but house of fraser is farfrom alone. years ago, there have been many casualties in the retail sector. toys "r" us has also closed. maplins in administration, mothercare is shutting stores and pound world is reportedly about to appoint administrators as well. but house of fraser's owners are hoping that by taking action now, they can prevent another once great name from disappearing from the high street forever. 0ur correspondent phil mackie is outside house of fraser's wolverhampton branch — what's the reaction of customers there? a great deal of sadness. people are nostalgic about bt ‘s as it has been known in wolverhampton since the 80s when it opened, and owned by house of fraser but the last decade —— beattie's. this is a city with a lot of economic bad news, like that with tyranny and, which lost a lot of jobs —— like that with carillion. is there anything the city council can do? councils nationwide have limited powers in these circumstances. the council have worked hard with people like carillion and bhs when they

but house of fraser is farfrom alone.ollapse of bhs two years ago, there have been many casualties in the retail sector. toys "r" us has also closed. maplins in administration, mothercare is shutting stores and pound world is reportedly about to appoint administrators as well. but house of fraser's owners are hoping that by taking action now, they can prevent another once great name from disappearing from the high street forever. 0ur correspondent phil mackie is in wolverhampton, which is losing its house of fraser store. what's been the reaction there in wolverhampton? one of great sadness and disappointment. you can see what and disappointment. you can see what a massive site it is, it is all the way down there occupying a whole block in wolverhampton city centre and nobody believes that when it closes there will be another single store that comes in to occupy this site so it will probably be split, redeveloped and it may not even have a retail use because of the way we are shopping now. so a lot of people are shopping

but house of fraser is farfrom alone. collapse of bhs two years ago, there have been many casualties in the retail sector. toys "r" us has also closed. maplins in administration, mothercare is shutting stores and pound world is reportedly about to appoint administrators as well. but house of fraser's owners are hoping that by taking action now, they can prevent another once great name from disappearing from the high street forever. 0ur correspondent phil mackie is outside house of fraser's wolverhampton branch. 169 years the store has been around. what's the reaction of customers there? real sadness. people have been genuinely moved and upset learning that bt is as it's known in wolverhampton which has been here since the 1880s is set to close next year. i spoke to one lady who was 90 who had come more or less when it was opened. we have had sweet from some of the city's mps, eleanor smith described it as a blow, pat mcfadden said it was tragic news. andy streeting said it was time for innovative and creative thinking abo

body after what the organization claimed was an independent investigation they asked fraser to join to sign a joint statement the statement claimed that although it was concluded that mr burke and her touch mr fraser the evidence supports that it was intended to be taken as a joke and not as a sexual advance and that all parties consider this matter to be concluded including that the hollywood foreign press would like to continue to work with mr freeze dear mr. serious response was as you would imagine he said i don't get the joke the most insidious thing about brendan fraser is experience is how ingrained the notion that actors are merely puppets to movie directors agents executives and their sleazy cohorts at places like the hollywood foreign press an organization whose members were brilliantly and simply described as a group of eccentric hollywood parasites sundra stanley of the new york times and bottom feeders by john powers of l.a. weekly and they're not alone nor are the victims and witnesses like brendan fraser and even myself we were told our shame and our pain med nothing

house of fraser and department store shops we re fraser and department store shops were a magnet forw it is much harder to make the sums add up. they want to reduce what is of very considerable debt. for more than 25 years, this retail expert has been following the ups and downs of house of fraser. for many, many years, it has not had a sufficiently differentiated project that product, it has not stood out, it has not been clear about who it is targeting, there has not been enough investment in the business, there have been too many stores and the market has become far less forgiving. they know that here in darlington, where bhs is still standing empty. and that is the problem facing high streets up and down the country. how to fill the gaps when we are shopping more online, although it looks as if this site is finally being redeveloped. but who will step into this huge space up the street? it is smaller towns like this which will be ha rd est towns like this which will be hardest hit. the impact is going to be catastrophic in terms ofjob losses and the loss of the shopping experienc

role oh so brendan fraser is supposed to be you know it's a compliment it was. if you read the description i suggest you do of what actually occurred there and to say that he doesn't know his own body the reports like oh no it wasn't it was just a brush it was a joke it was no it doesn't matter that it wasn't intended it's not well i don't really want to have sex with you so it was really just a power play it was just to make brendan fraser feel emasculated and little and weak in a professional atmosphere so doing exactly this is exactly what happens to women will squeeze your bum in the meeting and then no one will take you seriously exactly and that's how it works and if they think as i am glad you brought this up it is not a rarity that sexual assault harassment happens to men it's not it's not and the statistics prove that it is a harder road in my experience and my experience a lot it's a harder road for men because of that inherent emasculation. it's a very it's a different way of shaming them and the idea is you're always told it's very rare you're an aud

