in london, chelsea are taking on real madrid, trying to overturn a 2 0 deficit against the defending champions. it is currently 0 0. missed a really good opportunity to put chelsea ahead. still advantage real madrid. meanwhile, napoli, the runaway leaders of serie a, are trying to recover from a 1 0 first leg defeat against ac milan. that game is also goalless, but ac milans olivier giroud had a penalty saved 20 minutes in. at the moment, it s ac malan and real madrid. meanwhile, manchester city are in germany ahead of their quarter final second leg against bayern munich on wednesday. they have a healthy 3 0 advantage from the first leg at the etihad last week, and they ll have phil foden available after he returned to training after recovering from having his appendix removed. city boss pep guardiola says they won t be sitting back in bavaria. i understand the situation, to come herejust to defend i understand the situation, to come here just to defend something. we came to
and london, this is bbc world news. it ‘s newsday. good morning. it s midnight in london and seven in the morning in singapore. north korea has fired what appears to be a ballistic missile, according to the south, as tensions have been flaring over the north s nuclear ambitions. the unidentified missile was fired from near the north korean coastal city of wonsan. it reportedly landed in the sea ofjapan. japan has strongly condemned the launch, saying these tests cause a threat to ships and planes, although no damage has been reported. president trump has been briefed on the situation. south korea s new president, moonjae in, has ordered a meeting of the national security council. we can go live to seoul and speak to the bbc‘s steve evans. what has been the reaction so far to the latest provocation? condemnation by clearly. the national security council in south korea is going to meet. really, it s like groundhog day. this is the third missile since the new president took
you look at the five qualification levels which are broadly equivalent to the standard grades in scotland. we have seen more young people achieve it, but we ve seen the gap between rich and poor almost half. we ve also seen the number of poor people who leave school with no qualifications halve as well, so there has been progress made, but i make no bones about the fact we need to seek more progress, which is why we have a major programme of reform under way in scottish education. we have a major programme of reform under way in scottish educationlj will under way in scottish education.” will go on to education and the details in a minute, but overall, the former head of policy for alex salmond calls it a lost decade. he isa salmond calls it a lost decade. he is a former head of policy and i don t agree with that assessment. it s a damning criticism from inside your own party. i don t accept the fa cts your own party. i don t accept the facts and figures bear out the assess
business news live from singapore. 20 years since hong kong s hand over to china is its economy better or worse off? and it has been two decades since the asian financial crisis we look at the philippines and why it did better than its regional neighbours in riding out the turmoil. good morning, asia. hello, world. thank you forjoining me for this friday edition of asia business report. i m rico hizon. as we told you on newsday this weekend marks 20 years since hong kong saw the end of british colonial will. chris patten was the last governor of hong kong, which is one of the major financial hubs of asia. my of the major financial hubs of asia. my colleague asked him if he is concerned about the future of the economy under china s growing influence. my biggest worry about hong kong wasn t that the tanks would roll in from the north but that hong kong would simply become the richest city in china. i don t think that is going to happen so long as hong kong can hold onto the
as cabin crew prepare to strike, just weeks after an it crash that stranded thousands. are cost cuts taking their toll on the airline s image? plus, from the sick man of asia to one of the region s fastest growing economies. we report from the philippines, 20 years on from the asian financial crisis. welcome to world business report. i m rachel horne. we start with more problems for british airways. thousands of passengers are learning that their flights have been cancelled because of an unprecedented 16 day strike by some cabin crew, which begins tomorrow, july 1st. on thursday, ba said most flights will operate as normal but it has cancelled a number of long haul departures to and from heathrow. short haul and flights from other uk airports are unaffected. so what s it all about? the unite union says cabin crew who have taken industrial action over pay in the past have been blacklisted losing benefits like staff travel, concessions and bonuses. ba estimates around 8% of i