shares in bt have seen a dramatic fall in value, after an accounting scandal at the company s italian division. and in the next hour, the nominations for the 2017 academy awards have been announced. the critically acclaimed musical la la land has been nominated for m oscars equalling the record for a single film. good evening and welcome to bbc news. in a ruling of huge constitutional significance, the judges of the supreme court have said that only parliament can trigger the brexit process. it s not the decision that theresa may wanted. she d argued that it could be done by ministers alone. thejudges also said that the devolved administrations in scotland, wales and northern ireland do not have to be consulted. tonight, the bbc has learned that the government will present a brexit bill to parliament as early as this thursday. and the brexit secretary, david davis, had a warning for mps: don t use the debate in parliament to try to stop brexit happening. our political edito
around their fortunes. canada s would be donald trump. can kevin o leary move from reality tv to power? in 2019 in canada, we will have an election. we won t have an election, we will have an exorcism. welcome to 100 days. a sweeping rewrite of america s immigration laws means many more illegal immigrants could be deported from the country. memos drawn up by the department of homeland security suggest that people arrested for minor crimes, like traffic offences, could now be sent home. but in a reversal of a key campaign pledge mr trump will protect dreamers children who were brought to america illegally by their parents. president 0bama signed an executive order in 2012 giving almost one million dreamers in the us certain rights president trump is not reversing those rules. the white house press secretary, sean spicer, has been talking on the issue. the memo regarding the executive order outlines the steps that the homeland security will take to secure the souther
the frontrunners has come to london to court french voters. welcome to the programme. the trump administration has issued tough new guidelines on immigration in two memos. you can find them online. this is one, enforcement of the immigration laws to serve the national interest. let me bring you a picture about the implementation of that plan. they are designed to widen the net for deporting illegal in from the united states and speed up in from the united states and speed up their removal. let s bring in the bbc s up their removal. let s bring in the bbc‘s correspondent in washington. i suppose a lot of people will be wondering exactly how this is different from what went before with the obama administration? what the obama administration focused on was on detaining and deporting individuals caught early on within two weeks of crossing the border and within 100 two weeks of crossing the border and within100 miles of the order and expediting deportation of them. here, this s
transportation secretary elaine chao joins the governors in a discussion on infrastructure. this is an hour. [crowd noise] [crowd chatter] good afternoon. i am terror of the development and congress commerce committee. today is closing the plenary session. i want to thank all of the governors for joining us and making time in your agenda. let s get started. states continue to be the debaters of innovation and innovative policy. no place is that more true than policies that states are pursuing to prepare for the nation s transportation networks. as new and innovative technologies truly revolutionize the sector. as we see change occurring at an amazing rate, the governors are reshaping how states consider infrastructure investments. we will examine the challenges and opportunities for states and innovative technology as it becomes an integral part of the nation s infrastructure. i m hoping this conversation will provide a chance to examine policy solutions, spurring the saf
this next panel included transportation secretary elaine chao. who talked about infrastructure investment and innovation on the state and federal level. this is an hour. all right. good afternoon. i m governor john hicken looper, the chair of the nga s economic and commerce committee. it s my pleasure to host today s closing plenary session. i want to thank all the governors for joining us. making time on your agenda. this is i think going to be an exciting session. so let s get started. states continue to be the incubators of innovation and innovative policy. and no place is that more true than policies that states are pursuing to prepare for the nation s transportation networks. as new and innovative technologies truly revolutionize this sector, and as we see change occurring at an amazing rate, governors are reshaping how states consider infrastructure investments. this afternoon we re going to examine the challenges and opportunities for states as innovative technology be