. ♪ nikki: london is one of the most dynamic cities in the world. all its iconic sites, it is also full of hidden treasures. and now with brexit looming, the city is on the verge of a total reinvention. i'm nikki eckstein, travel editor for "bloomberg pursuits," and i'll show you how to make the most of london. ♪ nikki: out of london's 37 million visitors each year, a whopping 9 million come here on business, making it one of the biggest business travel markets in the world. and that means busy airports. dodge the crowds by flying into london city, a small, under-the-radar hub in the middle of town. landing here means short immigration lines and zero traffic, shrinking your travel time by an hour or more. until recently, business travelers had a tough choice -- booking a bland hotel in the boring financial district, or staying further away, in the heart of the action. not anymore. the city, london's financial hub, is suddenly cool, with two glamorous places to stay. the first is the net, a hotel and private members club designed by the ultracool soh

. ♪ nikki: london is one of the most dynamic cities in the world. all its iconic sites, it is also full of hidden treasures. and now with brexit looming, the city is on the verge of a total reinvention. i'm nikki eckstein, travel editor for "bloomberg pursuits," and i'll show you how to make the most of london. ♪ nikki: out of london's 37 million visitors each year, a whopping 9 million come here on business, making it one of the biggest business travel markets in the world. and that means busy airports. dodge the crowds by flying into london city, a small, under-the-radar hub in the middle of town. landing here means short immigration lines and zero traffic, shrinking your travel time by an hour or more. ♪ nikki: until recently, business travelers had a tough choice -- booking a bland hotel in the boring financial district, or staying further away in the heart of the action. not anymore. the city, london's financial hub, is suddenly cool with two glamorous places to stay. the first is the net, a hotel and private members club designed by the ultrac

the city, london's financial hub, is suddenly cool with two glamorous places to stay.st is the net, a hotel and private members club designed by the ultracool soho house group. insiders say it cost more than $200 million to convert this 1920's bank. walk through the front doors and it hits you. 252 rooms, nine restaurants. this is the place to see and be seen, to impress and be impressed. ♪ nikki: but if you want to escape the hustle, head to the rooftop. this view of st. paul's cathedral is instagram gold for london's work hard, play harder set, and it's only accessible to hotel guests and private members. ♪ nikki: if the party, work, repeat lifestyle is a bit too much, the antidote is just one mile away. the new four seasons 10 trinity is the epitome of an urban oasis. indulging here means afternoon tea in the 1920's rotunda, or an after work massage in the glimmering spa. even hanging out in your room feels like a treat. you can order your favorite type of pillow from an ipad or soak in a gorgeous gilded bathtub. londoners are punctual, so getting on their time zone

about ten minutes to go at the emirates, delayed by the hour because of all of the problems in london citygoals from site kolasinac loetscher sanchez for arsenal. ten minutes to 90, sanchez for arsenal. ten minutes to go, they lead by 2—1 in the europa league. that's all from sportsday. coming up in a moment, the papers good night. hello, and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are the broadcaster and campaigner henry bonsu, and kate andrews, director of news at the institute of economic affairs. welcome to you both. let's with you through the front pages and give you a flavour of what is to come. the ft reports that the bank of england has issued their strongest guidance in a decade that they are poised to raise interest rates. the express leads with new research that staying a healthy weight slashes the risk of high blood pressure by almost half. the daily telegraph say the royal navy can only send a quarter of its warships to see due to spending cuts. the mirror claims1 million nhs workers demand a 3.9% wage rise to end the effects of t

don't count on uber to go take to you see big ben or buckingham palace the next time you are in london. the city is saying good-bye to uber. the london transport authority announced this morning it will not renew uber's license to operate there. they say uber is not fit and proper to hold a private hire operator license. they blame that on uber and how they handle criminal offense s the mayor of london said he supports the decision. we did reach out to uber this morning. so far no response. >>> happening today a dental assistant will be sentenced for molesting young girls. 24-year-old saro faces 25 years to life in prison. they say he molested as many as 50 young girls while sedated. he was arrested in april at la clinica. a girl said he sexually assaulted her and recorded it on his cell phone. he worked at four different dental offices. >>> pittsburg police need your help in identifying this woman seen here stealing children's books authorities say she took more than $1,000 worth of books. it is a city owned nonprofit bookstore that gives books to schools throughout contra costa county. >>> org

