Many of you will never feel that you can truly rest untiljustice has been served. Youre not alone in your struggle. We all stand with you. Heavy rain continues to cause flooding and landslips in parts of england. A military helicopter had to be deployed to shore up a riverbank. And its a big day for the home nations at the womens world cup. Scotland are about to take onjapan, england face argentina this evening. And coming up on bbc news, will england build on a good start in the field against west indies in their cricket world cup clash in southampton . Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. Boris johnson, the frontrunner in the race to be conservative party leader and Prime Minister, now says he will take part in the Bbc Television debate with the other contenders next tuesday. The former foreign secretary has been under pressure to do so, after being accused of avoiding media scrutiny. Meanwhile, the health secretary, matt hancock, has announced he is dropping out of the
How an old us flag on the back of a trainer helped nike lose a Million Dollar grant from the state of arizona. And after englands world cup exit against the usa, we look ahead to tonights match as sweden face the netherlands for a place in the final. Hello, i am Christian Fraser in washington, david eades is in london. The worlds biggest trading bloc has just settled on the key politicians to drive it forward for the next five years. And you know what . None of them was in the running to start with and i would bet you dont now much about any of them. They are compromise candidates, some werent even mentioned until the last hours of negotiation. Is that a way to hand out the most criticaljobs in the European Union . The top posts have gone to german, french, spanish, belgian and italian nationals. And in france it has been hailed as a huge victory for president macron. His compatriot Christine Lagarde will head the European Central bank, his belgian ally Charles Michel will be the presi
Boris johnson, the frontrunner for the tory leadership, says he will take part in a bbc tv debate with other contenders. Mrjohnson gave his first broadcast interview since the contest started, saying brexit must take place on time. It needs to happen by october sist. And we need to get on and do it. Hell now face five other candidates for the topjob a sixth, Health Secretary matt hancock, today withdrew from the race. Well bring you all the latest in the contest to be the countrys next Prime Minister. Also tonight. Symbols of peace survivors and bereaved families mark the anniversary of the Grenfell Tower fire, two years on. Heightened tensions over two damaged oil tankers in the gulf of oman the us releases a video showing, it says, Iranian Forces at work. 20 years after teenager Margaret Fleming went missing, a couple who were her carers are convicted of her murder. And englands women are through to the next stage of the world cup after beating argentina. And coming up on sportsday o
We go about things. That is a key pa rt we go about things. That is a key part about maintaining against teams like afghanistan. They are a strong side. I said like afghanistan. They are a strong side. Isaid previous like afghanistan. They are a strong side. I said previous to the tournament, there will be teams in the world cup that have not managed to do that yet, so that makes tomorrow a challenge. England had to train indoors today. They occupy one of the four semifinal spots england favourites, remember. Bangladesh up to fifth, just behind morgans side but having played a game more. India and new zealand the only unbeaten sides, with australia top. England play all three in their final group matches. Not to the womens world cup. Now to the. The hosts france had already qualified for the knockout stage. They played nigeria in theirfinal group game tonight, hoping to produce a result which would underline their credentials, having scraped past norway last time out. Sarah mulkerrins
Good afternoon. The United States and china have agreed to resume talks to ease the trade war between the worlds two largest economies. Us President Donald Trump and chinas president xijinping reached the agreement at the 620 summit injapan. Mr trump also said American Companies can once again sell products to the chinese tech giant huawei, after an effective ban on such sales was introduced in may. From osaka, nick bryant sent this report. This was the day when the 620 summit of the worlds wealthiest nations essentially became a g2. These talks between donald trump and xijinping, by far the most consequential meeting of this global gathering. It ended with a ceasefire in the trade war, an agreement to restart talks that fell apart last month. But the us president made a major concession, lifting some restrictions on huawei, the chinese tech giant at the centre of whats felt like a commercial cold war. We had a very good meeting with president xi of china. Excellent, i would say excell