we start bed the financial times front page, the headline is that hunt hits back, what do you make of this diplomatic i’ow what do you make of this diplomatic row that is emerging between the us and the uk? it is incredibly u nfortu nate. and the uk? it is incredibly unfortunate. i would say, ok, and the uk? it is incredibly unfortunate. iwould say, ok, hunter said it was wrong, and yes it was wrong. i would have said something like it was unfortunate that if you look at it, it is very, this document should never have been leaked. what the uk ambassador said, how he looked at the trump administration and its many fallacies. and that is really where the problem lies. but in the uk must not be pushed by a foreign president as to who the ambassador should, who the ambassador shouldn't be. it is a very tricky situation. it is extremely difficult to resolve, the diplomacy that it is to go on between the us and the uk going forward , between the us and the uk going forward, look at the tweet on the financial times, there were many tweets about theresa may, but this one says the lucky ambass

and borisjohnson according to the financial times.ve been asked several times, if you had to choose between delivering brexit, so—called, well, that is always a misnomer because all you are doing is starting ten years of negotiations. leave that one side to delivering brexit or keeping the union. if you had to keep, if you had to do only one of those two things what would you do? they are all forced into the position of saying obviously keeping the union. but the dup, the unionists in northern ireland who are absolutely foursquare behind the exit ahead of the first of march deadline, they began to get squeamish about the consequences for northern ireland through the backstop and all that. and their leader was saying unequivocally we are first and foremost for the union. so you could end up with a situation of both northern ireland ending up with some form of united ireland although there is a good argument to say the south would not want that anymore. and more to the point, scotland going its own way. nicola sturgeon wanting a second

we will get to financial times ina of no deal. we will get to financial times in a moment.her effect of brexit is it will be pretty costly to go on holiday. it is interesting that they are saying that as well. a gloomy front page. the dollar is lower for any time against the pound and we are at lower against the dollar any time for that and the euro we are as low as we were in 1999 when the hero first came into being and so it is a very gloomy old friend page and we have the next bed on the front, the group farah finance squarely putting it on the pump, consequences of brexit so it is strange that they have given this the problem that they have. £1 million summer giveaway at the top. but something something exchange rates. is the lowest something exchange rates. is the lowe st that something exchange rates. is the lowest that has been against the dollar in later life more than 50 years, half a century, that should bea years, half a century, that should be a top line and the headline ought to be accurate. it should be a boris brexit will sink the pound because thatis brexit

we begin with the front page of the financial times, reporting that the owner of vauxhall is willing the british factory unprofitable. the moscow times reports that the doctor of russian opposition leader alexei navalny claims he may have been poisoned. mr navalny was hospitalised from jail after suffering what officials say was an allergic reaction. he is serving a 30—day sentence for violating protest laws. the south china morning post says that china's fake diamond market is threatening miners. china is the world's largest synthetic diamond producer with them costing around 50% less than a natural one. wired reports on the huge scale of the fortnite world cup the game is played by 250 million people worldwide. the tournament drew players from 30 different countries and a us teenager, kyle giersdorf, took home the $3 million singles prize. the duchess of sussex is guest editing the september issue of british vogue. the front cover consists of 15 trailblazing women of her choosing. it has to be said used to work in city hall with the current prime minister, borisjohnson. he was mayo

and indeed i read in my financial times this morning, seriously it's a great british press. read in my financial times that there is no incoming leader, no incoming leader has ever faced such a daunting of circumstances, it said. i look at you this morning and i ask myself, do we look daunting? do you feel daunting? i don't think so. i don't think you look remotely daunted to me and i think we know we can do it and to the people of this country are trusting in us to do it and we know that we will doit . and we know the mantra of the campaign that has just gone by, in case you forgotten it, you probablyhaven't . it is deliver. [background sounds], unite the country and defeat jeremy corbin and that is what we did . [applause] i know some lack has already pointed out that deliver and defeat were not the perfect acronyms for an election campaign . it's spelled god but they forgot the final e, e4 energized and i say to all the doubters dude, we are going toenergize the country, we are going to get brexit done . it will bring a new spirit of can-do and we are once again going to

