Briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business, and sport. It isa it is a very packed programme with many stories. And many organisations, including australia, have named their word of the year, so we are asking what is your world of 2017 . Just send them in to bbc the briefing. Eu sources have told bbc news british Prime Minister theresa may and the European Commission are nearing solutions that will clear the way for the second phase of brexit talks, about the future trade relationship. The Prime Minister is due to have lunch with the Commission President , jean claude juncker, in brussels later today. A downing street spokesman said it would be an important staging post, but there were plenty of discussions still to go. Heres adam fleming. Three trips in three months. Now the Prime Minister is making a fourth visit to brussels to get the brexit talks going. She will meet Jean Claude Junker and others to apply the finishing touches to a packet of amendments sweated ove
Brief you all you need to know in Global Business and sport. Wed like you to be a part of the conversation and as the un warns that plastic in our oceans presents a planetary crisis, we are asking have you changed your plastic consumption . I have, but there is always more to do. Send us your comments to bbcthebriefing. We begina we begin a programme with the brexit challenge. The programme. British Prime Minister theresa may will update her cabinet this morning after she and the European Union failed, for now at least, to Reach Agreement enabling all parties to move on to the second phase of brexit talks. Negotiations came to a halt after the Democratic Unionist Party who prop up the conservative government, rejected a solution to an intractable problem. What to do with the shared border between Northern Ireland and the irish republic when the uk leaves the eu. Andrew plant has the latest. As the british Prime Minister arrived in brussels on monday morning, there was hope that a deal
Now an embarrassment. Now on bbc news all the latest Business News live from singapore. Canada tries to salvage free trade talks with the chinese before the Prime Minister, justin trudeau, wraps up this trip to the mainland. And the chief of air france launches an Airline Catering to minelli and millennials. Will be id take off . Idea. Good morning. Hello, world. It is wednesday. Glad you could join us it is wednesday. Glad you could join us for another action packed edition of Asia Business report. Im rico hizon. We start of canada and the Prime Minister, justin trudeau, has left beijing for the Industrial City of gwangju on his men they too. He met the countrys leader xi jinping on tuesday for a state dinner. China is currently canadas second largest trading partner with annual bilateral trade worth around 70 billion us dollars. The two sides had expected to launch formal negotiations for a free trade pact during mr trudeaus visit, but progress is proving to be slow. China has had si
Briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. And you can be part of the conversat later today Time Magazine will announce its person of the year. The annual award goes to the person or idea that has had the biggest impact on the world for better or worse. So who would you choose, and why . Just use the hashtag bbcthebriefing. We start the programme with us President Donald Trump, who is expected to make an announcement today that could endanger his efforts to broker middle east peace. Senior Administration Officials say he will recognisejerusalem as the capital of israel and direct the state department to begin the process of moving the us embassy there from tel aviv. The decision would break with decades of us policy as well as the International Consensus on the status of jerusalem. Arab leaders have strongly warned it could fuel violence. Peter bowes reports. Donald trump is venturing into uncharted territory. The president will recognise jerusalem unchart
President trump or outgoing Federal Reserve chair, janet yellen . A warm welcome to the Programme Briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. Facebook is hitting back at a former executive who has openly criticised the social media giant. Does facebook need to defend itself . Or, do you agree with the executive that says it is ripping society apart. Tell us what you think just use the hashtag bbcthebriefing. Its the senate race that has both captivated and appalled america. Now, in a major upset, Democrat Doug Jones has beaten his republican opponent in the deep red state of alabama. It was a narrow win the difference was less than 1 in a state which has reliably voted republican for decades. His beaten opponent, roy moore, was a hugely controversial figure accused of being a bigot and a potential sex offender. Many will also see this as a defeat for President Trump who had strongly backed roy moore. He has so far refused to concede victory to his democrati