michael gove says there'll be a bail—out fund for businesses hit by brexit. real for millions of lower and middle income earners is lower than it was a decade ago, says the tuc. more than a million people are evacuated from their homes as a powerful typhoon hits china. liverpool make an ideal start to the season as they thrash newly promoted norwich 4—1 at anfield. and click reports on internet shutdowns in kashmir and a new car scanner in israel. if the energy regulator is demanding answers from the national grid after a major blackout which struck large areas of england and wales yesterday evening. around a million people were affected by the power cut — which led to major disruption for rail passengers, caused traffic lights to fail and left thousands of homes without electricity. the national grid said the major power cut was a ‘rare and unusual event‘ caused by the ‘almost simultaneous‘ loss of power at a gas station and an offshore wind farm atjust before five o‘clock yesterday. in a statement, rwe, owners of the gas—fired power station in bedfordshire that

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michael gove says there'll be a bailout fund for businesses hit by brexit. real for millions of lower and middle—income earners is lower than it was a decade ago, says the tuc. the mother of missing teenager nora quoirin thanks search teams scouring the malaysian jungle for her. more than a million people are evacuated from their homes as a powerful typhoon hits china. now on bbc news, in a series of documentaries, we will explore how best we can protect our precious planet, exploring sustainable solutions around the globe, and meeting the people at the forefront of driving change. how can we best protect our precious planet? climate change and pollution are taking their toll. that much is now scientifically evident. but for all the uncomfortable truth, we hold the future in our hands. in this film, we'll be exploring sustainable solutions around the globe and meeting the individuals driving change in their communities. from housing to energy and fashion, these are some of the unique and surprising ways in which people from all walks of life are working to protec

brexit. does anyone believe a real negotiation is going on?” brexit. i think there is something going on because of the eu, in the end, germany needs us of the eu, in the end, germany needs us and to appoint france needs us and other countries need us. who can tell but the photographs of them with boris johnson tell but the photographs of them with borisjohnson seemed to be rather more friendly than the ones with theresa may and maybe they would like to settle this in a civilised way. it's going to be yea rs, yea rs of civilised way. it's going to be years, years of discussion, to discuss the nitty—gritty of this deal and i think in a way, that is a point that boris has. i felt all the time that theresa may was trying to get a deal, there was so much yakking from the other side. if you we re yakking from the other side. if you were michel barnier or donald tusk, they thought we could get them to do anything they want. you are in a battle, in a negotiation, do not normally have your team at odds with you. you go in and get the best need you. you go in an

phone —— leo varadkar, these rebels not facilitating a brexit, saying that defence is wrong and that in essence they need to get serious, get realbility is a real one and the only way to avoid it is to, from his point of view, to give some ground and try to offer some new form of deal to this country. let's see what the eu says in reply? i think that's right. and martin's word of their use does make use martin's word of their use does make use of the word assertion is very important. boris johnson wants to go into talks with these european leaders this week in european capitals and say don't listen to the rebels, there is no way they can harm the no—deal brexit. but it isn't in borisjohnson's hands. we live in a parliamentary democracy, parliament is sovereign. there are ways that mps good, if they so wish, ta ke ways that mps good, if they so wish, take unprecedented measures to block a no—deal brexit. one would be revelled in his backing ramy corbin ina revelled in his backing ramy corbin in a vote of no—confidence the government and then backing an interim administration for a 40 day period —— jeremy corbyn. appointing a prim

brexit. but when you look at the real consequences of a no deal brexit it would be devastating for many businessesor manufacturing, cars and so on, so i think whichever way it goes we will see less investment. a lot has been held off because of the uncertainty, but we will see less than when we were still in the eu. the times, johnson goes for broke. how much of a gamble is this for him? even if it is further down the line, mid—october, he says after the european council meeting, if there is a vote of no confidence? he has planned this through. if they want him to... this article says, they have planned it all through and they want to force an extension of article 51, they are filibustering in the house of lords. and if there is a vote of no—confidence he will step down but he will call for an election. whichever way we go, it is very divisive, and the thing — i looked at all this, this planning and plotting, wouldn't it be good if we put that energy into dealing with the eu! they say they are, that they are forcing this issue and negotiations are going on behind the scenes, who knows? who knows.

