A warm welcome to the Programme Briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. Over 30 million is up for grabs at the fortnitegame world cup. 15 yr old benjy fish is one of a handful of british gamers to make it to the finals. Today we want to know are parents right to be telling kids theyre wasting their time online . Get in touch bbcthebriefing. We are going to start with brexit. Top Europen Union officials have given a cool response to borisjohnsons remark to parliament that he is committed to getting rid of the irish backstop designed to prevent customs checks on the irish border after brexit. In a phone call with the new british Prime Minister, the Commission President , jean claude juncker, stressed the deal couldnt be changed. John mcmanus has more. Statement, the Prime Minister. Do the cheers of his conservative party mps, Boris Johnson rose the cheers of his conservative party mps, borisjohnson rose to make his first Prime Ministerial statement, and h
Dont forget you can get more on all our stories on our website, just log onto our website bbc. Co. Uk. And im on twitter, im lvaughanjones now on bbc news, live to singapore for Asia Business report. Us stocks recover as china take steps to stabilise its currency, the yuan, with asian markets follow suit . And the formula physics success. Suit . And the formula physics success. We catch up with a young female asian entrepreneur on a mission to promote women in science. Hello, and welcome to Asia Business report. Im sharanjit leyl. We start with the markets and it is a mixed picture here in asia. Japans nick ayers opened and australian stocks are currently flat stop japans nikkei, not taking cues from us stocks which opened up overnight. And the yuan is now at a slightly higher rate to the us dollar, after sliding beneath the us dollar for the first time in ten years. A lot of a nalysts the first time in ten years. A lot of analysts are citing a lot of uncertainty in the market regardin
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Borisjohnson has stressed he will not introduce physical controls on the uks land border with ireland. Now on bbc news, live to singapore for Asia Business report. Apples earnings shine. The Technology Giants sales rise even asiphone Technology Giants sales rise even as iphone revenues dip. Africas fashion influencers. The social media star helping to showcase the continents designers to the world. Hello and welcome to Asia Business report. I am sharanjit leyl. We start with apple, because the Technology Giant has reported quarterly profits and revenue that beat wall streets expectations, and that sent the companys shares higher in after hours trade, but the figures also showed that iphones represented less than half of its overall sales for the First Time Since 2012. The bbcs north America Technology correspondent dave lee told me what else apple revealed. think these earnings tell us that this is a company that continues to go through a massive transition. The iphone is a product in
And dont forget you can get more on all our stories on the bbc website, thats bbc. Co. Uk news. And im on twitter benmbland. The uk iran tanker crisis. Theresa may is said to hold an emergency meeting over the seas to ship. Exit poll suggest japans Prime Minister has failed to win a crucial supermajority. Good morning, asia, hello, well. It is a monday and the staff brand new trading week. Lad you could join us for Asia Business report. Im rico hizon. We start with the Global Energy market. Oil prices are higher in Early Morning trade as the crisis deepens over the seizure of a british flag tanker by iran. Currently up by 0. 8 . It was ca ptu red iran. Currently up by 0. 8 . It was captured by Iranian Revolutionary guard in the strait of hormuz on friday in an apparent retaliation for the british capture of an iranian tanker two weeks ago. Paul adams has the latest from london. British officials have spent the weekend trying to figure out the governments response to this crisis. The fo