this is about one part of amazon's operations in the uk, amazon services uk, the warehouse and delivery system that delivers parcels notjust for amazon but for a bunch of other sellers. it has seen a big rise in profits, up from £24 million in 2016 up to 72 million in 2017, but over the same period, its tax bill has gone down and it actually paid less than that because some of the tax ended up being deferred. but a lot of this falling tax paid is about to share scheme that amazon has, just about everybody in the business gets given shares, they have made big profits in those shares because the price has risen and amazon is allowed to write that off, it is in the tax code, allowed to write it off against its tax. so what is the company saying about this? they are saying a couple of things, they pay all the tax they are due and are compliant everywhere they operate and making the point they have invested billions in the uk and created thousands of newjobs, but what high street retailers are saying is they have got another concern, high street retailers are all paying business rates, amaz

it's just been named the uk's most streamed tv show. we'll be looking at the lasting appeal of the ‘90s sitcom. and it's all change at bbc radio 1. as nick grimshaw leaves the breakfast show, greg james prepares to set his early alarm. but when does he start? he'll be here to reveal all. good morning. here's a summary of today's main stories from bbc news. campsites in the south of france with more than 1000 tourists have been evacuated after flash flooding. officials say a german man helping to supervise children was declared missing after being swept away by floodwaters, and 17,000 homes have been left without power. around 100 children were moved to safety from one campsite. the worst—hit areas are gard, ardeche and drome. roads turned to rivers. rivers have become rapids. this is what it looks like now in some parts of france after a weeks—long heatwave finally gave way to storms. intense rain over the last 48 hours has put central and southern areas of the country on flood alert, while around 17,000 homes are without power. f

treat treat the uk as a third country and that means applying all its rules and regulations and if uk medical regulators are not in the eu after exit, then they went to be counted and they won't be seen here special arrangements. —— they won't be counted. all on this relies in many ways on the eu to reciprocate. thank you. 0ur economics correspondent andy verityjoins me now. financial services so incredibly important is all this, what have you been picking up on reading through all the documents in front of you about what is said there? the most serious one is one we discussed recently to do with pensions. this may seem like a remote risk and you can get around there but there is a risk that people are not able to ta ke risk that people are not able to take their pensions. if they are british pensioners living in the rest of the eu, the problem is if at the moment you are an insurer in the uk you are automatically licensed in the rest of europe so it's no problem to pay pensions to someone living in spain or germany or italy. however if we exit without a deal, oui’ however if we

we start here in the uk where there's been a major boost for the e—cigarette industry. a report by parliament's science and technology committee says vaping is far less harmful than smoking and should be subject to lighter regulation. this could mean rules being relaxed on the advertising of e—cigarettes and taxes on them being cut. which would further boost an already booming industry. the global market was worth around $15 billion last year. that's just a fraction of the market for regular cigarettes, but it's growing fast. it's a trend big tobacco is well aware of. european market leader british american is investing more than $600 million in ‘next generation‘ vaping products and others in the industry are following. but it's a hugely controversial issue. the world health organization is urging countries to restrict the sale, promotion, and use of electronic cigarettes after a number of harmful chemicals were found in the vapour. dr ianjones, reduce—risk products science vice president at japan tobacco international and joins us from geneva. looking at e—ci

their proposal is to the uk economy? their proposal is to make the contribution on the basis of people coming here for the purpose of work or self—sufficiency or studies and the premise of their claim is that migrant workers make a net positive contribution to the k and they acknowledge the fact the public has concerns about the cost of public services —— contribution to the uk. but that overall any migrant coming to the uk is going to be in gainful employment and that will make a positive net contribution and they have a lot of information around the different sectors which rely again not just skilled but lower skilled migration which the current system would not be able to support. the home office has said there are no plans to set or scrap immigration targets, but they do say there is no consent in britain for uncontrolled immigration and that there —— their pledge to bring migration down to the tens of thousands, so what is the home office proposal? they have a challenge that they have made a mandate to red

good for the uk, good with eu. -- good for the eu. translation: translation: the idea of an agreement in october, how realistic is that now? . you have to take the dates of theresa may chose for the department —— departure of the european union, the 30th of march, it is enshrined in your india look —— uk now. if you look back at that date, the 30th of march 2019, the day on which the uk will no longer be a member of the european union whilst remaining if we reach an agreement for 21 months in the single market and customs union, and in european policies, they can stand, backwards from there towards now, to take account of the time which is necessary, for ratification, that is a given, it will take a certain amount of time to ratify the agreement, on both sides, that takes a final decision on the withdrawal agreement and political declaration well before the end of the year, i will not say october, a few days here, beginning of november, but not much later than that. on the prospect of a deal, there are three ingredients, ambit

