the bbc‘s gareth barlow is at one of them, in london's trafalgar square.e night so far, gareth, for those people behind you. miserable is most certainly the word! like you say, the iconic trafalgar square, everything would have with nelson's column and the christmas tree but a site you would not normally see with thousands of people camped out under the pouring rain, covered with the orange bags under the umbrella, out of the world's big sleep 0ut, 50,000 people in 52 countries all raising awareness and money for people experiencing homelessness and to do not have a home around the world and iamjoined by not have a home around the world and i am joined by three people who have been braving the elements, chelsea, shea and louisa. how has it been? cold, wet. wet. how did you think it was going to be? well, i think we knew it was going to be tough and thatis knew it was going to be tough and that is the whole experience, you know, that is what it was all about but actually, when you are living it, we only have one night. so it is a lot tougher than it would b

we're in the centre of london, the iconic trafalgar square.'s column, there's the christmas tree, but then beneath all of that, 2,000 people camped out in the wind and rain, it is about 11 degrees, and they're all taking part in the world's big sleep 0ut that is raising the profile and raising money for millions of people around the world who are experiencing homelessness. i am joined by dame louise casey who is the chair of the world's big sleep 0ut. why are you doing this? i know, it seems absolutely bloody crackers right now. the rain is so heavy. but we're doing it because basically, the world has a homelessness problem, it has a displaced people problem, it has refugees and this is — all of these people are here tonight walking in the shoes of people who are homeless or people who are refugees. we're just experiencing it for one minute, we're experiencing something that people have to experience all year round, so it's a privilege to be here this evening. wet and cold as it is, it's still a privilege. and we've 60,000 — i think it's 62,00

mike thiedke, talking to us live from trafalgar square.ng rail franchises matters last journey after 22 years of operating stop the virgin trains service arrived at wolverhampton just before midnight. it is being replaced by avanti west just before midnight. it is being replaced by ava nti west coast. just before midnight. it is being replaced by avanti west coast. katie prescott explains what the changes will mean for passengers. stripped of its colours, one of the last virgin trains pulling out of euston station. after a row over pensions liabilities, britain's was running rail franchises being replaced by ava nte west coast. it's a joint venture between scotland based firstgroup and the uk arm of italy's main operator stop the main change that passengers at euston station will notice will be the change of branding, as virgin‘s red and white livery is stripped away and white livery is stripped away and the staff were new uniforms. but the people in those uniforms will stay the same, as most of the crew, drivers, and even senior managemen

world leaders have arrived at buckingham palace to meet the queen that says protesters gather trafalgar square to demonstrate against u.s. president visit to london. and amnesty international says more than 4000000 people living with disabilities in yemen lack access to basic care rights group says disabled people are most at risk because of the ongoing war. promises foreign minister says there will be a strong e.u. response if the u.s. hits luxury french goods with tariffs of up to 100 percent the u.s. is proposing tariffs on $2400000000.00 of french goods including champagne cheese handbags and cosmetics they say it's retaliation for a 3 percent digital tax on tech firms earning more than $27000000.00 in revenue in france that would impact around 30 companies including google amazon and facebook. french luxury stocks dropped following the announcement m.s. and caring the owners of gucci dipped 1.7 percent in paris but french and european firms continue to dominate the market louis of utah has just acquired tiffany's the iconic american jewelry brand for most $17000000000.00 their share price

it isa it is a very unpleasant night and we are in the iconic trafalgar square and as much as you wouldumn publicly full of it, 2000 people camped out in the wind and rain, it is about 11 degrees, all taking part in the world's big sleep out, raising the profile and raising money for millions of people around the world who are experiencing homelessness and i am joined by dame louise casey who is the chair of the world's big sleep out. why are you doing this?” the chair of the world's big sleep out. why are you doing this? i know, it seems absolutely bloody crackers right now. the rain is so heavy. we are doing because basically the world has a homelessness problem is and hasa world has a homelessness problem is and has a displaced people problem and has a displaced people problem and it has refugees and this is, all of these people are here tonight walking in the shoes of people who are homeless or people who are refugees. we're experiencing it for one minute where we are experiencing something that people have to experience all year round so it is a privilege to be here this evening, w

