the election debate well it's quite interesting actually because both the lib dems and the scottish national party are both in favor of referendums on europe breaks that referendums and it's the chronology of that that will prove interesting for the scottish national party however the liberal democrat party are in a bit of a plane because of very much in favor of a 2nd breaks at referendum but very much opposed to a 2nd you care for intimate of course that leaves them open to the charge of hypocrisy i think the s.n.p. have got problems it is much as a 3rd of the s.n.p. voters are partly voted leave who are as nicholas sturgeon and the scottish national party have put forward a very positive prudery mean stance and they've also put forward a very positive desire for a 2nd breaks at referendum i don't know whether that will harm them or not public forecast what do you expect to happen in the 2nd half of this march well unless things change dramatically from who they are at the moment i would expect the conservatives who have 13 seats no to lose. a proportion of these perhaps a 3rd of them because of

the scottish national party will launch its election campaign later with a pledge to protect the nhs from trade deals with foreign nations. speaking in edinburgh, party leader nicola sturgeon is expected to say the snp will ensure the health service

working class in the north of england the liberal democrat party is a remain a party and the scottish national party isn't my party so you can see it's probably going to happen all the same but it's all the scottish national party will be dominant across scotland the conservatives will be dominance in the south the liberal democrats will do well in london labor market couples who states in a way it's all ice pizza must be on the north of england because items i know in traditional labor voters they've only had a currency earl a book they hate the you they hate the because they regard it as the epitome of capitalism what privatization or free market economy economy they want to light it needs and corbett became the leader aunty and now they feel out jeremy corbin is actually signed in we've the human capitalists project they can't vote labor because. because they forgot that it's new you know little economics choice that's what is so conservative also for the direct and it would seem going by opinion polls and opinion polls are just snapshots of how some want to. go by those opinion polls they are go

the scottish national party lost 21 seats in the last election. it's hoping to get them back.edinburgh south. and hilary clinton tells the bbc she is shocked that the british government has not yet published a report on alleged russian interference in uk politics. i'm dumbfounded that this government won't released a report about russian influence because every person who votes in this country deserves to see that report before your election happens. there's just over four weeks to go until the uk holds a general election. for most of the year i'm out on chilly nights in westminster while mps debate inside. but that's not where the election is fought, so i've left london. today, we've travelled beyond the wesminster bubble to bishop auckland, in the north east of england. i wish it could float around in that bubble instead of taking trains! it's a marginal labour seat which voted decisively for brexit. the conservatives came second here in the last election two years ago and have targeted the seat this time around. bishop auckland has been represented by a labour mp since 1935

the scottish national party launches its election campaign, saying it's seeking an alliance with otherut of government and promising to stop the nhs being privatised. ten teenagers — including two 15—year—old boys — have been named among the 39 people from vietnam who were found dead in a refrigerated lorry in essex.

ian blackford from the scottish national party. thank you. 5:50pm.nefits of eu membership that it has brought to northern ireland. and we also believe that our future but lies at the heart of the eu, working together with other european nations to tackle the major challenges which lie ahead. one of the manifesto pledges today. uber is not been granted a new licence to operate in london. it was considered not to be a fit and proper operator. the company says it will appeal. two british nationals who were abducted in the philippines have been released during a military operation. they were captured by militants allied with the islamic state group on the southern island last month. the foreign secretary dominic rob has praised the tremendous —— dominic rob. the pair are undergoing medical checks. jewels described as priceless have been stolen from one of germany‘s most elite collections. the pieces, containing diamonds, rubies, and sapphires were taken from the green vault museum in dresden. damien mcguinness reports. this could be the biggest art theft

the scottish national party will launch their election manifesto later today. o stirling, and found that although independence and brexit are important, they are not the only issues that people will be voting on. don't be fooled by the peace and quiet. as a battle going on in stirling. —— there is a battle going on in stirling. in the last general election, it was closed here, very close. the conservatives beating the snp byjust148 votes. close. the conservatives beating the snp byjust 148 votes. this time, snp byjust148 votes. this time, uncertainty over brexit and scottish independence mean, for many, the choice is more complicated. like for and, at her first choice is more complicated. like for and, at herfirst zumba class, probably voting snp, but not because of independence. what sort of issues matter to you? what are you thinking about? i think local issues, environmental issues and local issues, developments in green areas, and things like that, and i think theseissues and things like that, and i think these issues are important to me, like, more importan

