and finally, the sun has a published an investigation where it found evidence amazon employees in bucharest romania monitor thousands of alexa recordings, hearing private family conversations, arguments and even couples having sex. so let's begin. with me is independent analyst dr stephanie hare. good to talk to you, stephanie. the ft first of all, because this is the big story for us today, the pound is the weakening and it's been doing that for a while now. the mood music has been there among investors and their not happy about basically the unknown of what will happen in october, particularly all this talk ofa october, particularly all this talk of a no—deal brexit. october, particularly all this talk of a no-deal brexit. why do investors hate it so much? i think it's the vote of no—confidence to be honest and the whole idea we will potentially be leaving without a deal. we've had so much political uncertainty in this country with parliament rejecting the withdrawal agreement bill to times, a change in leadership, now we have a prime minister who doesn't have the support of a general

and finally, the sun has a published an investigation where it found evidence amazon employees in bucharest romania monitor thousands of alexa recordings, hearing private family conversations, arguments and even couples having sex. so let's begin. with me is independent analyst dr stephanie hare. good to talk to you, stephanie. the ft first of all, because this is the big story for us today, the pound is the weakening and it's been doing that for a while now. the mood music has been there among investors and their not happy about basically the unknown of what will happen in 0ctober, particularly all this talk ofa 0ctober, particularly all this talk of a no—deal brexit. 0ctober, particularly all this talk of a no-deal brexit. why do investors hate it so much? i think it's the

oran to make way for a sugar plantation or an indigenous leader fighting against deforestation in the amazon. the point is that when they stand up for their rights, they are being threatened and even killed so that is nice and corrupt government can turn profit. wisely philippines the worst place in the world for these attacks? 30 killings last year means it suffered more environmentalists murdered than anywhere else in it is concerning but not new. the philippines has traditionally been one of the most dangerous places on earth to be a landslide activist down to historic land right issues we re down to historic land right issues were indigenous communities are marginalised and militarised and business is allowed to carry out their practices without being held accountable. president, when he took office, promised to tackle corruption, to protect the environment and stand up to business and at the moment these killings are continuing, as usual, and the government needs to take a stand. if they do not think companies need to make sure that their practices are not associated with these murders.

reports suggest 16 of the victims were decapitated during the violence in the city of alta mira, in the amazon region. it is believed that two factions were held in separate areas of the prison but during five hours of clashes, some inmates broke off and invaded their rival‘s block. it‘s the second massacre inside a prison in the north of brazil this year. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre. hi, we will start with the ashes, days before the start at that, australia opening batsman limped out of practise today after suffering a bruised thigh, he is due to come back after 12 month ban, for a ball tempering scandal. he was pictured receiving attention from medical staff and an ice pack and his team—mate was involved in the scandal returned to the one bay team earlier in the year, and played in the wildcat. england of course one that world cup, who could forget the drama before the ashes started or so they hoped. there was less than convincing test against ireland. no surprise ashley‘s england director says they need to raise the game. dan has been talking to him and

in recent weeks, we have seen amazon, ntt, the big japanese tech firm, and indeed jaguar land rover announce fresh investment into the uk, so it is not all one way, or all the risks are downward, there are opportunities here, and we need to be ready to mitigate the risk. the government still insists it would prefer to leave the eu with a deal but has to operate on the assumption that won‘t happen, and that means companies have little choice but to prepare for a deeply uncertain future. theo leggett, bbc news. well, our consumer affairs correspondent colletta smith has spent the day at the vauxhall plant in cheshire that‘s threatened with losing all production, as you heard in theo‘s report. she‘s been talking to the union unite about the plant‘s future. welcome to the home of vauxhall astra here in the uk at ellesmere port. this car park is normally absolutely bunged full of cars and workers toing and froing as they start their shifts but at the moment we are in a two—week summer shutdown of the whole plant, so as workers head off on their summer holidays they will certainly be c

in recent weeks, we have seen amazon, ntt, the big japanese tech firm, and indeed jaguar land rover announce fresh investment into the uk, so it is not all one way, or all the risks are downward, there are opportunities here, and we need to be ready to mitigate that. the government still insists it would prefer to leave the eu with a deal but has to operate on the assumption that won't happen, and that means companies have little choice but to prepare for a deeply uncertain future. theo leggett, bbc news. i am joined by businessman and economistjohn mills — founder and chairman of the consumer product companyjml and a supporter of the pro—brexit group leave means leave. and also a donor to the labour party. can i just and also a donor to the labour party. can ijust ask and also a donor to the labour party. can i just ask you and also a donor to the labour party. can ijust ask you what and also a donor to the labour party. can i just ask you what you think has happened since boris johnson became prime minister, has there been a change of emphasis towards a no—deal brexit that you suspec