that's what hundreds did last night in london's trafalgar square. the world more than 60,000 people were expected to sleep rough. at this time of year, as the temperature dropped and the entertainment came to an end, there was a gentle coaxing into bed by dame helen mirren. i'm your bedtime story. they don't have a home. there's no roof. sleeping out in this cold weather, and i have like a million thermals on, is actually quite upsetting. i don't have the change to give them something every day. it's doing something like this that almost makes you feel like you can help in some way or another. this is the fourth year sir chris hoy has taken part. you get through it. it's not much fun. it's a pretty grim experience, but that's one night. only one night, and you get to go home to a warm shower, a warm house, get some food. so it's almost impossible to imagine how life must be on the streets. for 20—year—old j cocoa, this event mean so much. she used to sleep on buses and in takeaway restaurants when she was homeless as a teenager. it wasn't a comforta

stuff the nurses and doctors who are going to be marching from here trafalgar square to buckingham palace in the next couple of hours for the reception by queen elizabeth for the nato leaders. the the feeling is that despite president trump's insistence on tuesday that the n.h.s. would not be part of any trade deal in future there in fact the ball is already rolling jeremy cole been released if you like or brought to the public's attention some documents already that were out there online where u.k. officials have been seem to be talking to their american counterparts about things like drug pricing and there are admissions from some here in boris johnson's own policy that the price that the n.h.s. pays for some medication could go up under a future trade deal the idea being that america will be able to push the u.k. to get its own way boris johnson says that's not the case donald trump says he wouldn't know why anyone raises the point but just a few months ago he himself said in london or in britain rather that everything would have to be on the table if there are any missteps by presiden

centre of london, the iconic trafalgar square.as tree but underneath that, 2000 people camped out in the wind and the rain. it is now 11 degrees, and they are taking place in the world's big sleep out that is raising a profile and raising muggy for millions of people around the world who experience homelessness. i am joined by dame casey who is the chair. why are you doing this? joined by dame casey who is the chair. why are you doing thi57m seems absolutely bloodied crackers right now, the rain is so heavy but we do it because basically the world has a homelessness problem. it has a displaced people problem, it has refugees. and all of these people are here tonight walking in the shoes of people who are homeless or people who are refugees. we're just experiencing it for one minute, something that people have experience all year round. so it is a privilege to be here this evening, wet and cold as it is. and we have 62,000 people across the globe sleeping out yesterday, tonight and tomorrow. doing exactly the same thing. in 2005, t

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between being in an establishment composer and famously you played at the war demonstrations in trafalgar square or just woken about un rights peace around the world is there a tension there no i don't see that at all i mean. i think the great advantage of being in this country has always been that one has the right to express one's opinion and one has a rut hold any opinions which. which one chooses to hold and i have many very very unorthodox opinions all various things there has been a lot of. stuff written recently that the 3 big hangal can coral. pioneers will coax clear bre legend they're all dead now if you work with one of them it will coax yes i've just been asked to write a piece for. fronts it made such an impression that i was also then if i could score for a large monastery in mid sussex. with worth abit at the end of the hour but said to me he said next year is the $1500.00 birthday of benedict and i wrote this very big oratory on. it last about 17 minutes. and it was 1st performed in in with me and and amazingly which is right out in the country to an audience of $1700.00 which wa

a couple of 1000 people just behind me in trafalgar square there were a number of different banners and flags being put out really perhaps of the mouth of the nation of different causes happening in the world right now solidarity with the indigenous people in bolivia all the way to people waving palestine flags of course one of the core messages an anti trump anti nato message by many of the protesters who are here this afternoon or this evening also later on in the day we're expecting a number of workers from the n.h.s. the national health service who are going to come out and also lend their voices to the protests because of course there are fears from them in particular and others in the country that post brags that they could be a deal a trade deal between the u.k. and the u.s. that could see as part of that deal the n.h.s. being privatized something that many people in this country would not like to see now of course donald trump has visited the u.k. before it's not the 1st time we've seen protests thousands of people coming out on the streets before so we expect this attendance to

