Unwanted items in the bin. A warm welcome to the programme, briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. And you can be part of the conversation. Get in touch to tell us what you think about the stories we are covering or what you are spotting where you are. Just use the hashtag bbcthebriefing we start with some breaking news there has been a volanic eruption on an island in new zealand popular with tourists. Its reported that around a hundred people were in the area and that some are unaccounted for. The volcano, on white island, is about 30 miles off the countrys north island. The prime Ministerjacinda Ardern has been speaking in the last hour. Lets have some of what she had to say. Police search and rescue as supporting the National Emergency agency following an eruption at white island. Police were alerted at 2 17pm. At this stage, and please do keepin 2 17pm. At this stage, and please do keep in mind this is an evolving situation, but at this stage, we
Dangerous for police and rescue services at the moment to even go to the island, so those who are still unaccounted for, unfortunately for them of course rescue services are unable to get there. This is a situation ongoing. Jacinda ardernjust briefing the this is a situation ongoing. Jacinda ardern just briefing the press there to say what the very latest is. They are taking advice from the Emergency Services to find out when it is safe to go back on the island. You can see there where it is. White island, just off the coast, north of new zealand. As was mentioned in that press c0 nfe re nce , zealand. As was mentioned in that press conference, they dont believe there will be any material reaching mainland new zealand. That is the very latest on that. For those of you who wanted your Business Briefing this morning, did for this breaking story we are keeping you across as it evolves and moves. Let us pause on across as it evolves and moves. Let us pause on the for the time being and tak
A warm welcome to the programme, briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. Also in the programme, new Research Suggests a desk at home and keen parents will help a child get to university more than smaller class sizes and a good school. Do you agree . If you went to university what was key to your success . Get in touch, just use the hashtag bbcthebriefing. We start in hong kong where pro democracy activists have continued to occupy parts of hong kongs Polytechnic University after a night of clashes. At one stage activists set fire to two of the entrances when police moved into the campus. A0 people have been arrested and police have been clashing with other protestors in the surrounding streets. Rich preston has the details. The battle for the university lasted a whole day and a whole night of the hundreds of protesters made this their base, barricading themselves inside. Police did try to enter the building, but were met by a barrage of petrol bombs. Fi
Coming to a street near you, the future of cars may be electric, but is the Technology Mainstream enough to become mass market yet . In the Programme Today we take a look at some of the issues surrounding the switch to electric vehicles, are they still too expensive to buy, and how practical are they for very long journeys . A few hours ago, ford unveiled its brand new electric car, called the mustang mach e. Ford hope theyre on to a winner, the mustang is the worlds best selling sports coupe, and the new car is the first vehicle in fords range to be built as an electric vehicle from the ground up. Its also fords response to teslas model y. Electric mobility is expanding. In 2018, the Global Electric car fleet exceeded 5. 1 million, up 2 million from the previous year. China remains the Worlds Largest electric car market, followed by europe and the united states. But this contrasts massively with sales of the internal combustion engine, recent research for the first half of this year o
It fell to a four year low and a rotation out of Growth Stocks some of those recent ipos all falling sharply today. Were down 237 points on the dow not far from the session lows. S p is down and nasdaq is down joining us for the full first hour of the show, dna nathan quick take on the market move. Its very similar to what weve seen in the last week of the first month of each radiator when weve been in earnings this hold year. We saw this in q1. We sold afterwards we saw it again in july. Other we are we made an incremental high. Thats what is consistent. One thing that took it down into enthusiasm about low expectations on earnings with some sort of negative headline about trade and i guess the question is, is this playing out the third time in a row this year Communication Services and utilities with materials, industrials, financials all down more than 1 well focus on the big stories. Bob pisani is covering todays market Kayla Tausche has the latest headlines on china mike santoli h