a warm welcome to the programme briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business, and sport. and you can be part of the conversation. tell us what you think just use the hashtag bbcthebriefing. italy s deputy prime minister and league party leader, matteo salvini, has called for a snap election, saying his party s differences with its coalition partners can t be patched up. it follows a row in the senate over a major infrastructure project. andy beatt reports. a vote that has left italy s government on the verge of collapse, the two coalition parties opposing each other over the future of the high speed train link to france. backing the project at a rally outside rome, the deputy prime minister and leader of the right wing league party. he has now declared the governing coalition unworkable. the only way forward to hold fresh elections. translation: if a couple who are in love decide to go separate ways, it is better to do it consensually, quickly, and with
parliament over brexit. the prime minister s advice to the queen can, i believe, be challenged in law and i for one would be prepared to go and seek judicial review to prevent parliament being bypassed. the government s accused by its own advisers of a ramshackle, dad s army approach to climate change. alexa, what are the symptoms of chickenpox? according to the nhs website, chickenpox starts with red spots. feeling unwell, and haven t got time to see a doctor? you can now ask alexa, following a tie up between amazon and the nhs. and the double act now known as murena . andy murray and serena williams back in action at wimbledon this afternoon. and coming up in the sport later in the hour on bbc news. a terrible start for india as they chase 240 against new zealand in their cricket world cup semi final at old trafford. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. britain s ambassador to washington has resigned, following the leak of his confidential emails in which h
everywhere we look, there is a blank where she should be. families of the victims in the boeing ethiopia air crash demand to know why the 737 max was allowed to fly. in pioneering surgery nerves inside paralysed people s bodies are rewired to give movement to their arms and hands. good morning, welcome to bbc newsroom alive. we willjust start with some breaking news on the death ofjohn mccririck, the racing broadcaster whose family have announced that he has died aged 79. he was at the face of channel 4 racing, one of the sports most recognisable figures, famous for his idiosyncratic fashion sense and his larger than life personality. idiosyncratic fashion sense and his la rger than life personality. he was, of course, an award winning journalist for the sporting life and work for itv before he worked for channel 4. his death announced this morning, in the last few minutes, the death ofjohn mccririck, the racing broadcaster. we will have more on that later. the british ca
on day 5 at wimbledon, djokovic and 15 year old cori gauff in action later as well as andy murray and serena williams in the mixed doubles. we ll be live there at 2.30 and bring you news on england international karen carney‘s retirement from football. matt has all the weather sunny and warm in places but will it last? 28 this afternoon in some southern areas, to live this weekend, will it stay dry? i will let you know. i will explain more in 25 minutes. thanks matt. also coming up tributes are paid to horse racing puinditjohn mccririck. pundit. with his signature deerstalker hat and flamboyant style, he was a familiar face on british television. hello, everyone this is afternoon live. a gang behind the biggest modern day slavery network ever exposed in the uk has been convicted of offences including trafficking, money laundering and forcing people into forced labour. police believe there were up to 400 victims put to work by the polish organised crime gang in the w
in the tournament. but comes back to win against the odds. four stretch the ones world cup to 32 and to double its prize jaguar land rover is investing hundreds of millions of pounds to build a range of electric vehicles at its plant in birmingham. it will begin with an electric version of the jaguar xj from 2020. the company says it will help secure the jobs of more than two and a half thousand workers at the plant although it announced almost double the number of job losses earlier this year. but with purely electric cars making up just 1% of the market, does today s decision reflect consumer choice? our business editor simon jack is in castle bromwich. after 6000 lay offs in the last two. the boss announced the company was spending the £1 billion on electrifying one of its most famous models. julia and martin davies got married after meeting at the plant. 0ur son in law‘s here, so this is the next generation, they are taking it on. it s secured their futures. it s ju