if it is ursula von der leyen she will be the face for the next five years. that carries a lot of weight. the fact that christine lagarde has managed the imf through choppy waters over the next several years makes her a very strong candidate. it is not have to be rushed seem to be a lot of oppositions. nobody seems to be worried about the nomination. brent: thank you. earlier, i spoke to max hoffman and i asked him whether the lawmakers will approve the eu leaders pick for commission president. max: parliament on a daily basis said they would only approve a candidate who was a lead candidate for a certain party. that is presented in the european parliament. there were only two of those. one was a social democrat who seemed to be the front runner. the second one was the official candidate of the conservatives. the european people's party in the parliament. also, the part -- party of angela merkel. also the party of ursula von der leyen which is now the official proposal of the leaders for the commission presidency. hohow will the european parliamt now deal wit

parliament can only vote on ursula von der leyen once. if she does not get these votes, then the heads of state, the european council will have to stick their heads together and come together for another summit and come up with a new name. and as we know from experience, this could take some time. brent: that is indeed the case. max zander on the story for us tonight in brussels. thank you very much. there are new worries tonight about the health of angela merkelel after the german chancellor was seen yet again trembling in public. it is the third time that she has been seen on camera in this condition in the past month. you can see it right here. this latest incident occurred as the chancellor stood outside with finland's visiting prime minister today. they were watching military honors to welcome his arrival. you can see her clenching her fists there. let's bring in our political correspondent, emmanuelle chaze. people are asking more and more questions. it is three times now. and they are asking, is she suffering from a medical conditi

von der leyen. this was a little awkward situation. even ursula von der leyen admitted that she was surprised on monday night by a call asking her, would you take this job? so, nonomany peoplple even in hr owown party know what she ststas for r because she never campaiad for the european parliament. what is her stance on migration, for example? nobody knows. what is her stance on the european currency, the euro? nobody knows. and of course she knows that people know that and promised to rule outut a vision in the next4 days and to speak to all parliamentarians. today she only saw her own party and the real opposition is of course with the social democrats , so there is a lot of convincing to do. brent: a lot of convincing to do. she began today trying to win over people by saying hello over twitter. but tell me, who does she have to convince most? bernd: i think twitter will not be sufficient because there is fierce opposition from the social democrats. she really needs the votes from the second lar

after days of wrangling, germany's ursula von der leyen is elected to lead the european commission, iama i am a proud naturalised citizen born in india. a proud patriot, a proud person who belongs in this country and this is not the first time i've heard go back to your own country but it's the first time i've heard it coming from the white house. after days of wrangling, germany's ursula von der leyen is elected to lead the european commission, the eu's topjob. and more on the the story of safa and marwa from pakistan, born joined at the head, as doctors in london succesfully separate them. then, in business briefing, christine lagarde steps down as the head of the international monetary fund. but, after a succesful eight—year reign, who will replace her? a warm welcome to the programme, briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. also in the programme: love them or hate them, it is world emoji day. to mark the event, apple has released previews of 20 new ones. so we would like to know, are you a fan of emojis? are they are useful communication tool, or do

they dislike that ursula von der leyen was not even one of the lead candidates. the social democrats are up in arms. >> the members of the social democrats have not taken a final decision yet. i guess there e are some thatt mighght still consider voting fr her that have further questions. and others who are already clear they want. >> including you -- they want. -- clear that they will not vote for her. >> including you? >> including me. >> she will get one -- all 182 from her own group, the conservative people's party. now gets dicey. the liberals seem rather positive but not complplely convinced. onto the social democrats. lots of opposition but also lots of support from the mighty spanish delegation. there are 153 seats total. if she is lucky, she might get 100. finally, there are the conservative eurosceptics. their seat total is s 62. realistically, she could expect 30 seats, maybe even more from them. that would put her over the hump. to get those v votes, von der leyen has a strategy. make sure the eu parliament has felt respected. >> we have to draw all o

the german newspaper frankfurter allgemeine zeitung carries the story of germany's ursula von der leyen being elected as the president of the european commission, the first female in the job. she won the support of 383 meps, just nine more votes than required to secure an absolute majority. she will take over the job on the day borisjohnson says he will take the uk out of the eu. the bbc news website quotes some mps as saying that adding more ethanol to the uk's fuel mix would cut carbon by as much as taking 700,000 cars off the roads. the same mps say that adding e10, a mixture of 10% ethanol with 90% petrol, could also boost the biofuel industry. and ending with arguably our favourite character on our phones — emojis. forbes points out that today is world emoji day. the paper says that apple has released 20 new emojis on occassion of the day, with more to follow in autumn. many of you have been in touch about your favourite emojis or the fact that you don't like them at all. with me is michaela bergman, principal social specialist at the asian infrastructure investment bank. let's g

