if it is ursula von der leyen she will be the face for the next five years. that carries a lot of weight. the fact that christine lagarde has managed the imf through choppy waters over the next several years makes her a very strong candidate. it is not have to be rushed seem to be a lot of oppositions. nobody seems to be worried about the nomination. brent: thank you. earlier, i spoke to max hoffman and i asked him whether the lawmakers will approve the eu leaders pick for commission president. max: parliament on a daily basis said they would only approve a candidate who was a lead candidate for a certain party. that is presented in the european parliament. there were only two of those. one was a social democrat who seemed to be the front runner. the second one was the official candidate of the conservatives. the european people's party in the parliament. also, the part -- party of angela merkel. also the party of ursula von der leyen which is now the official proposal of the leaders for the commission presidency. hohow will the european parliamt now deal wit

ursula fund a line -- ursula has said that she will step down as the german defense minister. she of the european parliament will give her a new job as the first in a president as the european commission. von der leyen faces criticism from groups who say that she was forced on them as a third choice candidate. she has been making promises to win over policymakers. keeping up with ursula von der leyen is not an easy task. she was on thehe move constantl. she needs to cononvince enough parliamentarians that t she is e right woman for the commission presidency. that could be a problem, especially with the social democrats in the european parliament. they have called her commitments to vague. they dislike that ursula von der leyen was not even one of the lead candidates. the social democrats are up in arms. >> the members of the social democrats have not taken a final decision yet. i guess there e are some thatt mighght still consider voting fr her that have further questions. and others who are already clear they want. >> including you -- they want. -- clear that they will not vo

parliament can only vote on ursula von der leyen once.f she does not get these votes, then the heads of state, the european council will have to stick their heads together and come together for another summit and come up with a new name. and as we know from experience, this could take some time. brent: that is indeed the case. max zander on the story for us tonight in brussels. thank you very much. there are new worries tonight about the health of angela merkelel after the german chancellor was seen yet again trembling in public. it is the third time that she has been seen on camera in this condition in the past month. you can see it right here. this latest incident occurred as the chancellor stood outside with finland's visiting prime minister today. they were watching military honors to welcome his arrival. you can see her clenching her fists there. let's bring in our political correspondent, emmanuelle chaze. people are asking more and more questions. it is three times now. and they are asking, is she suffering from a medical condition

reporter: ursula von der leyen at the start of her european charm offensive.he eueupean parliament willll ultimately decide whether she gets the eu's top political post. so she needs to win the support of a majority of mep's before they vote two weeks from now. >>>> it is important to me to listen a lot, to learn a lot, so thatat in 14 days i can bring my vision to parliamement for t eueuropean unionon or the nextxt five years. reporter: after days of intense wrangling, canceled president donald tusk managed to get the eu's national leaders to unite behind von der leyen, but he knows the parliament presents a major hurdle for their chosen candidate. >> i am not a prophet. it is not for me to assess what is the real chance to achieve success in the parliament. but it is always a huge question mark. this is why we have parliament. to debate, to discuss, to argue. and then to decide. reporter: parliament has already flexed its muscles and ignored the national leader's choice for another key job, president of parliament. and von der leyen faces serious resistance

after days of wrangling, germany's ursula von der leyen is elected to lead the european commission, iama i am a proud naturalised citizen born in india. a proud patriot, a proud person who belongs in this country and this is not the first time i've heard go back to your own country but it's the first time i've heard it coming from the white house. after days of wrangling, germany's ursula von der leyen is elected to lead the european commission, the eu's topjob. and more on the the story of safa and marwa from pakistan, born joined at the head, as doctors in london succesfully separate them. then, in business briefing, christine lagarde steps down as the head of the international monetary fund. but, after a succesful eight—year reign, who will replace her? a warm welcome to the programme, briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. also in the programme: love them or hate them, it is world emoji day. to mark the event, apple has released previews of 20 new ones. so we would like to know, are you a fan of emojis? are they are useful communication tool, or do t

