it's all change at the top of house of fraser.r's management team. mr ashley has vowed to turn the department store chain into the "harrods of the high street" and to keep most of its stores open. so is this a good move or, as some have said, is it a heavy handed move? earlier, we spoke to george macdonald, executive editor at retail week. i don't think it is a surprising decision. house of fraser was limping along for months on end. it did not really come good on its promises. "in town knowing a great deal of money to people. in that respect, it is not surprising, it is understandable. if you are an investor in sports direct, you do not have any idea now who is running the business day today and what exactly is going to happen to turn house of fraser into the harrods of the high street. and make investors some money back. i'm afraid we cannot give you the markets. we will in an hour. has something gone wrong in the city? we will try to rectify that in the next hour. the winner of the royal institute of british architects‘ most pr

this is fraser island, also known as paradise.came to declare the rainforest here part of the queen's commonwealth canopy. a conservation project stretching across dozens of countries. put simply, without trees and forests, we don't survive. it is a symbiotic relationship, and one that so many people still fail to realise. and then, some handshakes and some real playing around. he played alone. meghan taking some time out. but harry was more than enough excitement for some. when he shook my hand, he asked our names, and i forgot my name for three seconds. and then i was like, oh, destiny! he seems like a nice fellow, down to earth. another location, another welcome. and more playing around from harry. there is no stopping him! but still no meghan. if you wa nt him! but still no meghan. if you wantan him! but still no meghan. if you want an idea as to why meghan isn't taking part in this section of the tour, check out the roads on fraser island. they are winding, they are bumpy and, some would say, they are no place for a pregnant

further up the scottish coast australia's marcus fraser was the player to catch.e. he shares the lead with wallace on four under par. over at kingsbarns, tyrrell hatton did his best to cope with the conditions. the defending champion aiming for a third straight win in the event, two off the lead. as is another ryder cup player, american brooks koepka keeping pace with the leaders. players will change courses over the next two days. those who make the cut we'll head back to saint andrews for sunday's final round. —— will. on to football, and thursday was matchday two in the europa league, with 24 matches played across the 12 groups. the results included a shock defeat for sevilla, who've won the trophy a record five times. they were beaten 2—1 by krasnodar in russia. elsewhere, celtic lost 3—1 at red bull salzburg. munas dabbur scored twice for the austrians as they made it two wins out of two in group b. arsenal enjoyed a comfortable 3—0 win in azerbaijan, to maintain their perfect start in group e. patrick cutrone scored twice for milan as they beat olympiakos 3—

this is fraser island, also known as paradise.nforest here part of the queens commonwealth canopy — a conservation project stretching across dozens of countries. put simply, without trees and forests, we don't survive. it is a symbiotic relationship and one that so many people still fail to realise. and then some handshakes and some royal playing around. he played alone, meghan taking some time out. but harry was more than enough excitement for some. when he shook my hand, he asked our names and i, like, forgot my name for three seconds and then i was like, oh, destiny. my name is destiny! he seems like a nice fellow, down to earth. another location, another welcome. and more playing around from harry. there's no stopping him, but still, no meghan. if you want an idea as to why meghan is not taking part in this section of the tour, then check out the roads on fraser island. they are winding, they are bumpy and some would say they are no place for a pregnant woman. but at the end of the day, strolling on firmer ground, there she wa

if debenham5 and house of fraser haven't got a better online offering by 2018, it is their fault. am going to do this christmas? i am going to buy every present from an actual shop. trying to buy them from an independent shop as well. you might be getting some unusual gifts this year. as well. you might be getting some unu5ual gift5 thi5 yearlj as well. you might be getting some unusual gifts this year. i don't see why they would be unusual. they would be interesting. and also, you are saving the roads, because there are saving the roads, because there are not fans trundling all over the place, lorries delivering them, and you don't get all that packaging, which is so unpleasant. you know what i might do? make them all yourself. unlike even pay cash. goodness. -- i might even pay tax. all the tax will be collected and go to all the places it should go too. very quickly, the observer revealed how universal credit is fuelling the uk's hopeless crisis. they said it anyway, they have been saying this for many years and saying it now, and some mps say we should hold universal reddit an

house of fraser has had huge issues.of directors and high—level management, including alex williamson appointed a little over a year ago, there is a lack of retail experience. that is why he was brought in. the idea was as with other department stores, he would make house of fraser shops great places to go for a brilliant experience, i think a lot more leisure as well as product. but under the former ownership, quite opaque ownership, the chinese tycoon, nothing really seemed to happen. and house of fraser spent most of this year trying to restructure and on the hunt for fresh investment. i don't really think many people from the former management team come out with much credit. you touched on this a second ago but we are coming up with the all—important ago but we are coming up with the all—importa nt pre—christmas trade period. many people will be asking if his management team has been removed from house of fraser, who is going to manage the firm going forward ? going to manage the firm going forward? well, it is a rea