now onto the financial times. it leads onjeremy hunt's calls for european allies to lead a new maritime alliance to protect commercial ships sailing through the strait of hormuz. the foreign secretary's comments come after iran seized a british—flagged tanker in the gulf, amid growing tensions between the west and tehran. (ani) the bbc online reports on a key meeting held in paris between eu nations. the eight eu countries have agreed to share the resettlement of migrants rescued in the mediterranean — but — italy is not one of them. italy, who has been at the forefront of the migrant influx in the eu, snubbed the talks. and finally, the washington post reports on marvel‘s push for more diversity in its immensely popular film franchise. as well as more females and non—white actors taking lead roles — it's extending it's diversity to behind the camera as it launches its next round of films. of the five films the superhero studio announced at comic—con on saturday, only one is set to be directed by a white man. with

the financial times looks at the 99 day brexit deadline and talks about his defiance, brutal speech.he fa ct his defiance, brutal speech. the fact he has ripped apart theresa may's cabinet, very strong language in the report from the financial times. i think they look at it from a business perspective, so they are worried about a hard brexit or no deal brexit and what it will do to the economy. they are comparing this night of long knives to harold macmillan in 1962, who had an equally brutal reshuffle. not quite as brutal, but harry macmillan didn't last very long after the reshuffle. and when you look at the incoming people, most of whom are staunch brexiteers except for sajid javid who initially was not a brexiteer, but when you look at brexit, keir starmer, the shadow brexit, keir starmer, the shadow brexit secretary of her majesty's opposition said yesterday, and he had a point, at some stage boris's aspirations will meet with reality, because the europeans clearly don't think that the withdrawal agreement is open for renegotiation, to the degree that he thinks it is. and the ar

we begin with the financial times. it points out the clock is ticking on brexit. brexit deadline. the irish times sastohnson installs hardline brexiteers after cabinet purge. it suggests the irish political leadership will stand by the withdrawal deal drawn up by the european union. in the german newspaper frankfurter allgemeine, the front page report looks at europe's prospects, as prime ministerjohnson threatens the eu and leave with no—deal. and in the uk's daily mirror, the paper picks up on a boris quip in his audience with the queen. calling it another boris gaffe, it reports he told the queen, i don't know why anyone would want thejob of being pm. moving away from uk politics, the times outlines why facebook has to to pay a $5 billion fine in what it calls a privacy deal with us authorities. and, as the uk prepares for its hottest day, and the heatwave in europe continues, the bbc‘s weather experts say extraordinary temperatures could break records across the continent. the website also has more on how to cope in the day and sleep at night. in the case of m

we start bed the financial times front page, the headline is that hunt hits back, what do you make ofu make of this diplomatic row that is emerging between the us and the uk? it is incredibly u nfortu nate. and the uk? it is incredibly unfortunate. i would say,

turning to the financial times and this is the reality of it, people's jobs are on the line.t headlines for borisjohnson, talking about good exit headlines for boris johnson, but talking about good exit headlines for borisjohnson, but this isn't one of them. this isjobs being threatened at vauxhall —— brexit headlines. if exit affects the profitability of the plant, but with the pound plummeting at the moment, i would have thought that improved the profitability —— if brexit. most ca i’s the profitability —— if brexit. most cars are being exported to europe. and importing cars as well. exactly. these days with cars, they get parts from all over the place and they are assembled in britain and 80% of vauxhall cars get exported to europe and if we have a hard brexit, you can see why that's going to become unprofitable and they're going to be in trouble and the society of motor manufacturers and traders warned a couple of years ago i think that the car industry really doesn't want a ha rd car industry really doesn't want a hard brexit. it's going to be too difficult for them. the

financial times.n der leyen has got the top eu post and she said interestingly enough, i will consider an extension but it has not been an easyjourney for her. she only won by a few votes. she is on the centre—right, she is an ally of angela merkel, outlined journey defence minister and she feels that unless britain shifts its red lines, we have got to stay with the brexit deal and the duties redlines, the opportunity comes to extend but only if there are good reasons for doing so and nigel has called for the pin—up girl, very well, isn't he now? for the euro sceptic movement and she did get some support from some members of the european parliament so members of the european parliament so she did squeak over the party, because they did see her as the candidate of the cartel establishment. she has been the defence minister of germany, and that they have been in shambles, they cannot kill and exercise the ta nks they cannot kill and exercise the tanks because they don't work. they do not have aeroplanes