the scottish national party launches its election campaign — saying it's seeking an alliance with othered among the 39 people from vietnam who were found dead in a refrigerated lorry in essex. authorities in australia say an "unprecedented" number of emergency—level bushfires are threatening the state of new south wales. an eighteen year old boy is jailed for minimum of 12 and half years for the murder of his former girlfriend. # nice to meet you, where you been? # i can show you incredible things. ..# her life was full and all the opportunities in front of her. yeah, she was the perfect daughter, really. ellie gould was just 17, studying for her a—levels, when she was murdered by thomas griffiths. the night before, she'd called off their three—month relationship to concentrate on her schoolwork. we trusted him. we welcomed him into our home. he celebrated her 17th birthday with us. three months later, he murdered her. it's chilling. 0n the morning he killed her, thomas' mother took him to school, but he caught the bus straight home. despite not having a licence, he took the family car

the scottish national party launches its election campaign saying it's seeking an alliance with other parties to lock the conservatives out of government, and promising to stop the nhs being privatised. we will fight tooth and nail any attempt to expose the national health service to a post—brexit trade deal with donald trump. a teenager who murdered his 17—year—old girlfriend ellie gould in a "frenzied attack" is jailed fora minimum of 12—and—a—half years. authorities in australia say an "unprecedented" number of emergency—level bushfires are threatening the state of new south wales. and the good liar pits sir ian mckellen as a conman who targets a wealthy widow played by helen mirren. find out what mark kermode thinks of that and the rest of the week's top releases, in the film review. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at 5pm. a woman has died after being swept away by floodwater, as parts of the midlands and northern england were battered by a month's worth of rain in one day. the woman's body was recovered from the river derwent in derbyshire this morning. in yorkshire, peo

ian blackford on behalf of the scottish national party and plaid cymru, the welsh nationalist party. the new leader of the liberal democrats, jo swinson. nigel dodds for the democratic unionist party of northern ireland. the newly elected speaker of the house of commons, sir lindsay hoyle. the speaker of the house of lords, lord fowler. and now, side by side, the foreign secretary dominic raab and the home secretary, priti patel. these wreaths being laid on behalf of the intelligence agencies, mi6, mi5, and gchq. well, that is the wreath laying ceremony on well, that is the wreath laying ceremony on the cenotaph on this remembrance sunday. the royal family, senior politicians, and foreign dignitaries laying wreaths there in memory of those who lost their lives in conflicts over the last couple of centuries. you can continue watching that coverage on bbc one. now, to the election campaign and labour has criticised conservative attempts to unpick its spending plan as the political parties continue their general election campaigns. the conservatives say labour‘s spending plans would cos

the scottish national party today launched its campaign for bertens december 12 election. leader nicola sturgeon says her countries look to remain in the european union has been ignored. >> the tories number one pledge that this election is to ta

the scottish national party today launched its campaign for bertens december 12 election. party leader nicola sturgeon says her countries look to remain in the european union has been ignored. >> the tories number one pledge that this election is to take scotland out of the eu against our will. now i doubt there is anyone in scotland who is not partially sick of the brexit nightmare, but the boris johnson deal does not get brexit done. it just opens the door to the next episode of the brexit horror show. sturgeon added a vote for the s&p is able to escape brexit. the parties is involved hold a new independence referendum next year. protesters hit the streets of hong kong today after the death of a student who took part in demonstrations earlier this week. the student died after a fall in a parking garage near a protest site. pro-democracy supporters claim police were chasing him, while authorities say the accusations are false. some demonstrators have committed suicide during the unrest in hong kong but nobody has been confirmed dead as a result of the clash between police

nicola sturgeon has launched the scottish national party's manifesto in glasgow. ure in scotland's hands". she said a second independence referendum next year would be a condition of her party's support if there's a hung parliament after the election. with more, here's our scotland editor sarah smith. nicola sturgeon is not a candidate in this election, but her party could significantly influence the outcome. if she ends up able to make demands, she has plenty. stop brexit, a vote on independence, and much, much more. vote snp to escape brexit. vote snp to block borisjohnson's tories out of office. vote snp to take power into your own hands. snp mps will never support the tory government. so, to have any real influence, they would have to do some kind of deal with labour, but labour say they would not allow an independence referendum within the first two years of government. the snp wants to vote next year. you want to be allowed to have a second referendum on scottish independence. you have said in the past that that should be in 2020. is that an absolute red line

