it's also a problem for the european union is specially as a european union the continental europe continental european economy is anyway close to a recession this is also true for germany therefore we should do more to allow for compromise with the u.s. with the u.k. so you're advocating further compromise by the e.u. towards the towards the u k. well i had always been of the opinion that the european union that the european union commission has it's too hot has been too hot in negotiating with the u.k. but on the other hand i do not expect the nuclear the strategy the stance of the european union commission to change fortunately deal or no deal isn't it just time the whole saga was over or is that just me being fed up with reporting on it. well i think many investors in the financial markets would indeed prefer to have the saga to be over but on the other hand they are also aware that there are risks and they also like to know what these with their 4 there's no clear position on this. very much economist of comments bank joining us from frankfurt this morning thank you. thank you for what th

priority the back of language learning being less, ifind, of a priority here in the uk than in continental europemany where i went to school where it was mandatory to learn not just english but then a second language in my case was french. you can debate if that is useful, i went to chinese —— china and learn some chinese. the fact you learn a language is beneficial, independent of whether you can use that language for worker business afterwards. culturally in the uk, you tell me and we assume that those who live in europe and other countries just think we really lazy because quite often when we travel overseas we don't often try to speak a foreign language or what have you. is that your opinion? is that the view? she is on bbc news... everybody on europe speaks english and i guess thatis europe speaks english and i guess that is the problem. unless you are faced with a situation where you are ina faced with a situation where you are in a country where you cannot communicate because people do not speak english, you do not understand the need to learn a foreign language. let's hear some views from

pressure anchored out towards the east because the area is rotating around, this hotair around continental europeest temperature ever recorded in the french capital. we got this cloud streaming in from the atlantic. some outbreaks of rain earlier on across parts of northern ireland and across parts of northern england. quite windy in the north. further south, it stays mostly dry but fairly cloudy through tonight. monday morning, murky first thing but mild from the world go. not quite as muggy and humid as it will be overnight. starting monday, the rain will clearfairly be overnight. starting monday, the rain will clear fairly quickly but will sit across the western half of scotland. bringing some localised flooding but for the rest of the uk, the sunshine breaks during the afternoon. a bit less breezy than it was. temperatures 28 or 29 and the warmest spots. for northern ireland and scotland, 22— 25 celsius. by the time we get to tuesday, we will have lost that rain. lots of sunshine, gentle southerly breeze. all that hotair, we are likely to see the temperatures in the low to mid 30s. it's not j

to the east of the uk, with the winds rotating around that, drawing in all this hot air from continental europep to 42 celsius later this week, which would break the all—time temperature record recorded in the french capital. we've had this line of cloud and weather fronts pouring in from the atlantic during sunday night and through the day on monday, they're going to be bringing further rain, initially across northern ireland the west of scotland. south, a mild and quite a murky start to your monday morning so quite a lot of that low cloud, lingering around western hills and coasts through the day but elsewhere, cloud should tend to in and break across much of england, northern ireland too. rain pushing its way northwards, so sitting across western scotland for much of the day were it will be quite heavy and persistent but in the sunshine, temperatures up to 28 or 29 degrees. it'll feel pleasantly hot monday afternoon and monday evening, eventually lose that wet weather from the north of scotland, lingering through the course of the night, but by tuesday morning, most of us dry with clear spel

to the east of the uk, with the winds rotating around that, drawing in all this hot air from continental europein paris, we could see temperatures up to a2 celsius later this week, which would break the all—time temperature record recorded in the french capital. we've had this line of cloud and weather fronts pouring in from the atlantic during sunday night and through the day on monday, they're going to be bringing further rain, initially across northern ireland the west of scotland. further south, it's a mild and quite a murky start to your monday morning so we've got quite a lot of that low cloud, lingering around western hills and coasts through the day but elsewhere, the cloud should tend to in and break across much of england, northern ireland too. that rain pushing its way northwards, so sitting across western scotland for much of the day were it will be quite heavy and persistent but in the sunshine, temperatures up to about 28 or 29 degrees. it'll feel pleasantly hot monday afternoon and then into monday evening, we eventually lose that wet weather from the north of scotland, lingering