and indeed, i read in my "financial times" this morning, devoted reader that i am -- syr seriously, a great brand. i read in the "financial times" that there are flow incoming leader -- me to incoming leader, no incoming leader has faced a daunting set of circumstances it said. i look at you and ask myself, do you look daunted? do you feel daunted? i don't think -- i don't think you look remotely daunted. >> all right. that's vintage boris johnson, right. >> it is. >> let's go live to 10 downing street and bring in anna stewart. should boris johnson be daunted? >> reporter: yes, absolutely. he should be daunted. i would say i think that joke fell slightly flat. i think some people in the audience did look a little bit daunted. hoarse why. he says that -- here's why. he says that he can deliver bric brexit even though theresa may didn't and there's a threat of a no brexit at the end of august in the e.u., and they don't want that. however, the e.u. refuses to reopen the agreement to make any fundamental changes. even if they did somehow, parliament is divided. and they're going to holi

and as i read in the financial times this morning. [laughter] that there is no income at the base do you look daunted? do you feel daunted? and we know the people of the country are trusting in us and we know the mantra. and then to defeat jeremy corbin. [applause] and it is not that perfect acronym for the election campaign. [laughter] that e4 energize and we will energize the country. and take advantage with a new spirit of can do and to believe in ourselves. we will rise and take off the self-doubt and negativity. from every household we will unite this amazing country. thank you for the honor you have just done me. so now the campaign is over and the work begins. thank you. [cheers and applause] long discussion hosted by the center for american progress in washington.

and as i read in the financial times this morning. [laughter] that there is no income at the base do you look daunted? do you feel daunted? and we know the people of the country are trusting in us and we know the mantra. and then to defeat jeremy corbin. [applause] and it is not that perfect acronym for the election campaign. [laughter] that e4 energize and we will energize the country. and take advantage with a new spirit of can do and to believe in ourselves. we will rise and take off the self-doubt and negativity. from every household we will unite this amazing country. thank you for the honor you have just done me. so now the campaign is over and the work begins. thank you. [cheers and applause] each week the house of commons is in session we bring you the british prime minister taking questions from the house of commons live wednesday mornings at 7:00 eastern on c-span2. this is teresa may's final question time as boris johnson, former london mayor and british foreign minister was announced as the new l

jeremy hunt will boost the royal navy with more ships if he is elected to prime minister, the financial timeslected to prime minister, the financialtimes, britain is elected to prime minister, the financial times, britain and france have denied us pressure for a tax on big tech firms. a transatlantic clash over facebook and amazon. across the metro, he reports a rampant bullying of parliamentary staff by mps. rampant bullying of parliamentary staff by mp5. the guardian leads with dozens of more whistle—blowers of staff members to submit evidence of staff members to submit evidence of the watchdogs examination with anti—semitism and warnings of the party has failed to grasp the seriousness of the investigation. the most notorious paedophile will be released after being prevention remorse, the daily mail when they ask how can this be justified? let's start off with the telegraph. iran crisis shows we must boostjeremy hunt in this writing for the daily telegraph said that we must boost the navy the surest way that our power is respected overseas and he wa nts power is respected overseas and he w

that same photograph features on the front of the financial times who say that the parliament break—in hong kong deeper in to turmoil. (ani — metro)it continues in the metro — hong kong on the brink — they show masked pro—democracy china warns the uk to stay out of hong kong — that's the story on the front of the i after beijing hits out at british ‘interferance'. away from today's events in hong kong — the guardian's front page carries the image of 15—year—old cori gauff who says her ‘dreams have come true' after knocking out venus williams in the first round of wimbledon. cori gauff also appears on the front of the times — who reveal that umpires at wimbledon are no longer referring to female players as "miss" or "mrs" as the tournament says it has to move with the times. the daily express focus on the ongoing battle for number ten as the rivals borisjohnson and jeremy hunt slug it out over no deal. and let's end by showing you tomorrow's front cover of the hong kong standard showing protestors smashing their way through the territories parliament building. let's kick off with the te

