In lebanon. And on time hamas now have all the days sport including iraqi. Tanks from entering to leave the box to win over the scandal both all the n. B. A. Action coming up later in the program. We begin with breaking news from iraq where members of an iranian backed the group and their supporters have surrounded the u. S. Embassy in baghdad the iraqi Prime Minister matti has warned against any aggression aimed at foreign embassies and he asked the protesters to leave now most of members of the iranian backed Popular Mobilisation forces some are reported to have pushed down the door and broken into the compound some areas were set on fire and Iraqi Security forces fired tear gas and stun grenades to try to disperse the crowds. The demonstrations follow u. S. Is strikes on sunday on bases belonging to the iranian backed shia militia hizbollah brigades in iraq at least 27. 00 people were killed well the embassy is the United States largest diplomatic post in the world and also the most
Agree to a 100 day delay in forming a unity government. I mean our entire none of the top stories from europe including French Police dismantle a migrant camp in paris home to thousands of people a day after the government announced tough new immigration rules. Out in school some of the biggest stars in athletics to be excluded from the sports premier competition world athletics radically reshaped the Diamond League and many high profile events have been dropped. The former National Security adviser to the us President Donald Trump says hes willing to testify in the impeachment inquiry john bolton says that hell defy the white house appear in federal court and testify he is reportedly going to talk about his alarm at the Ukraine Pressure Campaign if a federal court clears the way for his appearance lets go live to washington now to syrias hadija castro can tell us more if that federal court allows him to work to testify what are the witnesses bulking going to make. Well age 3 and he wa
That is all to play for a head of bbc news, but right now it is time for sportsday. Hello, im 0lly foster. Heres whats coming up on sportsday this evening. Jason roy pays the price for england ashes failure as they make changes for the final test. Iam i am live at gleneagles where europe are getting set to battle it out for golds solheim cup. And with a big weekend coming up for tyson fury in las vegas, he tells us its not about the money. I dont fight for money, i do not fight for glory or belts, i fight for happiness. Evening. The final ashes test starts at the oval tomorrow. Jason roy who dropped down the batting order last time out, has now simply been dropped, hes had a torrid series. Although a couple of factors may have counted against him as england shuffle their line up looking to at least level the series. From the oval, heres our sports correspondentjoe wilson. It has come to the england team ahead at the fifth and final test at the oval and the catalyst i suppose is ben sto
To in relation to brexit. Labours deputy leader tom watson calls for the party to prioritise another Eu Referendum over a general election, contradicting his leader, Jeremy Corbyn. A man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after a young boy was rescued from a river in Greater Manchester he remains critically ill in hospital. More migrants are picked up crossing the channel after whats believed to be the highest number in a single day yesterday. And is there life on this distant planet . Why scientists think there could be on exo planet k218b. Good evening. Dozens of mps have been protesting outside parliament this afternoon, demanding its immediate recall, after scottish judges dramatically ruled that the current suspension of parliament is illegal. The verdict of scotlands highest civil court is that the Prime Minister is attempting to prevent mps scrutiny of the governments brexit plans. And we are just hearing tonight that the government has rejected a demand from par
A warm welcome to the programme, briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. And you can be part of the conversation, as its announced the duchess of sussex will edit the September Issue of vogue, and has picked 15 trailblazing women to grace the cover. We want to know, who would you put on the cover of vogue . Male orfemale tell us what you think. Just use the hashtag bbcthebriefing. Theres been a shooting at a Food Festival in northern california. Witnesses said a man opened fire, one report citing a hospital spokeswoman said five people had been shot. Their condition is not clear. It happened during the annual garlic festival in the small town of gilroy, to the south of the San Francisco bay area. It was taking place in a local park where weapons are banned. Armed police are at the scene. Peter bowes is our north american correspondent. Peter, what more do you know . Well, this is a three day event. It was just coming to a close. It is an event which has