through the middle of the week, we see the hottest weather, very high temperatures across continental europe up to 41 celsius in paris, potentially the highest ever temperature in the french capital. today we had this frontal system moving from the atlantic, bringing quite a lot of cloud, a amount of pride and outbreaks of rain especially across north—western parts of the uk. for northern ireland, north—west england and much of scotla nd ireland, north—west england and much of scotland through the night, the rain is set to continue, gusts of a0 01’ rain is set to continue, gusts of a0 or 50 mph. further south you should stay dry overnight and it is mild and humid with temperatures sitting in the mid teens. monday will improve, particularly for parts of northern ireland and northern england. rain should clear to the north, heavy rain across western scotland, there could be localised flooding. the sunshine reappears for the rest of the uk, it will be significantly hotter, winds from the south or south—west. 29 or possibly 30 in some spots, 25 celsius for belfast, cooler across the northern hal

to the east of the uk, with the winds rotating around that, drawing in all this hot air from continental europeures up to 42 celsius later this week, which would break the all—time temperature record recorded in the french capital. we've had this line of cloud and weather fronts pouring in from the atlantic during sunday night and through the day on monday, they're going to be bringing further rain, initially across northern ireland the west of scotland. further south, it's a mild and quite a murky start to your monday morning so we've got quite a lot of that low cloud, lingering around western hills and coasts through the day but elsewhere, the cloud should tend to in and break across much of england, northern ireland too. that rain pushing its way northwards, so sitting across western scotland for much of the day were it will be quite heavy and persistent but in the sunshine, temperatures up to about 28 or 29 degrees. it'll feel pleasantly hot monday afternoon and then into monday evening, we eventually lose that wet weather from the north of scotland, lingering through the course of the nigh

so heatwave conditions building across parts of continental europe, for spain and europe, france as wellot. in paris we could break the all—time temperature record, potentially, with temperatures reaching 41 celsius in the middle of the week. not quite as hot here. ‘s showers across north—western parts of the uk. in the south, highs reaching possibly 34 the south, highs reaching possibly 3a celsius. this is bbc news. i'm reged ahmad. our top stories: footage from iran shows the seizure of a tanker in the gulf — as london says it wants to defuse the crisis through diplomacy. british airways suddenly suspends all flights to and from cairo for a week over security concerns. mystery at the vatican — forensic experts search for a 15—year—old girl who disappeared in 1983. the eagle has landed. roger. the moment the world held its breath — astronauts touch down on the surface of the moon exactly 50 years ago.

to the east of the uk, with the winds rotating around that, drawing in all this hot air from continental europe which would break the all—time temperature record recorded in the french capital. we've had this line of cloud and weather fronts pouring in from the atlantic during sunday night and through the day on monday, they're going to be bringing further rain, initially across northern ireland the west of scotland. further south, it's a mild and quite a murky start to your monday morning so we've got quite a lot of that low cloud, lingering around western hills and coasts through the day but elsewhere, the cloud should tend to in and break across much of england, northern ireland too. that rain pushing its way northwards, so sitting across western scotland for much of the day were it will be quite heavy and persistent but in the sunshine, temperatures up to about 28 or 29 degrees. it'll feel pleasantly hot monday afternoon and then into monday evening, we eventually lose that wet weather from the north of scotland, lingering through the course of the night, but by tuesday morning, most of us

be there what was really significant about what johnson said and what has a lot of people in continental europe. quite worried now is that he ruled out any type of backckstop there was some thinking here that may be johnson might go back to the e. u.'s original suggestion which was that just a northern ireland. would have a backstop and would be separate from the rest of the uk for customs that of course wasn't acceptable to to resume is the northern ireland. partners and so she had to extend that to the rest of the ukuk people forget that the current backs up arrangement was a u. k. idea. but johnson very clearly both in that speech to the parliament hands in his phone conversation with younger said that any backstop arrangement isn't okay no younkers response very much parroted what's michelle barney a that use chief negotiator on brexit. had sent in a note to the twenty seven other e. u. countries earlier today -- really it was it was veryy explilicit this kns more explicit than barney i usually is he was tryining to sm any sense of p panic. about younkers of speech which he calleled -- quit

