Of the heart and bonnie tyler belts out her classic total eclipse of the heart to lucky fans chasing the eclipse, as it sweeps over the us. Good morning. Its tuesday 22nd august. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. President trump says the us will fight to win in afghanistan, as he unveils a new strategy in the war against the taliban. In a major speech last night he said that he had changed his mind about withdrawing troops from the country. He also called on nato allies to do more. Our washington correspondent Aleem Maqbool reports. The man who always said he didnt want to intervene abroad came to announce the intervention in afghanistan is going to ratchet up. But said it was for the right reasons. We are a partner and a friend, but we will not dictate to the Afghan People how to live, or how to govern their own complex society. We are not nation building again. We are killing terrorists. He announced the lifting of a cap on the number of us troops in afghanistan, and that there would be
Walk even once a month. Good morning. Is the growth of car finance deals healthy for the motor industry . We built a lot more vehicles in july that last year, but there are Big Questions about whats fuelling the demand. Ill be taking a look. In sport, Conor Mcgregor and Floyd Mayweather declare a truce ahead of the big fight on saturday. And carol has the weather. Rain over the Northern Isles for most of the day, but for most of the uk, some showers. Especially in the south. Feeling fresher than of late. All the details in 15 minutes. Good morning. First, our main story. More than half a million teenagers in england, wales and Northern Ireland will get their gcse results this morning. There are some major changes for students in england coming into place for the first time. More difficult exams in english and maths will be graded using a numerical system, going from nine at the top to one at the bottom. Other subjects will continue to be graded from a star to g. Exams in wales have als
To hear congressional coverage, public appears forums and todays Washington Journal Program and debris they listen to a recap of the days events on washington today. You can hear audio of the five Network Sunday Public Affairs programs beginning sunday at noon eastern. Cspan radio on audio now, 20269 to 68888, Long Distance or phone charges may apply. Just a few months ahead of retirement congressman john dingell spoke at the National Press club about his career and the current state of congress. The michigan democrat is the longest serving member of congress with the kenya the stands six decades and he remains only one of two world war ii veterans currently serving in the house of representatives. This is an hour. Good afternoon. And welcome. My name is myron belkind, adjunct prof. Of George Washington University School of media, Public Affairs, former International Bureau chief of the Associated Press and 107st president of the National Press club. The National Press club is the worl
Hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. With me are Polly Mckenzie the chief executive for director of the cross party thinktank demos and brexit commissioning editor the telegraph asa bennett. Great to have you both along for this second edition of our papers. Tomorrows front pages starting with. The telegraph says oxford scientists believe theyve made a breakthrough in their search for a covid 19 vaccine, after discovering that the jab triggers a response that may offer a double defence against the virus. The times also leads with that story and says volunteers in the trial are understood to have shown encouraging levels of neutralising antibodies, thought to be important in protecting against viral infection, and there were no serious side effects. The express is jubilant, saying the success at trial raises hope that there will be a vaccine by the end of 2020. The metro goes with what it calls growing confusion over the need to wear m
And the moment a music teacher with dementia hears his composition played by an orchestra for the first time. Good morning from Arundel Castle in west sussex, where it is a chilly start to the day. We will be talking to dupont through the course of this morning. The focus for this week will be windy at times, wet at times, but by the end of the week it will also be quite mild. More details in about ten minutes. Its monday the 26th of october. Our top story. A Navy Special Forces unit has stormed an oil tanker off the isle of wight after a suspected hijacking. Seven stowaways thought to be nigerian nationals have been detained after they were reported to have threatened the crew. Andy moore has the latest. Late last night, and the tanker andromeda was back under the control of its crew after what the ministry of defence called a suspected hijacking. 16 members of the special boat squadron, based at nearby poole, were landed on the ship as night fell. Defence secretary ben wallace said.