as a financial lead for the financial times.|j no—deal brexit. but maybe next hour. see you $001]. hello. temperatures have been soaring across the uk. in fact, to record levels forjosey on tuesday and a newjuly record set in maison saint louis of 35.7 degrees celsius. and don't be too surprised i think if we don't see some further records being broken before this hot spell is out. the peak anticipated on thursday and some spots could get up to 37 degrees celsius and that would be a new ukjuly record. to start us off on wednesday, plenty of humidity around, and some pretty widespread thunderstorms across the northern half of the uk. strong and gusty winds as they sensible across the latter part. and then move left with a lot of sunshine as the day pans out. a bit ofa sunshine as the day pans out. a bit of a south—westerly breeze today so a bit cooler in the west, but far from cold. still intense heat in the east, highs of 32 or 33. wednesday evening, and overnight into thursday, not much going on, it's warm, it's humid, a lot of dry weather. just

possibly our final brexit story is on the front of the financial times. this is a real... ime, the idea that voxel in ellesmere port might move the astra —— vauxhall in ellesmere port might move the astra. it's made in ellesmere port and the mp there is justin madders, he was asking theresa may about it the other day. this is an if story. if the brexit fallout effects the profitability of that plant then that's 1000 jobs at risk. but that's not necessarily a no—deal brexit story, that isjust a brexit story. if brexit leads to a lost of profitability in the plant then those jobs are at risk. 80% the then those jobs are at risk. 8096 the of cars produced in the plant go to europe so it is doubly at risk. the society of motor manufacturers and traders who represent all car dealers were warning a couple of weeks ago that this could be catastrophic for britain if we go for a hard no deal, catastrophic for britain if we go fora hard no deal, hard catastrophic for britain if we go for a hard no deal, hard brexit. let's turn to the daily mail. why is it so hard to see your gp? beca

birmingham and manchester, cannot be delivered within its £56 billion budget, according to the financial timeseview of hs2‘s costs is continuing. our business correspondent katy austin is here. will this add more fuel to the fire for critics of the scheme? indeed. the current government has repeatedly committed to hs2, its first stages due to open in 2026. critics will see this as further evidence that there are questions over its value for money. hs2 itself hasn't commented specifically on this other than to point out its chair is regularly reporting back over his scrutiny of the scheme and the department for transport says allan cook's review is ongoing and he will deliver his final assessment in due course. hs2 does have support from business groups such as the cbi, which told me that although taxpayers money must be well spent, the potential benefits to the northern economy in terms ofjobs, rail capacity, etc, shouldn't be overlooked. this is a very sensitive time for hs2. if borisjohnson becomes prime minister, he has said he would like to do his own review into the project. news that the

according to the financial times, the chairman of hs2, who is carrying out a review of cost and scheduleing the new rail line cannot be built within budget and could cost between £70—85 billion. the government says the new high—speed line is needed because the west coast main line between london, birmingham and manchester is already crowded. both the department for transport and hs2 said the review into the cost of the project was ongoing. they wouldn't comment on this latest report, but it comes at a sensitive time. borisjohnson says he will carry out his own review if he becomes prime minister next week. he has said the project's costs are spiralling out of control. some say the high—speed line is vital to link the north of england to the midlands and to london. but many question whether it's value for money, and if it gets even more expensive, that case will be harder to make. the headlines on bbc news... dramatic footage of armed iranian troops boarding a british—flagged oil tanker in the gulf. the foreign secretary expresses ‘extreme disappointment‘ to his iranian counterpart. briti