argument on the other side is that the fact that when you ask the public what you want to for brexit to feel real want their right of the citizens to be maintained. you have at the rate at the voters saying they think citizens should go back to their home country. how, if you are borisjohnson, do you marry at those two conflicting competing narratives when you're trying to decide on immigration. because you are right that people accept that skilled immigration needs to take place. but it's about the optics and what counts as skilled immigration and also, this is true and lots of data, what country as people come from, and right or wrong whether we like it or not there is a clear hierarchy in this country on where the general public white and begins to come from and the countries where they don't. and that's a really difficult thing to marry for anyone thinking about any kind immigration policy, either as part of a brexit deal or no deal. back to the telegraph, below the photographs of the princess with her mum sticking her tongue out at the photographers, she's learning young now. we will see her

terms of what analysts and what investors expect from the bank of england in terms of data is brexit the realightmare for them on that front >> that's the challenge. in any normal sense of the world, the markets would be content to hear the bank of england say we'll be data dependant. we're never going to precommit we'll wait to see what the data is showing us. but clearly brexit cuts across all of that. i think increasingly we'll hear we want to get some clarity about how will monetary policy respond? don't forget that the backdrop to all of this is almost whatever happens, whether it's no-deal brexit, whether it's some form of deal, whether it's general election, the fiscal policy will be loosening in the uk over the next 12 months, how will the bank of england respond to that, too >> good question neil, thank you. we'll leave it there thank you for joining us >>> make sure you join us later today for decision time. our special program focused on the bank of england's decision that starts at 11:55 british time. >>> the government in the uk says they will inject 2.1 billion pounds into no-de

brexit if no deal is forthcoming? the g7 is meant to be about fighting inequality but we know that the real topic of conversation will t will be difficult. we are looking at disruption any which way. errors talk of alternative arrangement but it is the bit called to imagine what a compromise would be. the uk would perhaps accept a fixed term on the irish deal providing they can withdraw from it unilaterally and it is replaced with a digital border. but to the eu that will be difficult if not possible to agree to because it means reopening the withdrawal agreement and more than anything else you can delete the integrity of the single market. it is interesting. we heard this week the idea of a 30 day timetable which was put out there is a statement from the chancellor, the german chancellor. what does that do? do you think that was an olive branch, was an ultimatum? how does it change things when it comes to brexit was to mark i think the meetings in europe have gone better than i was expecting. they were civil and construct live and gave us a 30 day breathing period to come up with an alternative plan. emmanuel macron

hot weather failed to boost consumer spending in the uk which fell to a new low amid brexit uncertainty and slow realsh retail consortium. it said the "challenging retail environment" was taking its toll on both the high street and online. facebook is failing to shut down groups on its site where fake amazon reviews are sold, consumer group which?claims. the social media netowork was urged injune by the competition and markets authority to probe the sale of fake reviews via these groups. which claimed to have uncovered several active groups that recruited people to write fake testimonies. kate bevan is the editor of which? talked me through exactly what you found. we found several groups on facebook who are actively recruiting people to go out and write these fa ke people to go out and write these fake reviews. how they do that is give you a bit of money or promise to give you the product to keep and the idea is, you go and pick up this product that no one has heard of. what are facebook saying? they are upping their humans looking at this, they are starting to pay attention to it. i didn't realise y

and real vote rs, brexit, this is real politics.e their valuable vote, they won't be doing that on a party basis but on base —— but based on the best effect. i hope this is the politics of the future or not the old tribal party politics. thanks very much. with a magnitude of 7.4 off the southwest of the island of sumatra. (00v)0fficials said the quake had the potential to generate a tsunami. tremors were felt in many cities, including the capital, jakarta. there are no reports of damage or casualties. these are pictures from sumatra. the pacific tsunami warning centre didn't issue a tsunami warning or a watch or an advisory after the earthquake. it is the indonesian authorities themselves who have issued their own, suggesting there could be this three metre tsunami. people are puzzled and confused as to what to do. a mother who murdered her two young daughters after they "got in the way" of her sex life has been jailed for life with a minimum term of 32 years. louise porton was found guilty yesterday of killing three—year—old lexi d

the chaos and dislocation of a no—deal brexit is real, very real, and threatening, as the government'sdossier makes clear. it makes it crystal clear how bad things will get if there is a no deal exit. that is why we will do everything we can to stop it. then after years of elite driven austerity and neglect, we will recharge the politics with democracy, democracy brings health, justice, brings hope. applause kicking out the big money interests and putting the people in the driving seat. we will rebuild our public services about taxing those at the top to properly fund them for everybody else. we will drive up people's living standards by boosting pay, improving rights and running our utilities and economy in the interests of the millions, not the interests of the millions, not the multimillionaires. and we will transform our communities with investment, investment in every part of our country, the inequalities between north and south and east and west have got to be addressed. breathing new life into our high streets by giving security to older people and hope and opportunity for young

