Of investment required. A warm welcome to the programme, briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. There have been testy exchanges at a televised debate in texas involving the ten leading contenders for the Us Democratic partys president ial nomination. It is the third such event, but the first to bring together the top three candidates, the frontrunnerjoe biden and Senators Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders. The democratic hopefuls were more united on the need for gun control. There were cheers and applause when the former texas congressman beto orourke demanded the mandatory buyback of assault weapons. Laura trevelyan reports from houston. Well, joe biden went into this as the front runner. The former Vice President s Campaign Team said at the beginning of the night that he had a target on his back, and so indeed it proved. And just to illustrate that, here is howJulian Castro, one of the ten contenders on the stage, tried to go afterjoe biden, not very subtly, and tried to imply that perhaps he was getting old and was forgetting things. Lets listen to that exchange. Barack obamas vision was not to leave 10 Million People uncovered. He wanted every Single Person in this country covered. My plan would do that, your plan would not. They do not have to buy in they do not have to buy in. You just said that. You just said that two minutes ago. You just said two minutes ago that they would have to buy in. You said they would have to buy in. Are you forgetting what you said two minutes ago . Are you forgetting already what you said just two minutes ago . Sojoe biden taking some incoming fire there, but in general he did hold his ground, and he managed to turn this whole question of healthcare and how his progressive opponents, Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders, how they would pay for their expansive plans. He did manage to put them on the defensive. And so too did senator amy klobuchar. She took issue with Bernie Sanders and his big vision of medicare for all, thats basically government healthcare for everyone and notjust the over 65s. And she actually suggested that this plan would take away private Health Insurance from those who have it. Here is senator klobuchar taking issue with that vision of Bernie Sanders. And while bernie wrote the bill, i read the bill. And on page eight on page eight of the bill, it says that we will no longer have private insurance as we know it. And that means that 149 million americans will no longer be able to have their current insurance. Thats in four years. I dont think thats a bold idea, i think its a bad idea. Pollsters are being told that voters wa nt pollsters are being told that voters want someone who pollsters are being told that voters want someone who can pollsters are being told that voters want someone who can defeat donald trump, collectability being very important in defeating donald trump next year. Ill have more on this a little later. Ill be speaking to a journalist in washington for their take on the winners and losers of this latest debate. Thats in a few minutes. Britains brexit negotiator, david frost, and senior eu officials meet later in brussels for the second time this week to discuss any new ways of replacing the backstop in britains stalled deal to leave the european union. It comes after Prime MinisterBoris Johnson denied lying to the queen about his reasons for suspending parliament. He was speaking after scotlands highest civil court ruled wednesday that the shutdown was unlawful because it was intended to hinder parliamentary debate. Mrjohnson also dismissed concerns about newly released government papers detailing preparations for a no deal brexit scenario. Tim allman reports. It is only a few hundred miles long, but the border between Northern Ireland and the republic of ireland continues to be a major Sticking Point when it comes to brexit. There is speculation the deal might be done where the north, which is part of the uk, could abide by some eu rules after britain leaves. But the leader of the Northern Irish party that has so far backed the government is unhappy about that. In a tweet, Arlene Foster said so another potential headache for borisjohnson, who so another potential headache for Boris Johnson, who has so another potential headache for borisjohnson, who has found himself in hot water over the proroguing or suspension of parliament. The court in scotland ruled that was illegal. So did the Prime Minister later the queen about why he wanted mps sent home . Absolutely not, and that is and indeed, as i say, the high court in england plainly agrees with us, but the Supreme Court will have to decide. And then there is operation yellow hammer, a contingency plan for what might happen if no deal brexit takes place. The full details have been published, and make grim reading. With warnings of potential problems at ports and possible shortages of food and medicines. Mp say these plans are a worst case scenario, and the country will be ready if necessary for a no deal brexit. Is there any progress . One way to avoid a no deal is of course a deal, and talks will resume in brussels later. Guess what is likely to top the agenda the irish border. Lets look at this in more detail now. With