For the life you lead. Cash for citizenship. Vanuatus controversial new multi Million Dollar industry is booming. A warm welcome to the Programme Briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. Also in the programme, the latest advice to the uk government is that air miles schemes should be banned and all adverts for flights should include information about emissions in a bid to tackle excessive flying. What do you think . Is this a good idea . Would you miss frequent flyer reward schemes . Just use the hashtag bbcthebriefing eu ambassadors have been told that the uk is willing to make concessions to its plans for the Northern Ireland border after brexit, but a big gap remains over customs arrangements. In a briefing on uk eu weekend talks on a brexit deal, eu chief negotiator Michel Barnier said uk plans on the tracking of goods were unacceptable. Earlier, britains prime minister, borisjohnson told his cabinet significant work was still needed. It comes as his
Including the biggest spending spree in 15 years but will it boost the uk economy . Hopes for an early breakthrough in the brexit talks falter with time running out before thursdays make or break summit of eu leaders. In some underground car parks in paris, theres no longer much room to park, because these are being grown there. And data makes the world go around. We create some 2. 5 quintillion bytes of it every day. Well get the inside track on how companies can harness data to improve services to consumers. And should air miles schemes be banned to discourage excessive flying . We want to know would you miss frequent flyer reward schemes . Get in touch just use the hashtag bbcworklife. Hello and a warm welcome to worklife, our new business show, and we start in the uk, where the country today will witness the pomp and ceremony of the queens speech. Thats when the British Government sets out its legislative programme for the next session of parliament. Its expected to include big pla
Of thomas cook might have to wait up to two months to get a refund, say officials. And the funeral of the former french president Jacques Chirac World Leaders gather in paris as france says farewell. Good morning. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. Im joanna gosling. The chancellor, sajid javid, has insisted the uk can still leave the eu without a deal despite a law which says the Prime Minister must ask for an extension if no agreement is reached. He said the government would obey the law, but that the policy set out by Boris Johnson of leaving with or without an agreement in october had not changed. He promised a significant Economic Policy response in the event of a no deal brexit. At the conservative Party Conference, mrjavid is promising what he calls an infrastructure revolution with a £25 billion upgrade of englands roads, a National Bus Strategy and £5 billion for ultrafast Broadband Internet in the uk. But its been a stormy week for Boris Johnson, culminating in number ten denyin
Cabinet, with every minister committed to quitting the eu by october 31st. But is there trouble ahead on the tory backbenches . But is there trouble ahead on the tory backbenches . What do voters want from the new government . Weve brought mps, commentators and voters together and well ask is a no deal brexit more likely than ever . What about a general election . And what should the new pms priorities be . And could this be the hottest day ever recorded in the uk . Temperatures could reach 39 degrees celsius in southern and Eastern England today. Well have you a full forecast just before 11. Hello. Welcome to the programme. Were live until 11 this morning. What do you want from let us know use the hashtag victoria live. If youre emailing and are happy for us to contact you and maybe want to take part in the Programme Please include your phone number in your message. If you text, youll be charged at the Standard Network rate. vm borisjohnson has chaired his first cabinet meeting, after
Process and seen to be legitimate and that means it may take weeks to get through the impeachment and finally to get rid of Robert Mugabe as the president of zimbabwe. Lets get the report from tom burridge. A call for the mugabe era to end. They gathered near zimba bwes parliament, where a move to impeach their leader of nearly four decades is under way. The army overseeing the process, but still no sign from Robert Mugabe himself that hes ready to resign. Hes very stubborn. I think in a way it is a very painful process. Zimbabwe was mugabe, mugabe was zimbabwe. Now a remarkable claim from the man once mugabes deputy, the former Vice President here being sworn in but sacked two weeks ago, a move which precipitated the current crisis. In a statement sent from an undisclosed location, Emmerson Mnangagwa almost mugabe of planning to have him killed. Plans were under to eliminate me, he wrote. Mr mnangagwa said he would not return until mugabe was out of power because he did not trust his