Stories on our website and dont forget you can download the bbc news app. But now on bbc news live to singapore for Asia Business report. The pound dips on brexit drama. Sterling loses ground after parliament forces Boris Johnson to ask for an extension to the uks exit deadline. And Indian Cyber Security scam, how online fraudsters trick people into parting with their ha rd trick people into parting with their hard earned cash. Hello and welcome to this monday edition of Asia Business report. We start with brexit because sterling has slipped as the global currency markets opened for the First Time Since the Uk Parliament delayed that crucial vote on the new European Union Withdrawal Agreement on thursday. We saw the pound having strengthened after the british Prime Minister borisjohnson, agreed after the british Prime Minister Boris Johnson, agreed a after the british Prime Minister borisjohnson, agreed a revised deal with the eu but on saturday we saw Parliament Passing legislation th
Borisjohnsons brexit deal unless changes are made. We will not give support to the government may believe they are fundamentally wrong and acting a nyway fundamentally wrong and acting anyway that is detrimental to Northern Ireland and taking us on the wrong direction. And the older People Living with eating disorders, more on this and other stories with Victoria Derbyshire in half an hour. Police say theyve now recovered all 39 bodies discovered in a refrigerated truck in essex. They say they cannot confirm the identity of the victims, or speculate about their nationalities, although it appears several of them may be vietnamese. The vietnamese Prime Minister has ordered government officials to help establish the identities of the victims and to look into cases of vietnamese citizens sent abroad illegally. In the past few minutes, police in ireland say a fifth man has been arrested as part of the investigation. Dci Martin Pasmore from essex police says that identifying the victims is t
Eu leaders met to discuss their response to the uks request for an extension this morning insisting that the deal is not dead. Police in hong kong fire tear gas at protesters as violence erupts at an illegal march in one of the cities main shopping districts. The hardcore protesters who have really been upping the ante, throwing petrol bombs at the police. A quick game of cricket for the duke and duchess of cambridge as they visit an orphanage in pakistan as their royal tour to the country comes to an end and after a nailbiting finish wales beat france by one point winning themselves a place in the Rugby World Cup semi final. And at 11. 30 well hear how volunteers helped save a Somerset Heritage railway line thats in inside out south west. Borisjohnson has sent a letter to the eu, asking for an extension to the uks withdrawal date. But hes refused to sign the document and hes also sent a second letter warning against any further delay. The Prime Minister was legally obliged to ask for
Happened, very early stages yet, i dont want to comment on specific causes. No indication of any connection with drug dealing networks or anything . A gap as i said, very early stages of the investigation, we will assess the information we have got and progress from there. We will follow our normal process, postmortems will ta ke normal process, postmortems will take place in due course, we have deployed specially trained officers to support the families, and names et cetera will follow in due course. Any indication of how big the party was and whether these four were invited . A gap that is difficult to sayjust invited . A gap that is difficult to say just now. I invited . A gap that is difficult to sayjust now. I do believe that the people involved as the victims here we re people involved as the victims here were invited to that address, and i was about 15 20 people present for most of the time, that is as far as ican go most of the time, that is as far as i can go in terms of the i
On the 31st of october. My government intends to work towards a new partnership with the European Union, based on free trade and friendly cooperation. My ministers will work to implement new regimes for fisheries, agriculture and trade, seizing the opportunities that arise from leaving the European Union. A new immigration bill ending Free Movement will lay the foundation for a fair, modern and global immigration system. My government remains committed to ensuring that resident european citizens who have built their lives in, and contributed so much to, the United Kingdom, have the right to remain. Norman smithjoins norman smith joins us from westminster. What are your first thoughts on the queens speech. 50 much thoughts on the queens speech. So much of it is dominated by prebgt. Brexit. I counted a third of package. Measures to replace the Common Agricultural policy, to set up Common Agricultural policy, to set up an independent fisheries policy a trade bill, paving the way for an in