plus mary trump is here to preview her uncle s big day in court tomorrow as the ex president gets ready to testify at his own civil fraud trial. and gaza suffered another communications blackout amid intense israeli bombardment. i ll talk with a top israeli official who resigned citing quote genocide of the palestinians. good evening welcome to the show i m mehdi hasan. it s november 5th,, 2023 which means exactly a year from now, november the 5th, 2024 americans will go to the polls to pick their president. it looks almost certain that they will be picking between joe biden and donald trump. the choice that americans are saying in poll after poll that they do not want a rerun of 2020. they don t want dramatic democratic and republican candidates with names biden and trump. but here we are. and here s the bad news for team biden in particular. if the election were held not a year for now but today, the twice impeached four times indicted indicted donald trump would win the el
Well have the full result, with the conservatives on 318, labour on 262, and both parties having increased their share of the vote. In Northern Ireland, the Democratic Unionist Party, with ten seats, agreed to try to help the conservatives to stay in power. The Prime Minister has spoken to me this morning, and we will enter discussions with the conservatives, to explore how it might be possible to bring stability to our nation. In scotland, a challenging night for the snp. They lost a third of their seats. The former leader alex salmond was among those defeated. After a collapse in ukips share of the vote, and no mps, the Party Leader Paul Nuttall resigned. And with just ten days to the start of the brexit talks, well be reporting on the far reaching implications for the future of the United Kingdom. More news and analysis throughout the day. We will have reaction from around the uk, europe and the rest of the world to the result. Good evening from Downing Street, where theresa may is
Election, frances new president Emmanuel Macron looks set to win a landslide in the countrys parliamentary elections. Can he pushed through the major reforms that you promised voters, including Cutting Spending and overholding frances strict laws. Do you still trust the politicians . Do they deliver on their promises . Or do they just say what you want to hear to win your vote . Let us know, use the hashtag bbc Business Live. A very warm welcome to the programme. Do get in touch with your thoughts. The Prime Minister has formed a new government, and today she will be holding her first Cabinet Meeting says the election. Senior ministers reappointed by theresa may have publicly given hubbard backing, but several are reported to have demanded greater influence in return for their support. Meanwhile, the uncertainty caused by the General Election has led Business Confidence in the uk to sink through the floor. That is according to a lobby group that did according to a lobby group that did
A disastrous spiral of Brutality Measures and trump is a bully just some of the reaction from officials over the latest terrace from the United States washington will enforce punitive Import Levies on steel and al a million from Europe Canada and mexico European Commission president John Crow Younkers says the bloc will impose countermeasures canada says it will defend canadian industry and jobs mexico is also retaliating President Donald Trump has been threatening for weeks to impose the tariffs of twenty five percent on imported steel and ten percent on our minium citing National Security concerns which canada today said is absurd well that it be an exemption or there was an exemption in place until june first and there were hopes that deadline would be extended but for midnight tonight e. U. Metal exports to the u. S. Will most likely become uncompetitive under the new tariffs the block has drawn up a list of u. S. Products like Harley Davidson motorbikes levis jeans and Bourbon Whi
Thinking more than welcome to conflict zone thank you its two years since the back seat referendum two years in which the government has failed to come up with an agreed position in the cabinet and what kind of bracks that they want to show themselves and well i think want to be seen is that bracks is undoubtedly extremely complex certainly but bench members of Parliament Like me would like to see more clarity on the Future Trading Relationship between the u. K. And the e. U. Progress has been made on some things to be fair to both sides but clearly theres a lot left to negotiate and agree in the remaining months ahead i mean theyve been negotiating and fighting with themselves they have been talking to brussels much and thats thats the shambolic aspect of it is so just that its difficult its just that they cant agree on what they want which is pretty shameful isnt it this is the future of this country in the future of this countrys economy hinges on what kind of bracks the u. K. Gets