British politicians are gearing up for a potential brexit battle next week, as mps grapple with the Prime Minister Boris Johnsons decision to suspend parliament early. The challenges to mrjohnsons move have continued today legislative, legal and from the public, and well take a look at all those in a moment. But first, the leader of the Oppositionjeremy Corbyn says hes ready to take on the government. We believe we can do it otherwise would not be trying to do it. I had a very constructive meeting with the leaders of all the opposition parties in my office a couple of days ago to go through these, and we are working together to do everything we can to ensure that parliament is able to assert itself on behalf of the british people to prevent a no deal exit from the union. What about a vote of no confidence . How does that fit in . It fits in absolutely with it, of course, and that will be put at the appropriate moment. The government has defended its move today. Heres what the leader of
Is there for change . And markets look like this at the open in europe well get an expert view on what to watch this week. And well be getting the inside track on a fashion brand that gives its profits back to the countries that makes its fabrics. Today, we want to know if you believe optimism is the key to a longer life, following a survey that states just that. Let us know just use the hashtag bbcbizlive. That survey suggests we have more chance of living to the age of 85 if we are a Glass Half Full kind of person. Hello, and welcome to business live. A so called landmark ruling in the us Opioid Crisis has been handed down to drugs giantJohnson Johnson by a judge in oklahoma. The company was ordered to pay 572 million for its role in the crisis, which is more than double what other firms have already shelled out. Oxycontin maker Purdue Pharma settled with the state for 270 million. And there was an 85 million settlement with israeli owned Teva Pharmaceutical industries announced earl
Also in the Programme India could be about to deal a major blow to crypto currencies by banning digital tokens such as bitcoin, ripple, and ethereum. And its the firm behind some of the biggest glossiest magazines in the world, but how is conde nast, the publisher of vogue, go, vanity fair adapting to the Digital World . Well get the inside track on making print pay. Hello and welcome to business live. A special edition of the programme coming to you live from westminster. Its a big day here in the uk for the countrys politics, because in a few hours from now, the governing conservative party will have a new leader. And i have to say, its getting very warm as well markets and investors will be keeping a close eye on developments, to see how the change of leadership will effect post brexit trade negotiations. So far, the uk has agreed continuity deals with 12 countries and regions. These include a group of countries from south america and the caribbean, and agreements with norway and sw
families of israeli hostages who are still being held in gaza have broken through security and stormed a finance meeting in the israeli parliament, the knesset. they were protesting that the finance committee was sitting, deliberating, while their children were still in captivity. shouting shame on you and demanding that committee members get up and act the families called for the government to do more, to secure the release of their loved ones. the protest highlights growing domestic dissent in israel, about the war with hamas that s now in its fourth month. it comes as palestinians in southern gaza say the israeli bombardment is the most intense they ve experienced since the war began. the gaza health ministry says that 190 palestinians have been killed in the past 2a hours. earlier i spoke to our middle east correspondent mark lowen who is in jerusalem. he gave us a sense of the pressure benjamin netanyahu is coming under from hostage families. pretty significant p
hello, i m matthew amroliwala, welcome to verified live. three hours of breaking stories, and checking out the truth behind them. families of israeli hostages who are still being held in gaza have broken through security and stormed a finance meeting in the israeli parliament, the knesset. they were protesting that the finance committee was sitting, deliberating while their children were still in captivity. shouting shame on you and demanding that committee members get up and act the families called for the government to do more, to secure the release of their loved ones. the protest highlights, growing domestic dissent in israel, about the war with hamas that s now in its fourth month. it comes as palestinians in southern gaza say, the israeli bombardment is the most intense they ve experienced, since the war began. the gaza health ministry says that one hundred and ninety palestinians have been killed in the past twenty four hours. earlier i spoke to our middle east