Coming up at 9. 15, nearly four and a half Million People in the uk go without dental care, new bbc analysis has revealed. The foreign secretary summons the Chinese Ambassador after a former employee of the uk consulate in hong kong claims he was detained and tortured by chinese officials. And the mission to save thousands of animals from australias bushfires. Well have the latest on the desperate efforts. Good morning and welcome to the bbc news at nine. Borisjohnson and Jeremy Corbyn have traded verbal blows over brexit in the first tv debate of the general election campaign. The Prime Minister said the labour leader is unclear about whether his Party Supports leaving or remaining in the eu and mr corbyn said the nhs isnt safe in conservative hands. The two leaders also locked horns over trust and leadership, the future of scotland and the royal family. The public response suggests that neither man emerged as an obvious winner. Iain watson has this report. This election has produced
Anti Money Laundering rules for allowing payments from high risk countries. And americas biggest e cigarette firm, juul labs, is hit with a lawsuit accusing it of targeting teens and misrepresenting the safety of vaping. And, helping musicians collect royalties, well be hearing from one former drummer whose business makes sure artists get paid. And following the vaping lawsuit in the us, today we want to know do you think kids are being encouraged by vaping ads . And would you like to see them banned . Let us know just use the hashtag bbcworklife. A very warm welcome to our new business show, lovely to have you with us. We start in south america, where the worlds greatest rainforest the brazilian amazon is under increasing threat. Illegal logging, mining and land grabbing has led to vast areas of rainforest being lost. It is a huge store of carbon that is vital for tackling Climate Change but the brazilian government of president bolsonaro has so far denied the problem, but that may no
Social Media Companies to react after paul pogba receives racist abuse. Good morning, once again from the farm in leicestershire as the bbc continues its focus on farming. Today will be talking about gm crops as the Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, comes out in favour. Its a beautiful start of the day, chilly, we could have some rain and increasing winds coming in from the north. In the south, were looking at drain cloudy conditions. Well have further details in 15 minutes dry and cloudy. Its wednesday, the 21st of august. Our top story borisjohnson will repeat his demand for fundamental changes to the brexit Withdrawal Agreement, when he meets the german chancellor, Angela Merkel, in berlin later today. Allies of mrs merkel have accused the Prime Minister of making a completely impossible request and actually not being serious. In a moment well get the view from germany, from our correspondent jenny hill in hamburg. But first, our political correspondent, iain watson in westminster. Iai
In the afternoon, we expect to have the first increase in rainfall from the northwest of the country in these areas of ardabil provinces, north of east azerbaijan, west azerbaijan, respectively, gilan, mazandaran, golestan and central alborz highlands. There are rivers in the area, we are in demand in the northern part of the country, we will have rains from thursday night to saturday. Staying on the banks of the rivers in these areas should be avoided. Another phenomenon that should be mentioned is the 120day wind, which is strong in razavi khorasan, South Khorasan and north khorasan. The province of sistan and baluchistan is due to dust and strong winds, which brings a sharp decrease. In the north of sistan and baluchistan province, the possibility of storms and dust is also predicted. The orange weather warning is simplified in a smaller area in the southern slopes of alborz and the central parts of the country. The stadium causes the rise of dust we will expect hot weather for the
Part one will be the gentleman sitting next to me, senator tom cotten from arkansas. Part two after his keynote address as well as q a will be a lively debate on Missile Defense with joe and rebecca from the henriksen institute. We want to spend as much time with senator cotton as possible so ill keep my remarks short. Washington is faced with severe challenges when it comes to missiles throughout the world. Obviously north korea is very much in the news due to the development of the short, medium and longrange missiles and the ability to actually hit the homeland at some point. Senator cotton has been at the forefront of advocating for a robust strategy. His remarks will be around 20 minutes. That will open the floor for questions for about 25 minutes. Keep in mind during the q a, the state your name and affiliation as we are on the record as you can see by the cameras. Also if time is limited, please keep your question compact and precise. With that, senator cotton. Thank you all for