Singapore. This is bbc world news. Its newsday. Hello and welcome. Its 9am in singapore and iam in the morning here in london, where in the past few hours British Parliament has given its final approval to a landmark law allowing the government to formally start the process of leaving the European Union. Earlier, scotlands First Minister Nicola Sturgeon dropped a political bombshell, announcing plans for a second Independence Referendum prompted by opposition to brexit. Britains Prime Minister theresa may wasnt too impressed. Lets hear from Nicola Sturgeon first. I will now take the steps necessary to make sure that scotland will have a choice at the end of this process. A choice of whether to follow the uk to a hard brexit, or to become an independent country. Instead of Playing Politics with the future of our country, the Scottish Government should focus on delivering Good Government and Public Services for the people of scotland. Politics is not a game. A little earlier our Politica
Singapore. This is bbc world news. Its newsday. Hello and welcome. Its 9am in singapore and iam in the morning here in london, where in the past few hours British Parliament has given its final approval to a landmark law allowing the government to formally start the process of leaving the European Union. Earlier, scotlands First Minister Nicola Sturgeon dropped a political bombshell, announcing plans for a second Independence Referendum prompted by opposition to brexit. Britains Prime Minister theresa may wasnt too impressed. Lets hear from Nicola Sturgeon first. I will now take the steps necessary to make sure that scotland will have a choice at the end of this process. A choice of whether to follow the uk to a hard brexit, or to become an independent country. Instead of Playing Politics with the future of our country, the Scottish Government should focus on delivering Good Government and Public Services for the people of scotland. Politics is not a game. A little earlier our Politica
Today and something the president himself highlighted at the Press Conference. Take a listen. I think a lot of his views are going to be shaped by his advisers, the people around him, which is why its important to Pay Attention to these confirmation hearhearings. This is a job of such magnitude you cant do it by yourself. You are enormously reliant on a team. How you put a Team Together to make sure that they are getting you the best information and they are teeing up the options from which you will ultimately make decisions. Thats probably the most useful advice, the most constructive advice ive been able to give him. Personnel is policy, in other words. Especially for a Chief Executive who for the first time in the history of this republic has zero experience in Public Service of any kind, not the government nor the military. With policy positions all over the map, even changing from one day to the next, its nearly impossible to predict just what
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BALTIMORE — Maryland’s landmark law allowing people sexually abused as children to sue those responsible, no matter how much time has passed, faces its first known constitutional challenge, from the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Washington. While widely anticipated, the legal challenge filed this month opens the door to prolonged appellate proceedings debating the constitutionality of the law .