house of fraser suffers from having too much debt.r words, it has borrowed money that it 110w words, it has borrowed money that it now struggles to pay back because its sales have been hit. its sales a been hit because of underinvestment over many, many years. it is hard to really understand precisely who house of fraser's target customer really is. they are not differentiated enough. most of what you get in a house of fraser uk way in all sorts of other places. and the ownership of house of fraser over many years as ab and floating within a bit uncertain, and i think all of but together makes for a rather weak retailer. the boss of house of fraser has said today that drastic action has been necessary. is this going to be enough to save them, do you think? well, i am still concerned. i think this certainly will lower the cost base. it will give them a better cost base, but in my opinion, i think the winners in this retail turmoil that we are seeing just the beginning of will be companies that are really good at retailing, not just goo

give us some background into why the house of fraser has found itself in so house of fraser has foundns a broad range of products is no longer a unique selling point for retailers like department stores. and alongside that we've had a big shift in locations in terms of shopping centres across the uk and i think a lot of football has been directed away from house of fraser stores and they do not have the ability to move in the same way smaller retailers do. we have been hearing from the former boss ofjohn lewis who has been seeing we need to get together to sort out the high street and work out a plan to help the high—street flourish because it's going in a direction nobody wants to see. definitely, research shows consumers still want high streets, they still wa nt to still want high streets, they still want to shop there but they are doing it less frequently so it's finding how can you drive the football back to stores and that will be the big challenge. the problem with retailers like house of fraser is they are wedded to huge department stores which have had rents negotiated many ye

the house of fraser store known here as binns.e smallest towns like this one which will be the hardest hit. the impact is going to be catastrophic in terms ofjob losses and the loss of the shopping experience, but we shouldn't lose sight of the fact that house of fraser is an anchor tenant that brings people into town. and they'll miss it. i think we're losing a lot of the big stores. marks will go, this will go, then we've got nothing left in the town, really. for house of fraser it is a drastic attempt to stay in business. this retailer though may be just days from collapse. poundworld says it intends to appoint administrators if it can't find a solution to its troubles. it's been a terrible few months for our high streets as the weaker players struggle to adapt to the new world of retail. emma simpson, bbc news, darlington. house of fraser is the latest in a long line of shop closures and job losses this year. so what is driving so many retailers out of business, and what does the future of shopping look like? our business edit

another blow to the high street as house of fraser says it plans to close more than half of its storesss of around 6000 jobs. of its stores with the loss the of its stores with the loss government has releaset position the government has released a position paper which states the temporary backstop arrangement to prevent a hard border between northern ireland and the republic should not continue beyond december 20 21. more on that on the bbc news channel but now it's time for the bbc news where you are. goodbye. good afternoon, it's 1:32pm, here is your latest sports news. rafael nadal has completed his comeback against diego schwartzman to reach the semi—finals of the french open. one set down overnight, after their match was interrupted by rain, nadal was a different player in the paris sunshine and only dropped four more games as he took the next three sets. he'll face the winner of the match currently on court between marin cilic and juan martin del potro. nadal is going for a record iith title at roland garros. the mental health charity mind has praised the england defender danny

the closures will affect up to 2,000 house of fraser staff and 4,000 staff in concessions.cluding the flagship on london's oxford street, will stay open until early next year. a service of thanksgiving has taken place at westminster abbey to mark 70 years since hundreds of caribbean migrants disembarked from the ship, the empire windrush, to help rebuild post—war britain. the government continues to face criticism, after it emerged that some of the windrush generation and their descendants had wrongly faced deportation. adina campbell reports. gospel music. music from the kingdom gospel choir — a fitting tribute to mark 70 years since windrush migrants came over from the caribbean. more than 2000 guests were part of today's service at westminster abbey and two of them met for the very first time. you guys are the same age and from the same ship. alfred gardner and john richards, who are both 92 and from jamaica, were on empire windrush back in 19118. something like this, i mean — you know, make me feel we're still alive. and we're still doing them. and we're still doing wel

department store chain house of fraser is to close 31 shops affecting 6,000 jobs as part of a rescues approved, 2,000 house of fraser jobs will be affected, and 4,000 brand and concession roles. the stores scheduled for closure include its flagship london oxford street store and will stay open until early 2019, house of fraser said. two giants of the business world have called for an end to quarterly earnings guidance by companies. investment guru warren buffett and bankerjamie dimon say quarterly reports encourage a short—term outlook which hurts the economy. they made their appeal in an opinion column in the wall streetjournal. they say it also europe's big five football leagues generated a record 14.7 billion euros in revenue in the 2016—17 season, up 9% on the previous year, according to new figures from deloitte. deloitte said the financial results reflected a new era of improved profitability and financial stability for european football clu bs. let's go to sydney now where the airline industry is holding its annual gathering. guess who is there? i can't guess. the wonderfrom d