towards the middle part of the week so we have real heatwave conditions building across parts of continental europe be feeling very hot. in paris, we could break the all—time record with temperatures potentially reaching 41 celsius during the middle part of the week. not quite as hot here. some showers in the north, in london, 33 possibly 34 celsius. goodbye. this is bbc news. i'm martine croxall. the headlines at 11: as dramatic footage emerges of armed iranian troops boarding a british—flagged oil tanker in the gulf, the foreign secretary called on iran to reverse the "illegal act". we are looking for ways to de—escalate the situation, but we are also very clear that we will do what it takes to ensure the safety and security of british and international ships. all british airways flights to the egyptian capital cairo have been cancelled for a week as a security "precaution". labour sets out plans to stop private companies providing council services in england. their hearts are broken! england wilt under pressure — narrowly losing in the world cup semi—final to new zealand.

to the east of the uk, with the winds rotating around that, drawing in all this hot air from continental europen paris, we could see temperatures up to 42 celsius later this week, which would break the all—time temperature record recorded in the french capital. we've had this line of cloud and weather fronts pouring in from the atlantic during sunday night and through the day on monday, they're going to be bringing further rain, initially across northern ireland the west of scotland. further south, it's a mild and quite a murky start to your monday morning so we've got quite a lot of that low cloud, lingering around western hills and coasts through the day but elsewhere, the cloud should tend to in and break across much of england, northern ireland too. that rain pushing its way northwards, so sitting across western scotland for much of the day were it will be quite heavy and persistent but in the sunshine, temperatures up to about 28 or 29 degrees. it'll feel pleasantly hot monday afternoon and then into monday evening, we eventually lose that wet weather from the north of scotland, lingering

plus 40 celsius returning to parts of continental europe and we tap into some of that.much of the uk. a gradual thundery breakdown coming in from the west as we go deeper into the week. this is bbc news, i'm shaun ley. the headlines at eleven. iran seizes a british—flagged oil tanker in the gulf, the uk government says there'll be serious consequences if it isn't released. we will respond in a way that is considered but robust. we are absolutely clear that if this situation is not resolved quickly, there will be serious consequences. a warning from the chairman of the high speed 2 rail project, its cost could rise by £30 billion. hackers target the metropolitan police's twitter feed and post a series of bizarre messages. it's 50 years ago today that neil armstrong took the giant leap

record—breaking attempt across continental europe.d. we could pick up one or two showers lighter on any day. on the whole, it is dry, it will be sunny and not quite as hot further west across the uk. you can see how that he'd build through the day. those deep red colour is centred more towards easter parts of england. this is where we will find a temperature is easily getting into the mid—30s. 38 possible, maybe even 39 degrees around the london area and towards kent as well. that'll break the all—time temperature record. that is the peak of the heat then, into that heat we had the potential for then, into that heat we had the potentialfor summer then, into that heat we had the potential for summer storms. particular for the northern potential for summer storms. particularfor the northern half of the uk, although there could be somewhere heading their way towards east anglia and the south—east. for friday, fresher air coming in from the west. temperatures will be dropping. most places will be dry, we are changing where our air is comi

it's going to be very hot across continental europe.ther front. it's got plenty of rain across parts of northern ireland. also scotland, north—west england. pretty windy across the northern half of the uk. fairly cloudy wherever you are, low cloud, mist and murkiness. temperatures sitting in the midteens. not quite as warm and humid as it will be for some of the nights later on this week. monday morning starts with a bit of cloud around. it will be quite persistent. also fairly windy here in the northwest. further south, the cloud should in and break. just a bit cloudy around coasts and hills but in the sunny spells towards the south—east, likely to see temperatures up around 28 celsius or so. temperatures up around 28 celsius or so. typically the low to mid 20s. heading onto tuesday, it's looking like a heading onto tuesday, it's looking likea dry heading onto tuesday, it's looking like a dry day across the uk. we've got southerly winds drawing up hot, humid airso got southerly winds drawing up hot, humid air so temperatures quite wide

