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
That the e. U. Cant possibly keep and then blaming the breakdown on them i know that there are people that think that i actually dont think that i think the determination of this government was to get a resolution on bricks it if that then led to an election in which they could say we delivered fantastic but it was in that order in my mind it was to deliver bricks at 1st and then potentially go to the polls this mass having an election potentially before weve left the which i think even if it helps the tories in the end because of the destruction of the party it spin the bottle gambling and it could go in any direction. Just once that in a sense is a minority government spin the bottle is pretty much left out its just before we go on i mean as i say the chamber is filling up now a result i think must come pretty quickly. Do you feel that we are now at a Pivotal Moment in the game what happens now. Next to do you think that is disinfo this is absolutely pivotal if as we think the govern
This is a Global Crisis because these are considered the lungs of these are considered the lungs of the world. England are once again trying to pull off an unlikely ashes victory at headingley. The g7 summit, the amazon in flames, and china. All discussed in dateline london in half an hours time, here on bbc news. President trump has promised a very big trade deal with the uk, saying its departure from the eu will be like losing an anchor round the ankle. He was speaking this morning during their first face to face meeting since borisjohnson became Prime Minister. It took place in biarritz, where World Leaders have begun the g7 summit. President trump said the two sides would be able to Reach Agreement very quickly. You know what this is . Hes going to bea you know what this is . Hes going to be a fantastic Prime Minister. We are having very, very good meetings. We are going to do a fantastic deal once we clear up we are going to do a fantastic deal once we clear up some we are going t
This was the meeting that Boris Johnson wanted and downing street will be delighted President Trump chose the british Prime Ministerfor his first set of bilateral talks. The big question is whether there is anything more than warm words and friendship, especially when it comes to clinching a trade deal. Side by side to the american president and the man he says is the right person to deliver brexit. Borisjohnson right person to deliver brexit. Boris johnson says right person to deliver brexit. Borisjohnson says there are massive opportunities for British Business ifa opportunities for British Business if a trade deal can be done but critics say it could take years. The us and british team sat down for a working breakfast with donald trump promising a big trade deal that could be done quickly. A very big trade deal, bigger than we have had with the uk. When i spoke to the Prime Minister he was optimistic. The americans are ambitious to get this done and they want results, within a year
Nhs and no deal preparations. This week he lent to the International Stage meeting europes top two power brokers, but without a deal in sight. He wants them to know parliament wont stop brexit and this weekend again warned mps from doing that. Writing, the so called effo rts doing that. Writing, the so called efforts to prevent no deal are in fa ct efforts to prevent no deal are in fact making no deal more likely. But todays sunday times leak of classical classified documents showing their contingency plans for ano showing their contingency plans for a no deal make for painful reading. A risk the country should not be taken, according to a former head of the Civil Service who now advises labour and has called for a second brexit referendum. Part of serving the government of the day is to give them honest advice of the risks. In my personal view, these risks are com pletely my personal view, these risks are completely insane for this country to be taking. In the Cabinet Office document