In a speech by king charles at the state opening of parliament. As well as pledges on economic growth, transport, energy and housebuilding the government says it s seeking to rebuild relations with the european union after years of tensions since the uk voted to leave the bloc in 2016. My my government will seek to reset the relationship with european partners and work to improve the united kingdom s trade and investment relationship with the european union. My ministers will seek any security pact to strengthen cooperation on the mutual threats faced by the united kingdom and the european union. Well, prime minister sir keir starmer will have an opportunity to start that process as he hosts dozens of european leaders at blenheim palace in oxfordshire, the ancestral home and birthplace of winston churchill. On wednesday he met with irish taoiseach simon harris for talks ahead of the meeting of the european political community a group which brings together the leaders of the 27 eu n
Move?. ,. , ~ , understand about this potential move? , , ,. , move? look, these type of restrictions move? look, these type of restrictions have move? look, these type of restrictions have already i move? look, these type of. Restrictions have already been in place, the market has already priced a lot of this in, so it s kind of surprising to see this dramatic a reaction was that it feels a little unnecessary to be quite honest with you. My guess is regardless of the outcome of the election, i know a lot of people are asking about that, i think we will see the us increase some of the restrictions. How far they take it is the big question. I think part of the reaction we saw with a snl is that almost 50% of the revenue this past quarter was in china and so obviously if their armour restrictions placed there even though it is a dutch company, there are certain us based technologies in there and the us deploys some rules around using that technology asml. That could obviously impa
Hello there. It s 7am in singapore, and 7pm in washington where the white house says presidentjoe biden has tested positive for covid 19. We ve just received these pictures showing him cutting short his trip to las vegas and getting on board a plane, which will take him to delaware, where he will recuperate. His press secretary said mr biden is vaccinated and boosted. He has had covid twice before. His illness means he has had to cancel several planned appearances in las vegas. Our correspondent tom bateman has been travelling with president biden s campaign here s what he told us. We re now rolling again in the motorcade. We were holding outside a restaurant for over an hour and a half after the president made that short visit, then recorded an interview inside while we were in the van. And it was becoming increasingly clear that there was a delay, and the last time ijust went to check with staff in one of the other vans, and was told to get back in ourvan. And the motorcade is
These things usually don t go one and then another it seems to me that the sympathy vote is important. And afterall it is coming on top of a competence vote. Whether you agree with it or don t agree with it is neither here or there. The american public, including the democrats, were already having doubts about the suitability and cognitive capability of biden to actually run for office. We do have four years of experience over donald trump in office so if we take that as a cue to look ahead as to what four more years of trump policies would mean, help us understand that better. It s really not good. I mean, the first the first reaction is the super rich, who are the people at edge of the markets, who say, yippe, i ll pay less taxes and our companies will be less regulated. When you get down to the details, because of trump s trade policies, which are really all about an isolationist america, coming back into vogue, trump s trade policies will cut 1. 5% off growth and add 1% to inflat
And concern from the speaker of the house and general mark milley that president trump was acting irrat particularly. Some republican lawmakers are already demanding answers now. Others say general milley should be brought in front of a military tribunal. The pentagon is pushing back tonight essentially saying there is nothing to see here general joins us with from the pentagon with the latest. Good evening, bret. The two calls made to chinese counterpart were not secret. They were done with 15 people in the room including notetakers in coordination with the civilian leaders of the military at the time and the interagency i m told by current and former u. S. Defense officials. Unnamed sources in theoodward and acosta book contend general milley told general li that he would give him a heads up if the u. S. Planned to strike. Colonel dave butler the colonel staff spokesman issued the following statement, quote: his calls with the chinese and other in october and january were in keeping