yes, in the uk context it is the equivalent ofa uk the uk context it is the equivalent of a uk prime minister, a former one, having to leave his or her party to fight allegations which they contest. and in scottish context, it is as big as that. and it is, as i say, a moment of great significance in that context. he might be able to return to the snp. but for now the figure who was the snp first minister, led the scottish independence referendum, there are so independence referendum, there are so many these days, he is now not... both referendums on both counts, and camilla, do you agree with that?” do, and it is worth reflecting that alex salmond was a less prominent figure in the independence campaign because of nicola sturgeon's rise to fame and high know that her star is fading and he had courted controversy with associations with russia today and he is known as a character in politics, and the outspoken character for the independence cause. it is a difficult time for nicola sturgeon generally. we heard that there would not be enough money and the taxpayer wouldn't tolerate a s

we are the gateway to the uk, we receive the largest number of international customers into the uk through heathrow, and we want their experience to be excellent. and you are saying people often confuse the uk border force with heathrow. does that mean you get a lot of complaints from people, some of them quite angry, i'd guess? it is our highest source of complaints at the moment, in this busy summer, and we wa nt to moment, in this busy summer, and we want to make sure we work with the home office to improve this, but we need to work quickly together, and we are asking sajid javid to do that. thank you forjoining us. don't forget, you can let us know what you think. all the ways to contact us on screen right now. we'll be reading some of those out. time for a look at the weather. here's darren. has summer gone? well, we talked about this earlier. we had a good chat about the long range forecast. igoup chat about the long range forecast. i go up stairs to my office, and they say, i didn't know simon did your ironing? that is all i got. we weren't supposed to mention that. we had a long ch

many end up in the uk. the prime minister meant victims of slavery in lagos, promising help in france to tackling the problem. there is still significant poverty here and that is clear as you drive into lagos from the airport but this is an economy that is growing fast and after theresa may's dash of our nigeria today tomorrow she heads to kenya where she again hopes that historic links will help the uk ca ptu re a historic links will help the uk capture a slice of the future. the headlines on bbc news: the former first minister of scotland, alex salmond, resigns from the scottish national party amid allegations of sexual harrassment, which he strongly denies. the uk ambassador to france raises concerns, after clashes between british and french fishermen in a row over scollops. more than a fifth of 14—year—old girls say they've self—harmed, a report says worries about physical appearance are contributing to their unhappiness. lets a story. —— let's stay with that story. a study looking at the rate

the uk is one of the best countries in the world for building satellites, the uk is usually one of the first places that people come to build satellites. we area people come to build satellites. we are a huge player in the original galileo project to start with and we made most of the satellites that went up there or at least a significant portion of them so we typically have the expert know—how and we do not have all of it. we will either have to do new resource 01’ will either have to do new resource or go abroad to bring in people to get new technology to work for a satellite system of her own but we are ina satellite system of her own but we are in a good place to start making one by ourselves. —— research or go abroad. it will be hugely expensive as the report said earlier in the uk wa nts to as the report said earlier in the uk wants to stay in the galileo. this isa wants to stay in the galileo. this is a secondary back—up position if we cannot get those negotiations, we do not really want to be doubling up on something that is already doubled up on something that is al

if you look at cars manufactured in the uk, they went down by 11% year on year. he is taking a leaf from the playbook of ferrari. they floated. since floating their stock is appreciated 14496. floating their stock is appreciated 144%. just one quick thing. when he says he is not exposed, two thirds of his parts come from the eu. he says he will increase the time of warehousing of these parts from 3—5 days. —— three to five days. some of his costs can go up between 20% and 30%. his costs can go up between 20% and 3096. a little bit of free consultancy for aston martin there from the bbc. let us look at the photo. the aston martin x2 james bond. it is such a cool car. i love to look at. —— next two. i don't have one. i wish. in their 150 year history they have sold around 4000 aston martins to women. women don't really buy them, apparently. aston martins to women. women don't really buy them, apparentlyli aston martins to women. women don't really buy them, apparently. i don't drive. it is wasted on you, cornelia will stop do you play tennis? no, i don't

we've got another fine day on the way on wednesday across central and southern areas of the uk. you'll probably see scenes like this from tuesday, lovely weather there around the docklands in london. but there is change on the way. this weather front will cool things off over the next few days, but initially, the cooler air will be reaching scotland and northern ireland. but ahead of it, we still have warm air coming in all the way from the azores, from the subtropics here, so that's why it's so warm outside. in fact, temperatures overnight around the mid—teens across much of the country. now, the weather front will be moving across the uk through the early hours of wednesday morning. it's already been wet across scotland, parts of northern ireland too have seen quite a bit of rain, and that's just about moving into south—western scotland now. to the south of that, it's dry. where the skies clear, there might be a little bit of a chill in the air, 13 degrees for norwich. but generally, where we have the cloud, it's around 15, 16,17 degrees. so this is very warm and humid air

