That border on the island of ireland borisjohnson will meet Angela Merkel later with a call to scrap the irish open. But so far, berlin has said border backstop in order to secure an brexit deal. They havent had concrete ideas of what those alternatives should be a man accused of murdering pc from britain. Until then, Andrew Harper appears in court and will face trial injanuary. What those alternatives should be from britain. Untilthen, until there are more concrete ideas, they thousands of Homeless Children say the backstop has to stay in the are growing up living in shipping Withdrawal Agreement. Containers and empty office blocks, joining me now to discuss according to englands this is yael selfin, childrens commissioner. Chief economist at kpmg in the uk. Coming up on afternoon live how co dependent do you think the british and german economies are . All the sport olly foster. We are talking the ashes again. The they are dependent, but its a very third test starts tomorrow. England
To push australia past 250. His third tonne of the season. Only don bradman has more. And we are all thrilled and we are all thrilled and nick miller has the weather. We have rain and High Pressure building infor we have rain and High Pressure building in for the weekend, to settle things down. Briefly. I have your full forecast coming up. See your full forecast coming up. See you in half an hour. See you in half an hour. Thanks nick, also coming up on afternoon live. Away from the drama of westminster, well be finding out what young people make of it all. Hello everyone this is afternoon live, im simon mccoy. Good afternoon, youre watching afternoon live from westminster. The tensions at the heart of government have been laid bare after borisjohnsons brother, jo, quit the government and announced hes stepping down as a conservative mp. He says hes been torn between family loyalty and the National Interest. He spoke to the bbc, just a few moments ago, outside his london home. I havent
Boris johnson and e. U. Leaders were a side show the way that breaks it is going to be decided the outcome of breaks it is here in the u. K. And its ultimately all about now what these opposition parties are able to pull together ahead of the brics that deadline to try and stop Boris Johnson hes vowed to deliver bricks it do or die and ultimately the ball is now in their court to see if they can find some way of building a coalition of support to try and stop that this is johnson is great to get your expertise on this me appreciate your time that is John Johnston live and london thank you. Were going to hong kong now where protesters are turning their anger against the Airline Cathay pacific on after 12 weeks of rallies demonstrators are gathering in the central financial district after more than 20 of the carrier star were fired for protesting it follows a weekend of violent marches with petrol bombs and bricks were hurled at raja police beijing has demanded the airline suspend stop a
The decision to suspend parliament was not expected well be guaging reaction across the uk. We voted to come out and we should do it whatever way necessary. Parliament must have a say and thats what we, as ordinary, common people, Want Parliament to do, have a say. We put them there to have a say. Borisjohnson Boris Johnson puts borisjohnson puts himself on a collision course with parliament. Mps are due to return within days. Also on the programme tonight expeued expelled after 125 years. An investigation is promised into what happened at bury fc. And a couple with a metal detector uncover more than 2,500 coins in somerset dating back to 1066. And coming up on bbc news. Rain delays play at the us open but nick kygrios is again at the heart of the storm hitting out at the atp tour saying he doesnt care if hes suspended. Good evening. Parliament will be suspended next month after the queen approved the Prime Ministers request to shut it down temporarily. It means the current parliamenta
Was a dearly loved and respected colleague. We gather here one week from the tragic death of pc Andrew Harper, our dearly loved and respected friend and colleague, a dearly respected police officer. Tv chef pru leith is brought in to help aid a new review of food in nhs hospitals. Its another one. Disaster for england in the ashes as the top order collapses at headingley. And coming up on bbc news the clock ticks at bury. The club will be expelled from the efl at midnight, unless a last minute deal can be struck to save it. Hello, good afternoon, welcome to the bbc news at one oclock. The Record Number of wildfires in the amazon rainforest has been described as an International Crisis by the french president Emmanuel Macron hes called for them to be top of the agenda at this weekends g7 summit. There have been 75,000 fires this year in the Worlds Largest rainforest, which is home to about 3 million species of plants and animals, and a million indigenous people. Brazils president Jair B