on the united states is not someone we are uk. on the united states is not someone we are thrilled about octopi don't have the ambassador but have been told he is a pompous full. that is one of the tweets. but he has no voice, he has no say about who the investor will be. he can let him be the ambassador, they have to get accredited with the government but he has no... last time i checked, our sovereign was the queen and not donald trump. the financial times articles will talks but the fact that he withdrew yesterday from the meeting at the white house and that was going to be between the international trade secretary. and i don't know whether he was right to don't know whether he was right to do that or not, where it becomes very tricky is how much will it impede the ambassador ‘s ability to do hisjob. he had been disinvited from a dinner in honour of qatar, he request himself. that is where it gets tricky. in the financial times points out and others including m watson, our correspondence and looks at this issue of brexit, is

the eu would treat the uk as an outside nation. at the moment we go straight through, show our passports, they ask what we are carrying. rough weight, those sort of things. it's not yet completely clear how getting into the eu would work, but this is what we know — british businesses that trade with the eu should submit export papers before lorries arrive at the port. those businesses would need a registration number to do that. the problem is, fewer than half of them have applied to the government to get one. if each truck has to start doing customs clearance, then there is going to be a backlog of trucks waiting to leave. there are no plans for routine customs checks on the british side for lorries leaving our ports, but the french may insist they can't board a ferry in the uk without all the right paperwork. lovely, thank you very much. cheers, mate. this ferry company carries over a million lorries a year on the dover—calais route. during the crossing, it will send their paperwork to the authorities on both sides. french cu

the uk that we are not finished products and the uk was not the final destination. they were sent to the uk to be further processed or incorporated into other products to be sent to other eu markets. and it was trade and certain sectors and then the problem will be mostly agricultural products test into the uk. there will be negotiation but as you say it most importantly the rules, will be uk be willing to lower or extend that? a trade lawyer talking to me a little earlier. borisjohnson has been continuing to make a number ofjunior ministerial appointments. the former london mayoral candidate zac goldsmith has been made an environment minister. while, long—term borisjohnson supporter nadine dorries who you will remember described david cameron and george osborne as possible is not knowing the price of milk, will become a minister at the department of health. simon clarke has been appointed a junior treasury minister. and james duddridge become a brexit minister. i think that is the job steve baker turned down last night. britain's thriving science sector would be

threatens the uk science industry. the mp for sheffield hallam, jared o'mara, says he is to resign as a member of parliament to deal with personal issues. riot police fire tear gas at protesters in hong kong after tens of thousands march through the town where gangs attacked pro—democracy activists last weekend. and coming up at liz30pm victoria derbyshire, the week in review. good afternoon. the prime minister has pledged to fund a new high—speed rail route between leeds and manchester. borisjohnson says it will "turbo—charge the economy". it is thought the new route is part of the government's wider investment commitment to the north of england, set to cost around £39 billion. but labour have cast doubt on the plan, saying mrjohnson failed to deliver on infrastructure when he was mayor of london. in manchester, they're expanding the tram network, spending millions on improving public transport. but the new prime minister says he wants to go further, promising to build a fast railway line between this city and

so far, the uk has agreed continuity deals with 12 countries and regions. these include a group of countries from south america and the caribbean, and agreements with norway and switzerland as well as others. the total value of these deals is around $91; billion. injune, the uk signed an outline free trade agreement with south korea, which would look to maintain the current deal. trade between the two countries is currently around $10 billion a year. mutual recognition agreements have also been reached with the united states, australia and new zealand. these deals are not free trade agreements, but similar to current deals these countries have with the european union. last year trade between the us and uk hit a record high of $127 billion. however, some countries have decided to hedge their bets until they see how brexit turns out. they include india and canada, with both refusing to sign any fresh agreements for the time being. joining me now is catherine mcbride, senior economist, international trade & competition unit, iea. good morning. nice to see you

