Showdown in downing street the chancellor confronts borisjohnson after his aide was sacked without his knowledge. £400 million for colleges offering vocational courses in england to support new technical qualifications. The common virus youve probably never heard of, but can be dangerous for unborn babies. Well have a special report. Opening of the world for all four children with physical disabilities. It gives us a chance to be like the rest of us. However life has set us back, we can always play football. Johanna konta is the last brit standing in the us open singles draw. Shes on form and into the fourth round, but an unhappy dan evans is thrashed by Roger Federer. Good morning. It is the last day of august and some of us are clinging onto a bit of warmth and sunshine but for most, we will see some rain pushing eastwards and it turns much cooler, just in time for tomorrow, the first of september. Full details here on breakfast. Good morning it is the last day of august. Our top st
Good morning. Welcome to breakfast withjon kay and steph mcgovern. Our headlines today. Showdown in downing street the chancellor confronts borisjohnson after his aide was sacked without his knowledge. £400 million for colleges offering vocational courses in england to support new technical qualifications. The common virus youve probably never heard of but can be dangerous for unborn babies. Well have a special report. Johanna konta is the last brit standing in the us open singles draw. Shes on form and into the fourth round, but an unhappy dan evans is thrashed by Roger Federer. Good morning, its the last day of august. Some of us clinging on to a little bit of warmth and sunshine, but for most, were going to see some rain pushing eastwards, and it turns much coolerjust in time for tomorrow, 1st september. Full weather details on the way, here on breakfast. Its saturday 31st august. Our top story. The chancellor, sajid javid, has confronted borisjohnson over the abrupt sacking of one
And all the rest of it. Weve got to prepare for no deal. The home secretary is examining how the families of Police Officers killed or injured on duty can be better supported after the death of pc Andrew Harper in berkshire. A suicide bomb attack on a wedding in the afghan capital, kabul, kills more than 60 people and injures 200 others. Thousands of homes lose power moments after the three remaining cooling towers at didcot power station in 0xfordshire are demolished. And foreign correspondents based in london give an outsiders view of events in the uk, in this weeks dateline thats in half an hour. Good morning. Riot police have cleared roads in hong kong after a brief stand off with pro democracy protesters, as the political crisis in the city continues into its 11th week. This is the scene live in hong kong at the moment. Protesters are preparing to march from Victoria Park to chater garden, without official permisson from the authorities. 0ur china correspondent Stephen Mcdonell se
Fires in the amazon. We report from a rainforest in crisis. Its a huge task for the troops who are supposedly reaching this region. This is a Global Crisis because these are considered the lungs of the world. England continue their uphill battle now without captainjoe root to try to pull off an unlikely ashes victory at headingley. In dateline,. The g7 summit, the amazon in flames, and china. All discussed in dateline london in half an hours time, here on bbc news. The Prime Minister has told the bbc that the chances of the uk striking a brexit deal with the eu before october 31st are touch and go. He was speaking ahead of a meeting with Eu Council President donald tusk at the g7 meeting of World Leaders in biarritz in southern france. The Prime Minister had previously said the chances of a no deal were a million to one. In the last few minutes hes been speaking to our chief Political Correspondent vicki young. She began by asking what the time line was for a trade deal with the us. Th
This was the meeting that Boris Johnson wanted and downing street will be delighted President Trump chose the british Prime Ministerfor his first set of bilateral talks. The big question is whether there is anything more than warm words and friendship, especially when it comes to clinching a trade deal. Side by side to the american president and the man he says is the right person to deliver brexit. Borisjohnson right person to deliver brexit. Boris johnson says right person to deliver brexit. Borisjohnson says there are massive opportunities for British Business ifa opportunities for British Business if a trade deal can be done but critics say it could take years. The us and british team sat down for a working breakfast with donald trump promising a big trade deal that could be done quickly. A very big trade deal, bigger than we have had with the uk. When i spoke to the Prime Minister he was optimistic. The americans are ambitious to get this done and they want results, within a year