ship with the uk —— trade relationship with the uk. a mother and daughter killed in a suspected double murder in solihull were on the phone to police as they were attacked, according to detectives. police are continuing to search forjanbaz tarin. after his former partner, 22 —year—old raneem 0udeh and her mother khaola saleem, were fatally attacked in the early hours of bank holiday monday. jenny kumah reports. the manhunt continues. police believe 21—year—old janbaz tarin, an afghan national here legally, is responsible for the murder of two women. his former partner, raneem 0udeh, seen here on the left, and her mother, khaola saleem. both were syrian nationals. raneem had a two—year—old son and was one of six siblings. the women were stabbed to death in the early hours of monday morning here in the family's home. police have now revealed that raneem 0udeh was on the phone to them when she was attacked. she'd made a number of calls to them on sunday. 0fficers tried to find her but couldn't. when contact was made again, the

the uk worst airport for the third yearin the uk worst airport for the third year ina the uk worst airport for the third year in a row, london luton airport, let's bring that up. you can find it on the website. what do you think about this? where is good, where is not, you must be well travelled. about this? where is good, where is not, you must be well travelledlj have not, you must be well travelled.” have been around a bit, airports are pretty much the same, particularly any kind of newer ones. plastic and clean and stark. from a personal point of view, as sally will know, if you have had a seven or eight hour flight to the states and then another one or two hours at border control, that can be pretty bad. another one or two hours at border control, that can be pretty badm that what gets to you? yes, you just wa nt that what gets to you? yes, you just want to be out. but that is not the fault of the airport. it is not, but it comes at a point when you want to get out. customs, hm customs and people there. in terms of customer service, what annoys you? it annoys... it is the queues, i

nigerians love to travel to the uk and they love the uk relationship. in terms of trade it is 4% from the uk. absolutely we have a positive view of the uk. the question is do the numbers come in and what can we do to drive the relationship and see it trickled down to investment in the real economy? do you think nigeria might wait to see what happens post—brexit before engaging further with trade relations, is it something which is of concern? the nigerians trade and development community is deliberative, meeting with china, all countries they hope to bring investments back into nigeria so i really don't think there is a need to wait for post—brexit to see how it works out. if there is room for it to happen now, why not? i see them taking that opportunity. really interesting to talk to you this morning, thank you so much for your time. we will speak at it more about theresa may's visit in the next, what is it, two and a half hours? a long-time. the deadline to make a complaint for missold payment protection insurance, or ppi, is just a year away now.

let me refer to these statistics on the rise of islamophobic incidents in the uk. let's go back to a point i want to make, islamaphobia is the wrong term, it isn't a phobia against islam. it's a resentment of muslim behaviour. muslims are... for example, i arrived in this country as a young student many, many years ago. there was no such thing as islamaphobia and muslim bigotry, this has now arisen in the last 20—30 years when muslims are now demanding exceptionalism. for example, you are the great defender of liberal rights, and other people here. here we've a double rule here. a man cannot walk down the street masked, but somehow a woman can in the united kingdom. so, to be clear then... so, hang on, i'm saying... let's turn the temperature down a little bit, let's try and work through these issues one by one. are you saying to me, therefore, given your logic, you want a complete ban on the niqab in the uk? all facial masking for everyone, otherwise we should all be able to have the right to mask our face. for example, if i want to go to my bank tomorrow and in

the big question is, what is the value of the uk's with africa. let's take the top five economies in africa for britain's exports for goods — they include nigeria and south africa which the pm is visiting. over the last ten years, there's not been a huge amount of change — between £5 billion and £7 billion a year. that might sound like a lot — but it's less than we export to, for example, spain. in total we export £8.4 billion of goods to africa every year. again, sounds pretty good. but the total amount we export to the european union? — £i64.i billion. so, what about the pm's pledge to be the biggest foreign investor in africa amongst the g7 countries — those are the largest economies in the world. well, we are nearly there already. the us invests £44.3 billion a year. the uk invests £42.7 billion. and, france — the third biggest g7 investor in africa? £38 billion. but look at this — china is racing up the league table. in 2011 the country invested £17.8 billion in africa. in 2016 that figure had grown to £4i.i billion. at

and the top story in the uk. the national farmers union will hold an emergency drought summit later today. farmers across the uk have been experiencing their driest spring and summer for 42 years. now on bbc news live to singapore for asia business report. apple reports ducie earnings. thanks to the sale of iphone. and mike pompeo visits south east asia, a promising $800 million in investments. will this be enough to win friends and influence the region? welcome to asia is a strip —— asia business report. apple shines a —— asia business report. apple shinesa again, —— asia business report. apple shines a again, the technology giants posted quarterly results that topped targets and forecast revenue. these were driven by sales of higher priced iphones and revenue from services like the app store, apple music as well as i cloud. investors are sharing their delight in the numbers during after—hours trade. investors were really curious to see whether or not people continue to sheu whether or not people c

