Reporting from washington, i a laura trevelyan. The dow jones ves 800 points on fears of a recession. President trump points the finger at the fed. Even the arctic can no longer escape plastic pollution. The snow is no longer pure and the damage is raising alarms for ldfe and residents. You look around you and you see something that you think is the pristine arctic, and it is not anymore. Laura plus, two ads in britain are pulled for gender stereotypes. I does tustry need to rethink how they sell . Laura for those watching on pbs and around the globe, welcome to wor news america. It was a brutal day on the markets, with the dow jones dropping 800 points. Fears of recession and worrying signs from abroad combined to make traders anxious. As it was unfolding, psident trump was tweeting about the federal reserve, calling the chairman clueless. For more i spoke with the bbcs Michelle Fleury in new york. Whateay spooked the markets, michelle . Michelle a couple of things. First of all, you
And if your timeline is not full of football transfer rumours then it may well be full of cats, because today is International Cat day. Hello and welcome. Im katty kay in washington, Christian Fraser is in london. You dont have to become vegan, or even vegetarian to save the planet, but you do have to eat less meat. And you have to do it now. Thats the broad recommendation of a big new un report on land and water resources. Basically if humanity doesnt start farming less intensively we wont be able to carry on feeding ourselves. Already more than 10 of the worlds population is undernourished. Soil is being lost faster than its forming and the number of food deserts is growing. Climate change, with its increase in droughts and floods and storms, is only putting more pressure on our land and water resources. But if we change our diets now, we can help to tackle Climate Change. Heres our science editor david shukman. A wall of dust smothers the parched fields of oklahoma. The planet is he
Also on the programme. Could it be the real estate deal of the century . Donald trump confirms hes serious about buying greenland. And keep your paws to yourself we bring you the tale of a hungry pooch, and a country cake baking competition. What could possibly go wrong . Hello and welcome im katty kay in washington, david eades is in london. The uk government has announced that in the event of a no deal brexit on october 31st citizens of the European Union would immediately lose their automatic right to live and work in the uk. Under the previous governments plans freedom of movement would have continued for a limited period whether or not a deal was agreed. But thats now changed. Moreover, the new government plans tougher criminality rules for people entering the uk without proper documentation. Nick eardley, our political correspondent, is in westminster. Nick, unpicked at four as a bed. What is the government announcing here . It has dropped the two plans that was being explored as
Top story here in the uk an raf helicopter is helping to protect a town in derbyshire in danger of flooding. Now on bbc news, Asia Business report. Jumps new tariffs hit markets. Shares, oil and the dollar slide as the us president announces fresh levies on china trumps tariffs. Admission to bangkok. How the uk is hoping to line up post brexit trade deals in asia. Good morning and welcome to this friday edition of Asia Business report, live from singapore, with me, mariko 0i. Lets start with the trade war. As you have been hearing on newsday, the us president has announced fresh 10 ta riffs president has announced fresh 10 tariffs on another 300 billion of chinese products from the start of next month. It is the latest move in the escalating conflict between the worlds two august economies and comes worlds two august economies and co m es after worlds two august economies and comes after a new round of talks this week showed no signs of a significant breakthrough. The announcement is h
And well be talking to the man who wrote the eulogy for an icelandic glacier which has disappeared because of Climate Change. We will be live in westminster to look at that letter from Boris Johnson to donald tusk suggesting the irish border backstop has to be replaced with an alternative if the uk and the eu can find a deal that the uk will accept. Before that before that. What a striking image this is. Sudans former president , Omar Al Bashir was driven from power earlier this year. This is him today in court, inside a cage. Hes facing corruption charges. We already know that millions of dollars in cash was seized at his house. And investigators are alleging that mr bashir has admitted receiving 90 million from saudi arabia. Though his lawyers say all allegations against him are baseless. Omar al bashir is also accused of being involved in the killing of people who protested against his rule. And inevitably, this trial is seen as a test of whether the Ruling Military Council can deal