threatens the uk science industry.for sheffield hallam, jared 0 mara, says he is to resign as a member of parliament — to deal with personal issues. riot police fire tear gas at protesters in hong kong after tens of thousands march through the town where gangs attacked pro—democracy activists last weekend. good afternoon. the prime minister has pledged to fund a new high—speed rail route between leeds and manchester. borisjohnson says it will "turbo—charge the economy". it is thought the new route is part of the government's wider investment commitment to the north of england set to cost around £39 billion. but labour have cast doubt on the plan, saying mrjohnson failed to deliver on infrastructure when he was mayor of london. tom barton reports. in manchester, they're expanding the tram network, spending millions on improving public transport. but the new prime minister says he wants to go further, promising to build a fast railway line between this city and leeds, 35 miles away. i want to be the prime minister who do

on the united states is not someone we are uk.n the united states is not someone we are thrilled about octopi don't have the ambassador but have been told he is a pompous full. that is one of the tweets. but he has no voice, he has no say about who the investor will be. he can let him be the ambassador, they have to get accredited with the government but he has no... last time i checked, our sovereign was the queen and not donald trump. the financial times articles will talks but the fact that he withdrew yesterday from the meeting at the white house and that was going to be between the international trade secretary. and i don't know whether he was right to don't know whether he was right to do that or not, where it becomes very tricky is how much will it impede the ambassador ‘s ability to do hisjob. he had been disinvited from a dinner in honour of qatar, he request himself. that is where it gets tricky. in the financial times points out and others including m watson, our correspondence and looks at this issue of brexit, is the

the eu would treat the uk as an outside nation. show our passports, they ask what we are carrying. rough weight, those sort of things. it's not yet completely clear how getting into the eu would work, but this is what we know — british businesses that trade with the eu should submit export papers before lorries arrive at the port. those businesses would need a registration number to do that. the problem is, fewer than half of them have applied to the government to get one. if each truck has to start doing customs clearance, then there is going to be a backlog of trucks waiting to leave. there are no plans for routine customs checks on the british side for lorries leaving our ports, but the french may insist they can't board a ferry in the uk without all the right paperwork. lovely, thank you very much. cheers, mate. this ferry company carries over a million lorries a year on the dover—calais route. during the crossing, it will send their paperwork to the authorities on both sides. french customs will then tell the ferry company if

last year trade between the us and uk hit a record high of $127bn.owever some countries have decided to hedge their bets until they see how brexit turns out. they include india and canada, with both refusing to sign any fresh agreements for the time being. stephanie rickard, professor of political science at the london school of economics a warm welcome to you. let's start with the no deal brexit scenario, if that's the outcome on the 31st of october, what does that mean for businesses in the ist of november? it's very likely if we leave with no deal, businesses in the united kingdom will see tariffs when they send their goods to europe so that means british made products will be more expensive in europe, it will hurt their competitiveness and research shows that is bad for the british economy. research from the lsc shows that will reduce by a 9%, every household in the united kingdom will be £1700 worse off every year. for those companies who have two important bits and bobs, components, ingredients for the things that they are making, that's also t

the uk that we are not finished products and the uk was not the final destination.uk to be further processed or incorporated into other products to be sent to other eu markets. and it was trade and certain sectors and then the problem will be mostly agricultural products test into the uk. there will be negotiation but as you say it most importantly the rules, will be uk be willing to lower or extend that? a trade lawyer talking to me a little earlier. borisjohnson has been continuing to make a number ofjunior ministerial appointments. the former london mayoral candidate zac goldsmith has been made an environment minister. while, long—term borisjohnson supporter nadine dorries who you will remember described david cameron and george osborne as possible is not knowing the price of milk, will become a minister at the department of health. simon clarke has been appointed a junior treasury minister. and james duddridge become a brexit minister. i think that is the job steve baker turned down last night. britain's thriving science sector would be put at risk by a no—deal

