Its a big day for brexit rumours of an election swirl and Opposition Mps set to outline a bill aimed at blocking a no deal exit. Meanwhile scotlands highest court is set to hear arguments on whether Prime Minister Boris Johnsons move to suspend Parliament Next Week is legal. But with with less than two months to go til britains scheduled exit from the eu, how prepared is business . The uk is due to leave the eu on the 31st of october regardless of whether an exit deal has been agreed. Over the past six months the pound has fallen against the us dollar as investors see the chances of a no deal exit rise. So far the uk government has put aside more than 7 billion to prepare for a no deal scenario for extra border staff, stockpiling medicine and ad campaigns. Eu countries have also been investing heavily hiring thousands of new border officials. Around 1000 in france, its a similar story in ireland and the netherlands. Our Business Editor simon jack visited a food fair in london to test t
Johnson would not like to go down in history as mr no deal. Brazils president has bowed to International Pressure and ordered the armed forces to tackle the Record Number of fires in the amazon forest. British airways is facing anger from thousands of passengers whove received emails to say their flights next month have been cancelled because of strikes by pilots over pay. And englands batsmen are fighting to keep their ashes hopes alive at headingley, where theyre chasing an unlikely target of 359 to win. Prince andrew has released a statement about his friendship with the disgraced financier jeffrey epstein, the first time the prince has spoken directly about his links since epstein took his own life in a new york prison cell earlier this month. Prince andrew said at no stage did he see or suspect any criminal behaviour. Epstein had been awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges when he killed himself. Heres our royal correspondent nicholas witchell. What was Prince Andrew doing at t
And englands batsmen are fighting to keep their ashes hopes alive at headingley, where theyre chasing an unlikely target of 359 to win. Good evening. Boris johnson has hit back at donald tusk after the European Council president said he hoped the Prime Minister wouldnt be remembered as mr no deal. Mr tusk was speaking in biarritz at the the g7 summit of World Leaders. In response mrjohnson said mr tusk would earn the same title if he ignored the uks demands. Our chief Political Correspondent vicki young is in biarritz her report contains flashing images. Landing for his first summit, and it could be a tense one. Borisjohnson is determined to leave the eu but says britain wont be walking off the world stage. The Prime Minister wants to show hes got an Important Role to play and has strong views on global trade. Im very worried about the way its going, the growth of protections, of tariffs that we are seeing. The uk thrives mightily on being an open, outward looking, free trading nation.
Sent to passengers telling them theirflights had been cancelled because of a pilots strike were sent in error. Englands batsmen show some resistance in the third test at headingley, but its australia who still look set to retain the ashes. And in half an hour here on bbc news how a High School Student from ohio received an email out of the blue that changed her life forever in my very extended family. Good evening. The g7 summit in the french resort of biarritz is under way and borisjohnson has hit back at donald tusk after the European Council president said he hoped the Prime Minister wouldnt be remembered as mr no deal. In response, mrjohnson said mr tusk would earn the same title if he ignored the uks demands. Well, a little earlier this evening mrjohnson was greated in biarritz by the president of france Emmanuel Macron and his wife bridget donald trump was also met by president macron though he had already enjoyed a lunch with mr macron earlier on a seafront terrace. He told repo
Good afternoon. World leaders gathered at the g7 summit in biarritz in the south of france, have agreed to release more than £16 million to help tackle huge fires in the amazon rainforest. The french president said most of the money would be used to fund aircraft to help put out the flames, which the rest providing technical support. Earlier, borisjohnson pledged £10 million to help restore the lost habitat. Our Diplomatic Correspondent James Landale reports. The fires raging across the amazon, devastating thousands of acres of rainforest, prompting global outrage and now, potentially, global action. Borisjohnson and his team arrived at the summit to join other World Leaders to discuss what can be done. This morning, the Prime Minister promised brazil £10 million to help reforest affected areas in the months to come. Order. Order boris, order around the table, some g7 leaders and others from around the world gathering to discuss common plan. The french president promising technical