let's take a look at some of the day's other news: the german defence minister, ursula von der leyen, looks set to make history by becoming the first woman to lead the european commission. her nomination follows days of wrangling by eu leaders meeting in brussels. as part of the same package of top eu jobs, the head of the international monetary fund, christine lagarde, has been nominated to take over at the european central bank. 27 leaders all agreed with ursula von der leyen and other candidates for the topjob but von der leyen and other candidates for the top job but germany abstained which means a no vote against a because of domestic politics and the socialist former leader, had of the european parliament, but insureds said she something i do not want to vote for u nforced something i do not want to vote for unforced angler michael to abstain but if she she gets the vote, she looks to be the first president of the european commission who is a woman. also making news today: 14 sailors have been killed following a fire aboard a russian navy submarine. the crew were poisoned by fum

its leader appealed to meps to reject ursula von der leyen. what you've seen from ursula von der leyen today is an attempt for the european union to take control of every single aspect of our lives. she wants to build a centralised, undemocratic, updated form of communism that will render nation state parliaments... yelling. where the state controls everything, where nation state parliaments... where nation state parliaments will cease to have any relevance at all. i have to say from our perspective, in some ways, i'm really rather pleased. because you've just made brexit a lot more popular in the united kingdom. thank god we're leaving! hear, hear. ursula von der leyen said whatever happened, the uk would remain an ally, partner, and friend of the eu. but it may be worth remembering that she doesn't take up her newjob officially until november the 1st, the day after the uk is supposed to have left. now, one of theresa may's last duties as prime minister will be to answer mps' questions on wednesday. her penultimate pmqs saw her asking as many

give us your take on ursula von der leyen to take the top job. as adam was saying in that report, it is not without controversy or dispute. angela merkel having to abstain from the vote, et cetera. talk us through the issues. ursula von der leyen has been a sort of fixed appearance in german politics. she has been a member in every cabinet mrs merkel has led since 2005 and has held various positions. the controversy is mostly around her most the controversy is mostly around her m ost rece nt the controversy is mostly around her most recent position which is as defence minister. the issues that mrs merkel appointed her as a sort of like a compromise —— the issue is that. now mrs von der leyen has a difficult task in managing the bundestag. there have been scandals recently when she was telling people to investigate claims that unofficial had connections with the afd, which, of course, is a growing concern in germany. and went forward with criticising the troops, which caused a lot of concern in germany, because people were saying there is not

its leader appealed to meps to reject ursula von der leyen. what you've seen from ursula von der leyen today is an attempt for the european union to take control of every single aspect of our lives. she wants to build a centralised, undemocratic, updated form of communism that will render nation state parliaments... yelling. where the state controls everything, where nation state parliaments... where nation state parliaments will cease to have any relevance at all. i have to say from our perspective, in some ways, i'm really rather pleased. because you've just made brexit a lot more popular in the united kingdom. thank god we're leaving! hear, hear. ursula von der leyen said whatever happened, the uk would remain an ally, partner, and friend of the eu. but it may be worth remembering that she doesn't take up her newjob officially until november the 1st, the day after the uk is supposed to have left. now, one of theresa may's last duties as prime minister will be to answer mps‘ questions on wednesday. her penultimate pmqs saw her asking as ma

its leader appealed to meps to reject ursula von der leyen. what you've seen from ursula von der leyen today is an attempt for the european union to take control of every single aspect of our lives. she wants to build a centralised, undemocratic, updated form of communism that will render nation state parliaments... yelling. where the state controls everything, where nation state parliaments... where nation state parliaments will cease to have any relevance at all. i have to say from our perspective, in some ways, i'm really rather pleased. because you've just made brexit a lot more popular in the united kingdom. thank god we're leaving! hear, hear. ursula von der leyen said whatever happened, the uk would remain an ally, partner, and friend of the eu. but it may be worth remembering that she doesn't take up her newjob officially until november the ist, the day after the uk is supposed to have left. now, one of theresa may's last duties as prime minister will be to answer mps‘ questions on wednesday. her penultimate pmqs saw her asking as ma

ursula von der leyen, saying it is time for a female e.u. commission chief. she is speaking of course at the e.u. parliament, addressing the e.u. parliament before parliamentarians vote on her potential appointment as the chief of the european commission. there she is, speaking in strasbourg. back to the markets. new york manufacturing improved, indicating factory activity might be stabilizing after slumping to a almost three year low ahead of a fed rate decision at the end of the month. today we hear from several speakers including raphael bostic, charles evans. of j.p.maclow-smith morgan asset management is still with us. your expectations for the fed, if you look at the most recent new york manufacturing data, quite a bounce from the previous month. the jobs report last friday, the cpi figure. you might not suspect the fed was about to cut interest rates. stephen: you might not. but i think the job of central banks is more about setting as dictations or markets, rather than what you actually delivered. central banks, if you disappoint market expectations,