the story to date with house of fraser and also pound world. lots of bad news.o these people just tried to make a living, feed the families. 31 uk stores for house of fraser basin we are going to go down. what i find very interesting about this... one advantage with the internet and everything being so successful, they got that human contact and that opportunity of customer relations. i don't think they are harnessing at the moment. we go on these shops, you not doing customer service. we go on these shops, you not doing customer service. “— we go on these shops, you not doing customer service. —— when you go in the shops but you're not getting customer service. you're not giving people a big enough incentive. and if they don't radically change and focus a lot more delivering that effective customer service, people just are going to continue go to the internet because his more convenient and they can put their feet up and have a coffee and order online. and i will be debated increasingly. all the aspects of it... let's look at the aspects of it... let's look at

what went wrong with house of fraser?st relevance. we have said this a lot, but it failed to keep releva nt a lot, but it failed to keep relevant and to keep up with the competition, to give shoppers a reason to go to its stores. what they have agreed is pretty drastic, half the stores? it is really drastic but they say they had no alternative stop it was either this restructuring or collapse, and landlords have to take a big hit in all of this and they were very vocal and angry about the use of these cvas which we have seen increasingly, struggling retailers using them and landlords suspect that some of these cvas have been abused but in the case of house of fraser this is a business in serious trouble but landlords say the way the voting system stacks up means the voting system stacks up means the dice is loaded against them and so even if a majority of landlords had voted against the plans it was not enough to make the plans stop, so this crunch vote has gone through and this controversial rescue deal goes ahead which

moving it away from house of fraser, how do you see the future for the uk high street?mately, we all going to do shopping online? i don't think it will ever hit a point where everything is online but is not just case point where everything is online but is notjust case that online provides speed, efficiency and perhaps cheaper prices, due to the fa ct perhaps cheaper prices, due to the fact operationally it can run a bit leaner and the high street has a lwa ys leaner and the high street has always had challenges with rent and rates. i think it is deeper than that. i think consumers were tired of greater brand offering, in terms of greater brand offering, in terms of what a lot of retailers are offering out there. i think you have seen change, they don't feel the desire to shop any more in traditional spaces because it is not really something they feel co mforta ble really something they feel comfortable doing with their time. experiences are selling and outselling material goods. people laugh had their what eyes wide open in terms of great retail can feel like. i think

confirmation of dozens of house of fraser store closures. today in sports day all the world cup action. and joining me late tonight to review tomorrow's papers, the head of politics at the daily mirror. good evening. the aerospace giant airbus has threatened to pull its operations out of the uk of note you trade deal struck after brexit. the company employs 6000 people its plant and 400 in its base in newport, around half of the firm's total uk task force. as these school pupils take control of a light aircraft today as part of an air bus scheme to introduce into aviation, the control over the compa ny‘s feature in wales is unclear. many families have multiple members employed at their plant. airbus has expressed concern about brexit before but this is its starkest warning yet. if it left uk, the impact on this village would be devastating. it would be devastating and disastrous for the trinity. there are a lot of people who live here who go to work there and have done for years. it would be an absolute disaster, it would be for them as well

notjust stores closing —— house of fraser. not just house of stores closing —— house of fraser.esting how nostalgic people can be about their stores. i know house of fraser was a big part of middlesbrough, and that will be a big loss. it'll be interesting to hear your thoughts, whether you think it is something you mess. we don't shop in them any more, but they are a part of us. when i went to australia, there were woolworths everywhere, and i remember woolworths here. talking of shocking, the mirror is quoting this russian politician, not just shocking, the mirror is quoting this russian politician, notjust any politician but the deputy chairman of the russian parliament, saying we know that our fans are fighters, they are not hooligans. let's legalise it. let's regulate it, let's turn it into a sport. he says there should be organised brawls between groups of fans, 20 side, and no guns. that has to be a joke. between groups of fans, 20 side, and no guns. that has to be ajoke. no, because after the 2016 championship he said! because after the 2016 championship he said i see not

the winner of the competition is fraser.ten years old, fraser cox wins a nationwide story writing contest and becomes one of the uk's youngest published authors. even if i did win, i didn't know it would become such a big thing. on that day when i found out that this was going to be the fate of that story, i was so, so ecstatic. frasier‘s story is about a friendship between two boys, one of whom is a refugee. the idea came to him in the classroom. the original homework was to make a poem and it had to be about difference and diversity. i think the thing that got to me the most is the refugee crisis because i've just imagined what it's like, an ordinarily life going to an ordinary school, and suddenly your country says, we are going to war. frasier has autism and his mum says the condition was a factor in her son's choice of subject matter. he cares a lot about different people and worries about different people and what is going on, how he can help. he's not very good at not doing something about it. and judges described the

bbc's christian fraser is there. taking us through what is happening as the clock is ticking. ouristian, interestingly, he has been on aof singapore. correspondent: yes, he has. we cannot overstate, jane, how inextraoy this was. this was a man who was six months ago dubbed the biggest national against the united states, a man threatening to obliterate the america, and here he is walking around downtown singapore being treated like a rock star with . he has a big day tomorrow. he is only 33. if he is feeling pressure, he is not showing it. as iflking around, there is no care in rld. presumably there is some acuriosity, but also it is chance f confidence.tray some let's not forget this is being ed back to pyongyang, and it is of enormous propaganda value. through the day here in singapore, he is sitting down sunday night. our north american editor jon sopel has been watching developments. john: was therer a more vivid symbol of the dramatic change in the singapore air? the reclusive leader on a nighttime walkabout in a tourist destination just ahead of his summit with donald tru

