From johannesburg. Theres been no official word from the African National congress as to the outcome of this meeting held by the National Executive committee the top Decision Making body of the a. N. C. But we do understand based on reports from the National Broadcaster the s e b c that as well as the secretary general of the a. N. C. Met with jacob zuma to relay a message from the a. N. C. And according to the state podcast that was that jacob zuma has a day or potentially to to resign as president of the country now the l. C. Has been meeting throughout the day in fact will rip him up or so returned to the any sea so it would appear that the conversation theyre having isnt entirely over yet but jacob zuma is certainly under pressure all indications are given his behavior in the last ten days or so he is resistant hes resisting this resignation he doesnt want to step down and if that continues to be the case the a. N. C. Would then have to Institute Proceedings for a motion of no conf
Welcome back, everybody. This is bloomberg daybreak europe. Welcome back to another trading week. We have a quick look numbers through from ryanair. 750 million euro Share Buyback in february. Thirdquarter revenue comes in exactly in line with the estimates at 1. 4 billion euros. Traffic up by 8 . At 129ve seen it million. Nothing enormously substantial. This is interesting. Some of this coming through in the numbers from ryanair. Fourth quarter fares will be up due to easter. The profits jumped into off percent, and they still see 2018 net profit at 1. 4 5 billion euros. Those are the headlines coming through. A lot of questions to ask in terms of employment cost. They finally recognize unions at ryanair. Little bit about that this morning. And how do they relate to the strong numbers we saw out of recently . We put all of that to the cfo of ryanair. Lets do a quick word on where we are in global markets. This is the big picture. The biggest selloff in global stocks in two years, and
It comes as ee is fined for overcharging Tens Of Thousands of customers who called its Customer Service number. Well have more details on that shortly. Do get in touch on all the stories were talking about this morning. Use the hashtag victoria live and if you text, you will be charged at the Standard Network rate. Our top story today. The Foreign Secretary has said countries are queuing up to sign free trade deals with britain when it leaves the European Union. Borisjohnson also suggests that agreements could be achieved quickly after the article 50 negotiations are concluded, and said the uk would not be hauling up the drawbridge, despite the new Migration Controls promised by theresa may. Our Political Correspondent tom bateman has more. Theresa mays Brexit Speech brought the most clarity yet on her approach to the negotiations. She told ministers and european diplomats she wanted ambitious trade deals with the rest of the eu, but she confirmed britain would leave the unions formalf
Its wednesday 18 january. Iamjoanna i am joanna gosling. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. The Foreign Secretary has said countries are queuing up to sign Free Trade Deals with britain when it leaves the European Union. Borisjohnson also suggests that agreements could be achieved quickly after the article 50 negotiations are concluded, and said the uk would not be hauling up the drawbridge, despite the new Migration Controls promised by theresa may. Our assistant Political Editor norman smith is in westminsterfor us. Over to you. Thank you. What is striking this morning is the confidence oozing from number ten about yesterdays Big Speech By theresa may on brexit, insisting there has been a positive reaction from other senior eu leaders such as Angela Merkel and francois hollande, both of whom theresa may spoke to last night. This despite the fact that she has thrown down the gau ntlet that she has thrown down the ga u ntlet to that she has thrown down the gauntlet to the rest of the eu say
As Britains Dan Evans pulls off the best win of his career, beating seventh seed, marin cilic. And coming up in sport comes ryder cup captain thomas bjorn gets an extra world ca rd cup captain thomas bjorn gets an extra world card wild card choice in a revamped accommodation for next year. Revamped competition for next year. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. The president of the European Commission Jean Claude Juncker has told the European Parliament that he will do everything he can to ensure that the negotiations over britains exit from the European Union end in a good result for all concerned. But he also admitted the negotiations would be very, very, very difficult. Our europe correspondent gavin lee reports. A clear view from westminster, cold comfort to eu officials meeting in strasbourgs European Parliament today. A sad, surrealist state of affairs, that was the brief tweet from donald tusk, and when the sudden clarity was welcomed here, seven months after the b