the financial times says, allan cook has written to the department for transport — saying the project for the official budget of 56—billion—pounds. here's our transport correspondent, tom burridge. hs2 — a new high—speed line linking london, birmingham, manchester and leeds — was already set to cost a hefty sum — £56 billion. and in recent months, there has been a growing acceptance at the company building hs2 that the project is likely to cost more. now, with work on the line between birmingham and london already under way, and £5 billion spent so far, a report saying hs2 could cost an extra £30 billion. according to the financial times, the chairman of hs2, who is carrying out a review of cost and schedule, has written to the government, warning the new rail line cannot be built within budget and could cost between £70—85 billion. the government says the new high—speed line is needed because the west coast main line between london, birmingham and manchester is already crowded. both the department for transport and hs2 said the review into the cost of the project was ongoing. they wo

interest rate cuts in the united states makes the front of tomorrow's financial times, first time sincethe financial crash that the federal reserve has made cuts to the rates. buy me lunch division to fight cybercrime according to the daily telegraph. paper says it all specialise in information welfare and reactive fa keness specialise in information welfare and reactive fakeness attacks. picture add a bridge washed away in the flighting in north yorkshire, making a at this page. daily mail reports that plastic bag sales have fallen by 90%. i have a chopper now getting ten a year down from 19 last year. i leads with the same story reducing plastic bottle should be next. varied look at the paper so let's look at them. let's start with you, and the telegraph. which has talked about what sajid javid is going to do debiting no dealfinding by dipping into former chancellor chest and nothing $2.1 billion it went up —— upon funding. chest and nothing $2.1 billion it went up -- upon funding. the sums of money that are being spent on preparing for something that will be hugely damaging to the co

indeed i read in my financial times this morning, devoted reader that i am, seriously, it is a greatmes this morning there is no incoming leader who has ever faced such a daunting set of circumstances it said. but i look at you this morning on and say to do you look daunted? do do you feel daunted? i don't think you look remotely daunted to me. i think we know that we can do it and the people of this country trust in us to do it and we knew that we will do it. we know the mantra of the campaign that has just gone by, in case you have forgotten it, you probably have. it is deliver brexit, unite the country and defeatjeremy corbyn and that is what we are going to do. defeatjeremy corbyn. i know some wag has already pointed out that deliver, unite and defeat was not the perfect acronym for an election campaign since unfortunately it spells dud but they forgot the final e, my friends. e for energise. i say to all the doubters dude, we are going to energise the country. we are going to get brexit done on october the 31st and take advantage of all the opportunities that it will bring in a

the financial times reports that the pound fell to its lowest level since article 50 was triggered inrried about the possibility of the uk leaving the eu without a deal in just three months‘ time. the times leads on the same story, claiming the slump in sterling on hardline stance from downing street, and the guardian says that a lack of clarity from the government about whether or not a no deal is the assumption is hampering planning. the daily telegraph says that boris johnson‘s tour will head to wales tomorrow where he will announce new schemes to help farmers. the daily mail says that eight former high court judge the daily mail says that eight former high courtjudge said police

or some people say that there irreconcilable and it just can't be done and indeed i read in my financial times this morning devoted reader that i have seriously the great great great great british great british press that i read in my financial times this morning that there are no incoming leader there incoming leader has ever faced such a daunting set of circumstances it said when i look at you this morning and i ask myself do you look daunted. do you feel don't lead i don't think i don't think you have remade me don't tell me and i think that we know that we can do it and that the people of this country are trusting in us to do it and we know that we will do it and we know the mantra of the campaign that has just gone by in case you've forgotten it. you probably have to go to college it is deliver brick city unite the country and defeat jeremy corbyn and that is going to hurt. you. i don't know i know it's not somewhere it goes already pointed out that deliver it night and defeat was not the perfect acronym for election campaign since our portion it spells doubt but they forgot the final eas

hope a quick look at the front page and let's start with the front page and let's start with the financial timesthat sterling took a two—year low and marked its responding to the crying list to the brexit strategy —— growing list. no deal looks slightly as boris johnson's team continues a plan to suspend parliament before the 31st deadline and boris johnson plans parliament before the 31st deadline and borisjohnson plans to hold an early general election because he is keen to take onjeremy corbyn. and again on the front page of the guardian, boris johnson being accused of repeatedly ignoring expert advice on the viability of his vanity projects