union leaders they have finally reached an agreement on who they would like to see as their new chief ursula found alliance germany's current defense minister and a close ally of german chancellor angela merkel she has been nominated to become the european commission president now if approved by the european parliament underlying would make history as the european union's 1st female leader well who is ursula fun the lion we begin with this report. she's considered a close ally of german chancellor angela merkel ursula funday line german defense minister christian conservative and long time politician a medical doctor and mother of 7 funder line joined merkel c.d.u. party in the early ninety's she later headed the ministry of family and women before serving as minister of labor as germany's 1st female defense minister funded line aimed to revamp the armed forces but she's recently drawn criticism for poor management in the ranks several scandals including revelations of far right extremists in the military equipment failures and deadly military plane crashes have plate 10 year. a european at

. >>> ursula van der leyen heads a crucial vote later today >> we want rules based order because we know it is better for all of us. we have to do it the european way. >>> the european financial system marks the 75th a anniversary as one of its keystone institutions looks ahead to transition. we'll speak to david lipton in his first broadcast interview since assuming the acting managing director role >>> good morning ursula van der leyen has told meps that the continent must stick to its free market rule-based traditions in the face of a changing global economy. in her pitch before the european parliament in strasburg, she said the eu must be able to hold its own with the likes of the u.s. and china with that, let's get out to david lipton who joins us from paris where the bank of france is marking its 75th anniversary. last time we spoke was a couple month months ago since then there's been a few developments on your side, namely your former colleague, madam regard lagarde will be moving to the presidency of the ecb. can we give an assessment of what you think the typical challenges fac

the german newspaper frankfurter allgemeine zeitung carries the story of germany's ursula von der leyenng elected as the president of the european commission, the first female in the job. she won the support of 383 meps, just nine more votes than required to secure an absolute majority. she will take over the job on the day borisjohnson says he will take the uk out of the eu. the bbc news website quotes some mps as saying that adding more ethanol to the uk's fuel mix would cut carbon by as much as taking 700,000 cars off the roads. the same mps say that adding e10, a mixture of 10% ethanol with 90% petrol, could also boost the biofuel industry. and ending with arguably our favourite character on our phones — emojis. forbes points out that today is world emoji day. the paper says that apple has released 20 new emojis on occassion of the day, with more to follow in autumn. many of you have been in touch about your favourite emojis or the fact that you don't like them at all. with me is michaela bergman, principal social specialist at the asian infrastructure investment bank. let's get stu

and historic day for europe because of her the german conservative politician ursula from the line has been elected president of the european commission the 1st woman to hold the european union's top job and she wasn't the 1st or 2nd choice among europe's leaders her win tonight suggests that in european politics the 3rd time can be a chore i bring golf in berlin this is the day. and you'll follow that shops to your place to meet. the trust you placed in me. confidence you placed in your up close and have underlined is a christian democrat she is a genuine european. and it didn't have her do a good job and germany and why should i expect that she will do a good job he has the commissioners present week for her european politics our domestic politics. it was a lot of fun to line his calls a delicacy in germany about terri ministration of office and the defense ministry she wants to build a centralized undemocratic updates a full of government is a. tough. and coming up later tonight we take you to the launch pad where 50 years ago today she a man of these greatest journey began. one of

quote, i'm ursula, period. so far the film is shrouded in secrecy. no casting announcements.could be part of the world ♪ >> she's not spilling any secret. >> reporter: listen, i'm not the one if charge for that. >> i don't understand. i'm sure it will be great when they make it. i'll go see it like everyone else. >> did you hear something. >> as for prince eric, back in 2016 chris evans said during a panel discussion eic would be a dream roll. role. >> we do know that rob marshall will direct. lin-manual miranda is co-producing and will be writing new music. ♪ >> that's going to so much fun. jacob is up for the role of flounder. >>> now to expectant mom christina anstead. she'll soon welcome a baby boy to the mix. the hgtv star giving "e.t." and our lauren zima an exclusive invite to her boho baby shower. >> how are you feeling physically? i know you posted about a little heartburn. how has it felt with this baby? >> it was a rough month. everyone was sick, tay had her tonsils out, ant had bicep surgery, so i think i was just feeling a bit overwhelmed but today i'm feeling pr

