There are doubts surrounding the final of the Copa Libertadores in chile next month in light of the social turmoil engulfing the country. The president has cancelled two big regional events due to political protests that began two weeks ago. But our World Football presenter, mani jazmi, expects this years final in santiago, between argentinas river plate and Brazils Flamengo to go ahead as planned. It was shaky on wednesday afternoon when all sorts of rumours and alternatives were flying around. There was talk of a big meeting between the president of chile and the head of south american football but the president says that they will hosted, even though he has cancelled two Big International events. I think he thinks it is easier to host a football match than an international gathering. So as of now, the game will happen in santiago. There were issues between the teams last year. Is this a further complication . That was a very special occasion because the two tea ms very special occas
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. Should you choose to be. Its well known that a good nights sleep is good for your health, but scientists now say sleep could also be the key to avoiding alzheimers. How important is sleep to you . Tell us what you think. Just use the hashtag bbcthebriefing. Downing street has dismissed President Trumps criticism of borisjohnsons brexit deal. In a radio interview with the Brexit Party Leader nigel farage, mr trump said certain aspects of the Prime Ministers plan could hinder future with the us, but number ten insisted it would enable the uk to reach free trade deals around the world. Our Political Correspondent Chris Buckler reports. Ladies and gentlemen. They have shared a stage and she had plenty of political opinions. So when nigel farage invited his old friend donald trump onto his radio programme,. Mr nigel farage. The president did not
South western parts of england. We have more rain here i suspect during the later part too. Plenty of sunshine elsewhere to enjoy, fewer showers for eastern areas than today. When seizing down a touch on the south west of england, picking up the south west of england, picking upa the south west of england, picking up a little for Northern Ireland during the afternoon the wind is easing down a touch. 9 degrees across parts of northern scotland, ten or 11 for much of england and wales, milder with the rain in the far south west. Later in the week, High Pressure moves into Continental Europe and the weather fronts are pushing in from the south west, the first one on thursday is very weak but bring some milder air which will push across most areas into the end of week. With the milder air coming over the cold ground, it could be misty and murky on thursday. The best of the sunshine will be for eastern scotland, there will not be much rain or drizzle around, turning wetter into friday but t
Katie gornall reports from tokyo. Tokyois tokyo is a sprawling, enchanting city. Busy yet serene, its a place where the modern nestles alongside the traditional. Its a new frontier for a sport hoping to make a good impression. Excitement is building. 15,000 people turned upjust impression. Excitement is building. 15,000 people turned up just to watch wales train in southern japan in the country plasma commission of a sport believes this tournament could leave a lasting legacy. Transmack this, the first time a world cup is coming to a country which has no tradition in rugby. Transmack. It was a challenge for us to make this happen. Brightness japan, we were really excited to have this tournament so im hoping the right knee becomes part of our culture. Thanks for us. But that to happen, more people will expect children need to pick up a rugby ball. These High School Boys are in the minority and hope the world cup will change that. Since we japanese dont know much about rug, im hoping tha
A deal is possible. 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. A day of Global Climate demonstrations has begun, with millions of people expected to skip school or work to join in. Crowds are already out on the streets in australia demanding action on Climate Change ahead of next weeks un summit. As the day progresses, protests are expected to spread from the asia pacific, through europe and africa, to the americas. You can see these pictures starting to come in from sydney, and we are as we said expecting to see this whole wave of Climate Change protests to ripple across the globe. Everyone united on many of these have risen from children over the last few months, very much a cause taken up by younger people. You can see they are clearly quite active there. When we can clearly quite active there. When we ca n cfoss clearly