alan turing, the second world war code breaker in the second world war code breaker in the financial timesn the new £50 note. a flavour of the front pages. let's kick off, rowena, let's start with the cricket, yes, in at number ten. of course the victorious england team, celebrating with the prime minister, who watch them at lord's actually. yes, the prime minister is looking very happy, she has the victorious england cricket is in for a reception at downing street and she is actually a genuine, devoted cricket fan herself. she has held this reception for them and said she hopes their victory is going to inspire millions of youngsters to pick upa inspire millions of youngsters to pick up a cricket bat for the first time. i guess the question now would be whether she tries to sneak in a few honours for her in her resignation honours list, if she has one. they deserve some, don't they? i think one. they deserve some, don't they? ithink so, one. they deserve some, don't they? i think so, and borisjohnson and jeremy hunt were both asked about that tonight in the debate, and both said they shou

the financial times says that allan cook, —— the financial times says that allan cook, who took overrailway last december, has warned that the scheme can't be delivered within budget. the phrase "poor doors" is used to describe separate entrances for social housing tenants used to divide them from private residents living in new build housing developments. the communities secretary, james brokenshire, said he was appalled by some examples of segregation he has seen. ministers have promised to put an end to the practice in england by introducing new planning guidance to create more inclusive housing. authorities in new york city are urging people to stay cool and safe as record—breaking temperatures grip the area. temperatures are set to hit 100 degrees fahrenheit — that's 38 celsius — over the weekend. the heatwave could affect about 200 million people in major cities like new york and washington. ramzan karmali reports. the race to stay cool in new york city. extreme hot weather is already starting to be felt here. and though it may look like fun at the pool, the city's mayor declar

that's go to the financial times, it has a story on the front page, but it looks at the reaction to theore congress. there is another day were he has been grilled on all sorts of issues and it is a market moving story. many are saying, it is a given we will see a rate cut. is it the 31st ofjuly? by how much? some are estimating it could be .5%. i'd be surprised if it were that large. the whole conversation around rate cuts, whether starting to see central banks having to pull back because of the weakness within the global economy. whether it is a full 50 basis point cut is the kind of thing i think at the moment would scare people more than can solve them. the reason we are seeing equity move higher is because money is cheaper, people can borrow cheaper, people can put more money into equities because they yield is going to be stronger in their investments or make more money. and president trump predicted this was not he said, if they can't read, we're going to see the dow and everything this many points higher. this is the first time, this is a psychological marker for the market, if t

the financial times says hong kong's leader, carrie lam, has made several offers to resign over ongoinge government. an interesting study on dementia is on the bbc website showing that everyone can lower their risk of dementia — even if it runs in the family — by living a healthy lifestyle. with me is annamarie phelps, chair of the british horseracing authority. welcome to the briefing. so what are you watching? i was

let's take a look at the financial times. huge story here in the uk. and i seem to see people lose their jobs, never and i seem to see people lose theirjobs, we are talking about for and a half thousand jobs after the betting firm, william hill says it will close 700 stores. at this as a result of government moves to try and deal with problem gambling. result of government moves to try and deal with problem gamblingm brings about mixed emotions. this comes from the government cutting the maximum mistakes on fixed betting, those machines and william hilland betting, those machines and william hill and the other betting shops on the high streets, they have been suggested that they can be addictive and they do bring other social problems with them. there is outside, they are cutting jobs, this could lead to big job losses in the high street which is part of this changing face of the high street, we have retailers who also cutting jobs, closing stores, we've also got the betting shops closing stores as well. this is really bringing on big changes. on the f

think thank you very much jim brownstein from the financial times the countries who've been chosen for the for the lead jobs they hail from france germany other member states in belgium other member states in western europe geographical balance was one of your major aims in the negotiations how well do you feel you succeeded. in our sunshine is that it's still possible maybe something more maybe like where like you that in the parliament to do this to chose the parliament to vote for president from the eastern and central europe this is. i hope so at least but that goethe it's not for us to decide to live. in. just 2 minutes ago i said those so that. we want and can do to whom encourage. through or from the lion to to propose in appropriate geographical bellowed in the team of the president then to you know. if someone asks me what it. means i would also the that central and eastern europe as well as italy should be on board. in this both. thank you very much this country has the press conference i think you. are right barbara vessel for us there in brussels barbara we've just been wat