plus 40 celsius heat returning to continental europe and we tap into some of that. england and wales, 30 or above. very hot for some of us, very humid as well. it looks like a few days of fine weather across much of the uk before a gradual then the re—breakdown before a gradual then the re—brea kdown as we before a gradual then the re—breakdown as we go deeper into that week. —— thundery breakdown. this is bbc news, i'm shaun ley. the headlines at midday. iran seizes a british—flagged oil tanker in the gulf — the uk government says there'll be serious consequences if it isn't released. we will respond in a way that is considered but robust. we are absolutely clear that if this situation is not resolved quickly, there will be serious consequences. a warning from the chairman of the high speed 2 rail project — its cost could rise by £30 billion. it's fifty years ago today that neil armstrong took the giant leap to become the first man to walk on the moon. and what about the race back to space? click gets rare access to the latest nasa technology —that‘s coming up

heat returning to parts of continental europe, and we tap into some of that.nd and wales it is 30 or above. becoming very hot for some of us, very humid, as well. it looks like a few days of fine weather across much of the uk before a gradual thundery breakdown coming in from the west as we go deeper into the week. hello and welcome to dateline london. i'm carrie gracie. this week, in the fortnight since a tanker carrying iranian oil was seized off gibraltar, tehran repeatedly threatened to retaliate by seizing a british tanker in the gulf. and then it did exactly that. so much for british hopes of de—escalation. it's a grave challenge for the world, but particularly for a new british prime minister. the uk changes leaders this week, with no sign of de—escalation at home either, as the brexit clock ticks down inexorably with no clear path out of crisis. my guests today, writer on arab affairs abdel bari atwan, michael goldfarb of the podcast frdh, stefanie bolzen of german newspaper die welt and political commentator yasmin alibhai brown. freedom of navigation

the heat has been even more intense across much of continental europe.d—breaking temperatures in belgium, the netherlands and germany. in paris it hit the highest ever recorded in the french capital. lucy williamson is there. people are still out on the terraces late tonight, but the clouds have been gathering and people have been sharing their excitement on twitter at feeling the first drops of rain. the heat wave is expected to break this weekend, but it has been very hot here today. the city of light has become the city of heat. 42 degrees, just bearable if you are mostly underwater. the government has repeatedly warned people not to stay out in the sun, but with offices and schools closing early, and most homes without air conditioning, not everyone is listening. it's difficult to enjoy it. here we are in this most amazing city in the world and it's tough to want to go and do much. it's very hot. the summer in brazil is not like this. it's hot too but here it's too much. this is a short, sharp spike in temperatures but what a spike it is, the heat un

the heatwave has also peaked, with records falling across continental europe today. record high temperatures across belguim, netherlands and germany. in paris, the mercury hit 42.6 degrees celsius — the highest ever recorded in the french capital. 0ur correspondent lucy williamson reports. the city of light has become the city of heat. 42 degrees — just bearable if you're mostly underwater. the government has repeatedly warned people not to stay out in the sun, but with offices and schools closing early, and most homes without air conditioning, not everyone's listening. it's difficult to enjoy it. here we are in this most amazing city in the world and, you know, it's tough to want to go and do much. it's very hot! er, the summer in brazil is not like this. it's hot too but, here, it's too much. this is a short, sharp spike in temperatures, but what a spike it is! the heat unremitting now for several days and nights. and in a city not built for this kind of weather, for many people, air—conditioned shops or public fountains are the only place they can find respite. th

heading our way, it is coming from north africa across siberia and a scorching and very dry continental europesouth—east. a breezy day for northern ireland, some showers, later in the day we could spark off some storms across these areas, but it will be dry, hot and sunny on the whole, the heat will be building, spilling northwards into scotland, temperatures 28 or 29. away from west wales and the far south—west of england, temperatures easily getting over 30 degrees. the focus of the heat will be around kentigern and the london area, 35 degrees likely towards heathrow, breaking the all—time uk temperature record. with the heat and editing we may get more storms for the northern half of the uk, they should not last too long. it is all changing to friday, turning fresher, temperatures not as high, most places will be dry. the reason for the change by the end of the week, we are changing by the air is coming from, it is fresher, cooler air from the atlantic. not much rain until later on friday, the weather front will stick around into the start of the weekend and could bring heavy rain to northe