/uk security cooperation, u.s./eu security relationship through nato is not going anywhere i think that guarantee has been brought into question by donald trump. but my view is the security cooperation between the uk and the eu is something which both sides want to preserve, even if there were a dislocation over trade. >> terms of the u.s./uk relationship, if we see boris johnson become prime minister f we see the u.s. and the uk forge a new trade relationship, perhaps before the october 31st deadline, does that change anything >> i think it's unlikely that could happen you can't really negotiate a trade relationship whilst you're still in the european union like the uk will be that's not likely. the other point to make is that the u.s. is -- first of all, the congress has suggested that if the north/south cooperation in ireland is threatened by a hard irish border as it would be in a no-deal brexit, congress would veto a new trade deal with the uk also the u.s. is not known for playing soft in trade negotiations t

it wants the uk to legalise weed. it‘s sponsored by a big north american cannabis company called mpx international, which runs this facility. scott boyes is the boss, and i put it to him that he was trying to use his money to influence british politicians. we‘ve been happy to be a host to them, to give them some exposure to the business and give them an understanding of what‘s happening here in north america. if that helps make the right decisions in the united kingdom, it‘s money well spent for us. canada‘s prime ministerjustin trudeau came to power promising to legalise cannabis. it‘s been available here for medical use since 2001, but as of last october, recreational users could use it too without fear of breaking the law, meaning places like this have been springing up all over the country. investors know there could be billions to be made from the industry, but the uk mps admit there‘s a lot to get their heads around. have you ever seen this volume of cannabis yourself? i never saw any volume of can

last year trade between the us and uk hit a record high of $127bn. however some countries have decided to hedge their bets until they see how brexit turns out. they include india and canada, with both refusing to sign any fresh agreements for the time being. stephanie rickard, professor of political science at the london school of economics a warm welcome to you. let's start with the no deal brexit scenario, if that's the outcome on the 31st of october, what does that mean for businesses in the ist of november? it's very likely if we leave with no deal, businesses in the united kingdom will see tariffs when they send their goods to europe so that means british made products will be more expensive in europe, it will hurt their competitiveness and research shows that is bad for the british economy. research from the lsc shows that will reduce by a 9%, every household in the united kingdom will be £1700 worse off every year. for those companies who have two important bits and bobs, components, ingredients for the things that they are making, that's als

the vast majority of the uk, a bright day. bar a few showers there, maybe in the south, the weather is looking sunny. beautiful around the english channel coasts. how about the championships, then, at wimbledon? beautiful weather — temperatures of around 20 degrees celsius, light winds as well. now, here's tuesday's weather forecast. it looks as though we'll see high pressure developing across the south once again, but weather fronts moving through northern parts of the uk, so there is going to be a definite split between the north and the south. we'll call it the northern two thirds of the country pretty cloudy, with a few glimmers of brightness from time to time. some rain for belfast, glasgow, probably many western and northern parts of scotland too. a few spots of rain possible around the lake district and yorkshire. southwards of that, it should just about stay dry, but pretty cloudy. the south coast itself on tuesday looking mostly on the sunny side. not cold — temperatures even in belfast getting up to around 21 deg

it is the cargo that the uk and gibraltar authorities are interested in. what makes this very complicated as it looks as if from tracking data that us and uk intelligence services clearly shared that this oil probably came from iran. that is a complication because the us has separate sanctions against iranians oil. the british wouldn't have enforced those us sanctions, but that's precisely what the iranians are now accusing the uk are doing. it has led to a first—class diplomatic row and britain's ambassador to tehran has been summoned to the foreign ministry. the uk are sticking to the line that this had nothing to do with iran and everything to do with syria. james, thank you. frank lampard spent 13 years playing for chelsea — today he returned to his former club as manager. he said he was eager to prove he could manage the team, and had complete confidence in himself, despite only having a year's managerial experience. he succeeds maurizio sarri, who left stamford bridge last month to take charge of the italian champions juventus. here's andy swiss.

