A warm welcome to the programme, briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. Also wed like to hear from you on President Trumps announcement that the us is preparing to ban flavoured e cigarettes following a spate of vaping related deaths. Is this the right course of action . Should other countries follow suit . Tell us what you think. Just use the hashtag bbcthebriefing. We start here in the uk. Prime minister Boris Johnson is under renewed pressure to recall parliament after the publication of a document outlining the risks of the uk leaving the eu without a deal. The so called yellowhammer contingency plan outlines what the government calls the reasonable worst Case Assumptions for a no deal brexit, but voices from the opposition and the Business Community say the document confirms what they have been saying will happen in the event of a disorderly brexit. Our Political Correspondent chris mason reports. Parliament forced the government to publish this d
Everything is so much more expensive than what we thought it was. The met office has invited the British Public to name next years big storms. The last big public naming competition gave us boaty mcboatface. Heaven help us. Hello and welcome im katty kay in washington and Christian Fraser is in london. Donald trump says he is the least racist person in the world and African Americans are very happy with his performance. Christ his remarks come after more president ial twitter attacks on black politicians. And just hours ahead of Democrats Holding their second round of debates to try to determine which of them is best equipped to take on this combative president. All 20 democrats wholl be on stage in detroit know that beating donald trump wont be easy. The president is consistently under 50 in his Approval Ratings but he could still be re elected. The eventual democratic candidate has to offer both a positive alternative vision while also responding to mr trumps incendiary rhetoric. Tod
One day he says something, another day he says something. But i think lack of moral principle. Thereve been heated exchanges during the first televised debate of the 2020 us president ial election, as ten of the Democratic Candidates tried to stamp their personality on the race. Topics ranged from Irans Nuclear deal, gun control, medicare and the Opioid Crisis all the candidates desperate to use this chance to stand out in a very crowded field. Our correspondent, jane obrien joins us nowfrom miami. It has been a fascinating evening because this is the first glimpse we have had of ten of the 20 candidates chosen to debate based on poles and the number of donations they have actually received so far. The clear front runner tonight was elizabeth warren, senator from front runner tonight was elizabeth warren, senatorfrom massachusetts, she came out of the stalls fighting hard, talking about the need to fix the economy, which is an interesting tack because donald trump is campaigning on the
Journalist Jamal Khashoggi. And crown prince to the murder of journalistJamal Khashoggi. And we will meet the ten Year Old Girl from colorado who to love has just become the latest person to climb l kapitan. Hello. Im in washington, Christian Fraser is in london. Rory stewart was the outsider in the conservative leadership race but he turned that into a strength from a weakness. He was quirky and combative. Last night, he took a challenge directly to Boris Johnson. It was the only one in the race that ruled out no deal, but that challenges don. He hasjust been eliminated any latest round of the votes. Here is the result. And rory stewart, who did not have a great night by his own admission went down to 27. Euro sealed his reaction. By the end, perhaps some of the things i was saying that a no deal brexit would be catastrophic 01 no deal brexit would be catastrophic or you cannot negotiate a new deal with europe probably proved to be truths that people were not quite ready to hear but i
Elsewhere in the territory. The Israeli Military had previously urged civilians to go there but now, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he has approved plans for an assault on hamas militants believed to be based there. The un issued this warning. The consequences of a Ground Operation in the current circumstances would be catastrophic for the people of gaza, for the palestinians. Catastrophic for the humanitarian situation. It would be catastrophic all round. The us is one of israels most important supporters but it seems that the Israeli Government has not shared details of the planned assault on gaza with officials in washington. Heres Us National Security council spokesman, john kirby. We have not seen it. We certainly welcome the opportunity to see it. As i said, we cannot support a major offence in rafah the doesnt also include a credible, achievable an executable plan to take care of the safety and security of malt in a million gazans. To move on right now in a major way wit