the reason for the new measures but the move already sparked international criticism the mayor of london city can even compare donald trump's language to that of islamic state he said the president's playing their game by using a clash of civilizations rhetoric but as well as also slam trump's travel ban as an act of terrorism. restricting entry to the united states all the people of venezuela calling our country a terrorist. iran's also reacted the foreign minister there saying that the new travel ban is even more offensive than the previous one and with more on the fractious relationship between the u.s. and iran here's some a recount. over a decade ago iran was named as one of america's greatest existential threats along with iraq and north korea president bush singled out these states as the axis of evil in his two thousand and two state of the union address and not much has changed since iran aggressively pursues these weapons and exports terror while an unelected few repressed the iranian people spoke for freedom far past time for the nations of the world to confront another reckless re

says it's planning to power through by preparing an appeal it accuses london's transport regulator of unfairly favoring the city's traditional black cab drivers disgruntled at market share grab . but i think what's clear by this decision is that man transport from london has paid them to extreme pressure from its main number of individuals and groups that want to restrict choice to consumers and competition within london the impact of that decision if it stands will put over forty thousand licensed drivers out of work with no means to support themselves their families their loved ones the transport authorities took issue with hoover's approach to reporting serious criminal offenses background checks on drivers and its use of grey ball a software that looks like to passengers from using cars like investigators or regulators for example but while goober has run into regulatory trouble in many cities in addition to london the service has been quite popular here goober cars make up a third of all privately hired vehicles it's obviously not as she was going to try and boss still feel like oh i don't feel like i'm payi

reason for the new measures but the moves already sparked international criticism the mayor of london city car has even compared donald trump's language to that of islamic state he says his antagonistic approach is playing into the hands of the militant group but as well as also slammed trump's travel ban as an act of terrorism. by relieving his routine entry to the united states all the people of venezuela early going all the countries in. iran of course was among the six months already muslim nations previously targeted in the travel ban and it still remains on the list the iranian foreign minister said the trumps new travel ban is proof of his fake empathy for iranians so mirror can look into the history of u.s. and around relations over a decade ago iran was named as one of america's greatest existential threats along with iraq and north korea president bush singled out these states as the axis of evil in his two thousand and two state of the union address and not much has changed since iran aggressively pursue these weapons and exports terror. well an unelected few repressed the irani

if not, this is what you missed. 27 hot air balloons which lifted off from london city airport as partch promote education and music in the community. let's have a check on the weather now with kate. good morning. we're looking at a week of sunny spells and scattered showers. today's showers potentially could be quite heavy and you may even hear a rumble or two of thunder and it is going to be quite breezy as well. the wind is going to strengthen through the morning into the afternoon, blowing through these heavy showers. again we could get a little bit of hail, rumbles of thunder mixed in there, not feeling too warm with the wind as well as specially as those showers blow through but in the sunny spells between we're looking at thames between we're looking at thames between 17. into the evening those showers will become fewer and further between adventure lee fizzling out. the wind gradually falling lighter overnight leading to clear spells and a minimum temperature of 11 or 12. tomorrow it does look like a better day, a drier day at least. less showers, still the chance of one or two

said a bit more about our small businesses were being affected by predatory capitalism in the city of london and the bankers why aren't you saying we'll jump on jeremy called in the labor same how i've made clear that we wouldn't want the city of london and the banks to get away with what they got away with before and that's a fragile ation is needed and we want to rebalance the economy as well and actually in some way the small businesses have been treated badly by the banks and are getting the loans need to expand that's one of the reasons that we had a policy reason a best man's ok well let's go to rebalancing justice arguably entirely. dicta bill that the u.k. prisons are in crisis with uprisings in british journals this crisis been going on a long time it's a conservative created crisis we objected to the conservative government putting them reprise novices by seven thousand since two thousand and ten and the lurching from incidents incidents in our prisons and it's just getting worse and worse no there's no doubt that thousands of been cut but how on earth can you save the conservative

