreys was like "going into harvey weinstein‘s bedroom — you hope to emerge with your dignity intact". 0ur political correspondent, ellie price, is at westminster. ellie, never mind what he said, the timing of it is also unfortunate from his point of view because the labour leader, jeremy corbyn, is about to talk about exactly the subject of abuse at westminster? yes, that's right. those comments we re yes, that's right. those comments were made in front of a studio audience and they, along with neil kinnock, the former labour lead are appeared to laugh along with michael gove. it is fair to say the comments didn't go down very well with everyone. the first ministerfor scotland, nicola sturgeon, tweeted that women being abused and raped is not a laughing matter. his fellow tory mp, anna soubry said his comments perpetuated the patheti

environment secretary michael gove has apologised for a joke made on air about harvey weinstein, withmer labour leader lord kinnock, whojoined in with the joke, under pressure to apologise too. nine crew members on the hms vigilant submarine have been dismissed for illegal drug use — leading to compulsory drug testing being ordered on board all royal navy submarines. more on those stories at eight o'clock. now on bbc news — sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday, with katherine downes and jessica creighton. the headlines this evening... england are world cup winners! a remarkable fightback means the under 17s beat spain 5—2 in the final in india. it's fight night for anthonyjoshua, he defends his two world titles against challenger carlos takam in cardiff. also coming up in the programme... england's women battle to rescue their ashes series. the third one dayer takes place tonight — england have lost the first two. good evening. we start with news of a remarkable world title for england's under 17s. they've won the world cup for the first time after fighting back from two goals do

the environment secretary michael gove has apologised "unreservedly" for an on—airjoke he made on bbcadio 4's today programme about disgraced movie mogul harvey weinstein. the labour leaderjeremy corbyn will say later that mps who sexually harass women must be held to account. in a speech, mr corbyn is expected to condemn a culture "where the abuse of women has often been accepted and normalised". now on bbc news, it's time for click. this week, spotting fake news and debunking the people in power. wandering the ruins. and something wicked this way comes. going into space has long been the dream of many a sci—fi fan and for one bbc presenter that dream is about to come true. in a world first for the broadcast industry, spencer kelly, who fronts the bbc technology programme click, has been accepted by nasa to visit and report from the international space station. during his stay on board, he will present several episodes of click. kelly, who says he has always harboured ambitions to leave planet earth, will test how the latest technology performs in zero gravity. he says he's looking f

the environment secretary michael gove has apologised "unreservedly" for an on airjoke he made on bbctoday programme about disgraced movie mogul harvey weinstein. the labour leaderjeremy corbyn will say later that mps who sexually harass women must be held to account. in a speech, mr corbyn is expected to condemn a culture "where the abuse of women has often been accepted and normalised." now on bbc news, it's inside out. we track down the online crooks. i'm not buying a passport off you mate because i work for the bbc, and i want to know why you're... selling stolen passports, mate, why are you doing it? no more nursing bursaries. so how will it affect this year's students? hello, what's your name, sir. his name is tom. they are learning practical skills of nursing in our hospital, that means that they are paying the privilege of working in our nhs. and i promise we'll meet the muslim scouts of gillingham. i promise. we formed the muslim scout groups because we can cater for their religious and cultural needs. i'm natalie graham with untold stories closer to home. this is inside out.

the nobel prize for medicine they are american scientists jeffrey whole michael ross bash and michael gove who will share the award the nobel committee said they helped discover how disrupting your sleep with and can have a major impact on your behavior and body function speaking in new york michael young described the shock when he found out he'd won i really had trouble even getting my shoes on this morning. you know i'd go and i'd pick ups the shoes and then i realized i needed the socks and i didn't realize that he put my pants on first. but. you know you get here and see all this and i guess you realize it must be true. it was indeed a million years line from palin still to come british authorities are organizing flights to repatriate thousands of travelers around the mediterranean who was stranded when monica allen ceased operations today. want to jones we'll have that story on the rest of the day's business news in just a moment i'll be back at the top of the hour up with. w.'s program guide to the highlights. the whole. dot com highlights.

