Lead brexit negotiator, Michel Barnier, says the uk has now reached a moment of truth. He rejects borisjohnsons demand for the irish backstop to be scrapped. Hurricane dorian is the strongest ever to hit the bahamas us forecasters describe the conditions there as catastrophic. Pro democracy activists in hong kong target the citys airport after a night of violence in which dozens of people were injured. Political leaders from across the world gather in poland to mark the 80th anniversary of the start of world war ii, as the german president asks for polands forgiveness at the event. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. Labour says itll present a bill in parliament this week designed to stop the uk leaving the eu without a deal. Sir keir starmer, the shadow brexit secretary, has told the bbc that if the legislation is passed, its likely to delay the date of departure. The cabinet minister, michael gove, refused to commit the government to implementing such a change even if its approve
Forward. Meanwhile the eus lead brexit negotiator, rejects borisjohnsons demands for the irish backstop to be scrapped. Michel barnier says the uk has now reached a moment of truth. Pro democracy activists in hong kong target the citys airport. Large crowds gather outside the terminal building, causing long queues for passengers trying to get inside. Political leaders from across the world gather in poland to mark the 80th anniversary of the start of world war ii as the german president asks for polands forgiveness at the event. And pope francis apologizes for arriving late for his weekly address to crowds in saint Peters Square after he was stuck in a lift for 25 minutes and had to be freed by firefighters. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. Labour says itll present a bill in parliament this week designed to stop the uk leaving the eu without a deal. Sir keir starmer, the shadow brexit secretary, has told the bbc that if the legislation is passed its likely to delay the date of d
He rejects borisjohnsons demand for the irish backstop to be scrapped. Hurricane dorian is the strongest ever to hit the bahamas us forecasters describe the conditions there as catastrophic. Its going to go hundreds of miles. We expect that most of the eastern seaboard will be ultimately impacted, and some of it very, very severely. Pro democracy activists in hong kong target the citys airport after a night of violence in which dozens of people were injured. Political leaders from across the world gather in poland to mark the 80th anniversary of the start of world war ii, as the german president asks poland for forgiveness. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. Labour says itll present a bill in parliament this week designed to stop the uk leaving the eu without a deal. Sir keir starmer, the shadow brexit secretary, has told the bbc that if the legislation is passed, its likely to delay the date of departure. The cabinet minister, michael gove, refused to commit the government to imp
President pushed for a partial vaping ban amid those growing health concerns. Christien kafton joining us live from San Francisco, and this is one of the few cases where the president and several cisco city leaders are aligned. The Trump Administration signing and citing an increase in the number of youths vaping. It also comes on the heels of news of the sixth now reported vaping death. President trump made the announcement, acknowledging that vaping is big business. But saying that the more than 450 recent reports of lung ailments and at least six deaths associated with vaping are alarming. We can allow people to get sick, we can have our youth be so affected. Health and Services Secretary laid out a timeline. It will take several weeks for us to put out the final guidance which will allow all that prominence around the enforcement policy. Then there will likely be a 30 day delayed Effective Date which is customary with the good guidance practice. Tobacco flavored vaping product make
How vulnerable are states to outside attacks . And why the socalled techlash has only made facebook stronger. Lets start with our global cover. 10 straight weeks of antigovernment protests in hong kong is raising fears about the one country two systems policy that has prevailed since the british handover. Here is businessweek editor joel webber. Joel so we have been talking about it almost in every issue, since the fury broke forth this summer. The thing that happened this week with the airport and the clashes at the airport area at the airport. We felt like that had become a Tipping Point and all eyes on hong kong at this moment. When we stepped back and thought about what is a perspective that we can bring to the store that has not been brought one of the things that came out of the conversation is where is the thing coming from . 47. Is about 20 when hong kong was handed back to china, one country, two systems being this guiding idea for how the city would be managed, 2047 is the Ex