boris johnson, a showman for the cameras, although usually with mixed results.p in scrapes his —— is prompting questions about how long he can last. but is borisjohnson a hopeless buffoon or is he actually a statesman of the new world order who acts and communicates in a way befitting these times? we are now able to fly the union flag once again. and perhaps that new style is all too much for diplomatic grandees from the past, most of whom can never forgive his role in taking the uk out of the eu. one withering assessment was penned last week. the intervention by the former head of the foreign office unleashed a flurry of criticism. over in brussels, they have long memories of the man they remember is the daily telegraph's troublemaking correspondent. it is always wonderful to talk to him and he is a very intelligent man, we like in germany his churchill biography. but we are not very clear that we can really rely on what he will do next day. he sometimes has in europe the image of a gambler. and that he is taking this question sometimes not so seriously. when w

didn't boris johnson said and other parts say another thing.nson said they and other parts say another thing. didn't boris johnson said they could go whistle? yes, but that was a extortionate amount. you surely ought to object to paying anything but it seems to me, we're talking about 10 billion euros, which sounds perfectly reasonable to me. this is terribly embarrassing and terrible television but i agree. i do think it's important as the brexiter that we do have a good relationship with the european union when we leave and i see there will be a transition period between march 2019 and when the new treaty, assuming there is one, some people say there won't be one, some people say there won't be one, when the new treaty actually becomes operative. compromises will have to be made. the eu is never going to access a figure as low as this, are they? no, it was said to be 16 ilion. even 100. i think that is why he said that. but it is early days and alleys they are starting to talk about numbers. it is interesting that we are beginning to see afte

boris johnson, has been quite a controversy here in the uk.retary, and liam fox, the international trade secretary, perhaps not seeing eye to eye with philip hammond and amber rudd over theissue philip hammond and amber rudd over the issue of freedom of movement of people post—brexit. how does this i’ow people post—brexit. how does this row look from your side of the channel? well, i think the basic view of the eu 27 is that if you wa nt to view of the eu 27 is that if you want to continue to have full access to the market, be it for the long—term, orfor a to the market, be it for the long—term, or for a transition period, you need to, to follow all the major parts of the eu governance, and the eu governance of basically the capacity of its institutions to regulate the capacity —— to regulate, the capacity —— to regulate, the capacity to reconcile disputes, and powers that are in the eu rules, freedom for goods and services, and financial flows, and not freedom for goods and services, and financialflows, and not for freedom for goods and servi

>> no from what we've seen historically, with boris johnson, he will play both sides to some degree i think that they're trying to convince those that voted for brexit that, you know, we're not -- the uk will not pay a lot of money for it. it's clear from the europeans they're sticking to their guns, and they will insist on some form of payment. until these issues are worked out, the uk and europe are not able to move on to the important issue which is what the new relationship might look like >> nicholas, looking at what happened in the markets this week, we have the pound against the dollar add a two-month low the likes of dixons carphone warehouse coming out with a profit warning because the brexit impact is too difficult for their business do you think that finally the cracks are starting to appear behind this brexit wall? where we thought it had dodged the recession? >> i think so. we have seen relatively weak data coming out of the uk in recent months. we've been building in that direction for some time with real income stagnating, consumption is 60% of the economy, what happens

other options then to take risky routes there with the aid package for libya there isn't that boris johnson announced a nine million pound aid package aid package for the country do you think that will be enough money to solve the problem the situation in libya is incredibly compact complex and of course aid that goes to the humanitarian purposes and to help rebuild the country is very welcome but it will take time peace is a very complicated thing and simply throwing money at the issue would not be enough what is required is a long sustained investment and the opportunity for people to be safe and protected both now and in the future now according to the u.n. refugees in libya risk grave torture exploitation at the hands of smugglers given if this is the case is that even legal to trap them in the country. so. in part of being very careful in their language and how they've approached this what we've been really disappointed with is the fact that this just flies in the face of international conventions it is in the refugee convention which all the european countries have signed up to that p

your colleague, the foreign secretary borisjohnson. with your colleague, the foreign secretary boris johnsonoris is on in the referendum debate. we the point is there i number of differences, we know some of the banks are looking seriously at frankfurt, we know paris is on manoeuvres to tempt business overseas and we know businesses are preparing. your right to say of course everyone hopes we don't get to a cliff edge no deal scenario but they have to prepare for the worst—case and making decisions employment, finding the local regulatory licenses, those ta ke local regulatory licenses, those take months, not weeks, not days, so people are preparing. one hoggies colleagues, professor patrick minford, said brexit can be compared to the event that gave birth to your modern political party, the repeal of the corn laws and he says we should simply abolish trade barriers without asking others to do the same, just as we did in 18116 when sir robert peel, that revolutionary insurgent in uk politics, basically abandoned the pricey form of protectionism that kept up the price of corn when farmers in

