Good morning. In sport, stuart hogg is out of the lions tour with injury. But Sam Warburton is back to captain them in their latest warm up match, they kick off against highlanders later this morning. Aint aint nobody loves me better. From singing superstars to a capella amateurs we take a look behind the scenes of new bbc show, pitch battle. And carol has the weather in just a few minutes when we can find her. Good morning. First, our main story. Theresa may will meet the leader of the Democratic Unionist Party, Arlene Foster, today, to thrash out the details of a deal that would secure their support for a minority conservative government. Opposition parties have criticised the talks, with sinn fein suggesting a deal with the dup would undermine the Good Friday Agreement. Meanwhile, with Brexit Talks Due to begin in less than a week, the eus Chief Negotiator Michel Barnier has called on britain not to waste time. Our Political Correspondent, ben wright, has more. If the Arlene Foster,
Entrylevel software skills. The first of its kind, students pay 200 per month for the courses, which are designed to be completed in less than a year. At t is offering paid internships to some graduates and a shot at entrylevel software jobs. Dreamworks animation has launched dreamworks tv on youtube. The channel is aimed at younger viewers and will feature original liveaction and animated programming. The project is being led by a company that dreamworks paid 33 million for last year. Now to our lead story of the day, growth is slowing and ali baba, which has some investors worried. Theyre updated ipo prospectus shows slowed sales in the Fourth Quarter compared to the year before, when margins were also down, dropping from 51 in the was earlier as the company forced to spend more to attract mobile users. The amended filing also names the 27 partners that are part of the companys unique governance structure, something that made the company choose to lift in new york over hong kong. For
We are your in london. Mcdonalds secret world cup menu. Find out what you can order under the counter if you are in brazil. The super sidecar, we check out the vehicle trying to break the land speed record. But get into industrial policy. Ge is said to be refining its alstom bill to assure bid to assure france this is the deadline. Casens chief is making his to french lawmakers after presenting a joint bid with mitsubishi yesterday. Carolyn is all over the story. She is in paris. The offer could come as soon as friday. In the meantime, we heard from siemens ceo in front of french lawmakers. Three weeks after the ge ceo eser to testify, joe ka knew we had to convince lawmakers that his offer was the best. His offer with mitsubishi would safeguard jobs and investments. I talked to him before his appearance before french lawmakers. The feeling is the president is a good listener. He had been listening to ge and siemens and he knows the facts and im sure people she i am that we areeciates
All of this coming from the recently updated ipo filing. The company is expected to go public in the u. S. In coming months. And Dreamworks Animation has launched dreamworks tv on youtube. It will feature live action and animated programming. The project is being led by optimist tv. The company dreamworks paid 33 million for last year. Now to our lead story of the day, growth is slowing at alibaba and that has some investors worried. Updated ipo perspectives show that sales slowed considerably in the Fourth Quarter, and margins were down dropping from 51 earlier in the year 245 . To 45 . Ded it is something that made the company choose to list in new york over hong kong. For more now we are joined by cory johnson and leslie packer. Picker. Theycker also broke out some of the numbers that were not in the original ipo filing. What jumped out . There was not a lot that surprised me. We got an investor reaction, because of yahoo s ownership stake we might see the way the market is thinking
Coming up, is time running out for nouri almaliki, the iraqi Prime Minister . We will ask the foreign minister if the country needs a new Prime Minister. First, lets get straight to our top company story. Poised to make his case again to french leaders today. Tomis making the case for als Energy Assets. Things going on surrounding this deal. It is becoming increasingly political. Will france be set aside . Bothine, ge and siemens improving their offers and both meeting the president today. Thats right. A pretty exciting day today. The french president will meet with the siemens ceo at 2 45 french time. And he will also meet with the General Electric ceo. Sides improving their offers. Ge last night said instead of just taking over alstoms Energy Assets, they will also create a joint venture with alstom in renewables as well as relliance on nuclear technology. Ge is selling israel for naming business selling its rail signaling business to alstom. Siemens decided to improve their cash com