England s decision to cut interest rates have a new? i will have the details. A legend bails out. Andy murray s glittering career comes to an end with defeat at the olympics. I gave as much as i could to the sport. I love competing in the olympic games and for my country. Good morning. Today we are looking at a mostly dry day with some sunshine, but a weather front in the north west introducing wet and windy conditions today and tomorrow will also introduce fresh conditions for us all this weekend. All the details shortly. Good morning. It s friday the 2nd of august. Our main story. The culture secretary, lisa nandy, has raised concerns about the bbc s investigation into huw edwards. In a meeting with the corporation s director general, tim davie, she asked the bbc to explore what options are available to recoup some of edwards taxpayer funded salary. Mr davie has defended the decision not to sack the presenter despite knowing last november that he was arrested over the most serious c
Prayer service has been held before his burial north of doha. A north korean defector tells the bbc kim jong un wants donald trump back in power and there s continuing controversy over two athletes who ve been cleared to compete in the women s boxing events at the olympics despite previously failing to meet gender eligibility criteria in other competitions. Hello, i m annita mcveigh, welcome to bbc news now, 3 hours of fast moving news, interviews and reaction. We begin with that historic prisoner swap. Russian dissidents released in a prisoner swap with the west are expected to speak publicly in the coming hours. Posting on his x account, vladimir kara murza shared this image of himself, along with ilya yashin and andrei pivovarov, saying there would hold a news conference in bonn shortly. Kara murza, on the right, is a dual russian uk citizen and prominent opposition politician. Yashin, in the centre, and pivovarov are also well known kremlin critics. The prisoners released by the we
In the women s lightweight double sculls final. And coming up on bbc news, another gold for team gb in the rowing. Emily craig and imogen grant taking first place in the lightweight women s double sculls. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. There s growing controversy over two athletes who have been cleared to compete in the women s boxing in paris, after having been disqualified from last year s world championships forfailing to meet eligibility criteria. Yesterday algerian boxer imane khelif qualified to the quarterfinals after her opponent, italy s angela carini, abandoned the bout in 46 seconds. This afternoon, taiwan s lin yu ting, who was stripped of a bronze medal at last year s world championships, is due to fight. In the last couple of hours the culture secretary lisa nandy said biology matters when it comes to sports like boxing. Our reporter matt graveling has more. In red, from algeria. The fight which lasted in red, from algeria. The fight which lasted jus
Come on home. Breaking news. Massive tech outage impacting millions of people around the world. Crowd strike, a large provider of virus protection said the outage was due to a system update and not a cyberattack. They apologized and said it fixed the problems but issues are lingering. Major disruptions to 911 call centers, airports. Thousands of passengers were stranded. The outage took out multiple billboards in new york city s times square. Musk calling it the biggest i. T. Failure ever. First to this. Fox news alert. President biden selfisolating with covid in delaware as pressure intensifies in washington. New report says the president s family is starting to discuss what a possible exit plan for the 81yearold would look like. His team says that is not going to happen. This is the faulkner focus. I m john roberts in for harris this friday. A week filled with a deluge of reports. Democrats at the highest levels quietly urging the president to step aside. One says even former preside
Antimaskers are teaming up with the proud boys to threaten school boards over mask mandates. While one school board meeting in north carolina was so chaotic, attendees attempted to overthrow the officials and install themselves as a new board. There s also something else that s happening right now about 3,000 miles away from the u. S. In brazil. Stay with me because there is a connection. Today is brazil s independence day. Tens of thousands of demonstrators came out in support of their president, jair bolsonaro. Bolsonaro won a closely watched presidential election in 2018 and his victory signalled the country s shift to the far right. He has praised the country s history of military dictatorship and has advocated torture. He was able to win the presidency by tapping into the resentments held by the while upper and upper upper middle classes in a country that like the u. S. Is rife with antiblackness and racism. During the pandemic, bolsonaro downplayed covid despite getting covid him