with, uh look, if we finally beat medicare. thank you president biden. president trump? well, he is right. he did beat medicare, he beat it to death. more border patrol and more asylum officers. president trump? i really don t know what he said at the end of that sentence. i don t think he knows what he said either. he wants to get rid of the ar. ability of medicare for the ability for the us to be able to negotiate drug prices and big pharma companies. there is going to be discussion whether he should continue. no two ways about it not a good debate. his job was to reassure them. to calm his a party. to make them feel that yes, can i do this. he did not do that he did the opposite of that. he made them more panicked. i think there is a lot of people who are going to want to see him consider taking a different course now. ainsley: well, you saw it last night. democrats in full-blown panic money this morning with the media headlines spelling ver
now on bbc news all the latest business news live from singapore the final wake of 2016 and what a year it was! after days of choking smog, we counted the economic costs of china s pollution crisis. good morning deja, hello world. happy holidays and glad you could join us that this edition of asia business report. it looks like stocks are enjoying a bit of a santa claus rally. 0vernight, it was down slightly by 33 points. 0verall rally. 0vernight, it was down slightly by 33 points. overall it has been a rollercoaster ride. it started with what felt like a freefall in chinese commodity prices followed by the shock of brexit and the bigger surprise then of donald trump as the next president of the united states. we asked what spurred such volatility? it is another year of sub powered growth in global trade and that is what defines what is important for asia. that in itself allowed for the kind of populism that we saw that led to the mac and donald trump. for asia, the week grow
and what they get up to underwater. and saw advances in a controversial new genetic technique. human organs are growing inside these pigs. this was also the year a global climate deal came into force but the election of donald trump placed a question mark over its future. and after decades of searching, scientists have detected gravitational waves. it s been called the discovery of the century, making 2016 a truly momentous year for science. i m here at thejodrell bank observatory in the north of england. for more than half a century, scientists have been using this vast telescope to gaze up into the heavens, transforming our understanding of the universe. some people have been lucky enough to experience the wonders of space first hand. this year it was the turn of british astronaut tim peake. blasting off, the start of a remarkable mission. tim peake was on his way. he was heading for the space station tojoin its international crew for the next six months. the first british
especially when ten years worth of politics has been squeezed intojust one. i believe that this thursday can be our country s independence day. applause. i do not think it would be right for me to try and be the captain that steers our country to its next destination. tomorrow is going to be a very historic day, i believe that. i think it will be brexit plus plus plus, does that make sense? my picture is very simple, i m theresa may and to be prime minister. i m adam fleming, come with me to a secluded log cabin, there no wi fi, no phone reception, just you, me and a lot of events to think about. it was the issue that split the nation. the european union, leave or remain. in the first part of the year, david cameron embarked on the first half of his europe strategy renegotiating our membership of the eu with his fellow leaders. it meant lots of these, known in the trade as the grip and grin. if it was thursday, it must be hungary. is that the prime minister of slovenia or slo
being questioned over certain events. once this interrogation process is completed over the next few hours, arrangements will be made to send the passengers and crew members back to libya with another aircraft. i would like to thank all those involved in the successful resolution of this crisis, namely the commander of the armed forces of malta, who was our chief negotiator. i will take a number of questions. we were clear that we were not willing to negotiate unless there was surrender. until now, they have made no demands. obviously, they are not ina made no demands. obviously, they are not in a position now to make demands, but we were clear that we we re demands, but we were clear that we were not negotiating. so far, no, there have been no requests for political asylum. the commander confirmed to me that during his negotiations, the maltese government s position was crystal clear, so no demands were made. in the last few minutes, noda no demand has been made. there ar