brexit, there is some upside to continental europe and emerging markets. defensive, does that mean you also like safe havens like the japanese yen? ark: we are overweight from currency standpoint to the japanese yen. we've had some nice placements, level reads, commodities, infrastructure up nearly 20% year to date. clients have benefited from being diversified into those areas. it's been a little longer in duration with the recent move down in yields. class has done well this year. you've been absent get nice returns for client portfolios without having to take more equity risk. shery: we had the boj policy decision today in asia. you, since iter to have not been able to boost inflection -- inflation expectations? mark: everybody is trying to boost inflation expectations. i don't know the market will move on the news. i think if it is 25 basis points, it won't. i think it will move if it is something other than that. all eyes are on the fed this week for market direction as we move throughout the rest of the week. i know you see an elevated risk of a rece

international financial services business out of london, or will you have to put a foot print in continental europemerican banks are doing? let's talk about who may potentially benefit from this moving away from investment banking. ba rclays from this moving away from investment banking. barclays would be an obvious answer to that. why is that? absolutely. several years ago there were a number of european banks trying to break into wall street. gradually, they have been whittled down, so there are really know only two serious players, or there were only two until this morning, those with deutsche bank and barclays. morning, those with deutsche bank and ba rclays. the morning, those with deutsche bank and barclays. the demise of deutsche bank's investment bank leaves ba rclays as bank's investment bank leaves barclays as the last man standing and actually if you were a european corporate or financial institution and you want to do business with a european investment bank, the only credible choice now is barclays, good news for them. philip auger, so good news for them. philip auger, so good to have

pretty much come in terms of ingredients, we import some hops from continental europe, so that mightk to do in the uk, we will sell about1 million is lots of work to do in the uk, we will sell about 1 million pints is lots of work to do in the uk, we will sell about1 million pints this year and there are so much scope for growth and head room and we are just enjoying the ride. sporting events, the big events coming up, we have the big events coming up, we have the olympics next year and there is plenty more around the corner. how will you make sure you are in the right position for those events? sport is a hallmark of what we are. we think sport is such an important pa rt we think sport is such an important part of the community and pubs are an important part of that so what we wa nt to an important part of that so what we want to do is carry on bringing people together, that feeling after a long day of work, the training session or a match, getting together over a pint and having a good time. at sara ce ns over a pint and having a good time. at saracens and the oval cricket ground w

the end of what has been an extraordinary week of weather, not only here in the uk but across continental europehad not broken the week — uk's all—time temperature record but since then new information has come to light, a temperature rating of 38.7 at cambridge university botanic garden on thursday afternoon, this still needs to be verified by the met office but if this temperature stands will be a new uk record. so enough of this week, what about the weekend? it will feel much cooler they will be some heavy rain around in places as well, courtesy of a slow—moving weather front, you in places as well, courtesy of a slow—moving weatherfront, you can see this on the chart, it is producing some heavy and emplaced under a producing some heavy and emplaced undera rain around producing some heavy and emplaced under a rain around the eastern uk, and this front will move very slowly as we had through the weekend. quite muqqy as we had through the weekend. quite muggy air tied in with that frontal system, a bit stn murky, a bit muggy night, but not quite as warm as some nights we have had recently, then

that is where it will be much more unsettled allowing high pressure to build summer across continental europend it looks most likely with high pressure across central europe and love precious to the northwest and south westerly wind, the data sheet will give for towards parts of germany and we will see something a little less hot. but owsley one computer weather model, here's another one. only a subtle difference but the area of high pressure in this model is a bit further north toward scandinavia that will allow us to draw in the flow of airfrom that will allow us to draw in the flow of air from the south to tap into a bit more of that heat. one thing we can say is that the west is the windiest weather towards the northwest, clustered areas of low pressure, but there is a potential that it did turn very warm for a time and we'll keep an eye on those computer weather models and keep you up—to—date. a record number of drug—related deaths in scotland — more than a thousand people died last year. it's three times the death rate for the rest of the uk and the highest in europe. it is children. wh

