Of the bloodiest episodes of the First World War, will be held this summer. And going full circle. How vinyl is making a comeback, with the sales of records hitting a 25 year high. Its 5 oclock. Our main story the uks most senior diplomat in brussels has resigned just weeks after he warned it could take a decade to reach a trade deal with the European Union once britain has left. Sir ivan rodgers told his office today that he would be stepping down as ambassador to the eu early just two months before formal brexit talks are due to start. He was appointed by the then Prime Minister David Cameron in november 2013. While his four year term would have come to an end this november, some believed he might stay on for the brexit talks. The reasons for his resignation havent been revealed. In the last hour, Brexit Campaigner and former ukip leader, nigel farage, has told the bbc that hes very pleased to see sir ivan hand in his resignation. Afterall, hes a committed europhile. He helped lead t
Today we want to know when does tech get too intrusive . Send it to us using this hashtag. Welcome to the programme. Another day, another world leader arriving to meet President Trump at the white house today its the turn of canadas Prime MinisterJustin Trudeau. He differs in opinion from his host on a variety of issues so just how important is canadas relationship with the United States . Heir countries share one of the biggest Trading Relationships in the world. In 2015, some 662. 7bn worth of goods and services flowed across the almost 9,000km border. But that works in the United States favour at the moment to the tune of 12. 1bn because whilst canada sells more goods to the us than the other way round, america more than makes up for it when it comes to the services sector. The value of the relationship has seen massive growth since 1994 when the North America Free Trade Agreement signed by president clinton came into force. But during his campaign mr tump said nafta was the worst t
Mainland china, but less is flowing out. We find out why. And digging up of diversity. The Philippines A Posture the Environment Secretary defends her decision to shut down mines. Philippines Environment Secretary. Glad you could join us for this midweek edition of Asia Business report. Im rico hizon. New figures reveal investors are putting more money into china but chinas Investments Overseas are falling. More than 7 billion us has been invested in a mainland so far this year, nearly double the same period in 2015. Outbound this year, nearly double the same period in 2015. 0utbound deals have dropped a0 . Managing i asked how long it could continue. The projection is that the currency outflow issues will last for the first half of 2017 and there will be a pickup Going Forward after the outflow issues have been curtailed a bit. Certainly it is in chinas interest not to clamp down to tightly on all of the Outbound Investments of the market players. It is speculated that later in the ye
Midnight in london and 7pm in washington, where injust two hours donald trump will address a joint session of the us congress for the first time. Its a much anticipated event with ramifications for policy and politics. Lets go straight to washington and speak to our correspondent Laura Trevelya n. Speak to our correspondent Laura Trevelyan. We know this president ial address to both houses of congress is not a State Of The Union but it sounds and looks like one. What are we expecting . It is in effect a State Of The Union, were expecting an optimistic speech from the president. He was widely criticised for the dark apocalyptic tone of his Inauguration Address when he talked about American College but tonight the white house says he will be upbeat and lay out a vision for all americans despite interest groups, but this will be a uniting speech, this is what the white house is aiming at. Republicans in congress are saying they dont want to hear about the president s twitter account or fa
Midnight in london and 7pm in washington, where injust two hours donald trump will address a joint session of the us congress for the first time. Its a much anticipated event with ramifications for policy and politics. Lets go straight to washington and speak to our correspondent Laura Trevelya n. Speak to our correspondent Laura Trevelyan. We know this president ial address to both houses of congress is not a State Of The Union but it sounds and looks like one. What are we expecting . It is in effect a State Of The Union, were expecting an optimistic speech from the president. He was widely criticised for the dark apocalyptic tone of his Inauguration Address when he talked about American College but tonight the white house says he will be upbeat and lay out a vision for all americans despite interest groups, but this will be a uniting speech, this is what the white house is aiming at. Republicans in congress are saying they dont want to hear about the president s twitter account or fa