dame helen mirrenjoined crowds in trafalgar square last night — as thousands of people in cities around world camped overnight to raise cash to tackle homelessness. before the papers — sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's olly foster. good morning. so nice to have a boxing match that he didn't have to stay up until the middle of the night for! it was night, i was on an early shift this morning but it was worth it! —— it was nice. anthonyjoshua is heavyweight champion of the world again after beating andy ruinunior on points. six months on from one of the biggest shocks in boxing history, joshua regained his three titles with a clinical victory in saudi arabia. our sports editor dan roan was there. it was a fight he simply dare not lose. as he strode to the ring here at the edge of the desert, anthonyjoshua knew his career and credibility were on the line. opponent andy ruinunior, intent on proving his shock victory in theirfirst meeting earlier this year was no fluke. but after cutting the mexican inside the first round, a slimmed down joshua never looked bac

dame helen mirrenjoined crowds in trafalgar square last night — as thousands of people in cities aroundped overnight to raise cash to tackle homelessness. now on bbc news... to mark the 20th anniversary of talking movies, tom brook meets the prolific bollywood actor, shah rukh khan. great to see you. i didn't know it was a big thing, i thought i was just meeting you personally. oh, really? hello from mumbai, i'm tom brook. for a special 20th anniversary edition of talking movies, i came to india to interview top bollywood superstar shah rukh khan. we're here outside his home where fans congregate at all hours of the day. he is the king of bollywood, followed by millions. he's my hero, ijust simply love him. how big a legend is shah rukh khan? oh, i can't explain this, it's beyond imagination. right now i've got goosebumps. so nice to see you. i greeted him as he arrived at a special mumbai event to mark the 20th anniversary of talking movies. this 54—year—old megastar seemed delighted to be there. i have to confess i am biased when it comes to shah rukh khan — i am a fan myself, and i h

it was mostly pushing and shoving and smallish crowds are moving between parliament square in trafalgar square sort of in the center of london here but it is going to take some time for some sort of counter-movement to really step out if that ever happens at all i then let's get to the business of the day that mr johnson has made his acceptance speech in downing street what sort of reaction has it generated. this is no reaction so far in that sense because everybody really expect that this and if we look at it for boris johnson this was affinity of the moderates i mean he's a man who really likes it is a generous exaggeration and he was almost almost careful there because he also thanked the voters many of them in the north of the country in the northeast those old labor strongholds who had never voted for the tories before so he knows and he acknowledged that he knows that he will have to sort of take them into consideration that he can't just do whatever he wants because these people have expectations now and he has to sort of develop some some policies for them so that is that one is spect

dame helen mirrenjoined crowds in trafalgar square last night — as thousands of people in cities around camped overnight to raise cash to tackle homelessness. now, click takes a deep dive into the world of social media and the abuse mps are suffering during this so—called ‘outrage election‘. this week, the programmers of the future. i felt like steve jobs. the cities of the future. and the ugly politics of today. this thursday, the general election will give more than 45 million people their chance to decide on the uk's future. is it the brexit election? is it the nhs election? is it an election that will show new divisions that no longer lie along party lines? we'll soon know. amidst all this there is the usual mudslinging towards candidates. but with social media now in the mix, much of it has transferred to platforms like twitter. here at click we decided to take a closer look at the outrage in the final few weeks of battle. we sent carl miller to investigate. i am a traitor, a vile creature, a traitor. much of it is misogynistic. death threats, threats of violence to some of my peop