for example eldredge before the fraser report and this is a report that came out a donald fraser's 1973hearings on human rights. before the fraser reporter didn't think of what i was doing his human rights work. charlie changed over the time i am studying. why is this important? i think why americans came to care about human rights in the 60s is important because the reasons for the activism were desired in cheapy the human rights violation at the center of my count torture racial discrimination and religious persecution drove american citizens in the jails observe pressured the letterwriting testifying before congress and participating in demonstrations among other duties. congress held hearings to investigate human rights violations published reports highlighting abuses and when their concerns were largely dismissed by the executive branch they tried to end military and economic assistance to governments that abuse their citizens rights initially congress was sacramental to curb assistance to specific countries detailed the book these efforts with regard to greece latvia and chile. th

online shopping has really had an impact on the high street but the house of fraser story isa streetut the house of fraser story is a sad tale of lack of investment, perhaps the wrong fashion buying techniques and high rents. they pay higher rents and did these deals when high—street was strong and now they are coming back to bite them. it is part of their strategy. big place in the premium part of and every town and that is the rent they pgy- every town and that is the rent they pay. any brands in the uk that do that. —— many. any company is at technology company now, period. trying to embrace the changes that technology is bringing. relying purely on high street is an issue. i guess when i go to schools and see empty high schools is you are seeing these large stores closing and we are seeing 6000 jobs lost straightaway which is really sad. big department stores likejohn lewis, who invested online and in their stores, they have come out pretty unscathed from the slowdown. with foreign buys and investors that they are doing better. exactly. there are many who are embracing that. anot

christian' i'christian fraser live in singapore. the summit may be over, but the fallout has just begun. we will bring you the latest.ne as president trump warmson to kimun, his relationship with allies are taking a beating. a top diplomat gives us his view on a the twists and turns. jane: welcome to our viewers on public television in america and around the globe. the dust is settling in singapore following the historic summit between donald ump and kim jong-un. both say it was a success, and they are commiried to denucltion. but the statement they signed gives little idea how or when that will be achieved. now comes the hard work putting hope into action. christian fraser is in singapore for us.ri ian, what is the latest? two days of the most unconventional dipdrmacy, and tha we have witnessed in singapore will be with us for some time to come. tonit we have had reaction from the north korean side. the state-n news agency in rth korea is carrying comments from kim jong-un. it says if the u.s. takes genuine measures to build trust

christian: i'm christian fraser live in singapore. eummit may be over, but the fallout has just begun. we will bring you the latest. jane: as president trumparms to kim jong-un, his relationsh with allies are taking a ating.di a toplomat gives us his view on all the twists and turns. jane: w public television in america and around the globe. the dust is settling in singapore following thoric summit between donald trump and kim jong-un. both say it was a success, and they are committed to denuclearization. but e statement they signed gives little idea of how or when that will be achieved. now comes the hard work of putting hope into action. christian fraser is in singapore for us. christian, what is the lest? two days of the most unconventional diplomacy, and the drama we have witnessed in singapore will be with us cr some time e. tonight we have had reaction from the north korean side. the state-run news agency in north korea is carrying comments from kim jong-un. it s genuine measures to build trust with north korea, the north will c

so where do you think this does leave house of fraser with its remaining stores?ealth? well, it certainly leaves them in a much smaller estate. they will have dropped half their story state, so that's an unprecedented amount to lose in a single cva. they area amount to lose in a single cva. they are a much smaller group. they will have dropped some of the debts but there are still major questions over there are still major questions over the viability of house of fraser going forward, particularly given the ownership structure and the store performance is really quite an opaque picture at the moment. 0k, we're going to have to leave it there. dan simmons, many thanks for your time. time for a look of the weather, tomasz schafernaker. is not going to be too hot this weekend, lots of sunshine on the way. the north of the country is a bit more cloudy. this is the satellite image from the last 12 hours also want to write a bit more cloud across the north but for many of us clear skies and once again to bridges will take a bit of a dip full stop it won't be as chilly a

that was christian fraser in singapore. in a moment will bejoining christian fraser in singapore.g7 summit has ended in disarray, with a war of words between president trump and the canadian prime ministerjustin trudeau. mr trudeau said canada would not be pushed around on trade tariffs — mr trump then accused him of being "dishonest and weak." the president has withdrawn his endorsement of a joint communique on the importance of free trade. from quebec, our correspondent gary 0'donoghue reports. scarcely 2a hours after the president arrived at a summit he had thought about skipping altogether, he was off, defiant in the face of a clutch of world leaders still furious with america's unilateral trade tariffs. the warning signs that something was wrong came early when the president showed up late for a leaders' breakfast on gender equality — one of the few areas where there had been hope of a meeting of minds. while officials worked towards a final agreement all the leaders could sign up to, the president was sticking to his position, blaming former us leaders for allowing the rest

