To get brexit done and get this excellent deal over. The dup arent the only ones not in favour of the, labour say they wont be backing it either. As it stands, we cannot support this deal and will oppose it and parliament on saturday. And with two weeks to go until the uks official departure date the eu says theres no reason for any further delays. Also on the programme. High stakes diplomacy in ankara. The us Vice President announces a deal has been reached with president erdogan for a brief ceasefire in northern syria. Hes the key witness the impeachment inquiry wants to hear from. Today Gordon Sondland answers questions about pressure for ukraine to investigate joe biden. Welcome. Michelle is in washington. Im Christian Fraser here in brussels. The deal with the eu is done. Boris johnson has managed to get an agreement, something many of us thought was impossible. The eu did move, contrary to its own assertions, and to those of many experts and, dare i say it, journalists. But to ge
Lines, set out her red lines, and brought back the deal she did, which i think brought back the deal she did, which ithink did brought back the deal she did, which i think did respect the terms, the promises that were made prior to that referendum. So the question being, then, to settle this issue, the members opposite are often asking for a peoples vote. Surely now is the right time for a peoples vote. Happy to give way to my honourable friend. The only sadness about broking is that we will not be having the chosen select committee elections. Is it not confusing for the public that many of them are opening their doors and binding on their doormat a labour leaflet that says on it we want a general election finding. Isnt that confusing for the public. I regret were not here on wednesday to go through that election process. Nevertheless, surely now it is the perfect time. Yes, the members opposite, if the public does not wa nt opposite, if the public does not want no deal surely they wil
To push australia past 250. His third tonne of the season. Only don bradman has more. And we are all thrilled and we are all thrilled and nick miller has the weather. We have rain and High Pressure building infor we have rain and High Pressure building in for the weekend, to settle things down. Briefly. I have your full forecast coming up. See your full forecast coming up. See you in half an hour. See you in half an hour. Thanks nick, also coming up on afternoon live. Away from the drama of westminster, well be finding out what young people make of it all. Hello everyone this is afternoon live, im simon mccoy. Good afternoon, youre watching afternoon live from westminster. The tensions at the heart of government have been laid bare after borisjohnsons brother, jo, quit the government and announced hes stepping down as a conservative mp. He says hes been torn between family loyalty and the National Interest. He spoke to the bbc, just a few moments ago, outside his london home. I havent
After his ball tampering ban saves australia in the first test at edgbaston. And who will be the latest contestant to quick step his way into the strictly ballroom . We will reveal all after 8 00am. And i will be revealing the forecast, which is much drier than recent days. Fewer showers around, lighter showers as well. Join me for all the details in liverpool. It is friday 2 august. Our top story the Emergency Services have been working through the night to try and divert water away from a Reservoir Dam in derbyshire which is in danger of bursting and flooding a town. The raf has been called in to help protect Whaley Bridge. More than 6,000 people have been told to leave their homes. Simonjones has this report. An unprecedented, fast moving emergency situation. The words of the police after intense rain left this dam dangerously close to collapse. Access to nearby Whaley Bridge remained blocked overnight, and a large part of the town evacuated. You cant risk it, can you . If something
This mornings reviewers are political commentator vincent moss and ian birrell from the mail on sunday. Good morning and welcome to bbc news. Thejustice secretary, david gauke, is considering a possiblejudicial review of the decision to release the serial sex attacker, john worboys. In 2009, the former black cab driver was jailed indefinitely, with a minimum term of eight years. The decision of the parole board to approve his release caused outrage among his victims, charities and mps. The parole board insists correct procedures were followed. Our Political Correspondent leila nathoo is here. How usual is this decision by the justice secretary . Highly unusual because the parole board is strictly independent of the government. We have already had a review announced by the government into how the pa role by the government into how the parole board makes its decisions, since the decision to releasejohn worboys. That will look at how transparent the processes. But this is now an additiona