the vast majority of the uk, a bright day.r — temperatures of around 20 degrees celsius, light winds as well. now, here's tuesday's weather forecast. it looks as though we'll see high pressure developing across the south once again, but weather fronts moving through northern parts of the uk, so there is going to be a definite split between the north and the south. we'll call it the northern two thirds of the country pretty cloudy, with a few glimmers of brightness from time to time. some rain for belfast, glasgow, probably many western and northern parts of scotland too. a few spots of rain possible around the lake district and yorkshire. southwards of that, it should just about stay dry, but pretty cloudy. the south coast itself on tuesday looking mostly on the sunny side. not cold — temperatures even in belfast getting up to around 21 degrees celsius, and if anything they could be peaking, those temperatures, at around 25 in the south, in london, come wednesday. but, on the whole, quite a bit of cloud around there. you can s

so far, the uk has agreed continuity deals with 12 countries and regions.lude a group of countries from south america and the caribbean, and agreements with norway and switzerland as well as others. the total value of these deals is around $91; billion. injune, the uk signed an outline free trade agreement with south korea, which would look to maintain the current deal. trade between the two countries is currently around $10 billion a year. mutual recognition agreements have also been reached with the united states, australia and new zealand. these deals are not free trade agreements, but similar to current deals these countries have with the european union. last year trade between the us and uk hit a record high of $127 billion. however, some countries have decided to hedge their bets until they see how brexit turns out. they include india and canada, with both refusing to sign any fresh agreements for the time being. joining me now is catherine mcbride, senior economist, international trade & competition unit, iea. good morning. nice to see you again. thi

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the vast majority of the uk, a bright day.maybe in the south, the weather is looking sunny. beautiful around the english channel coasts. how about the championships, then, at wimbledon? beautiful weather — temperatures of around 20 degrees celsius, light winds as well. now, here's tuesday's weather forecast. it looks as though we'll see high pressure developing across the south once again, but weather fronts moving through northern parts of the uk, so there is going to be a definite split between the north and the south. we'll call it the northern two thirds of the country pretty cloudy, with a few glimmers of brightness from time to time. some rain for belfast, glasgow, probably many western and northern parts of scotland too. a few spots of rain possible around the lake district and yorkshire. southwards of that, it should just about stay dry, but pretty cloudy. the south coast itself on tuesday looking mostly on the sunny side. not cold — temperatures even in belfast getting up to around 21 degrees celsius, and if anything

boost for the uk guilty of contempt of court. boost forthe uk car guilty of contempt of court.ds to build an vehicles in birmingham. 15—year—old coco goff steals a stunning victory at wimbledon taking through to the fourth round and first ever grand slam. and the double match has been postponed until tomorrow. welcome to bbc ask this, where we'll be answering your questions about the future of electric vehicles in the uk. we're talking about this today because britsh car maker, jaguar land rover is investing hundreds of millions of pounds to build a range of electric vehicles at its plant in birmingham. it will begin with an electric version of the jaguar xj from 2020. the company says it will help secure the jobs of more than two and a half thousand workers at the plant although it announced almost double the number ofjob losses earlier in the year. but with purely electric cars accounting for just 1% of the market, does today's decision reflect consumer choice? our business editor simonjack reports. let's have a look at some of your questions then... roger atkins and stewartj

and we'll be working with uk.se are pictures released by iran said to show pictures of the islamic revolution guard corps circling another vessel, the riah, in recent days. the guard corps appear to use these armed boats and sometimes helicopters to force ships into their waters. their efforts to seize british vessels were intensified after royal marines and gibraltar police boarded and seized a tanker, grace 0ne. it was carrying iranian oil in gibraltar waters, suspected of heading for syria, in defiance of eu sanctions. iran called this piracy, but that's dismissed as nonsense by britain. that was followed by an incident in the gulf when the british frigate, montrose, moved in into protect the tanker british heritage in the gulf. but the threat to british vessels was spelled out earlier this week by iran's supreme leader. translation: evil britain commits piracy and steals our ship. it's an act of piracy. of course the islamic republic will not leave such evil deeds unanswered. there will be a response at the ap

the uk and ireland.not had to face before. it is a huge rupture to the trade relationship and by far the worst outcome for all concerned. but if the british government does do what it says it is doing, prepare for no deal, how far will that go to help businesses that you are talking to? if we look at, obviously our members span both islands, the irish government published its contingency action plan earlier on this month, they have continuously engaged with businesses over that last number of yea rs, businesses over that last number of years, trying to get them to prepare for brexit. but unfortunately that m essa 9 es for brexit. but unfortunately that messages still are not sticking. ahead of march we saw a number of businesses ramp up no deal preparations, then when the extension to article 50 came through, a lot of those alleviated. within certain sectors in larger firms, there are contingency plans in place, they are well prepared, you are looking at things like life sciences, pharmaceutical companie