they don't have to, they don't have to come to the uk. they don't have to try to get to the uk. they feel that they have to. i think it is really important to recognise that most refugees in europe don't come to the uk. there's million in germany, half a million in italy, last year alone france took four times as many asylum applications is the uk did. the issue is that the minority are along that coast down from brussels to calais to caen, they're the ones who are absolutely desperate to get to the uk and that is where you get this feeling of, we really, really do want to get to the uk. there are now probably 300 in brussels, 700 in calais, 400 in ouistreham, the numbers are not massive but these are the ones who really want to get to the uk and by far the most common reason we hear for that is family ties in the uk. people who have lost everything, coming from a conflict area, family ties are all they have got to hold onto. let me bring in john and elaine, both of them contacted us this morning. john, you live not too far, i think, from ouistreham, what changes have you seenin

the following march, the uk leaves the eu. but will bru55el5 agree to british term5? the eu'5 chief negotiator is meeting dominic raab again on friday. plenty of goodwill on offer, but that didn't mean letting the uk pick and choose terms of trade. translation: there will be no a la carte menu for britain, though the uk could still have a closer relationship than any other non—eu state. but the truth is, the government has no wriggle room. any more concessions to brussels and the number of eurosceptic tory rebels will surely grow. parliament may well vote down any deal anyway. there's still no sign of an agreed plan to avoid a hard iri5h border and without one, a no—deal brexit becomes more likely. plans for the future after brexit are still a work in progress, ju5t months before britain peels off and goes its own way. john pienaar, bbc news, westminster. meanwhile, on the second day of her trade mission to africa to boost ties with the continent after brexit, theresa may has signed an agreement on economic and defence cooperation with the president of nigeria. th

yet it is notjust ash types that risk in the uk. according to the british plant health register there are over 1000 pests and diseases across the uk and around 30% of those pose a danger to the future of our trees. and many of those infecting our forests originate from abroad, which has led to the government last week putting a ban certain types of oak trees from being imported into the uk. the number of pests and diseases coming into the uk that impact on trees has risen exponentially over the last few years. have we been a bit slow in dealing with that issue? we saw impacts 50 years ago with the introduction of dutch elm disease, where elms have disappeared from many landscapes, so we are acting now to make sure that that doesn't happen to our most iconic tree species, particularly the oak. trees of ash dieback are not usually taken down as the disease is so widespread and when a species develops symptoms with the disease they are kept alive for monitoring and research purposes. there are scenarios where trees with diseases are fe

it is a hugely emotive subject in the uk. but i am very struck by something a psychologist, daniel kahneman said before the vote, and it was clearly a very close vote, but he said irritation and anger, ie emotion and feeling, may well lead to brexit. and that was a prediction. and when one looks at what has happened since, is that the way you see it? that brexit was driven by those feelings? yes, absolutely, so that was incredibly prescient by him, two weeks before the referendum. he was over here and he said... that is what he sensed from people, is just that irritation and anger. but from people like him, and i dare say... well, i will ask you, were you a remainer? yes. it seems to me there is a condescension in that notion, that the 52% who voted for brexit were driven in some way by irrational feelings. it is that really is what you are saying. no, not irrational — emotional. it's not at all the same thing. the idea... but because the whole situation, conversation we have had has been premised on this notion that people

the question is if it is needed in the uk and this is only what the uk can answer and until they answer the question the rest of they answer the question the rest of the world will be looking at the uk waiting for the answer. arancha gonzalez, thank you very much indeed for coming on hardtalk. pleasure. thank you. hello. as high pressure builds, the end of this week looks pretty quiet weatherwise. until then, though, a couple of weather systems to affect us. this is the big picture as tuesday begins. low pressure to the north—west of us already starting to feed some rain in towards the north—west of scotland. elsewhere, quiet start to the week. this weather system eventually will make an impact. so for this week's weather, there's a chance of rain. not everybody‘s going to see it and it may not amount to too much. there will also be quite a bit of dry and occasionally sunny weather particularly later this week, as we'll see. now, these are your starting numbers for tuesday morning. temperatures into double figures for many. maybe one or two mist and fog patches around. fair amount

the winds will be light across the uk. that means those temperatures on saturday, or sunday rather, are going to be climbing. on sunday we could be talking about 25 degrees in the south—east. into the low 20s even further north. that's it from me. bye— bye. i'm rico hizon in singapore, the headlines: senatorjohn mccain's body arrives at andrews air force base in maryland. he's set to lie in state in washington ahead of his funeral on saturday. after two days of violence — more far—right protests stoke fears in eastern germany. migrants say racism is on the rise. i'm ben bland in london. also in the programme. new hope for children with a severe muscle wasting condition... as gene editing successfully corrects the condition in dogs. and a filipino football superstar.

