bringing us tomorrow. with me are the independent‘s deputy political editor, rob merrick, and the author and broadcaster, natalie haynes. many of tomorrow s front pages are already in. the ft weekend leads on brexit, reporting that labour will vote against theresa may s deal for britain s exit from the eu. comments by a government advisor that parents should turn their phones off at night to set a positive example for their children make the front page of the telegraph. the i weekend leads with a scientific brea kthrough. it says british researchers are developing a blood test for identifying those at risk of heart disease and strokes. an effort to rescue payday lender wonga, which collapsed last month, is to be led by the archbishop of canterbury to help the poor, the guardian reports. the duchess of cambridge makes the front page of the daily mail. the paper says she is launching a campaign to help disadvantaged children. the express is reporting that dame esther rantz
towards them when he was artistic director of london s old vic theatre. and we have a glimpse of the biggest archaeological museum in the world, due to open near cairo next year. and coming up on sportsday on bbc news: playing himself into ashes contention. opener mark stoneman hit the first century of england s tour as the tourists find their feet down under. good evening. robert mugabe, the world s oldest head of state, is refusing to resign as president of zimbabwe, a day after the military took control of the country s government. mr mugabe, who s accused of countless abuses of power during his 37 years in office, is under house arrest and has been discussing his future with regional negotiators and the head of the army. the opposition leader, morgan tsvangirai, has called on mr mugabe to resign immediately. our africa correspondent andrew harding is in zimbabwe and sent this report. this report contains some flashing images. he is a frail 93 year old under house arrest.
afternoon ben, it could go head to head with strictly come dancing under the terms of the new broadcast package. more details coming up. louise has all the weather with snow showers in many some parts? yes, plenty in the north and west, significant snow could threaten on sunday. more details in half an hour. hello everyone this is afternoon live. let s get the latest from brussels with david eades. thank you. when it happened, my goodness that happened fast, talks to the matt done suddenly theresa may was in brussels talking with jean claude juncker the president of the european commission and the deal was done. that was spread from dublin to belfast, everywhere you looked, everyone had some sense of agreement that this would be good enough forjean claude juncker to announce that sufficient progress has now been made on three keyissues progress has now been made on three key issues of this brexit divorce to allow for future trade steel discussions to begin. it has been a
for rates gear up decisions. 2 very anna: very good morning, everybody. dubai.s in we need to talk about what is going on in the markets, about bit going, and let s talk about the asian session. we had the msci asia-pacific session up. volumes on the nikkei and kospi, 20% lower than you might have expected on a regular day of trading. 20% lower than the 30 day average. the fed meets this week and a hike is expected. we have central-bank meetings. we have a better than estimated jobs number out on monday with the unemployment rate holding at a 17 year low any tax conversation as well. the dollar down by .1%. a spot price.is the futures started trading in chicago last night. futures began trading and at one point they were up by 20%. we have a number triggered by the volatility we have seen in this cryptocurrency. than 1500% this year. substantial volatility. we will talk about whether this is an asset people should be getting involved with. up .8%.zealand dollar they have n
welcome to bbc news. the government has been narrowly defeated in a key brexit vote, after a rebellion by tory mps. after a rebellion by tory mps. mps backed a change to the eu withdrawal bill which called for the terms of a final deal between the uk and the eu to be approved by a new law passed by parliament. earlier the prime minister had offered a concession and promised that mps would have their say before the uk left the eu in march 2019. the amendment, which was proposed by the conservative former attorney general, dominic grieve, was approved by 309 votes to 305 a majority of four. the ayes to the right, 309. the noes to the left,, 305. cheering. order. i m sure you want to hear the result to make sure it is correct. the ayes to the right, 309. the noes to the left, 305. the ayes have it, the ayes have it. unlock. 0ur chief political correspondent vicki young has more for us now. a bloody nose for the prime minister and potentially down the road, huge headaches having