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 hesitate to say what he thought about the uks election, putting his weight behind Boris Johnson about the uks election, putting his weight behind borisjohnson against all diplomatic norms. We have great relationships with many of the leaders, including boris, he is a fantastic man and i think he is the exact right time by for the times andi exact right time by for the times and i know you and him will end up doing something that could be terrific. Nigel farage smiled at the prospect of mr trumps call for a marriage of political convenience between the conservative and Brexit Party Leaders. And at the presents not so subtle swipe at the leader of the opposition, jeremy corbyn. He would be so bad for your country, he would be so bad for your country, he would be so bad, he would take you ina bad would be so bad, he would take you in a bad way. Mr corbyn replied on twitter but donald trump is simply trying to interfere to get his friend borisjohnson elected. Us president s have weighed in on uk votes before. Most notably, in the brexit referendum, when barack obama memorably warned about a us trade deal if we left the eu. And the uk will be in the back of the queue. Many argued those words backfired. But mrtrump is many argued those words backfired. But mr trump is also keen to talk trade, suggesting that the terms of the Prime Minister is Withdrawal Agreement might make a deal with america difficult if not impossible. Chris buckler, bbc news, washington. For more on that story, go to the bbc news website thats bbc. Com news and follow the links. Or you can download the bbc news app. Funerals are expected for some of the victims of thursdays train fire, which saw at least 70 people dead and Dozens Injured when a fire caused by an exploding gas canister passengers were using to cook breakfast swept through a train. A significant number of the victims came from an area a couple of hours from hyderabad. You may find some of farhat javeds report distressing. The flames ripped through three crowded carriages, trapping dozens of passengers who were on their way to a religious gathering. Many of the injured were brought to this hospital in bahawalpur. Some on the train were sleeping when it caught fire. Rubinas husband pushed her out of the window to save her life, but she is critically injured. Translation smoke filled up everywhere and it was hard to breathe. I pushed my wife out of the train and then tried to jump, but people fell on me. Dozens have suffered burn injuries, and dozens were killed. These are some of the passengers whojumped off the running train when it was on fire. They are traumatised from horrific scenes they have witnessed, but they are more worried about their loved ones who are still missing. Train accidents are common in pakistan, but this one is said to be one of the worst in the last two decades. The cause of the fire is unclear. Officials blamed a group of passengers who were cooking breakfast on a gas cylinder when it exploded. But some who were there dispute this and blame an electrical fault. Prime minister imran khan has ordered an immediate inquiry, but few here believe anyone will be held to account. Farhat javed, bbc news, south punjab. Lets brief you on some of the other stories making the news. President trump has confirmed hes making the us state of florida his permanent residence, leaving manhattan behind. The president says hes been treated very badly by new york political leaders, despite paying millions of dollars in tax. The transfer could save him money. A court in barcelona has acquitted five men of gang raping a 14 Year Old Girl. The men were convicted of a lesser charge of sexual abuse, because lawyers argued the girl was so intoxicated that no violence was used. The case has caused outrage among womens groups in spain about the definition of rape in spanish law. A 31 mile wildfire is advancing across brazils pa nta nal wetlands. The Governors Office in the state of mato grosso do sul said the fire was bigger than anything seen before in the region. At least 50,000 hectares of vegetation have already been destroyed. The area, located in the southern part of the country, is one of the most biodiverse regions in the world and a popular tourist destination. Lets turn to our top business story now, the tv streaming war, because the battle for your eyes and ears and your cash is about to get a lot more fierce in the coming weeks. Today, apple launches its tv service in 100 countries around the world. Apple hopes to take on Market Leader netflix and rivals hulu and amazon with a price ofjust 4. 99 a month. The morning show, a tv news drama starring jennifer aniston, is one of eight new series commissioned by apple for the launch. But disney is about to launch its own streaming service in less than two weeks, with another from hbo coming next year. Mark davies, ceo of the Strategy Consultancy Firm camberton, joins me now. We are lucky enough to have him with us. We are lucky enough to have him with us. What do you make of all of this . How much of a threat is apple tv to the more established likes of netflix . I would say not at all and either is disney because disney has all of the content so this is all about content, really, and apple are going to have to create content. And, you know, what they come out with, whether it proved to be popular or not, remains to be seen to the fact it is a Cheaper Service doesnt mean anything deeply significant. The question is what they are putting