/uk security cooperation, u.s. relationship through nato is not going anywhere i think that guarantee has been brought into question by donald trump. but my view is the security cooperation between the uk and the eu is something which both sides want to preserve, even if there were a dislocation over trade. >> terms of the u.s./uk relationship, if we see boris johnson become prime minister f we see the u.s. and the uk forge a new trade relationship, perhaps before the october 31st deadline, does that change anything >> i think it's unlikely that could happen you can't really negotiate a trade relationship whilst you're still in the european union like the uk will be that's not likely. the other point to make is that the u.s. is -- first of all, the congress has suggested that if the north/south cooperation in ireland is threatened by a hard irish border as it would be in a no-deal brexit, congress would veto a new trade deal with the uk also the u.s. is not known for playing soft in trade negotiations they know the

let's talk about the uk. the sterling, the pound remains near a two-year low against the dollar on the risk of a no-deal brexit this as boris johnson is set to become the uk's next prime minister today after easily winning the conservative party leadership election. the queen will invite johnson to form a government after incumbent theresa may submits her resignation this afternoon willem is at downing street. an exciting 24 hours for the uk. but the work is just beginning now. what has mr. johnson got ahead for him? at least in the next 24 hours in terms of his speech and cabinet formation? >> what he'll have do after he's been formally tasked with forming a new government by queen elizabeth late this afternoon, he'll give a speech publicly setting out his plans, focusing on europe, and that will be the biggest plans for boris johnson. he wi there is 99 days until the uk is currently scheduled to looeftd european union the challenge for johnson is the same problem theresa may faced, the math there is no guar

now, the july record, july for the uk, is 36.7, set in 2015.fairly quiet out there. some rain in the north—west of scotland. some clouds in western and southern areas. but very warm in the morning. 17 degrees there in cardiff, 16 the lowlands of scotland. and once some of that low cloud in the west and the south clears away it's pretty much unbroken sunshine all through the day. strong sunshine beating down on us and raising those temperatures, too. we think around about 3k degrees in london, 30 across northern parts of england. but much fresher there in belfast, no heatwave, 22 celsius. and then on tuesday night we've thunderstorms on the way. probably quite widespread. some big downpours with frequent thunder and lightning. and this is what it looks like from late tuesday into the early hours of wednesday, spreading widely across the uk. behind it leaving a legacy of cloud. wednesday may start off a little cloudy in some areas. some of that cloud may linger through the day. in one or two areas, temperatures may be a degree or so lower. you wo

it wants the uk to legalise weed.hem an understanding of what‘s happening here in north america. if that helps make the right decisions in the united kingdom, it‘s money well spent for us. canada‘s prime ministerjustin trudeau came to power promising to legalise cannabis. it‘s been available here for medical use since 2001, but as of last october, recreational users could use it too without fear of breaking the law, meaning places like this have been springing up all over the country. investors know there could be billions to be made from the industry, but the uk mps admit there‘s a lot to get their heads around. have you ever seen this volume of cannabis yourself? i never saw any volume of cannabis! so this is your first experience of it? so two or three of those balls are worth $60. so that‘s quite a valuable amount. sir norman was central to the lib dems‘ policy of backing legalisation. which do you tend to use? i've done this one. he decides to buy some. thank you very much. he wants to know what it feels like, an

it comes as the uk prime minister, borisjohnson, has toughened his rhetoric on brexit. gove, who is in charge of planning for a no—deal exit from the eu, says britain is currently, "working on the assumption" of that outcome. let's take a look now at where sterling is against the us dollar. currently it stands at $1 .126. the bbc‘s sharanjit leyl has been monitoring trade across asia from our business hub in singapore. bring us up—to—date on what the pound has been doing against the major basket of currencies overnight. while that is right, as you said, it continues to slide and has been sliding here in asia, lurking at the more than two year low against the us dollar that you just read out. trading lower than it was in the initial plunge brought on by the brexit vote in 2016. to set it all into context, it hasn't been this low since 2017 which is when the article 50 process began. investors here a re the article 50 process began. investors here are essentially scrambling to get the possibility to avert a no—deal brexit may not actually happen under borisjohnson and par