me is fiona cincotta, who is a Senior Market analyst at city index. Thank you very much for being with us. Thank you very much for being with us. So of course, topping the agenda as we heard their in tim allmans report is the backstop, and it seems from some of the papers that there could be an opening as far as the dup is concerned. Yes, and this is interesting because the dup has stood firm so far and said they werent interested in accepting regulatory checks in the north china sea or anything that would separate Northern Ireland politically and economically from the rest of the uk. So there has been a slight shift, there is the potential they could be moving their redline. Now, this comes after a pole in ireland has suggested that the irish or the Northern Irish could be in favour of the reunification of ireland, which is something the dup is not for. So yes, we could be seeing a change from the dup, a slight softening of their stance, and that could actually have the potential to break this impasse. They will need to get dublins support, and we heard earlierfrom dublins support, and we heard earlier from the foreign dublins support, and we heard earlierfrom the foreign minister saying there has been no feasible plan put forward. Yes, which is really concerning given it is so close to the actual deadline. And interestingly, you do have Boris Johnson and the government saying they are putting plans forward, but yes, the eu seem pretty convinced that there is nothing that is pensive and is a concrete plan yet. And we are also hearing from the government that they are trying to beef up their brexit negotiating team. It does make you wonder why they waited all these weeks to do that, if that was the case. Exactly, borisjohnson has understood now that if he cant get an election, he needs to get a deal, so suddenly we are seeing a huge emphasis being put on trying to get a deal. It doesnt seem quite late in the day to be doing this. The pound has actually lifted quite a lot recently. We have seen lifted quite a lot recently. We have seen that off sort of two year lows in the last couple of weeks, and is trading around the 1. 23 mark. So there is some optimism in the market. There needs to be some optimism somewhere. We will see you a little bit later for a optimism somewhere. We will see you a little bit laterfor a look through the papers. Thank you. Lets brief you on some of the other stories making the news five people have been arrested on suspicion of planning to fly drones near Londons Heathrow airport on friday. The three men and two women, who are members of a Climate Change activist group, were held on suspicion of conspiracy to commit a public nuisance. The group plans to protest against the airports planned expansion. British airways has started cancelling flights scheduled for 27 september, when another strike by pilots is expected. Ba plans to run more flights than they did on strike days earlier this week, but the majority of flights will be cancelled. The worlds first malaria vaccine is being rolled out in parts of kenya from today. It will be added to the routine vaccination schedule, and more than 300,000 children are expected to receive the vaccine over the next three years. Malaria kills more than 400,000 people globally each year, mostly children. The vaccine is already being trialled in malawi and ghana. Our Global Health correspondent Tulip Mazumdar has been to the countrys National Vaccine depot in kitengela, just outside the capital, nairobi. This warehouse contains millions of vaccines, everything from polio vaccines, everything from polio vaccines to measles and happiness. This is known as the dry area, though. So youve got stocks of fridges and freezers which are needed to keep the vaccines cold when they are in the field in remote areas. Youve also got a big stock of motorcycles, and they are also to make sure people can get the vaccines they need into very remote areas. Just through there is the cold area, and that is where the worlds first ever malaria vaccine is kept. So this is where the Malaria Vaccines are kept, in this cold room. It needs to be kept between two and eight degrees celsius. You can see right now it is 6. 2 degrees. So there are around 100,000 vials of malaria vaccine here in this cold room. Most of it has actually already gone out to communities in western kenya, where this pilot is taking place. And this here is the vaccine. It has been 30 yea rs here is the vaccine. It has been 30 years in the making, and it works by training the immune system to attack the malaria parasite, which is spread by mosquito bites. A child needs four doses of this vaccine before they reach two years old. It has been found to prevent malaria cases in four out of ten children. It has also been found to cut the most severe malaria cases by a third. This could potentially be a game changer in the global fight against one of the worlds oldest and deadliest diseases. The lorries are now being loaded up ready for their long journeys, including to mombasa. It is mainly routine vaccinations which are going into these areas, but there are also some last minute malaria materials which will be going to the pilot areas. Now, Clinical Trials have already shown the malaria vaccine to be safe and