About this episode
U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson lays down the gauntlet to his Brexit opponents, asking them to back the government or risk a snap general election in October if they block a no-deal Brexit in Parliament later today. We are live from Westminster as Sterling hovers around levels not seen in two-and-a-half years. Beijing launches a formal complaint against the U.S. at the WTO over its latest round of tariffs which now effect up to $300bn of Chinese goods. The south-eastern United States braces for Hurricane Dorian to make landfall after the slow-moving mega-storm killed 5 people and destroyed 13,000 homes in the Bahamas. And, we are live in Beirut where the Lebanese government is preparing to declare an economic state of emergency amid simmering tensions between Hezbollah and Israel. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .