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. Researchers at the university of oxford discover that cancer risks from undergoing menopausal hormone therapy are bigger and last longer than thought. Would that put you off seeking treatment . Tell us what you think just use the hashtag bbcthebriefing. In a few hours from now a scottishjudge will give his decision on a legal attempt to block the suspension of the uk parliament. On thursday lord doherty heard arguments from representatives of a Cross Party Group seeking an interim interdict that would halt the move by the government. The group of 75 parliamentarians are seeking the scottish legal equivalent of an injunction to stop parliament being suspended. The battle to stop the suspension of parliament will be focused in court today. Outside this court, campaigners hope that the judge will agree with them and a legal attempt to stop the p
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. Weve all been charmed by the exploits at wimbledon of 15 year old cori gauff. But is there too much pressure being put on her at too young an age . Tell us what you think just use the hashtag bbcthebriefing. And we will talk through your comments. We begin in north korea today. North korea says washington is determined to carry on with what it called hostile acts against it, despite President Trumps professed desire to hold talks. It comes just days after the two leaders met in the demilitarised zone when President Trump became the first sitting us president to walk into north korea. The duo agreed to continue talks on the countrys nuclear programme. But now pyongyangs representatives to the United Nations say the us wants to undermine the peaceful atmosphere in the korea peninsula and call on all countries to be vigilant. Dr robert kelly i
Wimbledon 2019 is under way. A fortnight guaranteed to entertain in equal measures. And we are in for a treat. It has been a good day for the brits. Djokovic looked at home on centre court. At just 15 years djokovic looked at home on centre court. Atjust 15 years old, she defeated williams. Here is lydia campbell. For so long, Venus Williams has ruled these courts. She is a five time wimbledon champion and had w011 five time wimbledon champion and had won two of those titles before cori gauff was even born. But as with life, there always has to be a changing of the guard, and for the 15 year old, perhaps that time is nigh. As she played the former world number one around the court with ease. The first break soon followed, with history perhaps brewing. Most teenagers right now are busy with homework. But here, cori gauff is screwing her elder, taking the first set. And the second looked to be going that way too, but at a break, she wobbled when faced with her first break point. It was j
Bondmarkets rally as investors cheer Christine Lagardes nomination to the European Central bank writes the financial times. In an exclusive interview with the daily mirror the mother of sarah payne opens up about her emotional return to the place where her daughter was abducted. The guardian cites new Research Suggesting that1 in 10 people in hospital beds in the uk are alcohol dependent. The front page also has rufus the hawk, watching over wimbledon, and keeping pigeons away from the tennis. Lets look at the story on the right of the front page, to the right of the photo, caroline, uk because it, chinese envoy over hong kong. This isa chinese envoy over hong kong. This is a reference to what has happened. The ambassador has been summoned to the Foreign Office because they have attached the commentsjeremy hunt made which was basically that he was cautioning the beijing government against using the demonstrations in hong kong at a pretext for repression. Basically, that has been dismis
translation: ifeel ashamed in front of my family i m so poor, i can t afford to buy good food. my sons are really thin because they re not eating. and spain, southern france, and parts of italy swelter through an extreme heatwave authorities are warning of water shortages. hello and welcome. president biden has announced an extra $1 billion in military support for ukraine, the largest single military aid package since the war began. the us defence secretary said at a nato meeting on wednesday that he will move heaven and earth to ensure ukraine gets the weapons it needs to combat russia s invasion. in the next half hour, nato defence ministers are set to start reconvening in brussels for the final day of their summit. this is the kind of military aid ukraine says it desperately needs. a billion dollar package including longer range rockets and missile systems. the goal, to help target russian troops and location farther away and bolster ukraine s embattled defence forces, i