To push australia past 250. His third tonne of the season. Only don bradman has more. And we are all thrilled and we are all thrilled and nick miller has the weather. We have rain and High Pressure building infor we have rain and High Pressure building in for the weekend, to settle things down. Briefly. I have your full forecast coming up. See your full forecast coming up. See you in half an hour. See you in half an hour. Thanks nick, also coming up on afternoon live. Away from the drama of westminster, well be finding out what young people make of it all. Hello everyone this is afternoon live, im simon mccoy. Good afternoon, youre watching afternoon live from westminster. The tensions at the heart of government have been laid bare after borisjohnsons brother, jo, quit the government and announced hes stepping down as a conservative mp. He says hes been torn between family loyalty and the National Interest. He spoke to the bbc, just a few moments ago, outside his london home. I havent
Dogs eyes may have evolved to help them bond with humans. And coming up in Sport England are back in action at the cricket world cup. They take on afghanistan at old trafford in just over an hours time. Good morning and welcome to the bbc news at nine. Heathrow one of the worlds busiest airports will publish details of its expansion plans this morning. The project to build a third runway is expected to cost £14 billion, but is facing fierce opposition from environmental campaigners. The public will have 12 weeks to comment on the plans. Our transport correspondent, tom burridge, reports. They queue at heathrow. 99 of landing and take off slots at britains main airport are full. Theyre notjust queueing up to take off, theyre queueing up in the sky to get in. A plane will arrive or leave heathrow every 45 seconds. Its why heathrow says it needs a third runway. And this is the airports vision. The new runway will run over a new section of the busy m25. 761 homes will have to be moved, th
what we re getting is in fact we re a first rate product. president biden finally taking time to address the babyy formula crisis before jetting off to delaware this weekend, d joe deflecting blame after dropping the ball. but ll it s not the only thing he s screwing up. inflation raging, the economymy in turmoil and the american people aren t buying it. bidenin is selling. almost 80% say the country is headedt in the wrong direction. biden, who promised to be theoe adult in the room and to always have a plan, is once again caught off guard by a crisis he should have seen coming. american families can t get baby formula, but there are pallets of it for migrants at our southern border over 50 percent of supplies are out in some states. and if you re a concerned parent, joe biden says don t worry, he s making a government website to help you find formula. this is a process we remumu worg on very, very hard.ar there sd nothing more urgent. we re working on than that right now. w
Extensive every year. Welcome to outsideside source. We begin in saudi arabia. A story we have coffered previously previously, the anti corru ption have coffered previously previously, the Anti Corruption purge which began almost three weeks ago. The crackdown initiated by the crown prince bin salman. Seen by most saudis as the countrys leader in waiting. The supporters say that the purge is overdue, critics say he is boosting his power, both could be true. More than 200 people have been arrested and while the names have not been released, they are believed to include 11 prisons, including two nephews of the crown prince. They are detained in riyadh in the five star ritz carledon hotel. Where wealthy Business People and visiting dignitaries stay. It is very grand there. Donald trump was there in may. Lots of visiting dignitaries go there. Lots of top business executives. So you can imagine the speculation as to what is going on inside the ritz calton. For the first time we can take you
And the Desert Island and the team are doing so well at the moment that the other teams might as well not show up ireland and their team. Sarah keith lucas has all the weather. Sarah. The strong winds have moved away but we have lots of wintry weather on the cards with snowfall and ice and i will bring you all those details in halfan i will bring you all those details in half an hour. Some day their prince will come but crowds gathering in cardiff for prince harry and his bride to be Meghan Markle will have to wait a bit longer because the royals train is running an hour late. Hello, everyone. This is afternoon live. Im simon mccoy. The french president , Emmanuel Macron, is in the uk for a summit with theresa may and its an important one for both countries. The leaders will be concentrating on what could be a crucial relationship once britain leaves the eu. They already have Strong Security links, underlined today by the first ever meeting of the quint, the heads of all five british a