Calls for comment on the India Pakistan border after new delhi revokes the special status for the disputed region. And puerto rico a senate calls awful voted to confirm the new governor as legal questions are raised or the his eligibility. Has been a new escalation and the u. S. China trade or washington is accusing beijing of manipulating its currency after it lower the value of the you are a stocks have dropped nearly 3 percent on wall street beijing says it will stop Chinese Companies from buying u. S. Farm products lets go to our correspondent alan fischer he is joining us live from the u. S. Capital and eventful day in the trade war allan ending with donald trump doing something hes been threatening for a long time. Exactly he said on the campaign trail the very 1st thing he would do on his far stay in office in the white house was the clear china come see manipulator well he tweeted a few hours ago that thats exactly what they were doing a lot in there come see to drop against th
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. Tell us what you think about the stories we are covering just use the hashtag bbcthebriefing. After a weekend of Mass Shootings that left 31 dead, in ohio and texas, President Trump has announced hell visit el paso on wednesday. The attack there is being investigated as domestic terrorism. In an address to the nation, mr trump condemned hatred and white supremacy, and called for reform of Mental Health and gun laws. His language, from a prepared script, was in sharp contrast with his rhetoric on twitter and at public rallies, and in a rare statement, former president barack obama has called on americans to reject language from any of their leaders that feeds a climate of fear or normalises racism. Peter bowes reports. Another vigil. Mourners in el paso remember the victims another vigil. Mourners in el paso remember the victims of another vi
Ten minutes before landing. One passenger compares it to a horror film. People were saying, get down, get down, we were trying to breathe in only the cleaner air towards the floor of the cabin. A teenager is charged with attempted murder after a six year old boy was allegedly thrown from the top of the tate. Hell appear in court later today firefighters warn that crews will need to spend at least two more days pumping water from a reservoir to stop its dam bursting and flooding a town. As the dust settles on a crushing ashes defeat, englands captain insists his side does have the confidence to turn the series around. Tackling the counterfeit alcohol trade, how an artificial tongue could help taste subtle differences between whiskies. Good morning, and welcome to the bbc news at 9. The European Union has rejected holding further brexit talks with the uk while borisjohnsons government insists on changing the Withdrawal Agreement to scrap the irish border backstop. Eu negotiators told eur
Record temperatures and hate waves in europe the United States and the arctic coincided with a major ice melt in greenland data from scientists at the danish me to a logical institute shows melting on almost 60 percent of greenlands ice sheet that released 197000000000 metric tons of water into the Atlantic Ocean in july we actually now see a. Signal of. Climate change Global Warming the arctic is actually warming at twice the rate of the rest of the world and now theres a very clear signal that is or may is actually driven by too much Carbon Dioxide in the atmosphere so as this year 2 increases so should temperatures around the world were going to see more of these type of heat wave. These heat wave events. Behind large wildfires since early june wildfires in the arctic pumped out more than 100000000. 00 tons of Greenhouse Gases thats equivalent to belgiums Carbon Dioxide emissions in a year climate Scientists Say there is still time to limit Global Warming to 1. 5 degrees celsius abo
A teenager is charged with attempted murder after a 6 year old boy was allegedly thrown from viewing platform of the tate modern art gallery. Eu Officials Say they currently have no reason to hold any further brexit talks with the uk. Englands batsmen crumble. Australia rip through englands batting line up to take a 1 0 lead in the ashes. s an icy swim, a 100 mile cycle uphill, and a marathon. How louise took on one of the toughest triathlon events in the world. Today we are looking at a mixture of sunshine and showers once again. The heaviest showers in the north and west that theyll be slow moving and thundery. West. Theyll be slow moving and thundery. More in 15 minutes. Its tuesday, august 6th. Our top story holidaymakers on a flight from heathrow to spain, had to be evacuated after smoke filled the cabin shortly before landing. The 175 passengers on board were told to use emergency exits to leave the plane and slide down the chutes. British airways has blamed a technical issue. Ou