It will feel quite a lot warmer as well, but there is some wet and windy weather there in the north west later on. Hello, this is bbc news. Iam martine i am martine croxall. The headlines amber rudd quits borisjohnsons cabinet, attacking his handling of brexit the government insists it is doing all it can to get a new deal. You might expect in the balance between getting a deal and no deal, 50 50 in terms of work, but its not that. Its, like, 80, 90 of government time going into preparing for no deal. We are working wholeheartedly, straining every sinew to get a deal, and the Prime Minister is personally putting in all the significant effort you would expect. Peace talks between the taliban and the us are called off President Trump blames a deadly attack in the afghan capital, kabul. Hours to go before British Airways pilots go on strike, affecting up to 300,000 passengers. Joy for australia theyve retained the ashes, after bowling out england on the final day of the fourth test at old
But its a tough night in the Womens Champions League for hibs, as theyre beaten 4 1 at home by slavia prague. Good evening, and welcome to sportsday. Jason roys been dropped from the england team for the fifth and final ashes test which starts tomorrow. After losing to australia at old trafford, its a match england have to win if theyre to level the series. And its not the only change being made. From the oval, heres our sports correspondentjoe wilson. It has come to the england team ahead at the fifth and final test at the oval and the catalyst i suppose is ben stokes. We saw him bowl once again during englands Training Session by england do not think they can trust him, he is not fit enough to get through an entire test match with his allocation of overs. He will play as a specialist batsman. Sam curran comes into the team as a bowling all rounder. Chris woakes comes back in the place of over ten. The knock on effect of this, jason roy loses his place in the test match team. He has h
By living organisms. Within the next ten years or so, we will know whether there are biomarkers or chemicals that are due to life in these atmospheres. Scientists hope to discover, possibly quite soon, whether life is unique to earth or teeming on worlds across our galaxy. Pallab ghosh, bbc news. And well be taking an in depth look at the papers with our reviewers, broadcaster and author john kampfner, and the deputy Political Editor at the sunday times, caroline wheeler. Thats coming up after the headlines at 11 30pm. Now its time for the weather with ben rich. Hello. Low pressure is in charge of oui hello. Low pressure is in charge of our weather at the moment and these arent any old areas of low pressure, they are weather systems that started life in the tropics. The first, the remnants of what was hurricane dorian, in a much weakened form to the north of the uk on wednesday with blustery winds and outbreaks of rain and our next ex Tropical Weather system approaching, the remnants o
Today approving a bill preventing a no deal brexit, well be asking if borisjohnsons tactics have misfired. Also tonight. From independence icon to modern day tyrant zimbabwes Robert Mugabe, who led the country for 37 years, has died. The uk ship at the forefront of the relief effort in the bahamas the islands devastated by Hurricane Dorian. Might now its launching a vessel loaded with heavy lifting equipment and vehicles to try to get to an area that was badly affected by the hurricane, but hasnt yet been reached at all. And late wickets dent englands hope for the ashes in the fourth test at old trafford. And coming up on sportsday on bbc news, britains Dina Asher Smith posts a seasons best to win the 100m Diamond League final in brussels. Good evening. The Prime Ministers demand for an early general election looks set to be rejected by mps after opposition parties agreed it shouldnt take place until after the eu summit in mid october. Labour, the lib dems, the snp and plaid cymru say
We are working wholeheartedly, straining every sinew to get a deal, and coming up its been a summer of astonishing moments for england, but australia secure the ashes at old trafford with with one more test to play. Hello and welcome to world news today. President trump has called off peace negotiations with the taliban, after they admitted being behind an attack in afghanistan that killed a us soldier. The taliban condemned the decision to withdraw from the talks to end 18 years of war, warning that the us would lose the most. Our chief International Correspondent lyse doucet reports from kabul. A busy kabul junction. The attack said to have changed president trumps mind. A young us soldier died here and ten afghans, aged ten to 70. The taliban struck this kabul neighbourhood, too, the very day last week the us said it had reached a deal in principle with the taliban to start bringing its troops home. Theyve been negotiating for nearly a year in the gulf state of qatar, and the taliba