After more rain on day three, they say they need to get australia out by lunch to have a good chance of winning the second ashes test. After yesterdays washed out the weekend is looking a little more promising. Sunshine and showers, but quite windy at times, too. Its saturday 17th august. Our top story. Detectives investigating the killing of a Police Officer in berkshire have sealed off a nearby caravan site. Pc Andrew Harper, who only got married four weeks ago, died after he was dragged along by a vehicle as he was attending reports of a burglary. Our correspondent simonjones is at the scene. Simon, what more do we know . Earlier on we hired the sentiment from the forest, the sadness. The reaction has been quite overwhelming from this, hasnt it . Yes, great deal of shock and sadness and still a big Police Presence where pc harper lost his life. This side of the road remains cordoned off, the other side the police ourselves. We believe pc harper was derived from one side of the road
The uk has recorded its second hottest day ever, with temperatures reaching over 38 degrees in cambridge. Forecasters are warning the heat could lead to heavy rain in some areas. Now on bbc news live to singapore for Asia Business report. Prime push heads and was on. It shares fall as earnings disappoint. And amazon and getting paid to play video games. We start with amazon as shares have fallen after its earnings disappointed investors. Revenues for the three month to the end ofjune came in at 63. 1; billion dollars. Up about 20 from a year ago, just over 2. 6 billion dollars was actually profit but the crux is it was less than expected. The company has been spending heavily, some 800 million alone in the past three months, to make one day delivery the norm but it is facing pressure of its size and power and facing an anti trust investigation as well as being probed in europe. Michelle flurry has more. The wave of record profits has more. The wave of record profits has a crested. By m
Donald trump has been accused of promoting unfounded conspiracy theories about the apparent suicide ofJeffrey Epstein. The us president , retweeted a baseless claim that bill clinton was involved in the death. The disgraced financier was found dead in his new yorkjail cell while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges involving under age girls. The fbi and the Usjustice Department have opened investigations. Chris buckler reports from washington. Jeffrey epstein was once the man at the centre of high society parties and a figure instrumental in the abuse of underage girls. His death in a new york prison, just weeks after another apparent suicide attempt, has raised many questions. Some, including the citys mayor, have called it convenient, given the countless claims about his crimes and the alleged involvement of some of his rich and famous friends. Among those retweeting conspiracy theories was donald trump. You know what, he had information on the clintons and the man ended up dead
Good morning. Its 7 00am in singapore, midnight in london, and 7 00am in hong kong, where the territory has experienced a tenth successive weekend of clashes between pro democracy protestors and riot police. Tear gas was fired after two petrol bombs were thrown near the main police headquarters. Earlier, beijing warned britain not to interfere in hong kongs affairs, after the uks foreign secretary dominic raab suggested there should be an investigation into ongoing violence against the pro democracy movement. From hong kong, heres jonathan head. This is how it starts every weekend now in hong kong. Theyve turned improvising barricades into an art form. They work with impressive speed and coordination. Theres never much time before the police arrive. These confrontations are now a familiar routine in hong kongs streets. Generally, the protesters retreat, avoiding direct contact. But, by nightfall, the clashes were happening in multiple locations across the city and getting worse. The po
Hello there, and welcome to thursday in parliament, where borisjohnson made his first appearance in the commons as Prime Minister and said the uk must get ready for a no deal brexit. We must turbocharge our preparations to make sure that is as little disruption as possible to our national life, and i believe that it is possible. But labour says it wont be the reckless backers of no deal who lose out. He says he has nerve and ambition. Our country does not need arm waving bluster. Whilst the snp predicts the end of the union. I should welcome the Prime Minister to his place, the last Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. So, Boris Johnson came to the house of commons on his first full day of the job to set out the priorities for his government. On wednesday, mrjohnson met the queen, officially taking over as Prime Minister and then it was back to downing street for a reshuffle that saw him replace half of theresa mays cabinet. With his top team in post, it was time for him to face the h