three months afterjournalist leera mckey was killed, no arrests have been made. the russian opposition leader alexei navalny has returned to prison from hospital, after the doctor treating him said he may have been poisoned. and trapped up to his neck in water for several hours, the man who got stuck in rocks as the tide came in and had to be freed by firefighters. when i arrived on scene, he was getting hammered by a pretty severe tidal wave. it s five o clock. our top story: borisjohnson says he is ‘very confident‘ a new brexit deal can be reached with the eu, despite the government ramping up its preparations for no deal. the prime minister made the comments while visiting the faslane naval base in scotland. he added that he believes there is scope for a new deal if there was ‘good will and common sense‘ between the uk and eu. what we want to do is make it absolutely clear that the backstop is no good. it has got to go. they withdrawal agreement is dead, it has got
means no john participation in such a u.s. mission so calm. many think might succeed michael as the city uses as a conservative candidate in the next election she is trying to leave all or options open anyway still some confusion there that last week before boris johnson took over as prime minister in the u.k. the u.k. proposed a european naval mission to the gulf to help protect shipping in the strait of hormuz would germany bore me more amenable to a european mission i personally think so and such a mission under a european flag germany would probably find its role has been similar european missions in the past some of them quite successful and john vessels where in that flight it was for example that was one mission of off the coast of east africa and to piracy mission but if you look at the john navy these days the rest. so many vessels under repair and undergoing an overhauling process so they re adalat if germany would or even could send ships into such a european missi
earnings come in slightly above estimates but here s the kicker. analysts slashing expectations over the last few weeks. is mr. dudley delivering for investors? german carmakers set to be closing on a deal that would provide hardware fixes for diesel cars. this could add as much as 5 million euros to the cost surrounding the scandal. willis be enough for politicians and the public? we are not done with car news, are we? matt: no speaking of german carmakers and french, british and american carmakers, general motors has completed its sale, closed its sale of opel and vauxhall. the french group that controls so general motors closing the sale of german brand and british .rand of its cars here very interesting headline coming across tsa, opel vauxhall, operating free cash flow by 2020 and targeting an operating margin of only 2% by 2020, only 6% by 2026. far asot so bad as european carmakers are concerned. not luxury carmakers, i in used to the u.s. margins of 10%, but that is
soon after setting sail for dover. and bt sport are to pay £1.2 billion to carry on showing the champions league and europa league until 2021. the new deal ends the highlights shows on terrestrial tv. good morning. welcome to bbc newsroom live. the uk factories at ellesmere port and luton employee. the new owners met government and unions last week and provided insurance that existing production commitments would be honoured at ellesmere port until 2020 and luton for some years beyond that but the combined company will have 2a factories in europe and some say that is too many. it s one of the biggest deals in the car making sector. british and german brands vauxhall and opel are to merge with the french brands peugeot and citroen. together they will make a company which is the second largest automotive player in europe. today, the bosses of general motors and psa welcomed the £1.9 billion deal and stressed their commitments to vauxhall and opel at least until 2020. after th
but don t get too excited, imagine yourself basking in warmshine, it won t be like that, there will often bea won t be like that, there will often be a lot of cloud and the weather at the moment is going downhill with cloud pushing in from the atlantic. it is going down slowly, for many getting away with a dry afternoon. sunshine turning increasingly hazy with high amounts of cloud but for northern ireland, parts of wales and south west of england cloud thickening up and some splashes of rain by the afternoon. into this evening and tonight the rain gathers more momentum and turns heavy and sweeps eastwards. a soggy night in prospect. briefly some hill snow across scotland. maybe northern england and northern ireland as well. that mild air starts to spread itself into the south by the end of the night. 11 tomorrow in plymouth. tomorrow we have low pressure up to the north. this front which is hanging around fora the north. this front which is hanging around for a good part of