our correspondent rebecca jones is at the ceremony in central london. hello and welcome to the guildhall, the splendid surroundings here in the splendid surroundings here in the heart of the city of london where there was shock and disbelief in this room when the judges announced that they could not decide between two books and they were going to avoid the dilemma and give the prize jointly even though the rules of the prize expressly forbid that. but the judges said they could not compromise, the only course of action was to split the prize. and thatis action was to split the prize. and that is what they've done and i'm delighted to say that the winners of the 2019 booker prize are with me. margaret atwood and bernardine evaristo. congratulations to you both. margaret atwood, how surprised are used to be sharing the prize? i'm extremely surprised to be winning it in the first place. i was discounting myself out of the running. it was nice of them to put me on the shortlist. but i certainly did not expect to be winning it in any shape or form and did no

rebecca jones is at london's guildhall where the winner will be announced tonight.es 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 the whole book is really about motherhood. and bernadine in contrast your book is about 12 diffe

hello, and welcome to newswatch with me rebecca jones.ueue up to interview the prime minister but are their questions all appropriate? and do they give him enough time to answer? and now the ruling against naga munchetty has been reversed, does the bbc need a new set of editorial guidelines? since entering 10 downing st, borisjohnson has been criticised for tending to avoid the scrutiny of in—depth interviews. this week, he made up for that with three sit down encounters on bbc television as well as radio 4's today programme. it all began on sunday morning with andrew marr asking the prime minister, amongst other things, about his use of language. i think you will find speeches of most politicians... for centuries, for centuries, have been studied with the use of military metaphor. that may be true but the language of your government, right now, goes to a different place. i don't think that is true at all. there is a piece all over the front of the mail on sunday talking about your opponents, people who backed the ben bill. colluding with

here's rebecca jones. the same area. bbcjournalist queue up to interview the prime minister but are there questions all appropriate and do they give him enough time to answer? and now their ruling against naga munchetty has been reversed, does the bbc knew a new set of editorial guidelines? —— does the bbc need a new set button mark since entering ten downing st, boris johnson has been criticised for tending to avoid the scrutiny of in—depth interviews. this week he made up for that with three sit down encounters on bbc television, as well as radio 4's today programme. it all began on sunday morning with andrew marr asking the prime minister, amongst other things, about his use of language.|j minister, amongst other things, about his use of language. i think you'll find a species of most politicians... they have been studied... that may be but the language of your government goes to a different place. i don't think thatis a different place. i don't think that is true at all. the front page of the mail on s

this is bbc news i'm rebecca jones. vietnamese prime minister orders government officials to help please avert a better person. please avert a better personm please avert a better person. if you come into us we will do everything we can't arm around you, take you through this process and identifies quickly as possibly whether we do not have one of your loved ones involved in this tragic incident. england reach the final of the rugby world cup, with a stunning win against defending champions new zealand in yokohama. celebrations across the country as they beat the all blacks in the tournament for the first time. and the dup leader arlene foster vows to keep opposing

hello, and welcome to newswatch, with me, rebecca jones, standing inforsamira. need a new set of editorial guidelines? since entering 10 downing street, boris johnson has been criticised for tending to avoid the scrutiny of in—depth interviews. this week he made up for that with three sit—down encounters on bbc television, as well as radio 4's today programme. it all began on sunday morning with andrew marr asking the prime minister, amongst other things, about his use of language. i think you'll find the speeches of most politicians... for centuries, have been studded with military metaphor. that may be but the language of your government goes to a different place. i don't think that is true at all. the front page of the mail on sunday, talking about your opponents, colluding with foreign powers, that sounds very 1930s to me. there is a darkness about the language, you must know it's there. i don't agree with that. there was a big response to that interview and we asked two newswatch viewers to record their reactions. i have to say how disappointed i was with a

iam i am rebecca jones, here at the magnificent guild hall here in the heart of the city of london, where great and good of the book world will soon be gathering to find out who has won the booker prize for fiction, and i will be talking to two of the shortlisted authors later in the hour. it's 5 o'clock. we're live at westminster, where the queen has outlined the governmnent‘s legislative agenda for the year ahead. there is plenty of noise from the demonstrators here on queen's speech day. but this was no routine event, in the midst of the political and constitutional crisis provoked by brexit, presided over by a government with no majority in the commons. so there were immediate questions about the feasibility of boris johnson's programme, with planned measures on crime, health, and delivering brexit on october 31. more than 20 bills were outlined. opposition parties say that with an election in the offing, the queen's speech was nothing but a sham. let's have a look at the speech in more detail. there are seven pieces of brexit—related legislation, including a bill to end freedom of mo

