Meanwhile, for the labour party, with me katty kay in washington, Christian Fraser is in london the battle for the leadership turns our top stories. Increasingly bitter. Freshly elected mps arrive in westminster also on the programme. As democrats move this week for the first time to impeach President Trump including a new cohort republicans in the senate say of 109 conservatives theyve already Senate Republicans promise total decided hes innocent. Coordination with the president when hes on trial. But does that compromise one of arsenals star players has become embroiled the integrity of the trial . In a row with china. Coming up in the next half hour. The financial fallout is huge and says a lot about beijings power. 7 years ago a gunman in newtown Chinas Foreign Ministry says arsenal player mesut 0zil destroyed a community was deceived by fake news this weekend the schools football after criticising the countrys treatment of uighur muslims. Team gave them something to cheer. And the
Of the next Un Climate Conference starting in chile on monday. Coming up on afternoon live, all the sport gavin has the details. And turmoil at arsenal. Yeah, absolutely. Arsenal sacked head coach unai emery after a dreadful run of form. Reaction later. Thanks gavin. Thomas has the weather details. Not hard a cold snap is upon us. A lot of sunshine, crisp autumn weather. Also, some fog. More in a bit. Thanks, tomas. Also coming up, a manuscript written by elizabeth i is discovered a translation of a book praising the monarchy, complete with her distinctive messy handwriting. Hello everyone. This is afternoon live. Im rebecca jones. 4,500 workers are set to lose theirjobs, after the energy firm npower announced its closing three Customer Service centres in the uk. Unions have called it a cruel blow in the run up to christmas, but the company, which is german owned, says its been struggling for some time and that the british market is particularly challenging. The cuts represent three qu
Newcomers to the world of politics. And the price of exclusive travel five times last week, the Us Health Secretary swapped commercial flights for his own private jet. At what cost to the taxpayer . Hello and welcome. Im katty kay in washington and Christian Fraser is in london. There are two huge natural disasters at the moment. Were going to start in mexico where parents are right now waiting outside a school to see if rescue workers can find their children in the rubble caused by the quake that struck yesterday. We know at least 200 have died in the earthquake we dont know how many more are still trapped. Rescuers across the capital are working anxiously, in some place they are removing debris by hand and from time to time pausing to listen for any signs of life. A lot of the focus is on that Primary School where 20 children and five adults were killed when their classrooms collapsed around them. 30 more students are still missing. Aleem maqbool sent us this report from mexico city.
Its 8am in singapore, 1am In London and eight in the evening in new york, where diplomatic efforts to try to ease the tension on the Korean Peninsula are stepping up a gear this friday. The us Secretary Of State Rex Tillerson will attend a Un Security Council meeting. The United States and its allies are expected to turn up the pressure on china to use its leverage to rein in kimjong un. Speaking to the bbc, republican senator John Barrasso explained the renewed diplomacy drive. Well, of course the goal is a peaceful resolution of the process, thats what we want. We want north korea without Nuclear Weapons and this whole thing peacefully resolved. Thats the deliberations and discussions with china so they can get much more involved because you know after all, that 85 of the trading that north korea does is with china and i think china right now realises their interests are aligned with the United States, with regard to a Nuclear Armed north korea because the question is really can they
On the last few days. The ftse just starting up a little bit. Well take a look at what this means for prices at the pump. And following the vice like grip of the handshake between president s trump and macron, were getting to grips with the perfect greeting and asking how important is the handshake . Hello and welcome to Business Live. Yesterday it was nato, today its the g7. A different place, sicily this time, a different combination of world leaders, a different agenda. Lets take a look at why its important. These seven countries account for getting on for half of the worlds wealth about 46 . But many of them are struggling with comparatively stagnant economies. The International Monetary fund is forecasting the worlds economy will grow by 3. 5 this year, butjust1. 9 in the g7. Also high on the list of worries the rise of Trade Protectionism after President Trump came to power promising to put america first. The other g7 members will be pushing him to soften this position. Then ther