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. As more millennials put off parenting and plump for pets, the ft reports almost half have gone into debt at the vet. Would you put a price on your pup . Or take out a credit card to cure the cat . Let us know, just use the hashtag bbcthebriefing. Australias Prime Minister Scott Morrison has cut short his vacation as extreme heat and fires ravage parts of the country. Hed been under huge pressure to return from hawaii, as New South Wales, the most populous state,declared a 7 day state of emergency. Two volunteer firefighters have been killed in a road crash near sydney. Temperatures have hit the forties and could spike again. Tim allman reports. The fires continue to rage. The bush, continues to burn. Among those paying the ultimate price, those sent to fight the flames. The New South Wales Rural Fire Service confirming two of the number, And
Mikel arteta, as their next manager. It is so easy to leave me all alone with the memory. One of Andrew Lloyd Webbers most famous musicals transfers to the big screen today well ask why so many critics have their claws out for cats. Iamat i am at Somerset House. Indoors enjoy the sights of the gingerbread centre. Outdoor, rain, particularly in Eastern England. Yourforecast coming up. Its friday the 20th of december. Our top story the Prime Ministers brexit divorce deal will be put before Parliament Later. It comes in a year where theresa may, then mrjohnson, wrestled with mps over their plans. Today is expected to feel very different as the government now has a strong majority. Officially known as the eu Withdrawal Agreement, it is the legislation needed to make brexit happen. This week, it was announced that the government would add a clause to rule out any extension beyond december 2020, ending what Boris Johnson calls years of deadlock, dither and delay. Now, with a majority of 80,
The condition to content. Normally i save a little bit on the bend but i just gassed it. I ran really well and came off the bend. I thought, i was in the mix, im going to win this. Then it wasjust, oh no. I said to myself do not tighten up and then andre came pass meet patella 50 metres to go and then alex came past metres to go and then alex came past me andi metres to go and then alex came past me and i knew i had stuffed it. Id missed the opportunity. I ran such an amateur race. I was gutted and give an intense interview afterwards because i felt it was amateurish. I was upset and emotional. Ijust had it and i let it go. Im so ijust had it and i let it go. Im so sorry. Ijust had it and i let it go. Im so sorry. I just feel ijust had it and i let it go. Im so sorry. Ijust feel i have let so many people down. So many that believed in me and sent me nice messages. And the team i worked with have done so well for the last two yea rs, have done so well for the last two years, ive been pl
Adviser to donald trump gives a firsthand account of a controversial phone call between the u. S. President and his ukrainian counterparts. Those pilots never have a chance. These loved ones never had a chance they were in flying coffins we are sorry deeply and truly sorry. And bowing c. E. O. Admits miss mistakes were made during a grilling by u. S. Congress over to fatal plane crash is. Lebanons Prime Minister has submitted his resignation to the countrys president after days of Anti Government protests saad hariri says he has reached a day ends in dealing with the unprecedented demonstrations and violence that has paralyzed the country seen or heard or has been following developments in beirut and sent through the reports. And read. In the streets of beirut running battles in the heart of the lebanese capital. Police moved in after hundreds of men allied with Political Parties in power attacked abd type government demonstrators who have been in the streets for almost 2 weeks demandi
A 3000000000. 00 hit for its earnings for the whole of 2019 years of the 40 day strike which ended last week after Union Members of greed to a new 4 year pay and benefits deal. Sugarcane farmers in parts of asia are struggling because of an oversupply that sent prices to their lowest levels in 6 years some of the Worlds Largest producers have huge stockpiles including in thailand where the new harvest is about to begin to hay reports. This factory in northeast thailand isnt supposed to be operating at the moment its usually a time to prepare for the new harvest it should be cane to arrive from farms around the province of tiny instead its still processing and bagging last seasons product which for now isnt going any further than the storage sheds which are becoming increasingly full right now is that. Because that everything is throw just wait and see last season thailand produced more sugar than ever contributing to a global surplus and helping the price to plummet it has a stockpile