jonny dymond, bbc news, fraser island. is herewith the forecast. a big nod from me. when was the last time you wore gloves, not including gardening? probably around march. so it is going to get colder? yes, big change on the way. cast your mind back to last weekend, that was yesterday! it really seems like a long time ago. 20 degrees was a top temperature in southern england, also in aberdeenshire as well at the weekend. but as i transform the picture into what we are expecting this weekend, a big change. let's just say single figure temperatures, many of us around 8 degrees. there isa many of us around 8 degrees. there is a wind chill as well so it will feel colder. that is a bit of snow, yes. many of us will see some sunshine, catcher passing shower but it will feel very different this weekend. so what is going on? is this a jet stream issue? i mean, it's the end of october. it's not unusual to have an early cold blast at the end of october but because of what we have had it will feel very different. you are right, theje

sports direct paid $117 millon for house of fraser's 58 uk stores in august.estigation" into the retailer's collapse, a statement added. those departing the chain will include chief executive alex williamson. over to india, where the government has stepped in to rescue an infrastructure development and finance firm, which started to default on a $13 billion debt pile. our india business reporter devina gupta joins us now from delhi. just tell us more about the situation, who has been bailed out by the indian government? so it is a 30—year—old company which has been known for lending to projects of highways, roadways, waterways, and had shareholding from a japanese investment firm and also from abu dhabi investment firm, and tens of thousands of indian investors have been putting money through mutual funds, and they are after —— and after it became almost at a debt of about 12.8 billion dollars the government yesterday stepped in to ensure there is no spread of this financial contagion. here is how the newspapers are covering it right now. they say that the com

i'm katty kay in washington and christian fraser is in brussels. by some eurpean leaders to talk up then eventually be reached.

christian fraser is in london. brexit was not a word that appeared very often in the british chancellor's budget speech today. and yet it looms large over the spending commitments philip hammond has made. that's because nobody really knows how brexit will end, or whether mr hammond will need to find more money in march 2019, to support the british economy. the chancellor insists commitments he has made today will stand whatever happens. "austerity is coming to an end", he said by which he means government spending will rise. and in many ways, this did feel like a budget beyond brexit. there was an upgraded growth forecast. more cash for the nhs, extra money for social care, plus an additional £1 billion for defence. there's 1.7 billion to get help people switching to the uk's new all—in—one benefits system known as universal credit. and the chancellor brought forward by a year a rise in the tax—free personal allowa nce. which means from next april 32 million people will be paying less tax. let's cross to our politi

this is fraser island, also known as paradise. take a photo!s of countries. put simply, without trees and forests, we don't survive. it is a symbiotic relationship and one that so many people still fail to realise. and then some handshakes and some royal playing around. he played alone, meghan taking some time out. but harry was more than enough excitement for some. when he shook my hand, he asked our names and i, like, forgot my name for three seconds and then i was like, oh, destiny. "my name is destiny!" he seems like a nice fellow, down to earth. another location, another welcome. and more playing around from harry. there's no stopping him, but still, no meghan. if you want an idea as to why meghan is not taking part in this section of the tour, then check out the roads on fraser island. they are winding, they are bumpy and some would say they are no place for a pregnant woman. but at the end of the day, strolling on firmer ground, there she was, one hand pressed against her tummy. and they both made time to talk to those who had stood and

[laughter] but i thought i would just read a page about my main character whose name is bud fraser, that this is about how he got started and why he decided to go into this field as a wonderful eccentric past texan. but even so he already decided to specialize in heart surgery. the death toll was skyrocketingg in 1963 because the doctors had so little to offer more that italian boy had to have a routine replacement of the aortic valve to be optimistic about the surgery the surgery went fine but held and retracted to still exciting for student and sometimes it stops with a aortic valve disease. with that use a procedure from two years back and then had to ennually massage the heart to restart it. and how to reach into his chest to squeeze his heart mimicking that pumping action and around that time the sedated boy woke up and locked eyes with a bed. the nurses sedated him again but he kept his gaze on bed and tried to reach for him to hold on. minutes past his hand cramped and the pain began to radiate going arm but he kept they took one lid at the scene and ordered him to stop experience

mothercare fraser, toys "r" us have fallen into administration. motherca re have closed stores.s, that retail both on the high street and an out—of—town shopping centres is suffering significantly from the rise of online retail, and the politicians spend a lot of time talking about her day can deal with this, andi talking about her day can deal with this, and i recall, maybe even five oi’ this, and i recall, maybe even five or six years ago, david cameron commissioned a whole enquiry at an how we can try and stimulate business. do you think it is a losing battle? this is it. people talk about this in terms of television, why don't we have modern live televising? television, why don't we have modern live televising ? well, television, why don't we have modern live televising? well, stop subscribing to netflix. we all do it. we go to the high street, we try and buy something, then they get tempted to buy it more cheaper or more conveniently online. we are all agents of this change. we cannot really call it a great tragedy. it is an evolutionary thing. for me, i think the things th

