Good morning. Welcome to breakfast with dan walker and louise minchin. Our headlines today too late to leave Emergency Services in parts of southern australia say its no longer safe for some to evacuate and predict a day of extreme danger. The search for father of four and firefighter Anthony Knott. Hes now been missing for 10 days. Retail in crisis more than 60 high street shops a day closed this year, a sharp increase on the year before. But is there still hope for our high streets . Ill take a look. Halfway through the premier League Season and liverpool are 13 points clear at the top. Sadio mane scores as his side beat wolves 1 0 amidst var controversy at anfield. Good morning. You have sent in some gorgeous sunset pictures from last night and we love seeing them. This one is of darlington, sent in by chris. Keep them coming watch out for some patchy mist and fog first thing to much of england and wales, dry though, and scotland and Northern Ireland, you have some rain. More in 15
Hello there there was some sunshine and showers around at the end of the week. That they will continue into the weekend. It will still be quite chilly out there. The showers could bring us snow over the hills, perhaps as far south as mid wales. The strong winds will continue to affect many parts of england and wales, in particular, right the way through the week. It is a very messy weather chart for saturday. We have still got those fairly brisk showery winds and low pressure sitting to the north of scotland. We see a band of showers pushing eastward through the morning across england and wales. Then it turns drier and sunnier in the afternoon, but still windy. Showers may be easing of the afternoon for Northern Ireland but continuing in scotland, particularly in the west. It will feel quite chilly as well. 4 5d in scotland, Northern Ireland, the high temperatures in the far south west of england, it turns wet and windy through the evening. Is that bad of wet weather moves into england
Live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news its newsday. Good morning. Its 8 00am in singapore, midnight in london, and 11 00am in australia where a state of emergency has been declared in New South Wales and now also queensland. Dozens of bushfires continue to burn in the region. Earlier, authorities issued the highest level of warning in some areas known as catastrophic for the First Time Since new fire warnings were introduced a decade ago. For more heres the bbcs phil mercer in sydney. Well, we have heard that 850,000 pairs of bushland has been burnt in New South Wales since the start of this years fire season hectares. So that is a huge area of land. Today we have heard that both New South Wales and queensland have declared a state of emergency. What that does, gives the fire authorities greater powers to protect life and property. So that just gives you an indication as to how serious this is. Dozens of fires are burning in both Eastern States and the fo
Threat to sydney. Now on bbc news Stephen Sackur speaks to the film director bolivias president evo morales announces his resignation after weeks of protests over last months disputed elections. Im ben bland in london. Also in the programme. Cyclone bulbul rips through coastal welcome to hardtalk. Im stephen areas of bangladesh and india, killing at least 13 sackur. For many filmmakers and people and forcing more than two film goers movies are about escapism and entertainment. Look at the listings in your local cinema and you will see what they mean. But not so you will see what they mean. But not so for my guest today. One of the most lauded and durable directors in the uk film industry, ken loach. He has made 27 films, he has won the biggest prize at khanna twice, and yet his films are the very opposite of escapism. His latest is an unrelenting, bleak take on the exploitation of workers in the so called gig economy. If entertainment is in his mission, what is . Ken loach, welcome to
The worst of the flooding at the moment. Living with hiv in pakistan weather warnings in force, details on our website. Time now to go live to singapore if youre concerned about more rain we find out how families are coping in a part of the country where you are, you do really need to keep across the forecast where infection rates are growing. Live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news. Its newsday. As we go through this week. We begin with breaking news. Police in hong kong have used live ammunition during clashes with protesters. Footage broadcast on social media appears to show an officer shooting a demonstrator in the chest at point blank range. The masked man is seen collapsing to the floor. Pro democracy activists have been trying to disrupt transport in hong kong by setting up barricades. Months of demonstrations in the territory have turned increasingly violent. On sunday, an International Panel of experts expressed support for an independent inquiry