environment secretary michael gove has apologised for a joke made on air about harvey weinstein — withmer labour leader lord kinnock, whojoined in with the joke, under pressure to apologise too. nine crew members on the hms vigilant submarine have been dismissed for illegal drug use — leading to compulsory drug testing being ordered on board all royal navy submarines. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are the journalist and broadcaster, penny smith and the commentator and broadcaster, charlie wolf. tomorrow's front pages, starting with. .. the mail on sunday leads with fresh allegations of sexism at westminster. the sunday times claims some prisoners sentenced to less than a year could be allowed to go home to vote, under new government plans. the sunday telegraph says that chaotic organisation of the health service is putting patients‘ lives at risk, according to the nhs medical director. on the front page of the observer, claims that senior tory donors have urged theresa may to walk away from brexit talks rather than accept a

earlier, the environment secretary, michael gove, apologised unreservedly for an on—air joke about disgracedeinstein. compulsory drug testing on board royal navy submarines is ordered after nine crew members are dismissed for reportedly using cocaine.

other brexiteers, such as dominic cummings, who was sidelined in the campaign, a close ally of michael govehere are questions over whether that rivalry may come back out. and the tories must target young people if they want to do well in the next election and really new to the kind of corbyn threat and i'm not sure how matthew elliott fits in —— airbnb the threat —— elliott has a history of bringing along heavy hitters to push towards along heavy hitters to push towards a certain goal, he is very goal oriented. to bring the party together, he does not seem like a bad pick. also he has a very liberal version of brexit which i would personally support, the idea that we won't close the borders, we will be open to the rest of the world, we wa nt to open to the rest of the world, we want to be more outward looking. that is a nice way of looking at this, especially when the debate between soft and hard brexit is going on. the other story, one of the stories in the times, britain considering, they say, selling front line warships. this isn't interesting story because we've had a line from the mod,

environment secretary michael gove has apologised for a joke made on air about harvey weinstein — withormer labour leader lord kinnock, whojoined in with the joke, under pressure to apologise too. nine crew members on the hms vigilant submarine have been dismissed for illegal drug use, leading to compulsory drug testing being ordered on board all royal navy submarines. now on bbc news, it's time for inside out. coming up, reeta chakrabarti will be here with a full round—up of the day's news. first, nikki fox reports on the 30,000 children with disabilities living in state—run institutions in ukraine in our world: the forgotten children of ukraine. ukraine, independent from the soviet union since 1991. in communist times, having a disability would more than likely mean you would spend your entire life in an institution. that still happens today. more children live in state care in ukraine than anywhere else in europe. a third have a disability. you can't really say how bad they are until you see them, until you're there. because these are dark places. i'm nikki fox and i'm here to find

and the environment secretary michael gove also said he backed mrs may.has the support of conservative mps and voters, who are focused on just one thing, making sure the prime minister is supported as she ensures that we spend more money on the national health service and fix the broken housing and energy markets, and as she leads the campaign, of which i am a part, to ensure that we deal with the illegal wildlife trade devastating parts of the world where some of the most iconic and beautiful animals live. it was just before lunchtime that the prime minister spoke to reporters from her constituency in maidenhead, where she addressed that plot to challenge her leadership. i have had a cold all this week, but i'm here at this fantastic event raising money forfamilies going through real difficulty. what the country needs is calm leadership. i will be updating mps next week on the florence speech which has given real momentum to the brexit talks, and i will also be introducing a draft bill to cap energy prices which will stop ordinary working families from b

michael gove, at the conservative party conference in manchester.0 customers have been affected by the collapse of monarch airlines, which went into administration overnight. the figure includes 110 thousand people who are currently on holiday overseas. the caa has chartered more than 30 aircraft to bring them home. customers due to fly from the uk have been told not to go to the airport. the tour operator had been in talks with the civil aviation authority about renewing its licence to sell package holidays , but had failed to reach a deal, as our business correspondent simon gompertz reports. moloch has been taking people overseas for half a century, as the package holiday business first sword and then began to slump. monaco had run out of cash today. so started what the government is calling the biggest repatriation in peace time. 110,000 currently on holiday, including from this airport in turkey, being brought back over the next two weeks on specially chartered planes. they've tried their best. i am on a flight, not sure about him. he's all rig

