Mostly with backing from mainstream parties. And pope francis wraps up his africa trip but the visit to be ended ocean island of marie says hes honoring the memory of a missionary work for tolerance and indifferent understanding me talk to our correspondent there. In tennis an epic u. S. Open final rafael nadal beats dummy and medvedev in 5 moving sets with the spaniards 19 slam titles and he just needs one more to equal the mens 4 time record. Out and welcome ive often thought she was good to have you with us u. K. Prime minister Boris Johnsons office has confirmed the parliament will be suspended from the end of Business Today to the middle of next month its regardless of the outcome of a vote. Later today on johnsons proposed nap general election the announcement came as johnson was holding branson talks with his irish counterpart. The 2 leaders are hoping to resolve the impossible what will happen at the irish border if and when the u. K. Leaves the European Union rafters says Bori
In order to take no deal off the table. But in a boost for the Prime Minister, scotlands highest court has ruled that his plan to suspend parliament for five weeks ahead of brexit is lawful. Meanwhile 21 conservatives have been suspended from the party after helping to defeat the government in last nights vote on mps taking control of todays parliamentary agenda. They suddenly find that theyre in danger of being deselected. This is something mrs thatcher would never have considered doing. Im joanna gosling, the other stories this hour. Hong kong leader, carrie lam, will withdraw the extradition bill, which sparked three months of Anti Government demonstrations. And after battering the bahamas, killing at least seven people, Hurricane Dorian is heading for the florida coast. Coming up just after 11. 30am, well be answering your questions on all things brexit and what could happen this week in a bbc ask this. The Contact Details are on your screen now. Welcome to westminster, and what a
Banks in europe are having a pretty solid day as well. The frank for motor show is underway. The pound catching a little bit of a bid today. Basically, what is happening in the stock market, weve got like volume. We are seeing a rotation. Banks and autos doing well. The cyclicals are doing well. Defensive bond proxy type names not doing so well today. Vonnie we have a treat now because we are sticking with markets and the economy. Investors ought to be keeping a close eye on a series of moves from world Central Banks as recession concerns in the u. S. Grow. Lots of metrics pointing to a potential slow down. We are joined by ed hyman, evercore isi chairman, a top economist for almost 40 years now. One of the things you do that is so amazing is you have a whole series of your own indicators. You survey all sorts of industries out there privately that dont get surveyed by the government. What are you seeing from those surveys right now . Ed in general, they are pretty good, although i hav
Just hours to go until parliament is suspended but not before one more attempt from the government to trigger a snap election. Travel disruption for hundreds of thousands of British Airways passengers, as pilots go on strike its the biggest walkout in bas history. Coming up on afternoon live all the sport with holly hamilton. England name their squad for the fifth and final ashes test. Its an Unchanged Team from what you saw at old trafford. And ill bring you more reaction to nadals victory at the us open. All coming up at half two. And Sarah Keith Lucas has the weather. Some rain quite heavy across the south west of england. Tomorrow promises something brighter. I will have more details on half an hour. Thank you. Also coming up on afternoon live. 15 years after being shot by alqaeda gunmen, the bbcs security correspondent, Frank Gardner heads back out on to the water to try his hand at adaptive water skiing. At the end of Business Today, parliament will be suspended until the 14th of
She cannot stand by while loyal moderate conservatives are expelled. The conservative party i such a force for Good Government in this country no longer has a place for people who have different views on the European Unit and i can stand for that. The European Unit and i can stand for that. A spokesman for the Prime Ministers Office said they are disappointed at mrs rudds departure, but all ministers who joined the cabinet signed up to leaving the eu on october 31st come what may. The number of People Killed as a result of Hurricane Dorian in the bahamas has risen to a3. Satellite images appear to show an Iranian Oil Tanker off the syrian coast after it was previously impounded in gibraltar. Welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us this evening. Lovely to have you both here. We are going to take a look through the front pages any moment. First off, lets give you a little taster of what those front pages look like. The sunday times has their interview on that bre