Hello, this is bbc news with chris rogers. The headlines borisjohnson says the chances of a brexit deal are touch and go ahead of his meeting with the Eu Council President at the g7 summit. I do think that they understand that there is an opportunity to do a deal, but i think they also. Do you think it is more likely than it was . It is going to be touch and go. President trump says a very big trade deal after brexit is on the menu as he holds a working breakfast with the prime minister. Batting brilliance from ben stokes his sensational century leads england to a nailbiting victory over australia and keeps the ashes series alive. 40,000 troops begin a major operation to fight fires in the amazon. Now on bbc news, its time for sportsday. Hello, and welcome to sportsday. Im holly hamilton. Ben stokes is headingleys hero his miraculous knock stuns australia and levels this ashes series. An aguero double seals a comfortable victory for Manchester City at bournemouth. Joelintons strike mak
The countdown is on. After nearly 70 years open championship golf returns to royal portrush this time tomorrow. And while the some rain input rose, todayit and while the some rain input rose, today it stays dry and fairly warm, here in sydney. See you in 15 minutes. Good morning. Its wednesday, july 17. Our top story comments made by President Trump about four congresswomen have been condemned as racist by the us house of representatives. The president called for the women from minority backgrounds to go back to their countries of origin, despite all being us citizens. Shortly after the vote, a democrat politician called for mr trump to be impeached. Our north america correspondent david willis reports. A row that started in cyberspace became all the more human, not to mention personal on the floor of the Nations Capital after the president was accused of racism. The comments from the white house a disgraceful and disgusting and those comments are racist. Senior republicans have since
The most played song goes to. If i lay here would you lie with me and just forget the world . Chasing cars by snow patrol, its been crowned the most played song of the 21st century on uk radio. And englands netballers could qualify for the semi finals of the netball world cup in liverpool today. They need to beat trindad and tobago. Coming up, gazing at the moon weve got some spectacular pictures to show you of the Lunar Eclipse. Good morning and welcome to the bbc news at 9. Comments made by President Trump about four congresswomen have been condemned as racist by the us house of representatives. The president called for these women from minority backgrounds to go back to their countries of origin, despite all being us citizens. Shortly after the vote, a democrat politician called for mr trump to be impeached. 0ur north america correspondent david willis reports. A row that started in cyberspace became all the more human, not to mention personal, on the floor of the nations capital, a
Melissa live from pebble beach california at the u. S. Open, where round one is underway, the worlds best golfers competing for the title and just about one hour from now tiger woods will tee off following his surprise victory at the masters were two other champions. This will be the group to watch. Jordan, justin, it will no doubt be the most watch of the tournament of all time. We have you cover not everything on and off the green. Among the guests is box sportscaster jim gray, tom fazio, the golf course architect, he is behind some of the most expensive most fabulous layouts in history and the ceo, this is the fitbit for the process if youre actually serious about this stuff this is the one. Some of the biggest names in sports wearing this device including rory mcilory. Maybe i should work to improve my golf game. Thank you. We begin with breaking news and fox business the entry team coverage. Christine on the floor of the new york stock exchange. We begin with edward at the white h
flooding rain. some of that rain is likely to get into parts of spain. but probably not enough, when i show you these pictures of wildfires that are burning right now in the western side of spain. it has been dry in spain for many, many months, over the last few days very strong winds have been fanning these wildfires. not enough rain this weekend to make a huge dent in that situation. back home things are quiet, but the best of the sunshine this week for england and wales, where scotland and northern ireland will be cloudy and northern ireland will be cloudy and there will be outbreaks of rain. that said, most of the rain this afternoon is to be found across england and wales, some sharp, thundery downpours through the west midlands and down into the west country. further north and west it is a bit of a mixture of patchy cloud, spells of hazy sunshine and the best of the sunshine across parts of scotland, 18 in glasgow, 19th plymouth and not feeling too bad if you do get som