Exactly what this queens speech shows. Scotlands first minister, Nicola Sturgeon, sets out her plans for another independence referendum and warns Boris Johnson not to block the will of the scottish people. Calls on the ministry of defence to do more to tackle racism in the armed forces. Record temperatures in australia fuel unprecedented fires more than 100 fires are burning in New South Wales alone, the countrys most populous state. Its so easy to leave me. And meow get ready for the for some mean comments about the new film cats. It was just nine weeks ago that we had a queens speech. The difference this time is that borisjohnson now has a massive majority in parliament and the power to make things happen. The speech, written by the government, covered everything from hospital car parking to a review of foreign policy, all of it billed as an Ambitious Programme to deliver the peoples priorities. So what are they . Top of the list take the uk out of the eu by the end of january. Incr
Go Halftime Report starts right now. Welcome good to have you with us on this thursday our Investment Committee today, josh brown, john ageri, Jenny Harrington we begin the markets where all eyes are on the white house. That meeting on trade with those new tariffs looming. Watching it all. The latest, including the president ial tweet sending stocks surging the best gains since october u. S. Negotiators have offered to cancel the december 15 tariffs and cut existing tariffs on 360 billion in chinese goods in half. Thats according to two people close to talks my sources offer a couple caveats on the offer reported this morning by the wall street journal. It was made to the chinese last week clearly, a lot of time in between then and now second, talks have been taking place at the deputy level, with the ambassador absorbed by developments on usmca. Lighthizer will brief republican senators on that deal at a lunch meeting today on capitol hill. President trump appears ebullient saying the
Article one is adopted. Political history in america. The moment donald trump is impeached. Now he faces a trial. The advert promoting tolerance in the army, but racism is prevalent, says the watchdog. Its so easy to leave me all alone with the memory. The cats trailer caused a social media storm. Now the feature film is out, but it gets from a far from perfect reception. And coming up on bbc news, mikel arteta has said his goodbyes at manchester city, where hes been assistant coach for three years. Despite no official confirmation, arteta is expected to be announced as the arsenal manager tomorrow. Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. It was just nine weeks ago that we had a queens speech the difference this time is that borisjohnson now has a massive majority in parliament and the power to make things happen. The speech written by the government covered everything from hospital car parking to a review of foreign policy, all of it billed as an Ambitious Programme to delive
Conservative party, does not stand for the people at the receiving end of their policies. Despite all their promises that is exactly what this queens speech shows. Well be taking a closer look at the range of measures being proposed and asking how realistic they are. Also tonight. Donald trump becomes just the third president in us history to be impeached, but hes unlikely to be forced from office. In australia, a state of emergency is declared in new south wales, where a heatwave could worsen a series of bushfires. Its so easy to leave me all alone with the memory and the long awaited big screen version of cats has finally arrived but the reception is rather mixed. And coming up on sportsday on bbc news, Manchester City assistant manager mikel arteta is expected to be named as arsenals new boss on friday. Good evening. The queen has opened a new session of parliament for the second time in the space of two months. But this time there was less pageantry and far more politics, following
Investigate alleged war crimes in the occupied palestinian territory. Does it for me more news at the top of the hour i headlines coming your way stay with us. Max kaiser this is the kaiser report twas the night before christmas and all over the world people were mining back on seeking individual sovereignty a new poem i just wrote what do you think stacey is not made that oh its lovely i said Merry Christmas in spanish i know that from Jose Feliciano i see youre still wearing your colombian necktie. Now you know i sort i could think about 2 different ways really hopefully it wont be a colombian act by the end of the show that would be quite bloody yes exactly but where in argentina were going to be heading to Rio De Janeiro those will be our next episodes from there as you see were in the Southern Hemisphere where we all it took us decades of my life to learn that its warm down here during the cold christmas up north so from now on i am going to be where its warm christmas much better