to the eu, so it works againforthe uk uk than ours to the eu, so it works again for the uk there. it is a different paper work system but not radically different, there is money to be collected but that applies to a large amount of our trade anyway, soi a large amount of our trade anyway, so i don't think these problems are insuperable. there will be checks at borders, queues, difficulties. hmrc have certainly said they will give priority to flow over checking and i think there must be right while the whole system settles down. i suspect there won't be queues of lorries at there won't be queues of lorries at the port. i think there will be some lorries that come along with the wrong documentation that will be put to one side, but most of the other truckloads of goods i guess would go straight through. what do you make of the cbi and others basically saying, we've really now, we're running out of time, we've been hearing that for a long time. but more practical help is being offered. i think this is very welcome move. the cbi has now said i think they have got a couple of hundred i

in a few hours from now the uk will have a new prime minister. borisjohnson have repeatedly refused to rule out a no—deal brexit, but are businesses ready for that? the usjustice department announce an investigation into leading online platforms, to find out whether they are unfairly restricting competition. and on the markets: they are headed higher in asia today with investors weighing signs of progress in us— china trade talks and prospects for the tech industry after the us opened an anti—trust probe. in a few hours' time borisjohnson will enter the door behind me as the uk's next prime minister. brexit is of course the big issue facing the new leader — and throughout the contest for the job he made a series of key pledges about leaving the eu. so, what can we expect? mrjohnson has vowed to leave the eu by the 31 october deadline "come what may". he claims that the chance of a no—deal brexit is a "million to one" he wants to negotiate a new deal, including replacing the irish backstop — designed to avoid a hard border between nort

let's get your take on the diplomatic row between the us and the uk. this has led to the resignation of sir kim. he couldn't remain in thejob. it resignation of sir kim. he couldn't remain in the job. it was unattainable. given the fact that oui’ unattainable. given the fact that our new prime minister wind is confirmed, refused to back him, and as the headline says, it basically threw him under the bus as a result of these comments. the fact is that ambassadors are meant to talk openly with their own country, how they view the politics, the relationship between that country and other countries they are stationed in. and so countries they are stationed in. and so kim has been a civil servant of 42 years and has an impeccable record. he has been the victim of a sleek and fun thing i've been thinking about is that we have been talking so much in the uk about taking back control, following the post exit to vote and environment, we're not listening to the european as much as we would have done ten yea rs as much as we would have done ten years ago but we

. -- been refused the right to stay in the uk. —— modern slavery. to then have a home office that is refusing all of these applications, people are being sent back to be victims of trafficking again. our people be too harsh on mrs may's legacy? this is a premiership that has been totally overwhelmed by brexit. it has been but that is partly because unfortunately theresa may hasn't done what she said she would do from the very beginning, to try and heal some of those divisions are bring people together. unfortunately, her approach and that ofa unfortunately, her approach and that of a party has been divisive. not being willing to compromise on anything, brexit or any other issue. i think she will be remembered for division but also failure ran dealing with some of those banning injustices. we hear two thirds of children living in poverty are in working households, that is the first time that that has been in the case in living memory in our country andl case in living memory in our country and i think she will be held to account for that and the brit

it wants the uk to legalise weed. it's sponsored by a big north american cannabis company called mpx international, which runs this facility. scott boyes is the boss, and i put it to him that he was trying to use his money to influence british politicians. we've been happy to be a host to them to give them some exposure to the business and give them an understanding of what's happening here in north america. if that helps make the right decisions in the united kingdom, it's money well spent for us. canada's prime ministerjustin trudeau came to power promising to legalise cannabis. it's been available here for medical use since 2001, but as of last october, recreational users could use it too without fear of breaking the law, meaning places like this have been springing up all over the country. investors know there could be billions to be made from the industry, but the uk mps admit there's a lot to get their heads around. have you ever seen this volume of cannabis yourself? i never saw any volume of cannabis! so two o

the vast majority of the uk, a bright day. bar a few showers there, maybe in the south, the weather is looking sunny. beautiful around the english channel coasts. how about the championships, then, at wimbledon? beautiful weather — temperatures of around 20 degrees celsius, light winds as well. now, here's tuesday's weather forecast. it looks as though we'll see high pressure developing across the south once again, but weather fronts moving through northern parts of the uk, so there is going to be a definite split between the north and the south. we'll call it the northern two thirds of the country pretty cloudy, with a few glimmers of brightness from time to time. some rain for belfast, glasgow, probably many western and northern parts of scotland too. a few spots of rain possible around the lake district and yorkshire. southwards of that, it should just about stay dry, but pretty cloudy. the south coast itself on tuesday looking mostly on the sunny side. not cold — temperatures even in belfast getting up to around 21 deg

