In egypt. Theresa may has lost a major brexit vote in westminster. The issue at stake was whether mps will have a vote on the final brexit deal. The government opposed this but this is what happened. The ayes to the right, 309. The noes to the left, 305. This particular rebellion was led from within the Prime Ministers conservative party. The tory mp, dominic grieve, proposed the amendment. And he invoked winston churchill. Apart from a chest too, i dont think i ever rebelled against the government in all the years in this house. I find it entertaining that some who criticise me for speaking my mind on this matter are individuals who have exercised the luxury of rebellion are many, many occasions. That having been said, there is a time for everybody to stand up and be counted. As churchill said, he is a good party man come he puts the party before himself and the country before the party. And this was the Prime Minister making the counter argument. Lam happy i am happy to confirm to my
Its tuesday 19th december. Im ben brown. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. The royal navys new £3 billion Aircraft Carrier, hms Queen Elizabeth, is leaking. The navys future flagship, which was commissioned by the queen earlier this month, has a problem with one of its propeller shafts. Our defence correspondent Jonathan Beale reports. Earlier this month, amid much fanfare, the royal navys largest, most expensive warship was being commissioned into service by the queen. I name this ship Queen Elizabeth. Hailed as the most powerful capable warship ever to raise the white ensign. But what the navy did not say at the time was that she was leaking. According to the sun newspaper, a fault with a seal around one of the ships propeller shafts has left her taking on up to 200 litres of water every hour. The problem was first identified during her sea trials earlier this year. A royal Navy Spokesman insisted the fault was now scheduled for repair and that it would not prevent the 65,000 tonne wars
Salvadoran immigrants in the u. S. Are given a deadline to leave all face deportation. At least one person is dead following protests across a band of a rising bread prices plus. In the birthplace of tonga a small city dances to a different you. Know from south korea have begun their first high level talks in twenty fifteen the red meetings expected to focus on north participation in next months Winter Olympics in pyongyang chung so always been projecting enthusiasm about the talks but some are questioning whether that lead to any Real Progress with joining us from seoul is our correspondent kathy no thats a kathy who exactly is in these delegations on whats been happening so far. Well there are five members on either side led by the south Korean Unification minister on the Southern Side and his north korean counterpart on the other side so in effect the two men in charge of into korean relations theyve also brought along their deputies as well as representatives in charge of sports an
Potatoes. This is Bloomberg Markets asia. Haidi small potatoes. Investors have been caught on the wrong side of the bed. A blogger saying it is like a horror movie that you just have to keep watching even though you know exactly what will happen. Lets look at the steepening declines when it comes to japanese equities. Korea taking the brunt of the selling. We are seeing selling across the board. The nikkei 225 down 0. 7 . Lower. Ix 4. 4 the s p as you said, entering true correction territory. David we are very close to that level here in the asiapacific. We put everything together on the msci asianpacific. Take a look at my chart, g btv 6180. The red line at the bottom is the threshold. We are getting very close to that. My gut is, once we get hong kong up and running, that will give more fuel to the downside. That. Happens in about 30 minutes that happens in about 30 minutes. We have taiwan, singapore, asia. Markets mays like be suffering from motion sickness, given the turbulence acr
Kodesh enclave of to help the white peachy. Hello i Maryam Namazie in london youre watching aljazeera also coming up. In a respite at the un the palestinian president calls for an International Summit to replace the u. S. Sponsored Peace Process unicef says the world is failing its poorest babies we report from the second worst country for newborns. And final farewell to move in chiang rai zimbabwes Opposition Leader is laid to rest in his hometown. Has been no letup in the Syrian Governments assault on Eastern Ghouta despite a growing International Outcry baums rockets and shells have continued to rain down on the last rebel stronghold near damascus killing more than two hundred people since late on sunday the u. N. Says six hospitals have been hit pushing three of them out of Service Opposition activists are calling it a massacre france says its a violation of humanitarian law. Has been besieged by the government since two thousand and thirteen four hundred thousand people in the rub