More than 20 allegations. Waterspouts and flooding in Louisiana Residents of new orleans are urged to leave the city or take shelter as a powerful Tropical Storm bears down on the coast. And englands commonwealth champion netballers start their World Cup Campaign tonight with a match against uganda in liverpool. Good morning. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. Im Rachel Schofield the American Military says its trying to put together a coalition to protect commercial shipping in the gulf after the royal navy had to intervene to help a british tanker which was being confronted by iranian vessels. The foreign secretaryjeremy hunt has promised to reverse cuts to the size of the royal navy if he becomes Prime Minister. Rising tensions with iran have led to uk merchant vessels being placed on the highest security alert near the strait of hormuz. ani on one side are the arab states including a number of key allies. On the other iran. Between them the strait of hormuz at its narrowest point its onl
And theres more on the race to become britains next Prime Minister on our website including a look by our Reality Check Team at claims made in the tv debate. Now on bbc news, live to singapore for Asia Business report. Said in focus. The us essential back bank set to make a highly anticipated Interest Rate announcement. And plastic planet. We took to the streets to find out what people think about a rising tide of trash. Hello and welcome. Im sharanjit leyl. Trash. Hello and welcome. Im shara njit leyl. Local trade tensions, geopolitical uncertainty, well, its all playing on the minds of the worlds central bankers will stop the most important, the Us Federal Reserve, they will be talking about their plans to cut the cost of borrowing. The bank of japan and the bank of england are set to update us on policies this week and in australia, russia, india, chile, guess what, Central Banks have all recently lowered rates while australia has hinted of more rates to come. It triggered us Presid
We will keep it so great. A woman is in a serious condition in hospital after a crash involving the duke and duchess of cambridges police convoy. A global study warns that public mistrust of vaccines means the world is taking a step backwards in the fight against infectious diseases. And coming up in our sports bulletin beyond his wildest dreams. Captain eoin morgan scored a record breaking 17 sixes to take england to the top of the cricket world cup table yesterday at old trafford. Good morning and welcome to the bbc news at 9. The five remaining candidates vying to be the next Prime Minister have clashed over brexit in a live tv debate. The rivals for the leadership of the conservative party argued about whether the uk can realistically leave the eu by the current deadline of october to 31st. They also faced questions on their tax policies and agree that the tories should hold an inquiry on islamophobia in the party. Iain watson has this report. High stakes can lead to a hard battle.
Aboutjoining forces. We are talking about combining forces, because its clear that boris is going into the last round, and the question is, who is best placed to sit on a stage with borisjohnson, and who is best placed to ask the testing questions that need to be asked . A woman is in a serious condition in hospital after a crash involving the duke and duchess of cambridges police convoy. Us President Donald Trump formally launches his re election campaign, asking supporters to keep him in office for four more years. With every ounce of heart and might and sweat and soul, were going to keep making America Great again. And then we will indeed keep America Great. I really will keep it so great. Investigators looking into Malaysian Airlines flight mh17 which was shot down over Eastern Ukraine five years ago are expected to name four suspects later today. Good morning. Its wednesday 19thjune 2019. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. Im joanna gosling. A United Nations investigation has determine
tonight with the context, the writer and broadcaster chris morris and leigh ann caldwell, longtime capitol hill correspondent and now an anchor for the washington post live. we re going to start with the latest from the war in ukraine. in a major speech today the russian president vladimir putin had a dire warning that the coming decade could be the most dangerous since the end of the second world war. president putin defended moscow s so called special military operation, saying the expansion of nato, and the west, were to blame. he accused western nations of trying to impose their politics, culture and way of life around the globe. translation: russia is not - challenging the elites of the west, russia is simply defending its right to exist and to develop freely. the west is not able to single handedly able to govern humanity but it is desperately trying to do it. most peoples of the world no longer want to put up with it. on the ground fierce fighting continues across