The white house says it is monitoring what it described as haitis rapidly deteriorating security situation. France has become the first country to put a womans right to an abortion in the constitution, almost 50 years after it was first decriminalised in the country. A specialjoint sitting of both houses of the French Parliament voted for the amendment. Representatives of all major and minor parties spoke in favour, saying women would no longer have to live in fear of their rights being rescinded. And the European Commission has fined apple 2 billion for violating the eus anti trust laws. The competition commissioner, margarethe vestager, said the company had, for a decade, abused its dominant position in music streaming apps, and ordered the us tech giant to remove all the restrictions, and to refrain from similar practices in the future. Apple has said it will appeal against the decision. Its going to be a defining week for the 2024 president ial elections. Tomorrow is super tuesday.
politics. i the bbc she believes in cabinet led olitics. ., , the bbc she believes in cabinet led olitics. . , , , politics. i have my views but i will not be imposing politics. i have my views but i will not be imposing policy politics. i have my views but i will not be imposing policy i politics. i have my views but i will not be imposing policy i have - politics. i have my views but i will not be imposing policy i have just| not be imposing policy i havejust made up in a room by myself. labour leader, keir starmer, says his party hasn t got complacent and repeats calls for a general election. these people are so fed up. they are entitled, they want a say in this. there is a choice to be made. we need a general election. let the public in to decide. do they want to continue with this utter chaos? in other news xijinping has a third term as china s leader, after being in power for a decade already. ukrainian president zelensky says renewed russian strikes won t sto
Security and economic stability, while the Labour Leader sir keir starmer promised an end to what he called 1a years of decline and chaos under the tories. Nigel farage said he wont be standing for reform uk but will campaign for them. So what happens next . Over the next five days, parliament will try to get through Unfinished Business and pass remaining legislation. It will be dissolved next thursday, may the 30th. Each party will launch its manifesto in the days to follow. Then on the 4th ofjuly, the polls open for this Snap Summer General Election and the people will cast their votes. Our Political Correspondent Damian Grammaticas reports. To the man everyone has staked everything on this gamble calling an election now. Quite a few of his mps are not convinced by the timing and he has a huge poll deficit to become. I he has a huge poll deficit to become. ,. , . ,. , become. I want to build britain, a country where become. I want to build britain, a country where you become. I want
how tom hanks is hoping to take people on a virtualjourney to the moon with his latest project. good morning from a chilly blackpool. we have got blackpool power laid up behind us. on this weekend to strictly. he forecast todayis weekend to strictly. he forecast today is wet and windy in the south. that will clear east. most of us will have a dry day until more rain sweeps in from the west later. details throughout the programme. good morning. it s thursday, the 16th of november. the immigration minister, robertjenrick, says the government is in the final stages of negotiating a new treaty with rwanda, as it tries to revive its plan for the country to take asylum seekers sent from the uk. rishi sunak has also pledged to introduce emergency legislation into parliament, after the supreme court unanimously ruled yesterday that downing street s existing proposals were unlawful. graham satchell has this report. how do you stop the boats? the government s plan was to send asylum se