In the Supreme Court may end up being the winners because brexit needs to be on time. We will be hearing from alex salmond. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. By the end of this week, a bill will be laid before parliament to start the process of leaving the European Union. It follows a ruling by the Supreme Court, confirming that ministers are not allowed to trigger the process without parliamentary approval. Despite losing the case, ministers insist their Brexit Timetable is intact and they expect both houses of parliament to give their approval before the end of march, as our Political Editor Laura Kuenssberg reports. A hot ticket, to seejudges rule. Is it the prime minister, or parliament thats in charge . Theresa may wanted to avoid asking mps for permission to start leaving the eu. But Businesswoman Gina Miller fought and fought and fought again. Arguing the government simply does not have the power to do it alone. Theres no precedent, so can our departure start . So called art
Its newsday. Its 9am in singapore, 1am in london, and 9am in the morning in beijing where china has warned the United States that it wont back down over its territorial claims in the South China Sea. On monday, Donald Trumps spokesman said the United States would protect its interests in the region, a shift from president obamas more neutral position. But a Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman said china will safeguard its own rights. Our china editor Carrie Gracie reports on the growing tensions. There are three key flashpoints between the new Trump Administration and beijing trade, taiwan and the South China Sea. The last two involve the risk of Military Confrontation between a fast growing naval power and the worlds superpower. China lays claim to most of the South China Sea, of the one of the busiest commercial waterways in the world, and one where several of its neighbours have competing claims. Areas in the South China Sea that are part of International Waters and international a
Its newsday. Its 9am in singapore, 1am in london, and 9am in the morning in beijing where china has warned the United States that it wont back down over its territorial claims in the South China Sea. On monday, Donald Trumps spokesman said the United States would protect its interests in the region, a shift from president obamas more neutral position. But a Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman said china will safeguard its own rights. Our china editor Carrie Gracie reports on the growing tensions. There are three key flashpoints between the new Trump Administration and beijing trade, taiwan and the South China Sea. The last two involve the risk of Military Confrontation between a fast growing naval power and the worlds superpower. China lays claim to most of the South China Sea, of the one of the busiest commercial waterways in the world, and one where several of its neighbours have competing claims. Areas in the South China Sea that are part of International Waters and international a
The month of december. That was the highest reading since february of 2011. So a bit of weakness in the month of january. Looking at the sub components, the ifo Current Conditions index is at 116. 9, bang in line with the forecast. But the headline index below expectations. The Expectations Index is at 103. Once again below forecasts. Louisa, yesterday we saw a mixed performance when it came to the pmis. The Services Number for germany was below what analysts had been anticipating. Manufacturing was stronger. Overall the Fourth Quarter in germany has seen a strong end to the year what were seeing in january is a more mixed performance but a continuation of that overall strongish trend. Some say theres the seasonal factor at play, i think it will be interesting to see how this data holds up, especially after some of the projection indexes on optimism given the huge changes were seeing in the states on policy. Whether or not that filters through. Glancing at European Markets, were higher
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