michael gove was taking part in an anniversary edition of the today programme when he made a quip aboutumphrys. the former labour leader, lord kinnock, joined in. sometimes i think that coming into the studio with you, john, is a bit like going into harvey weinstein‘s bedroom. laughter and applause i tell you what... i think you've got something to say there, michael! john goes way past groping, way past groping. you just pray that you emerge with your dignity intact. mr gove later apologised on twitter for his clumsy attempt at humour, saying it wasn't appropriate. but that failed to appease critics, including an mp from his own party who said his comment had insulted victims of rape and other sexual assaults. the allegations swirling around here may so far be anonymous, but few think it's a joking matter. many worry this workplace, like others, may have turned a blind eye for too long. alex forsyth, bbc news, westminster. kurdish officials in northern syria say a 21—year—old man from oxford has been charged with membership of the islamic state group. jack letts, who travelled to syria

environment secretary michael gove has apologised for a joke made on air about harvey weinstein — withormer labour leader lord kinnock, whojoined in with the joke, under pressure to apologise too. nine crew members on the hms vigilant submarine have been dismissed for illegal drug use, leading to compulsory drug testing being ordered on board all royal navy submarines. now on bbc news, it's time for inside out. we track down the online crooks. i'm not buying a passport off you, mate, because i work for the bbc, and i want to know why you're... selling stolen passports, mate, why are you doing it? no more nursing bursaries. so how will it affect this year's students? hello, what's your name, sir? his name is tom. they are learning practical skills of nursing in our hospital. that means that they are paying for the privilege of working in our nhs. and i promise we'll meet the muslim scouts of gillingham. all: i promise... we formed the muslim scout group because we can then cater for their religious and cultural needs. i'm natalie graham with untold stories closer to home. this is inside

the environment secretary michael gove apologises "unreservedly" for an on—airjoke about disgraced movieegrading" — condemnation from jeremy corbyn of a culture that tolerates the abuse of women at westminster. compulsory drug testing aboard royal navy submarines is ordered after nine crew members on the nuclear vessel hms vigilant were dismissed for allegedly using cocaine. also in the next hour:

environment secretary michael gove has apologised for a joke made on air about harvey weinstein — withessure to apologise too. nine crew members on the hms vigilant submarine have been dismissed for illegal drug use, leading to compulsory drug testing being ordered on board all royal navy submarines. now on bbc news, it's time for inside out. coming

well her aides said the speech worked well, michael gove said it was theresa may at the top of her gamethe hall or at home for that. you really did not know if the prime minister was going to be able to finish it because of her failing to be able to finish it because of herfailing voice to be able to finish it because of her failing voice and at the end as she left the stage and was cast by her husband philip she looked to me as if she was close to tears with that at what had happened. downing street said that she has a conference called, she had done 20, 30 interviews and speeches during the course of the conference and her voice simply had given out. on the second extraordinary incident, that protest by the prankster. i've never seen protest by the prankster. i've never seen such a significant security lapse at a conference before. where the protester was able to get right up the protester was able to get right up in the prime minister was not face for 20, 30 seconds and then was ushered out. not by the prime minister and her security detail but the conference security here and there

it hints may be something like what happened to michael gove a year or so ago could happen, that mayighly and put people in to keep out of trouble. what would boris make of that? i think it would be a defeat for him. he is playing high—stakes game. both he and theresa may, i envisage a bit like chess, moving their pieces cautiously at this moment. neither giving full support each other but neither overtly condemning each other. and ending up as environment secretary would be him being wiped off the board. do you think we are in a limbo period, peter, where she is prime minister because there is in a concerted effort to get rid of her for the moment, but a lot of people, in fact most tory abuse, don‘t think she can stick around that long, until the next election? i don't have the pleasure of having been to the tory party conference, but yes, exactly. that is the situation. if you start from the premise she is probably not going to fight the next election for the tories, then the question is, at what point does she go? why hang around? what point does she go? why hang around ? the what

