exactly what this queen s speech shows. scotland s first minister, nicola sturgeon, sets out her plans for another independence referendum and warns boris johnson not to block the will of the scottish people . calls on the ministry of defence to do more to tackle racism in the armed forces. record temperatures in australia fuel unprecedented fires more than 100 fires are burning in new south wales alone, the country s most populous state. # it s so easy to leave me. and meow! get ready for the for some mean comments about the new film cats. it was just nine weeks ago that we had a queen s speech. the difference this time is that borisjohnson now has a massive majority in parliament and the power to make things happen. the speech, written by the government, covered everything from hospital car parking to a review of foreign policy, all of it billed as an ambitious programme to deliver the people s priorities. so what are they? top of the list take the uk out of the eu by
article one is adopted. political history in america. the moment donald trump is impeached. now he faces a trial. the advert promoting tolerance in the army, but racism is prevalent, says the watchdog. # it s so easy to leave me # all alone with the memory.# the cats trailer caused a social media storm. now the feature film is out, but it gets from a far from perfect reception. and coming up on bbc news, mikel arteta has said his goodbyes at manchester city, where he s been assistant coach for three years. despite no official confirmation, arteta is expected to be announced as the arsenal manager tomorrow. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. it was just nine weeks ago that we had a queen s speech the difference this time is that borisjohnson now has a massive majority in parliament and the power to make things happen. the speech written by the government covered everything from hospital car parking to a review of foreign policy, all of it billed as an ambit
now on bbc news, sport today. and the news app. now on bbc news, live to singapore, for asia business report. hello. welcome to sport today, it is the hottest place on earth. we live from the bbc sport centre. i m ben croucher. coming up: ask our extreme conditions affect $2.2 million pat cummins becomes the most expensive overseas productivity in australia. a lack of player in the indian premier league. job opportunities for people with russia will appeal disability. we visit a cafe in india against their doping ban that will prevent athletes competing trying to change all that. it is under their flag at tokyo 2020. and arteta to arsenal? the new manager at the emirates friday, good morning asia, hello looks set to be confirmed on friday. well. glad you could join up for another exciting asia business cricket‘s most lucrative league in the world has been redistributing some of its rupees into report. we start off with australia because it is experiencing its the pocket
you see it everywhere. it s in tvs, ads, everything. the at sign and hashtag sign is ubiquitous. it s the biggest social media ipo since facebook and while mark zuckerberg s baby didn t break big the first time, experts say it s recent recovery and growth was a big cue for twitter to take a stroll on wall street. these events are really important because they set the mood and benchmark for other companies and when facebook had so many problems, after that, companies weren t getting funded the same. there was a sense that, oh-oh, companies aren t going to go public again so it took a lot of time. reporter: contract net s paul sloan says twitter took a lesson from facebook s failure and investors took notice. twitter is taking its business to the new york stock exchange valued higher than facebook despite the fact that the company is not making any profits. but once twitter goes public, sloan says management will have to make thanks that could trickle down to the app on y
guess who s here. that s jim cantore. this is jim cantore, mr. weather man himself. he s got the whole thing, thank you. you did very well. thank you very much. so did you. he told me it was going to be very hard to make snow balls in this weather, right? i did. andrew too dry. andrew, we can t wait to see you back here. have a safe trip back. that does it for us. squawk on the street starts right now. appreciate it. good friday morning. welcome to squawk on the street. i m melissa lee, with jim cramer and carl quintanilla and david faber. how are we poised to start the friday morning session. right at the open, the s&p 500 looking to add to five-year highs at this point. looking at about six points. as for europe, gdp figures in the uk nearing a triple-dip recession. capping off a big week for the nikkei, up almost 3% for the week. our road map this morning, dow taking aim at a new record high on track for the best january since 1997. the s&p also p