brexit. they're worried of real problems on the northern ireland border. what's the plan for that?you have to bear with me here, it is complicated. it is the main reason boris johnson is pushing through this really risky no-deal brexit. it guarantees that there won't be a hard border between northern island which is britain and the republic of island which is a separate country onto itself and still a member of the eu. no one wants a custom border in the irish eu. separating one part of britain from the rest. the solution so far and the one that theresa may came up with her deal was to temporary keep the uk in a kind of european union until this can be resolved. if the u.k. crashes out of eu like boris johnson seems to want to without a deal. all of that could be up in the air. it is the only part of this drama that can lead to historical violent and it is one o of the major problems. >> that was a pretty good explanation of the irish backstop? a short amount of time. >> i appreciate that. >> i tried. >> we are learning more of accused sex trafficker of jeffery epstein's financial

that there is real uncertainty in the marketplace about whether we are heading for a no—deal brexit whichs not going so well there. this is the intercontinental hotel group and they have been saying that not only is it relatively slow in the states but they are having difficulty in generating strong sales in china. i don't think any of that should come as much surprise to the market. the market. the great advantage of ihg group today if they don't own most of the hotels for that they do them up of the hotels for that they do them up and sellthem of the hotels for that they do them up and sell them on but because they are not carrying heavy capital, they are not carrying heavy capital, they are ina are not carrying heavy capital, they are in a strong position to make strong shareholder returns even in an environment which is typically not that great for hoteliers. and of course it is august. normally this isa course it is august. normally this is a quiet period but do you feel this august is a bit different? is a quiet period but do you feel this august is a bit different7m is proving to b

was this the catalyst needed in order for the no deal brexit scenario to become a real threat to europehink on the market side of things, as you said, we are at 7/10 of 1% lower on the pound. i think what that shows is that this no deal risk was already to some extent in the market, but certainly the fact that this has ,een confirmed by the queen this plan to suspend parliament for five weeks will go forward, makes the risk of a no deal much more present in investors' minds. vonnie: explain to us the process. boris johnson came up with this plan, announced it, then went to the queen. could she have said no? charlotte: this was a topic of conversation throughout the day today. it would have been very unusual for the queen to say no. she tends not to like to get too involved in these kind of affairs of state. i think almost everyone would is expecting -- everyone was expecting that she would sign off on this move, even though it is unusual for the u.k. parliament to be suspended for this length of time, particularly when we are in the midst of something as important as brexit. vonnie: wha

overregulation, the economies that don't have high productivity, that aren't focusing on the real opportunities, and if we get brexite a big, big chance for us in the uk to have a change of direction and to boost growth and prosperity. british airways has apologised after admitting it mistakenly told some passengers their flights were cancelled. pilots are going on strike on the 9th, 10th and 27th next month, but some customers with flights on other days were wrongly asked to re—book, or get a refund. ben waell was told on friday his honeymoon flights were cancelled, and has been unable to speak to anyone at the company. we are flying out on the ninth, one of the strike days, first thing in the morning, to naples. my fiance andi the morning, to naples. my fiance and i get married on the friday before, and we've basically been told that flight has been cancelled. we tried to go online to change the booking, that didn't work, so i called up the line, and i think i've called up the line, and i think i've called over 200 times now and basically they are not even putting you on hold. you're getting disconnected. that is

overregulation, economies that don't have high productivity, that are not focusing on the real opportunities. and if we get brexitl be a big, big chance for us in the uk to have a change of direction and to boost growth and prosperity. 0ne prosperity. one question about prince andrew. do you have confidence... i do not want to get into commentary about royal matters. it is not really myjob. thank you very much. thank you. an expression of hope for improved chances of a deal before the 31st of 0ctober. 0n brexit, though he then describes it as touch and go over the radio would be reached. we have just heard from our producers in biarritz that boris johnson and donald tusk have begun their bilateral meeting. it will be interesting to see. we will bring that to you in the next hour and before that a look at the weather. a lovely day out there. hazy sunshine to be had. sunshine today compared to be had. sunshine today compared to yesterday, scotland and northern ireland. a bit more cloud from the channel islands, parts of south—west england, west wales and edging towards west england to the afternoon. if anything, to

