Unwanted items in the bin. A warm welcome to the programme, briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. And you can be part of the conversation. Get in touch to tell us what you think about the stories we are covering or what you are spotting where you are. Just use the hashtag bbcthebriefing we start with some breaking news there has been a volanic eruption on an island in new zealand popular with tourists. Its reported that around a hundred people were in the area and that some are unaccounted for. The volcano, on white island, is about 30 miles off the countrys north island. The prime Ministerjacinda Ardern has been speaking in the last hour. Lets have some of what she had to say. Police search and rescue as supporting the National Emergency agency following an eruption at white island. Police were alerted at 2 17pm. At this stage, and please do keepin 2 17pm. At this stage, and please do keep in mind this is an evolving situation, but at this stage, we
Of catalonia condemns violent protests by fellow separatists. In business, the not so special relationship. Uk firms face a nasty hangover as the us hits europe with billions of dollars of import taxes. A warm welcome to the programme, briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. Also in the programme celebrity backers of Extinction Rebellion admit hypocrisy, but say we are stuck in a fossil fuel economy and call on the media to focus on the more urgent story. Get in touch. Can you back a cause but not adhere to every detail . Tell us what you think, hashtag bbcthebriefing. We begin in brussels. That is where british and eu negotiators are still trying to hammer out a brexit deal. A crucial summit of european leaders is due to get under way there in a few hours. High level sources on both sides are telling the bbc that most issues between the uk, the European Union and ireland have been settled, in principle, but that nothing is finalised until everything is
Happened, very early stages yet, i dont want to comment on specific causes. No indication of any connection with drug dealing networks or anything . A gap as i said, very early stages of the investigation, we will assess the information we have got and progress from there. We will follow our normal process, postmortems will ta ke normal process, postmortems will take place in due course, we have deployed specially trained officers to support the families, and names et cetera will follow in due course. Any indication of how big the party was and whether these four were invited . A gap that is difficult to sayjust invited . A gap that is difficult to say just now. I invited . A gap that is difficult to sayjust now. I do believe that the people involved as the victims here we re people involved as the victims here were invited to that address, and i was about 15 20 people present for most of the time, that is as far as ican go most of the time, that is as far as i can go in terms of the i
Rights. But once again, peaceful protest gave way to petrol bombs, with police stations under attack. This is what eventually cleared the ha rd core this is what eventually cleared the hardcore activists who then rampaged through the streets targeting chinese businesses. They thought the police they fought to the police late into the night. For a 20th consecutive weekend of undress here in hong kong, the police are really struggling to control the streets here. They brought out the water cannon. The protesters are not going home. The question is the one weve been asking for five months now when does this end . How does this end . Hong kongs government claims a housing crisis has unleashed this cycle of violence, but these protesters say it is their deep fear at the type of place they will be living in under greater chinese control, which means they wont be giving up. Now, with all the sport, heres lizzi Greenwood Hughes at the bbc sport centre. Thanks very much. Good evening. Wales hav
A warm welcome to the programme, briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. Also in the programme the boss of Facebook Mark zuckerberg tries to convince us lawmakers libra is the future what do you think . The cryptocurrency. If it is ever launched, will you be signing up . Get in touch just use the hashtag bbc the briefing in what is now a wide ranging Murder Investigation, British Police are working to identify 39 people found that in the trailer of a lorryjust outside london. One was a teenager but it is not yet confirmed who any of the dead were or where they came from. The lorry driver, who is from Northern Ireland, has been arrested on suspicion of murder. The lorry was found a0 kilometres east of the capital. Overnight Police Raids Homes in Northern Ireland as the investigation into how 39 people we re investigation into how 39 people were found dead in a shipping container in essex gathers pace. My robertson is the driver of the lorry. Yesterday th