Nothing else changed in his message. The doing or dying is still defiantly scheduled for october 31st. So our question today is the british Prime Minister digging himself a ditch in which to die . Or demonstrating exactly the determination that will do in the end . My guests italian writer and film maker annalisa piras. Iain martin of the times. Marc roche of le point newspaper. Stephanie baker of bloomberg news. Thanks for coming in. The palace of westminster has seen many extraordinary political dramas over the past thousand years. But the current one is right up there. In fact, the last time a british Prime Minister lost his first vote in the house of commons was 1783 and thats not the only thing that went wrong for Boris Johnson last week. So a quick recap. On monday, downing street warned tory mps that if theyjoined an attempt to push through a bill seeking to block a no deal brexit they would be expelled from the Parliamentary Party and if the blocking attempt succeeded the Prime
And film maker annalisa piras. Iain martin of the times. Marc roche from le point newspaper. And Stephanie Baker of bloomberg news. Thanks, all, for coming in. The palace of westminster has seen some extraordinary political dramas over the past 1,000 years, but there current one is right up there. In fact, the last time a british Prime Minister lost his first vote in the house of commons was 1783, and thats not the only thing that went wrong for Boris Johnson last week. So, lets do a quick recap. On monday, downing street warned tory mps that if theyjoined an attempt to push through a bill seeking to block a no deal brexit, they would be expelled from the parliamentary party, and if the blocking attempts succeeded, the Prime Minister would call for a general election. On tuesday, 21 tories defied those threats and were promptly thrown out. On wednesday, the house of commons past the offending blocking bill and rejected the Prime Ministers attempt to call a snap election. On thursday, j
Now on bbc news, its dateline london. Hello, and welcome to dateline london. Im carrie gracie. This week right back on track says President Trump of us trade talks with china. But was it peace treaty or a truce when the g2 met at the g20 . And the heart wrenching photo of a drowned father and daughter which reminded us all of the misery and the urgency of global migration. My guests today marc roche of le point, italian writer and filmmaker annalisa piras, polly toynbee, columnist for the guardian, and john fisher burns, veteran reporter for the new york times. Welcome to you all. Now, a g20 summit is often more about the quips, the cold shoulders and calculations that happen on the sidelines than it is about the headline initiatives. The same was true of osaka. But much of the world was holding its breath for a breakthrough on the trade war between the us and china. So, are the big two now back on track as President Trump has claimed . John, you start us off. It is very difficult to r
An evangelist for business if he becomes Prime Minister. I cant think of anybody who has gone around the World Championing uk businesses and generally acting as an ambassador and evangelist for uk businesses. The shadow chancellor, John Mcdonnell conceded hes frustrated by labours lack of progress on its brexit position what i have been trying to say is we need to move now and jeremy said a month ago we are going to put this issue back to the people. England play india in a crucial World Cup Group stage game at edgbaston President Trump has become the first serving president to step foot inside north korea after a historic meeting with kimjong un in the demilitarised zone on the korean border this morning. This is the moment the two men met at the border. After handshakes and a brief chat, President Trump was welcomed across the border by the north Korean Leader. The event has been presented by the white house as an impromtu meeting only decided upon yesterday and some critics have dis
Nazanin zaghari ratcliffe, the british motherjailed in tehran, has ended her Hunger Strike after 15 days her husband has also ended his own Hunger Strike outside the Iranian Embassy in london. Parts of the uk are set to see the hottest day of the year today and in europe a heatwave continues to break records. 0ne, one, two, three, four. Storming it stormzy makes history by becoming the first black british solo artist to headline glastonbury. England will face the United States in the semi finals of the world cup thats after the us knocked out the hosts france in paris last night. And at half past eleven, join us for dateline london where Carrie Gracie and her guests will discuss the significance of the decision by the us and china to resume trade talks. Good morning and welcome to bbc news. The 620 summit has ended in osaka, with President Trump committing to resuming trade talks with china. Mr trump said he wouldnt impose any further sanctions on beijing. President trump also revealed