the eu commission has again said that any deal would have to be agreed in october for approval beforen period is to end. the headlines on bbc news... a dramatic rise in virus testing. the health secretary says ramping up the tests will give a much clearer idea of the spread of the virus. awaiting sentence for mass murder — the brother of the manchester arena bomber faces life in jail. an inflation—led price hike for railfares, but, as our travel habits change, will trains ever be full again? after the black grime star wiley had his social media accounts shut down because he shared anti—semitic hate speech online, a conversation was sparked about all forms of discrimination 7 specifically what it means to be a jew of colour. in the wake of black lives matter protests — many black celebrities argued that although it was right his comments were removed, wiley s treatment was unfair. in turn, some members of thejewish community expressed their disappointment at the lack of support. while these debates are happening on public platforms, somejews of colour have told the bbc they are often i

the eu commission are on industry said last week that belarus is not part of europe and belarus is located knowledge that the european union has on belarus and that is absolutely shameful what is happening and that is exactly what was said yesterday when it was announced that we would talk to alexander lukashenko so, again and again and again, for26 lukashenko so, again and again and again, for 26 years people of belarus feel betrayed. the question is, when, for sake, the european union will wake up and act properly, when the european union will show its force and it looks like the dictator is stronger than democracy. that makes me back to the beginning. alexander lukashenko has to the beginning. alexander lu kashenko has not to the beginning. alexander lukashenko has not buckled. whatever you say, your husband said the other day, fundamentally we will never go back to the way things were. he said a massive transformation is taking place, it is just not clear how long it will take. how can you be so sure of that, given you are not getting what you want from europe? how can you want from eu

. >>> the eu commission president has suggested her term may be reshuffled in the wake of the resignation of trade commissioner asking them to propose a man and woman and she will decide later if the direct candidate will replace hogan. he has stepped down by breaching covid guidelines by attending a golf gathering in his country. expecting the economy to sharply decline contracted by 9.5% and expects the output to return to precoronavirus levels by 2022. joining us from dublin, thank you for joining us today a huge development out of japan today. >> i want to acknowledge the great contribution prime minister abe has made in leading his own country. the impact he has had on the economy and he greatly widens the tools available looking at how to strengthen the performance in the approach he used and that looks likely to something in the future. >> i want to push into the news because of the 0 development stepping down. looking to the heavy weight in agreement to europe watched so closely in the agreement achieved is that right that it should not be around as rigorous around this golf tucks

endorsed by fully the eu commissions.tually compatible state regulation and we also found an agreement in principle and they were both in fable -- in favor. i think we made significant progress. we cannot claim victory at. we need to get bondholders in a majority of them to vote in favor of this which will happen on september 2. then we need to turn to shareholders at the general assembly on september 22. and ask for their consent. some things to overcome but massive progress so far and and i am grateful for the support we have seen from key noteholders and shareholders. >> thank you, guy johnson, for the wonderful interview. we are keeping an ion the stock of the hour. down 3% in u.s. training -- trading. the saga goes on. the two were supposed to resign. drawbacks can lead to second-guessing, room for negotiations, or life seems to get in the way. tiffany shares falling for the most in three months on heavy volume. it was a coat -- supposed to close at sales yesterday but asked for a -- an extension. they agreed but lat

the eu commission has again said that any deal would have to be agreed in october for approval beforel loss of 1100 jobs. the chain, which currently has a5a uk outlets, has also cut a deal to reduce rents. its managing director said the decision to close branches was hard but would ultimately safeguard 9000 jobs. it's now more than two weeks since the lebanese capital, beirut, was devastated by a huge explosion. more than 200 people died and many thousands were injured and left without homes. 0ur correspondent tom bateman has been meeting some of the families and individuals whose lives have changed forever. baby thomas was born the day before beirut‘s explosion. now he's growing up without a dad. he said he is the most beautiful boy he had ever seen. explosion. this was the moment the blast hit the hospital. it killed rita's husband. her baby was unharmed. he loved to play piano. he was the most caring person in the world. if the glass frame had not hit him, it might have hit me or my baby. and that took away his life, protecting us. a fortnight on, people are trying to piece togethe

the eu commission has said the eu belarus relationship is under review following that election, and writerses are discussing the process for possible who prequalification for the vaccine. our science correspondent pallab ghosh says the news should be treated with extreme caution. the results of the trials have not been published. it is impossible to say how long any immune reaction lasts and it is impossible to say how safe it is. so i think that we need to treat any such claim with extreme caution. any vaccine, whetherfrom russia or elsewhere, will take a long time to be fully tested, and even longer to be fully rolled out. that is assuming we get one in the first place. british and french ministers will hold talks in paris today to discuss how to reduce the number of people crossing the english channel in small boats. since thursday, more than 600 people have been intercepted making the journey. our correspondent simonjones is in doverfor us. well, just as the immigration compliance minister chris philp is heading off to that side of the channel once again this morning, we have had severa

