Just hours to go until parliament is suspended but not before one more attempt from the government to trigger a snap election. Travel disruption for hundreds of thousands of British Airways passengers, as pilots go on strike its the biggest walkout in bas history. Coming up on afternoon live all the sport with holly hamilton. England name their squad for the fifth and final ashes test. Its an Unchanged Team from what you saw at old trafford. And ill bring you more reaction to nadals victory at the us open. All coming up at half two. And Sarah Keith Lucas has the weather. Some rain quite heavy across the south west of england. Tomorrow promises something brighter. I will have more details on half an hour. Thank you. Also coming up on afternoon live. 15 years after being shot by alqaeda gunmen, the bbcs security correspondent, Frank Gardner heads back out on to the water to try his hand at adaptive water skiing. At the end of Business Today, parliament will be suspended until the 14th of
Using a device containing thc. The fdas new alert. Caught on camera, baby smuggling arrest. The American Mother now in custody accused of trying to sneak a newborn past security in her carryon. Airplane s the American Airlines mechanic facing charges. Investigators say he intentionally damaged a airplane before it was about to take off. And serena slam. Serena williams steamrolled her way into the u. S. Open finals overnight and this just in, duchess meghan reportedly on her way to new york to prove shes best friend serenas biggest fan. Breaking news bulletin from Michael Strahan, Meghan Markle is on the way to new york. Good morning, america. What a win last night for Serena Williams. Boy, she is steamrolling. Yes. Shes about to make history if she wins on saturday. It will be her 24th grand slam which will tie her for the most ever and when she was asked about how she felt about making it to the finals, she said, quote, i dont expect too much less. I love her. Shes on fire. We will b
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