Frances newly elected president Emmanuel Macron faces a diplomatic challenge as he meets with russias vladimir putin. But the countries do have deep economic ties. It used to call itself the worlds favourite airline, but with Flight Disruptions entering a third day, few of bas passengers are likely to agree. Welcome to World Business report. Im jamie robertson. In a minute well have Special Report from sri lanka on why the country is selling chunks of its infrastructure back to the country that built them, china. But first, today the new french president Emmanuel Macron will meet with his russian counterpart, vladimir putin. The kremlin was hoping that the meeting would take place under rather different circumstances in the recent French Election campaign, mr putin had voiced his support for the eurosceptic candidate marine le pen, who lost to mr macron. Nonetheless, the relationship between france and russia remains important to both countries. France is russias biggest foreign invest
Messages of defiance yesterday, another clear message, huge praise for the works of the Emergency Services and medical staff. Good morning its thursday, the 23rd of march. The other main headlines on the Westminster Attack this Morning Police say they believe they know the attackers identity and that he was inspired by islamist ideology. Parliament will operate as normal today in a show of defiance. The Prime Minister is expected to make a statement to the commons. We are live at westminster. Lots of Activity Still going on this morning. Lets go to carole with the weather. A wet start to the day but generally speaking and improving weather day. More detail in 15 minutes. Good morning. First, our main story. We are here in the aftermath of the Terror Attacks were five people died and a0 people injured some suffering what has been described as a catastrophic injury after a man drove a axa vehicle into the crowd and went on to stab a policeman who later died. Five people are dead, includi
Jeremy corbyn has been campaigning in scotland. He said a Labour Government would repeal the conservatives trade union legislation. Now on bbc news, all the latest business news, live from singapore. China stocks taking a nosedive as Regulators Crackdown and investors lose confidence. And will south koreas giant family Family Run Companies change the elections . Ahead of the. It is a tuesday. Good morning asia, hello world. Glad you could join us for Asia Business report. I rico hizon. We start off with chinese investors and they are closely watching their portfolios today after the worst day of trading this year. As you can see right here on our graphic board, stocks on the shanghai stock market have been on a downward spiral over the past two weeks. So what is causing the loss of confidence . Regulators are cracking down on speculative trading and underlying concerns that the economy is slowing, weakening investors enthusiasm. We get more from our shanghai corresponded. The shanghai
Christine lagarde and ivanka trump have in common . They have gathering to close the gender gap. Yep, some of the worlds most powerful women take action on equality. But they have got a big task, because according to some, closing the gap between sexes could take 170 years. And how to get from a to b in a whirlwind, and avoid those horrible traffic jams. We are taking a look at the big business of choppers. Welcome to World Business report. Im aaron heslehurst. Some of the worlds most powerful people from business and politics are meeting in berlin today. They also happen to all be women. It is part of an initiative called w20, set up by 20 of the worlds leading nations. So who is going, and what is it all about . Attending the summit will be Christine Lagarde, the head of the imf, angela merkel, the chancellor of germany, and ivanka trump, daughter and special assistant to the president of the united states. The group wants to highlight the issue of womens economic participation and e
If confirmed by the senate, i will keep an open mind in every case and i will always strive to preserve the constitution of the United States and the american rule of law. So kavanaugh is a graduate of Yale Law School and clerked for Justice Kennedy. In 1993 he met ken starr during a Justice Department fellowship and became a key staff member when starr was the independent counsel investigating the white water and clinton lieu ensky scandals. Kavanaugh helped write the final report to congress that laid out 11 possible grounds for impeaching president bill clinton. He served as george w. Bushs white House Counsel and Staff Secretary before he was nominated to be a federal judge in 2006. He was confirmed at that time by a vote of 5736. Now, Brett Kavanaughs nomination sets up an extremely
consequential confirmation battle. Within minutes of trumps announcement, several Top Democrats voicing their intention to vote against him. Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer put out a saying that b