she is an associate professor, simon fraser university.hey will both be here to answer your questions. if you have any questions on climate change, you can send them to us now. text 61124, email askthis@bbc.co.uk, or tweet using the hashtag #bbcaskthis. first, our science correspondent pallab ghosh reports on what's been described as a global wake up call for the planet. the ipcc has warned of two possible futures for our planet. in the two degree world, there is severe drought, there's more flooding in the northern hemisphere, people are poorer and have less food, and all the coral in our seas has gone. as things stand, that's the world we are heading towards, the scientists warn. one of the very clear messages of this report is that, inevitably, at the rate we're going, it's quite likely we are going to release too much carbon, burn more carbon than we can afford to burn if we are going to stabilise temperatures at 1.5 degrees, so we are going to have to work out how to get rid of carbon dioxide without just dumping it in the atmosphere.

the duke and duchess of sussex are visiting fraser island in queensland today. other engagements, our royal correspondentjonny dymond is there. harry has been in paradise today, quite literally. fraser island is one name for this place. the other name is gari which translates as paradise. he came here to open something called the queen's commonwealth canopy. it's a conservation project that stretches across dozens of countries in the commonwealth, and he made his way deep into the rainforest, across bumpy and rutted roads, where he had a welcome to country ceremony and unveiled a plaque. but he made thatjourney alone because meghan, his wife, skipped on that section of the tour, we think because of the nature of the roads and because of her pregnancy. he went on to another couple of projects and then he came back here to a place called mckenzie's jetty where there was a surprise waiting for the people who stayed here. because here he wasjoined by the duchess of sussex. they walked down the pier, they met a large group of well—wishers. as ever, a hugely enthusias

the duke and duchess of sussex are visiting fraser island in queensland today.dicate forest on the world's largest sand island to the queen's commonwealth canopy conservation programme. the trip is expected to be more relaxed than other engagements — the couple will spend a day and a night on the island, known for its lush rainforests, rolling beaches and wild dingos. i think they have pretty much just arrived. prince harry has urged his wife to do things a bit easier on this tour. 76 engagements, i think she has taken a few of them off. apparently she is exhausted. her husband has told her to take it easy. there they are, we will have more pictures later. that is the latest on the tour. jaguar land rover has shut down its main plant in solihull for two weeks from today. steph's here with details on why. what's going on? very simply it's because they have a backlog of cars that they haven't sold yet. so they are still going to pay the 9000 people who work there, but it's cheaper for them to pay the people who work there but close down the factory than it is for

fraser after that collapsed in the summer.ps then merging, we need to watch this space. what we know for sure is that though bricks and mortar stores are not dead yet, the little footprint that retail stomps upon the uk is certainly shrinking. —— the physical footprint. and we want to know what you think about this story — you can tweet us using the hashtag #bbcnewsroomlive or text us at 61124. president trump has criticised the us media and appealed to politicians to show greater civility after explosive devices were sent to high—profile democrats including barack 0bama and hillary clinton and the headquarters of the news channel cnn. none of the packages exploded. donald trump said the sending of the explosives was an attack on democracy. but his comments have been criticised by senior democrats who say his words "ring hollow" because he has previously condoned violence "time and time again". 0ur washington correspondent, chris buckler reports. the package carrying these pipe bombs were addressed to some of america's best—kn

we will have the full fraser effect in his own home. you are sitting there in the front room, and it these turns on, and suddenly she starts talking. yeah, there is a mother—in—law. they say that imitation is the best form of flattery. not we're not sure whether this is an insult or a compliment butjean claudejuncker has been mimicking theresa may ahead of a speech in brussels. take a look at this mrjuncker appears to be busting out the maybot. the navtej i thought he had sciatica. do not. the moves look like an attempt to copy the prime minsiter‘s performance to abba's dancing queen as she arrived for her speech at the tory conference last week. i think she does a lot better than he does. i have a theory about this. i thinkjean—claude juncker was being a bit mean. i think there is quite a lot of mean is over both sides of the atlantique. we have had a lot of travelling from both sides of the political side. we have got... george w bush said, when you are in the end zone, don't do a dance in the end zone to celebrate a victory, it like

