the pound is falling sharply in asian trade ahead of the big brexit speech by theresa may. the billion dollar fine speech by theresa may. the billion dollarfine and speech by theresa may. the billion dollar fine and admission of guilt is this the end of the takata nightmare? hello and welcome to asia business report. the british pound is under pressure, falling on speculation the uk is moving closer to exiting the single market of the eu. trading just below a dollar 20. the first time it has fallen that level since october. i think it is a co nflu e nce level since october. i think it is a confluence of not just level since october. i think it is a confluence of notjust expectation about the speech, and it seems some of the key details have been leaked over the weekend, but it segues nicely to philip hammond s comments that if the uk needed to recalibrate its economy, it would. taken together has meant traders in asia have taken at the signal we are in for a hard brexit and
it would be a huge mistake to blame one person as the reason why, but it s the first time we have conceded a lot of goals, it s never happened before. that s why i have to know the reason why. i m so happy at manchester. of course i prefer to win than to lose, but i m so happy, the way i m trying to do things until my last day as best as possible to think or to achieve what i think is the best way to play. i think the second half was perfect in every aspect of football. the first half we controlled it, but they had some good chances. i think they had some good chances. i think the difference was we scored at the right time in the game in the first half, but also the second half straight after half time. that made it very difficult for them. zlatan ibrahimovic scored a late equaliser at old trafford as manchester united and liverpool drew i i. ibrahimovic cancelled out james milner‘s first half penalty with a header in the 84th minute. in the end neither manager could compla
wales take on early lead in the six nations. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. president trump says he may bring forward a new immigration executive order to enforce america s homeland security. but there s still no clarity on what he s planning. the administration will continue to argue for the temporary ban on migrants from seven countries that s been blocked by federaljudges. earlier i spoke to dr larry sabato, professor of politics at the university of virginia, and asked whether he expected the president to introduce a new executive order. that appears to be the route the trump administration has chosen. they may still appeal the earlier court decisions to the supreme court. but i think they re more likely to issue a new executive order. and if they do that, how different will it have to be from the first order to avoid legal challenges? it must be substantially different. it will have to be much more carefully and narrowly tailored than the first one. even that ma
north korea fires a ballistic missile into the sea ofjapan, the first such test since donald trump became us president. in sport, england win a thriller in wales in the six nations. a try in the dying minutes gives eddiejones‘s side victory and extends their winning run to 16 matches. #to light up the skies and open the world. la la land leads the way as hollywood s biggest names descend on london for the baftas. and we have the weather. good morning. rain, sleetand and we have the weather. good morning. rain, sleet and snow on the way for england today. a cold wind. if it is too cold for you at the moment, i have some good news for you in the forecast. join me in 15 minutes. thank you for that. good morning. first, our main story. thousands of operations are being cancelled with highly skilled surgeons left kicking their heels because of a shortage of hospital beds, according to the royal college of surgeons and the organisation that represents nhs trusts. in a joint let
this is breakfast, with sally nugent and ben thompson on the sofa. thousands of operations are being cancelled because there aren t enough beds, a new warning from surgeons and hospital trusts. in a joint letter to the sunday times, they say it s a shocking waste that highly qualified surgeons are left kicking their heels, but nhs england says only 1% of procedures are affected. good morning. it s sunday the 12th of february. also ahead: the speaker of the commons, john bercow, insists his impartiality has not been compromised as he comes under fire for commenting on political issues. personally, i voted to remain. i thought it was better to stay in the european union than not. north korea fires a ballistic missile into the sea ofjapan, the first such test since donald trump became us president. in sport, england win a thriller in wales in the six nations. a try in the dying minutes gives eddiejones‘s side victory and extends their winning run to 16 matches. and the wea