The powerful abhor a vacuum, in this case, in Northern Syria, could there be a second arab spring as the power less resist . With me are the french algerian journalist nabila ramdani. Catherine pepinster, the former editor of the catholic weekly, the tablet. Agnes poirier who writes for the french news magazine marianne. The broadcaster michael goldfarb, whose podcast is the first rough draft of history. But first, brexit, forjournalists the story that keeps on giving. It has been a very strange week because ms day we had this rather gloomy phone call saying a deal was essentially impossible. Then Leo Varadkhar and borisjohnson went for a walk in the park and suddenly things were back on and now we are in a tunnel. Should be pleased or baffled . It depends if there is light out of the tunnel. We will see. It looks like borisjohnson gave a concession or rather had a glimpse of the real world and suddenly thought this is it. It looks as if we are back to something that the eu actually pr
And coming up the new cardinals appointed by pope francis and the military action in syria are two of the topics of dicussion on dateline london. Thats in half an hour here on bbc news. Hello. Good morning. The kenyan Long Distance runner, Eliud Kipchoge has made history in vienna this morning, becoming the first athlete to run a marathon in under two hours. Becoming the first athlete to run the 34 year old covered the 26. 2 miles course in one hour 59 minutes and a0 seconds. But that time will not be recognised as the official marathon world record because it was not in open competition. Another reason for it not being recgonised, is the team of rotating pacemakers that he used, who were guided by a laser in the road, which kept them within the two hour time limit. Heres the closing moments of the run. 300 metres to go, he can see the finish line here Neil Armstrong we had on the moon in 1969. Roger bannister, the four minute mile 65 years ago. Edward hillary, the first man to climb e
Now on bbc news its dateline london. Hello, welcome to dateline london. This week, the rocky trump bolton relationship is over, but where does that leave American Foreign policy . And the british Prime Minister who called the brexit referendum in 2016 breaks his silence on the current crisis. With friends like this, who needs enemies . My guests today Agnes Poirier of french news weekly marianne. Janet daley of the sunday telegraph. Mina al oraibi, editor of the national a news service for the middle east. And irish broadcaster brian oconnell. Thank you to you all for being here. President trump says he sacked his National Security adviser. John bolton said he resigned. Twitter wars go with the territory but these two had much bigger disagreements in the 17 months in whichjohn bolton served in the trump administration. Iran, russia, north korea, afghanistan. So lets take stock of American Foreign policy three years into the trump administration. Mina, why dont you start off with the su
Now on bbc news, dateline london. Hello and welcome to the programme which brings together some of the uks leading journalists with the foreign correspondents who write under the dateline london for the folks back home. Last week, Boris Johnson was appointed Prime Minister and made himself ministerfor the union. But might he be a latter day lord north, who won power but lost britains american colonies . In hong kong, eight successive weekends of protest turned violent last sunday. Is china preparing a crackdown . With me this weekend are us journalist henry chu from variety international, Agnes Poirier who writes for the french magazine, marianne. Maria margaronis, who writes for the nation, and has presented documentaries about the greek crisis and migration, and polly toynbee, a long standing columnist with the british newspaper the guardian. Welcome to you all. Boris johnsons championship of the union of england, scotland, wales and Northern Ireland or the awesome foursome, to use t
Met office are concerned about the heavy showers stretching from the midlands into scotland through the afternoon and on into the evening, so afternoon and on into the evening, so potentially very heavy and thundery downpours to come. Up to 2030 thundery downpours to come. Up to 20 30 millimetres in a short space of time, along with hail and thunder. Hello this is bbc news with shaun ley. The headlines two Mass Shootings in the United States the first in a Walmart Store in el paso, texas, where 20 people were killed. The second shooting took place in dayton, ohio ten people, including the shooter, have died. Police are stopping Whaley Bridge residents from returning to their homes as more heavy rain is expected in derbyshire amid the battle to prevent the towns dam from collapsing. Boris johnson announces £1. 8 billion of extra funding for hospitals in england. Now on bbc news, dateline london. Hello and welcome to the programme which brings together some of the uks leading journalist