Good morning from moscow my name is kevin o. And here the new center this with the latest for this thursday morning starting with this that russia is trying to find ways to get evidence on the alleged poisoning of Opposition Leader alexina valmy we spoke to the countrys permanent representative to the chemical weapons watched over the o. P. C. W. Alexander shogun adds that germany is delaying its response to moscows requests on purpose. The Russian Federation has been waiting for answers from our german colleagues the general Prosecutors Office has sent 2 requests for Legal Assistance unfortunately we have not received any answers there were various explanations from the german side firstly there were references to National Secrets the german said they were afraid of revealing secrets and german technologies during our specialists acquaintance with the results of the analysis in a boon to swear laboratory then our german colleagues started talking about the necessity of the prior appro
Response and deploys its military after concern that not enough was being done. President trump looks to calm growing fears over the us china trade war after telling reporters that the two countries will start negotiating. The largest earthquake to be caused by a fracking site in the uk has been felt in lancashire. The Prime Minister tells the bbc to cough up and pay for tv licences for all over 75s, notjust those on low incomes. Now on the bbc news channel were taking a look back at last weeks top stories on the Victoria Derbyshire programme. Hello and welcome. Over the next half hour, well show you some of the highlights from oui programme over the last week. And we start on facebook, where thousands of women in groups across the country are naming and shaming the men they claim have abused them. Prick advisor was set up to be a force for good a social media group where women can warn other women about all sorts of negative behaviour by men, from cheating, through to violence, rape a
And 21 in the towns and cities. The countryside will be more comfortable at 11pm. We have a weak cold front bringing patchy cloud across england and scotland. There will be lower temperatures for these areas on monday. Into eastern wales and central and eastern england, that is where we will see the highest temperatures again, 33 are maybe 3a in the hottest spots. Hello this is bbc news with julian worricker. The headlines. Borisjohnson has said the chances of a brexit deal are touch and go ahead of his meeting with the Eu Council President at the g7 summit. Ido i do think that they understand that there is an opportunity to do a deal. But i think the also. I think it is going to be touch and go. President trump says a very big trade deal after brexit is on the menu as the two men hold a working breakfast. The uks biggest airports will install 3 d baggage scanners to make security checks quicker. And now on bbc news, a look back at some of the highlights this week from the Victoria Der
The major power cut across the uk earlier this month was sparked by a Lightning Strike and the sudden loss of two big generators. Its emerged Jeffrey Epstein signed a will two days before killing himself in his new yorkjail cell, while awaiting trial on sex trafficking and conspiracy charges. Manchester uniteds unsettled star paul pogba misses a penalty as his side are held to a draw at wolves. And coming up. We hear from the chicken connoisseur on the decision to put anti knife slogans on chicken takeaway food boxes. Good morning, and welcome to the bbc news at nine. The irish Prime Minister, leo varadakar, has rejected a fresh demand by borisjohnson for the eu to remove the irish backstop from the brexit Withdrawal Agreement. In a letter to the European Council president , donald tusk, mrjohnson said that it was anti democratic and inconsistent with the sovereignty of the uk, and suggested that alternative arrangements could replace it. The uk and the eu had agreed on the backstop as