Over the bradford based supermarket a new higher bid is expected in the next few hours. So who wants it and why? i ll look at the details. The drama continues with harry kane after he s left out of tottenham s squad again. The england captain hasn t travelled to portugalfor spurs european match tonight, as speculation continues about his future. Today, there will be cloud around but we also have sunshine. The cloud thick enough but we also have sunshine. The cloud thick enough for but we also have sunshine. The cloud thick enough for rain but we also have sunshine. The cloud thick enough for rain or but we also have sunshine. The cloud thick enough for rain or drizzle. But we also have sunshine. The cloud thick enough for rain or drizzle. We. Thick enough for rain or drizzle. We also have another band of rain moving eastwards across england and wales. All the details in about half an hour. It s thursday, 19th august. Our top story. There have been more chaotic scenes outsid
in belfast, to mark the 25th anniversary of the good friday agreement, and to show america s commitment to the peace process. twitter owner elon musk, one of the world s richest men, gives a rare exclusive interview to the bbc where he admits to mistakes when buying the social media giant twitter. this the pain level of twitter has been extremely high. it hasn t been some sort of party. so, it s been really quite a stressful situation. could there be good news on the way for homeowners? after a sharp surge in interest rates, the world s bigggest financial institution says they will come down but don t say when. what does that mean if you are a borrower and a homeowner? i take a look. in sport, a masterclass in manchester as city thrash bayern munich to take a huge step towards the champions league semifinals. another wet and windy day today, the strongest winds will be in the west and south and north east scotland, gales and severe gales at times, which could lead to some dis
also this lunchtime: president biden accuses donald trump and his supporters of threatening us democracy and the american way of life. the assassination attempt that failed a would be killer points a loaded gun at the head of argentina s vice president, but the weapon jams. and the animals moved out two by two after 186 years, bristol zoo is closing. and coming up in the sport later in the hour on the bbc news channel: england have named their squad for the t20 world cup. butjason roy has paid the price for a poor summer with the bat he won t be going to australia. good afternoon. it is very nearly over voting in the conservative party leadership contest ends this afternoon. our north america correspondent peter bowes reports. a historic setting for a speech that pulled no punches, a prime time address from philadelphia, the birthplace of american democracy. a way of life thatjoe biden says is under threat from donald trump and his supporters. we must be honest with e
hello and welcome to bbc news. after weeks of debate, voting has closed in the conservative party leadership race. after 2 months of campaigning, and 8 initial candidates whittled down to 2, we ll find out on monday whether liz truss or rishi sunak has been chosen by party members to be the next leader and so prime minister. here s our political correspondent ben wright: after a long, rancorous campaign, it s now time to count the ballots. just 160,000 tory party members are picking their next leader, the next prime minister. and the challenges facing them are huge. they were spelt out today by the current chancellor. he is backing liz truss, presumed frontrunner. there are no easy options. we have war on our continent. we havejust come through a pandemic. but this economy is resilient. how will they handle soaring inflation? i borisjohnson s ejection from office injuly triggered a stampede of wannabe successors. tory mps had the job of picking two final candidates. sunak,
widodo s indonesia is no exception. from jakarta, our asia business correspondent, nick marsh, reports. this is a country on the move. super high speed rail has come to indonesia. whoosh was built by chinese engineers and financed with chinese loans. once upon a time indonesia s largest trading partner was the united states. that train has left the station. now, it is china. they were given the nod to build this over america s ally and the master train makers, japan. this train is notjust the testament to chinese engineering. the fact it was chosen overjapan s offer is a vote of confidence in china. the truth is that countries like indonesia are hungry for infrastructure and china is more than happy to provide it. but china cannot provide everything. this is boeing s brand new office injakarta. presidentjoko and i started meeting when he was governor. the relationship goes back a long way. indonesia is wary of the chinese military power and when it comes to defence, it still