in recent weeks, we have seen amazon, ntt, the big japanese tech firm, and indeed jaguar land rover announce fresh investment into the uk, so it is not all one way or all the risks are downward, there are opportunities here, and we need to be ready to mitigate that. the government still insists it would prefer to leave the eu with a deal but has to operate on the assumption that won't happen, and that means companies have little choice but to prepare for a deeply uncertain future. theo leggett, bbc news. our business correspondent colletta smith is at the vauxhall plant in ellesmere port. worrying news for the workforce. worrying news for the workforce there. it certainly is, reeta, a very quiet day at the plant because most of it is shut for the two week summer most of it is shut for the two week summer shutdown, so staff are mostly off on their holidays at the moment, and it is not going be pleasant news for them here in wherever they are 01’ for them here in wherever they are or when they return to work. it is not necessarily surprising news, because as we heard theo saying there, just

it should be said that in recent weeks we've seen amazon, umtiti, the big japanese tech firm, and jaguar land rover announcing fresh investment into the uk so it's not all 1—way or all the risks are downward, and there are opportunities here and we need to be ready to mitigate the risks and grasp those opportunities. for people watching this... industry is one big question obviously, but for people watching this programme, and given the change of tone in your government, which is your working on the assumption of a no deal, our people right to be worried? people at home, having their breakfast this morning thinking about how things are going to be, are they right to be worried? well, i think the most important thing from the position of government is to provide the assurance about the risk in a balanced way. the biggest risk i would say is to allow the uncertainty of the tortuous process we've been in with the eu to continue. i think the one reassurance we can give both businesses worried about uncertainty but also voters watching is provide finality by coming out at the end of october

brazilian police are investigating reports that an indigenous leader in a remote region of the amazon has been murdered by gold miners. president bolsonaro has reduced protections for rainforest, saying it must be opened up for development. egan bernal has become the first colombian to win the tour de france. the 22—year—old is also the youngest winner in more than 100 years. at ten o'clock, clive myrie will be here with a full round up of the days news. first on bbc news — our world. since the election of donald trump, rival groups of far—right and far—left activists have battled in the streets of some american cities. violence has broken out in new york, berkeley, and charlottesville. but perhaps most affected is portland, oregon — a liberal, progressive city in the pacific north—west. mike wendling has been there to meet activists from both sides to try to understand why the violence continues. portland, oregon, in america's pacific north—west. since the election of donald trump, there's been trouble in the streets. chant: usa, usa, usa! the far—right is on the ma

rising tensions as the brazilian amazon is opened up for more development. an indigenous leader is reportedly murdered by gold miners. and the tour de france has its youngest winner in more than 100 years, as the 22—year—old colombian egan bernal triumphs. hello and welcome to world news today. several people have been injured in pitched battles in hong kong after a third day of violent clashes between pro—democracy campaigners and riot police. some protestors had defied orders to disperse after an anti—government rally, setting up barricades and blocking streets, before rounds of tear gas were fired. this is the eighth week of demonstrations, sparked by a proposed new bill which would have allowed extradition to mainland china. although the plans were eventually shelved, mass protests continue, amid fears of a gradual erosion of freedoms at the hands of the authorities in beijing. our correspondent, nick beake, has sent us this report from hong kong. gunshots they say it's one of the safest cities you can find, a peaceful place. not today. not this

rising tensions as the brazilian amazon is opened up for more development. an indigenous leader is reportedly murdered by gold miners. and the tour de france has its youngest winner in more than 100 years, as the 22—year—old colombian

i think going back in particular to amazon and athletic. there was some interesting behind the numbers i would like to walk you through if i could. which is that amazon has had huge success. rapid growth with its cloud business. we started to see that slowing down, on the other hand at google, at alphabet, their business is growing. still small computer amazon but it is growing. advertising business is doing well for them. if you look at amazon, they seem to be the beneficiaries of that. their advertising business going a bit more. on twitter for a second, i am interested into what they have been doing deleting spam accounts and smartening up their representation. how is that been going? across—the—board your how is that been going? across—the—boa rd your seam technology companies coming under increased scrutiny over the handling of privacy issues but also the kind of privacy issues but also the kind of nature of the speech that takes place on these platforms. so twitter has been working at trying to find a balance between addressin