it is part of where we are in the uk at the moment. we can't rely as much on the eurozone as we used to and we can't expect continuous growth. we talk about climate change. any —— continuous growth is not good for the climate change situation. how concerned are you for the uk economy at the moment? we have been in this place for a long, long time and the uk economy is actually doing 0k. place for a long, long time and the uk economy is actually doing oki am not as negative because i was involved in a conference yesterday about the growth of small businesses in the uk which is incredibly vibrant at the moment and that is wherejob vibrant at the moment and that is where job creation vibrant at the moment and that is wherejob creation comes vibrant at the moment and that is where job creation comes from. the 1-10 where job creation comes from. the 1—10 companies, businesses, the headline industries employ a lot of people individually but the vast wealth of employment in this country is in small business and that sector through a lot

you've launched your product in the uk, how different is the uk consumer to the us one, but at the challenges you face? there are definitely nuances between uk culture and us culture but more importantly we treat every person as an individual, there is actually over 1000 variations of the boxes each season and that number is growing as we get more and more personalisation into the system. we think there is the right box for the right person and that's regardless of whether they are in the us, uk, canada or other regions we will expand to in the future. fabfitfun is doing really well now but how did it begin, how did you get funding at the beginning? we started as a little media business, we were doing a daily newsletter starting in 2010 and it wasn't until three years later that we launch the membership service and the boxes. and just a couple of years after that we attracted our first venture capital. earlier this year we raised a much bigger round as we've been growing, we've surpassed well over 1 bigger round as we've been growing, we've surpassed well over1 million members and we've captu

and we'll be working with uk. these are pictures released by iran said to be showing pictures of the islamic revolution guard corps circling another vessel, the riah, in recent days. the guard corps appear to use these armed boats and sometimes helicopters to force ships into their waters. their efforts to seize british vessels were intensified after royal marines and gibraltar police boarded and seized a tanker, grace 0ne. it was carrying iranian oil in gibraltar waters, suspected of heading for syria, in defiance of eu sanctions. iran called this piracy, but that's dismissed as nonsense by britain. that was followed by an incident in the gulf when the british frigate, montrose, moved into protect the tanker british heritage in the gulf. but the threat to british vessels was spelled—out earlier this week by iran's supreme leader. translation: evil britain commits piracy and steals our ship. it's an act of piracy. of course the islamic republic will not leave such evil deeds unanswered. there will be a response

a boost for the uk car industry. jaguar land rover is to invest hundreds of millions of pounds to build electric vehicles in birmingham. the founder of the english defence league, tommy robinson, faces jail for contempt of court after filming defendants in a criminal trial and broadcasting the footage on social media. the two conservative party leadership candidates, boris johnson and jeremy hunt, go head—to—head again in hustings in darlington. and coming up: peter parker heads to europe in spiderman: far from home. see what mark kermode thinks of that in the film review. good evening, it's 5 o'clock. our top story: a gang running the biggest modern—day slavery network ever exposed in the uk has been convicted of offences including trafficking, money laundering and using people to perform forced labour. police believe there were up to 400 victims of the organised crime gang, whose members were all originally from poland. a three—year police investigation uncovered a well—organised system which preyed on po

the fact large areas of the uk. some areas vulnerable to sea level rise. ministers need to medicate much better about what is expected with extreme weather strikes, according to the report. the transport department comes in for sharp criticism. its emissions have barely dropped. the government insists it is taking climate change very seriously. the committee wants deeds, not words. roger harrabin, bbc news coming up at 6 o'clock on breakfast charlie stayt and louise minchin will have all the day's news, business and sport. this is the briefing from bbc news. the latest headlines: the two contenders to be the next british prime minister have clashed in a head—to—head debate. boris johnson and jeremy hunt argued about brexit, the economy, the qualities needed to be the country's leader and whether britain should leave the eu as scheduled on the 31st of october. what we should be doing is getting ready and encouraging the people of this country to believe they can do it because they can do it. being prime minister is about telling people what they need to