a boost for the uk car industry.aguar land rover is to invest hundreds of millions of pounds to build electric vehicles in birmingham. the founder of the english defence league, tommy robinson, faces jail for contempt of court after filming defendants in a criminal trial and broadcasting the footage on social media. the two conservative party leadership candidates, boris johnson and jeremy hunt, go head—to—head again in hustings in darlington. and coming up: peter parker heads to europe in spiderman: far from home. see what mark kermode thinks of that in the film review. good evening, it's 5 o'clock. our top story: a gang running the biggest modern—day slavery network ever exposed in the uk has been convicted of offences including trafficking, money laundering and using people to perform forced labour. police believe there were up to 400 victims of the organised crime gang, whose members were all originally from poland. a three—year police investigation uncovered a well—organised system which preyed on polish people

temperatures set to break records today across the uk, and it is set today across the uk, and it is set robert mueller testifies on russian interference in president trump's campaign. hello and welcome to our look ahead at what the papers will be bringing us at what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. some at what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. some are at what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. some are calling this the firstjohnson cabinet reshuffle, the firstjohnson cabinet reshuffle, the night of the long knives. mr johnson himself might suggest his reshuffle might need machetes and samurai swords. like an ageing rock band he has brought the bad boys and girls of brexit back together. there is only one story in town, it says the buck stops here, borisjohnson on the front. leading with his new tea m on the front. leading with his new team that he has assembled on his first day as prime minister. the financial times describes the reshuffle as political bloodletting as he promoted the team of brexiteers to keep positions. the times calls it an afternoon of cabinet

time for the uk shipping industry.onths because of brexit concerns. can you confirm what you mean by a uk flag fleet? so a shipowner, you might be swedish or chinese, they might be indian, they decide to sail under a ukflag, indian, they decide to sail under a uk flag, why would they make that decision? a number of reasons, commercial and political. any ship trading internationally has to fly a national state flag. choosing the uk flag is generally at the decision that it flag is generally at the decision thatitis flag is generally at the decision that it is a good quality flag, but with brexit there are some serious problems, in terms of what the shipowner chooses to do. and there are many options, you can go anywhere in the world and choose any flag. by choosing a uk flag, money change hands? they pay a registration fee to the flag registration, in this case the uk government, but it is not the biggest cost shipowner would worry about. when they think about flag they think about quality and the ability of the flag to

the fact large areas of the uk. some areas vulnerable to sea level rise.e much better about what is expected with extreme weather strikes, according to the report. the transport department comes in for sharp criticism. its emissions have barely dropped. the government insists it is taking climate change very seriously. the committee wants deeds, not words. roger harrabin, bbc news coming up at 6 o'clock on breakfast charlie stayt and louise minchin will have all the day's news, business and sport. this is the briefing from bbc news. the latest headlines: the two contenders to be the next british prime minister have clashed in a head—to—head debate. boris johnson and jeremy hunt argued about brexit, the economy, the qualities needed to be the country's leader and whether britain should leave the eu as scheduled on the 31st of october. what we should be doing is getting ready and encouraging the people of this country to believe they can do it because they can do it. being prime minister is about telling people what they need to hear not just what they want

threatens the uk science industry.lice fire tear gas at protesters in hong kong, after tens of thousands march through the town where gangs attacked pro—democracy activists last weekend. gareth bale looks set to leave real madrid to join chinese club jiangsu suning, reportedly earning the player 31 millon a week. the player £1 millon a week. the prime minister is about to announce plans for a new high—speed rail link between manchester and leeds as part of what he describes as efforts to "rebalance power, growth and productivity across the uk". borisjohnson will also promise to improve what he calls "the unglamorous local services which people use every day". the plan has been welcomed by business groups but labour says it doesn't go far enough. our correspondent tom barton is here. as we wait for that speech to begin within the next ten minutes, we think, tell us a bit more about what borisjohnson is think, tell us a bit more about what boris johnson is promising think, tell us a bit more about what borisjohnson is pr