the company that owns google, alphabet, the retail giant amazon both reported a mere 20% rise in revenues for the last quarter. in reve nu es in revenues for the last quarter. in revenues and profits at a property website here in the uk, rightmove, have continued to march ahead despite the actual number of people buying houses or flats despite the actual number of people buying houses orflats in despite the actual number of people buying houses or flats in the first six months of the year. revenues rose by 10%. numbers from the bank tsb. you remember last year they had an it meltdown. unsurprisingly, they reported a £107 million loss for the first half of 2018. well, this year, things are a bit different. tsb says it has begun a new chapter, and is making profits, not losses. £21 million of the first six months of the year through to the end ofjune. it's the year through to the end ofjune. it‘s had to spend an extra 36 million on top of 330 million that it spent last year trying to put systems right. the numbers do seem otherwise to be going on the right direction. deposits are up, an

google parent alphabet and the online retail giant amazon have both reported a near 20% rise in revenues for the latest quarter. revenues and profits at property website rightmove have continued to march ahead, despite a drop in the number of people buying homes or flats. in the first six months of the year, revenues rose by 10%. bubbles half year reports were due to be issued today by sports direct, but they have been delayed after recent uncertainty. at the turn of the year, the founder, newcastle united manager mike ashley, described trading is unbelievably bad in share price over the past year has suffered. let's now talk to analyst kate hardcastle, whojoins us suffered. let's now talk to analyst kate hardcastle, who joins us from the bbc newsroom. first of all, let's talk to you about the reasons why we have seen this further delay in the release of sports direct‘s figures. well, there is no clear reason quite, other than that they do not wa nt to quite, other than that they do not want to release something they are not satisfied or happy with. for a public character like mike ash

but amazon is facing growing pressure over its sheer size and power. it's facing antitrust investigations in the us, along with the other tech giants, and earlier this month, the european commission also began an investigation into whether amazon is abusing its role as a marketplace provider. victoria. with us now is hussein kanji, a partner at venture capital firm hoxton ventures. thanks very much for coming in. i wonder whether you think amazon is really abusing its market dominance? it isa really abusing its market dominance? it is a hard one. it definitely has a lot of market power, and like most big companies it will exert that power, but in the end consumers benefit from lower prices, so the traditional behaviour sees customers suffering when prices go up, and thatis suffering when prices go up, and that is what we complain about with infrastructure, but in this case eve ryo ne infrastructure, but in this case everyone kind of wins, but amazon really wins in a big way. well, that is eight, it is not a traditional monopoly, so traditional monopoli

both of these firms have reported results overnight and amazon sank sales are up overnight and amazon sank sales are up by overnight and amazon sank sales are up by 20% and profits of $2.5 billion, alphabet, the parent company of google and youtube, sales up company of google and youtube, sales up 20% and profits tripled to nearly $10 billion that gives you a sense of the scale of these things and why perhaps australia says we need to keep an eye on it. some of the world's best video game players are set to battle it out in a tournament that could see the winner take home more money than the wimbledon champion. that is a bit bizarre. it is a lot of money. the popular game fortnite is holding its first ever world cup in new york this weekend, with a top prize of almost e2.5million—pounds. joe tidy has this report. in two years, fortnite's unique brand of dancing, shooting and looting has brought gamers together online. now it's time for the cream of the crop to meet in person for the first ever world cup. the prize pool is a record $30 million, or e2a million, and the winner takes ho

charter over the so—called ‘stop soros‘ law that criminalises asylum seekers. the wall streetjournal says amazon's streak of record profit ends. the retailer is currently facing higher shopping costs over its one—day shipping service. so let's begin. alpesh patel is here. i know will have lots to say. so much. let's start with the meltdown and the heatwave across europe stop the record temperatures right across the place, record temperatures in germany and unbelievable temperatures in paris as well and here we had the hottest day so far this year ‘s. we didn't hear the all—time peak but still unbelievable and lots of people asking who is to blame. climate change, do you agree? don't let the skin colour of me full you, it was painfulfor us brown people as well. we weren't feeling the protection! let's go to a good source about what might be to blame, nasa. well—respected scientists, american, despite what their president believes about global warming. and if you go to the nasa website on global warming, they can tell you, for the last 1500 years, they have measured it through rock formation

