Afternoon live, im simon mccoy. Could host to much of the events for today at 4. The 19 year old british woman convicted of lying about being raped birminghams Commonwealth Games. I will explain later. And darren with in cyprus is allowed to fly back to the uk after receiving a 4 month the weather. A lot of interest in suspended sentence. The foreign secretary welcomes the news. We will be following up on the the weather. A lot of interest in the weather. A lot of interest in issues in relation to the case. The weather in the uk. Not least because his so mild but it is also i spoke to the Cypriot Foreign windy in some parts of the uk. We minister about that. Will look at that later. Scores of people are killed thanks darren. In a stampede, as iranians flock also coming up. To the funeral of qasem suleimani, killed by the us. Joker leads the way in this years bafta film nominations but theres criticism of the lack a teenager admits killing of diversity with only white newlywed pc Andrew
Right now the Democratic National convention is in full swing in south philadelphia. Looking live at the stage here at the Wells Fargo Center. First Lady Michelle obama is set to speak in moments. With senator Bernie Sanders wrapping up the evening just little bit later. Moving to the floor of the a rona packed with thousands of delegates from around the country all here in the city of brotherlbrotherly love to nomint could be the countrys first woman president. Good evening from the Wells Fargo Center. Im iain page. Im lucy noland. And we have Live Team Coverage across the city tonight. Look how local police are keeping you safe on the oh streets and on the rails spectacle across our city outside the convention halls. We start with our bruce gordon whose live on the Convention Floor. Bruce . Reporter yeah, iain and lucy, that Bernie Sanders speech set for the last of the evening is going to be real dramatic affair. The democrats unlike the republicans last week have not put out any ki
Japan, marginally lower, korea marginally higher. Overall trading, youll see right now looks like things are looking up across the board. Dax and cac up by 1 . Take a look at the price of crude oil. Last week, crude oil was down by 2. 50. This morning, around 36. 76. Andrew. Weve got a cub ouple of bi news stories. Alaska air officially going to buy virgin and they beat out jetblue. Well talk more about this transaction throughout the rest of the show. Its a big price war. Its a loss for jetblue. Questions about the brand which well get to. Whether alaska air whether it works if you will with virgin. Also, questions about alaska air, people thought alaska air was a takeover target by delta. Does this make them more likely to get bought out or less. Nonetheless, well talk about those issues. Its a 57 a share deal. In the meantime, things keep getting worse for bill ackman. The billionaire investor, Pershing Square lost 7 last month. And continuing to tumble after cutting its financial f
Journal cspan. Org. Front page of the Los Angeles Times this morning, obama weighs direct action on iraq militants is the headline. Heres the president from yesterday. But what weve seen over the last couple of days indicates the degree to which iraq is going to need more help is going to need more help from us and going to need more help from the international community. My team is working around the clock to identify how we can provide the most effective assistance to them. I dont rule out anything because we do have a stake in making sure that these jihadists are not getting a permanent foothold in either iraq or syria for that matter. Host and the New York Times says u. S. Scramble to help iraq fight off militants. You can see this picture on the front page here, some shiite muslim iraqis volunteering for military service. , obama weighs air strikes. The white house confronted by an unexpected crisis on a battlefield it thought it had left behind, scrambled thursday to reassure ira
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