i'm katty kay in washington, christian fraser is in london.rms we find out why suburban women could be key in deciding whether democrats win back the house. win back the house. donald trump calls again on the thousands of migrants travelling towards america to turn around, as he deploys more troops to the us border. coming up in the next half hour: the british foreign secretary pledges to recruit business leaders as diplomats to help secure trade deals around the world after brexit. britain is set to leave the european union before the current football season ends, but what impact will brexit have on attracting top players to the premier league? as americans go to the polls in the midterm elections, it is a truism that every vote counts — but maybe some votes are more sought after than others. next week, suburban women could be key in deciding whether democrats will win back the house. in states like newjersey, they are mobilizing, but will that enthusiasm carry over to the ballot box? the bbc‘s nick bryant has gone to have a look. it's in the

the opening round of the alfred dunhill links championship in scotland between australia's marcus fraserve—time winners sevilla in the europa league, taking a 2—1 victory in russia to move top of groupj. hello, and welcome to the programme, where we start with tennis, and the news that us open champion naomi osaka is through to the quarter—finals of the china open in beijing, but there was a shock defeat for the wimbledon champion angelique kerber. jim lumsden rounds up thursday's action.

house of fraser is already in terrible trouble.will be too little too late. i suppose the hope is that small... and the most undeniable and dispiriting representation of the high street at the moment seems to be that you walk past in the shop front after in the shop front with people slipping outside. that is what the high street looks like. that is in a relatively prosperous area. but it comes to the online world the other side of it is whether they should be digital tax on the online giants, which is something the tessler hinted in his co nfe re nce something the tessler hinted in his conference speech a few weeks ago. i don't know whether he is going to be ready to act on that as soon as the budget on monday. i think they're looking for international action there. that will be quite a big step if it was done just in this country. that is what he said in this party co nfe re nce that is what he said in this party conference speech. he was ready to act unilaterally if other countries did not, if there was a failure to achieve inte

hello and welcome — i'm katty kay in washington and christian fraser is in london. arabia's role in the disappearance ofjournalist jamal khashoggi has been clouded in secrecy, the investigation started two weeks late and access to the saudi consulate in istanbul has been limited. it would be hard to describe it as transparent, timely or thorough. yet the saudis today told us secretary of state they are committed to all those things. it's not clear if mike pompeo takes the assurances at face value. turkey rejects saudi denials that they killed mr khashoggi inside their istanbul consulate after torturing him. today turkish president erdogan suggested saudi arabia had painted over evidence at the consulate. earlier we spoke to our correspondent mark lowen who is in instanbul. there seems to be a strategy evolving to shield the highest levels of the royal family in riyadh, is that going to work?m depends on whether saudi arabia's allies by into that and it seems donald trump paved the way for that narrative when he said he had spoken to king salman and there was as a ge

at 7pm, beyond 100 days, and christian fraser will be live in brussels where he'll be joined by our politicalnd europe editors, looking at what's next after today's crucial eu summit. also this evening, the consultation period examining whether rules governing gender—change laws should be amended ends tomorrow. we'll be speaking to a campaigner about the journey she's taken to change gender legally. and mansize no more. as kleenex renames its largest—sized tissues, we'll be speaking to a branding expert about why sexism doesn't sell. that's all ahead on bbc news. now on bbc news it's time for sportsday. hello, i'm olly foster at the bbc sport centre. these are our headlines tonight... a man for all seasons, but autumn could be a tough one for eddie jones. next summer is going to be brilliant for the reggae girlz. they'll be making history in france. it could be wayne's best winter yet. we catch up with rooney as he wows the mls. i've never been a player who is going tojust play i've never been a player who is going to just play and not care, i ca re going to just play and not care, i care abo

hello and welcome — i'm katty kay in washington and christian fraser is in london.ajority of brexit supporters, 63 per cent, would choose to leave the europea union, even if that meant breaking up the united kingdom — that was the finding of a poll this summer. but theresa may says no british prime minister could ever vote to break up the union. the eu wants an insurance policy though. if it can't find a future deal to maintain frictionless trade with the uk, then brussels demands that northern ireland remain a separate customs entity to the rest of the uk. the loyalist dup says it will fight "guerrilla warfare" to stop that happening. scottish conservatives have equivalent concerns. which means brexit is an existential threat to the united kingdom. and the prime minister is battling to hold the deal — and the union together. we cannot let this disagreement derail the prospect of a good deal and leave us with a no deal outcome that nobody wants. i continue to believe that a negotiated deal is the best outcome for the uk aren't for the european union. i believe such

and australian marcus fraser and england's matt wallace share the lead after day one of the dunhill links ball hit by tyrell hatton just days after a woman was blinded in one eye by a ball at the ryder cup. two weeks after being left out of eddiejones's england training squad, danny cipriani has been named premiership player of the month for september. he was arrested and fined for assault and resisting arrest on a pre—season tour injersey in august, butjones said he picked other players ahead of him purely based on form. the first of super league's play—off semi finals takes place tonight — super league winners st helens host warrington wolves, and then tomorrow, the second semi—final sees wigan take on castleford. earlier i caught up with our rugby league correspondent dave woods to find out whether, after dominating the league, st helen's are favourites to reach the grand final tonight. they will be favourites and they should be. and throughout the season they have been the best team without a shadow of doubt. the last few weeks at the top eight, they have had nothing to play for, it h