ursula fund a lion who is now nominated for the presidency of the commission was not in any of those so what's going on here. isn't it i mean s. live on the line has been on a charm offensive in the european parliament recently. trying to convinince one of the political groupings that that they ought to vote for her to confirm her. the positioion of the european commission of course that grilling her on all sorts of things from climate change to the fence. to economic policy and she has to invent a program almost ought to finesse because as you say she was not. a name candidate before the election what happened was there is this idea recycled spitz and conduct need candidates. each of those political groupings proposed a candidate for the president of the commission before the elections the idea being that voters would have an idea of who they wanted to see is present to the european commission. the problem is it is the leaders the heads of government in the european union who nominates the president of the commission i'm not very many of them like the idea of handing power to the eu

let's take a look at some of the day's other news: the german defence minister, ursula von der leyen,tory by becoming the first woman to lead the european commission. her nomination follows days of wrangling by eu leaders meeting in brussels. as part of the same package of top eu jobs, the head of the international monetary fund, christine lagarde, has been nominated to take over at the european central bank. 27 leaders all agreed with ursula von der leyen and other candidates for the topjob but von der leyen and other candidates for the top job but germany abstained which means a no vote against a because of domestic politics and the socialist former leader, had of the european parliament, but insureds said she something i do not want to vote for u nforced something i do not want to vote for unforced angler michael to abstain but if she she gets the vote, she looks to be the first president of the european commission who is a woman. also making news today: 14 sailors have been killed following a fire aboard a russian navy submarine. the crew were poisoned by fumes according to the de

give us your take on ursula von der leyen to take the top job. that report, it is not without controversy or dispute. angela merkel having to abstain from the vote, et cetera. talk us through the issues. ursula von der leyen has been a sort of fixed appearance in german politics. she has been a member in every cabinet mrs merkel has led since 2005 and has held various positions. the controversy is mostly around her most the controversy is mostly around her m ost rece nt the controversy is mostly around her most recent position which is as defence minister. the issues that mrs merkel appointed her as a sort of like a compromise —— the issue is that. now mrs von der leyen has a difficult task in managing the bundestag. there have been scandals recently when she was telling people to investigate claims that unofficial had connections with the afd, which, of course, is a growing concern in germany. and went forward with criticising the troops, which caused a lot of concern in germany, because people were saying there is not enough trust between the m

its leader appealed to meps to reject ursula von der leyen.tempt for the european union to take control of every single aspect of our lives. she wants to build a centralised, undemocratic, updated form of communism that will render nation state parliaments... yelling. where the state controls everything, where nation state parliaments... where nation state parliaments will cease to have any relevance at all. i have to say from our perspective, in some ways, i'm really rather pleased. because you've just made brexit a lot more popular in the united kingdom. thank god we're leaving! hear, hear. ursula von der leyen said whatever happened, the uk would remain an ally, partner, and friend of the eu. but it may be worth remembering that she doesn't take up her newjob officially until november the ist, the day after the uk is supposed to have left. now, one of theresa may's last duties as prime minister will be to answer mps‘ questions on wednesday. her penultimate pmqs saw her asking as many questions as she answered. it was dominated by angry exch

