Good morning welcome to breakfast withjon kay and steph mcgovern. Our headlines today. Showdown in downing street the chancellor confronts borisjohnson after his aide was sacked without his knowledge. £400 million for colleges offering vocational courses in england to support new technical qualifications. The common virus youve probably never heard of but can be dangerous for unborn babies. Well have a special report. Opening up the world of football for children with physical disabilities. Gives us a chance to be like the rest of us, however life set us back, we however life set us back, we can always play football. Johanna konta is the last brit standing in the us open singles draw. Shes on form and into the fourth round, but an unhappy dan evans is thrashed by Roger Federer. Good morning, its the last day of august. Some of us clinging on to a little bit of warmth and sunshine, but for most, were going to see some rain pushing eastwards, and it turns much coolerjust in time for tom
A trial date is set for Khalid Sheikh mohammad who is accused of playing a leading role in plotting the september 11th attack. More than 30 protests are expected across britain today against Boris Johnsons decision to suspend parliament in the run up to brexit. And strictly come dancing looks set to allow same sex couples to compete from next year. And in half an hours time, carrie grace and her guests will discuss, in detail, the story of the week Boris Johnsons prorogation of parliament. Thats dateline at 10 30 here on bbc news. Good morning. We can bring you the latest from hong kong. Following the pictures of people gathering just an hour ago for the protests which they had been told would not be allowed to ta ke had been told would not be allowed to take place, police have begun firing tear gas and using Water Cannons to fire blue dyed water to try and disperse large crowds of protesters. A significant number of protesters. A significant number of protesters had gathered as our co
I think my views are well understood. The relationship is fantastic with the prime minister. A trial date is set for Khalid Sheikh mohammad, who is accused of playing a leading role in plotting the 9 11 attacks in 2001. Sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre. The first of eight premier league games today is just about to get under way at southampton take on manchester united. Southampton looking to make it back to back wins after beating brighton while united are aim to bounce back from their shocked last minute defeat to crystal palace. Arsenal defender Nacho Monreal hasjoined crystal palace. Arsenal defender Nacho Monreal has joined the league at site real sociedad on a two year deal. La liga side. New signing kiran ntini, who joined deal. La liga side. New signing kiran ntini, whojoined in the summer, is seen kiran ntini, whojoined in the summer, is seen as kiran ntini, whojoined in the summer, is seen as his long term replacement kieran tierney. He won three fa cu
Newsnight is coming up on bbc two. Heres mark urban. Tonight were in berlin, where having won the election at the weekend, Angela Merkel faces a tough challenge putting together a ruling coalition. And with the far right alternative for Germany Party doing so well, how will that impact the politics of germany and europe . Join me now on bbc two. Here on bbc one, its time for the news where you are. Hello and welcome to sportsday im hugh ferris. The headlines tonight. Gareth barrys record breaking night is ruined by arsenal, who beat west brom 2 0 at the emirates. Four defeats in a row forjohanna konta. Beaten at the wuhan open in china despite serving for the match. And 30 grand injust six days the british bobsleigh pilot who says shes powered by the people after reaching her funding target. Hello again, thanks forjoining us on sportsday. A record breaking night it may well have been for gareth barry but for the man whos now played more premier League Matches than anyone else there was
These people are demonstrating in support of the spanish army and the police. It comes one day after the spanish Prime Minister said he would ta ke ste ps spanish Prime Minister said he would take steps to impose direct rule on catalonia from madrid. The catalonian government are not following the laws. They do what they want. They do not represent the cata la n they want. They do not represent the catalan people, they represent a small percentage, not all of us. This is why the government has to do what it has to do. The Spanish Foreign minister says the Regional Government will soon lose authority. They will not have any legal authority, it will be a group of rebels trying to impose their own arbitrariness onto the whole people of catalonia. The plan by the Spanish Government is unprecedented. It is the first time that madrid has moved to strip a region of its autonomy and it dramatically escalate this political crisis. Yesterday almost half a million Pro Independence supporters took