we saw national records broken in continental europe, germany, luxembourg, belgium and netherlands.ter 38 yesterday, highs this weekend of only 2a celsius. a welcome relief from the humidity. the second heatwave europe has seen this summer, is it too early to say whether we can expect more? hard to say over the next few weeks. we are only midway through summer. what climate scientists are saying is heatwave conditions are becoming more likely as we see the planet warms up. more likely as we see the planet warms up. if you think of it like a motorway, if you set a speed limit at 70, the odd person will go to 100, if you bring that speed limit up, you will see more people go above. you hit that extreme more often and that is a rough analogy. you warm the planet, you see extremes a little bit more. two premier league footballers have been involved in a carjacking attempt by an armed gang in a london street. arsenal players mesut ozil and sead kolasinac were targeted — this video from social media appears to show kolasinac chasing off the armed robbers. the club said both escaped uninju

heatwave developing another across continental europe, above 40 in the hot spots, but on our shores,thern ireland, 30 or above for england and wales and a few days of fine weather but it looks like all it is for many as we start to see things change again from the west later in the week as we see some rain moving in but we could see the highest temperatures of the summer so far, a good few days of around 30 celsius or above with high humidity, difficult for sleeping with very warm nights around as well. some sunshine, yes, but in terms of the heat, there is perhaps a price to pgy- it's interesting, we have pgy- it's interesting, we have been talking about the warnings in new york city as they are expected to hit 38 degrees and then you see as at 34. they say it is a dangerous heatwave about the heat is not necessarily very pleasant to be in especially in the city. yes, absolutely, and just as it is across the north—east of the usa, it is the heat and the humidity combined that makes it so difficult. as ever, when we get temperatures that should up in the summer, it is really ha rd to

we have got some very high temperatures developing across the continental parts of europe, affectingd see highs up to 41 degrees. that would potentially be the highest temperature ever recorded in the french capital. now what we have had out there today, well we had this frontal system moving in from the atlantic, bringing quite a lot of clouds, so it still a fair amount of cloud, and some outbreaks of rain, especially across northwestern parts of the uk. so for northern ireland, and northwest england, and much of scotland, through the course of tonight, we are set to see that rain continuing. quite windy here too, gusts of 40—50 mph, further west england and wales, you should stay dry overnight, and it's quite it's quite mild, quite humid with those temperatures overnight sitting in the mid teens. but monday it will be an improving picture, particularly for parts of northern ireland and northern england after the rain we saw on sunday and overnight, that should clear to the north, but we keep heavy rain across the western half of scotland, so there could be some localised flooding h

we are in a trade war with continental europe as a company that essentially sells america anna, you have is impacting price for their bikes. >> james, it just seems like things that are sad. just the demo issues surrounding harley is insurmountable >> the people i see literally look like willie nelson, his age too are what the harley guys look like now. do any millennials do they want to buy a chopper or a harley it seems like a really sort of a dying breed. >> it really is the age old question are they able to bring in millennials at such a pace they are able to offset lost set of baby boomers that are approaching retirement age they would suggest that math would be pretty unfavorable. i think it also points to the product initiatives they are undertaking. under month, they are coming out with a new electric motorcycle next year, they'll get into the adventure, touring segment they have another bike called the street fighter coming out next year. they are looking to expand internationally with smaller bikes being made in asia it is not an easy equation. >> it seems like a little too lat

continental market in europe, down and down hard. ftse is being rescued by the pound, taylor. taylor: you know what else is coming to our rescue? jay powell. first, central banks race to the bottom. the bank of japan is adamant that it has more ammunition left, while policymakers look to the fed tomorrow as it kicks off its fomc meeting today. the other big headline, u.s. and china trade talks will resume after a two-month pause with little hope of a picture in shanghai. -- breakthrough in shanghai. we are joined by the wells fargo investment institute cohead of global fixed income strategy. i know you work global, but i have to start with u.s. morgan stanley this morning is saying we should cut by 50 basis points. where do you stand? >> extreme views. by more than one is expected, and the other is to go the opposite way. the fed is built into the markets and execution that there will be a cut. it would be unfortunate that they do not deliver on the cut. expected and from our perspective, we think there will be a cut. we think it will be one more cut but not as much and market

