Youre just about up to date with the headlines. Now on bbc news, its time for hardtalk. Welcome to hardtalk, im stephen sackur. Ireland is bracing itself for the scariest of halloween nightmares. Prime minister borisjohnson has pledged to take the uk out of the eu on october the 31st come what may. That may very well mean a no deal brexit, with potentially damaging economic consequences for the uk, but also for eu nations, most particularly ireland. My guest is neale richmond, chair of the irish senates brexit committee. Can ireland prevent itself becoming the Collateral Damage in a brussels london showdown . Neale richmond in dublin, welcome to hardtalk. Thanks for having me on. Lets start with Boris Johnson, hardtalk. Thanks for having me on. Lets start with borisjohnson, new Prime Minister. He has changed the dynamic of the brexit process, because he says britain is leaving on october the 31st come what may. How has ireland adapted to this new borisjohnson how has ireland adapted to
In only their third ever test match. And coming up two arsenal stars are targetted in a carjacking attempt, by an armed gang in a london street. Good morning and welcome to the bbc news at 9am. More disruption is expected on parts of the rail network today, after yesterdays high temperatures caused extensive damage. Network rail feared rail lines would buckle in yesterdays extreme heat. But with speed restrictions in place, that didnt happen. What did cause pandemonium yesterday, however, was damage caused by trains to overhead cables when the cables sagged in the heat, causing some fires. This left some commuters stuck in london late into the night. Repair work has been ongoing throughout the night but only half of the tracks north out of london st pancras have been fixed, meaning a significantly reduced service. East Midlands Trains has urged passengers not to travel to london st pancras from nottingham and sheffield. Its put an emergency timetable in place. Thameslink services which
Now on bbc news, its time for hardtalk. Welcome to hardtalk, im stephen sackur. Ireland is bracing itself for the scariest of halloween nightmares. Prime minister borisjohnson has pledged to take the uk out of the eu on october the 31st come what may. That may very well mean a no deal brexit, with potentially damaging economic consequences for the uk, but also for eu nations, most particularly ireland. My guest is neale richmond, chair of the irish senate . S brexit committee. Can ireland prevent itself becoming the collaterdamage in a brussels london showdown . Neale richmond in dublin, welcome to hardtalk. Thanks for having me on. Lets start with Boris Johnson, new Prime Minister. He has changed the dynamic of the brexit process, because he says britain is leaving on october the 31st come what may. How has ireland adapted to this new Boris Johnson dynamic . Well, being quite frank, for us in ireland and across the eu, the change of british Prime Minister doesnt actually mean we need
And coming up two arsenal stars are targetted in a carjacking attempt, by an armed gang in a london street. Good morning welcome to bbc newsroom live. More disruption is expected on parts of the rail network today, after yesterdays high temperatures caused extensive damage. Network rail feared rail lines would buckle in yesterdays extreme heat. But with speed restrictions in place that didnt happen. What did cause pandemonium yesterday, however, was damage caused by trains to overhead cables when they sagged in the heat, sparking some line side fires. This left some commuters stuck in london late into the night. Repair work has been ongoing but only half of the tracks north out of london st pancras have been fixed meaning a significantly reduced service is in place. And theres still disruption there today as well as other stations as seen here in leicester. East Midlands Trains has urged passengers not to travel to london st pancras from nottingham and sheffield. Its put an emergency t
Is told to stick to his report as democrats get ready to ask him why he didnt press charges against President Trump. And you know what they say about mad dogs and englishmen. Ill be helping christian brave the mini heatwave sweeping europe and the uk with a few pointers from the animal world. Hello and welcome im Christian Fraser in westminster and jane obrien is in washington. Borisjohnson will be confirmed tomorrow, the 55th person to serve as british Prime Minister. And fitting for a programme with a title like ours he has exactly 100 days until brexit on october 31st to find a deal. Mrjohnson declared that his mission was to take britain out of the eu by that date come what may and re unite the country. Right through the race borisjohnson was the frontrunner and it was no different in the final ballot with conservative members he beatjeremy hunt comfortably mrjohnsons share of the vote was 66 . Now he promises he will put his maximum energy into his new role as britains Prime Minis