so, phil, just explain a little more about the troubles which house of fraser have been facing.over the past couple of decades, so this is another blow, and it is almost a psychological moment for a city like wolverhampton, to hear that something here everybody has grown up something here everybody has grown up with for generations could be causing. we got here a short while ago and this store was shut until ten o'clock and that has been the picture across the country where staff meetings have been taking place. cardiff, i understand, staff meetings have been taking place. cardiff, iunderstand, is staff meetings have been taking place. cardiff, i understand, is not opening until 11:30am. there are signs in the doors of many of those stores to let people know it will be opening and trading. this isjust a list of stores earmarked for closure, because of the troubles house of fraser has been having, and it may be that in some cases they will hope to save some of them. i mentioned beatties, which has been here since the late 19th century, employs hundreds of people, very fondly cons

jane: christian fraser in singapore, thank you very much.of course, christian will be us the latest. former cia anaatst who is now at center firs for strategic and intenal studies. . thank you for joining me. this has been billed as a getting to know you session. reduced? mean it is >> clearly, president trump is not going to lower expectations after president trump raised it after saying he can get all of this do get north korea to denuclearize in e manneversi obviously, he is not trying to lor expectations, because very far apart on the message of denuclearization, and what is willing to give up? jane: what is the lgest out?eds t >> he needs a commitment by kim jong-un to denuclearize, in a way that the u.s. defines it, which is unilaterally dismantling of the nuclear program, not the way north korea defines it, which is koreanarization of the peninsula, if security is guaranteed, if the u.s. hostile policy ends. what that means for north korea is the end of u.s.-south korea ngliance commitment, inclu u.s. troops out of south korea, ending

, properly a bit like house of fraser, properly a bit like house of fraser, properly a bit higher rentothing there. it is basically click and select. you order online yourself, go there the next day and keep what you want and the key thing is they tailor it for you. basically, it is about posh tailoring and making sure it is perfectly in helping you with styling and nails and hair anachronistic, but that is a potential future for a large department store that can no longer afford these horrendous rates and rates that have not caught up with modern situations. we could talk about this for hours. thank you very much. the interesting ideas. thank you. parents and teachers should set aside time for children to daydream, look around or simply stare out the window. that's according to children's laureate and author lauren child, who believes it's a vital way of boosting creativity. backed by the reading charity book trust, she's launching a new project called staring into space, as breakfast‘s tim muffett reports. ican see i can see a pirate ship, lots of kids playing on. i can see leaves an

hello and welcome, i'm christian fraser in singapore, jane o brien is in washington.ime shot says donald trump. after 68 years of hostility between the united states and north korea, this president believes he can find the solution that has evaded all his predecessors. who could have predicted thatjust months after rocket man and dotard were exchanging insults on twitter, the pair of them would be sitting down together here in singapore for a one—on—one, with just the translators present. the us secretary of state mike pompeo says the united states has been fooled before, this time president trump says he will accept nothing less than the complete verifiable and irreversible denuclearisation of the korean peninsula. here's our north america editor, jon sopel. the arrows may point in one direction, but donald trump, as always, is going his own way. singapore, indeed the world, is bracing itself for what may come out of these improbable talks with kim jong—un. meeting the singaporean prime minister, he said he thought things could work out very nicely. no, this isn't ce

ok, christian fraser, every now and again we disagree on things.you are blonde and not ginger. i am looking at you clear as daylight. you are ginger. get over it! there are days on this programme where we tackle false news in tweets. how money followers do you have? you have told people i am ginger. and then you follow it up with this, he says he is blonde, what doesn't he liked ginger —— what, doesn't he liked ginger hair? igo what, doesn't he liked ginger hair? i go really blonde in the sun, i am a natural blonde! this is beyond 100 days from the bbc. hello, today may have got off shrek cloudy start but that is not how it ended. we have seen increasing amounts shown across the uk, glorious blue sky. in north yorkshire this afternoon, the satellite picture tells a story of the day. early on, a lot of cloud around. notice how more of us broke out into the sunshine. really, across parts of southwest england it stayed mostly cloudy and cooler compared with yesterday. high pressure in control for most of us. we're watching low—pressure to the south th

another sign of the high street blues that we have seen from a whole host of retailers, house of fraserewis is obviously quite significant because it is one of the strongest players in the market and the fact that it is now saying that it is having to downgrade shows just how tough things are for retailers. i guess many of you are enjoying the warmer weather and longer evenings. but the summer doesn't just make us feel good — it actually makes us feel like spending more. apparently. and of course that's been boosted still further by the world cup. joining us now is fraser mckekevitt is from retail specialists ka ntar world panel — who's has been looking into this. thank you forjoining us. why are we spending more in the summer? yell not --, we move away from things that we might have been doing in the winter like roast dinners and going to things like salad. and then there's things on top of that, like barbecues. they are eating more and buying more, perhaps soft drinks, beer, barbecues, and that all adds up beer, barbecues, and that all adds up to incremental spending for the supermark