the scottish national party has launched its manifesto for next month's general election — saying it be treated fairly. the party leader, nicola sturgeon, said the country will pay a price for what she called the conservatives' obsession with brexit. she said another independence referendum next year would be the main demand for supporting a possible minority labour government — alongside calls for increased spending on the nhs. our scotland correspondent james shaw is in glasgow yes, the snp aren't the last of the big uk party is to launch their ma nifesto, big uk party is to launch their manifesto, but last is not necessarily least. it is true that this party could, under certain circumstances, play a big role in the government of the united kingdom. for many, this is the brexit election. for nicola sturgeon and the snp, it is also the independence election. because her price for supporting a minority labour government would be the right to hold a second independence referendum. first, there was a warning about what she thinks a conservative government would actually mean. unless b

the scottish national party sees this as their chance. alan smith will stand in the upcoming parliamentary elections because the wind staring back from the tories his chances aren't bad not least of all because boris johnson and his brags of policies are deeply unpopular in scotland. we were told we were a partnership of equals a family of nations but then we voted strongly to remain within the e.u. and the u.k. voted as a whole to leave and we were told that doesn't matter shut up so that's the election more about directly go into it there they're absolutely linked sir because of brags that we're being taken out of the european union against our will if we were independent that would not be the case. in a british parliaments without a clear majority the scottish nationalists could become kingmakers. they've already announced that they would only support a government if it in turn agrees to a 2nd referendum on independence. even if a 2nd referendum is held george ormiston is not sure whether a majority of the scots would be in favor of in

in an hour's time, the scottish national party will launch their manifesto — with a warning that borisjohnsonxit done is an "illusion". the party's leader, nicola sturgeon, will also demand that any future minority labour government would need to spend billions of extra pounds on the nhs in scotland to secure the support of the snp. jeremy corbyn has admited some people on lower incomes could pay more tax under a labour government, despite a pledge that only the top 5% of earners would face increases. in a bbc interview last night, the labour leader was challenged over his party's plans to scrap the marriage tax allowance. mr corbyn said those affected would benefit from other labour policies. president trump has been invited to send his lawyer to question witnesses at next week's public impeachment hearings in the us congress. the inquiry is looking into whether mr trump pressured ukraine to investigate his political rival, joe biden. mr trump denies the allegations. speaking at a rally in florida, mr trump once again called the hearings a "witch hunt": the hearings a "witch hunt". the first

the scottish national party leader and first minister of scotland, nicola sturgeon, has launched her gh, putting brexit and scottish independence at the centre of her strategy. she says she'd be willing to co—operate with a labour government led byjeremy corbyn. she's ruled out a formal coalition, but said she could support labour on a vote—by—vote basis — as long as the scottish parliament was granted the right to hold a second independence referendum, and given more powers. ms sturgeon has been speaking to our political editor laura kuenssberg. she wants two things — to stay in the eu... we want scotland to remain inside the eu. ..but scotland to be out of the uk. it should not be for westminster to decide. but if she worked with jeremy corbyn, could this election give the snp both the outcomes they want and change the course of the country for us all? if there is a hung parliament after this election, snp mps would seek to form a progressive alliance to lock the tories out of government. to be crystal clear about this, if labour were looking to seek a government and they accepted t

also making news today: the scottish national party has launched its general election manifesto, sayingr the party is a vote to escape brexit and put scotland's future in scotland's hands. leader nicola sturgeon said the party would never help the conservatives into power, and set out the terms under which the party might work with a labour government. twitter says it will delay plans to disable inactive accounts following a backlash from subscribers. on monday, twitter had begun contacting users who hadn't logged in for six months, warning them they would have their accounts deleted unless they signed in. the company has now admitted it had not considered the potential upset that would be caused by the removal of accounts belonging to users who had died. a master player of the chinese strategy game go has decided to retire due to the rise of artificial intelligence that he says cannot be defeated. lee se—dol is the only human to ever beat the alphago software developed by google's sister company deepmind. in 2016, he took part in a five—match showdown against alphago, losing four times

perhaps something the other parties with more recognisable leaders, certainly in terms of the scottish national partyke there. staying with the election — throughout the campaign, bbc news will be looking closely at the places where the election could be won and lost — visiting 10 parts of the uk where seats will be closely contested. today we're in leeds —— and amy garcia is there for us. welcome back to leeds. throughout the campaign, bbc news will be looking closely at the places where the election could be won and lost. we will be visiting 10 parts of the uk where seats will be closely contested. today we're in leeds to find out the questions and issues voters want to discuss. here, there are eight constituencies, five of which are held by the labour party and three by the conservatives. here in leeds central, this seat has been held by hilary benn. for demographics, 80% are below the age of 50 — in part of course to the large student population. but if you head back south to morley & outwood, that number drops to a little over 60% of the population aged under 50. it is no currency to that in pas