it has been very hot across continental europe and those temperatures continue to rise.oss england and wales in recent hours. we will continue to see heavy showers and thunderstorms across england wales. they could just peg back those temperatures by a few tenths of a degree but for many others it is up in the 30s. the mid to high 30s across the south—east of england. further north looking at 29 possibly 30 degrees and the mid 20s across northern ireland. as we head through the course of tonight we are likely to see more of those showers and thunderstorms, frequent lightning, gusty winds, hail and very heavy rainfall. pushing across northern england through the course of this evening, eastern england and scotla nd evening, eastern england and scotland feeling the brunt of those heavy downpours. many waking up to a 5°99y heavy downpours. many waking up to a soggy start. another hot night ahead. pretty uncomfortable and sticky for sleeping with temperatures in the high teens or low 20s. better news on the horizon, we have got fresher air moving in on the cold front tomorro

by 2018, globally, a lot more heat, a lot more heat across continental europe, a lot more heat for usrs, but they help with the comparison that people have been making between 1976, that yardstick ye eight that everyone thinks about when we talk about hot weather, and the last heatwave across a much wider area. another year i was around, 1963, that is the question, will we ever see things like that, the term is freezing again? this is from windsor from 1962, when the thames partially froze. it was not like the frost fairs that we saw backin like the frost fairs that we saw back in the little ice age, when i am not sure even you were around, simon! the thames would freeze solid for days and days on end. will it ever happen again? we would never say never, even in a generally changing climate there will always be warm spells and colder spells, but obviously things are getting warmer, and the likelihood of that happening is getting less and less. to freeze the thames, a flowing body of water, takes a long spell of very cold weather, and we didn't do it last year in the beast from the eas

europe and asia. the backdrop to a unique sporting event the 31st edition of the bosphorus cross continental swimming race saw more than 2000 competitors from 59 countries swim between 2 continents the swimmers ranging from ages 14 to 89 had to brave more than just a grueling 6.5 kilometer distance choppy conditions and by sea temperatures added to the challenge yes well what what is gold and that. there is some call to finish is difficult because of what they. are much called. it's it's cool but it's difficult for. me to get it was really difficult i suffered a lot especially at the end of the water was really cold at times i had to give my all to pull through. but for those that made it to the finish line located on istanbul's european port it was all worth it. and just at the end it was that was biased really really good but. the race was won by turkish competitors in both gender kat's agrees with the fastest time posted just over 47 minutes but nationalities are of little importance in a sporting event which defies borders. here's a recap of the top stories that we're following for you must manag

race in turkey goes a step further than that to the cross continental swimming rates held on the bosphorus it is stamboul brings together europe and asia in a unique way competition. the july 15th motss bridge in istanbul the gateway between europe and asia and the backdrop to a unique sporting event the 31st edition of the buspar us cross continental swimming race saw more than 2000 competitors from 59 countries swim between 2 continents the swimmers ranging from ages 14 to 89 had to brave more than just a glowing 6.5 kilometer distance as choppy conditions and by sea temperatures adding to the challenge yes well what what is gold and. i mean if there is a more call the thing is just difficult because so what that. much call. it's it's cool but it's difficult. to absorb the beginning to get it was really difficult i suffered a lot especially at the end. the water was really cold at times so i had to give my all to pull through. but for those that made it to the finish line located on istanbul's european port give us a look at it. and just at the end it was that it's really mean if. the race was won by turkish competitors in b