. >> comments to the financial times right before arriving here was that western style liberalism isnow you probably haven't read the interview. >> he may feel that way. he sees what's going on and if you look at what's happening in los angeles, where it's so sad to look and what's happening in san francisco and a couple of other cities which are run by an extraordinary group of liberal people. i don't know what they're thinking. >> david? >> it's just amazing to hear president trump comment on something as fundamental of western-style liberalism. he has visions of nancy pelosi when phrases like that are uttered, who knows. >> this is the world stage. embracing mohammed bin salman, two weeks ago called out by a u.n. commission for not only not cooperating with the investigation but being largely responsible for the death of khashoggi. >> that's right. and president trump said something in japan along the lines that nobody has proven that mohammed bin salman or his government has been behind the killing. >> no one but the cia. >> but the cia has proven it. he is reveling in these dict

and to day the financial times got a scoop of her and he that she offered beijing to resign i kissed a couple times seen the beginning of his protest and the beijing authorities refused and said to her and see that she was to go on because many when no one else could do the job no one else want this job and she should clean up the mess that she started so she's not likely to resign all right so beijing according to this report is not allowing carolan to resign what is beijing's take on all of these ongoing protests in hong kong and could we see the mainland actually intervene. well we could say that mail and is intervening so far by supporting the government and calling the government for reaction but that sits no we've not going to see. any. well any police force from mainland all the army intervened because hong kong is hong kong this is an international how the fall finance for commerce so it's it's highly unlikely but it's. we can imagine that beijing is very and better rest and that has been chilled by the fact that for example until recently all the news about what was happening

allowed to elex their own leader in hong kong which you mustn't forget and now a newspaper the financial times is reporting that she has tried to hand in her resignation and said to beijing she wants to quit beijing has said no you can't do that you have to clear up the mess and anyway it seems difficult to know who would want to take on that very unpopular job anyway all right so carrie lamb for the time being is not able to step down even if she would like to as this report suggests what happens now when it's a good question and nobody really knows obviously the government the hong kong government has that they're furious with these protests beijing is not going to be happy the last thing they want is for it to spread over into mainland china and they do have some troops in hong kong but at the moment haven't used them let's see what happens. for us waiting thank you so very much for your analysis. now an african union an african union diplomat says a long delayed power sharing deal between sudan's military leaders and civilian groups could be signed as soon as today talks continued as tens

the financial times, like many of the british papers today, puts the announced closure of 700 high streetgovernment move against high stakes automatic betting machines. then, across the water in ireland, the irish times covers the accusations in parliament over the climate emergency bill. the draft law was intended to ban new oil and gas development — but the government has said the country can't afford it. and, finally, inc magazine is looking at amazon's 25th anniversary. it takes us back in time to 1994 when, it reminds us, less than half of 1% of the world's population had access to the internet and the first spam e—mails had only been sent one month before. perhaps alleged to that website on an old—fashioned modem, maybe that's why it wasn't loading. so let's begin with the greek election, taking place on sunday. with me is fiona cincotta, who's a senior market analyst

now onto the financial times.me alliance to protect commercial ships sailing through the strait of hormuz. the foreign secretary's comments come after iran seized a british—flagged tanker in the gulf, amid growing tensions between the west and tehran. (ani) the bbc online reports on a key meeting held in paris between eu nations. the eight eu countries have agreed to share the resettlement of migrants rescued in the mediterranean —

levied the toughest-ever sanctions on the iranian regime, and iran's economy is, to quote the "financial times," collapsing under their weight. [applause] mr. bolton: islamic revolutionary guards corps is starting to have to cut salaries and support for proxies across the region, leaving them to lament that the golden days are gone and will never return. [applause] mr. bolton: and we are just getting started. in november we finished reinforcing the crippling sanctions that originally brought tehran to the negotiating table. but we did not stop there. the president's goal is to get a new deal that would ne be negotiated in the best interests of the united states. we have designated the irgc as a foreign terrorist organization. [applause] mr. bolton: this is the first time an element of a home government has been designated as a foreign terrorist organization. it will make it harder for anyone affiliated with the irgc to enter our great country. it also makes it a crime for individuals, companies, or institutions to do business with this vile terrorist group. [applause] on the anniversary of pre