. >>> the european commission today urged all eu members to permit unmarried partners of their citizensrritories despite the pandemic entry ban. as of tonight, only eight eu countries have relaxed their restrictions. that's "nightline" for this evening. see you back here next week same time. goodnight, have a safe weekend. >>> hello. i'm craig kilborn. and welcome to the "jimmy kimmel live" summer bash pool party. >> it's the "jimmy kimmel live" summer bash pool party. with guest host, joel mchale. tonight, russell wilson. and music from billy strings. and now here's your host, joel mchale. >> that was not a crew member, and i'm not lying. unfortunately, this is what a pool party looks like now. instead of jimmy kimmel, you have a guy who used to host a basic cable clip show. yes, the despair of covid continues. but the good news is, i'm currently relieving myself on national television, and there isn't a damn thing the fcc can do about it. i'm kidding. i have a terrible urinary tract nothing comes out. you know, guest hosting a talk show in a global pandemic isn't a job many people wou

the european commission was planning a kind of pan—eu strategy so that there was not all the name—callingt time this flared as a massive issue. where has this got to? well, not very far. as you said, we have had a pandemic since. and so the focus has been put somewhere else. but, really, perhaps what the eu should look at first is to dismantle the criminal gangs and that trafficking industry that is thriving. it has become extremely violent towards the migrants and refugees. and so, when you think that refugees must pay £3000 to go on that dinghy boat with the hope of crossing the channel, this is appalling. but of course, since we're talking about the english channel and france and britain, there is brexit looming, so the eu might come up with a great strategy at some point in the future, but what about the british border? should it still remain in calais, in the northern shore of france? or should it be in kent? so i think that will be the next question for the borisjohnson government. we are going to leave that question as we have to move on. we touched on the pandemic briefly, but now

and we have the european commission the eu level trying to come up with some sort of oregon tory agenda that will be unveiled by the end of this year supposedly. then we have the united states where we have calls here in their quite misguided regulatory suggestions like anti-trust. the panacea it won't be. -- that will be the panacea the says. this it won't be. none of these silver bullets work because there isn't a silver bullet. the problem is that what i see now is this huge rift emerging between europe, especially where the commission is gone, the european commission and regulation and with the united states. depending on what happens with a number in november who are not coming together and having this dialog where we can come to some middle ground. some kind of understanding about what does a digital agenda that is really first and rooted first and foremost and democratic principles. lots of ideas out there, they've been out there for years. lowers written about this, i've written about this, but as we're not getting there. i think that is what we really need to be looking toward.

right to --ermine our own faith, >> the eu was making money available for pro-democracy groups in belarus as well as for its health sector. >> the european commission will mobilize now an additional 53 million euros to support the belarusian people in these challenging times. euros to assist the victims of repression and 1 million euros to support civil society and independent media. and 50 million euros of coronavirus emergency support. >> this is seen as a russian government as meddling -- by the russian government as meddling. ministeroreign resisted calls for lukashenko to talk to the opposition. >> to everybody believing mediation is the only way out, i implore them not to forget the way our western colleagues mediated in 2014 in kiev, when eu representatives reached an agreement. will remember what that led to. -- we all remember what that led to. fear and uncertainty that surrounded the elections are still there. >> a key figure in the opposition protest says he will step back from politics after a meeting with soldiers. have not provided a specific timeframe. the international community has this.ned we have more. streetselation on the after

commission. during that time, he had an important role when it came to the fact that the eu japan trade agreement and soybeans deal the eu achieved back then with the trump administration he managed to achieve further progress with ongoing negotiations with the united states that was a big consequence is what sort of progress will the u.s. achieve ahead of the presidential election in the united states now that phil hogan is leaving this position one final remark to watch out is whether or not he'll actually give the trade portfolio to the upcoming trade representative or that she'll decide to give this important subject to someone else in her cabinet. >> thank you >> we'll squeeze in a quick break. fed chair powell will speak at jackson hole today and how the fed will handle the look at inflation. we'll get into that after the break. >>> welcome back to "street signs. i'm julianna tatelbaum with karen tso. hurricane laura makes land fall in louisiana as a category 4 storm. >> this has been categorized as an unsurvivable storm surge where it will be hitting that surge could continue inland for ab