really interesting watching borisjohnson travel around the uk over the next 24-48 travel around the uk over the next 24—48 hours. in london he has a conservative party that is getting on board at cabinet level with his plan to leave the european union at the end of october no matter what happens. in conversations in edinburgh and cardiff, some in belfast, and on the phone to dublin as well, you are seeing a problem. a lot of people saying to boris johnson, just don't do this. if you leave without a deal, there will be a fundamental problem for different parts of the uk and for some of our closest allies. so when boris johnson returns to london later this week, he will have a lot to mull over about what this will mean for the future of the uk. a former high courtjudge, who led a review into the police investigation of an alleged vip paedophile ring, says officers involved might themselves have broken the law. sir richard henriques said there were inconsistencies in the evidence provided by the main witness — carl beech— but that police did not reveal this when applying for search

tonight, it will turn cloudy across some eastern parts of the uk, a bit like this notjust gone, the uk, a bit like this notjust o the uk, a bit like this notjust gone, or rather, last night. 12 degrees is the overnight low in london, 14 in cardiff, just about single figures in some northern parts. monday, sunny spells on the way, very little difference compared to what we have had today, high pressure is still there, and the weather front i pointed pressure is still there, and the weatherfront i pointed out living ata weatherfront i pointed out living at a glacial pace, it has hardly move, it is still to the west of us. low pressure is in the atlantic, but very little wind across the uk itself, with the high pressure. it will be cloudy at times across the south—east and east anglia, the further west and north—west you are, the brighter the weather will be, for example, beautiful off south—west scotland, the welsh coasts as well. that weather front finally makes a move, encroaching into ireland on tuesday, a week where the front, meaning it will not bring much cloud or rain, just

the forecast brings us pretty mixed fare across the uk in the next few days. sunny spells for almost all areas and, i think, if anything, some increasing warmth. but look out for hefty old showers as well, especially across the northern half of the uk. low pressure is driving the weather here. we'll swing in some fronts as well, which means more organised bands of rain. for wimbledon, though, with high pressure sitting to the south of the uk, we are clinging on to a fine picture for wednesday, perhapsjust a raised risk of a shower later on in the afternoon. you can see some of those showers so start to tuck a little bit further south at times through the day, but southern england and south wales very likely, i think, to escape with a largely dry picture, although some heavier showers across eastern england cannot be ruled out through the afternoon. scotland gets the wettest of the weather first thing, brighter through the afternoon. thunderstorms likely in the north—east later, and then northern ireland seeing some more persistent rain arriving as we move in

the uk and flies a ukflag, is registered in the uk and flies a uk flag, but you have made a very, very relevant point in that this is an international issue with sailors from a number of countries on a ship thatis from a number of countries on a ship that is owned in a foreign country and doing its business of international trade with other third parties. this is very much an international issue which therefore requires an international solution. the heat might well be on the uk at the moment, for obvious reasons, but the moment, for obvious reasons, but the threat will not discriminate between nationalities and its intention continues to rise, then it is the wider community that will suffer and not just the is the wider community that will suffer and notjust the uk, so we urge an international solution to this very worrying problem. in order to protect commercial shipping through the strait of hormuz, which is obviously such a critical part of the shipping infrastructure, and allows for many goods to be transported, not least, of course, oil, what would be most effective, do you think

prudence is exactly what the uk did. if they had engaged it would have u nfortu nately have had engaged it would have unfortunately have been much more dangerous. on the bigger picture, of course we know iran and the us are at loggerheads. there have been a lot of tension there. is anyone actually talking or negotiating with two is all behind—the—scenes? actually talking or negotiating with two is all behind-the-scenes? my strong sense is that both the united states and the uk and france, the japanese would be but i'm not surprised if the russians are trying to negotiate behind—the—scenes and it is this situation. they think will literary confrontation in the persian gulf is in no—one's interest. i am almost confident that right now as we speak in spite of the bragging, in spite of the rhetorical firepower that iran keeps increasing, they are negotiating and i think they are trying to find a negotiated solution to the tension. i think that's why javed siri —— zarif is talking about back channels going on. w

the uk by the eu was not right, and that should be the uk's choice. the only people that can force a no deal is the uk government. i look forward to meeting prime ministerjohnson in course. i can say the position of the eu and ireland has not changed, the eu and ireland has not changed, the backstop is an intricate part of the backstop is an intricate part of the withdrawal agreement and without it there is no withdrawal agreement. is there any wiggle room, any sense that there may be common ground, that there may be common ground, that both sides can hit? the eu i think today, having heard what mr johnson told parliament, believes he has boxed himself in, even tighter than theresa may was, by saying that backstop has to go, the only route toa backstop has to go, the only route to a deal is one that does not include dealing with the irish border issue now but pushes it to the future. the eu's position is clear, no, those problems are created by the uk's decision to go through with brexit and a particular type of brexit outside the customs union and si

deepens the uk government chose to stand on the wrong side. it has made inappropriate remarks. boeing promises $100 million for families of those killed in the 737 max crashes. and can cuba's tourism industry stay afloat after us sanctions force cruise liners to wave goodbye?

