By the u. S. Turns off its tracking signal deepening the mystery over where its heading plus. I have never i have never attended a recitation to the essential people. Hong kongs leader goes on the defensive after leaks all the recording reveals her saying she would quit if she could but with the recent protests and helen adela sends out a warning to the u. S. Open field as he moves into the quarter finals its funny and put on quite a so at flushing meadows that despite dropping a set over how the 2014 stacking line till i. Say lets begin with the war in yemen a group of u. N. Experts today releasing a report saying all parties in the cons. It may be involved in war crimes the report accuses the. Coalition of killing civilians and airstrikes and deliberately denying them whilst on the brink of famine it also blames the coalition for using starvation as a water act like the u. S. Britain and france were criticized for their role in selling weapons and providing intelligence reports also
A warm welcome to the Programme Briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. And you can be part of the conversation too. Ralphie waplington is just 2. 5 years old, yet he has almost 20,000 followers on instagram. His page features pictures of him wearing gifted clothes, enjoying freebie trips and fronting posts sponsored by brands such as peppa pig and mcdonalds. Today we want to know would you let your child become a kid influencer . Tell us what you think just use the hashtag bbcthebriefing. With a Record Number of wildfires raging across the amazon, there is mounting alarm worldwide. The french president called the situation an International Crisis brazils president has said his government lacks the resources to fight the fires, and Jair Bolsonaro has accused other countries who give money to preserve the rainforest of doing so, not for charity, but to interfere with brazilian sovereignty. But conservationists have blamed his government for whats happeni
Ill be talking to our Asia Business hub to find out how markets are reacting to the big losses on wall street. A warm welcome to the programme, briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. Also we would love to hear from you. Today were talking about finland. From 2020, workers in finland will be able to decide when and where they work for at least half of their hours. Finland is being praised for being at the forefront of flexible working. Tell us what you think, just use bbcthebriefing. We begin in india today. In a major speech, indias Prime Minister has described his governments much criticised decision to revoke the special status of indian administered kashmir after seven decades as a major achievement. Narendra modi has been giving a nationwide broadcast to mark indias Independence Day, his first since he won a massive election mandate. The disputed region has been in lockdown for more than a week, with internet and phones cut off, and hundreds of peo
Of course its right now in the stalemate but its important to reinvigorate and put facts on the table and to inform whats happening in the us i mean you talk about a stalemate what whats the likelihood of it actually if they dont achieve any progress at this stage of it getting worse and for the conflict to kind of escalate and where do you see this going if it does if they cant resolve it now i think all options are on the table in the kremlin they can escalate cheaply you know and they can have depression inflict quite High Economic and political cost on the new leadership in kiev because dont forget what kiev is doing is not according to the plan ukraine is moving in a direction the kremlin does not like and so far the plan to subvert and wreck ukraine is failing so all options on the table thats why the current leadership in gave us to be very vigilant has to report all the acts of escalations and make sure that media and International Community is aware what is going on. Because i
Raheem sterling last december. More on that and the latest in the gareth bale transfer saga coming up shortly. Then has the weather. then has the weather. I dont need to tell you that there has been lots going on lately with the weather, heavy downpours this week, but why . We will be taking a broader perspective on our weatherjust before 2 30pm. Thanks, ben. Also coming up visiting the fairway to heaven well take you round the crazy golf course thats been created in a cathedral, but critics arent happy, arguing you cant feel holy in one. Hello, everyone. This is afternoon live. Im simon mccoy. Yesterday scotland, today wales. Boris johnson continues his whistle stop tour of the uk today, and once again hes facing opposition to the increasingly likely scenario of a no deal departure from the eu. This afternoon its welsh farmers who are taking him to task. The Prime Ministers expected to promise agriculture will thrive with new trade deals but the Farmers Union of wales is warning of ci