And ill be speaking to my guest jane foley about that story and wider Brexit Developments as well. A very warm welcome to the programme, briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. Is your phone secretly listening to you to target adverts . I want to know what your experiences, and does it bother you if it means you can get more releva nt if it means you can get more relevant ads . Tell us what you think, just use the hashtag bbcthebriefing. Hello. The eus chief brexit negotiator, michel barnier, has been reported to have told european diplomats that negotiations with the uk are in a state of paralysis. Hes believed to have made the remarks after four hour talks with borisjohnsons europe adviser david frost in brussels on wednesday. While those talks were going on the Prime Minister was losing two key votes in parliament. One to stop a no deal brexit, and the other preventing a snap general election for now. Heres our Political Editor laura kuennsberg. Are
No homes, no banks, no gas stations, no hardware stores. Its just total everythings gone. Hong kong caves in to campaigners, withdrawing the controversial extradition bill that sparked months of unrest. But protesters say they will persist. The global threat from greenlands glaciers. We have a special report as the countrys ice melts at a record rate. Eventually all of this ice will melt and raise the level of the ocean. Only by a tiny fraction, but in the decades ahead, as the planet heats up, decades ahead, as the planet heats up, mores decades ahead, as the planet heats up, mores here will melt with potentially catastrophic implications right around the world. The british Prime Minister Boris Johnson has suffered two major setbacks for his brexit strategy. First off, a Cross Party Group of mps was successful in getting a bill passed to prevent a no deal brexit. The bill potentially forces him to do something that hes repeatedly ruled out namely asking the eu for yet another brexit d
Donald trump has been accused of promoting unfounded conspiracy theories about the apparent suicide ofJeffrey Epstein. The us president , retweeted a baseless claim that bill clinton was involved in the death. The disgraced financier was found dead in his new yorkjail cell while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges involving under age girls. The fbi and the Usjustice Department have opened investigations. Chris buckler reports from washington. Jeffrey epstein was once the man at the centre of high society parties and a figure instrumental in the abuse of underage girls. His death in a new york prison, just weeks after another apparent suicide attempt, has raised many questions. Some, including the citys mayor, have called it convenient, given the countless claims about his crimes and the alleged involvement of some of his rich and famous friends. Among those retweeting conspiracy theories was donald trump. You know what, he had information on the clintons and the man ended up dead
Ordinary women to experience a little freedom. Women in iran are expected to cover their heads in public and if they want to apply for a passport or travel abroad they need male permission and wives have little chance of obtaining a divorce nonetheless women have been campaigning for equal rights in their country since the turn of the millennium. Social media has given the movement to boost its used by more than half of the iranian population and women in particular are discovering there really is strength in numbers regardless of where they are in the world. Its a punishable crime which are beyond veiled in public according to the laws sharia laws in iran you get lashes you get jailed and fined but more important than this you wont be allowed to get an education from the age of 7 if you take off your head scarf you wont be allowed to get a job. You wont be allowed to live in your own country. My campaign was born from a simple picture. There was a picture of me ronnie in a beauty food
Warning for a serious moscow review what you did around the world right now youre watching the weekly from r. T. International roundup of the big stories of the last 7 days as reported by us im kevin i would say to take you through the next 30 minutes and 1st a maritime tragedy russia has been remembering the 14 sailors who were killed in a fire in a research submarine in the barents sea on monday 7 of the victims were high ranking Navy Officials to have been pos mislead decorated too with the countrys highest honor the hero of the Russian Federation with a closer look at the tragedy a Senior Correspondent were gassed. On the 1st of july deep below russias barren see the unthinkable happened 5 a russian Scientific Research vessel mapping the sea floor was suddenly a death trap alarms bled hatches was shut and locked and the crew in the burning compartments sacrificed their lives to put out the blaze they succeeded the vessel and their colleagues were saved but 14 men all decorated vete