today the uk's office for budget responsibility estimated how that option will affect the uk economy. this is a projection of uk borrowing with and without a deal. yellow is no deal borrowng is projected to go above £60 billion in the first year that's around $75 billion dollars. that's because it believes the uk economy will shrink by 2% in the first year of a no deal brexit. bear in mind, the bank of england has already said the economy could fall by as much as 8% because of a no deal. both projections say a no—deal brexit would push the uk economy into recession and the pound would fall sharply. despite all this, both candidates to be the new prime minister say being open to a no—deal brexit is a necessary part of negotiating with the eu. well the bbc‘s panorama programme has been speaking to the eu's chief brexit negotiator. this is what he told us. to be clear, i think the uk side, which is well informed, and competent, and know the way we work in the eu side, notice from the very beginning that we never have been impressed by certain threats, they are not useful to use it

uk needed him fora need him for a long time. uk needed him for a long time. and let's see what happens. here, he and i will spent a lot of... we just spent a lot of time when i was with the queen in a great couple of days that i've ever experience. she is a tremendous woman. an incredible woman. we get along very well. so boris and i atejustice boag. congratulated him and he is all set to go. we were working already on a trade agreement. i think it will be a very substantial trade agreement. we can do, with uk, we can do three — four we can do, with uk, we can do three —fourtimes, we we can do, with uk, we can do three — four times, we were actually impeded by their relationship with the european union. we were very much impeded on trade. and i think we can do 3—4, five times. we don't do the kind of trade we could do with what some people say is great britain and some people say, what you don't hear too much, is england, which is a piece of it. but with the uk we can do much, much more trade and we expect to do that. 0k. 0k. well. i have our politica

boost for the uk car industry. jaguar land rover is to invest hundreds of millions of pounds to build electric vehicles in birmingham. and in wimbledon, the dream duo as andy murray and serena williams prepared to start their mixed doubles campaign. a gang has been convicted of running the uk's largest modern slavery ring. police believe up to 400 victims were forced to work by a gang of polish criminals in the west midlands who raked in millions of pounds. the gang cured vulnerable people from poland to the uk, where they force them to work for a pittance. eight people have been found guilty of offences including trafficking, money—laundering and forcing people to perform. labour. their victims, some as young as 17, were made to live in rooms like these — filthy, often rat—infested, with no heating or light, toilets blocked and the stench unbearable. the gang was made up of five men and three women, all from poland. 52—year—old ignacy brzezinski, 41—year—old wojciech nowa kowski and 26—year—old j

let's return to the race to become the next uk prime minister. the two candidates have taken part in a televised debate. earlier the broadcaster john kampfner told me who he thought was the winner in the debate. there was potentially a notional winner, jeremy hunt i think landed more punches but in many ways, it was exciting and it was fun in some places, if that's your idea of fun, but it's going through the motions. viewers may not know that the weirdness of the electoral system... i mean, it's a tiny fraction, 0.25% of the british electorate is voting in this, these are signed—up conservative party members, between 100,000 and 160,000 predominantly elderly members who are selecting their leader. and many of them have already voted. it was one of borisjohnson‘s tactics to delay the two debates — one on itv, the independent broadcaster tonight, and bbc coming up — but to delay it until after most of the conservative voters have voted because he's not a details man. he's very much a mini—me of donald trump and he goes on emotions, blust

