mp's in britain have voted overwhelmingly to hold a snap general election in december. the prime minister borisjohnson says he hopes the poll will stop further delays to brexit. the measure still needs the approval of the upper house. us politicians accuse boeing of putting profit before safety — as the company boss testifies before a senate committee, over the 737 max plane crashes. and this story is widely read on bbc.com. an estimated 1.5 million people in california are set to lose power on tuesday as a utility firm tries to stop damaged cables triggering wildfires. strong winds have been fanning the fires, and thousands of residents in los angeles have been told to evacuate. that's all. stay with bbc world news.

more on our website and the news app. now on bbc news live to singapore for asia business report. the uk election gets the green light light. it is set to go to the polls on the 12th of december in a bid to break the brexit deadlock. profit before safety. us lawmakers accused boeing of engaging in deliberate concealment. good morning, asia. hello, world. it's wednesday. but you could join us it's wednesday. but you could join us for another exciting addition of asia business report. let's start off with brexit because in a bid to

break months of deadlock, the uk is set to go to the polls on the 12th of december and on the market screens, of december and on the market screens, the pound dipped slightly on the news against the us dollar. rob watson has the latest from westminster. this looks like being another in the long—running brexit drama. there will be a december general election and the stakes could not be higher because after all, the outcome of this general election is likely to determine what happens with brexit and might very well determine the unity of the united kingdom and it seems the possible results go like this. if borisjohnson possible results go like this. if boris johnson and the possible results go like this. if borisjohnson and the conservatives win, he is almost certain to bring ina deal win, he is almost certain to bring in a deal agreed weeks ago and then britain would leave the eu. those long discussions with continue about

the future relationship with the european union. if the conservatives don't win or can't form a majority, it seems other options are open and they would include, for example, the need for a second referendum and possibly a vote to remain or a different kind of brexit, a much softer brexit, a brexit that lived written much closer to the european union or possibly, further delay. the opinion polls suggest boris johnson is likely to win the general election but one has to understand this is, to put it mildly, and incredibly uncertain moment in briggs —— dish politics. brexit has scrambled traditional loyalties so it seems anything could happen and there is something inherently unpredictable about going to 45 million eligible voters, people have been worked up into a frenzy and to say to them, come on, come and have

a little thought about politics just before christmas. see what i mean? anything can happen. rob watson at westminster. us lawmakers have accused boeing of putting profit before safety and engaging in a pattern of deliberate concealment as it sought approval for its 737 max8 points to live. ceo dennis muilenburg was grilled over the crashes which killed 346 people. senators came looking for answers from boeing chief executive dennis muilenburg. how are these two crashes allowed to happen? were profits would towards safety and what has boeing done to prevent future actions? what they got was a boeing boss who said his company had learned from the two crashes. softwa re learned from the two crashes. software updates have been made but he gave little else away. those pilots never had a chance. these loved ones nevin had a chance. they

we re loved ones nevin had a chance. they were in flying coffins as a result of boeing deciding that it was going to conceal mcas from the pilots. senator, if i could try to respond to your question, first of all, the premise that we would lie or conceal isjust not premise that we would lie or conceal is just not consistent with our values. after the hearing, some family members of crushed rims met with dennis muilenburg privately. this was a meeting they set up themselves. they say boeing has never contacted their families. this was their message. in order for this do not happen again, we need to hit them where it hurts and i think it should be jail time but at the very least, economic. wednesday, dennis muilenburg faces another grilling from congress. boeing is hoping through these hearings the company can regain the public‘s trust. lawmakers and family members will be looking for a better explanation of what went wrong. india's prime

minister says saudi arabia will invest in the country's oil and gas project in a strategic partnership. the comments come after 2— day visit to riyadh. what is narendra modi doing in the capital? is there for the annual financial summit which is dubbed davos in the desert. saudi aramco and the uae company will hold a joint steak aramco and the uae company will hold ajoint steak in aramco and the uae company will hold a joint steak in the mega refinery being built on the west coast of india which could refine 1.2 million barrels per day and given that india imports around about 80% of its oil, with 18% of that coming from saudi, it's a massive deal, given indian's supplies were hit after international sanctions against iran which india was reliant on in terms

of importing oil. saudi arabia did announce that it would be investing $100 billion into a variety of projects across india including agriculture and textiles, at cetera. this is a big development between the two trading partners. thank you. netflix is one of the world's largest media companies, streaming content largest media companies, streaming co nte nt to largest media companies, streaming content to over 150 million subscribers worldwide. mark randolph was its first ceo when it put dvds through the post butjust as netflix was taking off, its co—founder insisted he stepped down the boss, saying he wasn't cut out to run a giant corporation and since then he has devoted himself to launching new tech businesses. recognising the very skills that may have made you successful in getting the company started may not be the right skills

