The uk has recorded its second hottest day ever, with temperatures reaching over 38 degrees in cambridge. Forecasters are warning the heat could lead to heavy rain in some areas. Now on bbc news live to singapore for Asia Business report. Prime push heads and was on. It shares fall as earnings disappoint. And amazon and getting paid to play video games. We start with amazon as shares have fallen after its earnings disappointed investors. Revenues for the three month to the end ofjune came in at 63. 1; billion dollars. Up about 20 from a year ago, just over 2. 6 billion dollars was actually profit but the crux is it was less than expected. The company has been spending heavily, some 800 million alone in the past three months, to make one day delivery the norm but it is facing pressure of its size and power and facing an anti trust investigation as well as being probed in europe. Michelle flurry has more. The wave of record profits has more. The wave of record profits has a crested. By m
A warm welcome to the Programme Briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. Over 30 million is up for grabs at the fortnitegame world cup. 15 yr old benjy fish is one of a handful of british gamers to make it to the finals. Today we want to know are parents right to be telling kids theyre wasting their time online . Get in touch bbcthebriefing. We are going to start with brexit. Top Europen Union officials have given a cool response to borisjohnsons remark to parliament that he is committed to getting rid of the irish backstop designed to prevent customs checks on the irish border after brexit. In a phone call with the new british Prime Minister, the Commission President , jean claude juncker, stressed the deal couldnt be changed. John mcmanus has more. Statement, the Prime Minister. Do the cheers of his conservative party mps, Boris Johnson rose the cheers of his conservative party mps, borisjohnson rose to make his first Prime Ministerial statement, and h
How could england, the newly crowned world champions, albeit in a different form of the game, be bowled out for 85 ireland . The a nswer bowled out for 85 ireland . The answer is tm murtagh. He bowls with answer is tm murtagh. He bowls with a nagging accuracy. Too much for england here today. We also have to remember the level of mental fatigue within the english dressing room. Conspicuous by theirfailures, the members of the english test team here were also part of the world cup squad. Is that an excuse . Of course not but it is part of the explanation. In their reply, ireland had to bat sensibly and they did. Contributions from stuart broad who was trying to get back in the ashes frame and ollie stone who is in the queue of fast bowlers trying to get into testing permanently. But ireland are in such a strong position now because of bowling england out so cheaply. Forget the ashes, england have a fight on their hands here. And what does day to promise . All in hand and more mayhem pot
Happening today, act rivers plan to meet in San Francisco to demand justice for black men killed by officers this week. They are expected to be on bryant street near interstate 80. Last night demonstrators hit the streets for hours. Sergio quintana tells us about the new precautions police are taking. Hundreds arrived at city hall to protest Police Violence against black people. It was loud, but peaceful. San francisco sheriffs deputies prepared for their arrival by cordoning off the entrance to city hall. The protest was after two shootings this week. Salton sterling was killed in louisiana tuesday. He was selling cds on the street. And Philando Castile was killed in minnesota. He was pulled over for a broken tail light. We are still having this conversation. Its still going on and we havent got to a point we can respect each other no matter what color or sexual orientation. All lives matter but seems like at the end of the day black people are being killed more than any other race, e
671 livermore and finally the Golden Gate Bridge pretty gray out. There. Upper 50s coast to the low 80s inland. Chris. Lisa, thank you. Happening today, act rivers plan to meet in San Francisco to demand justice for black men killed by officers this week. They are expected to be on bryant street near interstate 80. Last night demonstrators hit the streets for hours. Sergio quintana tells us about the new precautions police are staying. Hundreds arrived at city hall to protest Police Violence against black people. It was loud but peaceful. San francisco sheriffs deputies prepared for their arrival by cordoning off the entrance to city hall. It was after two shootings this week. One in louisiana and one in minnesota. The minnesota man was pulled over for a broken taillight. We are still having this conversation. Its still going on and we havent got to a point we can respect each other no matter what color or sexual orientation. All lives matter but seems like at the end of the day black