‘s fulfilment centres think that amazon ‘s fulfilment ce ntres ca n think that amazon ‘s fulfilment centres can keep pace with a lot of this because productivity appears a little off? amazon has been a lead in the commerce market, that's why it has been so successful, drones of the next day delivery, we have regular issues there so we don't know which countries will allow drones first the uk is one of the markets that is trying to open up drones regulation. but i expect suddenly amazon has warehouses that have some of the most advanced robots in the same way that a british company does, amazon is improving all aspects of delivery and also moving into new markets like healthcare, luxury goods, et cetera. google, and amazon, i should say the parent company, they both have their specific set of challenges in both reporting accelerating growth, due think anti—trust probes are going to play anti—trust probes are going to play a big role in the future?” anti—trust probes are going to play a big role in the future? i do. the biggest issue for regulation right 110w biggest issue for

amazon sales jump as it invests heavily in one—day delivery. but the spending spree weighs on profits. a warm welcome to the programme — briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. over $30 million is up for grabs at the @fortnitegame world cup. 15 yr old benjy fish is one of a handful of british gamers to make it to the finals. today we want to know: are parents right to be telling kids they're wasting their time online? get in touch — #bbcthebriefing. we are going to start with brexit. top europen union officials have given a cool response to borisjohnson‘s remark to parliament that he is committed to "getting rid" of the irish backstop — designed to prevent customs checks on the irish border after brexit. in a phone call with the new british prime minister, the commission president, jean—claude juncker, stressed the deal couldn't be changed. john mcmanus has more. statement, the prime minister. do the cheers of his conservative party mps, boris johnson rose the cheers of his conservative party mps, bori

amazon sales jump as it invests heavily in one—day delivery. but the spending spree weighs on profits.

. —— and amazon and getting paid to play video games. we start with amazon as shares have fallen after its earnings disappointed investors. revenues for the three month to the end ofjune came in at 63.1; billion dollars. up about 20% from a year ago, just over 2.6 billion dollars was actually profit but the crux is it was less than expected. the company has been spending heavily, some $800 million alone in the past three months, to make one day delivery the norm but it is facing pressure of its size and power and facing an anti—trust investigation as well as being probed in europe. michelle flurry has more. the wave of record profits has more. the wave of record profits has a crested. by more than 3.5% from a year ago but fell short of wall street expectations, worse still, the ecommerce giant want not to expect much improvement in the next quarter as it ramps up spending. investors have been used to amazon the money making machine. they topped $10 billion for the first time. this was fuelled by the success first time. this was fuelled

a little bit disappointing actually for amazon despite a growth and sales. this is a company that reported a jump in revenue about 20% in particular one of the areas that they have been looking at a lot as a web services, part of the business that has that cloud computing business which is essentially a form of infrastructure that many enterprise companies use to build their company up on reliant technology and that has seen tremendous growth of the last two yea rs tremendous growth of the last two years and continues to see growth but all that being said, there was a sense of disappointment that the expectations of wall street were substantially higher and as a result of that you will see the share price trading lower off the back of these results and it comes at a time when tech companies also including amazon are facing increased scrutiny in the us but also in europe about whether oi’ us but also in europe about whether or not they are abusing their market power. sell more headwinds and these results given that they were such big expectations for this c

over at amazon, soaring demand for its cloud business, the tech infrastructure thatis business, the tech infrastructure that is used by many businesses, it continues to contribute to the bottom line. the well‘s biggest online retailer is expected to post strong revenue for the second quarter. and healthy travel demand should help airlines mitigate some of the impact of a prolonged grounding of boeing 737 max jets. they are the two us airlines with the largest 737 max fleets. that is michelle, of course and itjust underlies how busy it is. joining us is richard hunter, head of markets at interactive investor. lots of earnings and we have mentioned at the european central bank, your thoughts on the ecb today? we have just been hearing from victoria about the german manufacturing data and of course, thatis manufacturing data and of course, that is very much the power within the european union so they are clearly in trouble, but at least we are not speaking like a couple of yea rs are not speaking like a couple of years ago about debt anymore, it is just that growth hasn't materialised soi

