Heat wave this summer especially france paris can see its hottest day on record with the mercury set to soar above 40 degrees celsius. Plus the risks of being gay in poland a gay pride march in the town of bell the stock over the weekend comes under attack by football hooligans are Government Policies stoking l g b t sentiment. Im brian thomas thanks so much for joining us well britain will have a new Prime Minister by the end of the day Boris Johnson will be moving into number 10 downing street at a crucial juncture for the nation as a prepares to leave the e. U. Now hes set to head a probe that government but will have just a razor thin majority in Parliament Well get the very latest from london and brussels after this report. Boris johnson is elected as the leader of the conservatives even. As a boy powers johnson once set he wanted to be world king now hes been crowned leader of britains conservatives after a boisterous campaign his acceptance speech was full there now feature stru
Top job france and germany clash over who should become the next president of the European Commission. And africas football stars grabbing in the spotlight that is the africa cup of nations gets underway in egypt we report on the issues beyond the stadiums democracy activists have denounced egypts hosting of this turn. Im brian thomas thanks so much for joining us chinese president xi jinping has arrived in north korea for his 1st state visit their talks with his host kim jong are likely to center on changs Nuclear Program now that after a summit earlier this year between kim jong un and us President Donald Trump ended without any agreement and with china backing sanctions on the north and that strain ties between those 2 countries. Its been less than 6 months since his handshake kim jong un has visited china north koreas closest foreign ally many times over the years. She jinping on the other hand is the 1st chinese leader to travel to pyongyang and well over a decade. We are ready to
Get the news top job france and germany clash over who should become the next president of the European Commission plus of the womans world cup in france docklands are on their way home after crashing and burning against argentina the scots looks certain to win until their opponents mounted a 2 growing at a controversial comeback. Im sorry kelly welcome to the program iran says that it is quote ready for war after shooting down what it claims was a u. S. Spy drone tehran said that the u. S. Had crossed a red line by sending the drone into iranian airspace now u. S. Officials confirm the incident but said that the drone was in International Airspace it comes at a time of heightened tension between the u. S. And tehran funding the republicans with the shooting down of the u. S. Drone was announced on Iranian State television. They did not immediately broadcast any pictures of the attack but showed instead a file image of the type of drone they said had been hit by an unmanned Surveillanc
Says the talks on a future trade relationship all depend on a breakthrough today. Also coming up this eleven Year Old Girl is one of an unknown number of syrian child refugees who must work to help their families survive we have a special report from to stumble. And u. S. President donald trump weighs need decision that could set off a seismic reaction in the middle east whether to boot the u. S. Embassy in israel to jerusalem could he calls the Peace Process to crash. Kelly welcome to the Program Thanks for joining us u. K. Prime minister to resign may has a day of crucial talks in brussels on britains exit from the e. U. Today it all comes down to ireland she is trying to break through the deadlock over how to handle trade and Movement Across the irish border post brags that the e. U. Worries that our return to tight controls of the u. K. s border in Northern Ireland could disrupt peace on the island european negotiators have refused to move into future trade talks until the issue is
Talks but the e. U. It seems will not be playing ball. Im terry martin welcome to the program the crisis in catalonia is escalating the government in madrid says it will push ahead with moves to impose direct rule on the region after the Catalan Leader threaten to declare independence. Lets cross now to barcelona where our correspondent Barbara Basler is standing by barbara its been a very busy morning in spain and madrid madrid and barcelona can you run as through whats been happening that. You know weve been waiting since the Early Morning what the two sides would do because we knew ten oclock was crunch time that was when the final final ultimatum of the government in madrid would run out it has run out and madrid has sort of kicked the ball back into the field off the cuff alone government it has indeed set in motion the Legal Proceedings for article one five five and that means now that the government in the palace behind us here in the center far solona where they are holed up th