ursula von der leyen, saying it is time for a female e.u. commission chief. of course at the e.u. parliament, addressing the e.u. parliament before parliamentarians vote on her potential appointment as the chief of the european commission. there she is, speaking in strasbourg. back to the markets. new york manufacturing improved, indicating factory activity might be stabilizing after slumping to a almost three year low ahead of a fed rate decision at the end of the month. today we hear from several speakers including raphael bostic, charles evans. of j.p.maclow-smith morgan asset management is still with us. your expectations for the fed, if you look at the most recent new york manufacturing data, quite a bounce from the previous month. the jobs report last friday, the cpi figure. you might not suspect the fed was about to cut interest rates. stephen: you might not. but i think the job of central banks is more about setting as dictations or markets, rather than what you actually delivered. central banks, if you disappoint market expectations, that can have un

citizen at the ursula detention center where children are also held in cages. i wanted to get more background about this incident. why was this u.s. citizen child held in a cage? is this standard practice? how often does it happen? what is the protocol? >> so not knowing the exact case that you are talking to and if you send me that information i am more than happy to follow up on that exact case. there are instances, though, where -- in particular children, u.s. citizen children, do come into our care and custody, for instance, if they are traveling and have maybe crossed the border with a parent who is an illegal alien. so that does happen at times and we try to keep them together and the parent can make a call on what happens. i'm not sure the specific case that you are speaking to, if you have a time frame that would help me, but i am certainly more than happy to look into any specific instances. >> sure. this specific incident was reported in an article in the national paper "usa today," it was our colleague congresswoman annette baragon who had been on a

let us start with ursula von der leyen.to be confirmed in a job oi’ now likely to be confirmed in a job or do you think the parliament is going to push back?” or do you think the parliament is going to push back? i think it is a good question. there has been a lot of resistance coming from the european parliament. i think the reason is that it's because there are power games being played. they have initiated, brussels would be driving the nomination, and the appointment of the people in these positions. the european council, the premises of the countries decided this process is not something they'd like, and they have decided to bypass it. formally speaking, and i mean the requirements of the treaty are such that the european parliament has to confirm the president of the european commission and the represented. these are the two decisions that they have to confirm. formally speaking, they can actually block these positions. it has not really happened before. but the first indications that we get from parliament that it did

eu leaders have nominated germany's defence minister, ursula von der leyen, to head the european commissione first woman in the job. belgium's prime minister, charles michel, was nominated as head of the european council. and this story is trending on bbc.com... the usa are through to the final of the women's world cup. it follows a dramatic semi final against england in lyon. the score, two goals to one. england did have a golden chance to equalise, but their captain steph houghton missed a penalty kick. congratulations to them. goodbye from me. and the top story in the uk: police are trying to identify the body of a man, thought to be a stowaway, who fell from this kenya airways plane into a london garden. now on bbc news live to singapore for asia business report. trumpet‘s trade gap that are global conflicts narrowing the deficit with the rest of the world? what this indian popcorn start—up is looking farfrom narendra modi's budget this week. good morning asia, hello world, it is a wednesday. glad you could join us for this exciting bid we addition. closely watched trade data later this

president a madam president of the european parliament elects the german conservative politician ursula from the alliance making her the 1st woman to hold europe's top job she says fighting climate change is top of her agenda we'll have one of the 1st interviews with fund a lion after the election that's coming right up also coming up tonight the fight to combat the spread of a child be a report from south africa on signs of progress in the battle against the disease. i'm brant goff it's good to have you with us today members of the european parliament made history by electing the 1st woman to be european commission president germany's outgoing defense minister ursula fund a lion one lawmaker's backing to take the job and the lion has promised a quote united and strong europe saying that she will work constructively to achieve it she will succeed. in the top job after winning by a very narrow margin. uncertainty until the very last minute. the members of the european parliament here in new with a vote on the next commission president was going to be close but not even the candidate hers

