Donald trump cancels a state visit to denmark after the danish Prime Minister said greenland is not for sale. And that 11 30pm we will be taking a review of via papers. Stay with us for that. The papers. Hello, good evening. Borisjohnson is making his first overseas trip as Prime Minister to germany has declared in the presence of Angela Merkel that the uk wants a brexit deal, but that the government cannot accept the irish backstop. The backstop guarantees an open border on the island of ireland if there is no trade agreement after brexit, and its part of the withdrawal deal drawn up by the eu and theresa may. Mrs merkel has repeatedly said that deal cannot be renegotiated. But, she did appear today open to mr johnson coming up with some kind of alternative to the backstop in as little as 30 days. Then write reports. Then another Prime Minister arrives in berlin to demand more concessions on brexit. Prime minister, are you hopeful of a deal . Its a familiar tune, but this time the dea
Are going to be able to continue in business. Progress has stalled poorer pupils in englands schools are stuck 18 months behind their peers, says a new report people with alcohol problems in england are half as likely to get the right help compared to other areas of britain. And itll be an empty stadium for burys first match of the season, the games been suspended due to financial concerns. And coming up on bbc news, britains nicola adams has become wbo world flyweight champion for the first time after her opponent she was due to fight pulled out injured. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. A former high courtjudge, who led a review into the Police Investigation of an alleged vip paedophile ring, says officers involved might themselves have broken the law. Sir Richard Henriques said there were doubts about the main witness, carl beech, and his credibility, but that police failed to reveal this when applying for search warrants. Among those whose homes were searched, were
A major complaint by many workers across the world is that their salaries remain fairly stagnant, while their bosses continue to enjoy bumper pay rises. However times may be changing. A new report by the High Pay Centre suggests the salaries of chief executives for the uks top 100 listed companies saw a significant drop last year. The report found that median pay for ftse 100 bosses fell by 13 in 2018 to 4. 2million, compared to 4. 8million in 2017. Despite the fall, their pay is still 117 times that of the average uk full time worker earning 35,700 a year. Claudine adeyemi is a director at career ear, an advice and recruitment platform. Good to have you with us. Do you think it is a good thing that it has fallen . I do think it is a good thing. For some decades we have seen that chief executives are receiving incredibly large pay in comparison to that wider workforce and the disparity in pain can then add various tensions if we are thinking about the wider economy and social cohesion
Social Media Companies to react after paul pogba receives racist abuse. Good morning, once again from the farm in leicestershire as the bbc continues its focus on farming. Today will be talking about gm crops as the Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, comes out in favour. Its a beautiful start of the day, chilly, we could have some rain and increasing winds coming in from the north. In the south, were looking at drain cloudy conditions. Well have further details in 15 minutes dry and cloudy. Its wednesday, the 21st of august. Our top story borisjohnson will repeat his demand for fundamental changes to the brexit Withdrawal Agreement, when he meets the german chancellor, Angela Merkel, in berlin later today. Allies of mrs merkel have accused the Prime Minister of making a completely impossible request and actually not being serious. In a moment well get the view from germany, from our correspondent jenny hill in hamburg. But first, our political correspondent, iain watson in westminster. Iai
You feel as if youre going to go insane. You know, i even thought to myself, i cant cope, cant, ill kill myself, ill kill myself and how poorer teenagers in england are falling behind their wealthier counterparts at gcse level. And coming up on bbc news the ashes are just two days away and its been confirmed that captain joe root will bat at no 3 for england in that first test against australia at edgbaston. Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. Borisjohnson is making his first visit to wales as Prime Minister, in a bid to rally support for his brexit plans. But theres been fierce criticism from welsh farming groups, who say that leaving the eu without a deal would be catastrophic for welsh farming and could lead to civil unrest. Wales, which voted to leave in 2016, is heavily dependent on agriculture, particularly lamb. More than a third of all welsh lamb is sold abroad and almost all of it 92 is bought by eu countries. But if we leave with no deal, welsh lamb is likely to