stands with spain against terror and meanwhile the foreign secretary boris johnson he also reacted to this incident saying that he's concerned and saddened by barcelona attack our thoughts are with those affected doing all we can do to identify whether brits need help so that's the reaction coming from the u.k. the president of the united states donald trump he also came out and condemned the attack he says the u.s. will do what ever that is necessary to help the first lady also tweeted saying that her thoughts are with those affected in barcelona the u.s. secretary of state rex tillerson he echoed sentiment saying that he offers his condolences to those affected in the loss of life in barcelona and are serving as a warning to the terrorists around the world he says that they should know that the u.s. and their allies are resolved to find them and bring them to justice and here in the e.u. well the european commission president is young. he also responded to this incident this terrifying incident in barcelona saying this cowardly attack has deliberately targeted those enjoying life an

afteror the boris johnson has not said very much anything on this. he has been silenced.e has been away in australia, but the last couple of weeks there has been little from him. question is, is he just biding his time? will he follow my with the rest was the deal is clear? or will he come out and say something to oppose this entire transitional deal? it is not clear yet. nejra: it suggest he's support a harder stance on the u.k.'s departure. thank you so much. still ahead, ubs is considering a big increase for its equity research. other banks also considering policies. a look at how they're all trying to get around new eu regulations. this is bloomberg. ♪ vonnie: live in bloomberg world headquarters. the european close is just minutes away. consideringto be charging clients $40,000 a year for access to basic equity research. that is according to people with knowledge of the matter. this is in the wake of new rules from the european union that require money managers to separate the trading commissions they pay from investment research fees. joining us with more is jason k

president donald trump to resume a i'm going to call record boris johnson a whole host of politicians from across the world expressing their anger condemnation this attack as well now in terms of the scene here the central boulevard of course where this attack took place that runs as we said about a kilometer. long that this sort of this time of year at this time of evening it would have been packed very densely with tourists from all over europe all over the world that's what would have been chosen as a soft target effectively for this attack there's very little the police would have been able to do to stop it however the quick response of course has to be commended in need. closing one of the suspects and arresting another one there and is still arriving on scene about an hour to an hour and a half of the attack took place that gives us some indication as to the scale of the attack of course as well now just looking back on the tactics used of course to get a commercial large heavy vehicle driven at speed into high crowds this isn't sadly the first time we've sat here together about

you mentioned boris johnson and wesselingh.iew on radio for them i think it was yesterday, where he did concede, did say that britain would have to meet, we will have to meet our legal obligations when he was pressed, bike, ithink obligations when he was pressed, bike, i think it was mishal hussein, about the divorce bill. what do you make of that? there seems to be an a cce pta nce make of that? there seems to be an acceptance that we have to pay. will that open up the negotiations and the eu will say, let's move ahead. michel barnier is saying there are three pillars, three separation agreements that need to be done, the first on the divorce bill, which has ranged from 100 million euros, the ft reported a few months ago, which is clearly not acceptable for the uk government, coming down to 30 or 40. there is also the issue of northern ireland, the 310 miles border that the eu says must be solved before you get into the nitty—gritty of association, and that is obviously very close to the heart of people in northern ireland. my

rupert, first of all, it seems like we finally heard from boris johnson and we were waiting for something brexiteers softening their stance in general and what does it mean for negotiations? rupert: the difference between boris saying a few weeks ago they can go whistle and ask for money and on a radio interview this morning they'll meet their obligations is the difference between off message and sudden'sly on message and signals a kind of fundamental change. i think the interesting developments we've had over the last couple months is of increasing coming together of the cabinet and most of the conservative party behind agreements around, ok, we have to have some kind of transition, the brexiteers are effectively happy as long as their in-state is belonging in a single market and not under the jurisdiction of the ecbj, they're happy to make the transitions. despite the positive moves -- and we can get into the negotiations. i think the negotiations are progressing smoothly despite some of the noise. the markets aren't really reacting to that. sterling, as you say, continuing to fall but