it is happening with apple and amazon and a number of other tech giants. so, this will probably just be an ongoing book and i don't ever see it ending. facebook needs to compartmentalise that and continue with their business, appealing to advertisers and to the daily, at give users. this could be one red flag for the social media giant going forward. what about getting into the cryptocurrency realm? how does this play into their future earnings, or could it hurt them, with so many critics, such as president trump and the trump administration? what a phenomenal move by facebook. i think there will a lwa ys move by facebook. i think there will always be critics in whatever they do. from what we have been hearing and reading, it is really targeted towards the south asian markets, which is india. the cryptocurrency could be tagged. they have millions of users of whatsapp in india. you are talking about india, but of course there were talks earlier this week that india is planning to ban private cryptocurrencies, and they are looking at setting up their own? th

the justice department didn't name any companies, but facebook, google, amazon and apple are likely to be scrutinised in the wide—ranging probe. it marks the latest scrutiny of the tech giants' power over the american economy. the international monetary fund has cut its growth forecasts for the global economy for this year and next. it predicts growth of 3.2% in 2019, and 3.5 % in 2020. the organisation said growth "remains subdued" and there is an urgent need to reduce trade and technology tensions. reports say that nissan plans to expand job cuts to over 10,000 to help turn around its business. that would include the 4,800 job cuts it announced in may. let's go to our asia business hub where shara njit leyl is following the story. lovely to see you. so what is nissan likely to be doing? what are the report saying? well, that's right, sally, you say these 10,000 jobs potentially cut, all based off media reports citing unnamed sources. nissan's spokesman has told the bbc the company does not comment on such speculation but we know that these potential cuts come after the car—maker

department, that there will be an investigation into leading online platforms — like facebook, apple and amazon — examining whether they are unfairly restricting competition. and finally it's the front of the japan times which has this picture of an inflatable artwork depicting a swimmer to mark the one year countdown to the opening ceremony of the tokyo olympics 2020. with me is mark davies, ceo at the strategy consultancy, camberton. obviously wall—to—wall coverage about the days events with boris johnson about to enter downing street. the picture is striking. it sums up the character of him, doesn't it? an untucked shirt, tie to one side and a bizarre salute. he is so dishevelled. it is comedic to look at him and to think he is prime minister... he looks more like billy bunted. he looks like a schoolboy going off on the first day of prep school. this is so boris all the way. this i am the dude piece is so boris as well. finding something that encapsulates what he is trying to achieve two, if you look at those four things and look at the detail beneath them and the likelihood that any o

the justice department didn't name any companies, but facebook, google, amazon and apple are likely to be scrutinised in the wide—ranging probe. it marks the latest scrutiny of the tech giants' power over the american economy. the company behind social media app snapchat says it added 13 million daily active users in the last quarter. snap inc beat analysts' estimates as it got a boost from a better version of its android app and the launch of new augmented reality photo lenses. shares of snapjumped 9% in after hours trading. we have many companies reporting their earnings this week and ford is one of them. ford will announce its latest earnings later, after showing a strong first—quarter on growing demand for its pickup trucks and suvs. ahead of that the carmaking giant has revealed details about its plans to develop an all—electric version of america's best selling vehicle — the f150 pickup. bbc business correspondent michelle fleury has more. ten double—decker train cars weighing over1 ten double—decker train cars weighing over 1 million ten double—decker train cars we

it didn't name any firms, but companies such as facebook, google, amazon, and apple are likely to come under close scrutiny. parts of europe are in the grip of the summer's second heatwave — thejetstream is bringing conditions akin to north africa. south—west france is worst affected — reaching 42 celsius. the world meteorological organisation says the rising temperatures bear "the hallmark of climate change". now on bbc news it's hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk from tate modern in london where my guest has a major exhibition. he is the award—winning icelandic danish artist. he believes that art can change the world by, for instance, tackling climate change. this is one of his exhibits, a giant wall made of moss. the idea is to get people thinking differently about the environment, for instance, could buildings of the future be made more sustainably? is this sort of thing visionary or far—fetched? welcome to hardtalk, with me, zeinab badawi, olafur eliasson, welcome to hardtalk. thank you, zeinab. you had a fairly unorthodox upbringing. your parents were extremely young when th

it didn‘t name any firms, but companies such as facebook, google, amazon, and apple are likely to come under close scrutiny. parts of europe are in the grip of the summer‘s second heatwave — thejetstream is bringing conditions akin to north africa. south—west france is worst affected — reaching 42 celsius. the world meteorological organisation says the rising temperatures bear "the hallmark of climate change".

