Billion take over of formula one and remove Bernie Ecclestone as Chief Executive, ending his a0 year reign in charge of the sport. A surge in cyber crime pushed the cost of fraud above £1 billion last year. And its getting worse despite attempts to tackle it. Im looking at why and what more needs to be done. And were going to be talking about the happiest children in the world. Studies suggest they live in the netherlands. But what makes them so happy . Well meet two mums now living there whove been trying to find out. Carol is always happy and she has got the weather. Good morning. Across england and wales, dense, patchy fog. Some spots of reasoning. Scotla nd patchy fog. Some spots of reasoning. Scotland and Northern Ireland, much more mild. Patches of rain but later, some sunshine. Good morning. First, our main story. The Supreme Court will rule today on whether its up to parliament or government to start the process for exiting the European Union. The government argues that minist
i think what happened and what continues to happen in niger was not instigated by russia or by wagner but to the extent that they try to take advantage of it and we see a repeat of what has happened in other countries where they ve brought nothing but bad things in their wake, that wouldn t be good. afoelobby ikiyojee is a researcher from the centre for democracy and development. he s in abuja. can you put into context who has influence in niche air at the moment? we are hearing concerns about russia and the magna group being there. there are the neighbouring countries as well who also have the military and control. who has the most sway? this is a unique situation. you have many powers in the share that are driving
text after a deal is reached, a couple for that, three more days to review it and then move to the senate which could take up to a week. and we re hearing concerns from both sides of the aisle can they get the votes if they get there. so step one is getting there. so i wonder we re watching the market go up 300 points because the market perceives progress here. is the market getting it wrong from what you re hearing out there in the halls of congress? well, the market is expecting it because we have seen these fights go all way to the brink and deals being reached in the last moment. both sides recognize the stakes here, which is perhaps why they believe ultimately they ll get a deal. can they get it done quickly and can they get the votes to get it out of congress? all right, you ll let us know. boris, over to you. a california man has been freed from prison after serving 33 years for a crime prosecutors
she also raised concerns about a tax, a corporate minimum tax of 15% and how companies could deduct assets, how that would be treated, the depreciation of assets. she wanted a change in that after hearing concerns from manufacturers. as a result, to make up for the lost revenue, democrats added a 1% excise tax on stock buybacks. earlier today chuck schumer made clear he wanted to include that tax on hedge funds and private equity, but it was sinema who insisted on taking it out. i pushed for it to be in this bill. senator sinema said she would not vote for the bill, not even move to proceed unless we took it out, so we had no choice. reporter: because of the budget process that they are using to try to pass this bill along straight party lines, it opens up a process, what s known on capitol hill as the vote-a-rama because senators can
sinema succeeded in closing the loophole. she also changed language dealing with how company can deduct appreciative assets as part of the annual deductions. that was part of the gop tax law after hearing concerns from manufacturers and business groups. she succeeded in narrowing the provisions. democrats instead added a 1% excise tax to help pay for this proposal which deals with extending the affordable care act subsidies for four years. giving medicare the power to negotiate drug prices for the first time, as well as investing hundreds of billions in climate change and energy provisions until it tried to maintain, to achieve the goal of reducing carbon emissions by 40% within the next did he go aid. there is still a hurdle remaining. it is a senate parliamentarian to decide whether or not it meets the strict standards to decide that it can pass along straight party lines through the budget process and avoid a republican fbi. that part critical. if it does pass must we are the