boris johnson may as well have dressed up asa johnson may as well have dressed up as a shepherdess, gonearian kello net, really. big ben is silence. it is a national scandal! international scandal, if you check(!) —— marie antoinette. the daily mail seems to be in favour of people working on a bell tower being rendered deaf by bongs! not on the memberand being rendered deaf by bongs! not on the member and state, being rendered deaf by bongs! not on the memberand state, not being rendered deaf by bongs! not on the member and state, not on new year's eve, people are working on the bell tower, because the bells have not been repaired for absolutely ages, there will be a live that will go part way up so that if people fall ill when visiting it, they can be taken down. but obviously, this is a national disgrace... they are saying that during the blitz, it was not silenced. a5 though people were not up silenced. a5 though people were not up the tower during the blitz. health and safety has succeeded where the luftwaffe has failed. ridiculous. nazi bombs could not silence the famous symbol, i'm

and we ask if the knives are now out for boris johnson. good evening and welcome to bbc news. president trump has arrived in texas to meet officials dealing with the devastating flooding in the wake of tropical storm harvey. more than four foot of rain has now fallen in houston, texas, since the storm swept in on friday. more than 30,000 people have been forced from their homes by the storm. two dams near the city have begun overflowing and a river has burst its banks. it's set a new record for rainfall in the state. the dark blue areas on this map show where the rain has been falling most heavily. and the authorities are warning that water levels will continue to rise. 0ur correspondent james cook reports from houston. baby cries don't worry, it's ok! he's not the only one finding it tough. it's now four days since the hurricane, and still the rescues roll on and on. we're trying to get to a safer, drier place so... how's the baby doing? 0h, he's fine, he's just scared. are you scared? just a little bit, yeah. in the chaos, though, there is some order. the boats have come fro

and we ask if the knives are now out for boris johnson.

and we ask if the knives are now out for boris johnson. join me now on bbc two. on bbc one, it's time for the news where you are. good night. hello and welcome to sportsday. i'm leah boleto — so much to get through tonight. the west indies ray of hope — another century from shai who steers the windies to a famous test win at headingley. is sanchez bound for city? there's a £50 million bid on the table tonight but arsenal reject it. first konta, now kerber — the defending champion is dumped out of the us open in round one. we'll start with cricket and an historic day at headingley where the west indies won their first test match in this country for 17 years when they beat england by five wickets to win the second test and level the three—match series. described as pathetic after their defeat in the first test, this was a spectacular comeback for the tourists. it was also a special day for their young batsman shai hope. patrick gearery was watching in leeds. a remarkable test match ends with a five wicket victory for west indies in the closing overs of the final da

there has been the 100 billion figure which boris johnson said they can go and whistle for.t looks. essentially it is saying we should pay what we are paying at the moment for the three years of a transition period, that is 10 billion a year. and then a bit extra. i am amazed that ruth seems to think that is reasonable. you would expect some of the leavers to say we will not pay a penny. many will. the truth is, i was a civil servant, you no... that is where i got my superb manners from. —— know. ifi is where i got my superb manners from. —— know. if i may say so. but this is a negotiation. i do believe we wa nt this is a negotiation. i do believe we want a good relationship with the european union when we leave. and if that means you have to put some money on the table, you put some money on the table, you put some money on the table. they are denying it at the moment. but if this is an opening gambit and it is a negotiation, it is going to go up, isn't it? that is true. you don't start with a figure assuming it is going to go down. but the question is how high you think it

in a way he owes, like boris johnson, got him on to strictly.isjohnson, he owes his career to have i got news for you. maybe that's where their similarities end, i am not sure. he has provided us with a lot of laughs today. very sad. let's look at a couple of the newspapers and how they're reporting the aftermath of they're reporting the aftermath of the attacks in barcelona and cambrils. hunt for terror cell, it says. focus on africa as attack plan revealed but didn't get carried out. the photograph is of a little boy, a british boy, who is missing. still missing as is with the case every time a story like this happens and attack, people get separated in chaos, they pick tourist areas, therefore you are affecting the whole world. i think 34 different nationalalities represented by all the victims or those injured in this attack. the fact that he has been separated just gives you answer idea of the carnage that was left by these men. also the more scary thing today was this wasn't plan a for them, they had plan a, plan b and c and didn't work, t