a chilly night across many northern parts of the uk. frequent heavy showers coming into northern ireland, pushing east across scotland. further south, fewer showers. temperatures significantly lower than recent days, 19 celsius at best. showers clear away on saturday. a decent start to the bank holiday, as it is for most of us, but it will be rather cool. high pressure is pushing away though showers, but it means quite a cold night across the north—east of the uk on saturday. these weather fronts bring north—east of the uk on saturday. these weatherfronts bring more clout in western areas on sunday. mcleod. you're watching beyond 100 days... a no good, very bad, terrible day for donald trump as his legal problems explode. he tries to shrug it off with a tweet but this is the most tumultuous moment in his presidency so far. after his former lawyer pleads guilty to campaign finance violations, mr trump, for the first time is implicated in a crime. and michael cohen could have more damaging information to spill. and trump's former camp

‘ central's ask than those at comedy central‘s friendsfest, which is touring the uk and selling at wherever it goes. rossis and selling at wherever it goes. ross is my favourite character, just brilliant. why? just his facial expressions. ijust watch it over and over. if there's no one's in, that's all i watch. i'm not evenjoking. i grew igrew up i grew up watching fresh prince of bel air but since i watched friends i have never stopped. you were born yea rs i have never stopped. you were born years after friends ended. why do you like it? it makes me laugh. who is your favourite character? rachel. she is funny. to sum up, using the very device that show employed to name each episode, this is the one for friends is still number one. —— where friends is still number one. time for a look at the weather. here's tomasz schafernaker. yes, the rains have perked up, certainly looking like what summer should look like over most parts of the world, pretty unreliable. the show is more widespread than we have even thought. the changeable weather will last through the course of the weekend, very ac

and the uk will leave. there are, of course, concerns there will be no deal with damaging consequences. for instance today, seniorfigures in the national health service warning a no—deal brexit could see hospitals run out of medicine. here's the bbc‘s iain watson. could we be facing a health emergency? a group that represents nhs hospitals and ambulance services in england have written to senior health service officials, expressing concern about what will happen if britain leaves the eu without a deal. in the letter, nhs providers say that while. .. instead, hospitals are having to... and... a former health minister who backs a so—called "people's vote" on any brexit deal says he shares those concerns. drugs shortages, food shortages, medical equipment shortages, staff shortages. the only way out of this, given that this is going to happen in march next year, is to put this issue back to the people in another referendum. the labour leadership, though, aren't calling for a new referendum. they are clai

a weak weather front in the uk still cloudy start on monday. a weak weatherfront in the uk might bring some rented the south—east. the cloud will break up in the afternoon and we will have more of a south—westerly breeze rather than a north—westerly so we will see temperatures rising a little —— some rain in the south—east. tuesday and other rain and comes in here, and another one is weakening in the north—west, but there is uncertainty about the rain and its position on tuesday, and that continues later into next week. the main computer model shows low pressure coming from the atlantic. this is quite a big area of low pressure pushing away the high across most of the uk. that looks quite extreme. it could be that we still have high pressure across the azores, pushing across the southern half of the uk, and it might bring warmth as well. remember, further north later next week, we still have lower pressure, so week, we still have lower pressure, so it'll be cooler with some showers or some long spells of rain, but further south it

of incidents and attacks directed at muslim women in the uk wearing burqa, niqab. an organisation that doesn't have much credibility. islamaphobia is real, these statistics on the rise of islamophobic incidents in the uk. let go back to my point, islamaphobia is a round term, it isn't a phobia against islam. it's a resentment of muslim behaviour. for example, i arrived resentment of muslim behaviour. for example, iarrived in resentment of muslim behaviour. for example, i arrived in this country asa example, i arrived in this country as a young student many years ago. there was no such thing as islamaphobia and muslim bigotry, this has arisen in the last 20 or 30 yea rs this has arisen in the last 20 or 30 years when muslims are demanding exceptionalism. for example, you are the great defender of liberal rights and other people here. here we have and other people here. here we have a double role here. a man cannot walk down the street masked, but somehow a woman can in the united kingdom. to be clear... let's turn the temperature down a little bit, let's try and wor

we will be talking about that through the week this week. —— for the uk's. steel has been at the epicentre of the international trade row sparked by president trump, who has imposed tariffs of 25% on imports in an effort to boost us production. inevitably, the move has gone down badly with america's trade partners, including the european union where steel makers are already struggling with the challenge of cheap chinese steel. as part of bbc world news' global trade week special coverage, our economics correspondent, andrew walker, has been to belgium to find out how the world's biggest steel company arcelor mittal is coping. the finished steel ready for dispatch in ghent in belgium can end up in cars, household appliances and building materials. this plant, owned by the world's biggest producer, arcelor mittal, is busy but the industry in europe has had a rough ride in the last couple of decades. the business has been transformed by the rise of china. in the last 20 years, global production has more than doubled but in the eu countries, output has edged dow