it hasn't named any firms, but companies such as facebook, google, amazon and apple are likely to come under close scrutiny. david shepardson is a tech reporter at reuters. good to talk to you. why particularly now? this is months after the trump administration first announced its growing concerns about the rising influence and size of us tech companies. critics on the left including elizabeth warren and other democrats say they should be broken up democrats say they should be broken up and critics on the right to say the companies are biased against conservatives and are too big. with all this pressure in washington, i think this is something many people wa nt to think this is something many people want to look at and especially in the wake of the plan $5 billion settle m e nt the wake of the plan $5 billion settlement on privacy allegations, this is just the settlement on privacy allegations, this isjust the beginning of another phase of strict scrutiny. google was already being investigated over anti—trust law. and last week, didn't the house judicial to committee have all four of

it didn't name any firms, but companies such as facebook, google, amazon and apple are likely to come under close scrutiny. the us senate, by 90 votes to eight, has confirmed mark esper as president trump's new defence secretary. he's a military veteran and former defence industry lobbyist who'd been serving as army secretary. the pentagon has seen its longest period without a confirmed leader — jim mattis resigned seven months ago. the former chinese premier li peng has died at the age of 90. he was best known as the so—called ‘butcher of beijing', for ordering martial law during the tiananmen square protests of 1989, when soldiers killed hundreds of unarmed civilians. chinese state media announced he died on monday from an unspecified illness. customs officers in singapore have made their largest seizure of elephant ivory, on a tip—off from china. about nine tons of ivory was intercepted, from nearly 300 african elephants. it's estimated to be worth about $13 million. it was part of a shipment from the democratic republic of the congo to vietnam. former fbi director robert m

thejustice department didn't know many companies, but facebook, google, amazon, and apple are likely to be scrutinised in this wide—ranging probe. it marks the latest scrutiny of the tech giants' power over the american economy. in other news, nissan motors reported to cut thousands of jobs globally nissan motors reported to cut thousands ofjobs globally to improve its performance, according to the new service the car maker will more than double the a800 layoffs is announced in may. vaudevillain announces latest earnings later after showing a strong first quarter, growing demand for pickup trucks and sport utility vehicles. 0ut for pickup trucks and sport utility vehicles. out of that the car making giant has revealed details to develop an all electric version of the f1 50 develop an all electric version of the f150 pickup. michelle fleury has all the details. ten a double—decker train cars weighing over a million being towed bya weighing over a million being towed by a truck. but this is no regular pickup. it is for‘s electric f150. the goal to commence customers that switchin

it didn't name any firms, but companies such as facebook, google, amazon, and apple are likely to come under close scrutiny. large parts of western europe are expecting record temperatures this week with a second major heatwave of the summer on the way. the french city of bordeaux has already hit its highest temperature since records began, reaching 41.2 degrees on tuesday. much of france has now been issued with an orange alert — the second highest level of warning. the former chinese premier li peng has died at the age of 90. he was best known for his role as the so called "butcher of beijing" during the tiananmen square crackdown when soldiers killed hundreds of unarmed civilians. chinese state media announced that li died on monday evening after suffering from an unspecified illness. take a look at these pictures from sydney, where police have arrested a man accused of carrying us$iao million worth of drugs after he crashed his vehicle into police cars outside a police station. he's been charged with supplying drugs and negligent driving. let's get more on our top story. borisjoh

and spacex aren't the only ones in town, blue 0rigin is owned by the richest man in the world, amazon's jeff bezos. we're fortunate here in florida. our goal here is to make sure we have his billionaires and others trying to outcompete one another for who's is bigger, here in florida. and what about tourism to the moon? we're probably not too far from that. a decade or two, i think? when people start making lots of money by providing tourism in space, then more people will want to do it which further drives down the price. but for those of us who can't afford the hundreds of thousands of pounds to go up into space, the goal of the kennedy space centre is to keep us entertained with interactive exhibits, events and celebrations during this, the year of apollo. well, if you're keen to reach for the stars on your next earthbound trip, here are some travel show suggestions of places you could head to. you can step back in time and tour the apollo mission control centre in houston, where you can see for yourself where nasa employees held their breath onjuly 20, 1969, as neil armstrong became

is a company like google or amazon or facebook... they have done a fair number of acquisitions which have stilted competition. there is something called the kill zone which venture capitalists talk about. i will not finance any company which operates in this space because this is a space which is too close to the big guys, they will eat it up, and eat it up for pennies rather than pounds. so the point is, there may be cleverer ways to ensure that competition, what we want is competition, that competition in these industries prevails, innovation prevails, and that might mean being much cleverer. it's not just about saying, i will stop you from growing to more than 40% of the industry, but it maybe, i won't let you take over these ones. are you suggesting, if you are saying this is a message that people are sending to world leaders, are you suggesting that actually that populism is a good because it's sending a message? i think populism raises the right questions, i don't think it has the right answers, by and large. and is anybody lis