poor weather, slow real wage growth and brexit uncertainty are being blamed.more days pumping water from a reservoir to stop its dam bursting and flooding a town, firefighters say. hundreds of whaley bridge residents are spending a fifth day out of their homes because of the partial collapse of the dam wall. our reporter dave guest is there for us this morning. we know they've been working incredibly hard on it. what's the latest on it, dave? well, the drone of those pumps continued through the night and will continue through today but they're doing theirjob. they've lowered the level of the reservoir considerably. it needed to get eight metres below where it has been and by last night it was six metres and they hope to reach the target today. when it is down to that level engineers can see the extent of the damage and make a decision about when it will be safe for people to go back to their homes. that's what the people want to know, they've been out of their homes since thursday and they want to know when they can return. around 20 people in 16 properties ha

ironically at the very time when northern ireland's future is so in the balance with brexit, for both communities. there has been a realo when parliament returns to westminster in september, that will be one of the big issues on their agenda. there is talk about direct rule, where london would roll directly in belfast. but just this week, a few days ago, there was a bomb attack in fermanagh just near the border. people described feeling their houses shaking. the security services in northern ireland have warned about the threat from dissident groups in the north. i think this also may help to focus minds on the next few weeks and months. let me add one thing about the backstop. the 30 day period could have meant to refer to the document which we will also have to negotiate about the future economic relationship. and if goodwill can be seen to work, that will be an area where you really could propose a speeding up of the process. and when you have a functioning deal between the two blocks, then the backstop will disappear. but the problem is, britain wanted to keep the backstop until a future relationship, but ireland w

so that shows the real impact of the brexit negotiations.reaking news overnight. china is now suggesting it will not retaliate against the latest round of u.s. tariffs that are set to take effect on sunday, september 1st. that is what is moving futures. a spokesman for the minister of commerce saying the higher priority is to talk with the united states about removing these new tariffs, prevent that trade war from escalating any further. both china and u.s. treasury secretary steven mnuchin have confirmed there's going to be talks next month but no word on exactly when or where the talks will happen. lauren: and the impact of all of this is expected to have slowed economic growth here in the u.s. in the second quarter. today we get a read on the second estimate for second quarter gdp. it's expected to slip to 2% from the first estimate of 2.1%. that will be he released about an hour before the opening bell. also, u.s. footwear companies are a angry about the new roundf u.s. tariffs on china that's coming. edward lawrence has more on that. go

ironically at the very time when northern ireland's future is so in the balance with brexit, for both communities. there has been a realsides. so when parliament returns to westminster in september, that will be one of the big issues on their agenda. there is talk about direct rule, where london would roll directly in belfast. but just this week, a few days ago, there was a bomb attack in fermanagh just near the border. people described feeling their houses shaking. the security services in northern ireland have warned about the threat from dissident groups in the north. i think this also may help to focus minds on the next few weeks and months. let me add one thing about the backstop. the 30 day period could have meant to refer to the document which we will also have to negotiate about the future economic relationship. and if goodwill can be seen to work, that will be an area where you really could propose a speeding up of the process. and when you have a functioning deal between the two blocks, then the backstop will disappear. but the problem is, britain wanted to keep the backstop until a future relationship, but i

overregulation, the economy don't have high productivity, that aren't focusing on the real opportunities, and if we get brexitill be a big, big chance for us in the uk to have a change of direction and to boost growth and prosperity. one more question about prince andrew, do you have confidence... i don't want to get into commentary about royal matters. it's not really myjob. this morning president trump promised a ‘very big trade deal‘ with the uk, saying its departure from the eu will be like losing ‘an anchor round the ankle‘. he was speaking this morning during their first face to face meeting since borisjohnson became prime minister. president trump said the two sides would be able to reach agreement very quickly. do you know who this is? does everybody know? he is going to be a fantastic prime minister. we have been very good meetings. we will have a fantastic deal once we clear up have a fantastic deal once we clear up some of the obstacles in our path. good many deals. it's going to work out very well, so thank you very much. ros atkins is in biarritz for us. 0n on what we were hearing from mr trump a

to live in spain. 300,000 nationals are registered here, 70,000 are pensioner, as brexit approaches there there are realems to change week by week. dave moved to almeria in andalusia in 2004. he has parkinson's disease and has had two heart attacks. like other british pensioners, he has been able to access health care in another eu country but the chance of a no—deal brexit has changed things. this is a cardiac drug. that drug is for parkinson's... if it's a no—deal brexit, you do not know for sure whether you can access these medicines. i can't get them without prescription, any of them. the cost of medicines alone is around 700 euros a month. i can't afford it. something would have to give. i'm wondering, you know, is it worth going on? if i lose my health care, wouldn't it be easier to just die? even if there is a no—deal brexit, both the british and spanish governments have said they want to carry on offering a reciprocal health care agreement to pensioners from both countries but nothing yet has been formalised and it is that uncertainty which many are finding so unsettling. my battle with cancer h

