To the eu will not be appearing before a kangaroo court. Also on the programme the uk foreign secretary has told his us counterpart mike pompeo, he is deeply concerned that the United States is giving support to a turkish incursion into northern syria. And all rise for the doll that honours her honour. Mattel announces that judge barbie is in mass production. Hello and welcome, im Christian Fraser in london, Michelle Fleury is in washington. With just 23 days to go until the brexit deadline there is no deal in place, and a vanishingly slim prospect of the two sides sitting down to find one. By all accounts, meaningful negotiations have come to a standstill. And in their place, a war of words between brussels and downing street over who is to blame. Expect to hear much more of that in the weeks running up to the deadline. Today borisjohnson spoke to Angela Merkel. And soon after a number ten source briefed journalists that the german chancellor had told the Prime Minister a deal based o
Of the panorama journalists who investigated the claims by carl beech thats at n9 15. And also before ten oclock well take a closer look at one of the nominees for britains most prestigious prize for architecture London Bridge station. And fans celebrate as Katarina Johnson thompson scoops britains second goal and breaks the british heptathlon record at the world athletics championships. Good morning and welcome to the bbc news at 9. The uk and us governments have called on facebook to rethink its plans to use encryption for messages on all of its platforms. In an open letter to the companys chief executive, mark zuckerberg, the home secretary priti patel said the firms policy could Hamper International efforts to grant law enforcers faster access to private messages on social media. Facebook argues that it is working closely with child Safety Experts and governments to keep people safe. Encryption is creating those spaces, those spaces for terrorist individuals, terrorist organisation
Scotland face a must win game against russia to keep their hopes alive while wales can qualify for the quarter finals if they beat fiji. Good morning. And it is another day of sunshine and showers. Some of those showers are merging to give longer spells of rain, heavy with hailand longer spells of rain, heavy with hail and thunder, but they will be blown along quite quickly on gusty winds. They will have more in 15 minutes. Good morning. Its wednesday the 9th of october. Our top story the irish Prime Minister has warned it will be very difficult for the uk and the eu to reach an agreement on brexit before the deadline of october the 31st. Leo varadkars comments come as european leaders accused the government of turning the brexit negotiations into a stupid blame game. Our Political Correspondent nick eardley is in downing street for us this morning. Nick, what next for brexit . The tone of the conversation has really ta ke n the tone of the conversation has really ta ken a the tone of
At the end of the month. The home secretary calls on facebook to rethink plans to encrypt messages across its platforms. Walking out former conservative leadership contender rory stewart resigns from the party and plans to stand for mayor of london coming up on afternoon live, all the sport with olly foster. Encouraging progress for andy murray. He was quite chipper today, he says hes been playing his best tennis yet on the singles comeback trail. Thats despite a quarterfinal defeat in china today. And theres been a big win for south africa over italy at the Rugby World Cup. Thanks olly and helen has all the weather. Wet conditions set to continue. U nfortu nately, yes, unfortunately, yes, thats right, martin, as storm lorenzo is approaching quite rapidly, we look for the next significant rainmaker coming up. I will have the details just before the bottom of the hour. Hello, this is afternoon live, im martine croxall. A damning report has strongly criticised the metropolitan police for
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