the qc representing a uber said that decision in september by transport for london, the company have policy have gone. he said the court now have gone. he said the court now have to decide not whether the decision in september had been right but whether today uber was a fit and proper company to hold this license. the first witness called was its london manager, and he went through this new procedure they have for passing on complaints about assaults by drivers on passengers or other serious activity, directly to the police, which had been a complaint from transport for london, the most serious complaint about the procedures. there were now more complaints being passed on and sometimes even without the consent of the people making the original complaint. but uber passed on the details to the police on a regular basis now. we heard at the beginning of the case from the chief magistrate that this was all about public safety, that was at the heart of the case, and we have heard from transport in london and they will have their say tomorrow. they said they wanted to know that the kind of

and transport for london said if she decided to give uber a new licence then they would want it to beort. the first detailed figures on the number of students in higher education who have taken their own lives have been published. they reveal that suicide rates among students are higher than they were a decade ago with the number of young men taking their own lives higher than that of women. ninety five students took their own lives between july 2016 and july 2017. but the student suicide rates are lower than those for the general population. chi chi izundu reports. since the 19505 there hasn't been robust data into student suicides. but the office for national statistics and the higher education statistics agency have worked together to find out the rates for those specifically in higher education. in the last 12 months leading up tojuly 2017, 95 students took their own lives in england and wales. the report found that in the last ten years the rate of suicide among students has increased slightly but overall the numbers dying by suicide is lower than the national average of the same

for uber, being cross-examined. there is plenty of mea culpa coming from uber. what shocked the press the most in london is they said the transportor london took in september of last year was the right one. they were not in any way, they felt, perhaps fit and proper to be in ownership of the license, to run here. emily: what are some of the measures uber has done to appease the regulators? things.lot of different they put independent directors on their u.k. board, restricted how long drivers can work in london, some sort of cross border issues to make sure drivers are working in the right country. you know, they shared some data with the city, so sort of a slate of reforms to make them more appealing to regulators there. emily: we have been hearing from drivers, caroline, and many of them seem to have some goodwill towards uber that you may not expect. caroline: hundreds of pounds have been spent by bloomberg in an effort for you. this is getting into plenty of ubers and asking the drivers how they feel about this. some say the commissions are too high and they could have an easier way of processing incidents, but notably, there

there was a three—month period in appropriate transport for london could check up on weather uber had much on probation. the very latest from westminster magistrates' court. we go to checkout the weather. it is so hot out there. we got close to 31 degrees on the west wales coast. one must be of the year so far and plenty more to come. this damage just not dipping very quickly at all as we get into this evening. values at seven o'clock maybe 28 for birmingham and 25 for london, glasgow and edinburgh. most places will stay fine with clear skies into the evening. extra quote from the north sea. it will turn quite misty and murky for some parts of eastern england and eastern scotland by the start of wednesday morning. temperature start tomorrow around 11 degrees to 40 degrees. and nice looking beard for many with hot sunshine and high uv levels. cloud likely to burn back towards the coastline but likely to stay a bit murky. —— and nice looking day for many with hot sunshine and high uv levels. it stays warm and generally sunny towards the end of the week although the weekend looks likely

their case has been that they have reformed and come to agreements with transport for london to behavecompany over recent years. she said it showed a gung ho attitude. it was obviously on a knife edge whether or not this license would be granted. she did eventually say yes you can have the license, but make it clear that this was very much a probationary period. they could check up on whether uber had done what it said it would do in court and had a whole bunch of conditions to behave better. relief for them but very much still on probation. italy's deputy prime minister matteo salvini has told the bbc that charity—run search and rescue ships would never be allowed in italian ports again, accusing them of acting as a taxi service for illegal migrants, risking their lives at sea. it comes as malta agreed to allow a german ngo rescue ship, lifeline, to come to port, after six days with more than 200 migrants stranded onboard. gavin lee sent us this report. the aquarius is currently off the coast here and that's as far as we can go, because the italians today has said the charity run ship

they have come to agreements with transport for london to behave better, have new protocols, they haveiven that ruling, the chief magistrate was pretty scathing in her description of the behaviour of the company over recent yea rs. behaviour of the company over recent years. she said it had showed a gung ho attitude and seemed to want to grow the business come what may. it was obviously on a knife edge whether or not this licence would be granted. she did eventually say yes, you can have a licence for 15 months, but made it clear this was very much a probationary period. imagine being able to one—day buy your home using crypto currency. that is something property experts say is not as far—fetched as you would think. the property sector is quickly adopting new technologies, and asia could be taking the lead. earlier i asked a representative from a property group how new technologies are impacting the industry. people are using block chain, it is still heavily regulated ina lot chain, it is still heavily regulated in a lot of countries. we are seeing injapan, for example, in a lot of cou