let us start with ursula von der leyen. she now likely to be confirmed in a job oi’ now likely to be confirmed in a job or do you think the parliament is going to push back?” or do you think the parliament is going to push back? i think it is a good question. there has been a lot of resistance coming from the european parliament. i think the reason is that it's because there are power games being played. they have initiated, brussels would be driving the nomination, and the appointment of the people in these positions. the european council, the premises of the countries decided this process is not something they'd like, and they have decided to bypass it. formally speaking, and i mean the requirements of the treaty are such that the european parliament has to confirm the president of the european commission and the represented. these are the two decisions that they have to confirm. formally speaking, they can actually block these positions. it has not really happened before. but the first indications that we get from pa

eu leaders have nominated germany's defence minister, ursula von der leyen, to head the european commission, the first woman in the job. belgium's prime minister, charles michel, was nominated as head of the european council. and this story is trending on bbc.com... the usa are through to the final of the women's world cup. it follows a dramatic semi final against england in lyon. the score, two goals to one. england did have a golden chance to equalise, but their captain steph houghton missed a penalty kick. congratulations to them. goodbye from me. and the top story in the uk: police are trying to identify the body of a man, thought to be a stowaway, who fell from this kenya airways plane into a london garden. now on bbc news live to singapore for asia business report. trumpet‘s trade gap that are global conflicts narrowing the deficit with the rest of the world? what this indian popcorn start—up is looking farfrom narendra modi's budget this week. good morning asia, hello world, it is a wednesday. glad you could join us for this exciting bid we addition. closely watched trade data la

members of the european parliament have narrowly elected ursula von der leyen as the first woman to lead the european commission. mrs von der leyen, who was previously germany's defence minister, secured only nine more votes than needed to take the eu's topjob. she appealed to all sides to work together constructively. it's liz30am. now on bbc news, hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk, with me zeinab badawi in new york. my guest in this rare interview is the foreign ministerfor iran, javad zarif, who's on a visit here. tensions between iran and the us have been on a historic high. president trump said he was ten minutes away from war with iran following tensions in the gulf. can they save the historic nuclear deal after president trump unilaterally withdrew from it? foreign ministerjavad zarif, welcome to hardtalk. the british foreign secretary, jeremy hunt, says there is a small but closing window to save the nuclear deal agreed in 2015 between iran and the world powers. is he right? i think he is right, but it requires committed determination on all sides to save this deal. iran has done its

germany‘s ursula von der leyen has been elected to lead the european commission, the eu‘s topjob. holidaymakers have been allowed back into their campsites in the french resort of argeles—sur—mer, after wildfires forced thousands to be evacuated. now it‘s time to look at the stories that are making the headlines in the media across the world. we begin with the times. it says that the team of the tory leadership race frontrunner, boris johnson, is preparing for a general election whilejeremy corbyn is the leader of the opposition labour party. senior allies ofjohnson caim that labour is in no fit state to fight an election, butjohnson has made it clear that holding an election before brexit would be an absolute folly. staying with british politics, the financial times headlines that the pound sterling has dropped to its lowest level in two years, as fears of a no—deal brexit grow. the paper says that the fears stem from borisjohnson‘s brexit strategy, which could result in a no—deal brexit. johnson is the frontrunner of the tory leadership race, who would also become pr

von der leyen. we've heard different criticisms ahead of today from the socialist group, from the liberal party as well saying her comments on climate change are not strong enough. they want to see a stronger stance from the european commission when it comes to the rule of law as well. so let's see if she will manage to get that magic number as you mentioned. she has made a series of commitments this morning she has been addressing lawmakers for about an hour. she is answering questions at the moment then the lawmakers will be voting this evening on whether she should become the next president of the european commission so in those remarks that she made earlier this morning, she mentioned brexit this is going to be one of the most important issues for the next leadership at the helm of the european commission. and ursula von der leyen said she's in favor of delaying the brexit date from the 31st of october if there is a good reason behind it let's take a listen. >> the withdrawal agreement concluded

ursula von der leyen has been confirmed as the most powerful official in the european union. she'll be the new president of the european commission from november — and will be resigning as germany's defence minister. this was the moment she heard she got through. the european parliament has the final word big smile of relief raises eyebrows and gratitude as he can see, they confirmed this appointment. but it's never turned down a nominee before — and it didn't break with the routine. the european commission is so powerful because it proposes and enforces eu laws and rules and it sets the eu budget. so its president has huge influence. earlier ursula von der leyen set out her agenda. some are turning towards authoritarian regimes. some are buying their global influence in creating dependencies by investing in ports and roads. and others are turning towards protectionism. nine of these options are for us. we want multilateralism, we want fair trade, we defend the rules —based order because we know it is better for all of us. we have to do it the european way. in the past

