Bushfire emergency. The British Parliament has voted overwhelmingly in favour of legislation that marks a huge stride towards britain leaving the European Union, after nearly half a century. Eight days after its sweeping election victory, borisjohnsons conservative party smashed through the stalemate that followed the referendum in 2016. The Withdrawal Agreement now approved in principle by mps says the uk will leave the eu on 31 january. It imposes a transition period until the end of 2020, during which britain will still abide by eu rules. It says the uk will pay the eu a divorce bill of around £33 billion, and it sets out a plan for dealing with the Northern Irish border, with a possible Customs Border down the irish sea. Here is our deputy political editorjohn pienaar. Were leaving were through the looking glass. Everything looks the same, but nothing will be the same again. The last, lonely protester was there, fighting a cause that today became officially lost. The ayes to the r
Citizenship law intensifies, scenes of defiance, protesters ignoring cu rfews, police accused of heavy handed tactics. Hundreds of thousands across this vast and diverse nation have taken to the streets to oppose a law they say discriminates against muslims. It offers fast track citizenship for Illegal Immigrants from three neighbouring countries, except muslims. The government says it is to protect religious minorities fleeing persecution. India prides itself on its secular principles, the right to equality for all citizens. But many fear that, by making religion a condition of citizenship, that core fundamental principle is now at stake. Muslims say they are living in fear. The government is planning to publish a nationwide register of citizens, in which everyone would have to prove they are indian. Those who cant would be considered Illegal Immigrants, with only non muslims afforded protection under the new citizenship law. I dont trust the government, she tells me. If they dont acc
Firefighters in the australian state of New South Wales were bracing for what are being termed catastrophic fire conditions. Temperatures well above a0 degrees, are set to fuel almost a hundred fires burning across the state. In south australia, one person has died overnight in a blaze east of adelaide. The Prime Minister Scott Morrison widely criticised for being on holiday during the crisis is expected back in australia over the weekend. Phil mercerjoins me now from sydney. Before we talk about anything else, update me on the latest in terms of the bushfires. We have a catastrophic fire warning for three large areas here in New South Wales, more than 100 fires are burning across australias most populous state. Roads have been closed, Rail Services have been disrupted, and what with just a few days left until christmas, summer holidaymakers are hoping to go north, south and west of syd ney hoping to go north, south and west of sydney have been urged to stay at home today, and delete t
You can watch the remainder of this program on the Fourth Estate by going to our website, cspan. Org. We leave here for live coverage of the morning house. The house will be in order. The clerk the speakers rooms, washington, d. C. July 24, 2017. Appoint the honorable james comber to act as speaker pro tempore on this comer, to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. Signed, paul d. Ryan, speak of the appoint the honorable james comber to act as speaker pro tempore on this comer, to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. Signed, paul d. Ryan, speak of the house of representatives. The speaker pro tempore pursuant to the order of the house of january 3, 2017, the chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour debate. The chair will alternate recognition between the parties. All time shall be equally allocated between the parties and in no event shall debate continue beyond 1 50 p. M. Each member other than the majority and mi
Opposing forces in the market. The young moving higher. Still a lot of issues in europe. Deutsche bank getting hammered again. Jonathan are they really going to use the mexican peso as the proxy for who won the debate . There will be holes coming out. Dont worry. Alix we will have guests break it down through the program. We are looking at former u. K. Chancellor of exchequer george osborne. He will be joining us in his first tv interview since leaving government. It is a bloomberg exclusive. Will join usrack for the full hour. And before the u. S. Open, a discussion of all things election. A little bit risk on, a little bit risk off. Jonathan we are up about a third of 1 . 0. 8 . X down by record close for Deutsche Bank. 3 on the session so far. The ftse 100 in london also soft. We talk about the peso in just a moment. Abouter dollar, down by 0. 25 . In the bond market, look at the front end of the yield curve. We are about three basis points away from an alltime yield alltime low on