and i'm totally behind the youth, including my daughter who has been in trafalgar square, talking aboutbellion? the effect on animals, as well as humans and it is dreadful and it's very much there. and we — in the arctic, it's more easy to see the difference in the arctic than the antarctic. we've seen huge difference. in the 1970s, i was designing sledges that were somewhat waterproof in case there was a canal. now we are designing canoes, which can be hauled every now and again. so the amount of water in 20 years up there in this huge area of ice, which is shrinking, is enabling people to canoe to the pole instead of travelling to the pole. are you a supporter of extinction rebellion? whose core message is that it's no good in mouthing the rhetoric of caring for the planet. the urgency of this means that we have to change how we live right now. i'm totally in support of the rebellion as long as it doesn't put people off by doing violent things or becoming too like the gilets jaunes. as long as they complain and get the political people to have real drive, which is difficult because of

dame helen mirrenjoins crowds in trafalgar square — as thousands of people in cities around the world overnight to raise cash to tackle homelessness. i don't have the change to give them something everyday. it's doing something like this that almost makes you feel that you can help in some way or another. and coming up at 11.30am dateline london discusses this week's nato summit and donald trump's visit to the uk. with less than a week to go until polls open, the main political party leaders are continuing to push their election pledges to voters. conservative leader borisjohnson says thursday's poll is "historic" and a choice to "move forwards" after brexit. the labour leaderjeremy corbyn says he has "the most ambitious plan to transform our country in decades". one key policy area that the prime minister is focussing on in the final few days of the campaign is the conservative promise to introduce an australian—style points—based immigration system. speaking earlier to sky news's sophy ridge , boris johnson said immigration numbers would come down and that a tory government would co

mea nwhle, protesters gathered on london's trafalgar square today to demonstrate against the us president'sit. one woman amongst the crowds told us she was sceptical about president trump's pledge not to include the nhs in future trade negotiations. he said he doesn't want a lot of things and then he turns around and gets them anyway. i don't think that it is a case of deeds not words. words are cheap. what we've had, we had this before where we hear the rhetoric and then we have a complete u—turn. our royal correspondent daniela relph is at buckingham palace. presumably the reception is sort of doing billing away now at some of the leaders are departed. what have we seen during the course of this evening? yes, it has now finished. the sort of party i suppose here at the palace is not over. but the leaders they came here and the parts that are now later have a pretty frosty reception from some of the protesters aware gathered outside buckingham palace. it was a small group, but it was a lively and there we re group, but it was a lively and there were a couple of scuffles. many of them wanti

cheryl: and trafalgar square is the place to go in london.hey put -- oh, i'm being told -- there it is. ashley: it's very airy, isn't it. cheryl: that needs some help. ashley: we need the sad tropical stortrombone. cheryl: we don't need help with our money this morning. we have green arrows happening. we have good news hopefully on the u.s.-china, chinese may be dropping some tariffs against our items that we're exporting to them. the dows is up 63, s&p up 7 points and change, nasdaq up 28 and three quarters. still ahead, the markets may have brushed off nancy pelosi's call to proceed with articles of impeachment against the president, will that push bac backfire against the booming economy. and the husband in the peloton ad is speaking out. what he has to say that's setting things ablaze. you're watching "fbn: a.m." ♪el a new brokerage account, your cash is automatically invested at a great rate. that's why fidelity leads the industry in value while our competition continues to talk. ♪ talk, talk there are things we would change about work.u

trafalgar square will tonight see the annual turning on of the christmas tree lights.mersmith & city, circle and metropolitan line. the district line is also suffering from severe delays at the moment. there have been a series of problem trains this morning. there are cancellations on eu rostar morning. there are cancellations on eurostar services to paris, with disruption expected for flights over and to france because of a french national strike. 0n the roads, roadworks on the a406 north circular causing southbound delays from north ealing station. there are also northbound cues from gunners berry park. in wood green, the high road has been closed by police between carlingford road has been closed by police between ca rlingford road and has been closed by police between carlingford road and why mark avenue because of the shooting i mentioned earlier on. now the weather with elizabeth rizzini. things are said to turn milder over the next few days, but we're not quite there yet and it's another cold, frosty start to the day. temperatures dropping low as —2, —3 degrees