that is the thing and that is what the financial times highlights.t says that although there was year near unanimous support in the end for these various nominations, the european parliament will still have resistance. so it is not necessarily a smooth path at this point. no. and an interesting development given that we have seen the european parliament try to find its role in the last few years and become a stronger power in this set of institutions governing the european union. i guess it will not be easy for von der leyen to get approvalfrom be easy for von der leyen to get approval from parliament, even though one of the candidates that the parliament had suggested has already said that his time as a candidate is over. so that may ease the transition for von der leyen. for christine lagarde moving to the ecb if her nomination as agreed upon". ecb if her nomination as agreed upon... iwas ecb if her nomination as agreed upon... i was not surprised to hear about that. the ft says that the selection of her to replace the current president is not surp

in my financial times this i read there are no incoming leaders who has ever faced such a daunting set of circumstances. i look at you this morning and ask myself, do you look daunted? do you feel daunted? i do not think you look remotely daunted. we know we can do it and the people of this country are trusting in us to do it and we know we will do it. thenow the mantra of campaign that has gone by, in case you have forgotten it, you probably have. brexit, unite the country and defeat jeremy corbyn, and that is what we are going to do. we are going t to defeat jeremy corbyn. i know that the campaign slogan ,as not good, defeat, unite because it spells done -- spells dud, but they forgot the final ee, energize. we are going to have better education, infrastructure and, broadband,. we are going to ununite this country and take it forward. i thank yoyou for the honor you have done me. i will work flat out with my team. i hope to repay your confidence and in the meantime, the workign is over and the begins. thank you. [applause] genie: the campaign is over in the work begins. leader, theer

the financial times reports on a boost for the uk's electric car industry, or at least forjaguar, afterth £500 million. money to help britain's biggest carmaker invest in its future. the daily mail headline, "toxic threat to babies in womb", highlights a report by british mps that babies are at risk of being pre—polluted by toxins in everyday household items before they're even born. and finally, 50 years after the launch of the apollo 11 moon mission, the new york times reveals how three reels of original footage of the landing bought forjust $200 are expected to sell at auction for more that $1 million. so let's begin. with me is james hughes, chief market analyst at the brokerage firm axi trader. starting with the washington post. sadiq khan, london's first muslim mayor. justin trudeau, the prime minster of canada. it is a long list. unfortunately, it is not

even the financial times says it is maybe to discredit kim darroch, plus also the cabinet secretary isred to be washington bound to take up thatjob because some people in boris johnson's campaign for prime minister, some of them want nigel farage to be the uk ambassador to washington because they believe he will get on better with donald trump. we don't know whether there are political overtones of what the motivation is but really it's not good at these private emails, how on earth are uk government ministers meant to stay abreast of what is happening in the united states if they cannot read these things? the point is, you can't blame someone for having opinion. in the end, they are not doing theirjob if they are not giving candid advice. i can only imagine what the us ambassador to the unite kingdom is writing about in uk politics. clearly, they are there to give that candid advice to there to give that candid advice to the us foreign service. all ambassadors do that no matter where they are from. let's move onto arab news. we kind of knew that iran was going to be pushing on this po

the financial times focuses on a story straight out of science fiction, reporting that neuralink, a companyusk to explore ways of connecting the human brain to a computer interface, has applied to us regulators to start trialling its device on people. the washington post tracks the terrifying scale of the opiod epidemic in the us. it says drug makers and distributors flooded the country with a staggering seventy six billion opiod painkillers between 2006 and 2012, leaving a trail of addiction. the i looks at the rise of vegan and vegetarian diets and the effect they could have on the very young. parents who've encouraged their children to give up meat and dairy are being urged to get medical advice on whether they need additional vitamin and mineral supplements to stay healthy. and finally the times says young drivers could be banned from the road at night under government plans to cut accident rates. so let's begin. with me is inga beale, board director at london first. let's start with netflix. what has gone wrong for them, if it is fair to say something has gone wrong? well, they had a n