i'm rebecca jones. the headlines at 6pm: police charge maurice robinson with the manslaughter of 39 people found dead inside a lorry in essex. he's also been charged with conspiracy to traffic people. four other people remain in custody as police appeal for anyone concerned about family members to get in touch. if you come into us, we will do everything we can to put our arm around you and take you through this process, identify as quickly as possible to see whether or not we do indeed have one of your loved ones involved in this tragic incident. one of the most authoritative and famous victories in english rugby history! england reach the final of the rugby world cup with a stunning win against defending champions new zealand in yokohama. that's how we thought they were going to play and we hoped they'd play, and they did. the dup leader arlene foster vows to keep opposing borisjohnson‘s brexit deal unless changes are made. we will not give support to the government when we believe they are fundamental

this is bbc news i'm rebecca jones. the headlines at apm: the vietnamese prime minister orders government officials to help please avert a better person. please avert a better personm please avert a better person. if you come into us we will do everything we can't arm around you, take you through this process and identifies quickly as possibly whether we do not have one of your loved ones involved in this tragic incident. england reach the final of the rugby world cup, with a stunning win against defending champions new zealand in yokohama. celebrations across the country as they beat the all blacks in the tournament for the first time. and the dup leader arlene foster vows to keep opposing borisjohnson‘s brexit deal unless changes are made. we will not give support to the government may believe they are fundamentally wrong and acting a nyway fundamentally wrong and acting anyway that is detrimental to northern ireland and taking us on the wrong direction. and the older people living with eating disorders, more on this

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and i'm rebecca jones at london's historic guildhall, where later this evening we will be revealing whone the booker prize award for fiction, awarded to the best novel of the year. good evening. the queen has set out the government's future policies on issues such as crime, health and the environment, and of course , brexit. but given that the prime minister has no majority in parliament, many of the bills may not become law. mps are debating the speech now and will do so for the coming days. if they reject it, there are likely to be renewed calls for a general election. and hanging over it all, the brexit negotiations which are continuing in brussels. our political editor laura kuenssberg reports on today's events at westminster. plenty of pomp... ..but very bizarre circumstances. the band playing for the monarch‘s arrival, the queen and the crown here to announce the government's plans. but they are a wish list at the very best. going through the traditional motions... ..for a programme that might never happen. black rod! if this first promise is not kept. my government's priority has

. >> dana: as this develops we'll keep you in mind, joey jones and rebecca heinrich, thank you.ivided over lgbtq rights. the justice is hearing arguments over whether civil rights act protects from job discrimination and conservative majority seems skeptical it does. kristin fisher is live from the supreme court with more. kristin. >> the central question, is it legal to fire someone for being gay or transgender? the 1964 civil rights act prevents discrimination based on race, religion and sex. the justices have to decide if those protections also extend to the lgbtq community. the justices appeared divided along ideological lines, hundreds of protesters on both sides outside the court today asa the justices inside heard arguments in two cases. one involving two gay men who say they were fired for sexual orientation, the other involving a transgender woman. after the argument, there were two hours long, attorneys came outside to make their case to the media. >> justices across the bench were troubled by the fact that the aclu's argument would eliminate all sex specific policies

but in particular, laura, eric, katie, rebecca, jim jones, mary ann baker, lisa stevenson, robert con and on my own staff, sarah, tom, carlos who has been handing the mic around and andr andrea martinez. thank you so everybody who works for the fec. what spencer was saying a few minutes ago about all the things that could go wrong reminds me of a piece i read, a hypothetical piece about sort of the perfect storm of things that could affect the next election and if you really want to terrify yourself even more than a conversation with kara, read the piece. but this is so important, this conversation that we've been having here is so phenomenal important and i'm so grateful for the interest and for all of you for coming and participating in this. i warned you at the beginning, we weren't going to come up with all of the answers. we raised a lot of really difficult questions, how do we reconcile our democratic values with an information environment that no longer distinguishes between truth and falsity or even sometimes between human and bot. how do we ensure that the tactics deployed by