it comes amid growing tension over north korea and after our top diplomat boris johnson failed to offerhe reassurances the key asian ally and trade partner had hoped for when he was there just last month. the l'oreal ceo has said he is confident and president emmanuel macron will push through economy boosting reforms, despite a drop popularity that his popularity and latest polls. gracie had five years to implement it, so it's just the beginning. that this confident is the team we need for france, for the business, for the economic recovery. am very confident. juliette: global news, 24 hours a day, powered by more than 2600 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. you can find more stories on the bloomberg at top . it's a much brighter day in asia here today. investors are focused on fundamentals and away from the north korean tensions which rattled the market yesterday. the nikkei up by .8% as we see the end get back some of its gains. the hang seng trading back at may 2015 highs as we await key banking earnings there. pretty flat on the asx 200 but the kospi falling fl

evil of terrorism that's what she said in the longer statement issued later her foreign secretary boris johnson also tweeted that he is concerned and saddened by barcelona our thoughts are with those affected doing all we can to identify whether brits need help over in france the french president emmanuel mccraw and said this in a tweet all my thoughts and solidarity our friends for the victims of the tragic attack in barcelona we were made united and determined meanwhile the european commission president younker also tweeted about this saying that this cowardly attack has deliberately targeted those enjoying life and sharing time with family and friends will never be cowed by such barbarism at the same time do you will poll which is to e.u. law enforcement agency tweeted condemning the terrible attack in barcelona our thoughts are with those affected we stand united in the fight against terrorism but of course the condemnation and also expression of solidarity and the expression of condone. doesn't come just within the e.u. and outside the e.u. as well world leaders happen reacting to this inc

boris johnson, the foreign secretary, and liam fox, the international trade secretary, perhaps not seeinglip hammond and amber rudd over the issue of freedom of movement of people post—brexit. how does this row look from your side of the channel? well, i think the basic view of the eu 27 is that if you want to continue to have full access to the market, be it for the long—term, or for a transition period, you need to, to follow all the major parts of the eu governance, and the eu governance of basically the capacity of its institutions to regulate, the capacity to reconcile disputes, and powers that are in the eu rules, freedom for goods and services, and financial flows, and not for people. after that, how it will be settled exactly will depend on the negotiations, of course. as the negotiations and the debate over brexit continue, as we have been discussing, other eu countries are trying to capitalise on the situation post—brexit. the french prime minister eduard phillippe has said that france will use all its power to make paris the european financial capital. but is this trying to cap

boris johnson in libya.nd banning them from certain areas of the city. the gangs are thought to be involved in gun and drugs offences. 18 men must register their phones and vehicles with police. but critics say it'll simply move problems elsewhere. sima kotecha reports. early morning and police in birmingham are getting ready to issue several men with gang injunctions. the judge granted the final order on the 15th ofjuly, i think it was, and we are just on our way to serve that order as we speak. for the next two years, the men won't be able to go to certain parts of the city, they won't be able to meet one another and they won't be allowed to post material online. well, we are driving in handsworth, one of the areas where the men will no longer be able to go to. and it's in what's called the exclusion zone. that stretches from the centre of the city to its outskirts. here are the 18 men, 12 of whom are already in prison. they are all suspected of having links with two prominent birmingham gangs, the burger

patrols stopping civilians getting out of the country speaking about a trip to libya's capital boris johnson insisted the u.k. will help reduce the number of illegal migrants heading for you. it is so important that we work with the libyan government and our partners to help bring stability to libya stopping it from becoming a fertile ground for terrorists and people traffickers you close proximity to your humanitarian group doctors without borders whose ship was allegedly fired on by the libyan coast guard has accused the british government of trying to sweep the refugee problem under the carpet clear see what he wanted terry and campaign manager for the oxfam charity told us attempts to keep refugees in a war zone are a clear violation of international monetary and rights. simply throwing money at at the issue would not be enough what is required is a long sustained investment and the opportunity for people to be safe and protected both now and in the future what we've been really disappointed with is the fact that this just flies in the face of international conventions it is in the refug

torn country britain's been spending a large amount of money and fought on a foreign secretary boris johnson pledged millions of pounds very recently to stem the flow of illegal migrants from libya to europe he's also voiced support to for tougher border controls speaking in tripoli he said the crisis in fact poses a direct security threat to the u.k. . libya is the front line for many challenges which left on chicks composed problems for us in the u.k. but equally illegal migration and the threat from terrorism it also means practical efforts to including the work we're doing to ensure that the libyan coast guard can secure their own borders reducing the number of illegal migrants hitting for europe on campaign manager believes the attempts to keep refugees in a war zone or action a violation of their human rights simply throwing money at at issue will not be enough what is required is a long sustained investment and the opportunity for people to be safe and protected both now and in the future what we've been really disappointed with is the fact that this just flies in the face of internat

