A decade and now Prime Minister shinzo aves government wants to boost it by over one percent to 48600000000. 00 thats a record expenditure but the government says it will be spent carefully on those who we need to enhance our defense capability to handle the security environment at the same time we also need to have an appropriate control over the defense expenditure so we will strive to make it more efficient you know blue to be here lou and. Japans growing Defense Budget is a boon for american arms makers tokyo buys weapons almost exclusively from the United States last Year American arms imports were valued at 675000000. 00. Its a deal in principle and one that will have many people feel relieved after hours of discussions Russia Ukraine and the European Union of reached a tentative gas deal that will go into effect on the 1st of january 2020 the deal was brokered right here in berlin and heres what we know about it. These pipes are front and center of a geopolitical crisis north st
Parts of southern england that are inundated. At a quarter to eight, private eyes editor ian hislop joins the bbcs media editor to look back ona the bbcs media editor to look back on a fascinating year of front covers, cartoons, and satire. Good evening. Three and a half years after the uk voted to leave the eu, mps have resoundingly voted in favour of the government cosmic brexit bill. It paves the way for borisjohnson to deliver his promise that the uk will leave the eu at the end of next month. Well, the per minister won the vote easily by 358 votes to 234. Six labour mps rebelled and voted with the government. Now, the Withdrawal Agreement, now approved in principle by mps, says that the uk will leave the eu on the 31st of january and allows a transition period until the end of 2020. During which time, we will still abide by eu rules. It also says that we 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 wh
That extreme brexit, will the negotiations be ready . Will the withdrawal bill between the uk and the eu be ready by the end of 2020 . Because now it is being enshrined in law that the uk has to leave. So business is quite worried because these things take a long time. And well all the deals be gone through, particularly on services . Because that has to be sort of section by section. What happens if they havent . What happens if they do it piecemeal . Is that 0k . It will have to be, because on things like manufacturing, i think there is every hope that that can get done. But on the other things, that is where the danger is. And of course, there will be some form of deal, but it will be a very limited deal, and thatis it will be a very limited deal, and that is what business fears. Hence the stirling giving up the gains it had on the news of a firm election result for the conservative party. The sterling. Result for the conservative party. The sterling. And there wont be a vote in par
Mikel arteta, as their next manager. It is so easy to leave me all alone with the memory. One of Andrew Lloyd Webbers most famous musicals transfers to the big screen today well ask why so many critics have their claws out for cats. Iamat i am at Somerset House. Indoors enjoy the sights of the gingerbread centre. Outdoor, rain, particularly in Eastern England. Yourforecast coming up. Its friday the 20th of december. Our top story the Prime Ministers brexit divorce deal will be put before Parliament Later. It comes in a year where theresa may, then mrjohnson, wrestled with mps over their plans. Today is expected to feel very different as the government now has a strong majority. Officially known as the eu Withdrawal Agreement, it is the legislation needed to make brexit happen. This week, it was announced that the government would add a clause to rule out any extension beyond december 2020, ending what Boris Johnson calls years of deadlock, dither and delay. Now, with a majority of 80,
Authority Andrew Bailey is named as the next governor of the bank of england. Without question, he is the right person to lead the bank as we forge a new future outside the eu and level up across our great country. Trains and road travel is severely disrupted on one of the busiest travel days of the year gatwick services are affected and theres disruption in devon and cornwall. Australias pm apologises for going on holiday while the countrys bushfire crisis worsens , fire continues to ravage parts of the country. And the us moves closer to putting its astronauts back into orbit as boeing prepares to launch its new starliner capsule. Good morning and welcome to bbc news live from westminster. Mps will vote on the Prime Ministers brexit plan this afternoon which will take the uk out of the eu by the end of january. Its thought the Withdrawal Agreement bill will easily clear its second reading in the house of commons with the conservatives having won an 80 seat majority at last weeks gene