ivanka brought internet fame to an unsuspecting woman in brighton. and the rambling reptile what happens when a giant alligator crosses your path. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the prime minister says the uk will leave the eu single market when it quits the european union. in her long awaited speech on the impact of britain leaving the eu, theresa may said she would seek a new free trade agreement with europe for a global britain . mrs may also confirmed that both houses of parliament will get to vote on it. the labour leader, jeremy corbyn said mrs may seemed to want to have her cake and eat it . we ll be getting political and business reaction shortly, but first this report from our political correspondent iain watson. good morning, what is the plan. you have heard her slogan, brexit means brexit. today we saw some of the substance. theresa may voted to remain in the european union, but she consulted leading league campaigners, boris johnson and she consulted
know previous administration does something, you have two respect that. and on nights meet the author, we d talked to sophie kinsella and her new book. and later tonight on meet the author. good evening and welcome to bbc news. a deal has been agreed between southern rail and the train drivers‘ union, aslef, bringing to an end one part of the dispute that s caused months of disruption on some of the main commuter routes into london. but the deal leaves unresolved a separate disagreement, between southern and a different union representing conductors. our transport correspondent, richard westcott, reports. it is the bitter dispute causing disruption that caused lanes blight the shrugged and changed lives, forcing some look for newjobs, costing businesses millions, and at times paralysing one of the country s busiest lines, but tonight southern rail has struck a deal with its drivers. passengers couldn t be happier. they have come to a deal in the last hour or so. i was wo
he said president assad had used a deadly nerve agent to kill many people. mr trump added that it was in america s national security interest to prevent the spread and use of chemical weapons. let s hear what he had to say. my fellow americans. on tuesday, the syrian dictator bashar al assad launched a horrible chemical weapons attack on innocent civilians. using a deadly nerve agent, assad choked out the lives of helpless men, women and children. it was a slow and brutal death for so many. even beautiful babies were cruelly murdered in this very barbaric attack. no child of god should ever suffer such horror. tonight i ordered a targeted military strike on the airfield in syria from where the chemical attack was launched. it is in this vital national security interest of the united states to prevent and deter the spread and use of deadly chemical weapons. there can be no dispute that syria used banned chemical weapons, violated its obligations under the chemical weapons conv
as the billionaire pop star s eras tour gets underway in scotland. welcome to business today. i m sally bundock. more now on the results in europe as the bloc s parliamentary elections come to a close. as you ve been hearing, we ve seen a surge on the right across the region. we ve seen a surge to the right across the region. in france, the strong showing for marine le pen s national rally triggering a snap election in france called late yesterday by president emmanuel macron. the outcome of these elections are of significance because the politicians in the european parliament will be agreeing on the bloc s budget and economic policies and its position on trade. the european union is the world s largest trading bloc the top trading partner for 80 countries worldwide. with 27 member countries and an integrated economy, it has a combined population of around 440 million people. that s a vast consumer base for its own producers and exporters around the world. let s hear now
They are not there. the european central bank is well behind in terms of controlling patient. it s still much, much higher the current target. we think the european central bank coming on thursday will increase the interest rate by 50 basis points and i think that there could be another three more interest rate hikes by the same amount for the rest of the year. why? because inflation is still immensely painful for the inflation is still immensely painfulfor the european painful for the european central bank. painfulfor the european central bank. yes there is a possibility that perhaps the first interest rate hike could be 25 basis points but coming soon, 50 basis points, it will remain wide open for another interest rate hike for at least another 50 basis points. interest rate decisions on the only things we are keeping our