hello and welcome, i'm christian fraser in london, jane o'brien is in washington.servative party conference got properly underway here in the uk today, but the biggest crowds were not for the home secretary who was setting out the uk's future immigration plan in the main hall— but for boris johnson— the former foreign secretary, now constant thorn in the prime minister's side. his speech attracted so much attention an upper tier had to be opened in the room he was speaking to allow more people in to what was supposed to be a fringe event. mrjohnson shied away from suggesting he was actually making a pitch for the leadership, but he seized the chance to stick the boot into theresa may s chequers proposals, and many have interpreted his speech as a blatant bid for herjob. our political editor laura kuenssberg has more. deep breath, was he ready? was the party ready? this conference hadn't seen anything like this. chief brexit supporter, now with the prime minister's critic in chief. proposals show that the united kingdom, for all its power, and might, and network of

christian fraser is in london.t three dozen people have left the trump administration over the past 19 months. what was remarkable about today's announcement that nikki haley is leaving, was how normal it was. she wasn't fired, she doesn't seem to be leaving under a cloud, she hasn't resigned in protest — the president's ambassador to the un is leaving, as far as we know, on good terms. which in this administration, makes it unusual. ms haley is known to be an ambitious, smart political operative. at the un she's walked a careful line between staking her independence from the white house while keeping good relations with the president. no easy feat and one that earned her an affectionate send off this morning. it has been an honour of a lifetime. you know, i said i'm such a lucky girl to have been able to lead the state that raised me and to serve the country i love so very much. it has really been a blessing and i want to thank you for that. she has done a fantasticjob and we did a fantastic job she has done a fan

fraser and. that for us for. not straight forward as we wish for and we do see what we're seeing in malta is that becoming the norm for your field gosh i hope not. now i want to be hopeful. all right we're running out of time but we appreciate you coming in this evening so if the elders minho with the european center for press and media freedom so if you thank you very much thank you for having me for. the world is facing its worst famine in a century and it is a man made humanitarian disaster and it's in yemen the united nations says that the number of yemenis on the brink of famine could rise to as many as twelve million that's two in five of the population because of the war there more than eight million people already need emergency food assistance just to survive for many it's already too late. she's only eight years old and one of millions of victims of a war that's seemingly unending. and this one has been taken to hospital in aden doctors say he waits is that of a two year old and they're not optimistic a

i'm katty kay in washington and christian fraser is in london. for all the painful testimony, the hours of television coverage and the fury on both sides — it looks like brett kavanaugh is exactly where he was before he was accused of sexual assault — on his way to becoming america's next supreme courtjudge. the big difference is that everyone is a lot angrier today than they were two weeks ago. polls suggest republicans, particularly republican men, have been galvanised by the entire episode. they feel president trump's nominee has been unfairly accused. and democrats are angry that someone they deem unworthy looks set to become one of the most powerful people in the country. they are also unhappy about how this fbi investigation was carried out. democrats agreed that the investigation scope should be limited. we did not agree that the white house should tie the fbi's hands. it is not credible to say that public testimony in last week's healing is a substitute for the interviews by fbi agents. there was a very different view of this report on th

hello and welcome — i'm katty kay in washington and christian fraser is in london. michael was the strongest storm to hit the us mainland since 1969. and it caught everyone by surprise. far worse than authorities had expected. with winds of over 155 mph, there has been catastrophic damage in parts of the panhandle. panama city took the brunt, where rooves were ripped from houses, pilons and trees were uprooted. so far, two deaths have been reported, but we don't yet know the fate of those who stayed behind in those areas, where the storm surge was over 8ft. hurricane michael is now tropical storm michael, it is currently over the carolinas, which of course were badly hit by hurricane florence. in florida, more than 700,000 people are without power. the rescue crews are trying to get into the worst hit areas. president trump spoke about it a few moments ago. the big problem with this hurricane was the tremendous power, unfortunately it was very fast. it was my tremendous destruction. webb these residents explained why they we re these residents explained why they wer

i'm katty kay in washington and christian fraser is in london. donald trump says the investigation into brett kavanaugh must be quick and comprehensive. and therein lies the debate. can it really be both? democrats fear the fbi investigation into the president's supreme court nominee will end up being a whitewash because it is limited in scope and only a few people are being interviewed. here's donald trump a few moments ago. this is not a man who said alcohol was... he was perfect with respect to alcohol. i thought he was actually, going back so many years, excellent. the thing that is interesting in the past 25 of 30 yea rs interesting in the past 25 of 30 years during his professional career is there are no bad reports. there are bad reports on everybody in here, most of the people sitting down, except to mike pence, by the way. if we find one on him, that will be the greatest short of all time. speaking about alcohol there because thatis speaking about alcohol there because that is one of the things that raised is whether brett kavanaugh was