london has been on a high state of alert. a number of terrorist attacks in the cityntry over the past several years, one of the most dramatic the ties in with the one we see today, in 2005, july 7th, coordinated explosions on three subway trains and one on a bus and then the copycat attack that mercifully failed. this happened at rush hour, 8:20 this morning just west of chelsea, a neighborhood many viewers will be familiar with, injuries, we have not heard about any fatalities, some sort of explosion, may not have been as big as it could have been, that is in the realm of speculation right now. a lot of eyewitnesses fear it could have been worse but there are people injured, police and medics assessing nature of those injuries. >> the metropolitan police confirming it was a fire and several people do appear to have burn injuries confirming that at this point along with what you said, injuries from people trying to rush out at the same time the stampedes happen. >> reporter: the state department issuing a warning to any americans traveling overseas. interesting to se

says it's planning to power through by preparing an appeal it accuses london's transport regulator of unfairly favoring the city's traditional black cab drivers disgruntled at market share grab . but i think what's clear by this decision is the man transport from london has paid them to train pressure in this small number of individuals and groups that want to restrict choice to consumers and competition within the impact of that decision if it stands with over forty thousand licensed drivers out of work with no means to support themselves their families their loved ones the transport authorities took issue with hoover's approach to reporting serious criminal offenses background checks on drivers and its use of grey ball a software that looks like to passengers from using cars like investigators or regulators for example but while hooper has run into regulatory trouble in many cities in addition to london the service has been quite popular here goober cars make up a third of all privately hired vehicles this is obviously the most she was going to try and boss still feel like um i don't feel like i'm paying ridicu

in the irish republican army putting bombs in places in london so it's a city which which prides itself on being able to come together and not to change or its way of life after such incidents but at the same time people will be feeling cautious given the number of incidents there have been this year and the fact that it happened on the underground system where it's virtually impossible to stop people from entering it's very very hard to imagine how you check everybody going into t.v. stations or getting on to buses for that matter it's not like an airport so people will be thinking about their own safety but here at parsons green which is reopened to the public very calm in fact there are police officers around keeping a discreet presence but no sense of alarm no sense of panic come out ok thank you for that update and barbara outside parsons green station and london there's been tension at the top tiers of british and u.s. governments the president trying to comment about that blast on the tube the u.s. leader launched a twitter tirade which was described as unhelpful by the british p

will allow him to develop terrifying h—bomb which he desires, and in h—bomb would flatten a city like londonndon or mumbai or new york, whereas his current atomic capability would just flatten atomic capability would just flatten a few blocks. thanks very much for being with us. as i mentioned, senator lindsey graham thinks the us might have to make a first strike u nless might have to make a first strike unless something changes. this is what president trump had to say on the matter when he left church a couple of hours ago. mr resident, with the attack north korea? will see. so he leaves the option open. let me bring you some breaking news from the united nations, where the secretary antonio guterres has condemned north korea's nuclear test is profoundly destabilising for regional security. we expect a further meeting of the un security council as sooner such a meeting can be scheduled. let's ci’oss meeting can be scheduled. let's cross to washington and our correspondent richard lister. things are developing fast in terms of the us reaction. can you sum up what we have heard from washingt

the prime minister deem it necessary, british troops can now be deployed on to the streets of london or cities around the u.k., a decision only made twice in the last 14 years. >> reporter: the man arrested in dover is now in london for questioning. there is no indication the suspect is the actual bomber. with over 100 witnesses available, police will begin to understand the suspect was operating alone or as in barcelona, as part of a wider terrorist network. abc news, london. >>> you may notice more b.a.r.t. police officers at stations following that explosion. they pulled officers were other assignments to focus on patrol in its core stations in oakland and san francisco. they also deployed canine units to sniff for explosive devices. >> pleasanton police brought in a row bot to deal with a suspicious device. they sent us this video. you can see the robot from the alameda sheriff's department bomb squad poking around a chevron station on the road. what they later confirmed was an electronic anti-theft device deemed to be safe. >> the eighth officer involved shooting in san jose has resulted