interview programs the liberal democrats the scottish national party the greens and the party i would revoke article 50 something the prime minister has the power to do and we do that on day one westminster governments can decide to cause the direction of travel when a corner is and policies that we don't want a point to us and therefore that really illustrates the importance of scotland to say don't for our sales what kind of country we want to be here we really do need to transform our whole country in the next 10 years we know how to do it we just need to make sure we've got the well and the investment to make it happen the plan is to get some breaks it boyce's into the house of commons to hold boris johnson to his promises political commentators will wrangle over which leader came out on top from this debate but there are several more televised encounters still to come in this election campaign plenty of time for voters to make up their mind before december 12th. paul brennan al-jazeera london ukraine says it's ready to accept a quote reasonable compromise on settling the conflict

the scottish national party leader, nicola sturgeon, has been campaigning in scotland today. as it is for those over the age of 25. campaigning in liberal democrat leaderjo swinson's seat of east dumbartonshire, ms sturgeon stressed the importance of voting in this general election. we are campaigning today for a fairer deal for we are campaigning today for a fairer dealfor young we are campaigning today for a fairer deal for young people, in particular an end to the age discrimination around the statutory living wage. right now you can do exactly the same job with the same duties and workjust as hard but get paid duties and workjust as hard but get pa id less if duties and workjust as hard but get paid less if you happen to be under 25 and that is wrong, and we will be campaigning in the next uk parliament to have that discrimination ended. if we could have powers over employment law devolved to scotland it is something the scottish parliament should do and that brings forward one of the key m essa g es and that brings forward one of the key messages in this campaign for the

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the scottish national party will launch its election campaign today with a pledge to protect the nhs snp will ensure the health service is not used as a "bargaining chip" in future negotiations. that brings you up to date with the news. now, let's talk about sport. and last—minute winners. i love a last—minute winner. and celebrations like that. celtic qualified for the europa league. and goals for manchester united who also qualified. a good night for the british sides in the europa league. a big win for celtic and goals for manchester united which have proved in short supply this season. there were victories for the two other british sides in action, as austin halewood reports. in rome, there is history wherever you look but for these fans, a first win on italian soil was priceless. because celtic and rod are failing into the last 32. —— sailing. when you have never beaten an italian side on home soil before the last thing you need is to give them a lead. lazio with a head start on celtic off they came before a moment of magic from james forrest brought them back in it. the italian

the leader of the labour party, jeremy corbyn, first minister of scotland and leader of the scottish national partyleader of the liberal democratsjo swinson and prime minister and leader of the conservative party borisjohnson facing topical questions from an audience. that's on bbc one at seven o'clock. 0ne debate we can look forward to tonight will be on the question of who did best. the debate from the spin room will continue online with people throwing their choice set of polls to support their favourite, and the parties or pundits will pick their set of polling to suggest how well they're doing. well, here to sort the polls from the piffle is the bbc‘s statistician robert cuffe. robert, some of the so—called polls we'll see on social media get lots of people but still don't add up to much, right? well, no, because it is not about how many people you get, it is about who you get. twitter users are very young and urban, and if they all follow the shame person, they share common interests, so it is like a bubble within a bubble, and it is not really representative at all. that is why pollsters put

the scottish national party has launched its manifesto for next month's general election, saying it isfor scotland to be treated fairly. the party leader, nicola sturgeon, said the country will pay a price for what she called the conservatives' "obsession" with brexit. she said another independence referendum next year would be the main demand for supporting a possible minority labour government, alongside calls for increased spending on the nhs. our scotland correspondent james shaw is in glasgow. well, the snp may be the last of the big parties to launch their ma nifesto, big parties to launch their manifesto, but last doesn't necessarily mean least. this is a party that could have a role to play ina party that could have a role to play in a future government of the country. for many, this is the brexit election. for nicola sturgeon and the snp, it is also the independent selection. because her prize for supporting a minority labour government would be the right to hold a second independence referendum —— price. first, there was a warning about what she thinks a conservative governme

the scottish national party leader — and first minister of scotland — nicola sturgeon — has launched cottish independence at the centre of the snp's election strategy. she said she'd be willing to cooperate with a labour government led byjeremy corbyn. she ruled out a formal coalition, but said she could support labour on a vote—by—vote basis — as long as the scottish parliament was granted the right to hold a second independence referendum and given more powers. the first minister has been speakling to our political editor laura kuenssberg. she wants two things — to stay in the eu... we want scotland to remain inside the eu. ..but scotland to be out of the uk. it should not be for westminster to decide. but if she worked with jeremy corbyn, could this election give the snp both the outcomes they want and change the course of the country for us all? and if there is a hung parliament after this election, snp mps would seek to form a progressive alliance to lock the tories out of government. to be crystal clear about this, if labour was looking to seek a government and they accepted the

