Where hundreds of thousands of people are watching a solar eclipse. And well bring you all the latest from lyon as england take on the usa in the first womens world cup semi final. Current score is us two and england one. At last we have the nominations for the top jobs at the eu. The more importantjob of all president of the European Commission the body which creates and enforces the eus laws and rules. The nominee is ursula von der leyen. Shes the German Defence minister, and a member of Angela Merkels cdu party. No, youre not the only one who wasnt expecting that. Also, Christine Lagarde will become head of the European Central bank the bank in charge of the euro, which oversees the economies that use it. She is currently the head of the International Monetary fund. Also a formerly french finance minister. Next president of the European Council the council represents the leaders of the eus member states. Charles michel, the belgian Prime Minister, is picked to replace donald tusk. A
Be next Prime Minister. Both of them insist the backstop cannot be part of any future brexit deal. And british number one is safely through to round two of wimbledon after a straight set when in her opening match. Ended semifinal. They had a goal ruled out for offside in the incidentjudged by va are in the hot break was heartbreak was complete when they missed a penalty which wouldve brought the scores level. Phil neville at the coach is speaking, lets just listen in. Phil neville at the coach is speaking, letsjust listen in. She would do it that the way that she does, she will look forward to getting back to the hotel, she be upset and disappointed, but has been phenomenal and no blame should be attached to her. There is a bronze medal still to be played for, going into that match. That is football, thatis into that match. That is football, that is support and youve got to keep picking yourself up and we have a big game now on saturday, i have lost track of days. It will go again and
A protest in brussels as eus leaders reach a deal on who should hold the most prominent positions for the next 5 years. Police try to identify the body of a man, thought to be a stowaway, who fell from this plane into a london garden. And mixed news for andy murray fans while he misses playing the singles at this years wimbledon, he teams up with seven time champion, Serena Williams, in the doubles. And at 11 30 well be taking an in depth look at the papers with our reviewers brexit editor at the telegraph, asa bennett, and head of news at the huffington post, jess brammar. A very good evening to you. More world cup semi final heartbreak for england. Just a year after the england mens team were knocked out by croatia, 0ne game short of the final, the lionesses have been eliminated at the same stage their dreams of world cup glory dashed by the usa, who beat them 2 1 in lyon. And they suffered the agony of their captain Steph Houghton missing a late penalty that would have brought the s
Usa, sending england home. Live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news its newsday. Good morning. Its 7 am in singapore, midnight in london and 7 in the morning in hong kong where people are still grappling with the aftermath of mondays unprecedented Anti Government protests. There are signs that the mood in beijing is hardening. Chinese offcials have condemned the protests as an undisguised challenge to its rule by violent offenders. Rupert Wingfield Hayes reports from hong kong. Today, hong kongs parliament is a crime scene, cordoned off with police tape. The question now what will the Hong Kong Government do to those who caused this destruction . These scenes broadcast live on Hong Kong Television have left this city stunned and divided. Tonight, i met with one of the young men who stormed the parliament on monday. He is unrepentant. Translation we should use even more violent means to gain more bargaining power. However small the chance of winning, we are
Autumn 2016 across europe tens of thousands mobilize against planned free trade deals with the u. S. And canada belgiums will only a region as blocking sita a major european pact with canada trusting the 11 into crisis i am not that man and is focused on a little known provision routinely included in trade deals that allows Foreign Investors to bring investment disputes before an International Arbitration tribunal and multinational corporations to sue sovereign states for billions of dollars. But these tribunals who handles their cases and who represent the interests of the people after all its taxpayers who foot the bill. To get a clearer picture we delve deeper into an appendix system that circumvents National Courts and effectively hands Foreign Investors the power to dick. Hates the policies of democratically elected governments every nation is one ruble whether its an Industrial Power or a developing country investor lawsuits against states impact everything from human rights and