lord courtown. 11,000 jobs are now at risk after two big high street names, house of fraser and poundworld trouble. a conservative former cabinet minister wanted to know what the government was going to do to stop more shops closing. does the government presently feel that there is a level playing field between internet providers and businesses on the high street? he absolutely highlights a key issue which is the transition from traditional bricks and mortar to online and alone we saw a 9% increase in the retail online last year and that clearly is a challenge for government and for business. that is why we are looking at the business rate structure but also why we are looking at what we can do to help business transition during this difficult period. since the start of the year, tens of thousands of retail workers have lost their jobs. 3.9 million people work in the retail sector. they, their employers, and anyone who cares about the high streets wants a retail sector deal, so when is the government going to publish the strategy, and more to the point will it have any meaningful action? i

the house of fraser revealed plans a few weeks ago to close 31 of its 59 stories.to save this business because it has been losing money and sales, but this restructuring deal can't go ahead without the support of its unsecured creditors, so the trade suppliers and the landlords. they need 75% of those votes to get it through. many landlords have been very angry and vocalin landlords have been very angry and vocal in their opposition, because they argue they are the ones taking they argue they are the ones taking the big financial hit, and they don't like the way the whole voting process has been structured, that the dice is loaded against them. so evenif the dice is loaded against them. so even if a majority vote against this proposal, it won't make much difference because the other creditors may well support it and it passes through, and i'm expecting that this proposal will go through today, but with gritted teeth, i have to say. if it does, this then paves the way for a new majority shareholder. a new chinese owner of hamleys is waiting to step into the 251% maj

house of fraser announces plans to close more than half of its stores with the loss of 6000 jobs. this is brutal. this is as tough as it gets, and we have not taken this decision lightly. it is very dramatic for people that we care about a great deal. the government has said that any temporary customs arrangement with the eu is expected to end by december 2021 — following resistance from the brexit secretary, david davis. scotland yard says it's investigating the london fire bridages use of the "stay put" policy during the grenfell tower fire. the executive chairman of the premier league, richard scudamore is to stand down at the end of the year. in a moment it will be time for sportsday but first a look at what else is coming up this evening on bbc news. 0n beyond 100 days at seven o'clock: ahead of his summit with north korea, president trump will be holding a press conference with the japanese prime minister, shinzo abe. as house of fraser become the latest casualty on the high street — we'll take a closer look at the pressure facing retailers. and at 10.40 this evening — we'll

christian fraser's in london. our top stories... details of the summit will be revealed tomorrow. in the past few minutes it's been announced that supreme courtjudge anthony kennedy is stepping down. his resignation gives president trump the opportunity to name anotherjustice. coming up in the next half hour... prince william speaks of his hopes for lasting peace in the middle east, after meeting the palestinian president, mahmoud abbas, in the israeli—occupied west bank. as co2 shortages continue to hit food and drink supplies, some british pubs warn they are running out of some brands of beer and soft drinks. let us know your thoughts by using the hashtag #beyond100days so often these days the united states and europe are on alternate tracks. while donald trump threatens china with new tariffs, europe sees an opportunity. and this week they sent a delegation to explore new chinese markets. since the start of the year, the us has announced tariffs on chinese solar panels and washing machines, a 25% tariff on steel imports and a 10%

kristian fraser is in singapore.this? are they represented in any way at this get—together? represented in any way at this get-together? of course, that is used to be the six party talks so used to be the six party talks so used to be the six party talks so used to have china, russia, north and south korea, japan and the united states, all of them involved. those countries still have skin in the game and japan and south korea are being widely consulted. but there is a feeling among academics that we‘ve spoken to on the balcony this week that this has become too americanised and they point to china and what it has to lose in this because if north korea collapses, all the refugees go across the border. the north—east rust belt in china depends very much on the north korean economy, the nuclear weapons would be in the air, so to speak, if north korea fell. then what about the americans being on the chinese border? there is an awful lot that china fears from the north korean situation which is why some academics question

i'm christian fraser in singapore. jane o'brien is in washington.s ago, donald trump and kim jong—un were locked in an escalating war of words, in which the north korean leader had threatened to obliterate the united states. today, in front of north korean flags, the american president shook his hand, patted his back, invited him to the white house. it was political theatre unlike anything we have seen before. and a propaganda coup for a man trump had once vilified as "little rocket man." optimists say the summit was a great first step and showed a willingness to make much—needed changes to a hostile relationship. but critics say the communique the leaders signed lacks substance and the goal of denuclearisation is no closer. our north america editor, jon sopel, starts our coverage. it was carefully choreographed, dramatically staged, and yet still somehow utterly unbelievable. both men walking stiffly with nervous smiles. the handshake lasted 12 seconds. the president saying it was an honour to meet kimjong—un. has north korea ever been given a plat