nicola sturgeon has launched the scottish national party's manifesto in glasgow with a pledge to "escapeput scotland's future in scotland's hands." she says a second independence referendum next year will be a condition of her party's support if there's a hung parliament after the election. among the key pledges in the manifesto are the eventual removal of the nuclear deterrent trident, powers over drug policy to be handed to the scottish parliament, and control over employment law to be handed over too. with more, here's our scotland editor, sarah smith. nicola sturgeon is not a candidate in this election, but her party could significantly influence the outcome. if she ends up able to make demands, she has plenty — stop brexit, a vote on independence, and much, much more. vote snp to escape brexit. vote snp to lock borisjohnson‘s tories out of office. vote snp to take power into your own hands. snp mps will never support a tory government, so to have any real influence, they need to do some kind of deal with labour. but labour say they would not allow an independence referendum within t

we will have the conservatives coming up in the next few days was at the scottish national party to keepritain. keeping an eye out for that. -- depressive party. and on this site on friday we find out what the european commission want to do next about not being givena commission want to do next about not being given a uk commissioner name. and also next week we will find out whether she starts her new commission. and the question time leader specials with fiona bruce in sheffield. nicola sturgeon, jo swinson, jamie corbyn, boris johnson and the public asking the questions was a friday night is the place to be for portable debate and we have decided to schedule that against... goodbye you guys, see you soon. by. hello again. our weather is going to stay in a rather unsettled mood over the next few days and that means more rain is on the way i'm afraid. now looking at the satellite picture, we've still got an area of low pressure that's been to the west of the uk now for a number of days. it's still a big area of high pressure in russia stopping the lows from moving anywhere very far very

office and his proposed brexit deal would be a ‘nightmare for scotland' as she launches the scottish national party'sifesto. we'll bring you her speech live from glasgow in the next few minutes. jeremy corbyn says he has documents showing the government has discussed offering the us access to the health service in trade talks. if you are worried about those egg whites, why not just if you are worried about those egg whites, why notjust make some? gary rhodes, the celebrity chef, has died aged 59. his family say he died yesterday "with his beloved wifejennie by his side". the bodies of 16 vietnamese people who were found dead in a lorry trailer in the uk have arrived back in vietnam. blue story director rapman questions ‘hidden reasons‘ for banning the film, saying it could help stop gang violence. if you are in a gang and you are living that life and you are running with a group of friends who are doing bad things, this film shows you the end result of that, if you wa nt to you the end result of that, if you want to keep a career as a gang member. good morning. welcome to bbc newsroom live. in a few

nicola sturgeon is this sort of tough firebrand leader of the scottish national party.nd she is very sure that brexit means scotland must now get a vote on its own future and whether to break away from the rest of the u.k. and if she helps jeremy corbyn get into power, he might just give her that vote. carol: and it's interesting because in the story we talk about boris johnson who's talked about after we get through brexit that the united kingdom will be more united than ever. but really what's going on, it's a bigger question out there that will ultimately everyone come together or do we see kind of an undoing of the united kingdom as we've known it for such a long time? tim: well, it's when you have these seismic shifts in political debate and in political allegiance and people's identities change, you see quite often in referendums and we've seen that in scotland and we've seen that in the brexit aftermath across the whole of the u.k. that in the end, politics can change and countries can decide their own destiny in different ways. another case we looked at was the

in glasgow — nicola sturgeon has launched the scottish national party's manifesto — with a promise tonds‘. the first minister said a second independence referendum next year would be a condition of her party‘s support — in the event of a hung parliament. among the key pledges in the snp manifesto are — the eventual removal of the nuclear deterrent trident — powers over drug policy to be handed to the scottish parliament as well as control over employment law. with more — here‘s our scotland editor sarah smith. nicola sturgeon is not a candidate in this election, but her party could significantly influence the outcome. if she ends up able to make demands, she has plenty — stop brexit, a vote on independence, and much, much more. vote snp to escape brexit. vote snp to lock borisjohnson‘s tories out of office. vote snp to take power into your own hands. snp mps will never support a tory government, so to have any real influence, they‘d need to do some kind of deal with labour. but labour say they would not allow an independence referendum within the first two years of government. the snp