those include boeing, ups, ford, amazon, facebook and google's parent company alphabet. this monday, though, a drop in profits is forecast at oil services company halliburton, less demand for its equipment and services is to blame as oil producers cut back on spending and drilling. and whirlpool is expected to report higher second—quarter earnings. the us home appliance maker is credited with cutting costs and successfully raising its prices to try to offset higher steel and aluminium costs. that's michelle, based in new york. simon french, chief economist for panmure gordon joins us now. a busy week, we've heard from michelle, give us your take on the corporate stories. on corporate results, there's two things to look out for, first of all, most of the annual comparisons for companies will be quite difficult because global growth was going really strongly at the start of 2018 and up against difficult scenarios will give usa against difficult scenarios will give us a bellwether sense further global growth slowdown has translated to topline growth, that's the first thin

take paying passengers into orbit, like virgin galactic and blue origin, the company founded by the amazon entrepreneurjeff bezos. the only reason that we can do the things that we can do today is because we are in fact standing on the shoulders of giants. they've got the flag up now. and yet, five decades on, much remains unknown. beautiful, just beautiful. and no—one can be sure where the next half—century of exploration will take us. chris buckler, bbc news, washington. you can reach me on twitter — i'm @regedahmadbbc. hello. it has been a bit of a mixed weekend weatherwise but as we head through this coming week, it's going to be all eyes on the temperature because things are turning increasingly hot and humid too. not dry for all of us. some rain in the north—west during the course of monday and later in the week, we're expecting some thundery downpours to develop. and the reason for the heat and humidity is that we've got high pressure sitting to the east of the uk, with the winds rotating around that, drawing in all this hot air from continental europe, and it is particularl

take paying passengers into orbit, like virgin galactic and blue origin, the company founded by the amazon entrepreneurjeff bezos. the only reason that we can do the things that we can do today is because we are in fact standing on the shoulders of giants. they've got the flag up now. and yet, five decades on, much remains unknown. beautiful, just beautiful. and no—one can be sure where the next half—century of exploration will take us. chris buckler, bbc news, washington. the golf championship has been won by the irishman who is never won a major title and he finished on 15 under par, six shots ahead of the english player to mop —— tommy fleetwood who finished second. kensington palace has released a new set of photos to mark prince george's sixth birthday. the pictures were taken by his mother, the duchess of cambridge. prince george is shown wearing an england football shirt in one shot. he's third in line to the throne after his father, prince william, and grandfather, prince charles. stay with us, a lot more coming up. you can stay with a top story on our website. hello. it ha

take paying passengers into orbit, like virgin galactic and blue origin, the company founded by the amazon entrepreneurjeff bezos. the only reason that we can do the things that we can do today is because we are in fact standing on the shoulders of giants. they've got the flag up now. and yet, five decades on, much remains unknown. beautiful, just beautiful. and no—one can be sure where the next half—century of exploration will take us. chris buckler, bbc news, washington. you have been watching newsday. i'm ben bland in london. and i'm rico hizon in singapore. stay with us. and before we go, we'd like to leave you with these pictures from thailand where farmers have celebrated the start of the sowing season by racing their buffaloes. they got them to sprint across a muddy field hoping to win a top prize of $100. the race is held near bangkok to show their appreciation for the animals. it all looks rather exhausting. here in the uk, races are held in a somewhat more leisurely manner. these are the world snail racing championships where more than 160 snails raced against each other. it'

take paying passengers into orbit, like virgin galactic and blue origin, the company founded by the amazon entrepreneurjeff bezos. the only reason that we can do the things that we can do today is because we are in fact standing on the shoulders of giants. they've got the flag up now. and yet, five decades on, much remains unknown. beautiful, just beautiful. and no—one can be sure where the next half—century of exploration will take us. chris buckler, bbc news, washington. what's that , you say? something on my shoulder? yesterday a summer fete in norfolk hosted the annual snail racing world championships — and though it got off to a slow start, there was a worthy winner , catherine wyatt has more. ready, steady, slow! they were slugging it out for first place but there could only be one winner among the 160 snails racing in the annual world championships yesterday. running since the 1960s, the competition pits snails against each other in heats, with the winners going head—to—head in a grand finale. come on! my snails haven't been winning yet. i may be should have chosen larger