and this is the uk against colombia. and this is the uk against colombia. and what better way to bond with new friends than with the team work neededin friends than with the team work needed in sport, and on a record breaking scale. the largest line network, the second—biggest skate park in the us. everything is now here to stay on this permanent side toa14 here to stay on this permanent side to a 14 million young people living in refugee camps and most of them do not have the opportunity for this. and because we think we are the biggest movement, youth movement for education so we are trying to bring education so we are trying to bring education to those kids. it means the hearing this city they are as one, equally scouts. learning about each other and their own cultures, different nations through direct interaction whether it be through sport or sitting around and having a chat. the government in ethiopia says it's helped its people plant more than 350 million trees in a day, claiming what they believe is a world record. prime minister abiy ahmed led th

time for the uk shipping industry. we have seen over 30% of the uk flag fleet evaporate in the last 12 months because of brexit concerns. can you confirm what you mean by a uk flag fleet? so a shipowner, you might be swedish or chinese, they might be indian, they decide to sail under a ukflag, indian, they decide to sail under a uk flag, why would they make that decision? a number of reasons, commercial and political. any ship trading internationally has to fly a national state flag. choosing the uk flag is generally at the decision that it flag is generally at the decision thatitis flag is generally at the decision that it is a good quality flag, but with brexit there are some serious problems, in terms of what the shipowner chooses to do. and there are many options, you can go anywhere in the world and choose any flag. by choosing a uk flag, money change hands? they pay a registration fee to the flag registration, in this case the uk government, but it is not the biggest cost shipowner would worry about. when they th

threatens the uk science industry. riot police fire tear gas at protesters in hong kong, after tens of thousands march through the town where gangs attacked pro—democracy activists last weekend. gareth bale looks set to leave real madrid to join chinese club jiangsu suning, reportedly earning the player 31 millon a week. the player £1 millon a week. the prime minister is about to announce plans for a new high—speed rail link between manchester and leeds as part of what he describes as efforts to "rebalance power, growth and productivity across the uk". borisjohnson will also promise to improve what he calls "the unglamorous local services which people use every day". the plan has been welcomed by business groups but labour says it doesn't go far enough. our correspondent tom barton is here. as we wait for that speech to begin within the next ten minutes, we think, tell us a bit more about what borisjohnson is think, tell us a bit more about what boris johnson is promising think, tell us a bit more about what boris

so should the uk follow suit? a cross party group of british mps have come to canada to see what some call the world's biggest drug experiment. david lammy, the prominent labour mp for tottenham, he's concerned current drug laws unfairly criminalise young black people. sir norman lamb from the lib dems, which backed legalisation, and jonathan djanogly from the conservatives. he describes himself as an open book on the subject and has always voted with his party, which opposes changes to the law. two things you're going to hear mentioned a lot in this film are thc and cbd — two of the main active chemical compounds in cannabis. thc is what gets you high and cbd balances out some of the negative effects of thc and some claim it can help with sleep, anxiety and pain symptoms. you know people that do, whether they be friends or family members... the first day of the trip is all about mps hearing from the police and fellow politicians here. my position as agrarian chief was to regulate it, control it and tax it. the

the forecast brings us pretty mixed fare across the uk in the next few days. sunny spells for almost all areas and, i think, if anything, some increasing warmth. but look out for hefty old showers as well, especially across the northern half of the uk. low pressure is driving the weather here. we'll swing in some fronts as well, which means more organised bands of rain. for wimbledon, though, with high pressure sitting to the south of the uk, we are clinging on to a fine picture for wednesday, perhapsjust a raised risk of a shower later on in the afternoon. you can see some of those showers so start to tuck a little bit further south at times through the day, but southern england and south wales very likely, i think, to escape with a largely dry picture, although some heavier showers across eastern england cannot be ruled out through the afternoon. scotland gets the wettest of the weather first thing, brighter through the afternoon. thunderstorms likely in the north—east later, and then northern ireland seeing some more persistent rain arriving as we move in

the security links between the us and the uk go back to world war ii. they have gone through all kinds of changes and revolutions. i don't see why that would change now. and the tensions, explored in fiction, ijust don't see that that will change. but insofar as racing towards some sort of violent confrontation or even sending in, this is entirely hypothetical, suppose the trump administration agrees to some kind of special forces going to the area, as happened in the 19805, and american special forces go in and do some physical damage, would the uk go in on that? possibly. yes. are you saying yes so firmly because... both. we are now going to be a dependency of the united states. that is strong language. i have written it, i have said it, and we have to be clear, watching liam fox in the united states, humbling himself in a way i have never seen this man doing before, everybody knows, even borisjohnson knows, that when we do this catastrophic thing called brexit... your opinion, obviously. yes, my opinion. the united states is what we feel we have to f