last september, transport for london refused to renew its licence over concerns about passenger safetyue pending an appeal. rory cellan—jones has more. last september, transport for london refused to grant a new licence to uber, saying it was concerned about the way drivers were vetted, as well as the company ‘s failure to contact police about a salt and other crimes. today's case isn't about whether that decision was correct, but whether uber is now a fit and proper company to hold a licence. in recent months the company has tried to show it has changed its ways, agreeing to report crimes to the police and offering drivers sit pay. is also seeking a licence that last just 18 months, rather than fight yea rs. just 18 months, rather than fight years. the new boss has tried to mend fences, admitting that uber had got things wrong. london is one of the american firm's important markets worldwide, with over five enough billion regular users. they have clashed with regular to send other uk cities and has also been denied licences in york and brighton. the london hearing is expected to last

london. it ended an uncertain period for the company following the decision by transport for london not to renewe, tfl said the us taxi app was not a fit and proper operator. adobe has been working on artificial intelligence to find out if an image has been digitally altered. and the singles charts got another revamp, as sites like youtube and apple music will now cut towards the charts for the first time. it was also the week that facebook cancelled its plan to use drones that beam down internet connectivity from the sky. it was announced in 2014, but it has not been plain sailing for the social network, with its drones failing to achieve long flight times. and on the ground, the defence advanced research projects agency — or darpa to its friends — showed off a new combat vehicle that relied on an altogether different type of wheel. darpa claimed that the wheels will result in better manoeuvrability. and if you like nothing more than traditionally—made pizza, you might want to look away now. this pizza—making robot can spread the sauce and put the pizza in the oven, and even cut it for you. the

last september, transport for london refused to renew its licence over concerns about passenger safetye to contact police about assaults and other crimes. —— a new licence to uber. they are questioning whether they are a fit and proper company to hold a licence. the company has tried to show it has changed its ways, agreeing to report crimes to the police and offering drivers sick pat’- it's also seeking a licence that lasts just 18 months, rather than fight years. the new boss dara khosrowshahi has tried to mend fences, admitting that uber had got things wrong. london is one of the american firm's important markets worldwide, with over 3.5 million regular users. uber has clashed with regulators in other uk cities and has also been denied licences in york and brighton. the london hearing is expected to last three days, with executives from uber and the transport regulator giving evidence. for the first time the office for national statistics has published suicide rates among students in higher education. the figures show 95 university student suicides for the 12 months tojuly 2017 in e

last year transport for london refused to renew its licence.ember last year, it published a 25 page report as to why it decided not to renew the licence. and chief amongst the concerns with things such as passenger safety, particularly in relation to reporting of crimes and background checks and drivers. so it says that it needed to see significant improvement from uber in relation to passenger safety and security and at the time, last year in september, itjust didn't think uber was doing enough. we're all a lot more aware of the dangers that plastics pose to the envirornment and many businesses are trying to phase them out. well a new guide has been published for the restaurant industry it's by the sustainable restaurant association, and its boss andrew stephen joins me now. what are the biggest obstacles to people in the restaurant industry going plastics free? good afternoon. i think the biggest obstacle we see amongst 8000 restaurant members from hotels, cafes, pubs, all kinds of hospitality businesses, is a lack of time. it's a very busy i

transport for london refused to renew its licence when it ran out last september, saying the firm wasperate due to safety concerns. the company has now been granted a permit for the next 15 months while it continues to try to meet certain conditions. the duke of cambridge has met the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, on the third day of his tour of the middle east. the prince, who's the first member of the royal family to visit israel and the palestinian territories, visited the world holocaust remembrance centre in jerusalem. the firefighter in charge during the initial response to the grenfell tower fire has broken down in tears at the public inquiry as footage of the blaze was shown. michael dowden said he didn't have the resources to carry out an evacuation of the building and that firefighters were unable to get water to the top of the building. our special correspondent lucy manning's report contains images of the tower on fire. just minutes after the fire started, michael dowden walked into grenfell tower with his fire crew. in the white helmet, with "incident command

we have deterred from transport for london that it is working fine with visa.working, some people that it is. we have just spoken to visa. they have nothing new to add, which means their investigation is still ongoing. pretty embarrassing. seems to be some kind of technicalfault affecting some of their systems if not all. thank you. some newsjust in and north korean officials have arrived at the white house to hand deliver a letter to president trump from the north korean leader kim jong—un. it is the first time north korean officials have visited the white house. mr trump earlier cancelled a summit between the two leaders planned for next week, but this latest move by north korea has revived hopes that it might yet go ahead. spain's prime minister mariano rajoy has been forced to resign after losing a vote of no confidence in parliament. he is the first prime minister in modern spanish history to be defeated in a no—confidence motion. it follows a long—running corruption scandal involving his right of centre people's party. the socialist party leader, pedro sa