its numerous concessions in department stores including house of fraser, debenhams and john lewis wille to trade. and we hope to bring you more on that story before nine o'clock here on bbc news. the work and pensions secretary esther mcvey has said that some people could be worse off under the government's plans to roll out universal credit — but she's argued that the system encourages people in to work. it comes as the former conservative prime minister, sirjohn major warned that universal credit — which consolidates 6 benefits for working—age people into one — could cause "deep political trouble", comparing it to the poll tax of the 1980s. 0ur deputy political editor john pienaar reports from bath. no problem finding milk for a cupper anyway, fridge always seems to be empty. soon millions on benefit will be getting universal credit and each has their own tale to tell. the problem, hers sounds familiar. how is this benefit working after you? it's really tough, it took five weeks of the first payment to come through, so it took out a loan, which i haven't really ever caught up from. w

i'm katty kay in washington and christian fraser is in brussels.n their way into the eu summit this evening there was an obvious attempt by some eurpean leaders to talk up the positives. they praised the sizeable work that has been done on brexit, they emphasised their confidence that a deal can eventually be reached. but standing in the way of that agreement, is the not so insignificant conundrum of what to do about the irish border. and on that single issue this entire process could collapse. the president of lithuania, dalia grybauskaite seemed to sum it up best. we don't know what they want. she said, they don't know what they want, and that's the problem. if you have a negotiator who has no strong mandate, she added, it's difficult to negotiate. course theresa may would beg to differ. she is still confident she has the best plan. i will be talking to leaders tonight about the very good progress that has been made since salzburg, both on the withdrawal agreement and our future partnership. the teams have been working very hard in order to ensur

i'm katty kay in washington, christian fraser is in london.tors are getting ready to receive their copies of an fbi investigation into judge brett kavanaugh, donald trump's nominee to the supreme court. depending on what's in that report — and we just don't know yet — the republicans hope to vote on his confirmation as soon as possible. that's the plan — but donald trump may have disrupted the process by making fun of mr kavanaugh‘s accuser. until now the president had been careful to say christine blasey ford was credible and compelling — that changed last night at a rally in mississipi. how did you get home? i don't remember. how did you get there? i don't remember. where is the place? i don't remember. how many years ago was it? i don't know. cheering. i don't know! what neighbourhood was it in? i don't know. where is the house? i don't know. upstairs, downstairs, where was it? i don't know. but i had one beer. that's the only thing i remember. certainly, she was a very credible witness. .. she was certainly, she was a very credible witness

i'm katty kay in washington, christian fraser is in brussels. if everything had gone according to the original plan — this european summit would have seen british prime minister theresa may and the president of the european council, donald tusk, shaking hands on a done brexit deal. instead mr tusk said that there have been no improvements and — for the moment — he doesn't plan an extra summit in november. the difficulty remains the irish border. how do you control that border without bringing back checks that could undermine the peace in northern ireland. with no fix in sight, the proposal is to extend the 21 month transition period — post brexit — by another year. thus pushing the problem further down the road. but another year tied to the european union!? jean claude junker the commission president says it is the best option— for now. what has now emerged that an idea to extend the implementation period could be a further solution to the issue of the backstop in northern ireland. what we are not doing, we are not standing here proposing an ext

christian fraser is in london. one week today, americans will go to the polls to send a verdict on donald trump. although the president is not on any ballot paper, he is on everybody‘s mind. this mid term election that votes in members of congress, is both a referendum on america's unusual president and a potential check on his agenda and the result may well be decided in the swing suburbs of cities like this one. in these closing days, mr trump hasjust made a radical promise on an issue that excites his supporters — immigration. he says he's going to do away with the constitutional provision that gives anyone born in the us the right to be an american citizen. it's legally complex and he may not be able to do it, but with just seven days to go until election day, the proposal is political dynamite. how ridiculous, we are the only country in the world where a person comes in, has a baby, and the baby is essentially a citizen of the united states for 85 years with all of those benefits. it's ridiculous, it's ridicul

with ted baker they have had other issues around house of fraser but they‘ve always had a really strongview. is it enough to have the connection with your customers? do you think today‘s problem is many retailers haven‘t concentrated enough on their online offering and that‘s where the money is? i think it's a combination. in the case of ted baker, they have been very, very good at looking at all channels. notjust online but also looking at how they can refresh their physical environment and bring social and retail together, so leisure and retail. they are looking at beauty, grooming, they‘re instagram is working really well. it's instagram is working really well. it‘s a combination of all retailers on everything. online retailers want to have a physical connection with customers, they want to offer different ways of fulfilment and creating more emotional connections and vice versa. ted baker has always had their eye on the two. ted baker has talked about the cold winter and hot,. why do these seasonal anomalies had such a big impact on clothing retailers? you could argue the impulse bu

