Scotland face a must win game against russia to keep their hopes alive while wales can qualify for the quarter finals if they beat fiji. Good morning. And it is another day of sunshine and showers. Some of those showers are merging to give longer spells of rain, heavy with hailand longer spells of rain, heavy with hail and thunder, but they will be blown along quite quickly on gusty winds. They will have more in 15 minutes. Good morning. Its wednesday the 9th of october. Our top story the irish Prime Minister has warned it will be very difficult for the uk and the eu to reach an agreement on brexit before the deadline of october the 31st. Leo varadkars comments come as european leaders accused the government of turning the brexit negotiations into a stupid blame game. Our Political Correspondent nick eardley is in downing street for us this morning. Nick, what next for brexit . The tone of the conversation has really ta ke n the tone of the conversation has really ta ken a the tone of
By a partner or relative is at its highest level for at least five years. Police at Heathrow Airport arrest two men who they suspect were trying to fly a drone into the airfield. The singer lily allen says her Record Company failed to take action after hearing allegations that shed been sexually assaulted. Clashes over healthcare, but unity on gun control democrat president ial hopefuls battle it out in their race for the president ial nomination. And coming up the solheim cup is under way, at gleneagles. Its europe versus the usa, in one of the biggest events in womens sport. Good morning and welcome to the bbc news at nine. The house of commons speaker, john bercow, has vowed to use what he called creativity in parliament, if borisjohnson ignores the law designed to stop a no deal brexit. Mr bercow called it astonishing that anyone has even entertained the notion of forcing through brexit without the approval of mps. The Prime Minister has said he would rather be dead in a ditch than
It is a cross i have to bear right or wrong, good or bad, i have to live with it. And i do because i am clear in my mind, and i think most people in england are, that it is not true. Although the chief executive of womens aid has said celebrating a man. I dont care a toss about her, love. Its 25 years ago. So what does the charity womens aid say . Well find out. And, tell us, do you give a toss . Five weeks thats how long parliaments doors will be closed forfrom this morning. Six defeats out of six for the Prime Minister. 41 gongs for those who served theresa may, even though she said a similar gongs handed out by her predecessor made her retch. And the pm still insists that whatever Parliament Says hes going to make brexit happen on 31st october. No matter how many devices this parliament invents to tie my hands, i will strive, mr speaker, to get an agreement in the national interest. And, these two people are planning to fly drones around heathrow this week in an environmental protes
And the mexican drug lord el chapo is sentenced to life in prison plus 30 years. Joaquin guzman must also hand over 12 billion of the enormous profits he generated. Hello and welcome im katty kay in washington and Christian Fraser is in london. Democrats will vote in a couple of hours on whether to impeach donald trump because of his racist tweets. Its not something Speaker Nancy Pelosi is in favour of, so its unlikely to pass. But it shows the anger in the party over the president s attacks on four democratic congresswomen of colour. Last night the house did pass a resolution condemning the attacks as racist. And it was a bitterly divided chamber. All democrats voted against the president only four republicans joined them. At one point the proceedings got so contentious, the democratic chair simply walked out in disgust. This morning, the president responded on twitter endorsing a republican senator who called the congresswomen the four women of the apocalypse and whack jobs. The cong
As councils step up visits to the elderly and doctors warn of the risk of heatstroke. Meanwhile, rail passengers are told to stay at home, with the risk of rail tracks buckling. Sarah is at our Weather Centre. It is officially the highest temperature in july on it is officially the highest temperature injuly on record but there is a chance today we could beat the all Time Temperature record which is set at 38. 5 celsius. The heat is rising and so is the humidity, it is not going to cool down ina humidity, it is not going to cool down in a hurry. I will bring you all the details in about half an hour. Englands cricketers are slowly repairing some of the damage from yesterdays collapsed. They have a rather Unlikely Hero to thank so have a rather Unlikely Hero to thank so far. More later in the hour. Hello everyone, this is afternoon live, im simon mccoy. The temperature here at westminster has soared in recent days both outside and inside the houses of parliament where earlier Boris John