prudence is exactly what the uk did.it would have unfortunately have been much more dangerous. on the bigger picture, of course we know iran and the us are at loggerheads. there have been a lot of tension there. is anyone actually talking or negotiating with two is all behind—the—scenes? actually talking or negotiating with two is all behind-the-scenes? my strong sense is that both the united states and the uk and france, the japanese would be but i'm not surprised if the russians are trying to negotiate behind—the—scenes and it is this situation. they think will literary confrontation in the persian gulf is in no—one's interest. i am almost confident that right now as we speak in spite of the bragging, in spite of the rhetorical firepower that iran keeps increasing, they are negotiating and i think they are trying to find a negotiated solution to the tension. i think that's why javed siri —— zarif is talking about back channels going on. we will keep watching how it unfolds. police in hong kong say they have found explo

the uk by the eu was not right, and that should be the uk's choice.vernment. i look forward to meeting prime ministerjohnson in course. i can say the position of the eu and ireland has not changed, the eu and ireland has not changed, the backstop is an intricate part of the backstop is an intricate part of the withdrawal agreement and without it there is no withdrawal agreement. is there any wiggle room, any sense that there may be common ground, that there may be common ground, that both sides can hit? the eu i think today, having heard what mr johnson told parliament, believes he has boxed himself in, even tighter than theresa may was, by saying that backstop has to go, the only route toa backstop has to go, the only route to a deal is one that does not include dealing with the irish border issue now but pushes it to the future. the eu's position is clear, no, those problems are created by the uk's decision to go through with brexit and a particular type of brexit outside the customs union and single market which means the problem in that border exi

to the eu, so it works againforthe uk uk than ours to the eu, so it works again for the uk there.lected but that applies to a large amount of our trade anyway, soi a large amount of our trade anyway, so i don't think these problems are insuperable. there will be checks at borders, queues, difficulties. hmrc have certainly said they will give priority to flow over checking and i think there must be right while the whole system settles down. i suspect there won't be queues of lorries at there won't be queues of lorries at the port. i think there will be some lorries that come along with the wrong documentation that will be put to one side, but most of the other truckloads of goods i guess would go straight through. what do you make of the cbi and others basically saying, we've really now, we're running out of time, we've been hearing that for a long time. but more practical help is being offered. i think this is very welcome move. the cbi has now said i think they have got a couple of hundred issues that need to be faced up hundred issues that need to be faced up to to make a no dea

businesses, and the uk national health service we re and the uk national health service were among victimsof their networks until they paid a ransom. that hutchins was able to find a flaw in the code. i checked the message board, they were about 17 reports of different nhs sort of organisations being hit. and i met at point where i decided my holidays ever have to look into this. it made him a celebrity. two years ago, he travelled to las vegas to attend a death calm, the biggest hacking conference. i did try to lead the city, he was arrested by fbi offices who had evidence of his own involvement and cyber crimes years before. marcus hutchins would later —— later admit to being behind malicious —— malicious software allow people to login information and financial data from online banking sites. along with an accomplice, he soloed that malware online and was used to target banks and the customers and several countries. he went on to plead guilty to two offences. time for the latest sports with the band. thank you very much, ireland suffered a humiliating into the price has magic against eng

it believes it is a uk choice.exit repeated by mrjohnson today is another choice, and a further choice insisted on by mrjohnson todayis choice insisted on by mrjohnson today is that there is no backstop. the eu doesn't want that plane landing on its shoulders so in the last hour and a half we have seen jean—claude juncker calling mr johnson and giving him his personal phone number, essentially saying when you have a solution to these numbers, call us and we will talk about it. damian grammaticas, thank you. let's take a look at some of today's other news. the japanese car maker nissan has announced it will cut 12,500 jobs from its global workforce over the next three years, and reduce production capacity by 10%. its quarterly net profits have plummeted. the firm has not said where the cuts will fall, but it's not expected to affect the sunderland car plant. four teenage boys have been charged with a hate crime after a lesbian couple were subjected to a homophobic attack on a london bus. they were treated for facial

