followed by a brief meeting in which the state news agency said the pair exchanged what it called their pent up inner most thoughts . the leaders reportedly have a nine hour long schedule today, including a gala concert and a tea ceremony. no doubt on the agenda will be strengthening military ties as russia seeks allies following its full scale invasion of ukraine. before arriving, president putin praised kimjong un for firmly supporting the war. this is the leaders second meeting in less than a year the pentagon raising concerns about the growing ties between the two. the deepening cooperation between russia and the dprk is something that should be of concern especially to anyone thatis concern especially to anyone that is interested in maintaining peace and stability on the korean peninsula. but also supporting the people of ukraine as they continue to fight against russian aggression and so of course you are well aware of the dprk providing ammunition and weapons to r
General motors is hoping to get the all clear for the sale of its loss making brand opel. But is the traditional car industry coming to an end . Well get a hands on look at the latest in driverless technology. Welcome to World Business report. Im rachel horne. Today the Eu Commission will decide whether or not to give the green light to General Motors for the 2. 5bn sale of its european operations. Gm is hoping to offload vauxhall and opel to the psa group thats the French Company which owns peugeot and citroen. Its easy to see why General Motors wants to sell their european operation, which is dominated by opel, has lost about 9. 1 billion since 2009. If successful, the deal would make psa the continents second biggest car maker after volkswagen and ahead of french rival renault. Opel employs 38,000 people across europe but its feared the sale could put thousands of those jobs under threat with workers in the uk and germany considered to be most at risk. With me is anna marie baisden,
On that later. And well be getting the inside track on on a business thats been milking big profits around the globe, were going to be speaking to the boss of arla, one of the worlds Biggest Dairy Companies. Also, as volvo calls time on the internal Combustion Engine, are you ready to give up your gas guzzler . Get in touch, just use the hashtag bbcbizlive. Hello and welcome to Business Live. Today, the Eu Commission will decide whether or not to give the green light to General Motors for the 2. 5bn sale of its European Operations. Gm is hoping to off load vauxhall and opel to the psa group, thats the french company, which owns peugeot and citroen. Its easy to see why General Motors wants to sell their European Operation, which is dominated by opel, has lost about 9. 1 billion since 2009. If successful, the deal would make psa the continents second biggest car maker, after volkswagen, and ahead of french rival, renault. Opel employs 38,000 people across europe, and its feared the sale
To the bbc news at one. Its got to be some kind of record, with donald trump facing his first scandal and a top level resignation just 2a days after his inauguration. His National Security adviser, michael flynn, has resigned over his contacts with russia. Hes alleged to have discussed us sanctions with the Russian Ambassador before mr trump took office, then misled officials including the Vice President about the conversation. The kremlin has refused to comment on the resignation, saying it was an internal matter for the United States. Our correspondent andy moore reports. Just over three weeks into his presidency, and donald trump has already lost one of his closest advisers. This was mike flynn at the white house just before his resignation. A lonely figure on the front row of a press conference. Then a Cool Handshake from Vice President mike pence the man hes been accused of misleading. It was flynns close links with the kremlin that got him in trouble. Here he is in 2015, at a din
At the day in parliament. Hello and welcome to monday in parliament, our look at the day at westminster. The headlines. Peers start debate on the brexit bill with the leader in the lords warning them not to slow things down. The government is determined to trigger article 50 by the Slst Of March in order to deliver on the decision of the british people. The bill before us is a procedural part of that withdrawal process. Mps debate two petitions on donald trump one calling for his state visit to be cancelled, the other welcoming it. One labour mp said it went against everything shed come into politics for. By allowing donald trump a state visit and rolling out the red carpet we are endorsing all of those views, all of those things ive fought hard against, and saying, do you know what . Its ok. And the Business Secretary pledges to do all he can to safeguard jobs at vauxhall, amid speculation a French Motor Group could buy its parent company. Every part of britain has a stake in vauxhall