Constitution, worried 1st intended to prevent any roll back of reproductive rights in the future. The law. Im Terry Lawrence and thanks for joining us. Can trying to find the answers to is pressing economic and demographic challenges. Thats just one of the questions facing thousands of delegates says they gather for the countries highly choreograph National Peoples congress in beijing. Leaders have announced the target of 5 percent. You can on the growth in 2024, far below the double digit growth, the ones power, the chinese economy. They also planned to increase defense spending, my 7. 2 percent, same rate of increase as last year. The annual we call and gathering is mostly ceremonial in nature. All key decisions have already been made behind closed doors by the communist party. A journalist bobby and chris bob is in beijing. I asked him earlier how the Chinese Government is planning to keep the economy moving. Yeah, thats the big question, but uh, let me just give you a little bit of
Welcome to bbc news. The home secretary, amber rudd, says the uk will continue to seek a bespoke deal on leaving the European Union and she insisted that differences between cabinet ministers over brexit policy have been exaggerated. A Cabinet Committee will meet this week to discuss the governments approach to negotiations. Heres our political correspondent, susana mendonca. Watching the dragons in action on a trip to china last week, the Prime Minister was all too aware that her backbenchers at home were fanning the flames of division over xebgt. Some brexiteer have been painting a picture of disunity on the governments front bench. Now one leading member of the cabinet has pushed back. I have a surprise for the brexiteers, which is the committee that meets to help make these decisions is nor united than they think. We meet for discussions, i think we will arrive at something which suits us all. Assessments think week that had suggested the options for a post Brexit Brexit deal with
Iplayer a. Thank you to my guess is, thank you thank you to my guess tos, thank you forjoining us. Guests. Hello and welcome to the film review on bbc news. To take us through this weeks cinema releases is mark kermode. So mark, what do we have this week . We had a new version ofjourneys end. Helen mirren in winchester, the ghost story chiller. And an oscar nominated Denzel Washington in roman] israel, esq. Journeys end, is it a tough watch . I was very impressed by it, it is directed by a man whose previous film was about world war ii. This is set in the trenches of world war i, a terrific ensemble cast, tobyjones, paul bettany. And essentially what the film does is capture the sort of day to day squalor and struggle and comradeship of people in those trenches in the middle of that terrible war. My darling joan. When you read this, i dont imagine that for one moment you will feel bitter and resentful. But you will find comfort in the thought that i went down fighting for my country. Y
Quarter to six, these are tonights headlines. Darren osborne, the man who drove a van into a crowd of muslim worshippers in north london, is jailed for a minimum of 43 years with the judge describing his actions as a suicide mission. More details are emerging in washington tonight of a controversial medical memo, four to accuse the fbi of abusing its powers. A lot of details coming out as we speak. Thought to accuse the fbi. And on her way back from china, the Prime Minister is under pressure to set out where she stands on britains trade agreements after brexit. Now on bbc news, a look ahead to sportsday at 6 30 tonight. We look ahead to this years six nations, the first match, wales against scotland at the principality stadium here in the heart of cardiff. We will have the latest tea m cardiff. We will have the latest team news from every nation, though, every tea m team news from every nation, though, every team is struggling with injuries. Weve got all the teams. It will be a busy w
As they start the six nations in wales today, and theyre both hoping to snuff out englands hopes of becoming the first side to complete a hatrick of titles in 130 years. While ireland kick off in france. Theyre back, the spice girls said the time is right to explore new opportunities but what will those those opportunities be . Well try and find out. And ben has the weather. Saturday looks great, damp and cold in most places, snow over some high ground in the north and then the weather looks set to stay cold through the rest of the weekend and into next week looks great. All the details on the way. Thanks, ben, see you in a bit. Small businesses affected by the colla pse Small Businesses affected by the collapse of carillion are being offered the chance to apply for government backed loans from high street lenders. Thousands of suppliers were left unpaid after the firm went into liquidation in january. 0ur firm went into liquidation in january. Our Business Correspondent joe lynam repo