anna: ursula von der leyen clinches the eu top job. >> we have issues, but we should never forget we are allies with the u.s. and we are friends. we sit on the same side of the table. anna: plus, asml forecasts sales trade tensions hammer the -- but dialogue semi-beat expectations. plenty talk about -- plenty to talk about. good morning. matt: u.s. ten-year debt approaches, once again, dipping down into negative real rate. andsee that across europe the u.k. already. even nominal rates in germany are negative out for 20 years. this is becoming a global issue. interesting to watch central bankers continue to talk about cuts. down even drive rates further. leaving more of the world holding paper. governmentsgood for if they would borrow and spend. take a look at futures this morning as we prepare for the open, 18 minutes away now. ftse, dax, and cac futures not showing a lot of direction. the market really searching for a narrative, looking for direction. you have red arrows here. down 0.3%.e futures what else do you see on the gmm? anna: this is reflecting the treasury markets. an inte

germany's ursula von der leyen has been narrowly elected as the first female president of the eu commission following a secret ballot among meps. trump and america's racism row the president escalates his twitter attack on these four politicians and they hit back. the off duty officers who tried to take on the london bridge attackers an inquest rules that the killers were lawfully shot dead. we continue the story of safa and marwa born conjoined, and now learning to live apart. it's an emotional moment we have been working a long time to get them here and they had been through many operations and now, it has worked. good evening. it was one of the most extraordinary achievements of all time the mission that allowed man to walk on the moon. an historic moment that captivated people across the globe. 50 years ago today the apollo 11 rocket blasted off from the kennedy space centre in florida. all thoughts were with the three astronauts in the tiny capsule. but there is another side of the story the impact it had on the millions who stayed up, watching tv as the mission unfolded. the uk's spac

members of the european parliament have narrowly elected ursula von der leyen as the first woman to lead the european commission. mrs von der leyen, who was previously germany's defence minister, secured only nine more votes than needed to take the eu's topjob. she appealed to all sides to work together constructively. western and regional powers have come together to demand an immediate end to the battle for control of the libyan capital, tripoli. in a joint statement, the us, britain, france, italy, egypt and the uae called for a return to talks overseen by the united nations. prosecutors in new york have announced that no police officers will face federal criminal charges over the death of eric garnerfive years ago. he was detained, accused of selling loose cigarettes, and died after being held in a police chokehold. his death contributed to the rise of the black lives matter movement. three men are to stand trial in malta accused of involvement in the murder of the anti—corruption journalist daphne caruana galizia. she was killed by a bomb planted under the seat of her car in 2017.

tell us about ursula von der leyen, what should we expect of her in this new role? in terms of german politicians, she is one of the most pro— european ones. she was born in brussels and lived the first 13 years of her life there. she studied english, french and german and she will bring a lot of enthusiasm to europe to her new post and that is one of her main assets, basically, coming in there with fresh vigor and trying to build her coalition to put her very ambitious plans coalition to put her very ambitious pla ns forward coalition to put her very ambitious plans forward which she voiced yesterday in her speech. it's interesting because she is not actually a career politician, as such, even though she's got this fantasticjob. she started off as a gynaecologist, she has seven children, so she is very much going to bring a more relatable touch to the eu commission? exactly. and i think that is really what is needed now to renew enthusiasm for europe on the continent. maybe she is even going to win over some will in great written? and although —— great writte

the job looks set to go to the german defence minister, ursula von der leyen. today the european parliament met for the first time since elections in may. the new brexit party meps staged a protest by turning their backs during the eu's ode tojoy anthem, while lib dem meps wore yellow "stop brexit" t—shirts. adam fleming reports from strasbourg. day one of the new european parliament. the brexit party meps don't want to be here, and they didn't want to hear this. music: ode to joy. it's unlikely they'll get into trouble, and it sounds like there's more to come. our anger is not really against these people. i mean, monsieur barnier has done a brilliantjob. our anger is really about westminster not delivering on the referendum. defiance from the lib dems, too. their t shirts said "stop brexit" on the front. something much ruder on the back. the real message was on the front and that's what everybody saw on their tv cameras when they were looking at the opening of parliament, "stop brexit. " the time for stunts is over and now it's time for meps to get to work �

that, i think, is going to be a source of difficulty for ursula von der leyen. european leaders will be breathing a real sigh of relief now, christian, because they were not certain she would get through, and they had struggled to come up with her name as a package of topjobs. she is there, but the question will be, how she had to rely on bouts that she would rather not do? so there we are talking eurosceptic right—wing meps, she was trying to appeal to the pro eu left parties, but she might not have got those votes, it might have been others that got it through. damian grammaticas in strasbourg, thank you very much. an awful lot she will have to deal with when she takes over on november the 1st, in theory brexit will have taken place by then. scotland has overtaken america as the worst place in the world for drug overdoses. as percentage of the population more people die from drugs in scotland than in the us — or in any other european country. there were 1187 drug—related deaths in scotland last year. the death rate is nearly three times that of the uk as

they voted in france today to approve ursula von der leyen's nomination. she will be the first woman to serve as the european commission president. she was a last-minute candidate to ask -- to proceed jean claude juncker. reportscharleston post that former south carolina governor mark sanford is considering a primary challenge to president trump. he told the newspaper that he will decide whether to run over the next month. governorved as the from 2003-2011. he was elected to congress in 2013, but lost to republican primary in 2018, after the president endorsed his opponent. senators today have been sharply questioning facebook's plan to create its own digital money. at a hearing today before the senate banking committee, lawmakers blasted the social media site for

members of the european parliament have narrowly elected ursula von der leyen as the first woman to lead the european commission. mrs von der leyen, who was previously germany's defence minister, secured only nine more votes than needed to take the eu's topjob. she appealed to all sides to work together constructively. western and regional powers have come together to demand an immediate end to the battle for control of the libyan capital, tripoli. in a joint statement, the us, britain, france, italy, egypt and the uae called for a return to talks overseen by the united nations. prosecutors in new york have announced that no police officers will face federal criminal charges over the death of eric garner five years ago. he was detained, accused of selling loose cigarettes, and died after being held in a police chokehold. his death contributed to the rise of the black lives matter movement. three men are to stand trial in malta accused of involvement in the murder of the anti—corruption journalist daphne caruana galizia. she was killed by a bomb planted under the seat of her car in 2017

ursula von der leyen today saying we need more europe and vowing once again that germany would stick to its spending plan of getting closer to that 2% spending goal. 1.5% by 2024. that of course is in doubt because of the governing coalition here. the coalition partner does not really want to see that. brent: that was michaela kufner speaking earlier. in sports news now, the fastest today claimed victory in stage 17 in the tour de france. he rode to the front after an early broke away in the stage and powered to finish strongly. as for the overall leader, he did not finish in the top five still retains the yellow jersey with four stages remaining. one year from today, tokyo will welcome the world to the summer olympics. organizers are heading into the final phase of preparations with ticket sales already said to be unprecedented. but there have been problems. from accusations of corruption in the bidding process, to concerns about safety at construction sites. reporter: asas interest bubuildn tokyo 2020, the aim now is to keep preparations on schedule. and organizers seem to be hitti

members of the european parliament have narrowly elected ursula von der leyen as the first woman to lead the european commission. mrs von der leyen, who was previously germany's defence minister, secured only nine more votes than needed to take the eu's topjob. she appealed to all sides to work together constructively. western and regional powers have come together to demand an immediate end to the battle for control of the libyan capital, tripoli. in a joint statement, the us, britain, france, italy, egypt and the uae called for a return to talks overseen by the united nations. prosecutors in new york have announced that no police officers will face federal criminal charges over the death of eric garner, five years ago. he was detained, accused of selling loose cigarettes, and he died after being held in a police chokehold. his death contributed to the rise of the black lives matter movement. three men are to stand trial in malta accused of involvement in the murder of the anti—corruption journalist daphne caruana galizia. she was killed by a bomb planted under the seat of her car in

the job looks set to go to the german defence minister, ursula von der leyen. the european parliament has met for the first time since elections in may but there were protests by two of the british parties who did well in may's elections. adam fleming reports from strasbourg. day one of the new european parliament. the brexit party meps don't want to be here, and they didn't want to hear this. music: ode to joy. it's unlikely they'll get into trouble, and it sounds like there's more to come. our anger is not really against these people. i mean, monsieur barnier has done a brilliantjob. our anger is really about westminster not delivering on the referendum. defiance from the lib dems, too. their t shirts said "stop brexit" on the front. something much ruder on the back. the real message was on the front and that's what everybody saw on their tv cameras when they were looking at the opening of parliament, "stop brexit. " the time for stunts is over and now it's time for meps to get to work — their firstjob is electing a president for the parliament. in brussels

let's take a look at some of the day's other news: the german defence minister, ursula von der leyen, looks set to make history by becoming the first woman to lead the european commission. her nomination follows days of wrangling by eu leaders meeting in brussels. as part of the same package of top eu jobs, the head of the international monetary fund, christine lagarde, has been nominated to take over at the european central bank. also making news today: 14 sailors have been killed following a fire aboard a russian navy submarine. the crew were poisoned by fumes according to the defence ministry. russian media has reported that it was a nuclear powered submarine, but that has not been confirmed. extreme monsoon downpours in mumbai have caused at least 21 deaths and led to transport disruption across the city. weather department officials have confirmed that it's the heaviest rainfall in india's financial capitalfor a decade. a wife of dubai's ruler mohammed al maktoum is in hiding in london. princess haya bint al—hussein is said to be in fearfor her life after fleeing from her husba

