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as the christmas getaway combines with the end of the working week. and there are difficult travelling conditions and power cuts across parts of scotland as storm barbara starts to hit. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. we begin with the latest on the plane hijacking, the plane which was meant to land in libya but was hijacked and landed in malta. let s get the latest on what is happening. here are the shots we have from valletta airport, the maltese capital. we understand that it has now ended peacefully. our correspondent is with me and has been following developments throughout this afternoon. the most recent news is that the hijackers have surrendered? the prime minister of malta has tweeted that the hijackers have surrendered, have been searched and have been taken into custody. there has been a big question over this what is their motivation, and what requests did they have? was it met? there are different rumours but nothing yet verified. there was a sugg ....
now on bbc news, all the latest business news live from singapore investors are loving it. donald trump sells a $2 billion stake in his trainees operations. and we take a look at whether it will be smooth sailing or choppy waters for the cruise ship industry in 2017. good morning, asia. hello, world. i m rico hizon. welcome to asia business report. it s a tuesday. glad you could join us. we start off with the fast food giant mcdonald s and its decision to sell a controlling stake in its business in china and hong kong, a sign of another company admitting they need help in this huge and unique market. in a $2 billion deal, the chinese state owned conglomerate civic will take a sta ke. owned conglomerate civic will take a stake. coni group will take a 28% sta ke. stake. coni group will take a 28% stake. mcdonald s will be holding on to the remaining 20%. earlier, i spoke to someone and ask them if the sale is a good move for mcdonald s? this will help them a lot. if you l ....
is doing well. joining us is manji cheto who s vice president at political risk consultancy firm, teneo intelligence. good morning and nice to see you. you watched it all from start to finish, what did you make of it? a low i think one of the things that shocked me was let s not forget, the press c0 nfe re nce was shocked me was let s not forget, the press conference was the designed to talk about how donald trump would separate his business interests. the press c0 nfe re nce separate his business interests. the press conference ended up being a donald trump for lack of a better word rant. the market reactions are quite significant. we saw stocks rising, defence, pharmaceuticals, during his campaign reversed their movements. that shows markets are effectively saying they don t know what a president trump will look like when he comes into office and that s an important thing to watch. another point is, what we effectively saw yesterday was donald trump acting as a busine ....
the sense there is a lot of cloud to be had and there was enough about it as sophie indicated, for there to be as sophie indicated, for there to be a bit of rain round, they were not quite done with that yet. let us teleyou forward an hour or two. the eastern side of scotland doing quite well with sunshine here, and then we have a warm front dangling from yorkshire down through the bristol area and the south coast, as we have seen, one area and the south coast, as we have seen, one or area and the south coast, as we have seen, one or two spots in east anglia doing nicely, if you are far enough way to wales from that weather front, you might enough way to wales from that weatherfront, you might see enough way to wales from that weather front, you might see the odd patch of rain, but it s a hope rather than a guarantee, overnight the warm front fizzles, the cold front the warm front fizzles, the cold fro nt m oves the warm front fizzles, the cold front moves in scotland, ....
unsuspecting women in brighton. and the rambling reptile: what happens when a giant alligator crosses your path it s not a joke. 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 instead she would seek a bold and ambitious new free trade agreement with europe for a global britain. mrs may also confirmed that any final deal could be phased in, and that both houses of parliament will get to vote on it. the labour leaderjeremy corbyn said she misses may once her cake and eat it. good morning, what is the plan? you have had the slogan, brexit means brexit and today we saw some of the substance. theresa may voted to remain in the european union but she consulted leading leave campaigners. what s the plan for brexit? borisjohnson and david davies, over the most important speech and she has made since beco ....