and spacex aren't the only players in town, blue origin is owned by the richest man in the world, amazon's jeff bezos. we're fortunate here in florida. our goal is to try to make sure we have these billionaires and others trying to outcompete one another for who's is bigger, here in florida. and what about tourism to the moon? we're probably not too far from that. a decade or two. i think when people start making lots of money by providing tourism in space, then more people will want to do it which further drives down the price. but for those of us who can't afford the hundreds of thousands of pounds to go up into space, the goal of the kennedy space center is to keep us entertained with interactive exhibits, events and celebrations during this, the year of apollo. now, this bar in the 1960s used to be called the mousetrap, and it was a frequent haunt for astronauts who wanted to let off steam. but if they weren't here, nor in the kennedy space center, they'd be found in the most unlikely of places — iceland, which played a little—known but important part in the preparations for the mo

take paying passengers into orbit, like virgin galactic and blue origin, the company founded by the amazon entrepreneurjeff bezos. the only reason that we can do the things that we can do today is because we are in fact standing on the shoulders of giants. got the flag up now. and yet, five decades on, much remains unknown. beautiful, just beautiful. and no one can be sure where the next half century of exploration will take us. chris buckler, bbc news, washington. with all the sport now, here's jane dougal at the bbc sport centre. an emotional shane lowry has spoken of his family's support, after winning the open at royal portrush. the irishman beat his nearest challenger, tommy fleetwood, by six shots to lift the claretjug for the first time. our correspondent andy swiss reports. it was the stuff of sporting dreams. portrush perfection, as shane lowry gave the home fans our hero. from the republic of ireland, shane lowry! he began his round to deafening expectation. but his opening swing suggested the nerves were jangling. then his four—shot lead was down to three. not for long, though

and spacex aren't the only ones in town, blue origin is owned by the richest man in the world, amazon's jeff bezos. we're fortunate here in florida. our goal here is to make sure we have his billionaires and others trying to outcompete one another for who's is bigger, here in florida. and what about tourism to the moon? we're probably not too far from that. a decade or two, i think? i think when people start making lots of money by providing tourism in space, then more people will want to do it which further drives down the price. but for those of us who can't afford the hundreds of thousands of pounds to go up into space, the goal of the kennedy space centre is to keep us entertained with interactive exhibits, events and celebrations during this, the year of apollo. well, if you're keen to reach for the stars on your next earthbound trip, here are some travel show suggestions of places but if they weren't here, nor in the kennedy space center, they would be found in the most unlikely of places — iceland, which played a little—known but important part in the preparations for the moo

the amazon is the largest rainforest in the world. the huge trees store carbon dioxide, making it vital in the fight against global warming. preliminary satellite data by brazil's national space research institute found it more than 700 square kilometres of rainforest was lost in may this year. that's the equivalent of two football pitches every minute. and, in the first two weeks ofjuly, 68% more rainforest was destroyed than in the whole ofjuly last year. but, despite the science, president bolsonaro doesn't accept the findings. translation: i'm convinced that the data are lies, and we will call the president of inpe here to talk about it. the right—wing leader is known for attacking environmental agencies. his policies favour development over conservation. so rainforests are being cleared at a faster rate to make space for cattle pastures. mr bolsonaro's government is lenient towards environmental crimes like illegal logging, and penalties have dropped under his leadership. the national space research institute is standing by the

back then, now we see a space race with private companies, the likes of a long mask and spacex and amazon on, lockheed martin, boeing, so many companies now also working with nasa. it will be interesting to see how that develops over the next 50 years. we will be back with her in the coming hours as we cover those celebrations at the moment, that neil armstrong first walked on the moon. stay with us for that. take a look at these extraordinary pictures from the united states. it shows the moment a man took drastic action to escape a fire in a high—rise building in philadelphia. he can be seen scaling down multiple storeys with a helicopter spotlight guiding his way. the unidentified man, who's been dubbed a real—life spider—man by local media, reached the ground safely. we have more coming up here on bbc news. don't forget i can be reached on twitter. time now for the weather. saturday brought us a day of sunshine and heavy showers, sunday will be the dry day of the weekend for many of us. this was the picture on saturday in norfolk where we had huge shower clouds and thunderstorms.