the job looks set to go to the german defence minister, ursula von der leyen. the european parliament has met for the first time since elections in may but there were protests by two of the british parties who did well in may‘s elections. adam fleming reports from strasbourg. day one of the new european parliament. the brexit party meps don't want to be here, and they didn't want to hear this. music: ode to joy. it's unlikely they'll get into trouble, and it sounds like there's more to come. our anger is not really against these people. i mean, monsieur barnier has done a brilliantjob. our anger is really about westminster not delivering on the referendum. defiance from the lib dems, too. their t shirts said "stop brexit" on the front. something much ruder on the back. the real message was on the front and that's what everybody saw on their tv cameras when they were looking at the opening of parliament, "stop brexit. " the time for stunts is over and now it's time for meps to get to work — their firstjob is electing a president for the parliament. in brusse

the job looks set to go to the german defence minister, ursula von der leyen. the european parliament has met for the first time since elections in may. the new brexit party meps staged a protest by turning their backs during the eu's ode tojoy anthem, while lib dem meps wore yellow "stop brexit" t—shirts. our europe reporter adam fleming reports from strasbourg. day one of the new european parliament. the brexit party meps don't want to be here, and they didn't want to hear this. music: ode to joy. it's unlikely they'll get into trouble, and it sounds like there's more to come. our anger is not really against these people. i mean, monsieur barnier has done a brilliantjob. our anger is really about westminster not delivering on the referendum. defiance from the lib dems, too. their t shirts said "stop brexit" on the front. something much ruder on the back. the real message was on the front and that's what everybody saw on their tv cameras when they were looking at the opening of parliament, "stop brexit. " the time for stunts is over and now it's time for mep

let's start with ursula von der leyen, the current german defence minister. what is the attraction of herfor the eu minister. what is the attraction of her for the eu leadership?” minister. what is the attraction of her for the eu leadership? i think there are a lot of points about her that her quite attractive. 0ne there are a lot of points about her that her quite attractive. one is that, as you say, she is not very well—known, they have presented europeans with something of a blank slate, but she is also a very energetic politician, someone who is also telegenic. she has shown that today and her visit to strasbourg where she is meeting with members of the european parliament. i think that she is somebody who really on the surface at least seems to symbolise what the europhiles across the eu think the eu should be full stop she speaks ever like witches, bono brussels, grew up in germany, defence minister, a working mother, seven children. —— she speaks several languages. born in brussels. there is very little to take issue with when ed comes to ursu

the job looks set to go to the german defence minister, ursula von der leyen. today the european parliament met for the first time since elections in may. the new brexit party meps staged a protest by turning their backs during the eu's 0de tojoy anthem, while lib dem meps wore yellow "stop brexit" t—shirts. adam fleming reports from strasbourg. day one of the new european parliament. the brexit party meps don't want to be here, and they didn't want to hear this. music: ode to joy. it's unlikely they'll get into trouble, and it sounds like there's more to come. 0ur anger is not really against these people. i mean, monsieur barnier has done a brilliantjob. 0ur anger is really about westminster not delivering on the referendum. defiance from the lib dems, too. their t shirts said "stop brexit" on the front. something much ruder on the back. the real message was on the front and that's what everybody saw on their tv cameras when they were looking at the opening of parliament, "stop brexit. " the time for stunts is over and now it's time for meps to get to work �

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eu leaders have chosen germany's defence minister, ursula von der leyen, to head the european commission, the first woman in the job. belgium's prime minister, charles michel, was picked as head of the european council. and this story is trending on bbc.com... the usa are through to the final of the women's world cup. it follows a dramatic semi final against england in lyon. the score, two goals to one. england did have a golden chance to equalise, but their captain steph houghton missed a penalty kick. a brilliant achievement, though. thanks for watching. now on bbc news, it's time for hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. from berlin. i'm stephen sackur. when this infamous role was breached, the darkest secrets of the police state was soon exposed. among them the systematic doping of thousands of young athletes, to make them into world beaters, regardless of the damage to their health. one of the damage to their health. one of those victims is my guest today, former sprinter, ines geipel. of those victims is my guest today, formersprinter, ines geipel. she has been fighting forjustice formers

germany's ursula ursula von der leyen spoke to bloomberg. that should never forget we are allies and friends and on the same side of the table, if i might put it that way. we have got to negotiate hard about the different topics. in the very end, we know it is better to be in a healthy way trading with each other. it is not the end of something. it determines the beginning of the future relationship between the united kingdom and the european union, and we want to be partners. they are our neighbor. we have common interests. i will put a lot of emphasis that we will have if necessary, a brexit in a good way knowing we have a common future. tom: we have seen her many times in davos, a historic moment for europe. a terrific op-ed in bloomberg opinion today. let me go through it before we speak about this moment. for those of you in america, this is a huge deal for the history of europe. a razor thin margin of nine votes, a sign of tough times bloc.for the 28 nation an unemployment benefit scheme, free beer, mechanisms to bolster the rule of la

