Exactly would my opponent be willing to delay . How about christmas . Climate advisors accuse ministers of a ramshackle approach to global heating reminiscent of dads army. The uk economy returns to growth in may, after shrinking in april, but fears of a slowdown persist. Ask alexa. Users of amazons digital assistant will now be able to get medical advice directly from the nhs. And a new deal to keep the british grand prix at silverstone is set to be announced, ensuring the future of the sports oldest race. Good morning. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. The former Prime Minister sir john major says hes prepared to go to court to prevent borisjohnson trying to force through a no deal brexit. Mrjohnson refused to rule out suspending parliament in last nights tv debate withjeremy hunt. Sirjohn, whos backing mr hunt, said denying mps their say was utterly and totally unacceptable. In order to close down parliament, the Prime Minister would have to go to her majesty the queen and ask for her p
And well ask why one of indias most succesful entrepreneurs known as the coffee king has died, in unexplained circumstances. Over the last couple of hours, all eyes have been on this man, the chairman of the Us Federal Reserve, Jerome Powell. Hes announced a cut in Interest Rates by a quarter of one percent for the First Time Since the 2008 financial crisis, when the American Economy was in the depths of its worst recession since the 1930s. We decided today to lower the target for the federal funds rate we decided today to lower the target for the federalfunds rate by we decided today to lower the target for the federal funds rate by a quarter of a percentage point to a range of 2 to two and a quarter percent. The outlook for the us economy remains favourable and this design will support that outlook. If we take a look at this graph you can see how us Interest Rates were close to zero for seven years after the financial crisis in 2008 but have been gradually rising since 2016. The main
Golfer Tommy Fleetwood went from sneaking on to golf courses as a youngster to the top of the sport hear more about his remarkable story in half an hour. Good afternoon. Borisjohnson and jeremy hunt have both defended the right ofjournalists to publish leaked government documents, after police warned any further release of diplomatic cables could be a criminal matter. Yesterday, Scotland Yard announced that it was launching an investigation into the leak of dispatches from Sir Kim Darroch. The British Ambassador in washington had been highly critical of the trump administration. The leak of sir kims comments led to his resignation. Andy moore reports. Our man in washington, Sir Kim Darroch, has resigned, but that is not the end of the matter. Now a Police Enquiry will try to get to the bottom of who leaked his e mails. The memos, published in the mail on sunday, called President Trump inept and insecure. Mr trump responded by calling the ambassador wacky and pompous and said he could n
And it does look like snow. It is good afternoon. Coming up on afternoon not quite what it seems because i play is under way at the all england club, was not actually a metre of hail before we go to sport, i want to should be a terrific fortnight, accumulating in any one location, plenty to cheer for the british live, all the sport. Ta ke before we go to sport, i want to take you back to hong kong because the thinking is that because it is a tennis fans already, this is the scene live there right lets get the very latest warm climate, a lot of that hale from wimbledon. Melted when it reached the ground now. We understand that protesters afternoon, wimbledon is under way and then youve got a lot of flash have smashed their way into the and Novak Djokovic has just started john watson is there. The defence of his title. You will flooding, and then the additional Legislative Council. You can see the be back there later in the hour. I hail that was falling was almost pictures there. Protest
Fantastic day. Yeah busy day at track action as well, the grandstands were packed from 10am actually, the light was going green for the oppressed practise, fairly uneventful for a friday of friday race weekend but it was good to see them being so pack it as i said yes on track, lots the drama, a no one hit a barrier, but lots of spin on the top track excursions, and difficult to get proper refinement. They ended passes from a sadist, that we have to note, on the american team, crashing out in the pit. Strange incident. Thats what started the day of the first practise session, he took off i think the speed limit had too much throttle and turned right up the hill which is slightly difficult but i think they should not be able to handle, and he lived it straightaway and spun up the tires into the wall, shocking start to this weekend night a mistake made very often but theres still plenty after that, he had something to further stay with hamilton in the wall a little bit struggling to get