For britains post brexit industrial future with high tech sectors top of agenda. In sport, england lose the first ashes test. Australia get the runs they needed easily to win by ten wickets in brisbane. Macro i bet you look good on the dancefloor, i dont know if youre looking for romance or, i dont know what youre looking for. Dad dancer or disco diva . Well be asking why Research Suggests that three quarters of men never or hardly ever strut their stuff. And matt has the weather. Good morning. A wet and windy start to the new week for some but its the mildest morning of the week, cold air throughout, more details on that and youre full forecast in 15 minutes. Thanks, matt. Good morning. First, our main story. Authorities in bali have warned that a volcano on the island is in imminent danger of a full scale eruption. Mount agung has been sending clouds of thick ash and smoke thousands of feet into the air since saturday. The airport has been closed and locals have been ordered to leave
In the hour on bbc news, the investigation into ben stokes involvement in a fight outside a nightclub has concluded and the cps will now decide whether or not he will face charges. Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. The government has offered to significantly increase the so called brexit divorce bill, the amount of money its willing to pay the European Union for our departure from it. Its understood the government is now prepared to pay up to 50 billion euros around £41; billion in an attempt to kick start talks on a future trade deal. Back in september, the Prime Minister had said the uk was prepared to pay 20 billion euros. But the eus chief negotiator Michel Barnier insists we are not there and negotiations are continuing. Our Political Editor Laura Kuenssberg has more. There is no substitute for personal diplomacy. The Prime Minister, the first major leader to visit iraq since so called is were driven out of mosul. Thousands of miles away, dealings between westminst
The uk will pay double what it offered the eu just two months ago in the hope it will pave the way to trade talks. Get in touch with us using the hashtag beyond100days. Hello, i am katty kay in washington, Christian Fraser is in london and donald trump is causing outrage on both sides of the atlantic. We dont know why the president of america chose to retweet incendiary, unverified, anti Muslim Videos posted by the convicted leader of a far right British Group but we do know that doing so has incensed americas closest ally. The videos are from the account of the british fascist jayda fransen, the deputy leader of the group, britain first. She was convicted last year of a hate crime on a muslim woman. Currently, she is on bailfacing four charges of religiously aggravated harassment. Membership that often endades to raise its profile. Early this morning, it received a huge propaganda gift from donald trump, the America First president. On his twitter feed, he retweeting three inflammator
Detailed confession allegedly from the serial killer Levi Bellfield. Also in the next hour, Prince William wishes his brother and new fiancee all the best ahead of their wedding next spring. While on a trip to finland, the duke of cambridge said he was delighted for the couple but also himself. For me, personally, i hope it means he stays out of my fridge. From other scrounging he has done out of my fridge over the last few years. So it is pretty exciting. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. The government has offered to significantly increase the so called brexit divorce bill, the amount of money its willing to pay the European Union for our departure from it. Its understood the government is now prepared to pay up to 50 billion euros around £41; billion in an attempt to kick start talks on a future trade deal. Back in september, the Prime Minister had said the uk was prepared to pay 20 billion euros. Today, on a surprise visit to iraq, theresa may said the uk was still in negotiat
Its exactly a year since opec and russia first struck a deal to cut production. Brent crude has soared from 45 dollars a barrel in the summer to over 63. That deal is due to expire at the end of march. But there are signs of a split. Russia is happy with oil at 40 a barrel some of its oil bosses have been questioning why cuts should continue now prices have recovered. But the saudis need much higher prices to balance their economy they want oil at 60. Lets get more on this story. Herman wang, is opec specialist for s p global platts. Hes in vienna covering the meeting. Welcome to the programme. You expecting production cuts to continue beyond march . Thank you for having me. It looks like we are heading towards a nine month extension. As with a lot of these agreements, the devil will be in the details. We know that russia isnt quite as, or, a little less committed to having this production cuts locked in for another year. There are a lot of people that will be looking closely at this c