President trumps cabinet . People with small Bank Balances need not apply. And i love all people, rich and poor. But in those particular positions ijust dont want a poor person. Does that make sense . Welcome to the programme. Im Christian Fraser in london, jon sopel is In Washington. The European Commission supported theresa mays decision to call a snap election. They wanted reassurance the Prime Minister had a mandate for brexit and would be there to see it through to the end. Well, they have no such guarantees. So, the Dinner Conversation tonight might be somewhat strained. Over coffee, mrs may will be explaining to the other 27 leaders how the uk plans to protect the rights of eu and uk citizens once it leaves the union. The commission has already made its counter offer, some weeks ago. We will see how they compare. But president of the european council, donald tusk, stressed brexit wasnt the only thing on the agenda and had this to say about defence. Somebody needs to set up perma
And, you know, i could really hear the vulnerability in her voice because my mum really feared death. Hello. Was it an announcement to which there was less than meets the eye . A ban on petrol and diesel cars to come into effect in 2040. It was designed as an answer to what you do about air quality, polluted by diesel fumes. As fumes are Killing Thousands of people a year now, 2040 is probably not the answer. Some think it is actually a distraction from the immediate problem. But there were other measures, too, and well discuss those shortly. And there is a sense that regardless of what government says, we may be in the latter days of oil driven cars. Assuming we can work out where we get all the electricity to Power Electric cars from. Our Technology Editor David Grossman has been looking at the prospects for Motor Transport and the air we breathe. This is what is done for Electric Cars up to now, the convenience of pumping 400 miles of range into a car in minutes at any one of 8500 S
Trade. More and more of us are globe trotting alone, we speak to the founder of one firm who turned her own Terrible Travel Tale into a successful business. Today we want to know about your travel highs and lows tell us your stand out experience while travelling the world . Let us know. Just use the hashtag bbcbizlive. Hello and welcome to Business Live. The British Government has unveiled its second brexit position paper, ahead of negotiations in brussels at the end of this month. This time, its about minimising disruption at the irish border. Northern ireland is the only part of the uk which will share a land border with an eu member state when the uk leaves the eu in 2019. Under one option the government has proposed, thered be no Customs Border at all between the uk and ireland, enabling goods to flow freely between the republic of ireland and Northern Ireland. Protecting the Common Travel Area is key. Thanks to the current arrangement, people can move freely between Northern Irela
Theres blame on both sides. And i have no doubt about it and you dont have no doubt about it and you dont have any doubt about it either. Rising pressure on care homes the number of places in england for people with substantial needs will need to rise by a third in ten years, a study warns. Also the royal navys new flagship arrives home. The 65,000 tonne hms Queen Elizabeth the navys biggest ever warship sails into her new berth in portsmouth. Britain truly has the best sailors, marines and officers in the world andi marines and officers in the world and i believe you deserve the very best equipment. That is what we have with hms Queen Elizabeth. And the name is great, daniel craig. The actor confirms he will return as james bond for a fifth and final time. Good morning. Its wednesday 16th august. Im rebecca jones. Welcome to bbc Newsroom Live. The government has said it does not want border posts between Northern Ireland and the republic after brexit. A document, published later today
Bbc world news and the bbc news channel. If you want the six oclock news, it is on bbc one. Lets turn to the us. These are some of the scenes we have seen to the us. These are some of the scenes we have seen in the last couple of days. Protests against mr trumps Executive Order on administration. 16 Attorney General have said the ban is unconstitutional. Judges have halted the ban on visa holders but mr trump is not wavering. Mr trump said if the ban was announced with one week notice, the bad would rush into our country. A lot of bad dudes, he says. He is also blaming the chaos we have seen at the ports, the airports, the big problems were caused by a delta computer outage. That was on sunday night, mr trumps immigration ban started on friday. Lets bring in cantonese lurker. Who comes out on top . The federaljudges are supposed to come out on top. Anthony zurcher. There are law sorts challenging the order in its entirety. Ifjudges find the order is unconstitutional or violates previou