Forces to protect lives. Plus the trade war takes its toll. Chinas growth slows to its weakest in more than a quarter of a century a warm welcome to the Programme Briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. Banning staff access to work e mails outside office hours to help them switch off, might actually cause stress if it stops them achieving work goals. Thats what a new study has found. So do you check work emails at home or on days off . How do you deal with inbox overload . Let me know just use the hashtag bbcthebriefing. The british Prime Minister Boris Johnson has less than 36 hours to sell the brexit deal he agreed in brussels on thursday to members of parliament in westminster. He needs at least 320 of them to approve it in a crucial commons vote on saturday. So is it possible . Heres our political correspondent, nick eardley. Many thought simply would not happen to borisjohnson many thought simply would not happen to Boris Johnson hand in hand many
Projections by public broadcasters in germany predict that the centre right party of chancellor Angela Merkel will again be the Largest Party in the federal parliament, but it looks like both major parties have won their lowest ever levels of popular support. The far right anti immigrant party alternative for germany looks set to be the third Biggest Party with about 13 percent of the vote. Its the first time the afd have entered parliament. And tonight, there are protests outside their headquarters. Lets join my colleague ros atkins in berlin. This election was supposed to be the one which went to plan, which would be business as usual, and Angela Merkel and her cdu party emphasised repeatedly that stability would be the priority it would be what she would deliver, but the voters have not endorsed that message. Here are the latest exit polls. This would not be what Angela Merkel would want to see. Angela merkels cdu csu got 32. 9 per cent, a loss of 8. 6 per cent. In the last election
Today. The United States has imposed new sanctions on iran to punish it for a recent Ballistic Missile test, and for what was described as tehrans continued support for terrorism. The measures target 12 companies and 13 individuals in iran and elsewhere. Iran said the sanctions breached the un deal under which it agreed to curb its nuclear programme. The white house spokesman, sean spicer, said President Trump was determined to keep iran in check. These sanctions really represent a very very strong stand against the actions that iran has been taking, and make it very clear that the deal that was struck previously was not in the best interests of this country, and that President Trump is going to do everything he can to make sure iran stays in check. These kind of sanctions dont happen quickly. But i think the timing of them is clearly in reaction to what weve seen, you know, over the last couple of days. We knew we have these options available to us because they had been worked through
Five things to know: SDC Championship , The DP World Tour returns to South Africa this week for the SDC Championship, the first of two back-to-back co-sanctioned events with the Sunshine Tour on the International Swing.
Five things to know: AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open, The AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open marks the conclusion of the DP World Tour's Opening Swing as La Réserve Golf Links makes its international championship debut. Here are your five things to know.