A shocking job its plain for anyone to see we shall see what the final communique has to say but for the moment at a concert you talk so much for joining us from nairobi. Now experts are divided on what impact the single currency will have on the regions economy nicholas hack. From senegals capital dhaka. There are topics that can both divide and bring west africans together football with the africa cup of nations. How to properly grow a chicken and money thats because 15 west african countries have agreed to create and share a single currency called the fine exterior. Its a great idea if we have the same currency we could be one big country like america big and strong and then we would all be treated as equals. Already 8 of the 15 countries use the same currency the african franc or c. F. A. A legacy of french colonialism. Frances central bank acts like a manager holding part of their treasury to guarantee financial stability. The 7 other nations often deal with inflation in currency
Opponents ofJeremy Corbyn. A new Study Suggests sugary drinks including pure fruitjuice could increase the risk of cancer. Commentator battling. 0h, not for much longer. What a beauty. And australia on the ropes england snatch early wickets in their world cup semifinal. And coming up on bbc news. Can Serena Williams book her place in an 11th wimbledon singles final on what is ladies semi finals day today . Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. A Royal Navy Warship has warned off three iranian gunboats that were trying to intercept a British Oil Tanker in the gulf. The ministry of defence says hms montrose moved between the British Heritage and the iranian vessels. The montrose issued several radio warnings and the iranian boats then turned away. Iran had threatened retaliation after British Royal marines seized an iranian tanker last week, suspected of breaking sanctions. Our defence correspondent Jonathan Beale reports. Irans revolutionary guard regularly patrol the narro
Live all the sport. England take their first three wickets for just 1a runs. England take their first three wicketsforjust14 runs. 217 8 australia, you would say england are in control but we saw what happened to india from a similar position against new zealand yesterday, lots of drama so far, we will have the latest from edgbaston at 2 30pm. Bit of drama coming in the weather forecast. Thunderstorms across the uk at the moment, mostly affecting the far north east, one or two into edgbaston for the cricket this afternoon. All the details coming up shortly. Also coming up re writing history the skull discovery which suggests modern human beings lived outside africa much earlier than previously thought tension is mounting in the gulf after a Royal Navy Warship warned off three iranian gunboats that were trying to intercept a British Oil Tanker in the strait of hormuz. The ministry of defence says hms montrose moved between the British Heritage and the iranian vessels. The montrose issue
Good afternoon. The United States and china have agreed to resume talks to ease the trade war between the worlds two largest economies. Us President Donald Trump and chinas president xijinping reached the agreement at the 620 summit injapan. Mr trump also said American Companies can once again sell products to the chinese tech giant huawei, after an effective ban on such sales was introduced in may. From osaka, nick bryant sent this report. This was the day when the 620 summit of the worlds wealthiest nations essentially became a g2. These talks between donald trump and xijinping, by far the most consequential meeting of this global gathering. It ended with a ceasefire in the trade war, an agreement to restart talks that fell apart last month. But the us president made a major concession, lifting some restrictions on huawei, the chinese tech giant at the centre of whats felt like a commercial cold war. We had a very good meeting with president xi of china. Excellent, i would say excell
Hello and welcome to sportsday, with me 0lly foster and ben croucher. Thanks forjoining us. Heres whats been making the headlines on this scorching saturday joy for pakistan, they beat afghanistan in a world cup thriller and thats very bad news for england its a double for the dutch, they beat italy to reach the womens world cup semi finals. Charles leclerc takes pole for ferrari at the austrian grand prix but Lewis Hamilton is penalised by stewards and bumped down to fifth also coming up in the programme. Lets play ball. London prepares to host Major League Baseballs first game in europe. Evening, weve had some fantastic games at the cricket world cup recently. Todays match at headingley went down to the final over as pakistan pipped afghanistan to win by three wickets and keep their tournament alive. They are now up to fourth in the standings at englands expense. Well have the latest from edgbaston ahead of their game against india tomorrow, but first heres how pakistan stormed into