Forces to protect lives. Plus the trade war takes its toll. Chinas growth slows to its weakest in more than a quarter of a century a warm welcome to the Programme Briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. Banning staff access to work e mails outside office hours to help them switch off, might actually cause stress if it stops them achieving work goals. Thats what a new study has found. So do you check work emails at home or on days off . How do you deal with inbox overload . Let me know just use the hashtag bbcthebriefing. The british Prime Minister Boris Johnson has less than 36 hours to sell the brexit deal he agreed in brussels on thursday to members of parliament in westminster. He needs at least 320 of them to approve it in a crucial commons vote on saturday. So is it possible . Heres our political correspondent, nick eardley. Many thought simply would not happen to borisjohnson many thought simply would not happen to Boris Johnson hand in hand many
And could face restrictions. Us Senate Majority leader Chuck Schumer says Benjamin Netanyahu is a major obstacle to peace, as israel vows to push ahead with rafah offensive. The Spanish Parliament approves a controversial amnesty law that exonerates catalonia separatists. New figures show the number of middle aged people dying from cancer in the uk is at a record low. Sport now from the bbc sport centre. Hello from the bbc sport centre. Two time uspga champion Justin Thomas insists that the Players Championship which is under way in florida still has a really strong field, despite many of golf s big names being absent because theyve joined the saudi backed liv tour. Rory mcilroy s raised concerns that fans are losing interest because of the fragmented nature of the sport. Heres our golf correspondent, ian carter. It does feel different. Certain of the build up to the tournament has been dominated by the ongoing controversies that surround mens professional golf and the split that is th
Former President Donald Trump tries to get the criminal case against him in florida thrown out. We have an answer from the judge. What if you could work 32 hours a week and still be paid for 40 . Well, Congress Takes a look at that and we talk about the troubled present and uncertain future of College Football with seventime National Championship Coach Nick Saban. Bret but, first, breaking tonight, haiti is spiraling into chaos. Political turmoil and street violence and there are still, at least, hundreds of Americans Still on the Island Nation as of tonight. So far, it appears the Biden Administrations message to those Americans In Haiti is youre on your own. The president s team says it is not preparing to assist in the evacuation at this point. Correspondent Gillian Turner is at the State Department tonight with the latest. Good evening, gillian. Hi, bret there are potentially as you mentioned Hundreds Of Americans trapped on the ground in haiti tonight as the Country Tea Teeters on
Survival to take the precedence over the best interests of israel. He has been too willing to tolerate the civilian toll in gaza, which pushing support for israel worldwide to historic lows. Israel cannot survive if it becomes a pariah. The highest ranking jewish elected official in the United States calling for a Leadership Change in israel, now five months into its war with hamas. Well have more of Senate Majority leader Chuck Schumers important comments and the reaction to them straight ahead. Plus, an update on Donald Trumps efforts to get his classified documents case dismissed. Well have expert legal analysis for you on that in just a moment. And while trump was in a courtroom, President Biden was on the Campaign Trail in another key midwest battleground state. Good morning and welcome to Way Too Early on this friday, march 15th. Its friday. We made it. Barely. Im jonathan lemire, thanks for starting your day with us. And well begin this morning with a series of developments in D