Hello and welcome to bbc news. Britain will face shortages of fuel, food and medicine if it leaves the European Union without a transition deal, jamming ports and requiring a hard border in ireland thats according to official government documents leaked to the sunday times newspaper. With me is our Political Correspondent nick eardley. Give us an idea of what these leaked reports set out in terms of the hardships of britain might face. This is a document called operation yellowhammer, the Civil Service looking at potentially what could happen if the uk leaves the European Union ina happen if the uk leaves the European Union in a few weeks without a deal and at its heart are some stark warnings of long delays at the ports, at eurotunnel, of the potential for certain fresh foods running out or becoming scarce, at least not all foods running out, but potentially some fresh food running scarce. And overall, a picture of some significant hardships in the uk on the 31st of october. These lea
Borisjohnson is to meet the german and french leaders next week to make it clear that the uk is leaving the eu at the end of october. News of his first trip abroad as british Prime Minister comes as leaked government documents, published by the sunday times, warn that the uk could face problems such as medicine, food and fuel shortages in the event of a no deal brexit. A downing street source said the government did not expect such outcomes but was exploring scenarios as part of no deal planning. More now from our Political Correspondent nick eardley. This is a document called operation yellowhammer. It is the Civil Service looking at potentially what could happen if the uk leaves the European Union in a few weeks without a deal. And at its heart are some pretty stark warnings of long delays at ports, airports, at eurotunnel, of the potential for certain fresh foods running out or becoming scarce, at least not all foods running out, but potentially some fresh food running scarce, and o
Hello and welcome. We just want to start with some breaking news coming out of afghanistan. We have an updated death toll on the explosion at the wedding reception in kabul. 63 people have been killed and 182 wounded in that attack at the wedding reception in kabul on saturday. Now, the taliban have denied responsibility for that blast as it was at a west couple wedding hall ina as it was at a west couple wedding hall in a minority owned shiite wedding hall, people celebrating the marriage. We are seeing some pictures now of the aftermath, but there were pictures posted on social media which workrate gruesome we re media which workrate gruesome were quite. It was a suicide bomber. The updated death toll, 63 dead and 180 wounded. They did happen at 18 10 gmt. This updated death toll is coming through a number of hours later. The minority has been targeted on other occasions in this explosion happened in the west of the city, mostly populated by shiite muslims. It does come at a time whe
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