Good morning. Welcome to breakfast with Louise Minchin and dan walker. Our headlines today chaotic scenes in the commons as mps clash over the decision to suspend parliament for the next 5 weeks. No response from you. You wouldnt have the foggiest idea where to start on seeking to counsel me on this. I require no response from you. Earlier there was a sixth commons defeat in six days for the Prime Minister as mps again rejected an early general election. A new warning that hundreds of thousands of people in england are getting hooked on prescription drugs. An american explorer makes history becoming the first person to visit the deepest points in every ocean. Apple after the iphone. The tech giant unveils its newest products tonight, but are the glory days of the iphone over . Ill look at what could come next. Knighthoods for former england captains Geoffrey Boycott and Andrew Strauss. The pair have been handed the honours in ex Prime Minister theresa mays resignation honours list. You
Meanwhile at headingley, jofra archer dazzles for england, taking six australian wickets to give his side the edge, heading into day two of the third ashes test. After of the third ashes test. A mixed august, sunshine with after a mixed august, sunshine along with the heat going up. Join me with the full weekend forecast. Its friday 23rd august. Our top story Global Leaders have expressed alarm at the Record Number of wildfires in brazils amazon rainforest. French president Emmanuel Macron tweeted our house is burning and described the situation as an International Crisis that will be discussed at the g7 summit. The brazilian president , Jair Bolsonaro, says he is investigating the fires, but claims he does not have the resources to fight them. Ramzan kamarli has more. The fires in brazils rainforest rage on. This year there have been a Record Number. Satellites have identified over 75,000, most of them located in the amazon basin. The situation has become increasingly worse over the p
Why fewer shoppers and more closures made july an especially tough time for retailers. Ill have the details. A Fabulous Four and a perfect start to the new premier League Season for Manchester United, who thump chelsea at old trafford and inflict a first defeat for Frank Lampard. Good morning. Today we are looking ata good morning. Today we are looking at a mixture of sunshine and showers. Showers in the north and west, have very heavier and thundery showers in the south east, in between some sunshine, and this weeks weather remains unsettled. Ill have more in 15 minutes. Its monday, august 12. Our top story drug crime has risen in rural areas but fallen sharply in major city centres. A bbc investigation has found that in some villages in england and wales it has more than quadrupled in five years. The findings highlight concern about the spread of so called county lines gangs which traffic drugs using children and vulnerable people. Dan johnson reports. The latest frontier in the figh
Dorian, the most powerful storm to hit the bahamas tears roofs from buildings and causes severe flooding. Now, four american states declare states of emergency. Johanna konta earns another slice of tennis history as she reaches the quarter finals of the us open, becoming one of the first women to do it since 1983. It isa it is a bright comical start of the working week but if you are in the north and west, grab your umbrella. I will have all the details here on brea kfast. Its monday, the 2nd of september. Our top story borisjohnson has vowed to sack conservative party rebels who back plans to stop a no deal brexit, in a move likely to lose him his government majority. It comes ahead of a momentous week in westminster, where Opposition Mps will try to pass through emergency legislation to prevent no deal, ahead of the suspension of parlaiment next week. Our Political Correspondent, iain watson, has the latest. Mps return to westminster tomorrow but even before they are back, Boris John
Back into the ashes . Berlin and paris. Really, although the third test at headingley gets under way this morning. Open to ideas, no fundamental shift, and looks whos ready to steam in again. Because the fundamental problem is that the eu sees that have got to be good morning. There is still some ove rco m e that the eu sees that have got to be overcome still remain. And mr rain in the forecast in the northern half of the country. Tomorrow, as we johnson has got to present new ideas head into the weekend, a bank if they are to move at all. And holiday for some is going to be mostly dry and hot or warm depending aside from these talks particularly, is there a sense in france of our on which end of the country youre in. Ill have more details in 15 new Prime Minister . What do they make of Boris Johnson . To be honest, minutes. Its thursday, august 22nd. I think many are waiting for this, waiting to see what mrjohnson has our top story borisjohnson to say. But with little hope will go hea