Coming up in the next half hour. The foreign secretary tells mps a return to customs posts on the irish border after brexit would be unthinkable. There can be no hard border, that would be unthinkable, it would be economic and political madness. Mps continue their detailed scrutiny of the eu withdrawal bill and demand reassurances on citizens rights. There arent british rights, there are a universal human rights and that is the message that this government and our comradeship sent to the rest of the world. And the government promises it will bring in new rules on the use of drones to try to protect aeroplanes. But first, the leader of the dup, arlene foster, has suggest that suggested that ireland and the rest of the eu were being careless and reckless in the way they were using concerns about the Northern Irish border as part of the brexit talks. In a bbc interview, mrs foster also suggested that there was no way the eu and the uk could put down red lines on the border before moving t
Young offenders from ethnic minorities will become the next generation of criminals unless the Justice System is reformed, a new reports says. And a 13 Year Old Girl who died from a brain aneurysm has helped eight different people through Organ Donation thats a record number. Good morning. Its friday 8th september. Im annita mcveigh. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. A state of emergency has been declared in the British Virgin islands after the devastation caused by Hurricane Irma. High winds and storm surges are continuing to ravage the caribbean, with dozens known to have died and buildings destroyed. Aid agencies are warning of spreading disease after the break down of water and sanitation services. Later, a military plane carrying relief will take off from raf brize norton in oxfordshire a royal navy ship, the rfa mounts bay, is already in the caribbean. She has already delivered assistance to anguilla, and is now on her way to the British Virgin islands. Lets ta ke lets take a look at
About what we saw in the u. S. Delegating, treasuries falling. The latest of elements in showingon seem to be optimism on the markets. Rebounding after the selloff we saw yesterday. We are looking at gold heading for its fifth weekly drop. Save havens seem to be losing favor with investors today. Those are your markets. We have a great guest lineup today. And others join us. As theresa may negotiates in brussels, opposition labor gives us his take on brexit. Lets get to the bloomberg worst the us get to the bloomberg first word news. Sebastian Angela Merkel has called on the you to shift their stance so a Brexit Agreement can be reached by the end of the year. Theresa may signaled she is willing to offer more on the divorce bill. May urged leaders to help her find a deal so she can sell them to sell it to skeptics at home. In spain, both sides of the standoff over catalina are often the ante. Standoff over catalonia are upping the ante. Catalan could declare independence within days. I
Iam in i am in florida iam in florida in i am in florida in the United States, the power of Hurricane Irma has had devastating consequences. Good morning and welcome to bbc news. The government says it is considering ways of making buying and selling houses faster, cheaper and selling houses faster, cheaper and less stressful. It is launching and less stressful. It is launching a consultation in england and wales which will look at whether its possible to reduce moving costs and end practices like gazumping. Community secretary sergey javad says the government has planned a massive House Building programme. Our business correspondentjoe lynam reports. Moving home is often compared to getting divorced in terms of stress and worry. Picking your new home is the easy part of the process, before venders, surveyors, solicitors, banks, agents and removal vans get involved. Currently, it can take three months on average to move home. Getting the mortgage offer from your bank alone takes around
Crashes into the side of a house and bursts into flames. Welcome to bbc newsroom. The Foreign Secretary has become the latest member of the cabinet to put pressure on the chancellor to relax the Public Sector pay cap. The limit is due to be in place by 2020, that a Government Source says borisjohnson 2020, that a Government Source says Boris Johnson strongly 2020, that a Government Source says borisjohnson strongly believes pay writers can be achieved without putting undue pressure on public finances. How would this pay cap be paid for. I think what it tells us is the chances of being able to stick by the Public Sector pay cap for the next couple of years looks increasingly remote because we have now had up to six Cabinet Ministers weather themselves through their intermediate trees, saying that they need to look again at this i intermediate trees, saying that they need to look again at this 1 cap. Borisjohnson suggesting this can be done without what he calls fiscal pressure, without