There is still a deal to be done despite time running short, that is the line from politicians in the uk as talks on a post brexit trade agreement resume in brussels. Negotiators from the uk and eu are trying to make progress on the key sticking points. Im sure some of you may be very familiar with these fishing rights, where eu sources suggest a deal is close and british sources say it isnt. The so called level Playing Field, a reference to rules to ensure fair competition and how any deal is going to be enforced. Joining me now is allie renison, head of eu trade policy at the institute of directors. Good morning, nice to see you. All of us are trying to second guess how these talks are going. What are your hopes for this week . Good morning everyone, that we end up with a deal. The signalling is is that we are now into the end game where both sides are starting to brief out and quote refining lines, you mentioned with fish, for example, we know that even though the uk isnt necessaril
But way up here, its Crystal Clear that i am in a whole new world with you. Live from our studios in singapore and london. This is bbc world news. Its newsday. Its. Good morning. Its 9am in singapore, 1am in london and 9am in wuhan in china, the centre of an outbreak of a newly discovered virus which is spreading across the country. The chinese authorities have now confirmed the virus has passed from person to person. The World Health Organization will convene its Emergency Committee this week to discuss whether it constitutes an International Public health emergency. Heres our medical correspondent, fergal walsh. Its official. Chinas mysterious new virus can pass from person to person. Health authorities there are urging the public not to panic. Most cases have come as a result of direct contact with animals, but human to human transmission means this virus is potentially a far bigger threat. The outbreak centres on the city of wuhan, population 11 million, where the source is thought
The extradition hearing for a Chinese Telecom executive begins in canada on monday. Meng wanzhou is wanted in the us on fraud charges. Her trial could derail the recent progress the us and china have made towards repairing their relationship. Potential villain or political pawn. That is what a Canadian Court will decide when meng wanzhou arrives for her extradition trial on monday. Authorities allege the 47 year old lied to us banks to help a subsidiary of huawei sell techonology to iran, violating us sanctions. The us has since labelled huawei a Security Risk and banned the sale of its products. Huawei has called that politically motivated and vowed to fight back. But the hearing comes as relations between the us and china are showing signs of improving. Last week, the country signed phase one of a trade deal but the dispute over meng wanzhou has the potential to derail progress. Huaweis founder and ms mengs father told the bbc the arrest of his daughter had been painful. Translation
We start with vaping it breathed new life into the Tobacco Industry but its now being choked by global backlash. From today fruit and dessert flavoured pods for e cigarettes are banned in the us. Theyve been blamed for a surge in use by teenagers as concerns grow about the health effects. According to Us Health Officials at the centers for Disease Control 60 people have died and more than 2700 have been hospitalised from respiratory illness linked to vaping. The industry has seen a fortune go up in smoke or rather be vapourized. E cigarette makerjuul was one of the most valuable startups in the us valued at 38 billion in 2018. Thats now been slashed by two thirds to 12 billion. Us tobacco giant altria invested heavily injuul and has to write off billions you can see how that has hit the share price. Its notjust the us where the vaping industry is under pressure argentina, india, brazil are among the countries to announce bans. But the us move is far less stringent than originally plann
Bbc. Co. Uk news and the news app. Now on bbc news, live to singapore for Asia Business report. Apple takes a giant bite of the competition. Fears grow that the coronavirus could hurt iphone production in the future. And china goes all out to contain the coronavirus as hong kong slashes travel to the mainland and Global Companies start to feel the pinch. Thanks forjoining us. Apple has posted its highest ever Quarterly Results for the last three years, apples profit reaching a record 22 billion on quarterly revenues of more than 90 billion. The companys ceo, tim cook has want of uncertainty over its next quarter earnings because of the coronavirus outbreak in china, a major market and manufacturing hub for the firm. The bbcs Technology Reporter zoe thomas is in san francisco. A little earlier to give us this update on this story. This was a really impressive set of results for the iphone maker. Its all sales of its iphone maker. Its all sales of its iphone 11 spike, there were thoughts