brexit again. mr blackford, hello, how was your meeting? i want to congratulate colleagues because there is a realat we have to work together. we have to stop no—deal brexit. if boris johnson decides to pursue a no—deal brexit, there is pretty much nothing mps can do to stop it. oh yes there is. because in the uk, it is a parliamentary democracy, there is parliamentary sovereignty. parliamentarians have the power to stop this. are there was a real consensus around the room of people recognising that the best way forward is a legislative route and i think that made for a very positive start to the meeting and very constructive discussions. you've got almost no time to pull this off, have you? time is very short and we need to get cracking with it, absolutely. but there is no clear decisive route for parliament to block or delay a no—deal brexit and the government does not need mps' approval to leave the eu without an agreement. as a democrat myself, i will be fighting tooth and nail to not allow a group of opposition undemocratic members of parliament to try and prevent the government from fulfilli

brexit again. mr blackford, hello, how was your meeting? i want to congratulate colleagues because there is a realrit that we have to work together. we have to stop no—deal brexit. if boris johnson decides to pursue a no—deal brexit, there is pretty much nothing mps can do to stop it. oh yes there is. because in the uk, it is a parliamentary democracy, there is parliamentary sovereignty. parliamentarians have the power to stop this. there was a real consensus around the room of people recognising that the best way forward is a legislative route and i think that made for a very positive start to the meeting and very constructive discussions. you've got almost no time to pull this off, have you? time is very short and we need to get cracking with it, absolutely. but there is no clear decisive route for parliament to block or delay a no—deal brexit and the government does not need mps‘ approval to leave the eu without an agreement. as a democrat myself, i will be fighting tooth and nail to not allow a group of opposition undemocratic members of parliament to try and prevent the government from fulfil

released afterwards, leo varadkar was quoted as saying the withdrawal agreement, the brexit treaty, will not be reallegally operable backstop in it. boris johnson is asking for the withdrawal agreement to be real open and for the legally operable insurance policy for the irish border to be taken out. —— for the withdrawal agreement to be reopened. thank you, adam. a man will appear in court later charged with the murder of pc andrew harper, who was killed whilst investigating a burglary last week. the police officer died on thursday in berkshire, after being dragged along the road by a vehicle. 20—year—old jed foster will appear at reading magistrates‘ court this morning. nine other men have been released on bail. james ingham is in the village of sulhamstead for us. a very emotional tribute from lissie, pc harper's wife? yes, pc harper's widow lissie has written an open letter to her husband, an incredibly poignant and moving tribute to a man who she described as her best fans, a man she spent 13 years with budget statement for the short four weeks of marriage. she described him as the kindest, lov

boris will want to push that as far after brexit as possible because if he has an election before october 31 and the conservatives could be in real0% of the vote, it means no conservative majority. ithink of the vote, it means no conservative majority. i think an election at some point in november seems pretty likely. all of which is being closely watched in brussels as well. thank you forjoining us. president trump will travel to el paso, texas, and dayton, ohio on wednesday — visiting the two sites of mass shootings over the weekend. but he's not getting much of a welcome. officials in both towns have suggested they don't particularly want him to come. perhaps one of the strongest critics is beto o'rourke — the democratic presidential candidate is from el paso. he tweeted. .. "this president, who helped create the hatred that made saturday's tragedy possible, should not come to el paso. we do not need more division. we need to heal. he has no place here." in el paso, the stories of the survivor's experiences are emerging — here are our north america correspondent gary o'donoghue joins us from el paso. plenty of stories from sur

brexit party running, you inadvertently play the role of spoiler, as happened in the by—election, and potentially help remain instead of leave ? potentially help remain instead of leave? i think that is a realery important to acknowledge that the tory party might now be running the country and they are saying they are going to honour the referendum, but brexit itself and the cat might leave vote does not belong to the conservative party. in fact —— the leaf vote. many people have voted to leave the eu are not conservatives, and also the conservative party has been the party in charge that has actually made the mess of it so far, well they might forgive me for saying that we just have to wait and see the circumstances in which a general election might be called before we make those kind of decisions, and at the moment there is no reason yet to say the tory party are going to deliver. i've heard all this before, remember. we did after all have to listen to philip hammond... very quickly on that issue, if they called a general election which they might have to do before october 31, if you campaign against them, you could lose no—deal brexit, couldn't you ? against them, you could lose no—deal