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ursula von der leyen has got the top eu post and she said interestingly enough, i will consider an extension but it has not been an easyjourney for her. she only won by a few votes. she is on the centre—right, she is an ally of angela merkel, outlined journey defence minister and she feels that unless britain shifts its red lines, we have got to stay with the brexit deal and the duties redlines, the opportunity comes to extend but only if there are good reasons for doing so and nigel has called for the pin—up girl, very well, isn't he now? for the euro sceptic movement and she did get some support from some members of the european parliament so members of the european parliament so she did squeak over the party, because they did see her as the candidate of the cartel establishment. she has been the defence minister of germany, and that they have been in shambles, they cannot kill and exercise the ta nks they cannot kill and exercise the tanks because they don't work. they do not have aeroplanes that work they do not pay the 2% that they should for the protection of nato when they are in

ursula von der leyen is the new face of europe. the first woman to lead the commission, she has a mother of seven, trained as a gynaecologist before entering politics. it took european leaders days, though, to agree her nomination, and the european parliament only just approved her appointment. the firstjob, then, for the new president when she takes office in november will be to bring unity to an organisation which is increasingly politically fractured. the former defence minister hasn't avoided criticism of her own, with her management style attacked and the readiness of the german armed forces frequently questioned. perhaps then, ursula von der leyen will want to keep the body armour close when, in a few months' time, she will have to navigate the minefield of european politics. thank you very much. gareth barlow, bbc news. the most—played song on uk radio of the 21st century has been revealed — it is the snow patrol ballad chasing cars. released in 2006, the anthem never reached number one here, but remained on the charts f

interestingly, ursula von der leyen chose today to send her first tweet. "hallo europa! hello europe! but she's going to need more than multi—lingual hellos to win over the doubters. here's adam fleming. the people were sounding off now is it sour grapes because their person from the political argument didn't get thejob? from the political argument didn't get the job? or from the political argument didn't get thejob? or is it that from the political argument didn't get the job? or is it that the green score a bit more concerned about the lack of transparency of how she was elected. i suppose they will roll in behind her, especially because lots of the political groups he the european parliament are negotiating a joint programme for the next five yea rs a joint programme for the next five years that they will present to her andi years that they will present to her and i think if she says that she will sign up to that programme, then she will probably be able to get everyone's vote. so this could be a bit of shadow—boxing in a bit of sour grapes and when it comes to it

today, it was much aired this morning that ursula von der leyen should be the name put forward because in a political bracket she isa because in a political bracket she is a centre—right, the first female defence minister of germany, spent some time in london at the london school of economics and she is thought to be quite a good diplomat and it's something you mentioned geographically, east and west, the eastern countries had a problem with franz timmerman over running the countries of poland and hungary. we heard donald tusk say a short while ago, 27 leaders including theresa may all agreed with ursula von der leyen and other candidates for the topjobs, but leyen and other candidates for the top jobs, but germany, leyen and other candidates for the topjobs, but germany, her own country, abstained which means a no vote against her because of domestic politics and the socialist former leader and head of the european parliament martin schultz said i cannot abide this women and forced angela merkel to abstain. it looks like she will be the first president of the european commission. �

v011 european parliament vote and ursula von der leyen, her nomination to head the eu commission. and then we ta ke head the eu commission. and then we take a look at the front pages with the former trade minister lord digby jones. that all coming up on bbc news but now time for a sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday. i'mjohn watson. the headlines. the stage is set as royal portrush prepares to host the open championship for the first time in 68 years. rory mcilroy tells us he hopes to make home advantage count. and i'm in liverpool on day five of the netball world cup where australia and new zealand continue their unbeaten record at this tournament. also ahead.. how sunday's world cup win carried extra significance for the man who masterminded it all. sometimes you get the rub of the green and you feel there is someone up green and you feel there is someone up there looking down on you and i felt that for me and all english cricket that day. hello and welcome to sportsday. the big events come thick and fast. the 148th open championship begins in royal portrush on thursday, t