but in particular a question for the incoming new uk prime minister a question of whether the uk decidesrther sideline and perhaps saddle up, if you will, with the united states and isolate the iranian regime or another angle it could take is perhaps come closer to the europeans as it has done in the past and perhaps decide to attempt to continue to bring the jcpoa back together, that fractured iran nuclear deal so certainly a lot of questions that need to be answered from the uk side as this crisis continues to develop and no doubt we'll learn more after the cover meeting and the address to parliament later on today. >> certainly, dan. and as we mentioned, germany and france have condemned that attack it's also worth bearing in mind that the foreign secretary is one of the two people in the contender to become the next prime minister, so we're entering into the final stretch here with the winner due to be announced on tuesday we'll be live from downing street right after the break ♪ more, more, more ♪ how do you like it, ♪ how do you like it ♪ ♪ more, more, more ♪ how do you like it, ho

threatens the uk science industry.as at protesters in hong kong after tens of thousands march through the town where gangs attacked pro—democracy activists last weekend. gareth bale looks set to leave real madrid to join chinese club jiangsu suning, reportedly earning the player £1 millon a week. now on bbc news, a look at the women making it in the world of motorsport. katherine legge is one of the very best, of the very few female racers. this season, for the first time, her team is all female. are you ready? in motorsport, it's a challengejust to make it into the car never mind the front of the grid. katherine legge has proved herself time and time again. i had to fight and claw my way through racing so i had to take every opportunity that was in my way and i have driven my fair share of bad cars as well, to get to where i am and i had to fight. she is also one of only a handful of women making a living behind the wheel. she is tough as nails. she has been through a lot in racing to get where she is at and she deser

. -- been refused the right to stay in the uk. —— modern slavery.ese applications, people are being sent back to be victims of trafficking again. our people be too harsh on mrs may's legacy? this is a premiership that has been totally overwhelmed by brexit. it has been but that is partly because unfortunately theresa may hasn't done what she said she would do from the very beginning, to try and heal some of those divisions are bring people together. unfortunately, her approach and that ofa unfortunately, her approach and that of a party has been divisive. not being willing to compromise on anything, brexit or any other issue. i think she will be remembered for division but also failure ran dealing with some of those banning injustices. we hear two thirds of children living in poverty are in working households, that is the first time that that has been in the case in living memory in our country andl case in living memory in our country and i think she will be held to account for that and the british public's imagination. make the case for mrs may's

it wants the uk to legalise weed.mpx international, which runs this facility. scott boyes is the boss, and i put it to him that he was trying to use his money to influence british politicians. we've been happy to be a host to them to give them some exposure to the business and give them an understanding of what's happening here in north america. if that helps make the right decisions in the united kingdom, it's money well spent for us. canada's prime ministerjustin trudeau came to power promising to legalise cannabis. it's been available here for medical use since 2001, but as of last october, recreational users could use it too without fear of breaking the law, meaning places like this have been springing up all over the country. investors know there could be billions to be made from the industry, but the uk mps admit there's a lot to get their heads around. have you ever seen this volume of cannabis yourself? i never saw any volume of cannabis! so two or three of those balls are worth $60. so that's quite a valuable

these exploration missions that we do come in the uk asa missions that we do come in the uk as a partalone, and certainly not by the uk alone, or by all of europe alone. we come together in an international context, and that has been one of the great things. we came from apollo and at the space race, with the united states and the soviet union were competing with each other to show their superiority, but they now work together on the international space station, they will work together, we think and we hope on the lunar gateway in coming yea rs. hope on the lunar gateway in coming years. and so space really is a place where it is much better when all the different countries work together. this is all going to cost, and it is costing, isn't it? i mean you work with the uk agency, is there enough money out there? well we, the budget in the uk are perhaps surprisingly smaller than some people think. it costs about a pound per person per year, that's it, for the whole of our exploration endeavours, not just human, the whole of our exploration endeavours, notjust human, but the great robot

in a few hours from now the uk will have a new prime minister. borisjohnson have repeatedly refused to rule out a no—deal brexit, but are businesses ready for that? the usjustice department announce an investigation into leading online platforms, to find out whether they are unfairly restricting competition. and on the markets: they are headed higher in asia today with investors weighing signs of progress in us— china trade talks and prospects for the tech industry after the us opened an anti—trust probe. in a few hours' time borisjohnson will enter the door behind me as the uk's next prime minister. brexit is of course the big issue facing the new leader — and throughout the contest for the job he made a series of key pledges about leaving the eu. so, what can we expect? mrjohnson has vowed to leave the eu by the 31 october deadline "come what may". he claims that the chance of a no—deal brexit is a "million to one" he wants to negotiate a new deal, including replacing the irish backstop — designed to avoid a hard border between northern ireland

