All the sport katie shanahan. Hello, simon. Arsenal and everton are edging closer to appointing their new managers. Arsenal are in talks with their former captain, mikel arteta. While everton are hoping to secure their number one target, Carlo Anchelotti. Thanks, katie. And darren has all the weather. Thanks very much. Good afternoon. Our weather is a fairly quiet right now, more overnight frost tonight and fog around, too. On the other side of the atlantic the weather has much more energy, some storm damage to look at in the United States later in the programme. Thanks, darren. Also coming up and how pop star Ellie Goulding came to the aid of a driver being shunted sideways by a lorry. Hello, everyone this is afternoon live im simon mccoy. He boris he johnson has held his first Cabinet Meeting borisjohnson has held his first Cabinet Meeting since his election victory and promised to pass a law ruling out any extension to the Brexit Process beyond the end of next year. The uk is schedu
Well this could be a routine naval deployment we know that iran says that this is a new destroyer it has new features its faster but but its also iranian made but the significance is that we know that theres a military buildup in the region the United States has put together this Naval Coalition that they say is to protect the freedom of navigation through the strait of her most in the gulf on the other side of the Arabian Peninsula so far the United Kingdom. Have joined that coalition but the deployment of this destroyer also raise speculation to the route of the adrian diary and now they speculation that it will go down the suez canal and then be escorted to iran now we know that United States. Requested to seize the oil tank and iran warned against that that they shouldnt do that in International Waters and warned of serious consequences so there could be a reason for that deployment but also iran has said that the oil has been sold and the owner of that will decide where the tanker
Certainly, there are numerous positions that need to be confirmed by the senate that there is this revolving door. We are going to leave this recorded event. Live now to the House Rules Committee meeting on a resolution that would find attorney general william barr and wilbur ross in contempt of congress. Refusing to comply with subpoenas issued by the Oversight Committee. A consensus is critical. That means counting every american the way it has always been done without turning the census into another tool for the crusade against immigrants. The president has retreated from adding the Citizenship Question to the census. The rule of law Still Matters despite this administrations best efforts. The houses work here is not over. We are continuing our constitutional oversight responsibilities. And this administration is stone walling us at every turn. The department of justice and commerce have refused to turn over unredacted copies of key documents requested by the Oversight Committee aft
Targeting base technology, House Judiciary Committee Holding First hearing today over anticompetitive practice, 450 milliondollar mystery solved. Wait till you see this. Many begins right now. Maria looking like the rally is continuing this morning, strong move this morning with dow futures up and nasdaq up 51. U. S. And china at odds over potential deal. President trump spoke yesterday on the negotiations which could happen at g20 summit after earlier threatening tariffs. I think president xi of china, great relationship with him, i think he will be there, we are scheduled to talk and to meet. Right now we are getting 45 from 250 billiondollar worth of goods, a lot of money pour to go treasury, weve never got 10 cents from china and now we are getting a lot of money from china. Maria joining me right now mitt romney chairman director. Good to be with you. Maria whats your take on the standoff of u. S. And china at this point . Well, look i think the dynamic is interesting because both
Lawyers. A new task force announced by the government will bnng announced by the government will bring together regulatory bodies, Law Enforcement and other Government Departments to root out so called dodgy law firms. Figures revealed by firms. Figures revealed by scottish labour show Nicola Sturgeons government spent more than £14 million of taxpayer money on credit Card Transactions in a three year period. The full breakdown of spending covers all purchases between september 2019 and august 20th, 22, and it included almost £10,000 worth of vip travel, a one off payment of almost £5,000 to a five star hotel and yoga classes right down to nail polish. A Scottish Government spokesperson says credit cards arent meant to be used for personal expenditure ehhen used for personal expenditure either. And finally, the grammy Award Winning artist Sinead Oconnor was laid to rest today in ireland. Police lined the in ireland. Police lined the seafront in County Wicklow to say their final good