and the election when they didn t need to have won with at least a couple more gaiters to run. his strategy of saying it is me or jeremy corbyn, and his cut through of get brexit done both succeeded excellently. both did very well. the consequences, the one that you see around that mark the british electoral system is pretty good at producing results like this from time to time, and it now sets up a whole series of problems, but the one thing it does resolve is whether or not there will be a brexit. that will happen. it doesn t tell you what kind of brexit it will be all the consequences, but we almost sought and that the rest of the world has had an economic slowdown and the election from all sides was and the election from all sides was a cornucopia of promises of what would happen. we are now going into unpromising circumstances to deliver that. meanwhile, for 18 months there is no opposition in britain to speak of, except for those scottish nationalists who have only one
with the latest on these stories you can head to our dot com cross talk is next coming up in about an hour s time my colleague wants to. follow in welcome to cross talk where all things are considered. ever since the arrival of boris johnson to 10 downing street there s a growing sense have been evident ability that breaks it will be executed on october 31st with or without a deal to be get to this point what lessons have been learned should have been learned. that i m joined by my guest we re now in paris he is chief foreign correspondent at le figaro in london we have allister donald he is an associate director at the. to me of ideas and in edinburgh we cross in john white he is a political commentator and writer originally cross titles in effect that means he can jump any time you want and i always appreciate let me go to john in edinburgh 1st here in my introduction i said there s a growing sense of inevitability that we will have brags that on the 31st here and my off th
performing. the s&p lower after this data, now close to 2900 down three quarters of a percentage point. most all company hills ,ompanies are alloy lower the 10 year yield down to 1.46 percent today, oil and gas index the worst performer in the index. the dollar index had been exceptionally strong, still strong, having an impact on some other indices as well. yuan, and a lot going on in britain, we are waiting for boris johnson. absolutely. european equities are low as a result of that ism, and the big story over here will be what is happening with the pound continuing to sink a little earlier on fears about a possible general election. it bounced back a little bit, but nevertheless the outlook at the moment looking distinctly to the downside for the pound. we have guilds trading with a 38 basis points, amazing to see all this happening, some suggestion that they could even go negative in the event of a no deal brexit. it s all about the pound. we ve still got the italia
paying tribute to economic strides. you are watching live from paris. a cease-fire appears to be holding. reachedeached in sweden on thursday is holding. pro-government forces and their agreed to silence fighting. the special envoy expects the the spirit ofpect the stockholm agreement and engage in the implementation of its provisions. thursday s agreement involves the withdrawal of all troops from the city. the prospects of an end to the fighting was welcomed by locals. we are optimistic about the agreement. since the war began in 2015, tens of thousands of people have died. they hope it will pave the way for a wider truth in the country. has for helping to save the country from collapse. we have promoted the building of a community with a shared .uture we contributed chinese wisdom. by our joined correspondent. what stood out for you in the speech. xi jinping had a lot of praise for china a the progress it has made since 1978, lifted hundreds of millions of
when reshooting the film. and the week in parliament looks at the westminster reaction to winter pressures on the nhs in half an hour. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the new conservative party chairman brandon lewis has told the bbc the government is doing everything it can to ensure the serial sex offender john worboys stays in jail. the former black cab driver was jailed in 2009 for drugging and sexually assaulting 12 women, but police believe he may have committed more than 100 attacks. the government is considering seeking a judicial review hearing into the parole board s decision to release him. here s our home affairs correspondent danny shaw. he is known as the black cab rapist. john worboys is believed to have drugged and sexually assaulted more than 100 women. yet the parole board has decided that after ten years in custody, it is safe for him to be released, and he is due out by the end of the month. the government wa nts to end of the month. the government