for killing sophie lionnet. the taxi hailing firm uber has got its licence back to operate in london. but it has been warned it is on probation for the next 15 months. transportember, saying the firm was not "fit and proper" to operate, due to safety concerns. it's been the hottest day of the year so far, and as temperatures continue to rise, the met office has issued a health alert. a fire has devastated parts of saddleworth moor in the north—west of england, and police have warned about open—water swimming, after a man drowned and a child is still missing. our correspondent danny savage has the latest. on the pennine moors east of manchester, a huge area of plans is on fire. the smoke can be seen for miles, it's been burning since sunday. gamekeepers, farmers and firefighters are trying to put out the blaze. we've never seen anything like it. last night 30 foot flames coming straight towards us. we nearly had a cult, but it's back. as a result, visibility and air quality has deteriorated in surrounding villages and towns. while most of britain is basking under blue skies, large parts of greater manchester are shrouded in smoke. further south in stoke—on—tre

they will have to pay for the high price of steel which means they are going to be [indiscernible] uber said it's moves to protect passengers and drivers have appeased london's transport regulator. transport for london said the company was not fit in proper to operate in the city but the body said it's list of issues have addressed or relate to a former code of conduct. the appeal of the license been began yesterday. the jets said she make make a ruling as early as today. global news 24 hours a day on air and at tictoc on twitter, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. this is bloomberg. guy and matt. matt: thanks very much for that. global selloff ran out of steam in asia as investors continued to grapple with an escalating exchange of trade and investment restrictions triggered by the trump administration. joining us now from singapore's mark cudmore, bloomberg mliv strategist. first off as far as these concerned, aree we clear yet on what the u.s. treasury department is going to do because initially, we were reporting they were going to restrict chinese investment in the u.s., and then navarro and mnuchin said no, you have go

for francine lacqua. uber's desire to remain in london they receive a boost from the transit authority, they say the moves to protect passengers and drivers for the regulator transportproducing a biggest hurdle to its operations. a ruling over the 2017 refusal to extend uber's permit to operate could come today. instagram would be worth more than $100 billion if it were a standalone company, according to data compiled by bloomberg intelligence. it suggests facebook has made a 100 full return since purchasing it in 2012. for more, alex webb joins us. the rights for tech. for tech.es case, how is it -- how important is it for the company? >> potentially an important precedent as others watch it carefully, a huge deal when london said it would ban uber, they are in a very important market. others will look at the rationale and say we might follow. matt: what happens if the ruling against it -- is against it? much more difficult to get around in a timely fashion? substitutions? this a possible lyft is in london or just black cabs and the two -- tube? >> one of the reasons london is an important market for uber. blacknly of it -- have cabs. but no other competitors. tran

retirement uber has told a court that it was right for its licence in london not to be renewed over safety concerns. the decision was taken by transport of defense james mattis will arrive in china on tuesday to meet chinese state and military leaders. at the top of the agenda is china's desire to develop military relations, but it comes as tensions have heightened over trade and china's stubborn standings in the disputed south china sea. in thailand, the search has been called off for the night — for an under — 16 football team and their coach — trapped inside a flooded cave. the group of thirteen has been missing since saturday and a massive rescue effort has been launched, involving thai special forces. rescuers spent monday scouring the vast cave network in chiang rai and say they have found an indication that all 13 people trapped are alive. roseanne barr has given an emotional interview, saying she feels remorse for the racist tweet that prompted abc to cancel the revival of her show roseanne. meanwhile it's been announced that the cast of her show are to return to tv screens in a spin—off series — without the show‘s main star.

in september of last year, the regulators transport for london denied granting uber a new license to operate in the capital. they said it was not fit and proper to run in london. it raised concerns over the security of drivers, kearns over the way it worked with regulators sirns then, uber has made changes, reporting serious incidents to police, maximum hour driving time for drivers, and now those conditions have satisfied the judge here at westminster magistrates court in central london and has satisfied the regulators and the 15-month license they have received is on condition that they continue to meet these, continue to meet some of the regulators i'll read over the conditions. one is reporting any data breaches to the regulators in due course another is not hiring any drivers who have had criminal pasts. and another one is around communicating everything that they do with the regulators. this is key, a huge win for uber and a huge win for new ceo who has looked to clean up the company after a very muddy past. >> the latest on uber which is now fit and proper to operate there. >>

