A warm welcome to the programme, briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business, and sport. And you can be part of the conversation. Weve all been charmed by the exploits at wimbledon of 15 year old cori gauff. But is there too much pressure being put on her at too young an age . Tell us what you think just use the hashtag bbcthebriefing. And we will talk through your comments. We begin in north korea today. North korea says washington is determined to carry on with what it called hostile acts against it, despite President Trumps professed desire to hold talks. It comes just days after the two leaders met in the demilitarised zone when President Trump became the first sitting us president to walk into north korea. The duo agreed to continue talks on the countrys nuclear programme. But now pyongyangs representatives to the United Nations say the us wants to undermine the peaceful atmosphere in the korea peninsula and call on all countries to be vigilant. Dr robert kelly i
In the region last week. And huawai says sales of its handsets have plumeted 40 since the us sanctions and is slashing production by 30 billion. Bbc chinese will look at how huawei can possibly respond to that. Egypts former president Mohammed Morsi has died afterfainting in a courtroom. Heres the announcement from state tv. Translation Mohammed Morsi passed away today during the Espionage Court hearing, the decease asked the judge to speak and he was permitted and after the session was adjourned he fainted and passed away. His body has been moved to the hospital and the necessary procedures are to be taken. Mr morsi was egypts first democratically elected president. He led the Muslim Brotherhood organisation to victory in the 2012 president ial election. The brotherhood had been banned under long time leader Hosni Mubarak and was banned again after the military seized power and ended his presidency in 2013. Hed been in custody ever since. The Muslim Brotherhood have released a stateme
The former president. Speaking after day one of the trial, mr trump sought to cast doubt over the legitimacy of the court. Its a scam trial. If you read all of the legal comments, from all of the legal scholars today, theres not one that i see that said that this is a case that should be brought to trial. Its a scam. Its a political witchhunt. It continues for ever and we are not going to be given a fair trial and it is a very, very sad thing. Live now to new york to speak to our correspondent john sudworth. John, bring us up to date with what happened today . When Donald Trumps motorcade left the precinct here in a man well used to breaking the norms of political life hit another milestone, this time a legal one, becoming the first us president to face a criminal trial. When it did get under way, as is often the case, the business was pretty humdrum, procedural discussion, the defence raising a number of issues and discussions over the timing. Donald trump suggesting he needed a day o
Bondijunction located in the citys affulent Eastern Suburbs. The attack has left six people dead with eight people in hospital, including a nine month old baby, who has undergone surgery. The attacker was shot dead by a Senior Police officer who had been in the area at the time. Lets show you these pictures taken as the incident was unfolding. As you can see a member of the public, at the top of an escalator, and carrying a barrier, confront the attacker whos seen on the left of screen. Lets hear from some of the people who were there at the Shopping Centre. There was, i saw a woman lying on the floor in miss chanel. It is like the worst thing ever. Like who does that to people . It is all a blur. We were coming in and we got told by a woman not to go in but we didnt believe her and we went in anyway. We were just looking, somebody was injured down there, everybody was looking to see what was going on. But then we saw all these people running towards us and we heard a shot. My husband
This is bbc news. Im shaun ley. The headlines at three 17 people are reported to have been shot dead and several others wounded in a mass shooting in north east thailand the situation is ongoing and the suspect a soldier, is still at large. Five british people including a child have tested positive for the coronavirus at a ski resort in france. Six senior conservatives write to tory mps to raise concerns about the governments decision to allow huawei to help build the uks 56 network. Why would you want to build into your system an organisation that remains a threat . I dont know of anywhere else in the world that would do that. Officials working on Boris Johnsons pledge to recruit an extra 20,000 Police Officers say that theyll actually need to take on more than 50,000
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