And britains adam peaty breaks the 50 metres breaststroke world record, becoming the first man ever to go under 26 seconds. And coming up in sportsday on bbc news, out through injury Greg Rutherford says hes gutted to missing out of next months world athletics championships. Good evening. The government has hailed bmws decision to build a fully electric version of the mini in the uk as a vote of confidence in britain. Bmw have confirmed the model will go into production in 2019, with the parts manufactured abroad, before the car is assembled at its cowley plant near 0xford. Bmw had previously expressed fears about the uncertainty surrounding brexit. Today it said it had neither sought nor received any reassurances from the government on arrangements after britain leaves the eu. Heres our transport correspondent, richard westcott. They make two thirds of the worlds minis here. To the relief of workers, we now know that the new Electric Mini will be made here too. Its great for the busin
has brokered with the european union, but the prime minister is going to press ahead with it regardless. it is not clear if he will write to the european union and ask for the extension that he s compelled to do by law. it s incredible. the drama never ends surrounding brexit. appreciate you live for us there in london. let s go to washington now where there appears to be a few cracks in the republican support for the president after hearing mick mulvaney s comments about a quid pro quo with ukraine. former ohio governor john kasich says he believes the president should be impeached. if you re asking me if i was sitting in the house of representatives today and you were to ask me how do i feel, do i think impeachment should move forward and should go for a full examination and a trial in the united states senate, my vote would be yes. whatever might have been gray and unclear before is certainly quite clear right now. we re not supposed to use
growth and snteven mnuchin said yesterday to jake he doesn t feel it s a real report. nic robertson, thank you. you ll be there tomorrow. i will indeed. hundreds of thousands of travelers are stranded around the world after a major british travel company completely collapsed. thomas cook says it has 600,000 customers on vacation there. the british chartering planes to help get its citizens home. thomas cook had been in business for 180 years. the company is blaming its collapse on a series of problems including, this is important, the uncertainty surrounding brexit. that is interesting. there s a lot of going on today. here s some of what to watch. businesses that spend more time picking the right partner
will transpire during this three-day visit, what tweets will be tweeted by the president, whose feathers will be ruffled. as you mentioned, we have already seen some of that transpiring. we heard the tweet sent by the president just as he landed here in the uk, calling the london mayor, sadiq khan, a stone cold loser. he has also weighed in, as you mentioned, on the brexit debate, criticizing theresa may for her handling of the brexit negotiations, calling for his friend, boris johnson to be potentially a good prime minister, and also saying that far right populous brexiteer, nigel farage who is a controversial character saying that he should have a more central role in the negotiations surrounding brexit. so needless to say he is not
he s been a friend of mine. he s very nice. i have a very good relationship with him. i have a very good relationship with nigel farage, with many people over there. we ll see what happens. president trump getting into a spat with london mayor sadiq khan after khan put out an op-ed calling the president a global threat. mr. trump compared him to the mayor of new york. i don t think much of him. i think that he s the twin of de blasio, except shorter. before landing, president trump sent out a pair of tweets attacking khan, insulting his height among other things. let s go live to london and bring in cnn s clarissa ward. the timing interesting for president trump, amid an ongoing difficulty in the brexit negotiations and potentially a new prime minister coming soon. that s right, and i think that s exactly why here in the uk everyone is essentially girding themselves to see what