We start here in the uk, with travel worries for thousands of Airline Passengers as pilots at europes biggest budget carrier, ryanair, walk out on strike at the height of the Summer Holiday season. The action by ryanairs uk based pilots began at a minute past midnight and will run until midnight tomorrow, the busiest day of the year for air travel. Ryanair is due to carry over a quarter of a Million People on more than 1700 flights from the uk over the 48 hour period. Its drafting in extra pilots and has promised to operate a full schedule of flights to and from uk airports. But it says it cant rule out small delays or changes to flights. Its telling passengers to check their sms or email or the compa nys website. More industrial action by uk pilots is planned between the 2nd and the 4th of september, unless an agreement over pay and conditions is reached. Ryanair failed in a court battle to get the strike blocked by britains high court. But it did succeed in stopping a strike by some
No river in the uk is currently safe to swim in thats the stark warning from scientists about the levels of sewage in our waterways. A Record Number of fires in the amazon rainforest data shows an 85 percent increase this year. Mps warn the uk will not meet its Climate Change targets unless people ditch their cars. Good afternoon. Our main story at five is borisjohnson has been in paris for talks with Emmanuel Macron, the latest stage in his attempts to try and break the brexit impasse. The french president insisted that the controversial irish backstop is indispensable to the integrity of the eu Single Market. The measure aims to prevent physical border checks if there was no post brexit trade agreement. Mr macron didnt point blank refuse to re negotiate the brexit deal though, asking for further explanation from the uk on what its alternative propsals might be. Both sides have agreed that they will keep talking. Our europe correspondent Damian Grammaticas sent this report. Frances pr
A lot to talk about the us secretary of state mike pompeo is meeting borisjohnson in downing street with china high on the agenda at thejohnny depp libel trial his ex wife is questioned about the injuries she says were caused by him. And thousands of people line the streets of ashington in northumberland to pay tribute to football great jack charlton. The long awaited report into alleged russian interference in uk democracy and society has said moscow poses an immediate and urgent threat to National Security. Parliaments intelligence and Security Committee accuses the government of not being willing to investigate whether moscow interfered in the 2016 brexit referendum and of welcoming with open arms russian money. The foreign secretary dominic raab says the government will be resolute in defending the uk from hostile state activity. Well be getting reaction from westminster and moscow shortly. But first with the details of the report heres our Political Correspondent nick eardley. Wha
We have to face the reality of that. We were too slow with a number of things. But we can make sure that in the second wave were not this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk too slow. And around the the Health Secretary, world. The boss of a uk nhs trust warns his staff could run out matt hancock, has responded of protective gowns this weekend, despite assurances from ministers to concerns that there are enough to go round. About a shortage of protective gowns by saying that 55,000 gowns with a number of countries will be arriving today. Changing their advice on facemasks i would love to wave a the mayor of london calls for people to wear them, whenever magic wand and have large quantities of ppe they fall from the sky and be able to leave answer your questions about when it home. Will be British Government ministers set out five key tests before lockdown restrictions might be eased, resolved. Including a sustained fall in daily death rates. And there are calls
And were going to be joined the first part by lord barwell who used to be chief of staff to the previous Prime Minister theresa may. Hello gavin. Hi, hi. Seeing us were talking about the are all the time now. R 0k, nevermind. The reason we brought you in gavin, is to get a bit of insight into how difficult it is making Big Decisions like, how do you perhaps tweak the social distancing rules and how do you communicate it to the public . Because thats the sort of decisions you had to make when you at number too. First of all news casters have been coming up with potential names for the next phase. The un lockdown. The unfurling, lift off my finger on, corned tween. Thats in between. Corned tween. I was think it rollback some people have been talking about rollback or unwind, ive also had the unwind stops but is not going to be a giant flinging open of the doors, is a . We expected all week that at some point, now we know it can be seven oclock on sunday. We can hearfrom the Prime Ministe