Well be live in penzance at 9 15am for a special report. And in sport, wales get ready to take on fiji in the Rugby World Cup, while scotland play russia in a bid to reach the quarterfinals. Good morning, and welcome to the bbc news at 9 00am. 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 31st october. Speaking to rte news, leo varadkar said big gaps remained between the uk and the eu on crucial issues. Mr varadkar is expected to meet Boris Johnson for further brexit talks later this week. It comes as european leaders accused the government of playing a stupid blame game in the negotiations. Speaking to the french newspaper les echos, the European Commission president Jean Claude Juncker said if the negotiations failed, the reasons have to come from britain because the original sin is found on the islands and not on the continent. He went on to say a no deal brexit would lead to the collapse of
To save the high street. In sport, beaten but at least hes back. Andy murray loses on his return to singles tennis in cincinnati. Hes taking things slowly and will only play doubles at the us open. Good morning. A cool start to the dave but for many dry with sunshine. However, a few showers around and later well see rain coming in from the west to the day. Ill have more details in 15 minutes. Its tuesday the 13th of august. Our top story drivers could be banned from using hands free mobile phones in england and wales, a group of mps has suggested. The Commons Transport Committee warns current laws are giving the misleading impression that the devices are safe to use. It comes after a steady rise in the number of deaths and serious injuries in accidents involving drivers using phones at the wheel. Our transport correspondent tom burridge reports. Use tom burridge reports. Your phone at the wheel ant can use your phone at the wheel and you can geta use your phone at the wheel and you can
Small the kinds for the major averages a second day of small the clients. Half an hour ago, the three major averages it line ever subjected climbed ever so slightly higher, but as major averages did climb ever so slightly higher, but as trump was speaking we have big 7. 5 s in this macys down from hitting a sevenyear low after the cfo earlier at an Investor Conference and annual investor date to say that the Company Expected margins to be 1 lower on a yearoveryear basis and as a result, they will be engaging in rigorous costcutting costcutting in order to maintain the earnings forecast. Of course, how much can you cut costs . Investors not cheering that. We are seeing other retailers falling, including kohls, foot locker, and nordstrom. This is an ongoing theme this year, retail, as is riskoff. When you look at the haven bidts, we are seeing a today. Today we are seeing a big haven bid. Haven bonds are rallying. Gold is up 1 . The yen is also higher. Spikinglso have the vix 5. 5 . Not
Its territorial waters. The government says it would help the industry. And Stephen Hawking criticises president trumps decision to pull out of the paris Climate Change agreement, warning it could lead to irreversible Climate Change. In a moment we will have sportsday. But first, tennis fans are queueing for tickets at wimbledon. Hundreds are expected to camp overnight outside the All England Club for the chance to see andy murray start the defence of his title. We went to meet some of those queueing. Im told theres actually more than 1000 people camping here tonight, as you can see, when it comes to queueing, nobody does it better than the british. These people in the morning will be allocated a number, people in the morning will be allocated a number, those have been allocated a number, those have been allocated already, i should say, the stewards will then collect them in the morning, they will be taken over there, so that they can safely lock away their valuables, and then they can
Than a million pounds. Borisjohnson is expected to head to brussels in the next few days, in a last ditch effort to break the deadlock over a brexit trade deal. Talks between the uk and the European Union have again failed to produce a breakthrough. Ajoint Statement Issued by the Prime Minister, borisjohnson, and the European Commission president , ursula von der leyen, says. We agreed that the conditions for finalising an agreement are not there due to the remaining significant differences on three Critical Issues level playing field, governance and fisheries. We asked our chief negotiators and their teams to prepare an overview of the remaining differences to be discussed in a physical meeting in brussels in the coming days. Lets speak to our political correspondentjessica parker. Shejoins us now she joins us now from westminster. Do we know when because of course there is a Council Leaders meeting on thursday, presumably before that . Yeah, i mean, ithink people on thursday, presuma