Hello to you, matthew. Its a long second day at the masters. Some of the players have not long since finished their first rounds after bad weather delayed play on thursday. Lets take a look at the leaderboard as it stands at the moment. There are nowjoint leaders. The overnight leader, bryson dechambeau, is under way in his second round. Max homa Hasjoined Him at 2 under. Rory mcelroy has still not gone out and the contenders still show the danish player hojgaard. The overnight leader, bryson dechambeau, is under way in his second round. Max homa is doing quite well so far with two birdies so far, doing better than his Playing Partner tiger woods. A birdie on the third and three off the leaf for danny willett. Anotherformer winner, jordan spieth, has had a day to forget so far. Started his second round with a bogey and is falling off the pace. Scottie scheffler had a good first day, finishing on 6 under par, but he wont commit to playing the whole tournament. The american s wife is exp
Weather. And this mild run of weather. And this mild run of weather continues . Thats right. It may be the winter solstice, but temperatures are above average. Pretty grey, but i will keep you up to date this afternoon. Also coming up howa up to date this afternoon. Also coming up how a daily serving of kale can protect your brain. The sacking of damian green one of theresa mays closest allies has prompted a furious backlash from some conservative mps who are angry about how confidential material gathered during a Police Investigation nine years ago came into the public domain. The first secretary of state was dismissed from the cabinet last night after a government inquiry found he made inaccurate and misleading statements about the pornography on his Parliamentary Office computer. He is the third cabinet minister to leave their role in the space of two months. Our Political Correspondent ben wright reports. Sacked from the cabinet and out the door. The third senior minister to leave
Not say that nigel, please you will get me into such trouble to even imply such a thing what is the point in changing their stance . Theresa may says there will be no second referendum but it is happening. Yes, i still think that there is a very small possibility that there could be. I do think it is unlikely. It would mean a change in public attitudes, and we would have to see it with people protesting or whatever. I do not think any of those would happen. Brexit will go ahead but theres the possibility that you could have a second referendum and it would have to bea second referendum and it would have to be a referendum on whether we left, given the conditions we had. It isnt unreasonable for party to ask their leader on their position. There are local elections coming up. It is now perfectly clear that they do not have a clue. But we do have all of these speeches to come. They still have to go for an away day to get their position sorted out. And Angela Merkel is curious as to what
And london, this is bbc world news. Its newsday. Glad you could join us. Its 8am in singapore, 12am in london, and 1am in the swiss resort of davos, where one issue is dominating the start of the World Economic forum, protectionism. It follows the decision by the us President Donald Trump to impose steep import tariffs on washing machines and solar panels. The move has been condemned by china and south korea, who fear it could choke off the revival in global trade. Heres what both sides of the debate had to say. For both solar and washing machines, executive actions uphold the principle of fair trade and demonstrate to the world that the United States will not be taken advantage of any more. Translation our government is expressing regret for the latest us safeguard measures against our industry, as they are excessive and would obviously violate the wto rules. We will actively respond to protectionist measures to protect our interests and resolve these difficulties. Ivejust spoken to p