underlay -- ursula addresses the parliament. the trump administration announces a tough new asylum rule applying to the u.s. mexi border. security not rebuilding. at notrer one priority dame cathedral. welcome back to the news r room. first, ursula shouould find out whether her bid to become t the nextxt president of the eueuropn commission has b been successfu. she e has been addressining eurn parliament. her appointment has been heavily criticized by socialists. >> a a speech to convince lawmakers she e is the right choice to be the new f face of e union. to become the next president of thehe european commission. first, she needs at least 3 374 mep votes toto be confirmed. >> my belief in europe e has grt guided me -- has guided meme throughout my lifefe. >> she can count on 180 two vovotes from the conservative urine p -- the european people's party. controversially, the nationalists group says they will back her, too. she still needs to win over some european centrists and socialists. she has promised to make climame a prior

members of the european parliament have narrowly elected ursula von der leyen as the first woman to leadhe european commission. mrs von der leyen, who was previously germany's defence minister, secured only nine more votes than needed to take the eu's topjob. she appealed to all sides to work together constructively. it's liz30am. now on bbc news, hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk, with me zeinab badawi in new york. my guest in this rare interview is the foreign ministerfor iran, javad zarif, who's on a visit here. tensions between iran and the us have been on a historic high. president trump said he was ten minutes away from war with iran following tensions in the gulf. can they save the historic nuclear deal after president trump unilaterally withdrew from it? foreign ministerjavad zarif, welcome to hardtalk. the british foreign secretary, jeremy hunt, says there is a small but closing window to save the nuclear deal agreed in 2015 between iran and the world powers. is he right? i think he is right, but it requires committed determination on all sides to save this deal. iran has done its p

a quick reminder now of the top stories that we've been following for you here on news germany's ursula fonda line is about to address the european parliament in her final push for the e.u. used. a majority of lawmakers must approve her nomination in today's vote if she is to become the 1st woman president of the european commission g w we'll be carrying that speech live at 9 am. and still to come here on news on business the european parliament on a new what commission will face this as usual or will we see brussels take a harder stance on the trade dispute with washington monica jones has all that and more. so we leave you now with some rare pictures of a large pod of dolphins having fallen off the coast of southern california i'm sorry kelly and carla thanks for watching. her 1st day of school in the jungle. first camillus and. then doris crane moment arrives. join during a tank on her journey back to freedom. in our interactive documentary. story on the radio 10 returns home on d w dot com tang's. welcome to the girl max new 2 channel. goodbye no stewards. with exclusive sights. the

electing the 1st woman to be commission president that woman germany's outgoing defense minister ursula fun. now she will succeed john called younger in the top job after being voted in by a narrow margin of just 9 votes underly and will be as we said the 1st woman to ever serve as the commission president in the european union. of underlined as promised a united and strong europe saying that she will work constructively and pragmatically to achieve that we want to go live now to our brussels bureau chief rex hoffman he is standing by at the european parliament in strasbourg and i think i understand he has the newly elected president with a mass. that's right brant we do was alive on the line is with us today and i have a very simple question the start of the interview are you feeling. relieved and happy because it was a tough ride over 13 days now i had to. formulate the guidelines the political guidelines and to convince the parliamentarians this was not a lot of time and i made it and i'm happy right now does the majority bother you that it was only 9 votes ahead majority's majority

job in the european union and she is campaigning now at full throttle germany's defense minister ursula fund a lion is on a charm offensive in brussels in her quest to become european union commission president on her agenda fighting climate change and improving cooperation among europe's armies. freetown i made the mistake of easy it's fun to lions 1st public appearance as nominee for the. the e.u. commission presidency the european union's top job her priority is to speak with any peace 1st to clarify her standing and gauge the mood she's meeting with european social democrats who are critical of funding lyon a conservative. and i didn't feel she was specific on some issues but in other areas she stayed quite vague so that was definitely not the end of our discussions . fund a lion needs 374 parliamentary votes to get the job it's not clear how much support she'll get from social democrats greens and business friendly policies she can rely on the 182 votes from her own group the e.p. p. and possibly the european conservatives and reformists or e.c. our critics are hinting their decisi

