Bushfire emergency. The British Parliament has voted overwhelmingly in favour of legislation that marks a huge stride towards britain leaving the European Union, after nearly half a century. Eight days after its sweeping election victory, borisjohnsons conservative party smashed through the stalemate that followed the referendum in 2016. The Withdrawal Agreement now approved in principle by mps says the uk will leave the eu on 31 january. It imposes a transition period until the end of 2020, during which britain will still abide by eu rules. It says the uk will pay the eu a divorce bill of around £33 billion, and it sets out a plan for dealing with the Northern Irish border, with a possible Customs Border down the irish sea. Here is our deputy political editorjohn pienaar. Were leaving were through the looking glass. Everything looks the same, but nothing will be the same again. The last, lonely protester was there, fighting a cause that today became officially lost. The ayes to the r
A new agreement to force kurdish fighters away from the syria border. Alzheimers breakthrough a us company says its ready to market a new drug that can slow down the disease. Hello to you. In the latest twist in the saga of britain trying to leave the European Union, Prime Minister borisjohnson has suffered another major defeat in parliament. Mps voted to reject his fast track timetable to pass the eu Withdrawal Agreement through the house of commons. He did actually win another vote to advance the legislation itself a significant victory. But the timetable defeat means hes been forced to pause the whole process, which means a new extension may be needed, from european leaders. This from our Political Editor laura kuenssberg. A rare moment of silence. And then a result. The ayes to the right 308, the noes to the left 322. Mps kicked out the Prime Ministers timetable for speeding his brexit deal through parliament. Plenty of mps dont want to leave, but even for those who do, a majority
Alzheimers breakthrough a us company says its ready to market a new drug that can slow down the disease. Hello. In the latest twist in the saga of britain trying to leave the european union, Prime Minister borisjohnson has suffered another major defeat in parliament. Mps voted to reject his fast track timetable to pass the eu Withdrawal Agreement through the house of commons. He did actually win another vote to advance the legislation, itself a significant victory. But the timetable defeat means hes been forced to pause the whole process, which means a new extension may be needed from european leaders. This from our Political Editor laura kuenssberg. A rare moment of silence. And then a result. The ayes to the right 308, the noes to the left 322. Mps kicked out the Prime Ministers timetable for speeding his brexit deal through parliament. Plenty of mps dont want to leave, but even for those who do, a majority in here tonight thought it was happening too fast. Tonight the house has refu
Ahead of todays key jobs report and promises from jerome powell. You have one week. The eu gives Boris Johnson seven days to revise his brexit deal, or risk a postponement of the u. K. s departure. And bob dudley steps down after a 48 year of the ceo of bp as the ceo of bp. Matt, good morning. Matt good morning. The are less than half an hour away from the start of european trading. Right now, i wanted to show you the 10 year yield. This is what happened yesterday when you got the ism nonmanufacturing number. Investors buying bonds, pressuring the yield down to a little more than 1. 5. We are looking at 1. 54 on the 10 year yield. We are looking at solidly green futures here in europe. Not huge gains, but the ftse futures are up, about 0. 4 . Tack and dax futures trailing a little bit. The dax was closed yesterday, so today is the first day after a short holiday. It was reunification day here in germany. Markets looking like they are going to open up positively, but u. S. Futures are d
There is a little bit of a lift to the market. If you look at the stoxx 600 gaining 0. 3 . Jobs reportg at the and whether that means the fed will have to cut a little bit more support the u. S. Economy. Thats after the energy weak in russia where Annmarie Hordern did a great panel to figure out if opec cuts will stay in. The euro is on the back of a little bit of brexit news. There was a brexit delay or even the possibility of a no deal. Coming up, we speak to the oil minister of the biggest opec producer. Dont miss our exclusive interview with nigerias new petroleum minister. But get straight to bloomberg first word news. Obviously is retiring after fullyear results in february. The upstream chief replaces him. He caps a 40 year career with bp with nine as ceo. Xi jinpingp says should investigate the biden family for remarks the remarks coming after reemphasizing his call to the ukraine president. Was just as bad as in ukraine but offers no evidence. Global news, 24 hours a day on ai