Good morning. It is 8 00am in singapore, 1 00am in the morning in london, and 8 00pm in washington, where the us secretary of state, mike pompeo, says that afghan peace talks are on hold. Earlier, President Trump tweeted that a secret meeting with taliban leaders at camp david had been cancelled. The taliban has condemned the decision and warned that america has the most to lose. It is a sudden halt after nine rounds of talks to try and end nearly 20 years of war in afghanistan. 0ur chief International Correspondent lyse doucet reports from kabul. A busy kabul junction. The attack said to have changed President Trumps mind. A young us soldier died here, a romanian, ten afghans, aged ten to 70. The president vented his fury on twitter. There is not a day without violence. Taliban struck this kabul neighbourhood last week, the very day last week the us said it had reached a deal in principle with the taliban to start bringing its troops home. Theyve been negotiating for nearly a year in
The stories on our website. Just go to bbc. Com news. Now on bbc news, live to singapore for Asia Business report. British airways grounded. The first strike by the carriers pilots cripples of flights, causing travel disruption for tens of thousands of passengers. Brazils sweet rides, why the country is now at a crossroads after going all in on ethanol fuelled vehicles. Good morning, asia. Hello, world. Its a monday, the start of a brand new trading week. Glad you could join us for another exciting addition of Asia Business report. Im rico hizon. Lets kick off the programme with aviation, because pilots of one of the Worlds Largest carriers, British Airways, havejust of the Worlds Largest carriers, British Airways, have just started their first ever strike. The two day walkout follows failed talks including a pay offer of 11. 5 . Over three years. British airways rejected the last ditch proposal to restart negotiations aimed at averting the industrial action. Unions representing cabin
Good morning. A group of mps, including some rebel conservatives who were expelled from the party, are preparing legal action if borisjohnson refuses to agree to a parliamentary bill which would require him to ask for a further delay to brexit. The Prime Minister has said he would rather be dead in a ditch than ask for the eu for another delay, beyond the october 31 deadline. Our Political Correspondent matt cole told me why the government is trying find a way to stop another extension to the article 50 process. The law that is being worked on by the commons and passed by the house of lords this week is waiting for royal assent on monday when it is locked into the statute book. At that point, theoretically Boris Johnson, if he does not have a brexit deal signed off by october the 19th will write to them and say he would like an extension, potentially to the 31st of january, three months beyond the current deadline. He said he would rather be deadline. He said he would rather be deadin
The taliban has condemned a decision by President Trump to cancel secret afghan peace talks at camp david, warning that america has the most to lose. Its a sudden halt after nine rounds of talks to try to end nearly 20 years of war in afghanistan. Our chief International Correspondent lyse doucet reports from kabul. A busy kabul junction. The attack said to have changed President Trumps mind. A young us soldier died here, a romanian, ten afghans, aged ten to 70. The president vented his fury on twitter. There is not a day without violence. Taliban struck this kabul neighbourhood last week, the very day last week the us said it had reached a deal in principle with the taliban to start bringing its troops home. Theyve been negotiating for nearly a year in the gulf state of qatar, and the taliban almost hit the diplomatic jackpot a trip to camp david to talk to President Trump, his classic high stakes summitry. But now, its off. A taliban spokesman sent us their response. A few days ago,
Now on bbc news its hardtalk with stephen sackur. Welcome to hardtalk. Im stephen sackur. 80 years ago, hundreds of jewish children were smuggled out of nazi occupied europe by train in a covert humanitarian mission which became known as the kindertransport. My guest today, Dame Stephanie shirley, was one of those children. She went on to live an extraordinary life of achievement and philanthropy, blazing a trail for women in business. So, what lessons can we learn from a woman determined to make the most of a life so nearly extinguished in childhood . Theme music plays. Dame stephanie shirley, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you for inviting me. Weve invited you almost 80 years exactly 80 years from that moment when you were forced to leave your home. Your father put you on a train, its called the kindertransport, and you ended up in an alien country, in london, in england. What do you remember of that journey . Well, of course, i was only five years old, so all the things that i remember,