A controversial security law that will remove restrictions on the military. And picture perfect, the planet pluto as it has never been seen before. We begin with latest developments on the greek debt crisis. Euro zone finance ministers have given them the green light for former talks on a boilout to begin. And they have agreed to give greece a shortterm loan so it can pay its bills. Greek banks are also being given a lifeline. The ecb raising emergency funding for banks by 978 million. Now things have changed now. We had a series of news with the approval of the bridge financing package, with the vote, the various votes, in various parliaments to begin with in the Greek Parliament which have now restored the conditions for a raise in the ela. Lets go to simon mcgregorwood live for us in at thens. He was talking about raising ela, thats the emergency liquidity assistance. How does that help greece . Reporter well, it gives the greek banks a little bit more cash basically, to continue op
And london, this is bbc world news. Its newsday. Good morning. Its 6am in singapore, pm in london, and 5pm in the us city of houston, where Tropical Storm harvey has brought heavy rains and massive floods. Weather forecasters have called the situation unprecedented. Hospitals have been evacuated, airports shut, and many residents are trapped in their homes as waters continue to rise. At least two people have died. The state governor says the rainfall in some areas could reach an all time record. President trump will visit texas on tuesday. 0ur correspondent, james cook, is in houston and sent this report. Harvey arrived in houston with a vengeance, no longer packing the full force of a hurricane, but still deadly. Forecasters say it will dump more than 50 inches in texas, making this the strongest storm on record. For the fourth largest city in the united states, the results are devastating. This appears to be either the worst or one of the worst floods houston has ever had. We are it
His appointment was billed as evolution, but in sacking him the club took a more darwinian stance saying, simply de boer is not alone, though. His brief tenure evokes memories of Brian Cloughs 44 days at leeds united in the 1970s. Another former palace manager, sam allardyce, lasted just one game in charge of england. But perhaps nothing can beat leroy roseniors ten minutes in charge of torquay united in 2007. Roy hodgson, last seen guiding england to an early euro 2016 exit, is tipped to succeed de boer. Meanwhile, one managerial veteran believes more icebergs lie ahead. I was sacked as a champion, ranieri was sacked as a champion. Frank de boer is sacked after four matches. Next season, something incredible will happen again. So, nothing surprises me. With few exceptions, the life span of a premier League Manager is a short and perilous one, as Frank De Boer has now discovered to his cost. Richard conway, bbc news. Newsnight is coming up on bbc two. Tonight, hurricane irma. It is har
This week that Northern Rock, the bank headquartered here in newcastle, collapsed and caused chaos for the Financial System so ive come back to find out what difference it made to our lives. In sport roys return. Hodgson looks set to return to football management with Crystal Palace, fifteen months after resigning from the england job. This is the second time and you get the sense, im sweating and quite uncomfortable, to be brutally honest. Theyre the fighter jets at the forefront of the battle against so called islamic state, but piloting a typhoon is no mean feat, as our defence correspondent has been finding out. And he tries to hold on to his brea kfast. And he tries to hold on to his breakfast. It looks amazing. Compared to yesterday, a little bit drier brighter and a bit warmer. But there is something wet and much windier on the way tonight. All the details 15 minutes. First our main story. One of the governments key pieces of legislation on brexit has won its first vote in the c
Also today, as eu leaders meet at a summit in estonia, the Prime Minister appears sidelined as the Eu Commission says not enough progress has been made to start trade stocks. And new evidence is unveiled that suggests the drawing on the right could be a sketch for da vincis famous enigmatic masterpiece. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. In the past few minutes ukip has announced its new leader will be a former army officer henry bolton, winning a 29. 9 of the vote. He beat off competition from the controversial anti islam campaigner anne marie waters. Mr bolton said his core task would be holding the government to account on brexit. Todayis government to account on brexit. Today is not only a crucial day for oui today is not only a crucial day for our party, it is a critical day for oui our party, it is a critical day for our country. We have already heard today from a number of speakers of the importance of holding the government to task for the delivery on the mandate they were