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and the markets still loving president trumps pro growth drive of tax cuts, big spending and deregulation. and as the head of bt europe resigns over an accounting scandal, we ll be getting the inside track from our business editor, simonjack, on that and all the rest of the stories he s been covering this week. after ten years of almost constant growth, the sales of soft sugary drinks in australian supermarkets has fallen by more than $60 million. we want to know are you more aware of sugar, and is it changing the way you shop? just use #bbcbizlive. welcome to the programme. we start in the us, where, as you have been hearing, uk prime minister theresa may will become the first world leader to meet president trump when they hold talks later today. mrs may has called on the president to renew the special relationship between the two countries. she is keen to show britain can prosper outside the european union, so lining up a post brexit trade deal is high on her agenda ....
the frontrunners has come to london to court french voters. welcome to the programme. the trump administration has issued tough new guidelines on immigration in two memos. you can find them online. this is one, enforcement of the immigration laws to serve the national interest. let me bring you a picture about the implementation of that plan. they are designed to widen the net for deporting illegal in from the united states and speed up in from the united states and speed up their removal. let s bring in the bbc s up their removal. let s bring in the bbc‘s correspondent in washington. i suppose a lot of people will be wondering exactly how this is different from what went before with the obama administration? what the obama administration focused on was on detaining and deporting individuals caught early on within two weeks of crossing the border and within 100 two weeks of crossing the border and within100 miles of the order and expediting deportation of them. here, ....
begin the trading week. in positive territory. we will talk about what will move them later in the week later in the programme. we are joined by a french entrepreneur described as a rock star in the world of proud funding. she will reveal to us her latest plans shortly. and the winner is. la la land. moonlight? sort out the autocue! what a night. what is your warren beatty moment? get in touch. welcome to the programme. one of europe s biggest mergers looks like it is off. the london stock exchange and its german rival the deutsche boerse say their coming together is unlikely to be approved by the european commission. the merger was supposed to be worth just over $30 billion and would have created a giant trading powerhouse that would better compete against its big us rivals. when they announced the deal last year the two companies said together they should be able to make cost savings of $475 million a year, about 20% of the combined group s operating costs. they had a ....
it all went horribly wrong. warren beatty and faye dunaway announced to the world that the winner of best film was la la land. the only trouble was, it wasn t. the mistake was only put right in the middle of gushing speeches by the team behind the modern musical. david willis now, on a twist worthy of any hollywood blockbuster. what should have been the climax of the glitziest night in tinseltown turned into a hollywood farce. warren beatty was about to announce the academy award for best picture. and the academy award. but seemed confused. .for best picture. in the end, faye dunaway made the announcement. la la land! and la la land s producers were midway through their acceptance speeches when on came the man in the headphones, frantically trying to clear the stage. it turned out that la la land hadn t won the oscar after all it belonged instead to the producers of moonlight, the low budget underdog. this is not a joke, moonlight has won best picture. moonlight, bes ....
la la land. the team behind la la land had already started the victory speeches when the mix up was uncovered. this is not a joke. moonlight has won best picture. moonlight, best picture. it s a moment i m never going to forget. i don t think it s ever happened in the history of the oscars. it was quite extraordinary and i have to say a little awkward. plans to limit access to a key disability benefit should be be reversed according to mp5, including some conservatives. a change to personal injury compensation will increase car insurance for millions of drivers. and vintage nokia back with a vengeance why the finnish mobile giant is relaunching an old model. it s five o clock. our main story is the first public hearing being held today by the independent inquiry into historical cases of child sexual abuse. over 2.5 years after it was set up by the government, the inquiry‘s chairwoman, professor alexis jay, said it was an ‘important day‘ for survivors of abuse, w ....