for border patrol stopping civilians fleeing the country speaking on a trip to libya's capital boris johnson insisted the u.k. will help reduce the number of illegal migrants heading for europe. libya is the front line for many challenges which left on chicks composed problems for us in the u.k. but equally illegal migration and the threat from terrorism it also means practical efforts to including the work we're doing to ensure that the libyan coast guard can secure their own borders reducing the number of illegal migrants hitting for europe plessy would humanitarian campaign manager for the oxfam charity told us attempts to keep refugees in a war zone are clear violation of international human rights law simply throwing money at the issue will not be enough what is required is a long sustained investment and the opportunity for people to be safe and protected both now and in the future what we've been really disappointed with is the fact that this just flies in the face of international conventions it is in the refugee convention which all the european countries have signed up to that peop

her visit comes among growing tensions and after boris johnson failed to issue reassurances. l'oreal's ceo said he is confident that french president emmanuel macron will push through economy boosting reforms despite a drop in the centrist leaders popularity and national pulse. he made comments during an exclusive interview with bloomberg. we have five years diplomat them. so it is the beginning. macron'sry confident, government is the team we need for france, for the business, for the economic recovery, i am very confident. juliette: william hill says one gambler earned $242,000 on the floyd mayweather versus conor mcgregor fight over the weekend. that is after the price of a $1.2 million debt. says they are thrilled to be making the payout. global news 24 hours a day, powered by more than 2600 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. bloomberg. guy: thank you. so risk on, risk off. stocks advanced after president trump's response to comments and the lunch from north korea. from north korea. also you think about the speech missouri later on in in which the presid

boris johnson has called it reckless provocation.ken by north korea. we also know from colonel bob manning, who has been speaking about the pentagon's point of view, they say they are assessing the situation. that is the official word coming from them. what is now likely to happen in terms of how the us and its allies are going to react to this? well, my hope is that over time, not too much time, we will realise that trying not to solve this problem is not good enough. we will have to escalate missile defence and covert operations and capabilities and perhaps even reintroduce tactical nuclear weapons to counter north korea so that we can get them to understand the possibility ofjoining talks. they are not ready for that now. they wa nt to are not ready for that now. they want to test and test and test to demonstrate to the world they have the capability that cannot be denied to launch missiles. we might need to look at this. it is not calamitous tonight because they did not launch against guam and other american territories. but it i

so many figures are floating around, but what is clear is that we will pay so boris johnson's statementwhistle, we need not pay any attention to it. we will have to make contributions to the eu after we have left in order to maintain certain benefits and smooth the way toa certain benefits and smooth the way to a transitional arrangement. what is interesting is the sourcing for this story. this isn't one random person saying this, there are three separate sources in whitehall and government. this is probably a fairly excepted fact in the civil service in whitehall and it's now a question of managing the media and people's expectations. that is tricky because a lot of people who voted for brexit will say that we should not have to pay a penny. this takes us back to the misinformation of the eu referendum campaign. people who voted for brexit and who believe in that side of the argument we re believe in that side of the argument were told that. it was wrong that they were told that, so it's understandable they make that assumption. james, this is something that has to be sorted out from t

. >>> secretary boris johnson also criticized the president's response, telling bbc radio saying that trump got it totally wrong. he also said it was a great shame the president was unable to make a distinction between neonazis and anti-fascist protesters. >>> new at noon, as many as 20 people were killed when a suicide bomber attacked a shiite mosque in the afghan capital of kabul. there was no immediate claim of responsibility, but isis militants have attacked moirpt shiite targets in afghanistan -- minority shiite targets in afghanistan in the past. some said the attackers threw grenades while a police official said a suicide bomber detonated himself at the gate. >>> also new at noon, former carter administration interior secretary cecil andris has died at age 85. his family says he died yesterday from complications of lung cancer. andris was in his second term as idaho governor andris later served two more terms as governor after his service here in washington. >>> new this afternoon federal judges in maryland have decided to a congressional voting map will stand at least for now.

