Days alone stop today the home secretary will meet her french counterpart to demand more action to stop the crossings. Almost six years after the paris terror attacks which killed 130 people, 20 men will go on trial today. Good morning. Scotland are victorious in vienna. The win of austria sees them take a huge step towards a place at their first world cup finals in 23 years. It lost its funding just five years ago, but wheelchair rugby still managed to clinch gold at the paralympics. Two of the stars willjoin us here in the studio to tell us how they did it. And whilst it is another hot day for many can hear in parts of wales, south west england and the channel isles when we got close to 30 degrees yesterday, signs of change and the risk of thunderstorms. The full forecast here on breakfast. It s wednesday the 8th of september. Our top story. Mps will vote today on the government s plans to increase national insurance contributions to fund health and social care in england. Ministers
immigration and of course scottish independence could all figure highly with voters here. yes, billions of barrels of oil have been pulled from the sea, providing energy underjobs been pulled from the sea, providing energy under jobs for this been pulled from the sea, providing energy underjobs for this local economy. but what is at stake in this election? what do businesses wa nt to this election? what do businesses want to hear from this election? what do businesses want to hearfrom politicians? england seal their place at euro 2020 with a huge win. harry kane scores a first half hat trick as they beat montenegro 7 0 at wembley. more than 140 flood warnings are in force after more heavy rain. we ll be live in yorkshire where the pumps have been going all night. and while there will be some more rain around today and this weekend, not as heavy or as persistent as we have seen. join me for the full forecast right here from the stunningly beautiful and redeveloped aberdeen art
johnson would not like to go down in history as mr no deal. brazil s president has bowed to international pressure and ordered the armed forces to tackle the record number of fires in the amazon forest. british airways is facing anger from thousands of passengers who ve received emails to say their flights next month have been cancelled because of strikes by pilots over pay. and england s batsmen are fighting to keep their ashes hopes alive at headingley, where they re chasing an unlikely target of 359 to win. prince andrew has released a statement about his friendship with the disgraced financier jeffrey epstein, the first time the prince has spoken directly about his links since epstein took his own life in a new york prison cell earlier this month. prince andrew said at no stage did he see or suspect any criminal behaviour. epstein had been awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges when he killed himself. here s our royal correspondent nicholas witchell. what was pr
and england s batsmen are fighting to keep their ashes hopes alive at headingley, where they re chasing an unlikely target of 359 to win. good evening. boris johnson has hit back at donald tusk after the european council president said he hoped the prime minister wouldn t be remembered as mr no deal . mr tusk was speaking in biarritz at the the g7 summit of world leaders. in response mrjohnson said mr tusk would earn the same title if he ignored the uk s demands. our chief political correspondent vicki young is in biarritz her report contains flashing images. landing for his first summit, and it could be a tense one. borisjohnson is determined to leave the eu but says britain won t be walking off the world stage. the prime minister wants to show he s got an important role to play and has strong views on global trade. i m very worried about the way it s going, the growth of protections, of tariffs that we are seeing. the uk thrives mightily on being an open, outward looking
sent to passengers telling them theirflights had been cancelled because of a pilot s strike were sent in error. england s batsmen show some resistance in the third test at headingley, but it s australia who still look set to retain the ashes. and in half an hour here on bbc news how a high school student from ohio received an email out of the blue that changed her life forever in my very extended family. good evening. the g7 summit in the french resort of biarritz is under way and borisjohnson has hit back at donald tusk after the european council president said he hoped the prime minister wouldn t be remembered as mr no deal . in response, mrjohnson said mr tusk would earn the same title if he ignored the uk s demands. well, a little earlier this evening mrjohnson was greated in biarritz by the president of france emmanuel macron and his wife bridget donald trump was also met by president macron though he had already enjoyed a lunch with mr macron earlier on a seafron