A warm welcome to the Programme Briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. Over 30 million is up for grabs at the fortnitegame world cup. 15 yr old benjy fish is one of a handful of british gamers to make it to the finals. Today we want to know are parents right to be telling kids theyre wasting their time online . Get in touch bbcthebriefing. We are going to start with brexit. Top Europen Union officials have given a cool response to borisjohnsons remark to parliament that he is committed to getting rid of the irish backstop designed to prevent customs checks on the irish border after brexit. In a phone call with the new british Prime Minister, the Commission President , jean claude juncker, stressed the deal couldnt be changed. John mcmanus has more. Statement, the Prime Minister. Do the cheers of his conservative party mps, Boris Johnson rose the cheers of his conservative party mps, borisjohnson rose to make his first Prime Ministerial statement, and h
uk, but rather a lot of cloud in that high pressure, so, the weather is going to be settling down to the end of the week, and into the weekend, not necessarily clear blue skies and far from it in the very far north west of the uk, we could have some rain, sophie, back sophie, back to you. thanks tomasz. and that s bbc news at six. now it s time to join our colleagues for the news where you are, goodbye. thanks, sophie. coming up on bbc london tonight. hello, you re watching bbc news. thanks forjoining us on sportsday, i m ben croucher. coming up. england name their men s test squad to tour india four spinners, three uncapped players. we ll tell you who s in and who s out. derbyshire s anuj dal tells us about the power of restorative justice after he was racially abused on social media. and ahead of a huge week for manchester united are the players behind their under pressure manager? it s their under pressure manager? notjust a case of v managers, it s notjust a case of w
Most pa rt showers in the north, but for the most part it will be dry, bright and breezy. Some showers and cloud around in the afternoon, but temperatures 12 or 13 degrees, with showers on the heavy side and rumbles of thunder. Northern england for the most part, fine and dry, but 11 degrees on the north sea coast. 15 to 16 in Northern Ireland and 1718 in the west of scotland. It stays breezy for all areas through the evening. Showers slowly drifting away towards the near continent. That Easterly Breeze will dragon a fair bit of low cloud on tuesday morning. Most places by then should be frost free. Some of the cloud is low and great, towards the eastern side of scotland. Is the main area of low pressure side of scotland. Is the main area of low pressure drift south on tuesday, we start to see High Pressure from moving and. Wind will come in from the east generating low cloud, and it could stay cool and grey on the eastern coastal areas, ten to 13 degrees. Inland it could be drier and
Most pa rt showers in the north, but for the most part it will be dry, bright and breezy. Some showers and cloud around in the afternoon, but temperatures 12 or 13 degrees, with showers on the heavy side and rumbles of thunder. Northern england for the most part, fine and dry, but 11 degrees on the north sea coast. 15 to 16 in Northern Ireland and 1718 in the west of scotland. It stays breezy for all areas through the evening. Showers slowly drifting away towards the near continent. That Easterly Breeze will dragon a fair bit of low cloud on tuesday morning. Most places by then should be frost free. Some of the cloud is low and great, towards the eastern side of scotland. Is the main area of low pressure side of scotland. Is the main area of low pressure drift south on tuesday, we start to see High Pressure from moving and. Wind will come in from the east generating low cloud, and it could stay cool and grey on the eastern coastal areas, ten to 13 degrees. Inland it could be drier and
From their school in northern nigeria. But they have yet to be reunited with theirfamilies. Another 21 girls, released last october by the militants, are still in government custody. Our correspondent, alistair leithead, reports now from yola in North Eastern nigeria. The chibok girls are now young women and getting used to being freed from their boko haram captors. After being kidnapped by the islamists, they spent three years in the forest and are now a little overwhelmed by their new surroundings and by all the attention. The yakubu nkeke is the families representative, we met him in North Eastern nigeria, heading back to chibok. He saw the girls and has the job of identifying all of them. Among the 82 released was his daughter. When i fist saw her, shejumped and grabbed for me. I hold her hands, started dancing around with her. Hell show the families his pictures and prepare for their big reunion. The girls told him life was hard under boko haram, sometimes there was no food. There