Or conversation from the Brookings Institution on Monetary Policy and inflation continues. Coming up, well hear from former fed chair ben bernanke and New York Times columnist and author paul krugman. Thank you all for continuing the conversation. Its almost hard to believe theres anything left to say after those panels. So i was going to propose that we do this whole thing in rap or maybe in finnish, but i thought that was a little unfair given that i havent given the panel advanced warning of that. Thats right. Also, you wouldnt want to hear me. So i am joined here by Olivia Blanchard formerly of the International Monetary fund and m. I. T. Loretta midwe loretta mester, and ben bernanke, and our colleague gary brookings and paul krugman, the economist at the university of new york. Columnist for the New York Times, krugman is the guy that makes all journalists nervous because he seems to be more productive than the rest of us and thats kind of frightening given that he does all of th
Coming up at 9 15 how hundreds of thousands of dangerous tumble dryers could still be posing a fire risk in uk homes. And in sport, Warren Gatland ends his 12 year reign as wales head coach this morning, in their third place play off match against new zealand in the Rugby World Cup. Good morning and welcome to the bbc news at nine. Nigel farage has called on the conservatives to form an election pact with his brexit party. Ahead of the partys official general election launch, mr farage said the two parties need to form an alliance, but refused to comment on speculation that his party would field fewer candidates, to give borisjohnson a better chance of winning the election on december 12th. Lets get the latest from our political correspondent, jonathan blake. Good morning to you. A really interesting intervention from nigel farage as we wait for the Brexit Party Campaign launch this morning, a man without any mps but could play a man without any mps but could play a significant role in
We hear from an mp who is calling on the government and bbc to reach an agreement. And typhoon hagibis is disrupting the weekends sport injapan. Formula 1 qualifying is postponed while scotland wait to see if their Rugby World Cup game against japan will go ahead. Good morning and welcome to the bbc news at nine. The cabinet has been briefed on what happened in the meeting between Boris Johnson and his irish counterpart, leo varadkar, yesterday, ahead of a resumption of brexit talks with the eu this morning. The Prime Minister and mr varadkar say they held detailed and constructive talks at a Country House on thursday. The two leaders agreed they could see a pathway to a possible deal. The meeting has meant negotiations could resume in brussels. The brexit secretary, stephen barclay, and Michel Barnier are currently holding talks there. Last night, the Northern Ireland secretary, julian smith, told the bbc that there was a need to compromise. Im not going to go into the negotiations no
On so called party houses, after 5 people were shot dead in San Francisco at a property booked through its website. Before the papers, sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, heresjohn watson. No silverware at the Rugby World Cup yesterday, but Lewis Hamilton could deliver some today. The us grand prix takes place this evening and by the end of it he could be formula one World Champion for the sixth time. Nick parrott reports. A sixth formula one world title is almost in Lewis Hamiltons hands. Only Mercedes Team mate Valtteri Bottas can keep him waiting. But the finn has his work cut out because he must win in austin or its all over. In a colder than usual texas, he kept the heat on in qualifying, claiming pole position at the circuit of the americas for the first time. This is one of hamiltons favourite tracks, having won here more than anyone else. But he could do no better than fifth, more than a quarter of a second off the pace. Obviously not great. But it is what