effective. The task now is to find out how well they work in real life settings within communities, many of them very remote, here in kenya. Stay with us on bbc news. Still to come extreme wedding proposals have become popular in russia in recent years, and they are not for the faint hearted. George w bush freedom itself was attacked this morning, and freedom will be defended. The United States will hunt down and punish those responsible. Bishop tutu now becomes spiritual leader of 100,000 anglicans here, of the blacks in soweto township, as well as the whites in their rich suburbs. We say to you today in a loud and a clear voice, enough of blood and tears. Enough translation the difficult decision we reached together was one that required great and exceptional courage. Its an exodus of up to 60,000 people caused by the uneven pace of political change in eastern europe. Iam free youre watching the briefing. 0ur headlines in the latest debate between Democratic Party president ial contenders, the main controversy was over healthcare policy, but there was unity on the need for gun control. Britains brexit negotiator and senior european officials are to meet for the second time this week to try to find a new compromise in britains stalled efforts to leave the eu. Heres our briefing on some of the key events happening later. We begin in london where womens fashion week begins with the launch of 2020 Spring Summer collections. After that, in boston, desperate housewives actress, felicity huffman, is to be sentenced for her role in a sweeping College Admissions scandal. The actress pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit mail fraud for paying to have her daughters sat answers corrected in 2017. And later in washington, climate activist, greta thunberg, willjoin a climate strike in the us capital. Now its time to get all the latest from the bbc sports centre. Hello, im gavin ramjaun, and this is your friday sport briefing. Australia may have already retained the ashes but they havent eased off england. Theyre hoping to win the series outright, on english soil, for the First Time Since 2001. A recalled mitch marsh took four wickets to blow away englands middle order at the oval in london. Some late runs from jos buttler, who is still there on 64, helped the hosts to 271 for 8 going into day two. Jl came up to me at the start of the play at lunchtime and just said go for it, attack, bowl the way you want to bowl and i guess i was a little bit, not shocked, but it gave me great confidence to go out there and just give it everything i had. So maybe a change in mentality allowed me to bowl a bit more attackingly as a player and it was fun. I think it showed theres a little bit in the wicket for both batters and bowlers. I think if you tried to play well and applied yourself, there was runs to be had. But likewise with the ball, it swung a bit all day and the odd one nipped around so i think if you bowled well, there were a wickets to be had as well. Primoz roglic has increased his lead at the vuelta a espana, to almost three minutes. The slovenian finished second, behind 22 year old colombian sergio higuita, on stage eighteen. But rival, nairo quintana, finishing eighth, which meant roglic strengthened his grip on the leaders red jersey. The solheim cup tees off at gleneagle today. Its europe on home soil against the usa. The event follows the same format as the ryder cup, with fourball and foursomes matches on the first two days, followed by 12 singles on sunday. The us are aiming for three in a row, and the team format is something americas Lexi Thompson feels her side can thrive in. Playing in a team format, surrounded by teammates, captain, assistant captain, it is nothing like it. It has always been my number one goal to be on that this team and it is the one event i look forward to so much out of every two years and there is nothing a solemn cup. This event. Australia take on 2006 champions, spain, in their first basketball world cup semi final on friday. France, who are also aiming to win the competition for the first time, pulled off a shock result in the quarters, by beating the back to back title holders usa. Theyll play argentina, whose only victory came in the inaugural tournament back in 1950. Both games are being staged in beijing. Four time singles grand slam champion, kim clijisters, used social media to make a huge announcement. Shes making a comeback to the womens tour again clijisters had already won her first major title and been world number one when she first retired at 23. She returned after having her first child, topping the rankings again and adding three more majors in singles competition, before retiring again. But it seems she just cant stay away. Are you thinking of making a comeback, kim . Can i be a loving mum to my kids and the best tennis player i can possibly be . Lets do this, lets come back one more time. See you in 2020. You can get all the latest sports news at our website. Thats bbc. Com sport. But from me, gavin ramjaun, and the rest of the sport team, thats your friday sport briefing. More on our main story the ten leading democrats vying for the 2020 president ial nomination have taken part in their third televised debate in houston, texas. We previewed the debate