commercial that spotify also had a long-simmering despite with apple over its commissions, even formerly complaining to the eurust authorities, also match group adding their voice to this fight as well and facebook even taking a jab in its rollout of tools to help small businesses, saying that apple commissions means that small businesses can't keep all the money that they make. apple contends that 84% of the apps in the app store are free and the commissions are necessary to ensure smooth and secure services for its users. they haven't raised prices since the app store debut in 2008. they say it's in line with what google takes which is 30%. the app store generates a lot of money for apple, accounting for more than $18 billion in sales last year. that's nearly 40% of apple's total services revenue which comes in at close to $50 billion each and every year. ashley: yeah. that is remarkable. susan, thank you very much. >>> now let's bring in rob breslow, professional e-sports and streaming consultant. thanks for joining us today. i guess my question to you is what's the end game here? who do you think comes ou

the european commission side, briefing reporters in brussels about the fact that there just wasn't enough progress. that is having an impact on sterling, and it does seem that both the eund the u.k. are worried that there is just not enough progress for the moment to find a deal before the end of december. but remember, they still have two months to negotiate. the u.k. has once again said they won't ask for an extension. it could be like the eu, where at the 11th hour, they find an u.k.ment, or that the would rather not find any agreement and go to wto rules. tom: is europe heading back to recession? is that the right phrase? francine: this time you are talking about, for example, the german numbers and the french numbers, which were really quite shocking. what was interesting if you look at the pattern sets the lockdown started in march, initially we had better-than-expected figures in terms of gdp growth, and today the pmi numbers were pretty bad. some of it may be seasonal because even though there's covid-19, a lot of france and many parts of europe stopped, but it is going to be an interesting trajectory. it is not as smooth sailing as maybe we thought six or seve

we reported late last night, the european commission president did take a call from the opposition leader, who is in hiding in lithuania right now, and many eue gone out of their way not to speak to her just yet, so that might be a signal that maybe the eu is taking a slightly more forceful tack. matt: richard, thanks very much. i am sure you will stay all over this story. ofhard bravo joining us out brussels. coming up, qantas posts its first loss in six years. we will hear from the ceo next. this is bloomberg. ♪ anna: welcome back to the european market open this thursday morning, 20 minutes from the start of the trading day, and some weakness. let's get a bloomberg first word news update on some of the stories. the federal reserve has backed away from shifting their guidance in september, according from minutes of the july meeting. they are ready to set a clear path but instead noticed that providing greater clarity would be appropriate at some point. president donald trump says he expects saudi arabia to join the peace deal between israel and nae and eventually sees ira joining it, too, and in a reversal, the president talked about the e

of the commission is actually pushing hard and has been very helpful at conferences-- and giving the support from the european union side. and the latest is that to counter act nationalism, that eu is now negotiating on behalf of all member states with manufacturers and producers, which is a new approach, and they would have to deliver on that approach, otherwise probably the governments and national governments are also going to maybe turn towards a more nationalistic plan which i don't hope. covid, a great response from the world. >> thank you, i almost wonder is nationalism even possible when it comes to vaccines or other areas of bioscience, product, innovation and development? for one thing, science is a global enterprise now and the underlying work behind all of these vaccines has been, you know, i think very collaborative and very international. also, so many of the companies are multinational, how they do their work, labs in one place and manufacturing facilities somewhere else, critical supplies coming from different countries, et cetera. and of course, studies have to be done where there are cases and the u.s. is not proud of its number of cases at the moment. it does

this was the president of the eu commission ursula von der leyen making the announcement. onstrators. so secondly, there was unanimous support for the eu to be working on sanctions against those responsible for what is taking place. targeted sanctions on specific persons without hurting the people of belarus. the european union also expressed solidarity with protesters in belarus, who have been demonstrating on the streets for days following the result of the election. here's the president of the european council charles michel. the european union stands in solidarity with the people of belarus. and we don't accept impunity. on august the 9th, belarus held elections. these elections were neither free norfair, and did not meet international standards. we don't recognise the results presented by the belarus authorities. the people of belarus deserve better. president lukashenko has ordered an end to protests in the capital, minsk and he told the european union not to interfere in belarusian affairs translation: we are holding a meeting today of eu foreign ministers or leaders