house of fraser's problems, well—documented.lve tensions over the government's brexit "backstop" plan. in the proposal, the uk would match eu tariffs temporarily in order to avoid a hard irish border post—brexit. number 10 had been expected to publish the plans today, but faced resistance from brexit secretary david davis. let's get more on this from our political correspondent, ben wright. he is in westminsterfor us. we will be talking about brexit for so long and this is another stumble on the road? good morning, yes. we have been talking about crunch days for a long time as well, but i think today could be important. this very important meeting of theresa may's in brexit cabinet at lunchtime where they will try to thrash out this decision around what backstop option the uk government will give to the eu, trying to negotiate with brussels towards the end of this month. we will hear about a backstop today and what that means is effectively an insurance policy put forward by the uk, a plan in case there is no long—term trading p

studio: that was christian fraser there in singapore.rnment's plans for brexit in the commons on tuesday. but labour's brexit spokesman, sir keir starmer, said the votes this week were not the last chance to alter the british approach, there would be other opportunities in the coming weeks. here's our political correspondent, susana mendonca. dark clouds are gathering ahead of a crucial vote for the government this week. backbench tories are threatening to rebel and labour says this will not be their only chance to do so. the idea that this tuesday or this wednesday is the last chance saloon on a single market deal is misconceived. there will be another chance with those bills. i hope we get significant victories this week on the things that matter, which is the meaningful vote, the customs union. the "meaningful vote" refers to giving parliament the power to force ministers back to the negotiating table and have a final say on what to do next if there is no deal between britain and the eu. the government wants ministers to keep hold of

house of fraser announces its to close more than half of its stores with a loss of 6,000 jobs.he government says its proposed temporary customs arrangement for the irish border after brexit should not continue beyond december 2021. ahead of his historic summit with north korea, president trump says he will consider inviting kim jong—un to america — if the meeting goes well. now it's time for meet the author. the persistence of the civil war in american culture is remarkable, but maybe not surprising. kevin powers is the latest writer to take a story of slavery from days of conflict in the 18605 and pick up its threads in virginia 90 years later, when an old man tries to chase his origins. a shout in the ruins is his second book. his first, the yellow birds, set against the background of the iraq war, having been a much admired novel from the pen of a former soldier. in this one, his theme is america's long struggle with race. welcome. you were born late in the 20th century, but any reader coming to this book will be made aware again of how close the civil war is, even to americ

the future of dozens of house of fraser stores is set to be decided today.he loss of 6,000 jobs. let‘s get more now on that choice ofjacket by the us first lady, melania trump. she boarded a plane for texas — to visit a child migrant camp — wearing a jacket with the words on the back: "i really don‘t care, do you?" well — what did it all mean? 0ur colleague from cbs news hena doba is in new york. thank you forjoining us. how often has a jacket being poured over so much to try and decipher what it means? donald trump says it‘s to do with these so—called fake news media, milani‘s attitude towards it. what is your thought? good morning. the trip was certainly overshadowed by the jacket, it said, i really don‘t care, do you? her spokeswoman said there was no hidden message, but just two said there was no hidden message, butjust two hours later her husband, president trump tweeted, the jacquard refers to the fake news media. melania has learned how dishonest they are and she no longer ca res. dishonest they are and she no longer cares. this comes two days after p

and the main story on the front of the i paper is the collapse of the house of fraser and the loss ofing that the whitehouse has sealed a $1.4 billion deal with zte in a key trade concession to beijing. the japan times reports that nearly 60,000 drivers aged 75 and over were judged to possibly have dementia when renewing their licenses in the first year of stricter screening for elderly drivers. and finally the guardian is reporting that french school students are to banned from using their mobile phones on school grounds from september is how twitter question so keep those coming. with me is priya lakhani, founder of century tech. let's talk to you about the brexit story. let's talk to you about the brexit 5tory. two sides to every story. yes, they. theresa may having huge issues with david davis and the backstop approach to the negotiations and it fills in some papers like a victory and in others that brexit

noida missed out on sac hundred fraser they are abusing our town for their own purposes wonderful they pretend to have certain reasons which on to the real reasons they're here and they're paralyzing us here. in canada loudly barricade yourself in your house all day with the children because it gets told dangerous yes i wasn't ok in those armenian enough are involved in efforts to combat right wing propaganda and chant but army is no afraid to put up and tie nazi signs outside his house. the buy the let's go with the more during the last big demonstration i couldn't even pin them up on the wall with much less mouth them here. they grabbed them out of my hand and seriously threatened us with war. in march right wing extremists and hooligans broke through the cordon in front of our men's gallery and stormed into the courtyard and to wait luckily the police were there to prevent anything more serious from happening. ever since the murder of fifteen year old mia can you have seen that street hijacked by heatedly migration of. color has become a microcosm of germany's internal division stri