challenge as to what will happen in the event that there is a crushing out of brexit, when the eu wants there to be a hard border, is a real issue for politicians. vonnie: a story on the bloomberg today that a hard brexit could actually cost france 0.4% in gdp growth. what are you modeling out for the various countries you are invested in, and how they would be impacted by britain exiting? james: there are clear risks to cyclical companies, but i am adopting the view that growth in europe is generally going to be very weak. i look at germany. germany not only has export problems which are well-known because of the relatively high dependency on strength of demand from china, but also a real domestic challenge. we have the household sector, the government sector, and the corporate sector all now increasing their saving rates and spending less money, on part to negative interest rates, but also on parts with changing demographics. i think that makes the german economic outlook very difficult, whatever happens with brexit. with italy, we then have the very challenging problem with politics. that italy'ss costs are 10% higher t

he became -- begin a tour for real being -- reopening negotiations. clear the brexitshould not be revisited. we will monitor the press conference and bring more details as soon as we get them. officials in bangladesh says families won't go back a must their demands for citizenship are met. miramar two0,000 in years ago and are staying in refugee camps. an australian appeals court is up against cardinal george pell. victims demonstrating outside the court. theecember, the pope found finance minister guilty of molesting choirboys more than two decades ago. he lost all appeals before beginning its own investigation. airsavid rubenstein show tonight on bloomberg television and a crack p.m. new york time. the latest episode features john rogers, chairman of investments. he talked about his one-time with president obama. three oned to play three basketball. in chicago, did you play with barack obama? >> several times. >> is he good? >> he is a good player. he knows what he is doing. between,ttle bit of in he is 2.5 or so. >> he cannot dunk the ball. >> i think he could. he

once again be going to discuss brexit and some of the rows about it. this is a realf the exchequer and the new palm minister. —— prime minister. it's only a matter of time before this finger—pointing between the government, borisjohnson finger—pointing between the government, boris johnson is finger—pointing between the government, borisjohnson is doing is moving into these brexit negotiations, the same negotiations that theresa may was in. there's bound to be finger—pointing going on but it's getting quite personal about what they are saying. goss, philip hammett is writing in the times today, saying this is a no deal, it would be a betrayal of the referendum and how a lot of ministers were coming out and saying that really, they will want about what no deal would do for the uk and it would be, they thought they could move through. philip hammett is saying that nobody was warned about those things. there's a lot of finger—pointing going on, what has come back —— philip hammett has come back and replied, borisjohnson has come back in blood, it's getting quite ugly. i

poor weather, slow real wage growth and brexit uncertainty are being blamed. insight with passion and joins us from our salford studio. why do you think consumer confidence is so low? consumers have had so many messages over recent months and yea rs many messages over recent months and years about the challenge in the economy, they feel it very month, they have concerns overjob security, and they are very wise. when it comes to feeling pressure on spend, they look for value spending, which is why we have seen the wise —— rise and rise of grocery discounters and they put money towards what they really need, and we have seen a slowdown on online shopping as well, things like fast fashion but sales have maintained in things like cinema industry, where disney have had a couple of big blockbusters going out. people want to enjoy themselves but they are cautious with their spend. people still going out to eat in restau ra nts a nd still going out to eat in restaurants and pubs? yes, but looking for the best deals and we have seen challenges for that marketplace. the

poor weather, slow real wage growth and brexit uncertainty are being blamed.en accused of failing to shut down groups selling fake amazon reviews. despite a request by uk regulators to remove the pages, the consumer group, which? , that are still active. despite a request by uk regulators to remove the pages, the consumer group, which? , claims it's found many that are still active. facebook says it's taken down almost all of the reported group. tens of thousands of pupils in scotland are getting their exam results today. more than 130,000 candidates have completed scottish qualifications authority exams, courses, and awards over the past year. nearly half have opted to receive their grades by text or emailfrom 8 o'clock this morning. the rest are receiving theirs by post. residents in villages close to a military base in siberia have been evacuated, after a fire broke out in the ammunition store which sparked a series of explosions. this video shows the huge ball of fire which led to thousands of people being asked to leave their homes, while russian soldiers