opportunistically and now make it clear that they are going to deliver paris to transport for the north, along the lines of what transport for londonork, they plan to have all these things in the future, including transport for the north type transport for the whole of the north. here is a chance to deliver it and stop this situation where something happens and the immediate focus is who can we shift the blame onto? if you have something like transport for the north, it would be one body that is accountable and has clear responsibility and, by the way, under the whole brief history of the northern powerhouse, they have come up with a moderate and credible state—of—the—art plan for what the north of england needs to connect itself in terms of people and freights and roads and trains. let us do it. otherwise they should stop talking about the northern powerhouse as a serious thing. that makes sense and i appreciate your talking about future strategy and thatis talking about future strategy and that is something you are passionate about. in terms of the here and now, we are hearing daily about people who cannot get to work, what could

but all we ask is that transport for the north gets full responsibility for its own destiny in the same way transport for londone our own failures and successes and be accountable if there's somebody in this region to put their hand up when things go wrong because chris greyling is not prepared to do that at the moment. this is notjust about the timetable payoff of recent days and weeks. this is a much more deeper systemic problem. what about the idea of this northern powerhouse? it wasn't that all to do with investment and nurturing transport in the north of england to create a better economy up there? 0r has all butjust in rhetoric? it's all fluff woods i believe the people around me and the business leaders and the policy leaders and decision—makers in the north believe that the north can make a full contribution to uk which is not yet been realised because the transport infrastructure does not enable the north to get on with business. i'll give you an example. a company based in yorkshire has its roots in yorkshire, 200 vacancies in programming, high skilled, highly paid, sought after jobs programming, high

in september, transport for london said the company was not fit and proper to operate in the city.y says its list of issues have been addressed or relate to a former code of conduct. uber's long-awaited appeal of a license been in the capital -- u.k. capital will be challenged -- u.k. capital -- monday. for thes voted construction of a third runway by a large majority. with opposition from both representing areas around the airport, but he throws -- heathrow airport's biggest customer calls the price of expanding the airport too steep. wind driven wildfires -- driven wildfires in california have caused thousands to leave their homes. fires continue to grow in rural regions north of san francisco. no injuries or deaths have been reported. global news 24 hours a day, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. this is bloomberg. manus, annna. manus: thank you very much juliette saly. if you are a bloomberg user you can interact with all of the charts that we use. the recent chart features on the choate -- show, and you can catch up on all of the ana

uber was fighting the decision by transport for london to suspend our operations over safety and corporatens. global news 24 hours a day on twitter,t tictoc on powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in over 120 countries. i'm paul allen, this is bloomberg. we are watching developments when it comes to the chinese markets. steady grind lower. we were talking about how a difference of 2015, given as we haven't had the massive bubble. it is a decline from a pretty low-level. will they continue today? >> that does continu the bears have not gone back into hibernation. a third of a percent. swinging to the -- declines. tencent the biggest drag on the benchmark. we are keeping an eye on what's going on in the currency space. offshore rate trading against the dollar. senators in as u.s. talks with trump regarding how the company may stay in business. play.a few catalysts in does el like it will be a down day for shanghai stocks. >> let's get more on markets with andrew harris. -- andrew ferris. let's go to the shanghai market and bear market terrain, seeing declines every day. is this

byr was fighting a decision british regulator transport for london to strip the company of its licensepeting with amazon over a pentagon contract. learned saps america, general dynamics, red hot, and vmware are among nine companies coordinated their opposition to the government and warding the contract to a single provider. companies leading the charge includean amazon win article, microsoft, and ibm. that is your business flash update. china.up, crackdown on why senator chris coons of delaware wants to get tougher on the world second largest economy. his interview straight ahead. from new york, this is bloomberg. ♪ it looks like china has blocked hbo's website after john oliver rest of the nation's president on his show. i'm with bloomberg news in beijing. i tried to access the hbo.com website and it would not load on my phone. typically a sign that it has been blocked on the chinese internet. word says the page china.ailable across hbo does not offer its own channel in china. instead, it licenses some shows to tencent. that service is not been affected. china social media platform ha

the transport for london has operating extend its permit. the case could go to the supreme court. london mayor said in november that the process could take years. and that is your bloomberg business flash. francine? francine: european leaders have put on a brave face over their persistent disagreements on how to handle migration flows. chancellor angela merkel said there was a lot of good will and they would continue to work towards a solution. a lack of tangible progress could further escalate a crisis that could create a rift in germany's governing coalition. how concerned should investors be? we are also getting some polls saying that things are better than good when it comes to the popularity among the citizens. should we worry about immigration and the impact on the economy? kit: we should worry about europe having an immigration strategy that is coherent. that is the critical thing. europe as a whole needs to get ahead of the news flow rather than having an individual reaction causing divisions. is a missedthis opportunity. getting ahead of the news means finding agreement.