the environment secretary michael gove apologises 'unreservedly‘ for an on airjoke about disgraced moviehich tolerates the abuse of women is thriving in westminster. the humanitarian crisis affecting almost 400,000 syrians in an eastern suburb of damascus is described as an 'outrage' by the united nations.

the environment secretary michael gove has announced a three month public consultation on the proposalsme cultural objects would still be allowed. would still bi bonfire d. would still bi bonfire 1. tasks, from 6000 elephants, slaughtered in tenure for their ivory. —— tusks. their number has declined by almost a third this decade and almost 20,000 are killed each year. —— kenya. the government says that he would like to ban ivory sales in the uk and has launched a 12 week consultation on its plan. thousands of elephants are being killed every year simply to fuel the illegal ivory trade, we have two act, i'm announcing consultation on a total ban for every product, to ensure that we stamp out this evil trade and make sure that one of the most iconic and beautiful animals in the world is there for the next generation. chiswick auctions sells ivory objects more than 100 years old. the current rules allow the trading object created before 1947, such as these 18th—century miniature portraits of these figures. under new proposals, there are sale would be banned, that is something the antiques

he has got in his corner michael gove.alls from people like anna soubry, a prominent remainder, that boris johnson anna soubry, a prominent remainder, that borisjohnson really has to go cos he is making the prospects of getting a deal very hard. theresa may is getting calls from both sides of the cabinet to either sack philip hammond or boris johnson of the cabinet to either sack philip hammond or borisjohnson or both. poor old theresa may, whatever she does look slightly to add to her grief and woes over brexit. cheers, norman. later this month england's cricketers fly to australia for their biggest challenge, the ashes. the team will rely heavily on one of their most consistent and talented players, jonny bairstow. the wicket—keeper batsman is one of the world's best players, but today for the first time in a tv interview he tells us how the impact of the suicide of his father, who was also a cricketer, has affected his game. he's been speaking to bbc sports correspondent, joe wilson for this programme. jonny bairstow is

as i understand, michael gove asked for regular updates on brexit preparedness.rking very hard. in a macro varies immense suspicion at the six strong cabinet subcommittee overseeing brexit negotiations. of those six, only two, david davis and borisjohnson are brexiteers, and the meeting that took place before the florence speech, boris johnson wasn't there. he was in the caribbean. he wasn't there, one of the things that inflamed boris johnson. standing for the national anthem has been part of the pre—game ritual for american sport for a century. but last summer, san francisco 49ers quarterback colin kaepernick didn't line up with his team—mates. instead, he knelt in protest at what he saw as police brutality against black people. what started with one man has since become a movement — cutting through the raw reality of america's racial politics. in recent weeks, the protest has become a political battleground, after president trump said players who refused to stand for the star spangled banner should be fired. last weekend, vice president pence walked out of a g

michael gove, agriculture secretary, he said yesterday it will be easier to sell pigs‘ ears to chinaregulations will make that easier. when you compare that example against, say, the threat to uk financial services being sold through to the eu... i would give you a different example — i would say the uk is an 80% service economy. there are tremendous service sector opportunities in china. the real gain of being able to do a trade agreement with china would be in that service sector, which is why, for example, next year, the uk is taking a major expo to hong kong to sell our service sector capabilities. it would be much better if we were able to do so with a trade agreement. germany sells more services to china than we do. but we want to get liberalisation of the global services sector. the eu has so far been unable to do that. switzerland tried, has signed a trade deal with china that excludes lots of these things. there has to be a ownership by a chinese partner. switzerland, which is an economy not too dissimilar hours, it hasn't really cracked trade in china, has it? what you are