asia is more than 3 times higher at 59 percent for europe it's 69 percent experts say the removal of trade barriers will increase in truck continental commerce in africa the f c f t a could raise intra africa trade by more than 50 percent by 2022 according to the u.n. and that could help propel economic development by creating more opportunities for businesses on the continent. correspondence advantage of those with you know as one of we've heard regional trade intra african trade african countries trading with each other is still staggering lelo why is that. is a big reason is just moving goods within africa is really hard so just getting goods on you know a truck or you know a container in a royal line to another country is really difficult as there isn't a lack of roads. ports are you know. centuries behind in terms of where they should be in terms of you know they're like in the 20th century where as everybody has moved on so it's a huge issue and then of course when the goods do get to a border somewhere otoh ports in a different country they are held up for days sometimes customs red tape bribery is an issue of course you may

europe absolutely flat. the u.k. going nowhere. continental markets either little bit up or down. ftse 100 absolutely flat.g little bit more. some of the car stocks have done better. daimler stands out. the italian market up .2%. let's take a look at how the sector breakdown works today. some of the car stocks are doing well, some of the oil stocks as well. the tension in the gulf. those are the biggest gaining sectors. basic resources trading to the upside. hard to discern any clear trend out of the sector rotation story. let's take a look at the bottom end of the market and take a look at the idea of where we said. -- where we sit. real estate down .7%. telecoms trading lower as well. some rotation. not a great deal when it comes to the sector story. a the individual names. phillips decent numbers today. they've pushed forward a whole load of new products. it seems to be working. oncredit, a report earlier talking about significant job cuts. we've just seen the big job cuts through deutsche bank. i brought up bp, trading up by .9%. a look at the european markets at the close. vonnie: some gains in the un

more than 10% of the continental u.s. land was destroyed it to recent immigrants from europe, but notblack folks. so the 40 acres and a mule was given to somebody else, not us. these folks s were able not ony to get land, than to get grants from the federal government to develop the land. meanwhile, a african americican people were denied the right to these wealth transfers. we were denied the right to accumulate. the attached of the paper and mentioned talks about how our accumulation was essentially stymied by lynching. the first lynching that ida b wells examined was when a b black man had the nerve to open up a grocery store near a white man's store. so the white man had the brother lynched. had three people lynched because of economics. this is how black people have been suppressed in their ability to accumulate. full said, oklahoma, wilmington, north carolina: long stories that i have time to talk about. i want you to look at the stories i submitted and think of the many ways black people tried to participate, tried to encourage, tried to be american. simply try to be economic a

europe. up nearly 0.8%, boosted in large part by the auto space where we saw some major moves across the auto suppliers we had continental, but the market was positioned for weak numbers we are seeing some moves higher across the auto space. let's look at uk grocers sales at the uk's top supermarkets fell compared to the same period last year. a heat wave boosted sales in 2018 during the same period. total grocery sales declined for the first time since 2016. we're seeing a negative reaction in tesco, sainsbury and morrison the fx markets, thursday is a huge day for monetary policy the ecb meeting taking place the euro trading down by 0.2%. the pound, some serious renewed weakness there, trading back around the 1.24 mark we saw the pound hit a two-year low of 1.238 last week we are now seeing it around the 1.243 level. serious declines there ahead of the tory leadership confirmation ministers are arriving for the final cabinet meeting chaired by theresa may. we will take you to some images of the cabinet ministers. let's get out to willem in just a moment boris johnson is expected to be named as the leader of the british

commander in chief of the continental army suffered a bitter winter of that we forge found glory across the waters of the delaware and seized victory from cornwallis of europe then our army mandir it rained the ramparts it took over the airport to do everything it had to do when he was asked about said on friday president trump blamed the weather for playing havoc with technology. i stood in the rain the teleprompter went out so i had. yet to telegraph it went out it kept going and going to see as it went out the book so i could have said yes and actually right in the middle of that one out. that's not a good feeling when you're standing in front of millions and millions of people on television greek prime minister alexis to process told supporters that a last minute upset is still possible as polish predict to lose an election is on sunday he and his left wing star is a party of lead the country through 4 grueling is largely defined by economic hardship. reports on super says main rival. comes from one of greece's 3 big political dynasties but me to thank yous is an outsider to the conservative new democracy party his election to its leadership by the part