50 years on, we meet the people who witnessed one of the most iconic moments in history, the launch of apollo 11 and the mission to land on the moon. Facebook faces some tough questions about its new crypto currency, with regulators wanting answers on how it will be governed. 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. This story is proving popular on our website the mum who is committed to a no buy year, in a bid to overcome an Online Shopping habit fuelled by social media. Is Online Shopping too easy . Whats your most embarrassing or silly online purchase . Tell us what you think. Just use the hashtag bbcthebriefing. The four democratic congresswomen told by President Trump to go back where they came from have said his comments are a racist distraction from his failing policies. In a joint news conference, the women, who are from ethnically diverse backgrounds, strongly criticised m
Facebooks hugely ambitious plan to create its own Global Crypto currency has been under growing scrutiny since it was unveiled last month, and in a few hours time, the man in charge of the project will face a grilling from us lawmakers about what the company says is the future of money. Facebook says it wont go ahead with the launch of its libra crypto currency until regulatory concerns are addressed. The Digital Currency is particularly aimed at the estimated 1. 7 billion adults that the world bank claims dont have a bank account. China and india are top of the list. In a bid to convince people that it will be reliable, Facebook Says the currency will be backed by a reserve of assets, and has set up what it says is an independent body to oversee the currency, the libra association. Its 29 members include household names such as uber, visa and vodafone. But Central Banks have already expressed concern. Last week the boss of americas federal reserve, Jerome Powell, said libra raises man
First time donald trump has been roundly criticised by the worlds leaders and various other people. And of course, again, this is another example of the president saying whatever he wants say whenever he says it and of course he doesnt care who he insults, who he u psets doesnt care who he insults, who he upsets and there will be outcry about this and of course, quite rightly there will be outcry about this because the tweets that he sent are unacceptable. But i think whats real interesting about this is will there be any material effect on donald trump and his presidency whatsoever and i think the answer is thatis whatsoever and i think the answer is that is pretty much know. I think we know the guys made of teflon. It doesnt matter what he does, what he says, he will continue to be the same, not change anyway, continue with his policies, and as we have seen already, no real damage is ever done to him. It is interesting you should say that because in this article, the person they ment
The us open. He is hardly a household name but he has had and is interesting journey. And matt taylor . If you are fed up of rain, more downpours to come, particularly for Eastern England tomorrow night. Where is the summer . I will tell you more in the next half an hour. Also coming up can you have a naughty corner in the oval office . It isa it is a fantastic financial statement. Lets do that over, he is coughing in the middle of my answer, i dont like that. If you get a cough, please leave the room. His views on germs are well known. Well tell you how the president reacted to that cough, during a television interview. Hello, everyone, this is afternoon live, im simon mccoy. Boris johnsons campaign to become conservative leader and Prime Minister received a boost this morning with the endorsement of the Health Secretary, matt hancock, who said mrjohnson was best placed to re unite the fractured party. Matt hancock dropped out of the race last week. He made his announcement after the
A closely watched key Interest Rate announcement the Federal Reserve has does it has decided to leave the rate unchanged in the 2. 25 to 2. 5 percent range but expectations are growing that that set to move fed chairman a drone powell pointed to concerns over weakening Global Growth and volatile International Trade relationships some fed officials apparently expect a rate cut by the end of the year ahead of the feds announcement similar preoccupations prompted the European Central bank to signal it could be ready to introduce fresh stimulus measures to boost the eurozone economy. For more im joined by james hughes chief market analyst at good morning james so james on the one hand you have potential borrowing costs sinking in the near future something that markets usually like on the other hand its against the backdrop of darkening skies for the Global Economy so is this good news or bad news for the markets. Well its going to be one of those situations where we see short term good new