out on it. Why are they are putting out on it. Why are they doing this then . If it will cost them a lot of money to do and they cannot win in the game, why enter the race at all . Because people are not buying enough of their phones. It is the big challenge for them. They ultimately are Hardware Company and they produce phones and computers and because we have now got to a point where the smart phones do so much, you dont need to upgrade necessarily, and people have got to the stage where they dont automatically upgrade their phone every couple of years. And therefore, their sales are slowing and they need to find ways of diversifying their revenues. So they are moving into content as a result, seeing if they can take all of the people who have an apple smartphone and iphone and getting them to spend money on it with apple because the time that they spend at the time of purchase does not come around often enough so they are using content to do that. It is a big bet for them. And an expensive one as well. Thank you, mark, see you in 30 minutes time to go through the papers. The World Organisation for Animal Health is warning a global outbreak of african swine fever could kill a quarter of the worlds pig population. They say its the biggest threat to commercial livestock in a generation, with Food Shortages and rising meat prices likely. Eastern europe has had cases, and now western europe is preparing. Imogen foulkes has more. Swine fever originated in africa but for months now, it has been raging across asia. Its not harmful to humans, but its catastrophic to pigs spreading rapidly, almost always fatal. There is no treatment. Vaccines are at a very early test phase. Right now, the only way to stop the spread is containment and the culling of infected animals. In china, the worlds leading pork producer, over a million pigs have been culled. Many millions more are believed to have died of the fever itself. Translation i think that in the short term, we are not heading towards an improvement. We will continue to have more outbreaks in the infected countries. Neighbouring countries are at high risk and for some, the question is more of when they will be infected. Swine fever has spread to vietnam, south korea, the philippines. Eastern europe has had cases, too, and now, western europe is preparing. But this is a virus that can survive in infected frozen meat and in vehicles that have transported infected livestock. Meat shortages and price rises are already happening. And the virus just keeps on spreading. 50 countries are now affected. Some Animal Health experts suggest a quarter of the worlds pigs, hundreds of millions, could die. Imogen foulkes, bbc news, geneva. A ban on smoking in restaurants and bars has come in to force in austria. The country was one of the few European Union nations which did not have a ban, as rich preston reports. The ban applies to any enclosed space where food or drink are being prepared or served. It is coming later than expected. It had been due to come into force last year but the government, which included the far right freedom party, scrapped it, when the government fell in may, the idea was reintroduced. About one quarter of austrian adults smoke, above the european average. Many see this as a step in the right direction for a modern western nation. Translation i am totally wowed. It is 25 years too late but finally, it happened. Translation it was time to come. Of course, not eve ryo ne it was time to come. Of course, not everyone is happy. Translation i tell you, it has been bossed around. Translation when they go outside at night we have a noise and an odour problem for the neighbours. Doctors say it is good news of the health of austrians, as long as this time, the band sticks. Rich preston, bbc news. Stay with us on bbc news. Still to come romanias farmers are ignoring regulations on pesticides, and the price is being paid by the countrys bees and beekeepers. Indira gandhi, ruler of the Worlds Largest democracy, died today. Only yesterday, shed spoken of dying in the service of her country and said, i would be proud of it. Every drop of my blood would contribute to the growth of this nation. After 46 years of unhappiness, these two countries have concluded a chapter of history. No more suspicion, no more fear, no more uncertainty of what each day might bring. Mission control booster ignition and lift off of discovery, with a crew of six astronaut heroes and one american legend. Well, enjoying the show is right. This is beautiful. A milestone in human history. Born today, this girl in india is the 7 billionth person on the planet. Youre watching the briefing. Our headlines the first funerals have been taking place in pakistan for some of the more than 70 People Killed in thursdays train fire. Britains Opposition Labour Party has accused President Trump of trying to interfere in the uks upcoming general election by giving a radio interview to the head of the brexit party. An investigation by bbc news arabic has found women being put up for sale online in kuwait as Domestic Workers. A un expert has described it as an illegal online slave market. The investigation found that instagram, which is owned by facebook, along with apps available on google and apple, are being used to trade people without their knowledge or consent. One app user even offered to sell a 16 Year Old Girl to the bbcs undercover team. Jess kelly reports. We have heard of Domestic Workers being sold in kuwait using apps available on google play and the apple