The waiting is finally over for the start of the ashes. Im at edgbaston, where ive been speaking to england captainjoe root ahead of the first test against australia. It starts today, as england look to claim the ashes back. Having lifted it for under cooky, and to see what its been like on the other end of it as captain, it makes me want to be up there on the podium at the oval hopefully with a massive smile on my face. We could get a shower at the oval, especially in a line from north east scotla nd especially in a line from north east scotland to east anglia, where it could be heavy, thundery and slow moving. More in 15 minutes. Its thursday the 1st of august. Our top story flood warnings are still in place across the north west of england and yorkshire after a day of heavy rain left people stranded and caused damage to buildings, roads and rail lines. Overnight, the water levels did begin to recede in some of the worst hit areas, but people are preparing for another downpour of rai
Havent lifted it before, see what that podium. To be stewed. It is like to be on the wrong end of it is like to be on the wrong end of it as and coming up before 12 30 it is like to be on the wrong end of itasa it is like to be on the wrong end of it as a captain makes me very hungry to be the one student that podium. Asap rocky is due to take the stand in sweden where hes and coming up before 11 30 on trial for assault. Asap rocky is due to take the stand in sweden where hes on trial for assault. Good afternoon. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. We begin with breaking good morning. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. News this hour the government has announced the bank of england has left the additionalfunding to prepare the uk in the event of a no deal brexit. Interest rate unchanged, it remains the chancellor, sajid javid, says ata Interest Rate unchanged, it remains at a quarter of 1 . The bank of the extra £2. 1 billion was necessary england has left Interest Rates to ensure the uk is prep
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On the wrong end of it as a captain makes me very hungry to be on the podium at the oval as captain hopefully with a massive smile on my face. Good morning and welcome to the bbc news at nine. The government has announced additionalfunding to prepare the uk in the event of a no deal brexit. The chancellor, sajid javid, says the extra two point one billion pounds was necessary to ensure the uk is prepared for leaving the eu on october 31 with or without a deal. Nearly £350 million will be spent on upgrading border and transport infrastructure at the biggest uk ports. This will include an extra 1,000 borderforce officers double the number previously announced when mrjavid was home secretary. A further £434 million will be spent on the stockpiling of vital medicines. Lets get more from our political correspondentjessica parker. Brexit preparations cost money, and today the man now in charge of the publics finances signalled that hes willing to turn on the taps. The chancellor, sajid jav
Demonstrations against the war in gaza are continuing at dozens of universities across the united states, with arrests taking place on multiple campuses. I spoke to robert cohen, a professor of Social Studies and history at New York University who has studied Student Activism about how these protests compare to others in us history. The protests, initially, going on now were much more moderate in their tactics, whether its 1960. Actually, the greatest upsurges in active American History occurred in may 1970 after nixon authorised the invasion of cambodia. He had promised to end the war, and he was expanding it into cambodia. So that created a lot of fury that was compounded by the massacre at kent state, where four students were shot by, were killed by the National Guard and nine were wounded. So that was much more confrontational. The war been dragging on forfive years. So, i mean, compared to that, the protests, for example, that started at columbia and then spread initially at nyu w