they say the troubles at house of fraser and debenhams are made worse because they pay higher businesscompetitors like amazon. while these measures are welcome, particularly for small businesses, on their own, they are just not enough. with closures and job losses of businesses of all sizes being affected up and down the country. we have a business rate system that is unsustainable and what we need to see is less tinkering and more wholesale reform of the system. other business groups have been more positive about the announcement, but all agree that more support is needed to bring the high street back to life. joe miller, bbc news. i'm joined now via webcam by bill grimsey. he has led a review into the state of the high street, which was published injuly. he's a former chief executive of wickes, iceland, booker, and focus diy. let me ask you first of all, from what you've seen in the papers and in the reports today, this will presumably be welcomed, but is it adequate? it is welcome, that's for sure. it is pleasing we are seeing the government recognise that action is required to reju

sports direct plans to buy the house of fraser building in glasgow in a £95 million deal.rods of the north", safeguarding 800 jobs. sir richard branson has halted talks over a saudi investment in virgin space firms after the disappearance of saudi journalist jamal khashoggi. sir richard has also suspended directorships in two tourism projects. let's check in on the markets because there has been an awful lot of volatility and losses. there has been a bit of a bounce this morning following on from those losses but investors d id following on from those losses but investors did seem to curb their enthusiasm pretty quickly. the ftse 100 is still up. royal bank of scotla nd 100 is still up. royal bank of scotland is on the board because they shares are up after the bank said it would pay its first dividend in ten years. that relates to 2p per share. rbs was bailed out by the government at the height of the financial crisis and is still 62% publicly owned. that's all the business news. adam'sjob is adam's job is to adam'sjob is to make adam's job is to make the latest call of d

with me is dr fraser birrell whojoins me from newcastle and patient mary henfrey, who has taken partg us on bbc news. mary, what is your experience of the pilots that you have been involved in? i used to go to see the doctor weekly and it was a three—hour group session and the good part about it when people asked questions that you might not have thought of asking yourself. also, it was nice to see other people and talk to them and get their experiences as well. were you ever made to feel uncomfortable, sharing your experience? no, never. everybody who was there seemed pleased to be there and, as i say, people asked questions that you hadn't thought of asking yourself. doctor, if i can turn to you, is this a good thing for everyone? no, it won't suit everyone. what we are trying to do is offer people choices. the big trouble is, we don't have enough nurses, we don't have enough doctors, waiting times are worse than we want, so this is one possible solution. if we see people together, it is better personalised care, because we have better access, we can see people with chronic conditi

as of now there's no help for struggling chains like house of fraser, who complain they pay more thanmpetitors like amazon, and while small businesses in england will get an immediate tax reprieve, parliaments in other nations may decide to use the chancellor's new—found cash for other purposes. joe miller, bbc news. the duke and duchess of sussex have attended the closing ceremony of the fourth invictus games in sydney. the sporting event, which was set up to inspire recovering soldiers and help them deal with traumas from combat, has seen more than 500 competitors from 18 nations take part. prince harry and meghan will be travelling onto new zealand as part of their 16—day commonwealth tour. 0ur royal correspondentjonny dymond reports from sydney. joshua david smith. a week of competition and camaraderie comes to a close. today athletes from militaries around the world received medals with a royal touch. one of the british medallists this week was former lance corporal andy white. 0ur invictus games sydney ‘is medallists. .. dragged out of depression by what he calls the invictus sp

earlier i spoke to dr fraser birrell, and mary henfrey, a patient who's taken part in group—led sessionsit was a three—hour group session and the good parts about it were people ask questions that you might not have thought of asking yourself and also it was nice to see other people and talk to them and get their experiences as well. were you ever made to feel uncomfortable, sharing your experience? no, never, everybody who was there seemed pleased to be there and as i say, people ask questions that you hadn't thought of asking yourself. doctor birrell, if i could turn to you now, is this a good thing for everyone? no, it won't suit everyone. i think what we're trying to do is offer people choices and the big trouble here is that we don't have enough nurses, we don't have enough doctors, waiting times are worse than we wanted, this is one possible solution where if we see people together, we can offer them better care and it's better personalised care which means we have better access, we can see the people with chronic conditions more regularly. i have to say, it's nice that mary consid