support tonight britain stands with spain against the evil of terrorism who are foreign secretary boris johnson also tweeted saying that he is concerned and saddened by barcelona attack our thoughts are with those affected doing all we can to identify with the brits need help over in france the french president emmanuel tweeted this all my thoughts and solidarity our friends for the victims of the tragic attack in barcelona we remain united and determined meanwhile the european commission president jiang claude younger set this in a tweet this cowardly attack has deliberately targeted those enjoying life and sharing time with family and friends will never be cowed by such barbarism the usual poll which is the e.u. law enforcement agency said this condemned the terrible attack in barcelona our thoughts are with those affected we stand united in the fight against terrorism but of course the condolences and the expression of solidarity and also the condemnation doesn't just come within the e.u. outside the e.u. world leaders have been reacting as well in russia the russian president vladimir putin

quoting boris johnson, who told negotiators to, quote, blow whistle if they get part of the compensationleaving the eu. you've beenin of britain leaving the eu. you've been in this game for a while, what would you expect to be happening at an early stage? wouldn't you expect both sides to put in a high opening bid? you would expect the eu to come out with a high figure and for the british to say, a whistle.” out with a high figure and for the british to say, a whistle. i would not expect that. i would not expect the foreign secretary to use that kind of language and tiring in negotiation with the very people who britain will have to do a deal with __ go britain will have to do a deal with —— go whistle. britain will have to do a deal with -- go whistle. on the issue of financing, it seems that the obvious way to solve it is for both sides to accept impartial arbitration. a neutral tribunal and said, you work out the assets, you work out the liabilities, and we both agree to your ruling. i am sure it would be a lot less tha n your ruling. i am sure it would be a lot less than the eu is cu

there was the slanging match at the beginning which is still ongoing when boris johnson said they coulde government in europe want to talk about how much money britain owes to europe. the other thing... they are setting the agenda at the moment. they want to talk about the anglo—irish border and the rights of eu immigrants who want to remain in britain. those are not bad things to wa nt britain. those are not bad things to want to talk about. that is what they are saying they want. but britain wants to talk about other things. they think they are serious. they want to show their hand. there have been different treatments on the same story. we are getting the same quotes. the times is the most nuanced, talking about brussels. but when you read into it, this is the negotiating stage, hard bowling, they said british sources say the lack of a paper was entirely deliberate and the government was not ready to commit to a financial settle m e nt not ready to commit to a financial settlement without the eu discussing a transition package. to give some credit to david davis, this is his negotiat

was absolutely sweating its boris johnson's off this week with a heatwave reaching from the north to the most southern points of england where the presenters took great care to point out high pollen counts but didn't focus so much on high ozone particularly those the ones that kill millions of people every year but maybe that's because defra allegedly covered up the ad pollution in parts of england breached levels this week with michael gove teresa mayes new minister for the environment having to say on the matter and the new conservative chief of staff captain paul well and also about ignoring reports on fire safety in tower blocks. in london amidst a climate of political uncertainty the queen for cost a royal banquet of breck's it filled promises in a strangely pro e crown and the interim prime minister to raise a may attempt to apologize to some of the burning injustices that she was supposed to correct even if the foreign secretary sister thinks that the prime minister is a victim of these injustices as well it's like she's one of the victims of the fire as well because she can d

the next election and has had a few ministers coming out and publicly supporting her, not least boris johnsonpporting her, not least borisjohnson. on the other side, there has been a few voices scoffing publicly at this. lord heseltine one of them, nicky morgan, the former education secretary, but the majority of mps are not saying anything publicly at all. but privately, they simply don't believe her. they don't put any more credence on the fact she would fight the next election than they did on her assurances that she wouldn't call a snap election this year. they basically think nothing much has changed and she is still in a relatively weak position but she couldn't have said anything else when asked about her future in the press. the london evening standard, edited by george osborne of course who she sacked as chancellor, has today suggested she is somehow staggering on like the living dead. thank you. there have been two explosions at a chemical works in texas, which was badly flooded by tropical storm harvey. the owner of the plant near houston, had warned that a loss of power meant vola

today, boris johnson and priti about a quarter of them.ce its humanitarian aid next year, others should do more. my job isn'tjust to give aid and to give money. myjob is to make make sure the aid goes further and that we leverage with the nigerian government to get them to step up and do more. nigerian soldiers relax at the end of another arduous day of british training, but their country has nothing to celebrate, the war against boko haram is very far from over. james robbins, bbc news, nigeria. scottish labour is about to get its fourth leader in four years after kezia dugdale resigned with immediate effect. ms dugdale said the party had been revitalised during her two years in charge and that it was time for a new leader with "fresh energy, drive and a new mandate." she‘s been speaking to bbc scotland‘s political editor, brian taylor. applause kezia dugdale. yet more fake news. no, this is for real, scottish labour has lost another leader. kezia dugdale can be ferocious with opponents. i‘ve done the hard lifting. i was told i had the to