as she enters the race to become the president of the european commission ursula from the lion is under political fire the german minister of defense leaves behind an army that's in a person 8. qualified medical doctors image as a feisty reformer has taken a knock but her supporters point out that the mother of 7 is a staunch european who's known brussels since her childhood has a good network and is fluent in french and english as well as german. christine legarde is the grand dame of french politics a 63 year old economist has run the international monetary fund for 8 years monitor rising it without causing a fuss but also not shying away from criticizing u.s. president donald trump 1st trade policies. guard is considered a supporter of redistribution within the eurozone at the expense of richer states and an opponent of tough austerity policies. will women's power drive europe forward. milan ursula funder lyon has been in brussels the last few days courting europe been members of the european parliament how does she do. i'm not in brussels i don't know but i think she is the biggest

germany‘s ursula von der leyen has been elected to lead the european commission, the eu‘s topjob. forced thousands to be evacuated. now it‘s time to look at the stories that are making the headlines in the media across the world. we begin with the times. it says that the team of the tory leadership race frontrunner, boris johnson, is preparing for a general election whilejeremy corbyn is the leader of the opposition labour party. senior allies ofjohnson caim that labour is in no fit state to fight an election, butjohnson has made it clear that holding an election before brexit would be an absolute folly. staying with british politics, the financial times headlines that the pound sterling has dropped to its lowest level in two years, as fears of a no—deal brexit grow. the paper says that the fears stem from borisjohnson‘s brexit strategy, which could result in a no—deal brexit. johnson is the frontrunner of the tory leadership race, who would also become prime minister. the german newspaper frankfurter allgemeine zeitung carries the story of germany‘s ursula von der leyen being ele

anna: ursula von der leyen clinches the eu top job. >> we have issues, but we should never forget we are allies with the u.s. and we are friends. we sit on the same side of the table. anna: plus, asml forecasts sales trade tensions hammer the -- but dialogue semi-beat expectations. plenty talk about -- plenty to talk about. good morning. matt: u.s. ten-year debt approaches, once again, dipping down into negative real rate. andsee that across europe the u.k. already. even nominal rates in germany are negative out for 20 years. this is becoming a global issue. interesting to watch central bankers continue to talk about cuts. down even drive rates further. leaving more of the world holding paper. governmentsgood for if they would borrow and spend. take a look at futures this morning as we prepare for the open, 18 minutes away now. ftse, dax, and cac futures not showing a lot of direction. the market really searching for a narrative, looking for direction. you have red arrows here. down 0.3%.e futures what else do you see on the gmm? anna: this is reflecting the treasury markets. an inte

live from berlin the woman who could lead the european union's powerful executive body germany's ursula on the line is in the final phase of her campaign to become the 1st female head of the european commission also coming up. catastrophic flooding across south asia scores have been killed millions of people are contending with high waters across the fall india and bangladesh one of the latest from the region. and south africa's former president jacob zuma shrugs off corruption charges as character assassination during a televised inquiry. but was his testimony enough to counter the evidence against. i'm brian thomas thanks so much for joining us another extension a guaranteed minimum wage and expanded unemployment benefits those are some of the goals from a germany's ursula fund a lion and she says she'll be pursuing them if elected tomorrow as european commission president now she made the pledges in a letter to reluctant lawmakers to succeed she'll need an absolute majority. keeping up with. it's not an easy task last week. she was on the move constantly meeting almost all the politi

news from the eu commission that ursula and all relation -- ursula von der leyen will be replacing jean-claudeer in november. this was seen as a nailbiter because the members of the euro parliament were not seeming to be backing her. votes was her victory, so a narrow win for her. we should note, christine lagarde formally resigned as the imf today. so some resolution on the leadership of the european commission. this is bloomberg. ♪ bloomberg. ♪ amanda: j.p. morgan chase snaps a three-year streak of quarterly interest raises in its quarterly income. they say they will fall in the second half of 2019. his is a point of interest for many banks reporting. we have a closer look with jeff harte, principal with sandler o'neill. obviously, we knew that interest margin would be a concern in the quarter. how do you treat that when you look out to the quarters ahead? thing to do.ugh we have been in a rising rate environment for a while now. balance sheets growing, spreads increasing. looking forward, one of the things we are facing a is what is the fed going to end of doing question mark for a while it

