A very warm welcome to bloomberg daybreak europe. Im anna edwards in westminster. Manus im manus cranny in london. The question is of course, today is a critically important moment for the union. I am talking about the Democratic Union party from Northern Ireland meeting theresa may today. This is the linchpin of forming good government. Anna yes, indeed. Can theresa may get those 10 mps on site . She will need them if she wants to get her more controversial policies through parliament. Northern be seen in ireland as a onceinalifetime opportunity for Northern Ireland to influence the policy agenda, perhaps taxation and investment, and also influence the brexit conversation because they also wanted something that could be seen as a slightly softer brexit in terms of keeping open trade relations and keeping open the border between the north and the republic. We will talk all about that. We have a great guest to talk to us about that. Theresa may, focusing in on this d. U. P. Meeting, aft
Brexit happened it looks like it is going to. If trump gets his way and is more of an isolationist in the as. , we are at disadvantage. The rest of the worlds deepening their ties. China is trying to launch its. Wn free trade zone there is a Southeast Asian group of nations that are forming trade ties. Evenlization will not stop though brexit has happened. Id given the reddit rhetoric we have heard, if congress doesnt pass that will we lose lose ground. As you look at the trade picture, theres the u. K. Stand to lose out as a result of this . It is possible they could. If everyone is tied up into trade, there is less room for the u. K. And the u. S. To maneuver. That theossibility west will lose out. David we are still talking about brexit. Onr feature section scotland, leading the Scottish National party. Carol who is she, first of all . Ofshe is a long time member the s p. She was working her way through the ranks for a long time. On with the Prime Minister etc. To the north there is
Nearly 30 others were taken to a hospital. Among those treated were four ambulance workers and three police officers. Investigators are looking at the restaurants heating equipment. And one of the worlds most notorious drug lords is behind bars after a nearly 13year manhunt. Joaquin El Chapo Guzman was captured. He is the alleged head of the sinaloa cartel, a group that has been blamed for the kidnapping and murders of rival drug gangs and police officers. The taliban is breaking off talks for a Prisoner Exchange with the u. S. American officials are negotiating for the release of this man, u. S. Army Sergeant Bowe bergdahl, but a spokesman for the militants say a, quote, complex political situation is the reason for them freezing the talks. The taliban wants five prisoners at Guantanamo Bay released. Coming up in the newsroom at 2 00 eastern time, well have the final medal count from the winter Olympic Games in sochi. Can team usa overtake the russians on the last day of competition .
Himself and the three children. His body was mutilated by the blast. And this is where it happened, northwestern syria not far from the Turkish Border where he was able to live in anonymity. Air strikes destroyed nearly everything in that compound. Reporter it was the hardest of places to get into and hardest to guess hed be hiding in. This is all thats left of where possibly for weeks. Nted man hid much of an intelligence value whisked away, flattened to rubble by repeated air strikes. Cleared up it seems by the islamists who control the area. We obtain these images from a local cameraman able to function in a region where alqaeda is strong, but where elsewhere civilians are bombed too often for life to be normal. Two of the dead here collected and taken away. Shells litter the area perhaps from the 8 helicopters that arrived here in the dead of night before u. S. Commanders blew holes through the compound walls. Ahmed was woken just before 11 00 p. M. Local time and was shocked to se