the brexit storm in just a moment. first, the real storm building miles off of our shores with meteorologists rick reichmuth on how big a punch this hurricane is packing. and phil keating in florida where fears of that category three storm have a lot of folks there bracing. we begin with rick reichmuth and the fox weather center. hi, rick. >> the radar picture, this comes out of puerto rico. this is their radar. gives a good sense of what we're dealing with. the storm kept jogging to the north and recenters. that spared puerto rico and spared the storm from big mountains that would rip it apart. the storm intact and will stay intact. that means what happens next has now a bigger impact for the mainland u.s.a. the u.s. territory spared. it will continue to pull to the north and continue to pull away from puerto rico. so still some rain to fall there. that rain isn't going to be anything that will cause huge problems. the eastern side picking up 3 to 6 inches of rain and that will cause flooding because the weekend state is still in aft

the brexit storm in just a moment. first, the reals off of our shores with meteorologists rick reichmuth on how big a punch this

would be most affected by a no—deal brexit not least because of the manufacturing which goes on here as well? well, you're in the wrong place to talk about where the realoliticians and the media, and saying, this is going to be armageddon, death of the firstborn by friday. actually if you're sitting in stuttgart or munich making mercedes or bmw, people are thinking, what am i going to do with my big market? it is a two—way street. i don't want no deal, i want a deal. i hope brussels stop the bullying and realise that a deal is good for everybody.” stop the bullying and realise that a deal is good for everybody. i think we will have to leave it there because we are suffering from a few technical problems here. it is all the activity going on in the market but i will be back with more details later on. to be honest, we were all listening because of the technical problems intently so i do apologise for them but i think we did hear what he said. here's carol with a look at this morning's weather. it is having an impact on various different events, isn't it? good morning to you. heading through thursday night, into friday and saturday, the weather is going

brexit again —— agreeing mps. mr blackford, how was your meeting?” again —— agreeing mps. mr blackford, how was your meeting? i want to congratulate colleagues because there is a realo work together, we have to stop no—deal brexit. to work together, we have to stop no-deal brexit. boris johnson decides to pursue a no—deal brexit, there's pretty much nothing mps can do to stop it. oh, yes there is. in the uk it is a parliamentary democracy, parliamentary sovereignty. parliamentarians have the power to stop this. there was a consensus around the power to stop this. there was a consensus around the room of people recognising that the best way forward is a legislative route. and i think that made for a very positive start to the meeting and very constructive discussions. you've got almost no time to pull this off, have you? time is very short and we need to get cracking with it, absolutely. but there is no clear decisive route for parliament to block or delay a no—deal brexit and the government does not need mps' approval to leave the eu without an agreement. as a democrat myself, i will be fighting tooth and nail to not allow a group of opposition and democratic membe

people agree that our rail network is creaking at the seams for modern britain, post brexit, do we need to have a realn the railway system. but we highly doubt that this is the right way to go and furthermore, i have deep concerns that this is meant to be an independent inquiry that is being lot launched. and it is an extremely important position and a extremely important position and a extremely important chairman of hs2. i do call into question whether we should have total independent members making up the committee or that they should invite different people to give evidence for the committee. the people who have already got a vested interest or had a vested interests should not be holding such important positions on such a committee. let's bring in frank who isjoining me from buckingham sure, he is the hs2 anti—, save the save the county site. they have started to take out needless countryside, and they have not had any need to proceed, just taking out old oak trees and it is just absolutely disgraceful. when you say they have no authority to proceed? were there countless reviews into this or inve

hot weather failed to boost consumer spending in the uk, which fell to a new low amid brexit uncertainty and slow real was taking its toll on both the high street and online. we start with yet another major escalation in the us—china trade war. the united states has done something that president trump has been threatening for years — it's officialy labelled china a currency manipulator. the largely symobilc moves come after the chinese government let its currency fall below the critical level of seven to a us dollar. the us government said treasury secretary steven mnuchin will now discuss ways "to eliminate the unfair competitive advantage created by china's latest actions" with the international monetary fund. that fall in the chinese currency was widely seen as retaliation for president trump announcing new tariffs on $300 billion of chinese goods. that was the latest round of tariffs in a trade war started because of what mr trump says are unfair trade practices from china. jane foley is head of fx strategy for rabobank. just explain this for us, because it is sort of symbolic. the idea that presi

brexit. for the over 70 fives, anger over payraise and bbc as the licenses for millions of pensioners. it 2.9% hike in realthese things are determined, in january fairs which is the way these things are determined, injanuary next year we're. social are determined, injanuary next year social media apps of demonstrate to make damaging children's mental health, lucy come with your paper, the betrayal of the uk warns philip hammond. philip hammond has used his interview to turn that