app store. We went undercover to try to expose this illegal trade. We found hundreds of women being advertised on facebook owned instagram using dedicated hashtags. Most women had no idea they were being advertised for sale online. We arranged to meet a seller who was advertising a Domestic Worker on the kuwaiti app asale. Her price 2,300 us. He told us he was a policeman and boasted about how he controlled her everyday life. Permits for Domestic Workers are attached to their employer but the apps have created a black market where the permit and the person can effectively be resold. We arranged to meet another seller, advertising a Domestic Worker from africa for 3,800 us. She is trying to sell a child for Domestic Work, which is illegal. This is the quintessential example of modern slavery. If google, apple, facebook or any other company is promoting apps like these, hosting apps like these, they are promoting an online slave market. Following our investigation, asale has removed its Domestic Work ad section and said. Facebook, which owns instagram, told us. But the bbc has found hundreds of women still being advertised on instagram using other hashtags. Both google and apple told the bbc that this type of behaviour has no place on their application stores. Kuwaits government deported the 16 Year Old Girl, but has taken no action against the woman who tried to sell her, or the policeman. Jess kelly, bbc news. Now its time to get all the latest from the bbc sports centre. Hello, im gavin ramjaun, and this is your friday sport briefing. Stefano pioli got his first win in charge of ac milan on thursday night, as his side move into the top half of the serie a table. They beat spal i 0. The only goal of the game was scored midway through the second half, spanish midfielder suso getting his first goal of the season. Milans victory takes them up to tenth. Staying with football, arsenal cruised into the quarter finals of the Womens Champions League with another comprehensive victory over slavia prague. Danielle van de donk scored a hat trick as the english champions won the home leg of their last i6 tie 8 0. Fellow Dutch International vivianne miedema also got a hat trick as the gunners won 13 2 on aggregate. Glasgow city and paris st germain are also through to the quarter finals. On to tennis, and the world number one, ashleigh barty, is through to the last four at the season ending wta tour finals in shenzhen, china. Barty, the reigning french open champion, bounced back from her shock defeat against kiki bertens on tuesday to beat the number six seed, petra kvitova, in straight sets in her final match of the round robin phase. Barty won 6 4, 6 2. The victory means she finishes top of the red group, with Belinda Bencic going through in second place. The last of the semi final places in shenzhen will be decided later on friday. The winner of the match between simona halep and Karolina Pliskova will qualify for the last four. Elina svitolina, who is the defending champion, has already qualified for the knockout stage after beating both players earlier in the week. Halep, the wimbledon champion, is the slight favourite to join her in the semi finals. It is the game no one really wants to play in. The battle for third place at the Rugby World Cup takes place a few hours from now. New zealand face wales in tokyo. The all blacks attempt to win a third successive world cup trophy was ended by england in the semi finals. But now they will hope to extend their 30 match winning streak against wales, that goes back to 1953. It that goes back to 1953. Is easy to have character w you it is easy to have character when you win all the time. Because it is not tested. Our character has been tested, so it is really, probably, the most important thing we can do 110w the most important thing we can do now is to show that, you know, if your character is tested, you can stand up to it. And then, thats success. New zealand head coach steve hansen adopting a philosophical approach there. He is stepping down after the tournament, like his opposite number at wales, warren gatland, who is hoping to match their highest ever finish of third at a world cup back in 1987. And the team want to give him a good send off. You know, iwould you know, i would like to think he has left a fantastic legacy in terms of his results and success he has had since hes been here in 2008, and obviously did development of a lot of good players coming through, and his knowledge is immense. And thanks are certainly not enough, as farasi thanks are certainly not enough, as faras i am thanks are certainly not enough, as far as i am concerned. He is a god of the game, and he is an incredible person. Finally, it is the time of year when people around the world get ghoulishly dressed up to celebrate halloween. Sport stars usually get in on the act. Can you guess who this is . Well, it isjuventus forward cristiano ronaldo, who is in some sort of scary clown outfit. Ronaldo turned up atjuves training ground, but not many people seemed to notice. He did bump into miralem pjanic, and exchanged a quick high five, but top marks for the effort there from cristiano. You can get all the latest sports news at our website. That is bbc. Com sport. But from me, gavin ramjaun, and the rest of the sport team, that is your friday sport briefing. Romania is one of the biggest producers of honey in europe, but its beekeepers face many challenges, from the pesticides which kill their bees to the sheep which over graze the flowers from which