the british foreign minister boris johnson a bit of breaking news.ohnson has told the bbc that he thinks some of the sums for brexit 5eem told the bbc that he thinks some of the sums for brexit seem to be very high indeed. in his words, he says we should not pay a penny more or a penny le55 we should not pay a penny more or a penny less than we think our legal obligations amount to in the brexit built talk5. that was the british foreign secretary on his thoughts on the british exit will. the government will be publishing its position papers as it entered the next stage of negotiations. let's take a look at some of the other stories making the news. .. mu5ic streaming 5ervice spotify has signed a new licensing deal with warner music group — paving the way for an expected flotation. after deals with sony and universal, warner was the last of the three big record labels to agree to renewed terms to make its catalogue available to spotify‘5 140 million users. investors have been selling off shares of supermarkets in the us after amazon said it would comp

stands with spain against tara and meanwhile her foreign secretary boris johnson also tweeted concerned and saddened by barcelona attack our thoughts are with those affected doing all we can to identify whether brits need help now of course britain suffered from vehicle attacks by islamist terrorists themselves back in march at westminster and in june on the london bridge and the european commission president called juncker he also tweeted saying this cowardly attack has deliberately target those enjoying life and sharing time with family and friends we will never be cowed by such barbarism meanwhile europol which is the e.u.'s law enforcement agency also came out to condemn this attack and saying that they stand united in the fight against terrorism here in germany the office of chancellor angela merkel also treated about this her spokesman stefan cyber said in a tweet we are thinking with profound sadness of the victims of the revolting attack in barcelona who have solidarity and friendship alongside the spanish people then over a neighboring france the president. also issued a tweet

this is what boris johnson was so fond of and eu officials were not.robably like this, it means they will have to adjust once we find other trade deals in place, rather than having to adjust once and again when we signed trade deals, this relies on the fact that a deal will be done, no sense that this will actually happen, we haven't started discussing trade yet. that's a really important point, let's say technically they say you are out of the customs union, you can negotiate your own trade deals, it will be very ha rd to your own trade deals, it will be very hard to see how those substantive trade talks with third—party countries can't even we still don't know the overriding relationship between the uk and the eu will be. they will say we need to see whether it's going to be tariffs, trade terms, how they will 90, tariffs, trade terms, how they will go, the customs union is a border issue, the wider issues will still be unsettled, you can't do a substantive trade deal until you know what the uk relationship with the us and we are not even in the foot

is boris johnson? of course not. people have tried very hard to stay here.d, pro—eu opinions in this country. i am trying to focus on the nature of negotiations today. let me quote you borisjohnson. he told negotiators to, quote, go whistle if they get part of the compensation package for part of britain leaving the eu. go whistle, is that...? you've been in this game for a while, what would you expect to be happening at an early stage? wouldn't you expect both sides to put in a high opening bid? you would expect the eu to come out with a high figure and for the british to say, go whistle. i would not expect that. i would not expect the foreign secretary to use that kind of language and tone in negotiation with the very people who britain will have to do a deal with. there is no choice! 0n the issue of financing, it seems that the obvious way to solve it is for both sides to accept impartial arbitration, a neutral tribunal, and say, you work out the assets, you work out the liabilities, and we both agree to your ruling. and that would take the issue of the t

terrible tragedy all emory of the fire brigades union was on this show and said that people like boris johnson mayor of london the tory government they had blood on their hands because of the cuts to fire services in general is it do you think that the people who didn't listen to you have blood on their hands. i'm not going to get in to an argument with anyone on this issue and start responding to points which you have just made i want to respect that we hear the voice. of those people directly affected i don't want to be bowed to the squabble i say that we could all be wise off the event it would be wonderful to have had national and international coverage when each year we'd be raising issues about sprint because we have every year one day set aside to try to encourage people to appreciate what script is could do in terms of say did not and we got practically zilch coverage it's such a trip it's so unfortunate that it takes a terrible tragedy like this rap forces to be hurt but at least now we are being listened to and i very much hope appropriate action will be taken to be so david amos bac