Coming up and then there were 2 but really only one the race to become the next british Prime Minister is down to 2 candidates the favorite and this may be a question for the conservative pasha in a country hes looking bars johnson is there a better alternative may the best man win and thats going to be me. To our viewers on p. B. S. In the United States and all around the world welcome we begin the day waiting for the u. S. Response to what iran says was meant as a warning to america earlier today iran shot down a u. S. Military drone saying the drone had violated its airspace in was engaged in spying now thats a claim that the u. S. Has rejected saying that no u. S. Aircraft were in iranian airspace at the white house and on top of a. Hill members of the Trump Administration and lawmakers are meeting in emergency sessions this evening u. S. President trump saying todays move by iran was a very big mistake without a doubt the downing of that u. S. Drone escalates tensions between the
Bay. Coach comfortable in the upper 60s but heat returns inland. We will see a cooldown as we start the week. We begin with breaking news from San Franciscos Bay View District where the medical examiner has been called to a dead lhadley overnight crash. It happened between third street and paul avenue. A toyota sedan was tboned by another vehicle at the intersection and pushed on to the metro track, blocking tline trains like not. The others have frondept damage. We have a message to police asking for more details and will bring them as soon as wei hear back. President trump eliminated raids that would have started today up to 200 families facing deportation orders. The i. C. E. Raid would have included 10 u. S. Cities, including San Francisco. Heres the reaction to the change of plans. Yesterday followed the law but i think the way theyre doing it is not the right way. And consequence will not be good. Reporter San Francisco resident michael with wu seems the sentiment of most of San
And charged with shooting down the Malaysian Airliner mh17, killing almost 300 people. And the duke and duchess of cambridge are deeply saddened, after an 83 year old woman was seriously injured in a collision, with their police escort. And its make or break for scotland in the womens world cup as they take on argentina. The conservative leadership candidate is down to four candidates. Boris johnson won the boat with 143 followed byjeremy hunt on 54. And Michael Govan 51. Sajid javid remains in the running with 38 votes, but rory stewart could only muster 27 and this time around. So he drops out leaving the four of them to battle it out in the next round of voting. Well a little earlier this evening, rory stewart gave us his reaction to being eliminated from the leadership race. Disappointed because i think our country is in a moment of great crisis, disappointed because the long term future of our party and our country must be the central ground of politics, disappointed because reall
But 20 years on, are we seeing the return of the dot com bubble . Also, the fed signals its ready to cut us Interest Rates for the first time in a decade, boosting global markets. Good to have you with us on this thursday. A warm welcome to the programme, briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. And you can join in the conversation. Today, wed like to know if you bought into the dot com boom at the end of the 1990s, and if so, were you badly burnt . What is your cautionary tale when it comes to investing in the stock market . Get in touch just use the hashtag bbcthebriefing. After ten days of frantic arm twisting and cajoling their fellow mps, the four men vying to become britains next prime ministerface a crucial day. Two of them will be eliminated throughout the course of the day, with the final two announced around 6pm. On saturday there will be nationwide hustings to secure the votes of the 150 members 150,000 hustings to secure the votes of the 150
Top job france and germany clash over who should become the next president of the European Commission. And africas football stars grabbing in the spotlight that is the africa cup of nations gets underway in egypt we report on the issues beyond the stadiums democracy activists have denounced egypts hosting of this turn. Im brian thomas thanks so much for joining us chinese president xi jinping has arrived in north korea for his 1st state visit their talks with his host kim jong are likely to center on changs Nuclear Program now that after a summit earlier this year between kim jong un and us President Donald Trump ended without any agreement and with china backing sanctions on the north and that strain ties between those 2 countries. Its been less than 6 months since his handshake kim jong un has visited china north koreas closest foreign ally many times over the years. She jinping on the other hand is the 1st chinese leader to travel to pyongyang and well over a decade. We are ready to