transport for london withdrew uber‘s licence in september, outlining in a 22—page letter why it wasn't to increase prices in the eu following the implementation of a 25% tariff. the higher prices will primarily hit jack daniel s and will mean customers face a 10% price hike. let's check in with the financial markets now and european indices are bucking the global trend downwards. earlier in asia and in the us yesterday there was a lot of pessimism around about the impact of a trade war on the global economy — but there has been a rebound today after yesterday's falls, even though the fundamentals haven't changed much. that's all the business news. the us academy of motion pictures has invited almost a thousand new artists and executives to join the group behind the prestigious academy awards. almost half those invited are women and just over a third are from ethnic minorities. the recent ‘0scars so white' and ‘me too' movements have criticised the academy for having a membership made up overwhelmingly of white men. a video of a spanish police dog peforming cpr has, as you might expect,

last year transport for london was not fit and proper to operate in the british capitol they've laidhey've made about the wait they reported incidents about the police to the maximum hours for drivers and said they got it wrong. the message is we're changed we're a more mature company and able to operate in london. now i've come out of court and the two sides are thrashing out details about a potential license. tfl the regulator wants conditions like training drivers. uber agreed with some and opposed some uber proposed a shorter license rather than five years, which is the normal contract. they said 15 months which will let us prove we can do it. london is an extremely critical market 3.2 million riders here. london has become an increasingly big part of the international expansion. next year it's hurdling toward an ipo it needs to show it can justify it back to you in the studio. >> thank you for that. >>> when we return, stocks like netflix and twitter bouncing back after yesterday what you can expect when it opens today. what's critical thinking like? a basketball costs $14. what

potentially vast infrastructure, this enormous gap between the 11 billion that is estimated by transport for londonounds, this is the difficulty, for tory mps in the area as well. if you represented a constituency hundreds of miles away, would you see the business argument for this and perhaps take a slightly gentler view of any proposed expansion? i think there is a division of opinion amongst people outside london. there are some of us who take the view that this is a london centric development. a third of the country's population lives in the south—east but two thirds of the flights are from the south—east and that in balance would be reinforced for the wii could be using regional airport like birmingham, manchester and edinburgh chameera argued strongly against expansion and there are others in the north—east and northern ireland arguing for heathrow so there are strong divisions in the reasons as well as local objections. —— in the regions. do you think that if you took the other view you would lose that seat you had in south—west london?” think opinions are divided. people feel very strongly

calls for the transport secretary to resign, as hundreds more trains are cancelled and another emergency timetable is announced. an update on the market numbers for you, here's how london's and frankfurt ended the day. and in the the united states this is how the dow and the nasdaq are getting on. now it's time for our weekly round—up of audience reaction to bbc news. here's samira ahmed with newswatch. hello and welcome to news watch. later on this week's round—up reactions to bbc news coverage, the world's media fall victim to a prime example of a news as a russian journalist turns out not to be murdered after all. and why there was no mention of the arrest and jailing of this man, although hundreds of thousands of people knew about it. first, the political turmoil in italy occupied plenty of airtime this week. with the struggles to form a government, three months after a general election. that elections a success for what has been called the anti—establishment by star movement and the league, normally described asa and the league, normally described as a right—wing party. but those two coalition partners have also been widely characterised across bbc news it with a te

long-term desire to operate in london may have the london from transit authorities, moves to rotect passengers and driver appeared to apiece transport foron reducing a big hurdle to operations. it coincides with the start of a tsl's in london over reversal to extend the permit to capital.n the u.k. i want to bring in carrio line hyde. newcomer e tech covering uber. caroline, walk us through what at the hearing, it will go on for several clays. you are right. it will go on for several days. inst it's in the westminster magistrates court. reporters and h the key lorders involved. lemera representing uber, and a lawyer representing heard in for london front of a female judge. currently aridge, the u.k. manager for uber, he was there cross-examined. plenty of mea cull pea from europe. media is the he digs that tsl took last year was the right one. perhaps they were not fit and of a to be in ownership licence it run in the capital. mily: eric, what are measures that uber has done to apiece the regulator. eric: they put some independent irectors on the u.k. board, restricted how long drivers can work in london, a cross-border are making sure

for it. transport police in south london are investigating the deaths of three people who were struck by a traine programme has been told exclusively that children are being held in solitary confinement in prisons — something the government denies ever happens. roughly a third of children serving sentences in young offender institutions will spend some time in isolation — and former inmates and medical professionals have told us that often the conditions they're held in d0 meet the international definition for solitary confinement — "22 hours or more in a cell, without meaningful human contact." andy smythe reports. this was one in a carnival in august, just before he was convicted. and so the most recent photos you had... before he went away. when he was 13. that is at. there is nothing else. all baby photos. when he was a baby, growing up. her son was convicted of a joint enterprise murder aged 14. she says for the last four years he spent a lot of time in solitary confinement in various young offender institutions. 23.5 hour lock away he was getting, have a number of third day, 15 minutes per