the environment secretary michael gove has announced a three—month consultation on the proposals.r: a bonfire of tusks, taken from 6000 elephants, slaughtered in kenya for their ivory. their number has declined by almost a third in the last decade and around 20,000 are killed each year. the government says that it would like to ban ivory sales in the uk and has launched a 12—week consultation on its plan. thousands of elephants are being killed every year simply to fuel the illegal ivory trade. we have got to act. so today i'm announcing consultation on a total ban for ivery products, to ensure that we stamp out this evil trade and make sure that one of the most iconic and beautiful animals in the world is there for the next generation. chiswick auctions sells ivory objects that are more than 100 years old. the current rules allow the trade in objects created before 1947, such as these 18th—century miniature portraits and these figures. under the new proposals, their sale would be banned, and that's something the antiques industry thinks is unfair. if you criminalise something, th

the environment secretary michael gove has announced a three—month public consultation on the proposals science correspondent pallab ghosh reports. v0|ceover: a bonfire of tusks, taken from 6000 elephants, slaughtered in kenya for their ivory. their number has declined by almost a third in the last decade and around 20,000 are killed each year. the government says that it would like to ban ivory sales in the uk and has launched a 12—week consultation on its plan. thousands of elephants are being killed every year simply to fuel the illegal ivory trade. we have got to act. so today i'm announcing consultation on a total ban for ivery products, to ensure that we stamp out this evil trade and make sure that one of the most iconic and beautiful animals in the world is there for the next generation. chiswick auctions sells ivory objects that are more than 100 years old. the current rules allow the trade in objects created before 1947, such as these 18th—century miniature portraits and these figures. under the new proposals, their sale would be banned, and that's something the antiques indust

also there have been some comments made by the environment secretary, michael gove, this morning on radioy well on twitter. he likened a political interview to being a bit like going into harvey weinstein's bedroom — you just pray that you will emerge with your dignity intact, he said. now, that's not all down especially well. downing street is making the point that there haven't been any allegations formally made, but it is taking the allegations seriously. so, i suspect questions to be answered this morning. indeed, i expect there will be! the first charges have been filed in the investigation into alleged meddling by russia in last year's american presidential election, according to the us broadcaster cnn. a former head of the fbi, robert mueller, is leading the inquiry. it hasn't been revealed who has been charged, but us media claim at least one person will be taken in to custody on monday. british overseas territories damaged by hurricanes could get access to official foreign aid in the future, under plans being considered by the world's richest nations. there was controversy last m

michael gove also brilliant and amber rudd.y gloomy party conference, is the optimism that he brings. that is right. i think he is setting up a powerful vision for the country. the prime minister is also delivering something similar. we will hear more from her in in her speech tomorrow but she will also pick up some of that sunny upbeat tone. i was curious, we heard boris johnson speaking about being bold, have read any more about the tory view on what they want brexit to look like? i think there is a lot of discussion around splits within the party. first of all i would save the party. first of all i would save the party is still very united around the lancaster house position that we're leaving the customs union and single market and now florence we learned there would be a transition period of around two years. there is some discussion over that, whether it could be less than two years, slightly more, but relatively small areas of disagreement. but the real argument is what kind of country do we wa nt argument is what kind o

and the environment secretary michael gove also said he backed mrs may.nd she has the support of conservative mps and voters, who are focused on just one thing, making sure the prime minister is supported as she ensures that we spend more money on the national health service and fix the broken housing and energy markets, and as she leads the campaign, of which i am a part, to ensure that we deal with the illegal wildlife trade devastating parts of the world where some of the most iconic and beautiful animals live. it's been an eventful six months for theresa may let's take a look back at some of the decisive moments in her premiership since the spring. she triggered article 50 in march, formally starting two years of negotiations before brexit. mrs may surprised the country in april when she called a snap general election to be held on june eighth. that saw her lose the conservatives' commons majority and much of her own authority at parliament. it also led to a pact with northern ireland's dup to prop up her government with its ten mps. just last month s