extension until the end of october the eu grants the uk another after late night talks in brussels. national security. extension until the end of october after late night talks in brussels. this extension is as flexible in 2010 julian assange as i expected and it is a little bit this extension is as flexible as i found himself in a prison shorter than i expected van and then in court expected and a little bit shorter after sweden issued but it is still enough to find than i expected. but it is still an arrest warrant, hoping the best possible solution. to question him over allegations made by two swedish women of sexual enough to find the best possible assault. please do not waste this time. allegations he denies. solution. please, do not waste this soon, to his supporters delight, he was out on bail. theresa may, who was aiming time. well, it is great to smell for a shorter delay says the uk must theresa may, who was aiming for the fresh air of london leave the eu as soon a
the second extension in a space of a fortnight represents not only ex husband s new wife a horse will be allowed to a diplomatic failure, but it s another milestone in the government s mishandling of the entire brexit process. celebrations in sudan, as its 30 year ruler is toppled in a military coup, but how much will now change? and government space agencies now have a rival, as the first private mission to the moon is about to land. and coming up on bbc news. the masters is under way at augusta, with northern ireland s rory mcilroy favourite to win the one major missing from his collection. good evening. the wikilea ks founder, julian assange, is tonight in prison after being arrested at the ecuadorian embassy in london, where he d been living for the past seven years, after asylum was withdrawn. mr assange first took refuge there to avoid extradition to sweden over sexual assault allegations, which have since been dropped. he now faces potential extradition to the us over
be allowed to go home. in a moment, it will be sports day. but first a look at what else is coming up this evening on bbc news. we will be speaking to a number of guests tonight about the dramatic arrest of julian assange, one of them is a former government lawyer and now a lecturer in public law. we will get his opinion on the case. after eight o clock tonight, israel hopes to join the select few countries who have landed a spacecraft on the moon. we ll be speaking to the leading british space scientist, too. grady about what this means and how they have done it. and after it emerges that amazon workers have been listening to what customers say to their electors, we will speak to the director of enforcement strategy at the open markets institute, a body dedicated to tackling corporate monopolies. that s after 11 o clock, stay with us for that. that s all coming up later. now it is time for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday. it s here! the first golf major of the year
winner at the bafta awards. horse racing is on hold until at least wednesday with four new positive tests for equine flu. good morning. welcome to bbc news. i am carrie gracie. the economy grew by just am carrie gracie. the economy grew byjust 0.2% in the last three months of 2018. that s according to the office for national statistics. falls in carand the office for national statistics. falls in car and steel production contributed to the slowdown, the lowest for six years. our business correspondent has been giving us his thoughts. if you read on to some of the detail we have had this morning, it really does paint a picture of an economy that is in wait and see mode. a lot of businesses are worried about what it means for them when we talk about brexit. they are holding off on investment and making big decisions, and as a result we get a figure like this that says for the final quarter of last year the economy grew byjust 0.2%. if you compare that to the quarter before when