it will now be known as the london north eastern railway, a name last used in the 1940s. the department for transportice until at least 2020. game of thrones stars kit harington and rose leslie have married at a ceremony in aberdeenshire. the couple, who played on—screen lovers jon snow and ygritte, first met on the programme in 2012. guests at the big day included fellow stars from the hit show peter dinklage and maisie williams. congratulations to them and anyone who got married this weekend of course. and we want to be saying congratulations to england today. if england win against panama today it will be the first time in 12 years that they will have won both opening matches of the tournament, and their manager, gareth southgate, says he is cautiously optimistic. good use of the word cautious because he is not going to perfect. —— curse it. despite injuries, midges and near misses, optimism seems to be the theme for the young squad this year, at least so far. come on, england! i hadn't seen those pictures of them swimming with inflatable unicorns! let's find out how the players are feeling this m

it will now be known as the london north eastern railway, a name last used in the 1940s. the department for transporte service until at least 2020. game of thrones stars kit harington and rose leslie have married at a ceremony in aberdeenshire. the couple, who played on—screen loversjon snow and e—gret, first met on the programme in 2012. guests at the big day included fellow stars from the hit show peter dinklage and maisie williams. congratulations to them. it looked like a great day! under david cameron's government childhood obesity was labelled a national emergency and a pledge was made to halve the number of overweight children in england. but the policy document that followed under theresa may's leadership was criticised for being watered down, pathetic and a wasted opportunity. today is take two for the strategy, it now includes tighter restrictions for advertisers and retailers. consultant paediatrician dr mars skaejoins us from central london now. good morning and thanks for your time today. good morning. what is your reaction to this announcement, does it go far enough after the criticism

it will now be known as the london north eastern railway, a name last used in the 1940s. the department for transportuntil at least 2020. saudi arabia has become the last country in the world to allow women to drive. the ban that was in place for decades was lifted last night after campaigning by human rights groups. the change was announced last september with the country issuing licences earlier this month. it's part of crown prince mohammed bin salman‘s programme to modernise some aspects of saudi society. we will speak to some of the women that took to the roads for the first times last night shortly. game of thrones stars kit harington and rose leslie have married at a ceremony in aberdeenshire. the couple, who played on—screen loversjon snow and e—gret, met on the programme in 2012. guests lined the path outside rayne church, near inverurie, showering the newly—weds with petal confetti. i was so worried about getting her name right, e—grit, i get inverurie wrong. it's a tricky one! if you can't do your rs! sorry to everyone who lives there! it looked lovely. congratulations to them and anyone e

it will now be known as the london north eastern railway, a name last used in the 1940s. the department for transportoc‘s 28 member states are hoping to mend rifts and discuss how to tackle the arrival of african and middle—eastern migrants from across the mediterranean. numbers have fallen since the crisis began in 2015, but italy and malta have banned charity rescue boats from coming to their ports. one of the ships at the centre of the debate is the aquarius, which is currently close to the libyan coast. from there our correspondent, gavin lee reports. well, this is the charity—run ship the aquarius, which has found itself at the centre of a political storm in how europe's leaders deal with the issue of illegal migration over the seas from africa. this ship has been travelling since wednesday afternoon from the port of valencia because the spanish government allowed, as a one—off, this ship to port. a few days before that, the italian and maltese governments said they couldn't come to port. they accused ngos and charity—run vessels of encouraging people smuggling and essentially being a taxi servi

it will now be known as the london north eastern railway, a name last used in the 1940s. the department for transportrk gayford, have presented their new born baby girl — called niamh — to the cameras. ms ardern — who's said to be regaining her strength with macaroni cheese — has been swamped with congratulatory messages from around the globe, including a private emailfrom queen elizabeth. she'll spend a second night in auckland public hospital with her daughter, who twitter wags have dubbed the baby "prime miniature". we chose niamh, because we just liked it. when we met her, we thought she looked like she suited the name. also it means in various forms it means bright and radiant and snow, which seemed like a good combination. time for a look at the weather. it is already 2a in some southern areas. it is a lovely afternoon for pretty much all of us. the only area with some cloud is the far north of scotland. you can see we have got much more sunshine for scotland and northern ireland than we have had in recent day and less high cloud in england and wales and no surprise we have temperatures into th

