Philadelphia as the eagles win the trophy for the first time in their history. Good morning. Its monday 5th february. Im annita mcveigh. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. Michel barnier will be in downing street later for talks about a transition period after britain leaves the eu. He will meet the brexit secretary, david davis, in the first of a series of discussions this week. It comes after the government indicated it remains determined to leave the Customs Union when brexit takes place next year. That is being seen as an attempt to defuse a growing row within the conservative party. Mps to back brexit say membership of any Customs Union would restrict british businesses ability to trade freely. Adam fleming is in brussels for us. Looking through what Michel Barnier said this morning, he didnt seem to be drawn very much on this message from downing street saying that britain would not be staying in the Customs Union. No, he batted away all questions about the stuff that is in todays new
Robotics, 300 60 degree cameras and selfdriving cars. Watch tonight on cspan2. Now, look at the opioid beingic and how it is exploited. Representatives from the state department, u. S. Postal service, Border Protection, and the Drug Enforcement administration. This is two and half hours. This meeting will come to order. Thank you all for being here. Todays hearing continues from the subcommittee investigation work. The Opioid Epidemic is gripping our communities around the country. The subcommittee issued a bipartisan report on fraud on the metacard part the program. This subcommittee held up hearing on the growing problem of individuals buying opioids on the internet and shipping them to the United States through the mail. The up your it crisis, sadly, continues to get worse the Opioid Crisis, sadly, continues to get worse. 2016, Many Americans die from the opioid overdoses. In 2017, that is higher. My own home state of ohio, we were told recently, is now second in the country in term
Twitter. Shares down 11 premarket after showing the worst growth rate ever. I spoke the outgoing Procter Gamble ceo yesterday. That coming up. Some disappointing guidance but first up twitter taking a hit despite beating expectations revenue up 61 in the user growth quarter. Interim ceo dorsey last night expressing his dissatisfaction during the Conference Call. Instant time lines and logged out experiences have not yet had meaningful impact on growing our participation. This is unacceptable and were not happy about it. We need to do three things. One, we need to ensure a more disciplined execution. Two, we need to simplify our service to deliver twitters value faster and three, we need to better communicate our value. Stock closed at 5 . Ended up down 11 after hours. The quote of the day, we do not expect to see sustained meaningful growth until we reach the mass market and we expect it to take a period of time. Thats what i spoke to the cfo about before we came on. And i put that to
Crudes the january brent prices. Will we see another cut . Days, in the next two donald trump will speak to the assembl ons General Assembly. And we have janet yellen, fed chair speaking. Jonathan we are focusing on the annual u. N. Assembly where President Trump will make his first and biggest address to leaders around the world. President trump has already condemned the u. N. For its bureaucracy and management. President trump in recent years, the United Nations has not reached its full potential because of bureaucracy and mismanagement. While the United Nations on a regular budget has increased by 140 , and its staff has more than doubled since 2000, we are not seeing results in line with this investment. Jonathan im pleased to welcome a special guest, tony blair, former Prime Minister serving as leader of the labour party until 2007. Great to have you with us on the program. Tony thank you. Specific you have a knowledge of the workings of the u. N. Security council. How best to nav
And this is al jazeera live from london also coming up spain apologizes for a Violent Police crackdown on catalonian secessionists it still takes the regions head of place to count on charges of sedition. Celebrating Nuclear Disarmament the Nobel Peace Prize is awarded to a Campaign Group calling for a global ban plus. Im horrible tassel reporting. Transit in zambia find out why thousands of people are fleeing the democratic republic of congo and coming here. Saudi arabias ambassador to the u. N. Has rejected the figures in a u. N. Report on the number of children its military campaign in yemen has killed according to the u. N. The Saudi Led Coalition was responsible for six hundred eighty three child casualties in twenty sixteen and four thirty eight verified attacks on schools and hospitals abdullah described the findings as misleading we reject the united misleading information and figures contained in the report and we express our strong reservation with respect to this information