what is the point constantly rehearsing the fact that the real blame lies in london, let's go back to the referendum,... well, i never voted for brexitu say. the fact is, as is often said in politicians and otherforms of life, we are where we are, and you in your government have to take very big, crucial decisions in the next few weeks that will or will not aid and abet a no—deal brexit and the imposition of a hard border on the island of ireland. is that what you're ready to do? well, firstly, it's notjust on the irish government. we negotiated as part of the eu 27, and that's often lost in the debate, and it's very important — this is a european united position. what we have seen is the backstop and withdrawal agreement produced under difficult situations, i won't go through it again. the counterbalance to what we've seen in london is absolute chaos. we're looking at the biggest british political crisis in peacetime since the corn wars. we have no consistency. we have people talking about the brady amendment or the kit malthouse compromise, will talk about alternative arrangements, these arrangements provide for nothing that is act

real movement on either side? also tonight: why a no—deal brexit could mean more domestic waste ending up in landfill sites in englandnd guess where it will go. it would have to start being trucked from the ports up to those landfill spaces further up north. tougher gcses, but the pass rate is up slightly — good news for many, but how does that work? after president trump labels them a terrorist organisation, we investigate america's antifacist movement. and england are back on track afterjofra archer takes six wickets in the third ashes test. and coming up on sportsday on bbc news, bury face expulsion from the english football league — they have until midnight on friday to prove they have the funds to run the club or find a buyer. good evening. paris was always expected to be tougher for boris johnson than berlin, and so it proved today, as the prime minister encountered a friendly but firm approach to brexit from emmanuel macron. the french president said it should be possible to find a brexit deal without totally rewriting the existing agreement, but that any new deal wouldn't be far from that agreed already. and

impact of a no—deal brexit, but politically as well, mrs merkel knows well that a no—deal brexit would cause realf years. it is based on this one underlying premise, which is that britain is very important to germany as a trading and political partner. but when push comes to shove, the eu, the single market, that union is more important. jenny, thanks for that. the next time we took in the next few minutes, let's talk about the personal chemistry, because that will be interesting as well. the body of a young boy found in the river stour in sandwich in kent has been formally identified as six—year—old lucas dobson, kent police have said. lucas has been missing since saturday after he fell into the river while out fishing with his family. the man accused of murdering pc andrew harper has appeared in court via video—link from prison. the thames valley police officer died last thursday near the village of sulhamstead in berkshire, while investigating a burglary. duncan kennedy has this update from reading crown court. this whole hearing today only lasted about 30 minutes or so. jed foster wasn't in c

brexit for some time. business we opened a in dublin. we have real substance in our management company in luxembourg. we are well prepped. at the moment we are talking to suppliers about their preparedness for a no deal brexit. we are thinking about the impact of that on portfolio risk. it is getting an awful lot of attention. we are as prepared as we can be. it has never been done before. brexit bringseal a bunch of risk. there is an issue about supply chains and away way connections get broken in the u.k. there is the uncertainty about investment which will slow economic activity in the u.k. then there is the sheer political uncertainty of what happens next. sign that yous a .et more volatility in markets as an active manager, one of the things we look to do is take advantage of that volatility. anna: keith skeoch, ceo / executive director, standard life aberdeen. up next, the yuan weakens is the new zealand cuts by more than expected, and indian bond yields rise as a result of the r.b.i. move also cutting interest rates. this is bloomberg. ♪ anna: welcome back to "bloomberg markets: european open."

mark carney grapples with the sinking pound and the real prospect of a no deal brexit.loomberg. ♪ >> we decided to lower the target federal funds rate by zero 5%. it is intended to ensure against downside risks. with trade tensions that do seem to have a significant effect on market conditions in the economy. running belown target. we see those as threats to what is clearly a favorable outlook. >> we believe this is the right move rate it will serve the enzyme mentioned. comment afters the central bank cut rates for the first time in over a decade. 8:21 here. seven: 21 in london. we are 38 minutes away from the start of trading. this is bloomberg daybreak europe. >> i am nejra cherish. let's get a reaction. 1.8%.quities dropping we could see a lower open. dollar strength, the other reaction. the dollar holding those gains. euro-dollar, the 10 year yield dropped. bouncing back. curve flattening as well. reversing slightly. u.s.ke a look at the dollar, japanese yen. for an buy 109 and change dollar. stronger against the pound, 121. that will make mark carney's job more di