they say the troubles at house of fraser and debenhams are made worse because they pay higher business online competitors like amazon. while these measures are welcome, particularly for small businesses, on their own, they are just not enough. with closures and job losses of businesses of all sizes being affected up and down the country. we have a business rate system that is unsustainable and what we need to see is less tinkering and more wholesale reform of the system. other business groups have been more positive about the announcement, but all agree that more support is needed to bring the high street back to life. joe miller, bbc news. the billionaire, sir philip green — who's facing claims of sexual and racial harassment — has accused the labour peer, peter hain, of breaching the house of lords code of conduct by revealing his identity. lord hain has defended his decision to use parliamentary privilege to name the tycoon, which defied a court of appeal injunction. in a statement, lord hain said he "resolutely" stood by his decision to name the businessman and would "neither retra

as of now, there's no help for struggling chains like house of fraser who complain they pay more thanzon. and while small businesses in england will get an immediate tax reprieve, parliaments in other nations may decide to use the chancellor's new—found cash for other purposes. joe miller, bbc news. the caravan of central american migrants currently making its way across mexico to the united states has rejected a plan for asylum from the mexican government. our correspondent, will grant, has spent the week travelling with the group. when you have over 1,000 miles to go, it makes sense to set off early. the midday heat in chiapas is so fierce, so energy—sapping, that the caravan of migrants rolls out before dawn. the lucky ones hitch a lift on anything they can. the rest have to keep walking, and are growing tired. the migrants still have the vast majority of their arduous journey to go, and most of mexico to cross. perhaps only a fraction of them will even make it to the us—mexico border as the temptation to turn back grows. staying the course is hard enough. now, imagine doing it wit

as of now there's no help for struggling chains like house of fraser, who complain they pay more than amazon, and while small businesses in england will get an immediate tax reprieve, policy—makers in other nations may decide to use the chancellor's new—found cash for other purposes. joe miller, bbc news. i'm joined now from our studio in leeds by catherine shuttleworth a retail expert at savvy marketing. thank you forjoining us. do you think it is right the government is only focusing on small businesses?” think any help given by the government has to be welcomed. the concern is it is notjust small businesses who are suffering. we have seen debenhams this week saying their business rate bill is £18 million which is three times their profits which means their business is not sustainable going forward. we need to see from philip hammond on monday a much broader plan for the high street which helps businesses big and small during the biggest retail revolution we have ever seen. what else needs to be done? there needs to be a complete level of the playing field for retail because online

as of now, there is no help for struggling chains like house of fraser who complain they pay more thanlike amazon. while small businesses in england will get an immediate tax reprieve, parliament in utter nations might decide to use the chancellor's new—found cash for other purposes. we can take you live 110w other purposes. we can take you live now to follow the royal tour. there you go. the duke and duchess of sussex are touching down in new zealand and here shaking hands with the new zealand prime minister. this is the latest stop of their mammoth 16 day tour. they have come from syd ney 16 day tour. they have come from sydney where they were therefore the ceremony of the invictus games. those games were wounded former service personnel, the fourth event set up of course by the duke of sussex. the closing ceremony there. they have just touched down in new zealand. they will be visiting wellington, auckland among other places. they will be laying a wreath at the tomb of the unknown soldier and of course they will be receiving the traditional welcomes, as i think you can see there, tr

as of now there's no help for struggling chains like house of fraser, who complain they pay more thanrs like amazon, and while small businesses in england will get an immediate tax reprieve, policy—makers in other nations may decide to use the chancellor's new—found cash for other purposes. joe miller, bbc news. earlier we spoke to bill grimsey who led a review into the state of the high street, which was published injuly. he's also a former chief executive of wickes, iceland, booker, and focus diy. here's what he thinks of the proposals. it is welcome, that's for sure. it is really pleasing we are seeing a government recognise that action is required to rejuvenate our town centres. however, ithink required to rejuvenate our town centres. however, i think the business rate issue is something we should put to one side and say, actually, it is passed as far as retailing is concerned. —— bust. it needs wholesale reform. it is hitting our small businesses up and down the country. they really need help right now. i really would like to see the business rate system com pletely to see the bu

marcus fraser of australia leads with this man — england's matt wallace — heading into the second roundutive title at this tournament is on 2 under. in the europa league on thursday, 5—time winners sevilla were shocked in russia as they fell to a 2—1 defeat against fc krasnodar. despite leading at half time, two late goals saw the hosts take all three points and move top of groupj. elsewhere, alvaro morata scored the only goal of the match for chelsea in their group l win over hungarian‘s vidi and arsenal eased to a 3—0 win over qarabag in azerbaijan to make it eight wins in a row for the gunners. and for us, each match is very important for us to take the responsibility, to take confidence for the players. i am very happy with how they are responding on the pitch. elsewhere, richard gasquet beat nick kyrgios to reach the quarter—finals of the japan open in tokyo. the frenchman who's seed 8, prevailed in straight sets but each went to a tie—break. gasquet will play south african number 2 seed kevin anderson next. the great and good of indian cricket have been lining up with praise for 1