ok, great to have a flavour from around the uk, greater detail. ok, great to have a flavourfrom around the uk, sarah, tony, thank you very much. if you would like to see more on any of those stories, you can access them via the bbc iplayer, and a reminder that we go nationwide every weekday afternoon at 430 here an afternoon live. a bbc investigation has found that ambulances from four different services took more than 24 hours to reach patients. trusts in east, south east and north east england all had long delays, with the worst recorded in wales. ambulance trusts blamed the busy winter period and said they had to prioritise resources. the patients association called the figures extremely concerning. matt graveling reports. category one — the highest—priority 999 call. the ambulance response in seven minutes or less can be the difference between life and death. but it means that other patients may have to wait. it's my wife, she's fallen off a step and broke her wrist or leg or something, she can't move. this call was not classed as category

and the uk lady. and a swiss lady. and the uk lady. and a swiss lady. and the uk lady. and a uk citizen. let's talk about the situation in the united states. president trump, there is as ever very strong opinions on both sides as to how damaging this is or not, as to how damaging this is or not, as the case may be.

the uk also has a point system, the uk has had a point system for many, many years. so does australia. i think this sounds... it sounds good, but i do not think there is much substance in that. both countries already have a type of point system. the uk has a type of point system which the government thought was suitable for the uk, australia has one as well. so i do not think or really understand what they are saying. you could have perhaps a different type of point system, but you really already have one anyway. isn't this already our own fall? the cbi says we do not have enough nurses and we should be able to recruit enough outside the eu. but actually, we cut train places enter now try to catch up. british people who would like to have been trained to be nurses but were not able to train so we bring nurses are in a train so we bring nurses are in a train from elsewhere. it is a bit bonkers, is it not? there is some truth in that. however, i would say that it truth in that. however, i would say thatitis truth in that. however, i would say that it is very difficult

dramatic music daniel's got the gun on the plane and into the uk. he heads for the red channel at heathrow. he'll be met by customs officials because he has a gun in his luggage. i'm coming through heathrow. the guys there, the border force officials, just said, "ok, yeah, it is exempt." i'd just got to pay the 5% duty on the price i paid for it, and then they waved me through. incredible. and that was that. so, we've got a gun. fantastic. a smith & wesson .44 russian. fully working? it's fully working, yeah. we've successfully brought a potential murder weapon into the country. we've left behind a bit of a paper trail. but we've been told there's a way to buy guns leaving no trace at all. it's the day of the birmingham arms fair, where convicted gun dealer paul edmunds had a stall. it's a legal trade show attended by firearms collectors and dealers. we are undercover to test how easy it is to buy potentially lethal antique guns for cash. we asked seven dealers. all said they would take cash as well as other payment methods. these guns can be bought

switching off uk access to crucial criminal databases. that switching off uk access to crucial criminal data bases. that sort switching off uk access to crucial criminal databases. that sort of thing, we can't do much about it. we might not like it, we can hire more police to countenance it but it's still going to happen and we will have an impact. nicola, the metro, global warming doomsday alert. the rise in temperature might go more quickly than we were told before. this is the research which has come out which says we are approaching a colour —— a climatic tipping point which it is the future of humanity. this is the planet is decades away. ten feedback mechanisms. it says two degrees higher than preindustrial times could trigger that event in finding we are halfway there already. this would have severe risks to health, economy, political stability. using technologies which are already developing. i'm going to have anything is there. you can watch the programme later. hello, you're live at the bbc sport centre with me chris mitchel

us sanctions against russia come in to force today following the poisoning of the skripal‘s in the uk. what impact will this have on the russian economy? a warm welcome to the programme, briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. also in the programme, top tourist spots are too busy due to swift development and commercialisation. so we are asking what's been your experience in places like montenegro, it's taking action to reduce visitor numbers. get in touch, just use the hashtag #bbcthebriefing. president trump's former lawyer, michael cohen, has pleaded guilty at a court in new york to charges including making unlawful election campaign contributions. he did not mention mr trump, but said he acted for a candidate for a federal office with a view to influencing the election. at a separate trial, mr trump's former campaign manager, paul manafort, has been found guilty of tax and bank fraud. president trump said he was very sad at the verdict and referred to it as a witch hunt. chris buckler reports from washington. president trump landed in west virginia

much more uk focus, business and personalfocus here in the uk. is it that companies like you are suffering like —— are suffering because of brexit because they are scared? they are definitely weighing down on uk stocks like we are now. it just weighing down on uk stocks like we are now. itjust means that we have to stay very stable, very high capital levels. a very strong liquidity so that we are able to look after our customer base. well let‘s get more reaction now on the results, and joining me now is robert murphy, from edison investment research. good to talk to. would you describe these as a landmark set of results? i think the way to look at this is that rbs has put most of the legacy litigation behind it. it has significantly grown in their capital base. they have the highest in the sector as of q2. that is why they can now announce a dividend. overall it was a decent set of numbers, better than expected despite the doj settle m e nt better than expected despite the doj settlement charge. they continued to reduce the underlying cost