to bring the company to the next level. i have some of the skill sets for starting companies up. i have this predisposition to action. i don't think things. i don't overthink things. we said, let's quickly figure out whether our assumption is correct. reid was concerned. he was concerned about my judgement. correct. reid was concerned. he was concerned about myjudgement. he was concerned about myjudgement. he was concerned about my inability to make the hard decision and have the strategic sense about where we are going. when somebody is telling you your failings, it's very hard not to get defensive but i had to reflect and say, am i the right person to lead this company? do i have the skills that would be needed?

ifigured out i figured out early what i'm good at and what i enjoy doing is early—stage but the very skills that help you get the company off the ground are different set of skills than what are required to bring it forward as it gets larger and the scale changes. getting out of the way is a critical component of doing the right thing as a start—up ceo. mark randolph there and his ceo secrets. currently, most markets are in negative territory. the all ordinaries in the red by 0.6%. after wall street sagged overnight. the federal reserve policy decision on interest rates. the s&p 500 after

closing at a record high yesterday is down along with the dowjones. thank you so much for investing your time with us. goodbye for now stop two brothers i wanted in on suspicion of manslaughter over the laurie container debts last wednesday. detective say ronan hughes and his other christopher are crucial to their investigation. they're from northern ireland and a driver of the laurie appeared in court yesterday charged with several offences including 39 counts of manslaughter. some young muslims in the uk are turning to speed dating dedicated to people of the same faith. anisa kadri — from the bbc‘s asian network — joined them to see how their quest for love worked out. three minutes to make an impression —

that's how long you get with each person before it's time to rotate at this speed dating event for young muslims. yeah, there's definitely many different types of muslims so for me it would be good to ask questions like your boundaries in terms of having a relationship, it would be important to know their personal connection with god. if they pray or not. i'd say if they're practising or not practising, all information that's quite important to help decide what kind of person. the organisers say the event at a london cafe's alcohol free, in line with the religion's beliefs. i think real life meets for us was the biggest draw. there are ways, apps now, so many different platforms to meet people for muslims and other faiths, but it was the real possibility of being able to meet people in real life and have authentic connection and have the choice and the options, which sometimes muslims might not have the access to. for the people who come to this

islamic speed dating event, they say it's the chance for them to meet someone on their own terms. you never know, one introduction could lead to another and, yeah, just taking it as it is, you know? i would like someone that's muslim, but it's not necessarily a dealbreaker. if they're open to how i am, i'm quite open to how they are. as for whether there's love in the air here, organisers tell us there were some matches. anisa kadri, bbc news, in london. and if you want more on the news of the next election or any other story, you can keep up to date with the latest developments on the bbc website. that's all at bbc.com/news. now on bbc news, sport today. you hello, i'm mimi fawaz and this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre. coming up on this programme:

the world series could be decided in the next couple of hours. live from houston, as the astros look up to one of the world series against the washington nationals. also on the show, bangladesh's captain shakib al hasan is banned from cricket for corruption. and we'll have the best of tuesday's football, bayern munich survive a scare in the german cup. welcome to the programme. the crucial game six of baseball's world series is underway. washington nationals are back at the houston astros, where they won both games on the road. but they find themselves 3—2 down and fighting to stay alive. tulsen tollett is there and it's a tight game so far.

extremely tired, extremely raucous. ican extremely tired, extremely raucous. i can hardly hear you there. such has been the crowd here at the astros home stadium, it's been unbelievable the amount of noise in the stadium compared to other games during this series. they know what's on the line and it's the astros who lead to—1. all three runs, in the first innings. the pitching contest hasn't really gone the way we thought it would go. strasberg is thrown about 20 pictures less, the bullpen is warming up and their work may well be a change in the next inning or two. but the fans are really enjoying it. i love things like these huts. the astro supporters are having a great time. maybe the biggest story out of this is when your boss does something

really nice for you. gary, i hope you're watching because this is a great story. what happened and why you are you here? the owner decided to come and join the game anti— awarded his employees so we are enjoying the game. we are so excited to be here, we're so very grateful out to be here, we're so very grateful our boss. having followed the houston astros all year, as you have, many people didn't think it would be at this stage of the world series. how are you seeing this this evening? it's great. it's a lifetime experience. go, astros. i going to hold on? when is the change going to come? we're going to take home tonight. we are taking it