we have had people out on the streets, extinction rebellion in trafalgar square.strialising and developing nations, their output is really bad. there is a long way to go, but i am disappointed for the grassroots activists. where does responsibility live for this fourth labour election defeat? the responsibility lies at the top. jeremy corbyn, leader of the top. jeremy corbyn, leader of the party, he has lost the election and he has lost it spectacularly. from that point of view, for me, he has to step down and quickly. at the same time! has to step down and quickly. at the same time i take heart from people like keir starmer. we have to have a period of reflection where labour has to understand what has gone wrong. for me, this election was not just about the seats that have been lost and not just about brexit, because it was a brexit election, but somebody who is not from london. lam from but somebody who is not from london. i am from bolton, i live in birmingham. it is important and remains important that the leadership reflects those voices from those places. w

was famously depicted with a sculpture of her naked torso, which sat on the fourth plinth in trafalgar squared his parents' home in brentwood with colourful illuminations set to music. the synchronised light show stretches across a number of houses and raises money for the essex and herts air ambulance. let's take a look at the travel situation now. on the tube, good service on all lines. on the trains, there's a reduced service on south western due to strike action. replacement buses are running on some routes on the roads, a contraflow is in place on the a1 archway road near highgate tube station. it's due to thames water works. expect delays. now, the weather with kate kinsella. good morning. the cold front from yesterday has cleared out of the way, taking all the rain with it. we have however hung on to the breeze, so still quite windy this morning, dry and bright though with some sunshine, some showers developing a little later so the sunshine this morning, fairly uninterrupted for a time but then we will notice the cloud increasing and with it, the showers arriving. one or two mixed in

arch, and then probably across horse guards per, i would have thought, unless it goes through trafalgar squarelet's look inside the house of lords, because the lord chancellor, robert buckland, who shares a hometown with me, ican buckland, who shares a hometown with me, i can say, llanelli, buckland, who shares a hometown with me, ican say, llanelli, robert buckland is in the post, and is making his way into the house of lords, because this again is one of the key roles in government, although the lord chancellor's role downgraded in that labour reform period, so although the job is to deliver the speech to the queen, and just to the right there is the purse bearer, and the purse is being handed over, and they are checking the speeches inside because, if it wasn't, it might be a bit awkward, because the lord chancellor has to present the speech to the queen in orderfor her to read it and deliver it. they have been told that the queen is within a few minutes of arriving at the palace of westminster, and the garter king of arms there, in the splendid uniform, in charge of the royal college of ar

. >> we're here in trafalgar square.d a few processes when president trump comes to town. this one hasn't seemed to materialized some of the others have. we've seen about a thousand people moving their way to buckingham palace now representing a variety of different causes. we have the socialist royalist party on one corner. pro-palestinian causes, muslim association of the u.k. it's an anti-nato anti-war and anti-nhs in the sense they're afraid if brexit goes through boris johnson will be u.s. firms come over and work with the national health service over here. this is something that president trump denied earlier. take a listen. >> president trump: not at all. i have nothing to do with it. never thought about it. we wouldn't want to if you handed it to us on a silver platter, we want nothing to do with it. >> we have a variety of different people, different causes here all moving down to buckingham palace where they hope to disrupt the continuing summit there. but for the moment as i said earlier this does not seem to

i live on trafalgar square. also when they happen people are courageous and gather together in groups and try to make a difference. what we see with jack merritt, one of the victims, is someone merritt, one of the victims, is someone who really dedicated his life to caring for others. i‘ve just stopped working as a university chaplain and there were so many in his generation, even though job prospects and all sorts of things are much harderfor their generation, they are committing their lives do not just generation, they are committing their lives do notjust earning the most money possible, but genuinely trying to help and be part of a solution. that gives me a lot of hope. think it would be easy to have dark views today with all the risks we are facing. there is a lot of hope that as well. he is 25 and obviously a bright and shining staff. christmas appeals you wanted to highlight. yes. today is the day for christmas appeals. in the times and telegraph we have opportunities to not just buy and telegraph we have