the first service run by london north eastern railway left newcastle shortly before eight o'clock this morning. the department for transporte service until at least 2020. the health secretaryjeremy hunt has criticised airbus after the aerospace giant warned it could pull out of uk manufacturing if britain leaves the eu without a suitable trade deal. mr hunt said the warning was ‘completely inappropriate‘ and that the government should ignore what he called ‘siren voices‘. voting has begun in the presidential and parliamentary elections in turkey. the vote is seen as the biggest challenge to president erdogan‘s 15 years in government. he‘s facing a strong challenge by a centre—left candidate. turkey remains under a state of emergency following a failed coup two years ago. 0ur correspondent mark lowen is outside a polling station in istanbul. how much of a gamble was of the president erdogan to call this election in the first place? it is a very big gamble for president erdogan. two months ago when he called a snap election, it seems likely to pay for him, but then came a lively centre left a man of the people, muharrem ince

it will now be known as the london north eastern railway, a name last used in the 1940s. the department for transportultural attache for the central african republic was legitimate. senior officials from the republic claim a diplomatic passport he's been given is a fake, and say they want him to be extradited to face a fraud allegation. speaking on the andrew marr show this morning, mr becker explained how he became a diplomat working for the central african republic. . well, i was approached by the president, his excellency, mr touadera, in february, to help him improve the image and reputation of this very difficult and poor country, and so, in a ceremony april, he made me the attache of sport, culture and humanitarian affairs, and that has nothing to do with my bankruptcy proceedings. it was just informing the trustees, and therefore the courts, that if they want to send me to another hearing, my official address is the embassy in brussels, and not in britain or germany. unfortunately the other side, they did not respond to that, and therefore we have these misunderstandings. and this all came abo

for the uk economy. the transport secretary chris grayling said it would unlock prosperity. all five of london'ss will be full by the mid—20305. heathrow is full today. what is actually happening, madam deputy speaker, is we are seeing business leave the united kingdom and go to airports like frankfurt, amsterdam, paris, that have made additional capacity provision. this proposal for a third runway at heathrow was first published in 2002. hong kong published theirs in 2011, theirs will be built within five years. if we are to remain internationally competitive, does my right honourable friend not agree that we should get on and build it? i know it is not on the cards but i would support a fourth and fifth runway, actually, at heathrow, and at that week. if you were asking me to come up with the most backward—looking, ill thought through, poorly bottomed out, badly articulated, on a wing and a prayer that value for money, most polluting airport plan i could find, this would be it. 4,000 homes will go, 8,000 to 10,000 people forcibly removed from their community, the biggest forcible move of human

it will now be known as the london north eastern railway, a name last used in the 1940s. the department for transport business correspondent, joe lynam, is with me. as we are hearing, a throwback to many decades, the lner. just give us the background of why we have got to this stage. we have privatised ra i lwa ys this stage. we have privatised railways but you wouldn't know it on the east coast line today. virgin and stagecoach had a consortium and they handed back their franchise because they simply could not make it pay. stagecoach, the majority owner of this service, claimed they had lost £200 million running the service, so they literally handed it back to the government. the government had been promised more than £3 billion until 2023 by these companies, but the companies said, listen, we are losing so much money we have got to hand it back to you. the government has come under a lot of heat from labour and the trade unions for basically letting the two companies off the hook instead of demanding the extra £2 billion due to the government. that is why they handed back the franchise and it is ba

it will now be known as the london north eastern railway, a name last used in the 1940s. the department for transport, and her partner, clark gayford, have presented their newborn baby girl to the world. facing the cameras for the first time since the delivery of her daughter neve on thursday, the prime minister said she'd been blown away by the messages of congratulations from around the world including an emailfrom queen elizabeth. russell trott reports. mother, father and daughter, all doing well and presented to the world's media as the world's newest first family. new zealand's prime minister, jacinda ardern, and her partner clark, with three—day—old neve, appearing in public for the first time apparently unflustered by all the attention, sleeping in fact, well, like a baby. we had a shortlist of names. we wanted to wait until the baby arrived to really see which one felt like it worked. but we chose neve because we just liked it. when we met her we thought she looked like she suited the name. also it means in various forms bright and radiant and snow, which seemed like a good combination for ma