the bees gather pollen. Nick thorpe sent this report. This is a beekeeper in a village in the town of the valley in the heart of transylvania. He is also the village priest. He is an itinerant beekeeper. Each spring he packs his hives into a green truck and sets out south east to the danube river to follow the blossoming of the acacia and sunflowers, the linden and the rapeseed, as it spreads across the country. The problem is that romania still didnt reach all the european regulations. We still use pesticides that are not approved and the rest of europe, and they are not good for the bees. While small producers generate most of romanias honey, big agribusinesses yield much stronger influence. Some of the chemicals they use in their fields have been banned elsewhere in europe, exactly because of the harm they do to bees, but romanian farmers still use them. Translation u nfortu nately, farmers still use them. Translation unfortunately, beekeepers are right most of the time. Sometimes to get a bigger profit we may overdo the spraying. We may use some product that stay longer in the soil, and these are fatal for the bees. Back here in transylvania, there are plenty of wildflowers, even in september, like these goldenrod, for the bees to feast on, and less chemicals to threaten them. But beekeepers here face many challenges, as well, to keep their bees healthy. This is one of the last saxon germans in his village. The others left just last saxon germans in his village. The others leftjust before or after the fall of communism. The bees kept him here, and the beauty, he says. While other beekeepers hit the road with their hives because of the shortage of flowers in mid summer, he stays put in the village. His main problem is the shepherds. Translation in the old days here we had many vineyards. Between the meadows of White Flowers where white clover group. Sadly that is all gone now, as well as the wild sage. The fields are over grazed by sheep, and they eat the clover before it can come into flour. If there are so many problems, i asked each beekeeper i met, why do you still keep bees . Because its the cleanest form of farming, ion told me. The only one where you can lick your fingers after work. Tell me what you think about our talking point today. How important is asleep to you . Scientists now say it could stave off things like alzheimers. They sent out a tweet earlier, stephen replying i am a 24 year old shift worker. Seeing what years of missed sleep has done to my coworkers, he is definitely going to leave in the next few yea rs. Going to leave in the next few years. Someone else tweeting at 4 20am uk time today. I take your point. See you soon. Hello. The first few days of november are looking decidedly unsettled. Were going to see some wet and blustery weather across the uk, and for some of us there is the potential for some stormy weather, at least for a time. Its all because of low pressure, of course, drifting in from the west. Various frontal systems spiralling around the low, that means there will be some outbreaks of rain at times. But with that low pressure we will have a south westerly flow of air across during friday. That means something considerably milder. Certainly a milder start to the day. Outbreaks drifting across scotland eastwards across england. Then we see a zone of drier and potentially brighter weather before more outbreaks of rain return to northern ireland, wales and the south west by the end of the day. Those temperatures just a touch higher than they have been, particularly in the south, 15 16 degrees. Maybe cooler, at nine degrees, in glasgow. Into friday night, further bands of rain driving north eastwards across the country but the winds becoming an increasingly big feature of the weather, as our area of low pressure deepens. Ill show you saturdays weather chart. You can see the low here. There is a little uncertainty about the exact positioning and the exact shape of this low pressure system, but on its northern and particularly southern flank, you can see a lot of white lines, a lot of isobars, meaning there will be some very strong wind and also some outbreaks of rain just lumbering around that area of low pressure. Now, therell also be some drier, brighter interludes, and in the centre of the low, the potential for somewhat lighter winds. But to the north and particularly to the south, there are likely to be some very gusty winds and those wind gusts might get to 70 mph or more towards the south coast of england. So those conditions will be very stormy indeed. The potential for some travel problems and some localised disruption. Worth staying tuned into the forecast if you have plans on saturday. As we move out of saturday into sunday, the low pressure is still with us, but the white line just stretches apart a little, meaning the wind will be a little lighter. There will still be outbreaks of rain at times, but at least a fighting chance of seeing some dry weather and some spells of sunshine, and top temperatures of 10 14 degrees. This is the business briefing. Im victoria fritz. Kicking and streaming the fight comes to netflix as apple tv launches in 100 countries, with rivals from disney and hbo not far behind. Plus, non brexit day another deadline missed, another round of costly uncertainty for thousands of businesses. And on the markets, asian shares bouncing back after a survey suggested that chinas factories are finally seeing business improve after months of declines
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