the uk already from e-cigarettes. some would argue that it is shifting the addiction from smoking cigarettes to smoking vaping machines or e—cigarettes or whatever, but still there is a nicotine addiction and they will still be harmful chemicals in the smoke. the world health organization has warned against them. be harmful components of tobacco smoke so largely not in a cigarette. what you have in an cigarette. what you have in an cigarette —— e—cigarette is different. most of the harmful chemicals are often not visited all in the e—cigarette vapour, or at all levels. at a research study came out recently fru m py levels. at a research study came out recently frumpy university of birmingham that suggested they could damage the lungs and more research is needed. is it not better to encourage people to quit smoking rather than to transfer their addiction from one element to another? it is not that the products carried no risks at all. it is likely that over decades there would be some level of risk. but the c

it's been a weekend of contrast across the uk. scotland and northern ireland have seen more cloud with some outbreaks of rain at times. england and wales have seen plenty of sunshine and it's been very warm if not hot. but some changes to come through the week. slowly we start to lose the heat. it will feel fresher for all of us, an increasing chance of seeing some showers and also still some sunshine, and it's sunshine we'll continue to see for much of england and wales on monday underneath this area of high pressure. meanwhile, for scotland and northern ireland, these fronts will continue to bring more cloud, and also some outbreaks of rain. but slowly it will ease through monday and become increasingly more patchy, maybe a little bit of rain possibly get into the far north of england through the afternoon. equally some breaks of cloud in eastern scotland. after we've lost the mist and low cloud on the western coast, lots of sunshine for england and wales, feeling warm, with 31 or 32 possible in east anglia and south—east engl

first pa rt the uk as we head into the first part of saturday. that will bring some heavy bursts of showery rain moving south eastwards as we go on through the day. behind that, things should right now. some sunshine, still some showers, and the temperatures of 1a to 17 degrees are below par for the time of year. sunday at this stage looks like the driest day of the weekend. we should see some sunshine after a chilly start. could get a touch of frost in the countryside in some spots, those temperatures eventually recovering. 14 to 20 temperatures eventually recovering. 1a to 20 degrees. but by monday we are likely to see another frontal system pushing in. some patchy rain, afairamount of system pushing in. some patchy rain, a fair amount of cloud ripening the skies across the north—west as we head towards the end of the day, and those temperatures still no great shakes, 17 to 21 degrees. as we look beyond the weekend into the following week looks like we will see another area of low pressure bringing a little rain in the northern areas a time,

the eu's chief brexit negotiator, michel barnier, struck a positive tone about the possibility of a uk deal speaking in berlin, barnier offered britain a close relationship with the bloc which was unlike anything extended to a non-eu nation before. >> translator: we are prepared to offer britain a partnership the heads of government in the europe peep parliamean parliame proposing a partnership based on four pillars, commerce, ambitious free trade agreement, aviation, foreign policy, external security. >> britain's brexit secretary, dominic raab said while he was optimistic a deal with the eu was in the cards, talks could drag on beyond the october deadline >> i'm confident a deal is within our sights. i expect if it is matched we will get a deal. we're aiming for the october council, but there is some measure of leeway. >> i spoke with the french physicians minister, bruno lemer in paris, i asked him to clarify comments made by president macron which suggested france's relationship with europe was more important than its trading relationship with the uk >> i think that we are all look

high pressure across southern parts of the uk, but thejet pressure across southern parts of the uk, but the jet stream pressure across southern parts of the uk, but thejet stream is going to push areas of low pressure and bands of rain across northern areas of the uk. more of a north— south split. jet stream moves a bit further north, actually undulating more and diving down across the central parts of the atlantic. this flow to the lazio allowing more high pressure to build in the uk, promising more dry weather and possibly more heat. hello. this is bbc news with rachel schofield. we'll be taking a look at tomorrow morning's papers in a moment. first, the headlines. police scotland say they're examining complaints of sexual misconduct against the former first minister alex salmond. the claims are strenously denied by mr salmond. he says he's "no saint," but that he's done nothing wrong. egyptian authorities say a british couple on holiday there died

in the uk we think our big uk companies aren't really from the uk, lots are headquartered in different european cities. there's lots of change, people moving from different countries to work in the uk. let's talk about elon musk, the financial times story, he's now trying to justify his original tweet. talk us through what's happened. last week elon musk a tweeted he wa nts to ta ke last week elon musk a tweeted he wants to take his company, tesla, private, that's what he said. there's two sides to this, as a ceo ofa there's two sides to this, as a ceo of a company he has to be very down the line with what he says. from a legal point of view he has to mean exactly what he says. sounds a bit strange, i know. the sec and the us are are looking into what he said. what's key is where the investment is coming from. saudi arabia, the saudi arabian investment fund which was looking to raise money from the ipo or part ipo of saudi ramco, which it obviously owns, they're not now making that money. there's question over how much investment this saudi arabia investment fund can do but the key thi

