More on our website and the news app. Now on bbc news live to singapore for Asia Business report. The uk election gets the green light light. It is set to go to the polls on the 12th of december in a bid to break the brexit deadlock. Profit before safety. Us lawmakers accused boeing of engaging in deliberate concealment. Good morning, asia. Hello, world. Its wednesday. But you could join us its wednesday. But you could join us for another exciting addition of Asia Business report. Lets start off with brexit because in a bid to break months of deadlock, the uk is set to go to the polls on the 12th of december and on the market screens, of december and on the market screens, the pound dipped slightly on the news against the us dollar. Rob watson has the latest from westminster. This looks like being another in the long running brexit drama. There will be a december general election and the stakes could not be higher because after all, the outcome of this general election is likely to det
Look over here. I love this had. Look over here. I love this had. Look at all the orange i do not see a lot of red here tonight. When i was in washington, there was plenty of orange but i have not seen many nationals supporters here. Maybe the astros bought all the tickets. I dont know that is quite a sea of orange. Bring us back one of those hats. Kiki bertens pulled off an upset to beat world number one Ashleigh Barty at the end of year wta finals in shenzhen. Bertens is a replacement for naomi osaka, who has pulled out with injury. After losing the first set, she came back to win and will now play Belinda Bencic next. Bencic beat Petra Kvitova in the days other match the swiss prevailing in three sets against the two time wimbledon champion. Still with tennis, us open finalist Danil Medvedev has been knocked out of the paris masters. It ends a run of six consecutive finals for the russian whos risen to numberfour in the world. He was beaten byjeremy chardy. The frenchman, lost the f
Of catalonia condemns violent protests by fellow separatists. In business, the not so special relationship. Uk firms face a nasty hangover as the us hits europe with billions of dollars of import taxes. A warm welcome to the programme, briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. Also in the programme celebrity backers of Extinction Rebellion admit hypocrisy, but say we are stuck in a fossil fuel economy and call on the media to focus on the more urgent story. Get in touch. Can you back a cause but not adhere to every detail . Tell us what you think, hashtag bbcthebriefing. We begin in brussels. That is where british and eu negotiators are still trying to hammer out a brexit deal. A crucial summit of european leaders is due to get under way there in a few hours. High level sources on both sides are telling the bbc that most issues between the uk, the European Union and ireland have been settled, in principle, but that nothing is finalised until everything is
Long delays meant long delays treating some of the injured during the London Bridge attacks. Iran says it is reaching a limit on its stockpiling of uranium. Residents of lincolnshire are warned of more rain and flooding this week. Terrific thunderstorms are forecast and if that river gets any more water, it will burst its banks again. So andy murray tells the bbc he is pain free ahead of a return to competitive tennis at the doubles at queens club. Candidates for the tory leadership except for the candidate Boris Johnson have been taking questions from journalists ahead of the next round of voting which takes place tomorrow. David levenson says he is backing rory stewart to be the next leader of the tory party david liddington. The labour partys deputy leader says the hearts of the labour members are remain. Heres our Political Editor laura kuenssberg. Come on boris come on the only glimpse youll get today. Minders driving the favourite into parliament. Borisjohnson doesnt want to talk
By poor communication and confusion on the ground. Egypts former president , Mohamed Morsi, has died after collapsing in court in cairo. And just five months after the hip operation he thought may end his career, andy murray is macking his competitive tennis comeback this week at queens. Im doing all the things that i used to enjoy doing and getting to play some tennis as well and having fun with it, its great. And coming up on sportsday on bbc news, bangladesh beat west indies to keep alive their hopes of qualifying for the semifinals of the cricket world cup. Good evening. Hundreds of thousands of muslims in china possibly millions are being held in vast secure facilities even though theyve committed no crime nor faced any trial. The bbc has been given rare access to some of the sprawling complexes in the Western Region of xinjiang, people have apparently been detained for months, even years, simply for wearing a veil, praying frequently, or just communicating with relatives overseas