the nominee is ursula von der leyen. she's the german defence minister, and a member of angela merkel‘s cdu party. no, you're not the only one who wasn't expecting that. also, christine lagarde will become head of the european central bank — the bank in charge of the euro, which oversees the economies that use it. she is currently the head of the international monetary fund. also a formerly french finance minister. next president of the european council — the council represents the leaders of the eu's member states. charles michel, the belgian prime minister, is picked to replace donald tusk. and spain's foreign minister josep borrell has been nominated as eu foreign policy chief. here's the european council president donald tusk. five years ago, we needed three months to decide and still some of leaders were against. this year it was three days and nobody was against. even if germany abstained on the commission president due to some issues in the government coalition. they supported the whole package. first and fo

this is ursula von der leyen. she's germany's defence minister and the nominee to become the next european commission chief, if approved by the european parliament. she's vowed to put climate policy at the heart of her five—year term. we will have to be more ambitious because we are running out of time. c02 has to have a price. if we want to set global 5tandard5, c02 has to have a price. if we want to set global standards, we have to move fa5t. to set global standards, we have to move fast. we have to be more ambitiou5 about the 2030 goals because climate neutrality by 2050 i5a because climate neutrality by 2050 is a must. ursula von der leyen will be hoping that message goes down well with green mep5, who she's been meeting with and whose support she'll need to win the nomination, among other groups in parliament as well. i asked green mep terry reintke if m5 von der leyen had support from the green group. we have just decided that the group and the european parliament, 5he we have just decided that the group a

germany's ursula von der leyen has been narrowly elected as the first female head of the european commission. in other nations, the global battle against aids is stalling. the number of hiv related deaths has fallen by about one third since 2010 but funding to give up the fight against the epidemic has dropped significantly. >> almost 38 million people around the world live with hiv. while trials are to start this year, they have yet to yield a cure. medical advances mean fewer people are dying from aids. there were 770,000 aids related deaths last year, down 30% from 2010, and found more than 50% since its peak in 2004. globally, it is a mixed picture. in theber of deaths middle east and north africa and risen by 9% since 2010, 5% in eastern europe and central asia. hiv infection cases have dropped 16% since 2010, but new infections amongst children have risen by more than 150,000 last year alone, passed on by hiv-positive mothers during pregnancy, childbirth, or breast-feeding. the u.n. says some groups of people, as well as their sexual partners, are particularly vulnerable to contracting

german defence minister ursula von der leyen has been confirmed as the new eu chief. when she takes over from jean claudejuncker in november she says she wants to build a more united europe. the trust you place in me is confidence you placed in europe. your confidence in a united and strong europe, from is to west, from south to north. your confidence in europe that is ready to fight for the future, rather than fighting against each other. the us has announced sanctions on myanmar‘s military commander and other military leaders for alleged human rights abuses against the rohingya muslims. secretary of state mike pompeo said the burmese government had taken no action to hold to account those responsible for rights violations. hundreds of thousands of rohingya fled to neighbouring bangladesh after a brutal military crackdown nearly a year ago. wednesday marks five years since malaysian airlines flight mhi7 was shot down with a missile over ukraine, killing all 298 people on board. the dutch—led team investigating the downing have since charged three russians and a u

ursula von der leyen says both sides have a duty to deliver. natasha butler has the european reaction now from paris. main concern from the many european leaders is what will borscht johnson' appointment means -- boris johnson's appointment mean for the process? he says he does not want to shy away from a no deal brexit, but a no deal brexit is something most european leaders have been saying all along for months and years is something they would like to avoid, that it does not serve the interests of any member states in the european union. they have worked very hard to push away a no deal scenario. they will be worried about boris johnson's next move. we heard from some key european figures, emmanuel macron, who congratulated boris johnson on his appointment as britain's new prime minister. he says he looks forward to working with him not just on brexit but on other issues in which france has collaborated with brick and very closely, such as iran. mainard from the e.u.'s brexit negotiator, michelle kenney eight, that he looks forward to comple

german defence minister ursula von der leyen has been confirmed as the new eu chief. 383 meps voted to approve her nomination, giving hera slim majority ofjust nine votes. when she takes over from jean—claude juncker in november, she says she wants to "build a more united europe." the us has announced sanctions on myanmar‘s military commander and other military leaders for alleged human rights abuses against the rohingya muslims. secretary of state mike pompeo said the burmese government had taken no action to hold to account those responsible for rights violations. hundreds of thousands of rohingya fled to neighbouring bangladesh after a brutal military crackdown nearly a year ago. wednesday marks five years since malaysian airlines flight mhi7 was shot down with a missile over ukraine, killing all 298 people on board. the dutch—led team investigating the downing have since charged three russians and a ukrainian with shooting down the plane with a court date has been set for march next year. russia has denied any involvement. spanish police have arrested a man at barcelona airpo