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home for a glad you could join me spain has a new prime minister who will lead a minority government fraser sanchez the leader of spain socialist party took the oath of office before king philippe he will now lead the country off to ousting his conservative predecessor money on a hole in a no confidence motion and policy but sanchez will need to support of tackle on separatists to govern and then you need a team torah was also sworn in today and urged sanchez to discuss independence for his region. and we can bring in fed in and spin now a professor of political science at the autonomous university of new drake thank you very much for joining us is so challenge number one for prime minister sanchez he now leads a minority government how stable will this government be. i think it will be a highly unstable government you have to decide so the socialists of only eighty five out of three hundred fifty. of the spanish. parliament so it will have to be everything will have to be negotiated anything he wants to do will we meet sensitivities of at least three or four different political groups and

financial times leads with the trouble on the high street — with job losses threatened at house of frasert shopping. the mirror also looks at high street closures, warning of the creation of ‘ghost towns'. the metro reports that firefighters could be prosecuted for advising the residents of grenfell tower to stay in theirflats. the telegraph goes with a secret recording in which foreign secretary borisjohnson attacks the government's handling of brexit. the times also reports on the secret recording, saying mrjohnson thinks the treasury is the "heart of remain". the express claims "brexit is back on track" after a days wrangling over the wording of the uk's backstop proposal. and the guardian reports the home office refused potentially life—saving cancer treatment to a rejected asylum seeker. so a varied set of front pages. let and where i —— let's start where i ended up. the backstop. what backstop? what is the backstop? this is basically the government's proposal with the european union. basically it would see the uk as a whole type two aspects of the customs union and then that origina

house of fraser plans to shut over half its stores. the closures could affect 6,000 jobs.ompany's ceo says it is a brutal but necessary decision. now on bbc news, all the latest business news live from singapore. us to sanctions on chinese telecommunications giant zte, but not everyone is happy about it. g7 leaders gather in quebec for their first meeting since us president trump announced tariffs. hello, welcome to asia business report. i'm sharanjit leyl. welcome to asia business report. i'm shara njit leyl. washington welcome to asia business report. i'm sharanjit leyl. washington and beijing have reached a deal which could save the troubled telecommunications firm zte. the company pleaded guilty last year to conspiring to evade us embargoes on iran. under the deal, conspiring to evade us embargoes on iran. underthe deal, zte conspiring to evade us embargoes on iran. under the deal, zte would be struck off the sanctions list but would still have to pay a $1 billion penalty. but will the deal convince sceptical us lawmakers? 0ur report outlined the deal is —— detail of i

fraser, other resignations, boris johnson even? would resign today. there are talks all the time of floundering out. even now, david davis is expected to resign, just at a slightly later date. there is not much point in either of them resigning now. there is a date and michel barnier will probably say no, i did agree with this end state. we can kind of see what will happen now. the british government has spelt out its so—called backstop position and if the eu preferred this, why would they bother to do... the eu do not like the british version of the backstop. their position is to reject everything the british come up with and wait until there is another concession and another concession. right now i think the backstop will be the most favourite option forthe eu. they have to be careful. if they are too intransigent and parliament does not vote for any deal, the default will be no deal or worse trade deal. peter bone, you are a fervent brexiteer, basically, the government is taking us towards the backstop deal which is a pretty sof

let's fraser released everything we can. we'll get back to you guys. >> neil: we got a little update there. no mass major casualties in the hundreds. he's still speaking. >> i'm not going anywhere. i'm right here. as soon as we get an update, we'll have more. >> do you have in how many people are still in there? >> neil: it's hard to hear there. but the major suspect, they assume the lone suspect in custody. but they're not sure whether there are other suspects and they're looking for them. no mass major casualties, talking about injuries. we came in a tad late about fatalities. we're hearing reports about multiple fatalities. a lots of that came from phil davis who covers politics for this newspaper. we're told they're search ago number of businesses and had recorded that someone came in and started opening fire. he had said at the time there's nothing more terrifying that hearing people get shot when you're under your desk and hear the gunman reload. doug mckelway has more. doug? >> the remarkable thing about that, neil, t

among bishops slated for closure is the house of fraser flagship store in london. expanding by just .4%, and rs fell in april for the fourth month in a row. one economist describes it as a horrible start to the second quarter. agenay have to faory in germany this summerin because of delays with new emissions tests. theyarmaker told staff ofre planning closure days until september to clear a backlog of cars. an emissions standard comes into place across the eu from september. now to that story on microsoft, finding a way to produc heat generated by data centers. it has done so by submerging it on the sea of scotland. the northern isles data center has 864 servers inside, enough to store 5 million phones. it is connected to the islands ab heat is a big issue for these data centers and how to keep it down. the downside of summer to get in the sea is if it breaks down, repairs will be tricky. genie: welell, my cell ys hot. an you for that. me forress the peview. let'ss get a look at the main stories today. canadag-7 summit in kicks off tomorrow, but china and russia ar