germany's ursula ursula von der leyen spoke to bloomberg.d friends and on the same side of the table, if i might put it that way. we have got to negotiate hard about the different topics. in the very end, we know it is better to be in a healthy way trading with each other. it is not the end of something. it determines the beginning of the future relationship between the united kingdom and the european union, and we want to be partners. they are our neighbor. we have common interests. i will put a lot of emphasis that we will have if necessary, a brexit in a good way knowing we have a common future. tom: we have seen her many times in davos, a historic moment for europe. a terrific op-ed in bloomberg opinion today. let me go through it before we speak about this moment. for those of you in america, this is a huge deal for the history of europe. a razor thin margin of nine votes, a sign of tough times bloc.for the 28 nation an unemployment benefit scheme, free beer, mechanisms to bolster the rule of law, and a stronger portal -- border force.

v011 european parliament vote and ursula von der leyen, her nomination to head the eu commission.ke head the eu commission. and then we take a look at the front pages with the former trade minister lord digby jones. that all coming up on bbc news but now time for a sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday. i'mjohn watson. the headlines. the stage is set as royal portrush prepares to host the open championship for the first time in 68 years. rory mcilroy tells us he hopes to make home advantage count. and i'm in liverpool on day five of the netball world cup where australia and new zealand continue their unbeaten record at this tournament. also ahead.. how sunday's world cup win carried extra significance for the man who masterminded it all. sometimes you get the rub of the green and you feel there is someone up green and you feel there is someone up there looking down on you and i felt that for me and all english cricket that day. hello and welcome to sportsday. the big events come thick and fast. the 148th open championship begins in royal portrush on thursday, the biggest sport

ursula fon der lion is from angela merkel‘s cdu party.y calls it "backroom stitch—up". it's also threatening to get its meps to vote against the nomination. martin schulz, former leader of the social democrats, former parliamentary president was scathing. von der leyen is our weakest minister. that's apparently enough to become commission president. interestingly, ursula von der leyen chose today to send her first tweet. "hallo europa! hello europe! but she's going to need more than multi—lingual hellos to win over the doubters. here's adam fleming. the people were sounding off now is it sour grapes because their person from the political argument didn't get thejob? from the political argument didn't get the job? or from the political argument didn't get thejob? or is it that from the political argument didn't get the job? or is it that the green score a bit more concerned about the lack of transparency of how she was elected. i suppose they will roll in behind her, especially because lots of the political groups he the european parliamen

ursula von der leyen has been confirmed as the most powerful official in the european union.sident of the european commission from november — and will be resigning as germany's defence minister. this was the moment she heard she got through. the european parliament has the final word big smile of relief raises eyebrows and gratitude as he can see, they confirmed this appointment. but it's never turned down a nominee before — and it didn't break with the routine. the european commission is so powerful because it proposes and enforces eu laws and rules and it sets the eu budget. so its president has huge influence. earlier ursula von der leyen set out her agenda. some are turning towards authoritarian regimes. some are buying their global influence in creating dependencies by investing in ports and roads. and others are turning towards protectionism. nine of these options are for us. we want multilateralism, we want fair trade, we defend the rules —based order because we know it is better for all of us. we have to do it the european way. in the past this vote had been a formali

