UK heads to polls in December
Live news, business and sport from around the world.
Boris Johnson has said he is ready to fight a "tough" general election after MPs voted for a 12 December poll. Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn said the snap poll gave a "once-in-a-generation" opportunity to transform the country.
The militant group Islamic State has yet to comment on the reported death of its leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi who President Trump said died in a special operation in northwest Syria. There is no clear indication yet as to who might take the Jihadist leader's place. But who is likely to follow him?
The Archbishop of York in the UK has said that a slow environmental genocide is taking place in Nigeria鈥檚 Bayelsa State. Dr John Sentamu said that oil companies needed to end a culture of double standards in Nigeria.
Last on
More episodes
Next
Broadcast
- Wed 30 Oct 2019 07:06GMT大象传媒 World Service except East and Southern Africa & East Asia