Cystic fibrosis patients wait to hear if two life changing drugs will be made available on the nhs in scotland. Coming up on afternoon live all the sport with olly. England announce their squad for the Rugby World Cup. They have gone early as well. There is one uncapped player in there, three who only made their debuts yesterday and obtain a tear, the centre, is out. Is that for disciplinary reasons . All the details coming up then tear. Thanks olly and stav has all the weather unsettled all week. There will be a couple of days with drier and brighter weather as well. I will have all the details for you later. And also a Global Weather story to talk about too. Thanks stav. Also coming up the unswerving devotion of a football fan. How the 11 year old floored by a lamp post got to meet his idol mo salah. Hello everyone this is afternoon live. Im martine croxall. Hong Kong International airport has cancelled all flights, as Anti Government protests in its main terminal continue for a four
Lets start with the huge sell off currently taking place on global stock markets, which over the past 2a hours have seen their biggest falls since 2018. In the us, the dowjones and s p 500 both fell by almost 3 on monday, and tech heavy nasdaq was down by 3. 5 . Investors are concerned about the latest developments in the trade war between washington and beijing. A few hours ago the white house officially called china a currency manipulator after a sharp fall in the value of the chinese yuan against the dollar. It passed the seven per dollar level for the First Time Since 2008. Nervy investors have been pouring their money into safe haven assets as a result, with gold futures currently trading at a six year high, hovering around the 1,500 level. Lets get more now from samira hussain, who sent us this report from new york. It is clear that investors here on wall street were spoke by chinas moved to devalue its currency. Us Financial Markets and their worst day in all of 2019. Investors
Croquet, i was glued to it, distract the cricket. Particularly the ending was unbelievable. Whichever you watched, not so much the formula i but if you watch the tennis of the cricket, it was just breathtaking. You couldnt drag yourself away from one of the other. Ive had people that have had one on in the front room of the other in the kitchen, or they had devices. So the sun talks about it, they have a great headline on the front, and if you read some of the detail, it says no shredding, hands trembling, heart pounding delirium. The best, greatest game in the history of cricket. Would you agree . The history of cricket. Would you . I the history of cricket. Would you agree . I dont watch cricket that often but it was absolutely mind boggling, for seven weeks of competition to come down to an absolute draw on the last four, both in the game and in the super over was incredible. And a super over is a brand new term . Was incredible. And a super over is a brandnew term . Absolutely. Not
World cup suffer a blow as they slump to a shock defeat against sri lanka at headingley. Life now gets much harderfor the hosts. Good morning. All quiet on the weather front, at least for today. Stormy days ahead and for some of us, hotter days. The full weekend forecast is on its way. Its saturday the june 22nd. Our top story. Borisjohnson is in the headlines once again this morning, this time over reports that police were called to his home in the early hours of friday morning because of a domestic disturbance. Mrjohnson and jeremy hunt are due to address Party Members in birmingham later today as part of their leadership bids. Our Political Correspondent Helena Wilkinson is in our london newsroom. Helena, what more do we know . We know police were called to his address. Just take us through what is known. We know this happened in the early hours of yesterday morning. This is a flat that mr johnson shows with his partner, carrie symons, and it follows reports from a neighbour who sai
World cup suffers a blow. Life gets much harderfor the hosts now. Good morning. All quiet on the weather front at least for today. Its a lovely start to the weekend but there are stormy days ahead and for some of us, to ones as well. The full weekend forecast is on its way. Its saturday 22nd june. Our top story. Boris johnson is likely to face questions today over reports that police were called to his home in the early hours of friday morning because of a loud argument. Our political correspondent, helena wilkinson, is in our london newsroom. Helena, theres only one story in town this morning will this have any effect on Boris Johnsons campaign . We know officers from the metropolitan police went to the flat that mrjohnson chairs with his partner as you said in the early hours of friday morning. It follows reports from a neighbour who said they heard a loud argument. The Guardian Newspaper has said they spoke to a neighbour who recorded the row from inside the flat. Its important to s