A warm welcome to the Programme Briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. We would love to hear from you. The potentially deadly heatwave across europe will break records. People are being warned to take action, especially the elderly and very young. What are you doing to keep cool . How is it impacting you . Get in touch just use bbcthebriefing. Temperatures in paris and the north of france are expected to reach a0 celsius today. The government has put plans in place to help people deal with the extreme heat including designating almost 1,000 cool spaces around the capital. Temperature records are likely to be broken across europe this week as an early summer heatwave sweeps across the continent. Ramzan karmali reports. For these workers in belgium, the sun and heat was just too much. By noon, they had downed tools and were looking for refreshments to help them call down. These orangutans in a zoo them call down. These orangutans in a zoo in vienna were
One of britains biggest retail groups, arcadia, has been handed a lifeline by landlords whove agreed to cut its rents. The business has 566 stores in the uk and ireland and employs 18 thousand workers. Now on bbc news, live to singapore for Asia Business report. Business alarm as hong kong braces for more potential protest we look at the impact on the Asian Financial powerhouse. Our warning from japan. He cautions over potential clashes in the middle east when he meets with the president of around. Good morning asia, hello world. It is thursday and thank you forjoining us thursday and thank you forjoining us for this exciting addition of Asia Business report did lets start the programme with hong kong where authorities have shut government offices in the cbd for the rest of the week. On wednesday, hundreds of thousands of people swarmed the streets to oppose a planned new extradition law which includes mainland china. Many Stores Closed and several businesses gave their employees a day
President trump warns germany over dependence on russian gas and threatens sanctions over the nordstream 2 project to bring more of it to europe. A warm welcome to the Programme Briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. Also in the programme the Us House Intelligence Committee today holds a hearing on the rise of so called deep fakes online, fake videos of people saying or doing something that never happened. How concerned are you about this . How can it be policed, if at all . Send us your comments, bbcthebriefing. Authorities in hong kong are shutting most government offices in the financial district for the rest of the week, after days of protests against an extradition bill that would allow people to be sent to Mainland China for trial. The bill has triggered the biggest street rallies since hong kong was handed back to china by the british in 1997. Police fired tear gas and rubber bullets in running battles with the demonstrators. Joining me now is t
Lower that risk. Stay with us on bbc news. Boris johnson and jeremy lower that risk. Stay with us on bbc news. Borisjohnson and jeremy hunt are the final two in the race to become the next Prime Minister, after michael gove was knocked out of the contest. Time for Asia Business reports, live from singapore. Oil on troubled waters. President trump downplays irans attack on a us drone, as Energy Prices surge. So slack. Shares in the workplace messaging app soil by almost 50 in its stock market debut. Good morning, asia, hello, world. It is a friday, almost the weekend. Glad you could join us for another exciting addition of Asia Business report. Im rico hizon. Lets kick off the programme with oil, after prices spike on the Global Markets after the shooting down yesterday of a military surveillance drone over the strait of hormuz. Speaking in washington, dc, President Trump moved to ease tensions with tehran. I would imagine it was a general or somebody that made a mistake in shooting tha
Much more on our website on all of oui much more on our website on all of our stories but now it is time to cfoss our stories but now it is time to cross over our stories but now it is time to cross over to singapore and joined rico hizon for Asia Business report. Joined. Rico hizon for Asia Business report. Joined. Trade war truce but what does the agreement really mean for chinese tech giant huawei. Another major practice in hong kong. We take the business files of the Global Financial hub. Good morning asia, hello world, it is monday, the start ofa hello world, it is monday, the start of a brand new trading week. Let you could join us. Lets start of the show with the trade war because the us and china have agreed to resume negotiations over the dispute that has contributed to a Global Economic slowdown. Announcing the agreement at the g20 summit injapan, President Trump said he will allow American Companies continued to sell to the tech giant huawei but trumpets economic adviser has