let's get your take on the diplomatic row between the us and the uk.his has led to the resignation of sir kim. he couldn't remain in thejob. it resignation of sir kim. he couldn't remain in the job. it was unattainable. given the fact that oui’ unattainable. given the fact that our new prime minister wind is confirmed, refused to back him, and as the headline says, it basically threw him under the bus as a result of these comments. the fact is that ambassadors are meant to talk openly with their own country, how they view the politics, the relationship between that country and other countries they are stationed in. and so countries they are stationed in. and so kim has been a civil servant of 42 years and has an impeccable record. he has been the victim of a sleek and fun thing i've been thinking about is that we have been talking so much in the uk about taking back control, following the post exit to vote and environment, we're not listening to the european as much as we would have done ten yea rs as much as we would have done ten years ago but we see

and particularly northern island tied to uk trade rules which island tied to uk trade rules which isor a lot of brexiteer! and he has been particularly keen player over the coming months and might not be at all surprising that one of boris johnson's first visits if he goes off to european capitals is not over to dublin and see him and talk to him and see if there is any room for manoeuvre there because something the eu has made clear is that ireland, the republic of ireland is still a member of the eu and the uk isa still a member of the eu and the uk is a departing member of the eu and therefore the republic of ireland's interest will come first. they will not act against the wishes of the republic of ireland in favour of the uk's departing state. and they have been adamant about that. she is absolutely right. there is a lot of jargon when it comes to the terminologies, we have a jargon buster on the website and it is worth checking out to remind ourselves of these different terms. now our teams have been down at westminster for the past couple of days, bringing you every new develo

the uk to work with the us, forcing the uk to work with the us on a policy it doesn't even agree withington are hoping so. that is, in fact, will be from the united states' perspective a wake—up call for allies about the nature of the iranian regime and what is at stake. but i think iran is hoping for the opposite. this will lead to is stronger calls from europe to london to the united states to changes policy because of the changes that have resulted in the persian gulf. lots of sides to the issue. mike singh, from the washington institute, thank you very much. british airways has suspended all flights to cairo for seven days. in a statement, ba says it was taking the measure as a precaution to allow for an assessment of security there — but doesn't give any further reasons. the german carrier lufthansa has become the second airline to cancel flights to the egyptian capital over security concerns. flights are due to resume on sunday though. the bbc‘s matt cole reports. for some cairo—bound passengers, the first sign of trouble was when their boarding passes failed at check—in. others

this is a boost for the uk car industry isn't it? the uk car industry isn't it?ude of reasons over the past few months. we have seen over the past few months. we have seen car over the past few months. we have seen car sales slumping so everything that is going to secure more britishjobs within everything that is going to secure more british jobs within the car industry is going to be hugely welcome and it is a great news that this iconic british car, the many is going to be dealt here in cowley in oxford. hot off the heels of the fa ct oxford. hot off the heels of the fact that jaguar is oxford. hot off the heels of the fact thatjaguar is going to be building its electric it car here. they announced their electric car would be built in birmingham securing many thousands ofjobs coming off the back of news of many redundancies across—the—boa rd. so coming off the back of news of many redundancies across—the—board. so i think it is great but one thing i would say is that although it is busily brilliant news that we're going to be seen car production here in the uk,

it is part of where we are in the uk at the moment.zone as we used to and we can't expect continuous growth. we talk about climate change. any —— continuous growth is not good for the climate change situation. how concerned are you for the uk economy at the moment? we have been in this place for a long, long time and the uk economy is actually doing 0k. place for a long, long time and the uk economy is actually doing oki am not as negative because i was involved in a conference yesterday about the growth of small businesses in the uk which is incredibly vibrant at the moment and that is wherejob vibrant at the moment and that is where job creation vibrant at the moment and that is wherejob creation comes vibrant at the moment and that is where job creation comes from. the 1-10 where job creation comes from. the 1—10 companies, businesses, the headline industries employ a lot of people individually but the vast wealth of employment in this country is in small business and that sector through a lot of government initiatives, tax breaks a

