The governments decision. What he is doing is he is suspending parliament when it should be sitting because he is determined to do something for which he has no mandate at all. Sterling has fallen in response to the announcement. It lost around a cent against both the us dollar and the euro, due to increased fears of a no deal brexit. Good morning. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. The queen is to be asked by the government to suspend Parliament Days after mps return to work, and a matter of weeks before the brexit deadline. Parliament will return from recess on the 3rd of september, and could be prorogued or suspended only a week later, on the 10th. Thats expected to make way for Boris Johnsons new administration to hold a queens speech laying out the governments future plans on m october. But it means mps are unlikely to have time to pass any laws that could stop the Prime Minister taking the uk out of the eu without a deal on 31 october. John bercow give his reaction in the last few min
Processionalfinal stage in paris. Todayis today is looking similar to yesterdays weather. If you had rain yesterday, it is likely it will stick around today. The top and tail of the country will have the best of the days weather. Its sundayjuly the 28th. Our top story. The government is now working on the assumption of a no deal brexit thats according to minister michael gove. Mr gove, whos now responsible for planning for such a scenario, said his team still aimed to come to an agreement with brussels but, writing in the sunday times, he added no deal is now a very real prospect. Our Political Correspondent tom bartonjoins us now. Tom, what does this tell us about the new governments approach to brexit . We have had these promises before, havent we . But i think the difference is that essentially, you now have, since borisjohnson became pm last week, a government made up of true believers. Everybody who has gone into Boris Johnsons of true believers. Everybody who has gone into borisj
Rules imposed by the prime morning. Today is look similar good morning. Today is looking similarto good morning. Today is looking similar to yesterdays weather. If you had rain yesterday, it is likely to stick around today as well. They could be a few showers around, too. Join me laterfor all the details. Its sundayjuly the 28th. Our top story. The government is now working on the assumption of a no deal brexit thats according to minister michael gove. Mr gove, whos now responsible for planning for such a scenario, said his team still aimed to come to an agreement with brussels but, writing in the sunday times, he added no deal is now a very real prospect. Our Political Correspondent tom bartonjoins us now. This is a language we have the sort of heard before by theresa may. She kept repeating leave means leave and nothing moved forward. Is this different . I think it is because we have a government which is entirely new, made up of a new Prime Minister and a cabinet who have all signed
Of congo. The World Health Organization sees it as an emergency. There is enough being done . Thousands of residents are told to leave their homes in derbyshire over fears a huge dam is about to burst. There is a one in three chance that the uk will be plunged into recession even if the government secures a brexit deal. Governor of the bank of england mark carney said today that in the event of a no deal brexit sterling would slide further and Interest Rates would have to rise. The bank has also downgraded forecasts for this year and 2020. Looking through these temporary factors the underlying pace of growth has slowed to below the potential rate as a result of weaker Global Demand and more entrenched uncertainty about brexit amongst uk companies. There are a number of reasons for flat growth in this the second quarter. Economic growth acts slowed across the world in the last 18 months. Spending by uk companies has fallen over the last three quarters. Things like factories, machinery,
Wimbledon. Its ladies final day at wimbledon. Serena williams is chasing records against simona halep. Roger federer gets the better of his old rival rafa nadal to set up a final with Novak Djokovic tomorrow. Good morning. It is a fairly settled weather weekend here in the uk. It will not be completely dry there will be a few sharp showers developing as we go through the day but equally, therell be fair amounts of strong july sunshine as well. I will have all the details for you in around 15 minutes. Its saturday, july the 13th. Our top story a criminal investigation has been launched into the alleged leak of diplomatic emails from the uk ambassador in the us, which were critical of President Trumps administration. The fallout from the data breach prompted Sir Kim Darroch to resign, and has been a talking point in the conservative leadership race, as our Political Correspondent nick eardley reports. Kim darroch, the uks man in washington. Hell leave soon, though, after leaked e mails c