germany's ursula von der leyen has been narrowly elected as the first female president of the eu commission following a secret ballot among meps. trump and america's racism row the president escalates his twitter attack on these four politicians and they hit back. the off duty officers who tried to take on the london bridge attackers an inquest rules that the killers were lawfully shot dead. we continue the story of safa and marwa born conjoined, and now learning to live apart. it's an emotional moment we have been working a long time to get them here and they had been through many operations and now, it has worked. good evening. it was one of the most extraordinary achievements of all time the mission that allowed man to walk on the moon. an historic moment that captivated people across the globe. 50 years ago today the apollo 11 rocket blasted off from the kennedy space centre in florida. all thoughts were with the three astronauts in the tiny capsule. but there is another side of the story the impact it had on the millions who stayed up, watching tv as the mission unfolded. the uk's spac

tell us about ursula von der leyen, what should we expect of her in this new role? and she will bring a lot of enthusiasm to europe to her new post and that is one of her main assets, basically, coming in there with fresh vigor and trying to build her coalition to put her very ambitious plans coalition to put her very ambitious pla ns forward coalition to put her very ambitious plans forward which she voiced yesterday in her speech. it's interesting because she is not actually a career politician, as such, even though she's got this fantasticjob. she started off as a gynaecologist, she has seven children, so she is very much going to bring a more relatable touch to the eu commission? exactly. and i think that is really what is needed now to renew enthusiasm for europe on the continent. maybe she is even going to win over some will in great written? and although —— great written? and although —— great written? and although it's probably already too late, brexit. but she has new enthusiasm and a wide range of experience. she's been defence minister but she also starte

slams the lack of transparency when his likely successor was agreed on leaders questions regarding ursula van the one job compton's mount. and a child impersonator of america's youngest ever a congresswoman deletes her social media accounts after receiving death threats from supporters of alexander a cause of course as. national coming to you live from the russian capital where it's just turned 4 pm welcome to the program. britain's defense ministry has launched an investigation into why and how a trove of top secret documents apparently ended up in a trash bin in london it comes as a huge embarrassment for the u.k.'s top secret tunnel weapons facility porton down from where the thousands of files originated by book reports. one man's trash another journalist's treasure in this case it is quite an extraordinary story the daily star newspaper big splash on it today they say they were alerted to this trove of documents found in a bin by a member of the public last week and this secret files were dumped in a north london we leave in a receipt killing bin to be precise the kind that sort of s

. >> approval for the european parliament in a tight vote means ursula becomes the first woman to holdop job. as commission president, she will set the policy agenda for the next five years. >> i feel so honored, and i am overwhelmed, and thank you for the trust you place in me. is trust you placed in me confidence you placed in europe. your confidence in a united and to west,rope from east from south to north. >> as a german, woman, and a close ally of angela merkel, von der leyen will be seen as an extension of the chancellor's dominant role in european politics. like merkel, she is a political conservative and a passionate supporter of european integration. >> [speaking french] >> but big spending promises to sway doubting mep's are a departure and may be hard to fulfill. mrs. von der leyen is indebted for their support to opposing quarters from the socialists, to the nationalists, which means someone will have to be disappointed. supporters in the heavyweight center-right european people party blocked to which, -- bloc, to which von der leyen is -- >> she managed to get 28 out of 2

the job looks set to go to the german defence minister, ursula von der leyen. the first time since elections in may. the new brexit party meps staged a protest by turning their backs during the eu's ode tojoy anthem, while lib dem meps wore yellow "stop brexit" t—shirts. adam fleming reports from strasbourg. day one of the new european parliament. the brexit party meps don't want to be here, and they didn't want to hear this. music: ode to joy. it's unlikely they'll get into trouble, and it sounds like there's more to come. our anger is not really against these people. i mean, monsieur barnier has done a brilliantjob. our anger is really about westminster not delivering on the referendum. defiance from the lib dems, too. their t shirts said "stop brexit" on the front. something much ruder on the back. the real message was on the front and that's what everybody saw on their tv cameras when they were looking at the opening of parliament, "stop brexit. " the time for stunts is over and now it's time for meps to get to work — their firstjob is electing a president