A technique called gene silencing which doctors say will be life changing is given the go ahead for use on the nhs in england. This is huge. This is making a disease that was previously untreatable, treatable. The first study of its kind has found most ethnic groups in the uk earn less on average than White British workers we are live at wimbledon, the women ta ke ce ntre we are live at wimbledon, the Women Take Centre stage on quarterfinal stage. Coming up in the sport on bbc news well have the latest from old trafford. The first of the world cup semifinals, new zealand making a shaky start against india. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. The labour leaderJeremy Corbyn, has committed his party to campaign for remain in another referendum on a conservative brexit deal or a no deal exit from the European Union challenging the next Prime Minister to put their deal to the people. The major shift in the partys policy came after a meeting of the shadow cabinet this morning.
Live all the sport. England take their first three wickets for just 1a runs. England take their first three wicketsforjust14 runs. 217 8 australia, you would say england are in control but we saw what happened to india from a similar position against new zealand yesterday, lots of drama so far, we will have the latest from edgbaston at 2 30pm. Bit of drama coming in the weather forecast. Thunderstorms across the uk at the moment, mostly affecting the far north east, one or two into edgbaston for the cricket this afternoon. All the details coming up shortly. Also coming up re writing history the skull discovery which suggests modern human beings lived outside africa much earlier than previously thought tension is mounting in the gulf after a Royal Navy Warship warned off three iranian gunboats that were trying to intercept a British Oil Tanker in the strait of hormuz. The ministry of defence says hms montrose moved between the British Heritage and the iranian vessels. The montrose issue
The us will reveal its latest trade numbers today, as its spat with china rumbles on. President trump has made reducing americas deficit a key priority. In april, the deficit narrowed to just under 51 billion. But it wasnt just imports which fell american exports dropped dramatically the biggest fall in three years. Some countries have benefited from the trade war. Mexico, the eu, and canada have all seen their exports to the us rise substantially this year as trading patterns have shifted. But economists warn that rising tariffs will be bad for the world economy. The imf has lowered its forecast for Global Growth to 3. 3 citing trade tensions as a key reason. Ross denton, trade partner at baker mckenziejoins me now. Good morning. So the trade figures will be out in the us later. What will be out in the us later. What will it tell us, do you think, about the trade relationship between us and countries . There is enormous amount of uncertainty in the Global Economy at the moment. As you
This is making an untreatable disease treatable. Alison riske and then we have the mixed doubles and in the cricket new zealand are playing india. Ben has the weather. One or two showers are forecast. Some hefty downpours elsewhere but nothing like the rain we have seen on the other side of the pond. Some oppressive pictures for you. Also coming up, i am 0k oppressive pictures for you. Also coming up, i am ok for the next decade and all of us here because we will not face the problems. But the problems in the next 20 to 30 years and major ones that will cause great social unrest. Upping the heat Sir David Attenborough criticises World Leaders who he says are not doing enough to address Climate Change. Hello everyone this is afternoon live im simon mccoy. He cant have been up very long this morning before President Donald Trump took to twitter to write more personal comments attacking the uk ambassador to washington Sir Kim Darroch. a wacky ambassador, he says not someone we are thrille
The boss of tesco talks to breakfast, as the uks biggest retailer celebrates turning 100. Dave lewis talks to me about pay, getting rid of plastics, brexit and dad dancing. Its tennis dream team andy murray will partner Serena Williams in wimbledons mixed doubles. The sun is shining in wimbledon once again. Another dry day with temperatures up to 23 degrees. Sunny skies with some cloud but wet and windy at times across the north. I will have more in 15 minutes. Its wednesday, the third ofjuly. Our top story its not coming home. After a dramatic semi final against the usa, the lionesses were last night knocked out of the womens world cup. It just wasnt meant to be for england, who suffered a 2 1 defeat at the hands of the usa. There was drama, there was hope of england it was a familiar story, yet again the world cup dream has ended in tears. Defeat in the semi final would be a failure, phil neville would be a failure, phil neville would say. We have done our very best. We have not left