In the wake of his bbc interview. And new hope as scientists try to save britains ash trees from being virtually wiped out by a fungal disease thats swept europe. And coming up in the sport in the next half an hour on bbc news the english and european rugby champions saracens will not challenge their 35 point deduction and £5 million fine for breaking the salary cap. Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. Hundreds of Anti Government protestors are trapped inside a university in hong kong as a stand off with police intensifies. Some have managed to escape under a volley of rubber bullets and tear gas. Police have surrounded the campus for a week now and its thought up to 500 are still inside, some armed with petrol bombs. The past week has seen some of the most violent protests since they began injune in response to plans to allow some criminal suspects to be extradited to mainland china. Critics feared it could undermine the territorys freedoms. Those plans were withdrawn in
The eu will meet today to consider a brexit extension until the end of january, with an option for the uk to leave earlier if a deal is approved. Why . Well, although a deal has been agreed between the European Union and uk Prime Minister borisjohnson, british mps havent yet given it their endorsement. Eu members are looking at a range of brexit extension dates including november 30th, december 31st and january 31st. If an extension cant be agreed, the uk will leave this thursday without a deal. That possibility is undoubtedly causing concern in the business community. The institute of directors says more than half their members favour another referendum or general election over a no deal brexit. If the eu backs a longer extension then they could get their election wish. Borisjohnson has said he wants to hold one on december 12th but he needs the support of two thirds of mps. Chris southworth is the secretary general of the International Chamber of commerce who represent businesses acr
Hong kong slips into recession as more than five months of protests take their toll on the asian economic powerhouse. And the entrepreneur in ghana whose science kits for kids, are inspiring the next generation of inventors. Also, whats the bright idea . Well talk to the boss of a lighting giant who claims hes making products that are smarter and greener. So companies are attempting to go green what are you doing to make your home and office more Energy Efficient . Let us know just use the bbcworklife. Hello and welcome to worklife. A warm welcome to our new business show, and we start today in europe where its cruch time for brexit. The eu will meet soon to consider a brexit extension until the end ofjanuary with an option for the uk to leave earlier if a deal is approved. Why . Well, although a deal has been agreed between the European Union and uk Prime Minister borisjohnson, british mps havent yet given it their endorsement. Eu members are looking at a range of brexit extension dat
The brexit deadlock. The financial watchdog, the fca, says millions of customers are overpaying for car and Home Insurance because industry competition isnt strong enough. And fans celebrate as Katarina Johnson thompson scoops britains second gold and breaks the british heptathlon record at the world athletics championships in qatar. Good morning. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. A report has severely criticised Scotland Yard for its handling of its investigation into an alleged vip paedophile ring which turned out not to exist. The police inquiry, codenamed operation midland, was launched to look into allegations made by carl beech, who was laterjailed for lying. Retired High Court Judge sir Richard Henriques said that searches of the homes of the former home secretary, lord brittan, the former chief of the defence staff, lord bramall and the ex conservative mp, Harvey Proctor was unlawful. In a statement, Deputy Commissioner of the metropolitan police, sir Stephen House said the force w
Apple has launched three new iphones, a new ipad and the 5th generation apple watch. It also revealed that its arcade Gaming Platform and Apple Video Streaming Service will cost 4. 99 a month each. Features on the new phones include faster processors but focus mainly around the cameras, with the top model having four, one on the front and three on the back. Interesting, but many would argue apples future is now about more than the iphone. Sales at the tech giant rose 1 to 53. 8billion in the last quarter but iphone sales represent less than half of com pa nys overall sales for the First Time Since 2012. Our north America Technology correspondent dave lee was at the apple event in cupertino and got to try out the new devices. This is the iphone 11 pro which this is the iphone pro which is the more expensive version of the new set of iphones. This one is the max version, the bigger version, of the three. You notice, compared to the iphone 11, you notice, compared to the iphone, there you