but it ta kes two the uk, businesses in the uk? but it takes two to tango. there will be the other side of the fence. they have put out this report with over 200 recommendations about what else needs to be happening in preparation, because we have seen a marked shift now. up until this point, with this prime minister, no deal was considered a potential option. you know, it may or may not happen... didn't he say it was a million to one, not going to happen? yes, but at this point now, where this prime minister now wants it... things are changing. exactly. as michael gove said this weekend, the government is fully focused, it's number one priority is to prepare foran number one priority is to prepare for an ideal brexit. easy for me to say. what do you think the mood is at the moment in downing street? obviously this is business pushing their agenda, but there are other elements as well to consider. where do you think borisjohnson's priorities lie? i think boris is trying to convince the country about, which has been, as we all know, it has been extremely spli

how will the uk be affected by that? we do know is there are 12,500 jobs worldwide going to be tired. the company's worldwide going to be tired. the compa ny‘s confirmed that worldwide going to be tired. the company's confirmed that today and that's about one tenth of its global workforce. to put that in context, it's quite significant. that involves 14 plants being involved for cuts here, whether that isjust to production lines or whole factories shutting down. in the uk, we have around 7000 people employed at sunderland plant, so obviously there is uncertainty for those. the city really relies on nissan as one of its largest employers. they will be looking at that with some concern. unions today were quite optimistic about it, they don't think the arcs is going to fold too ha rd think the arcs is going to fold too hard in the uk and that's really because the sunderland plant is very efficient. a lot of its production lines are profitable and crucially, talking about electric cars they are, it does produce the nissan

here's uk foreign secretary jeremy hunt. if iran continues on this dangerous path, they must accept the price will be a larger western military presence in the waters along the coastline, not because we wish to increase tensions, but simply because freedom of navigation is a principle which britain and its allies will always defend. that statement came after the uk government held an emergency meeting over the escalating international crisis in the gulf. it's called for the release of the stena impero tanker which the uk says was seized here in omani waters. let's take a listen to how it unfolded. here's the radio exchange between iranian guards, the tanker and a royal navy warship. just have a listen to this. you are ordered, change your course to 360. 360 degrees immediately. you must not impair, impede, obstruct or hamper the passage of the mv stena impero. here's a closer look at the route taken by the tanker. it's worth remembering this is the busiest shipping lane in the world for crude tankers. around a fifth of the w

businesses, and the uk national health service we re and the uk national health service were among victims who found they we re were among victims who found they were locked out of their networks until they paid a ransom. that hutchins was able to find a flaw in the code. i checked the message board, they were about 17 reports of different nhs sort of organisations being hit. and i met at point where i decided my holidays ever have to look into this. it made him a celebrity. two years ago, he travelled to las vegas to attend a death calm, the biggest hacking conference. i did try to lead the city, he was arrested by fbi offices who had evidence of his own involvement and cyber crimes years before. marcus hutchins would later —— later admit to being behind malicious —— malicious software allow people to login information and financial data from online banking sites. along with an accomplice, he soloed that malware online and was used to target banks and the customers and several countries. he went on to plead guilty to two offences. time for the latest sports with the band. thank yo

we might find out later today what the uk government's response is. but as you say the situation is escalating significant. it was the us, really, that was very much against iran in terms of new sanctions, pulling out of the new deal, et cetera, et cetera, now the uk is right in the fray, isn't it? that's right, it has somewhat come about by accident, but now that the accord seems to be fraying and that iran isn't abiding by what it signed up iran isn't abiding by what it signed up to do in terms of keeping the levels of uranium enrichment lower, it is very hard to see how this can end ina it is very hard to see how this can end in a very diplomatic, safe way. i think the pressure on iran is going to increase, and i think iran in retaliation is going to continue to disrupt the movement of oil around the region. what do you think the price of oil will do, then? we have mentioned the fact that brent crude was around $75 a barrel in april this year. it is around $63. $63 a barrel at the moment. what will happen next? i think getting to $75 a barrel could