with daniel lippman, a writer for politico, on thursday. He joins me live from washington. Joe biden when ten is a frontrunner by most accounts . How did he do . He did fairly well. He did not have many major gaps. He did get many attacks from fellow candidates, especially from Julian Castro who accused him of forgetting things because he was trying to remind him thatjoe biden is to old and other candidates are much younger. Joe biden did not have any meltdowns. He seemed to do a good job of carrying those attacks away. What about healthcare . This is still an issue at the core of being a democrat. Remember, 0bamacare, ten years ago, we are still talking about. Joe bidens big message is that we should look at 0bamacare as a model and he thinks that president 0bama did a good job in getting more people into health coverage. Some of the more liberal progressive canadas the more liberal progressive ca nadas want to the more liberal progressive canadas want to use medicare for all which is basically a National Insurance programme but medicate for all is one of those scary phrases that could turn off moderate voters, evenif that could turn off moderate voters, even if it gets liberal democrats excited. What about the issue of gun control. They have been to Mass Shootings, one in the state of texas where this debate was held. Beto 0rourke came out really strongly on this. All candidates have moved to the left of this issue just with a number of Mass Shootings in the country. It is hard for them not to respond and to take some of the sta nces respond and to take some of the stances of beto 0rourke. He talked about taking away peoples guns so they are not used against fellow americans but this is another issue thatis americans but this is another issue that is hot. Democrats do not want to be accused by republicans of trying to take away peoples Second Amendment rights and remember, president 0bama said a long time ago, people in Rural America cling to their guns and their religion. That still is the case. According to many analysts. You do not want to needlessly provoke people. While we have you that, this was the first opportunity for the three clusters rivals at the top of the tree to come together. Have we seen at the field and now narrowed tojoe biden and Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders . I think they would be but also Kamala Harris remains a top tier candidate and is hoping to get more momentum. Thank you for your analysis. Weve all seen spectacular proposals on social media exotic locations, no expense spared. But imagine if your intended not only wanted to propose but also to really scare you. Extreme wedding proposals have become popular in russia in recent years and theyre not for the faint hearted. The bbcs Nina Nazarova has this report. Well, yes, it could induce some very different responses. An alternative way to go with marriage proposals. Hello there. Over the last couple of days, the remnants of two different ex Tropical Weather systems have been in charge of our weather. First we had the leftovers of what was Hurricane Dorian passing to the north of the uk. We saw outbreaks of rain and brisk winds and during thursday, it was ex Tropical Storm gabriel that moved through. Not much left of it. Just a stripe of cloud moving southwards on a frontal system and as that cold front moves away from the south on friday, and High Pressure builds in behind, we will be left with a lot of fine weather, good spells of sunshine, but a significantly fresher feel. High pressure building in as well. Through friday a lot of dry weather and a fresher field. The remnants of the old weather front clinging onto some southern counties and the Channel Islands but it will clear way and then a lot of sunshine, the vast majority will be dry. Showers across the north and west of scotland. Quite windy as well. Elsewhere the wind will be relatively light. With the fresher air in place, temperatures lower than they have been. As we go through friday night, skies remain clear and winds remain aligned. Down towards the south, rather chilly. Down to three or four degrees in some spots in the countryside. What cloud and breeze here towards the far north west of scotland. An area of pressure will try to throw frontal systems in our direction but for most of us in this area of High Pressure will defend them off and keep things dry. Looking mainly fine with sunny spells but for Northern Ireland and scotland, son outbreaks of rain. Some. It will also be very windy. Temperatures are starting to climb especially in southern areas. Saturday night looks very windy across the far north of scotland. Blustery here on sunday but the system may start to move further south. Uncertainty about how far it will get. The rain fizzling to the front of the front. This is the business briefing, im samantha simmonds. The multitrillion dollar cost of Climate Change. Finance chiefs look for ways to decarbonise europes economy, and find the vast amount of investment required. Plus not much to grin about. Cosmetic dentistry startup smiledirect slumps more than 25 on its wall street debut. And on the markets, hints of progress in the us china trade war boosting stock markets. Those stimulus measures from the European Central bank also