at the beginning you said michel barnier still thinks there are divisions in the uk government. dominic raab is saying we have got over those divisions and we have got over those divisions and we are all on board and we are ready to start negotiating. yes, it has been chaotic and we are on the same page now. is that an argument that has not been bought in brussels? yes, i think brussels wants to see the conservative party unite at its conference around the chequers plan. the realistic view in brussels is we are not going to finalise this at the october eu leaders' summit, it will be more like november or december and everyone knows the uk has a hard stop on the 21st of january. if theresa may is not sure she has got the final outlines, she will have to answer to parliament and we are in dangerous territory. 0k, thank you very much forjoining us. 0k, thank you very much forjoining us. we've been hearing reports of girls and boys self harming themselves for a while but we were surprised and depressed by a new report on the scale of the problem in the uk. the childrens trust survey

invest in the uk. they may well wa nt to to invest in the uk. they may well want to diversify a set of operations in the eu. all of that is doable. we are a large economy and we could work through it. i would rather not, and i suspect every business leader you to do would say, they would rather not. they would rather give it —— they would rather we get to a pragmatic place. from the outset, what the government permitted to was a no cliff edge brexit. i took huge comfort when we talked about on in fermentation period because that recognise how complicated this is, common to extricate ourselves from the a0 year agreement. in no deal would not be good, it would not be helpful, i accept that under some circumstances it may happen but i am pleased to hear government continued to say it's not what they want, its not what they are for, and they continue to be optimistic that they can strike a deal with the eu. you also seem to be making the case that the european union doesn't want a ideal because that co

particularly in the uk. we get the latest manufacturing data and that's ahead of a rate decision due from the bank of england tomorrow. and an update from the fed — as kim gittleson can explain from new york. first, the us federal reserve will conclude its two day policy meeting. most observers are expecting the federal bank will keep the target interest rate at somewhere between 1.75 and 2%. the key question is what america's central bank will have to say about the possible economic impact of president donald trump's trade war. after markets close, tesla will report earnings. elon musk has promised it will be the last quarter in which the company is unprofitable. if it seems like tesla is not on track to turn a profit by the second half of this year, that could make wall street anxious. already, tesla's stock is the most bet against stock on wall street. jeremy stretch, head of currency strategy at cibc world markets good morning. nice to see you. really busy week. indeed it is. we have already heard the

migrants paid thousands of pounds each to get to the uk. the gang were caught after one overcrowded boat carrying at least 18 people ran out of fuel. we'll be getting the latest from the old bailey. also this lunchtime... us president donald trump re—imposes sanctions on iran — president rouhani accuses him of psychological warfare. a court hears that england cricketer ben stokes, on trial for affray, was not acting in self—defence — but with revenge, retaliation, or punishment in mind. a woman is pulled alive from a collapsed building on the indonesian island of lombok — two days after the earthquake which has left nearly a hundred people dead. fears of a hothouse earth as scientists warn we could be decades away from uncontrollable climate change — making parts of the planet uninhabitable and coming up on bbc news, the battle for control at arsenal and it looks like stan kroenke could be winning with the majority shareholder on the verge of buying the whole club. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. six men have

they shouldn't worry, if there is a no—deal, about being turfed out of the uk? absolutely, there's absolutely no question that you're going to see eu citizens turfed out. we've made that clear in the past, i've made it clear in the past, i'm happy to give that reassurance again today. reporter: do you miss mr davis, mr barnier? the eu's chief negotiator has a new opposite number. he was unimpressed by threats of a no deal. translation: i hear the debate in the uk about no deal, and to be very frank with you, i do see this blame game starting against the european union. but the european union is not going to be impressed by that kind of blame game. everyone should understand that. the two sides are trying to hammer out a deal by the autumn. our focus is that if the ambition and pragmatism is reciprocated on the other side. isn't the truth that, even if you have a vague outline of what the future relationship looks like, really, we leave the eu and it's a leap into the dark? we're not going to know. it could take years to negotiate this stuff. no, that's wrong. ce

fresher conditions across the north of the uk. this low pressure bringing some strong winds as well. so we get off to a blustery start to the weekend. into scotland, exposed coasts and hills could have gusts of wind of 50mph, maybe even 60mph. but it is quite a blowy start wherever you are. a lot of cloud around. some limited brighter spells possible. the best of these probably heading into eastern england and also the far north—east of scotland. but in between we've got a weather front, a weak one at that, that will bring the thickest cloud across northern ireland, parts of northern england and southern scotland, where we could continue to see occasional spits of light rain or drizzle. and then, for the second half of the weekend, we're taking a look at this. this is subtropical storm ernesto, and it's going to be bringing some heavy rain to the united kingdom on sunday. now, probably the worst of the rain getting away across northern ireland, northern england and in across scotland for the first part of sunday, should tend to