Soon after setting sail for dover. And bt sport are to pay £1. 2 billion to carry on showing the Champions League and Europa League until 2021. The new deal ends the Highlights Shows On Terrestrial Tv. Good morning. Welcome to bbc Newsroom Live. The uk factories at Ellesmere Port and luton employee. The new owners met government and unions last week and provided insurance that existing Production Commitments would be honoured at Ellesmere Port until 2020 and luton for some years beyond that but the combined company will have 2a factories in europe and some say that is too many. Its one of the biggest deals in the car making sector. British and german Brands Vauxhall and opel are to merge with the french brands peugeot and citroen. Together they will make a company which is the second largest automotive player in europe. Today, the bosses of General Motors and psa welcomed the £1. 9 billion deal and stressed their commitments to vauxhall and opel at least until 2020. After that it was
Has a right to control who enters oui has a right to control who enters our country and to keep out those who would do us harm. Security services explain how theyve prevented 13 potential Terror Attacks in the past four years. In france, pressure grows for Francois Fillon to withdraw from the president ial race, but former Prime Minister alainjuppe says hes not prepared to step in. And 30 years after the zeebruge ferry disaster, relatives, survivors and rescuers return to remember the 193 people who lost their lives. Its five oclock. Our main story is the question over the future of thousands of vauxhall workers in the uk, following the news that the business has been bought by the French Motor Group Psa, which owns peugeot and citroen. Vauxhall has two factories, in luton and Ellesmere Port, and many morejobs rely on the plants. The business secretary, greg clark, told the commons that psa would honour its commitments to the workforce. And the head of psa said he had confidence in the
Cities from pollution. And coming up in the sport on bbc news Afterfacing Criticism over its make up, the fa table a series of proposals to boost diversity at board level. Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at 6. There are concerns about the future of around 4,500 people who work at Vauxhall Plants in the uk after the business was bought by a french car company. Psa which already owns peugeot and citroen has agreed a deal to buy vauxhall in britain and 0pel in germany forjust under £2 billion. Vauxhall has two factories in luton and Ellesmere Port. Unions say the fight begins now to try to safeguard jobs. Heres our industry correspondentjohn moylan. Vauxhalls vast Vehicle Plant at luton, for decades a cornerstone of gms european operations. But soon what happens here will be decided in france. Creating uncertainty for thousands of workers. Weve all been worried, of course. Were all going to be worried because weve all got families. I myself have been here nearly 30 years. Disbel
But refuses to stand aside. His party seems to be stuck with him now that alain juppe has party seems to be stuck with him now that alainjuppe has ruled himself out. And peugeot buys the failing arm of gm motors. What happens tojobs in the uk . It has taken the white house above to produce its new revised travel order. This one will come into play in ten days and wouldnt wean a temporary freeze on visas from people travelling from these six predominantly muslim countries. It also places a 120 day freeze on refugee arrivals. Iraq has been removed from the list. Syrian refugees, green card holders and visa holders are exempt. 0n the decision to exempt iraq, here is rex tillerson. Iraq is an important ally in the fight to defeat isis, with their brave soldiers fighting in close Co Ordination with americas men and women in uniform. This intense review over the past month identified multiple Security Measures that the State Department and the government of iraq will be implementing to achie
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released t. V. Images of ukrainian soldiers detained in waters off the disputed crimea region they said that ignored russian orders to stop and had been Acting Provocatively ukraine says the statements are coerced russia seized three ukrainian warships last weekend saying they had entered its territorial waters. U. S. President trump has threatened to cut subsidies to General Motors a day after the carmaker announced Plant Closures and massive Job Cuts Buyers of electric cars