As a fast moving wildfire rips through the area. A glimmer of hope for england at last in the ashes as they go into the final day needing 178 runs to win the second test. And in sport, well find out whether russia will be banned from the Winter Olympics. The ioc will decide whether state sponsored doping is still part of their regime. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. The show is now in london. Thats what the European Commission said this morning, as they made it clear that they were ready to resume talks as soon as the uk was ready. When that will be is unclear. This morning theresa may has been briefing the cabinet after yesterdays crucial talks in brussels ended without a deal allowing brexit negotiations to move onto the next stage. The Prime Minister had to pull out of a deal that would have kick started trade talks after the Democratic Unionist Party stepped in and rejected it. Our Political Correspondent iain watson reports from westminster. Labour has branded t
Mosquitoborn virus. Reporter im with all the sports. The action at the australian open. Play was suspended on the main arena as the coach of star collapsed in the stands first the tunisia Prime Minister is holding an emergency Cabinet Meeting to talk about this weeks wave of protests by the unemployed. He cut short a visit to france on thursday. A nightly curfew has been in place across the country since friday. We go live to our correspondent who is in tunis capital. Tell us about this emergency Cabinet Meeting. Reporter the meeting is underway and topping the agenda is how to contain discontent and diffuse tension. We think that the government is going to come out saying or taking some concrete steps about how to contain and find thousands of jobs over the country. He said in his speech that when he took over he found about 700,000 tunisians without jobs and with the constraints of the budget he may not be able to offer jobs to all those people. It is a very delicate task for the gov
Of art is a papting on a wall painting on a wall, but its being displaced in all shapes and sizes across the city the u. S. Is making a renewed diplomatic push to find a resolution to end the war in syria. Secretary of state john kerry is in saudi arabia meeting leaders from the gulf to try to ease their concerns about warming relations with iran. Kerry says he is confident peace talks on syria shelled scheduled for next week will go ahead. One of the things that we did today which i think i think is is very important is to set up a clarity on how to proceed forward on the initial steps on the negotiations on syria, and we are confident that with Good Initiative in the next day or so those talks can get going and that the u. N. Representative special envoy will be convening people in an appropriate manner for the proximity talks that will be the first meeting in geneva to begin to lay down the process to try very hard to implement the geneva communication and have a transition that tak
Are among the Companies Reporting results before the opening bell today. After the close, well be hearing from ebay, facebook, and qualcomm. Take a look at the futures. After a strong day yesterday with the dow up 282 points, you can see theres some giveback today. Dow futures down by about 76 points. The nasdaq down by 35. Oil prices are coming under some pressure too. A lot of people are going to be paying attention to apple this morning. Earnings coming in at 3. 28 a share. That was 5 cents ahead of estimates. Thats sort of the good news. The bad news, revenue came in at 79. 9 billion. Apple sold 74. 8 million iphones, below estimates. Mac and ipad sales also weaker than expected. Apple sitting on a mountain of cash, 216 billion, up 21 from last year. Ceo tim cook spoke about all this on the Conference Call. Our financial position has never been stronger. We have the mother of all Balance Sheets with almost 216 in cash, which translates to nearly 39 per i did lutded share of apple s
A boston jury finds mob boss Whitey Bulger guilty. The 83yearold was convicted of murder racket earring and conspiracy charges. Accused of taking part in 19 killing. The jury found him guilty in 11 of those. We always knew who killed him and still couldnt get a guilty. I dont understand. A natural gas pipeline exploded last night. Residents living within a mile of the explosion had to be evacuated. Hillary clinton gave the first public speech on public policy. Anthony weiner suggested his wife would work in Hillary Clintons 2016 campaign. Do you know what her role in Hillary Clintons 2016 campaign will be . I do. What . Im in the telling you. Fell to his death during the home game. Hannah anderson is back with her family this morning. Authorities say James Lee Dimaggio got off two or three shots before he was killed. She has been through a horrendous, terrific ordeal. Im very proud of her and i love her very much. A federal judge ruled that the new York City Police departments controve