/uk trading relationship >> i don't think they should fear it.n living with this uncertainty. i would put it in those terms rather than fear so we will deal with whatever comes out of all of this in terms of trade relationships undoubtedly. there's too much at stake for decisions not to be made, for compromises to be reached. i think in the very short-term the transition of power from theresa may to boris johnson as the favorite, but whoever is going to be the next prime minister, will lead to political fallout in the uk, and if that isn't smooth, it depends on how you define smooth, this may have an effect on sterling. that bothers, i think, me more than what deals may be done in the future and there are plenty of permutations on that side as well >> david miller, thanks for those thoughts appreciate it. >>> coming up, facebook under fire again this time kids are caught in the crossfire. the glitch you need to know about coming up next >>> plus a billboard record set by mariah carey nearly a quarter century ago, it's set to fall. the down low on

the forecast brings us pretty mixed fare across the uk in the next few days.ing warmth. but look out for hefty old showers as well, especially across the northern half of the uk. low pressure is driving the weather here. we'll swing in some fronts as well, which means more organised bands of rain. for wimbledon, though, with high pressure sitting to the south of the uk, we are clinging on to a fine picture for wednesday, perhapsjust a raised risk of a shower later on in the afternoon. you can see some of those showers so start to tuck a little bit further south at times through the day, but southern england and south wales very likely, i think, to escape with a largely dry picture, although some heavier showers across eastern england cannot be ruled out through the afternoon. scotland gets the wettest of the weather first thing, brighter through the afternoon. thunderstorms likely in the north—east later, and then northern ireland seeing some more persistent rain arriving as we move into the latter part of the day. just light winds and that's a complication wh

in total, uk farmers received £3.5 billion in payments in 2018.government will switch to the environmental land management scheme. it places a much greater emphasis on the environment. the aim is to sign up 82,000 farms by 2028. in the government spending watchdog has warned some may turn their back on the industry. labourfarmers could go out of business as a result. at this stage, it is inevitable there is some risk of that because at the moment we don't know the details of the scheme, we don't know what outcomes government is going to pay for, much they are going to pay. the government says the agriculture bill is the greatest opportunity to reset the agricultural sector a new generation of farmers and land managers, breaking away from the eu's common agricultural policy but replacing that funding could change the face of the industry over the next decade. spencer stokes, bbc news. this is the briefing from bbc news. the latest headlines: the leader of the hong kong government, carrie lam, has confirmed a controversial draft law, that would have

how will the uk be affected by that? 12,500 jobs worldwide going to be tired. the company's worldwide going to be tired. the compa ny‘s confirmed that worldwide going to be tired. the company's confirmed that today and that's about one tenth of its global workforce. to put that in context, it's quite significant. that involves 14 plants being involved for cuts here, whether that isjust to production lines or whole factories shutting down. in the uk, we have around 7000 people employed at sunderland plant, so obviously there is uncertainty for those. the city really relies on nissan as one of its largest employers. they will be looking at that with some concern. unions today were quite optimistic about it, they don't think the arcs is going to fold too ha rd think the arcs is going to fold too hard in the uk and that's really because the sunderland plant is very efficient. a lot of its production lines are profitable and crucially, talking about electric cars they are, it does produce the nissan leave, which is an electri

this is uk black pride.cally, unashamedly, and i'm here for that! this year, uk black pride has upgraded its location to have austin park in east london to accommodate bigger audiences. of course, other make pride events do also exist. earlier this month, the biggest pride event in the uk of all time, pride in london. but some people here say they need this event because they don't feel comfortable at others. i was at london mate pride yesterday. i have never seen so many black people in one place here, though, it is so beautiful. it is so good to see was a bit so specific to this intersection which i really appreciate. been black and 93v i really appreciate. been black and gay in london hasn't always been easy so it is awesome to be here and pa rt easy so it is awesome to be here and part of many other people representing the same thing. part of many other people representing the same thinglj part of many other people representing the same thing. i think you should be accepted in your own skin in london. i