Of a rare eclipse from the middle east to asia people have been marvelling at the ring of fire. Hello and welcome to world news today. Voting has now ended for the leadership of israels governing likud party which, for 20 years, Benjamin Netanyahu has led with an iron grip. Mr netanyahu and his rival made last minute appeals to likud members for their support. More than 100,000 Party Members were eligible to vote on whether the veteran Prime Minister should lead them into the next election. Barbara plett usher reports from jerusalem. The man who would be king. Gideon saar has issued the most serious challenge to the party in a decade. Translation i feel a great awakening on the ground. People understand that a change has to come today. With the help of god, together we will make that change today. He wants Party Members to vote for change because he says the Prime Minister failed to form a government after two general elections and has no chance of doing so in a third. There is a growi
Dont think donald trump will move on tariffs or lift all of the tariffs, which is a chinese demand. As we set up for the phase one deal and President Trump tweeting out of the u. S. And china were working on finding a new location for a signing ceremony now that the summit has been canceled because of unrest in chile, we need to think beyond that. We are seeing criticism of the content of that phase i deal. David lets assume for the moment it plays out the way your reporting is indicating. They get the phase one has a truth, we dont increase tariffs or cut them back, what does the United States get out of that and one does not get . Shawn it gets a return to purchases by china at levels that were there before the whole trade war started, before these tariffs went into place. We are expecting intellectualproperty concessions by the chinese, although a lot of experts are looking at what might come out of that and saying that looks a lot like what china is doing already. There might be ot
For a second time, his attempt to hold an early general election. Theresa may is accused of rewarding number 10 cronies as herformer closest advisers are recognised in the ex Prime Ministers resignation honours list. Also this morning, Prescription Drug dependency. A review by Public Health england finds that one in four adults has been prescribed drugs in the past year which could be addictive. An urgent call for a £1. 5 trillion investment to help stem Climate Change. And on yer bike how cycle thieves are being confronted by victims to reclaim their stolen property. Good morning. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. Im joanna gosling. Parliament has been suspended amid chaotic scenes in the commons in the early hours of this morning. There were protests against the suspension, or prorogation, of parliament, as Opposition Mps shouted shame on you, waved placards carrying the word silenced, and, at one point, even attempted to stop the speaker, john bercow, from leaving his chair. On an extr
More than a decade after ba naz mahmods death in a so called honour killing, her sister speaks out for the first time. The moment you choose to ignore actually what happened and not talk about it, you will never get past it. And 13 years on, we still havent had that conversation. Good morning. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. Riot police have used pepper spray and batons during clashes with protesters in hong kong overnight, on the 22nd anniversary of its handover from british to chinese rule. The protests are the latest against a law that would allow suspected criminals to be sent to Mainland China to facejustice. Lets have a look at the live pictures from the streets of hong kong. You can see the numbers are building, there is always a dispute on at that between the protesters and the police. This is the third enormous demonstration weve seen in hong kong in the past month. The organisers typically say the figures are aroundi organisers typically say the figures are around 1 million. Th
Has breached the limit, has breached the limit on stockpiling enriched uranium, after americas withdrawal from the 2015 nuclear agreement. Sub tropical guadalajara in mexico is pounded by a severe hail storm, dumping a metre of ice. And its the first day of wimbledon, with the defending champion Novak Djokovic on court, aiming for a fifth singles title. And coming up on bbc news. Frank lampard appears close to a return to chelsea as manager. Hes been excused from returning to derby for the start of preseason training. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. Police have clashed again with protesters in hong kong, on the anniversary of the territorys handover from britain to china. Pepper spray was used on activists who smashed their way into a government building, while tear gas helped disperse thousands of people, demanding the government withdraw a bill allowing extradition to the chinese mainland. Our Diplomatic Correspondent James Landale reports. The clashes began early