hello. a warm welcome to the programme briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business, and sport. also in the programme: the british council says brexit is causing poorer children to fall behind in learning foreign languages. so we d like to hear from you on this. how important is it to learn another language? are brits lazier because we can get by? tell us what you think just use the hashtag bbcthebriefing. members of the european parliament are due to select a president for the assembly later today. they ll also consider whether to approve the appointment of the german defence minister, ursula von der leyen, as president of the bloc‘s powerful executive arm. eu heads of government selected her to succeed jean claude juncker, ignoring the parliament s own candidate. adam fleming reports from strasbourg. the brexit party meps don t want to be here, and they didn t want to hear this. music: ode to joy. it s unlikely they ll get into trouble, and it sounds
policies after a bbc investigation finds young people feeling pressurised over the purchase of digital gifts. england s lionesses miss out on a place in the final of the women s world cup a missed penalty meant the usa won 2 1. 53,000 fans packed into the stadium here last night but england must now travel to nice and play for the third place play off. good morning and welcome to the bbc news at 9:00. the baby son of a woman, who was murdered when she was eight months pregnant, has died. kelly mary fauvrelle, who was 26, was stabbed to death at her home in south london in the early hours of saturday. detectives have released new cctv footage of a man they want to interview in connection with her murder. more on this with our correspondent jane frances kelly. first of all, the very sad news coming this morning this baby boy, only four days old has died and are the police of the hospital saying anything more? they said baby riley, as the family called him died at 3:10am this
a second vigil will be held in nottingham later to remember the victims of tuesday s attack. the families of the two students killed joined thousands at the university to pay tribute to them yesterday, and urged everyone to look out for each other. police in nottingham are still questioning a 31 year old man on suspicion of murder. we re joined now by our reporter jo black, who s in nottingham. this is a city shrouded in grief. what is the mood like today ahead of the second video? trier? what is the mood like today ahead of the second video? the second video? very quiet here in nottingham the second video? very quiet here in nottingham at the second video? very quiet here in nottingham at the the second video? very quiet here in nottingham at the moment. - the second video? very quiet here in nottingham at the moment. there . the second video? very quiet here in i nottingham at the moment. there will be a second video later. but yesterday there was a video where i am
security services make an unprecedented joint appearance, warning of the national security and economic threat posed by china. is posed by china. set whatever it technical and is set whatever it technical and using it to undercut your business. and japan plans to pump water from the fukushima nuclear plant into the pacific. we hear from the fishermen protesting the move. the british prime minister, borisjohnson, is clinging on to power in downing street despite the resignations of more than a0 of his own mps from their government roles. he s continuing to defy calls for him to step down from some of his most senior colleagues. they believe he has clearly lost the confidence of most of his party. our political correspondent david wallace lockhart reports. outside downing street the press assembled, inside around the same time some cabinet ministers were spelling out the situation to the prime minister, wanting him the support of his party had drained away. one who expressed th
one was the same. for me, the elastic snapped and that is why i sent a respectful and polite message to the prime minister this morning suggesting that he should go. mrjohnson has assembled a new cabinet, with some new faces he wants to stay in no 10 until there is a new conservative leader. arguments have raged all day about just how long borisjohnson can stay in downing street. tonight, he is promising any big decisions will be left to the next prime minister. just over two years ago, borisjohnson was riding high, but today he leaves a country divided about his legacy. i think he s lied and been found out, and i think he should go. i don t think he s credible any more. i think he did a marvellousjob. what he s done for the country, people don t realise. who else could have done that? who could have passed brexit? also this hour. foreign ministers arrive for the 620 meeting, the first with russia since the start of the ukraine war. and ons jabeur makes history as she reach