The new head of the imf has given a bleak forecast for the World Economy saying the fallout from trade wars could last a generation. Speaking of the man. Thats a jean claude yunker. I was hoping to talk about President Trump, because the white house has presented a key witness from giving evidence to the democrats impeachment inquiry. Let me start by showing you the statement from the president of the European Parliament, released after he met Boris Johnson European Parliament, released after he met borisjohnson earlier. He says. You can make a decent case, that relations between the uk and european are as fragile as theyve been for decades much more so because of the last 2a hours. Brexit is supposed to happen on october 31 but theres increasing confusion and acrimony. A lot has happened. Stay with me and ill take you through it. First to a call between Angela Merkel and Boris Johnson this morning. After it downing street briefed that a deal was now essentially impossible. Heres norma
Female sports fan in iran whos died after setting herself alight, in protest over a ban on women attending football games. Donald trump has sacked one of his most senior figures, the National Security adviser, john bolton. And as usual he, told us about via twitter. This is all after peace talks with the taliban in afghanistan collapsed. And while thats the focus we know there were disagreements over iran, venezuela, and north korea. For his part ambassador bolton has said. And they did. Heres secretary of state mike pompeo on the sacking. So last night, the president asked for ambassador boltons resignation. Asi for ambassador boltons resignation. As i understand it, it was received this morning. Was a because of this disagreement . I will leave it to the president to talk about that the reasons he made his decision. Of the president is entitled to the staff he wants. At any moment, if a staff member that works directly for the president he should have people you trust and values, and
yet i need to have his allies have followed him to the exit. maybe it s not so much a master or an epic strop. that fan all five, boris johnson has defined our times. a man with an enormous ability to create and to destroy. his enemies can never truly be sure he is gone. so what his does his decision to walk me now for the conservatives? and does really matter to the country any? grant shapps is live with us along with labours david lammy who wants boris s old job as foreign secretary. we hear also with nigel barrage who pushed the tories further and further on brexit and ourfirst big interview further and further on brexit and our first big interview with the first minister of scotland after a rocky start in charge. and who make sense of this bout of madness? alan cumming performer and presenter of the new smash hit who swapped broadway for our big desk. michael howard once sacked boris johnson for lying. morning to all of you. you are very welcome to be with us. we were cha
the children s minister will quince and ministerfor schools robin walker among the latest to hand in their resignations. developments coming thick and fast in the last hour i m annita mcveigh in the last hour i m annita mcveigh in downing street to keep you up to date with all the latest developments. the july 4th shootings in illinois took weeks to plan and the suspect dressed as a woman to escape, say police. a 21 year old has been charged with seven counts of murder. the british number one cameron norrie is to face novak djokovic in semi finals at wimbledon. the women s european championships will kick off this evening with england taking on austria. hello and welcome back to downing street. as you join us again i m just looking at a letter that has been sent by robert halfon mp which reads, in my last statement, i said that if governance doesn t improve i will have reached the end of the road. i haven t had a chance even yet to read through all the details of this letter
Projects. Its and the bbc projects. Its and the bbc channel 4 and Production Company banijay uk have launched internal investigations. Russell brand denies all the claims against him. Well in other news today, the government says it will put measures into place to safely manage american bully dogs. The Prime Ministers promised to ban the breed by the end of the year, but home owners arent expected to face a cull of their pets. The governments chief vet suggests the animals should be muzzled in public and neutered. A transition period will also take place and a consultation plan will be launched. Consultation plan will be launched. The former prime launched. The former Prime Minister liz truss, has been speaking about the government saying they should be urged they should be cutting taxes, shrinking welfare spending and raising the retirement age. Raising the retirement age. Speaking at the institute for government online event, liz truss defended decisions made in her mini budget. She