Flock police in hong kong fire several rounds of tear gas at activists trying to enforce a general strike by disrupting transport networks. Police say 22 people are risking their lives by refusing to leave homes which will be deluged if a failing dam in derbyshire collapses. England cricket fans anticipate a nerve racking day as their batsmen looked to save the first ashes test at edgbaston. Good morning. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. 20 hospitals in england stand to benefit from a pledge by the Prime Minister to pay for repairs and upgrades. Boris johnson has promised £850 million to help with upgrades to outdated facilities and to pay for new equipment. The money has been earmarked for 20 hospitals, including a new women and Childrens Hospital in cornwall, four new wards in norwich and a new critical and intensive care block in luton. The funding pledge comes during a week of Health Policy announcements by the government and is part of the pms £1. 8 billion one off cash boost for n
Rain at edgbaston, can we get it . This might be the one day we dont get it. You often hear us talking about showers producing a lot of rain ina about showers producing a lot of rain in a short space of time. Look at this, this was last night in north yorkshire. In an hour they had 42 millimetres of rain, substantial amount of their august rainfall totals and its only the 5th of august. Yes, more showers in the forecast courtesy of low pressure at the moment. Slow moving, coming in off atla ntic the moment. Slow moving, coming in off atlantic and these frontal systems spiralling around the low like a catherine wheel producing further showers. The heaviest of the showers have been the far north of scotla nd showers have been the far north of scotland with rumbles of thunder. They are continuing but easing away. Showers to Central Scotland and running down the eastern half of england. But a window of fine weather behind. For the rest of the afternoon, it is not looking too bad across muc
Dagen a big show this morning everybody. Of course well be covering the weekend shootings in el paso, texas and dayton, ohio. And the political call even the nationwide call for something to change. Joining the conversation this morning, barons associate editor, jack howell, lee carter and mitch rochell. Welcome, all. So much to cover. So much to cover. I dont even know where to begin today. Dagen a somber morning for this nation, most certainly. Lets start with trade and whats going on in the market. So our top story, trade tensions, Global Futures and markets around the world, u. S. China trade talks at a standstill and possibly taking a step back. The chinese yuan taking a step back, many see it as a response to President Trumps planned tariffs and a sign that any trade agreement is on hold. China hitting American Farmers, asking china asked state owned companies in that nation to stop importing american agricultural products. This is according to bloomberg news. China denying the a
All the tension around huawei and not a pretty picture one u. S. Senator calling for an investigation into that hugely popular face aging app maybe he didnt like what he saw either its thursday, july 18th Worldwide Exchange begins right now. Good morning, good afternoon, good evening and welcome from wherever in the world you may be watching. Im Brian Sullivan before we get to the Macro Markets, look at that. Thats a live check on shares of netflix. Wow, they are down now 11 off 40 per share. Big reason was the reason that the subscribers missed they had the first drop in u. S. Subscribers ever in their streaming age. We have more on netflix and comments from Reed Hastings coming up on this. Before that, lets get to your macro morning setup. Coming off the s p 500s worst day in three weeks we could see a continued drop futures are in the red not big losses dow futures off 60 we are in the red. Volume has been weak you probably dont care about volume you care about price prices have bee
1st film as a director stefan xix spent time observing the residents of an old age home in st garde patients with dementia go about their lives. Who could no scar me. The director says he wanted to capture the perspective of the residents themselves. No interviews in the film and no commentary instead we get lingering shots often several minutes long were asked to imagine the inner life of people whose minds are lost to us. From the childminding. It was extremely important to me how we look at things for me it was about experiencing things with the patients and not be told look here this is how you have to think about this and this is what you should feel free. We are told but maybe can imagine that meant for it for its the main character in the film was once a carpenter. His body still remembers how to work a wood table with care and precision. So. Since. The inner light is a quiet gentle film that gives its subjects back a form of dignity. It finds humanity and even humor in lives wi