Coming up on afternoon live, all the sport withjohn watson, womens golf and the first day of the solheim cup. Yes, europe holed a one point advantage after the opening foursomes, with the fourball is now under way. Thank you very much. And darren has all the Weather Forecast for us this evening. It is looking a pretty picture. Will it deliver . Yes, it is lovely. Lots of sunshine gcioss yes, it is lovely. Lots of sunshine across the uk today and tomorrow. You probably wouldnt want to change that, but in japan, you probably wouldnt want to change that, but injapan, they are trying to change the weather. More on the latest attempt later. Thank you very much. Also coming up. A bumpersummer up. A bumper summer for butterflies. A once in a decade mass emergence of painted ladies saw nearly half a million recorded across the uk. Hello, everyone. This is afternoon live. Im martine croxall. Downing street has announced that borisjohnson will go to luxembourg on monday to hold talks with the pr
Of a uk election still looms, despite the governments double defeat in the house of commons 48 hours ago he was leading the chants of stop the coup, let the people vote. Now hes saying, stop the election, stop the people from voting two year treasury yields hit the lowest level since 2017, while Goldman Sachs ceo tells cnbc exclusively a recession could be on the horizon. Bond market is reflecting a sentiment there is anxiety about the prospect of a recession, in the u. S. Less evident in the data, perhaps more evident in a variety of different markets like germany here in europe. But it is possible well, markets are trading a lot more buoyantly overnight, especially on the news that the two sides, china and u. S. , are reportedly going to have a meeting in october thats given a relief rally to asia markets and u. S. Futures as well as were heading into this european session you see there is quite a lot of green on the board already for the stocks 600 after the better session yesterday
Nhs and no deal preparations. This week he lent to the International Stage meeting europes top two power brokers, but without a deal in sight. He wants them to know parliament wont stop brexit and this weekend again warned mps from doing that. Writing, the so called effo rts doing that. Writing, the so called efforts to prevent no deal are in fa ct efforts to prevent no deal are in fact making no deal more likely. But todays sunday times leak of classical classified documents showing their contingency plans for ano showing their contingency plans for a no deal make for painful reading. A risk the country should not be taken, according to a former head of the Civil Service who now advises labour and has called for a second brexit referendum. Part of serving the government of the day is to give them honest advice of the risks. In my personal view, these risks are com pletely my personal view, these risks are completely insane for this country to be taking. In the Cabinet Office document
That killed 63 people. And a glacier in iceland goes from this to this, as the country holds a ceremony to mourn the first one to be lost to climate change. 0h, hes gone and england take australian wickets at lords. Well bring you up to date on the second ashes test in half an hour. Hello and a very good evening to you. The Cabinet Office minister michael gove has played down concerns highlighted by leaked government documents that warn of chaos in the event of a no deal brexit. He said significant steps had been taken in the past three weeks to accelerate planning for such a scenario. The documents, seen by the sunday times, warn of shortages of food, fuel and medicines, as well as the return of a hard border in ireland if britain leaves the eu without a deal. But mr gove insisted the papers were old, and concentrated on the worst possible outcomes. I think its important that we look in context at the document thats appeared in the sunday times today. Operation yellowhammer is the nam
In the event of no deal. Organisers say 1. 7 million braved monsoon rains for hong kongs latest pro democracy march. Police warn its unlikely a six year old boy, who fell into a river in kent, will be found alive. The hiv tests on glasgows streets, to counter the worst rise in infections for decades. And, early wickets for england, but a thrilling final day in the lords ashes test ends ina draw. Good evening. The government says there will be short term problems, and bumps in the road, if the uk leaves the European Union without a deal, but maintains the country is more prepared than ever. It follows the leak of a Cabinet Office document published in a sunday newspaper, warning of food, medicine and fuel shortages, as well as a possible return to a hard irish border. But the man in charge of planning for a no deal brexit, michael gove, said the memo is a worst Case Scenario and out of date. Borisjohnson is preparing to meet european leaders this week to make his case for a new brexit d