Breaches the uks human rights commitments. Campaigners lose a significant legal battle against the governments handling of the rise in womens state pension age. President trump lashes out at the move for impeachment accusing the leading democrat who chairs the house intelligence committee, of being a low life whos committed treason. And in sport dina does it asher smith becomes the first british woman to win a major global sprint title as she takes gold in the 200m at the athletics world championships. Good morning, and welcome to westminster where in the next half hour or so the Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, will return to the commons and outline his blueprint for a new brexit deal to mps. Meanwhile, the eu is considering whether to open a further intensive stage of neogiations with the aim of reaching a final agreement at an eu summit on october 17. So what is the uk government proposing . Emma barnett explains. What borisjohnson appears to have conceded is that Northern Ireland wou
And coming up two arsenal stars are targetted in a carjacking attempt, by an armed gang in a london street. Good morning welcome to bbc newsroom live. More disruption is expected on parts of the rail network today, after yesterdays high temperatures caused extensive damage. Network rail feared rail lines would buckle in yesterdays extreme heat. But with speed restrictions in place that didnt happen. What did cause pandemonium yesterday, however, was damage caused by trains to overhead cables when they sagged in the heat, sparking some line side fires. This left some commuters stuck in london late into the night. Repair work has been ongoing but only half of the tracks north out of london st pancras have been fixed meaning a significantly reduced service is in place. And theres still disruption there today as well as other stations as seen here in leicester. East Midlands Trains has urged passengers not to travel to london st pancras from nottingham and sheffield. Its put an emergency t
Hello and welcome. Temperature records have been broken across europe. The highest temperature recorded today was in paris, 42. 6 degrees celsius, breaking a seventy year old record in the french capital. The netherlands recorded its highest ever temperature, at 40. 7 degrees. And in the belgian village of Kleine Brogel temperatures hit 40. 6 degrees. Lets look at some of those countries in more detail. In belgium theyve been taking extreme measures to cope with the heat. This is a nursing home in dilbeek where care staff have been cooling down residents by spraying them with water. Belgium is one of four countries to have declared a severe heat alert, urging people to avoid prolonged exposure to direct sunlight. Gavin lee reports from Kleine Brogel. This is the village, one of the many villages in the past 24 hours that have broken the record setting temperature, and the town in the west of the country has beaten them so west of the country has beaten them so far but we expect the tem
And the United Nation warns of Climate Apartheid with the rich avoiding the worst effects of Climate Change, and the poorest paying the price. First a date for your diary. The next leader of the conservative party will be announced on 23july. Hell become Prime Minister the next day. It will be either Boris Johnson orjeremy hunt. According to bookmakers, borisjohnson has an 80 chance of winning. And remember he was by far the most popular among conservative mps who chose the final two. Well weve been hearing from both of them. First heres Boris Johnson on talk radio. We have course will be pushing our plan into action. We will be ready to come out on october the 31st come what may. Do or die . Do or die. Come what may. Do or die . Do or die. Come what may. Thats significant. Well hold you to that boris, or the brexit party will be forming the next government . Remember, the brexit party came first in recent european elections the conservatives came fifth. They re under pressure. Now, bo
Its been 20 years since nigeria turned its back on military rule and embrace democracy 2 decades on and theres a regular pattern of Violent Attacks the economy is stagnant and youre lucky if youve got a job so what if any has been the democratic dividend for nigeria this is inside story i explain. Below and welcome to the program im Martin Dennis i was 20 years since military leaders in nigeria stepped aside and they allowed for a president ial election and that led to civilian rule the last few years old been particularly challenging for africas most populous country of around 200000045 percent of people live in extreme poverty Economic Growth has slowed and Government Forces are battling armed groups like boko haram sara kyra reports. An image of modern nigeria gleaming skyscrapers and young people on the move but a lot has changed since 1999 when nigerians are allowed to vote for a civilian president after 3 decades of the clues and military rule. Following. President mohamed who bi