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transporting 2.6 million tonnes of freight in the last year. the time for action is now. the evidence shows the remaining londonthe evidence shows the remaining london airports won't be airports would be far behind. —— and the evidence shows the remaining london airports won't be far behind. despite being the busiest two—runway airport in the world, heathrow's capacity constraints means it is falling behind its global competitors, impacting the uk's economy and global trading opportunities. expansion at heathrow will bring real benefits across the country, including a boost of up to £74 billion to passengers and the wider economy. in response to the government's decision, labour — who backed the idea, and won a vote on it in 2009 before plans were scrapped — have said the expansion should only go ahead if it meets a set of tests. here's labour leader jeremy corbyn... it has to be looked at in the context of the select committee report, which says it has to be looked at in terms of how it affects the whole country, air pollution, noise pollution, and conductivity to heat water transport link and those are the de

transporting 2.6 million tons of freight last year. the time for action is now. heathrow is already full. and the evidence shows the remaining londonorts won't be far behind. despite being the busiest two runway airport in the world, heathrow‘s capacity constraints means it is falling behind its global competitors, impacting the uk's economy and global trading opportunities. but labour hadn't forgotten mr grayling's appearance the day before. the secretary of state came to the house yesterday to explain the calamitous implementation of new rail timetables. and he now stands here today at the dispatch box and expects this house to accept what he says about the most significant of infrastructure projects. i'm sorry, but this secretary of state has form. the only reason he's at the dispatch box today is because the prime minister is too weak to sack him. i regret that the secretary of state simply doesn't enjoy the confidence of this house. labour will consider a proposed expansion through the framework of our well—established for tests. expansion should only happen if it can effectively deliver on the capacity demands, if noise and a

transport secretary was at the despatch box to deliver the news. the time for action is now. heathrow is already full, and the evidence shows the remaining londont be far behind. despite being the busiest two—runway airport in the world, heathrow‘s capacity constraints means it is falling behind its global competitors, impacting the uk's economy and global trading opportunities. the secretary of state now stands here today at the dispatch box and expects this house to accept what he says about the most significant of infrastructure projects. i'm sorry, but the secretary of state has form. the only reason that he is at the dispatch box today is because the prime minister is too weak to sack him. he failed to say whether labour supported the decision. a former conservative transport secretary had looked at the fine print. this could mean taxpayers have to pick up a bill that cost billions and billions of pounds. the government denied that taxpayers would be liable. others were worried about the environmental angle. in this department's most recent aviation forecasts, there is no scenario in which expansion at heathrow is compatible with meeting t

for charts and technical analysis will be mindful of that. >>> one big story we have been following the transport regulator in london has granted uber a licenseo operate in the british capital but that comes with strings attached. they gave a ride sharing a probationary 15-month license in a ruling yesterday, in return uber must implement new goffer nance and carry out an independent audit over six months i mean, this is a serious, serious decision in the short term >> what's interesting, when you look at the conditions, a lot of the conditions that tfl license comes with have started come into force since january once the decision was made in december, not renewing that license. uber made changes. h they made big changes, a big change, the number of hours drivers are allowed to work. other conditions, uber need to train drivers in ride sharing. that's vague some of were very vague. it's not clear when uber when will do that and how much will have to do that. uber have complained with a majority of those conditions the key isn uber keep this up through the 15 months that this is going on uber actually suggested having a 15-month contract. we

the car industry gathered in london the government was committed to a deal with the eu which would be positive for business. but when it came to questions for the transporthe audience was clear. see the man circled with the white hair? that'sjohn neill, the boss of unipart — one of britain's biggest car parts suppliers. we get mixed messages from the cabinet. interesting comment from one cabinet minister, that business can f off, which is not going to be very well received in global boardrooms. when will we get an absolutely unambiguous and consistent message from the cabinet, that says you are determined and committed to achieve frictionless trade and fast trade through the borders? every single member of the cabinet would say they want frictionless trade with the european union. we believe it's in their interests, we believe it's in our interests, we believe it's in our mutual interest that that should be the case. the "f off"john neill was referring to was supposedly said by this man, borisjohnson. today he was asked in parliament, was that really his attitude to business? i don't think anybody could doubt the passionate support of this government for

transported him to the hospital. he remained hospitalized. >> the officers were not hurt. there will be a town hall meeting about the shooting in 10 days. >>> the race for mayor is off. london breed has 51.3% of the votes. mark leno is 49.7%. >> reporter: we entered a five cents election day, there's a? surrounding who will be the mayor of san francisco. it's not the lack of trying, workers have been counting votes the whole time. they do so around the clock. the san francisco department of elections office is on round nine of the count. >> we receive more numbers. >> reporter: mark leno held a slim lead, on thursday he was ahead by 255 votes. by friday, it shrunk to 144. by saturday, the lead evaporated. 4 pm saturday, london breed had ov. 23,000 votes were tallied. counting continues, 42,000 ballots need processing. >> most of them were done by male. -- u.s. mail. >> reporter: breed feels encouraged by the progress each day. 40,000 ballots are left to be counted. every vote matters in this election. the department of elections has worked tirelessly for the integrity of the count. they aren't taking chances, representatives from leno and breed are watching closely to make