so, the lawyer representing these british nationals asked the dutch judge to seek clarity from the ecj negotiations or whether they are inextricably linked to nationality. in which case, they could be taken away after march 2019. although we should say that phase one of the negotiations did confirm that eu nationals and british nationals living within the eu would continue to enjoy the right to live and work in the country in which they currently reside. many of these british citizens are concerned that if their freedom of movement is restricted then it could have an impact on their ability to seek work and education in other member states. in other words, they could be landlocked. this, we should say, is a very early stage. but if the ecj agrees to provide this clarity, and rules in theirfavour, that the eu citizenship rights are separate from nationality, in other words they can retain them after brexit, then it could affect the more than1 million brits who are currently living right across the continent. taiwan has been struck by numerous aftershocks, after a strong earthquake that

out of the eu, because northern ireland in that paper, it will be demanded that it would be under the ecjurisdiction, which would essentially mean that it would still be ruled by the eu while the rest of us would not be. that would create a huge problem for all of us, but also specifically for the dup, who are propping up the government at the moment. that is the gordian knot of this situation. nobody knows how to solve this. what conservatives have not realised is what they signed up to back in december. and they should come up with a solution that satisfies the eu legal framework, it is the status quo. the same regulations north and south of the border? exactly. trading and customs can't change at all. it is very much over to mrs may to say what she is going to do. what the eu is doing here is crafty, they try to move the border from between northern ireland and the republic of ireland two between the island of ireland two between the island of ireland and the uk. some of the consequences that could lead to are unthinkable. it is certainly playing with fire. there is so much brexit to t

if the ecj agrees to provide that clarity and decides that the eu citizenship rights are inalienable,re than a million uk citizens that are currently living and working here on the continent. the uk government has been looking into how different kinds of brexit may affect the economy. it's not good news. their forecasts suggest all areas will suffer lower growth, especially if britain leaves the eu without a deal. over 15 years, london would see 3.5% lower growth than it would otherwise have had. in the west midlands it would be 13% smaller. and in the north east it would be 16% smaller. those figures are already being challenged, and it's important to point out that forecasts are often wrong. all this comes as the prime minister is under pressure to spell out exactly what sort of a partnership she wants with the eu. here she is speaking in parliament earlier today. we will be robust in our arguments, asi we will be robust in our arguments, as i have said right from the beginning. we will hear noises and all sorts of things being said about positions being taken. what matters is the p

absolutely no ecj. not a mention of either, and no detail on anything.o ireland in a moment. i want to go to an entirely different continent and look at issues of south africa over the week, because after what seems like days of prevarication, jacobs finally resigned as south africa's president last week, saying he still didn't understand what he had done wrong. cyril ramaphosa now takes over a country with huge problems to solve. vincent, you watch these events closely, he watched cyril ramaphosa closely. is he the man to deal with the enormous challenges that south africa now faces? he is, but he also may not be. that is the best way to say. there are two matt kingsley. of course, for the question itself, you need to see in two ways. one, what is it for south africa? the other is what are the applications for africa ? south africa? the other is what are the applications for africa? in south africa, he is not a millionaire, he is somebody who came from the work of background, he has worked with western business, capitalists and succeeded. he needs to ra

hard brexit all the way to come out of the single market and customs union, absolutely no ecj and nottail on anything. we will come back to ireland any moment but first an entirely different continent to look at the issues of south africa over the week. after what seemed like days of prevarication, jacob zuma resigned as south africa's president, saying he still didn't understand what he'd done wrong. cyril ramaphosa now takes over a country with huge problems to solve. vincent, you watch these events closely. can mr ramaphosa put the country back on track? is he the man to do with the enormous challenges south africa faces ? he is but he also may not be. explained. there are two things here. of course, for the question itself, i think you need to see it in two ways. in one way, what is it for south africa? the other, what are the implications for africa ? the implications for africa? in south africa, ramaphosa could succeed but he is somebody who came from the workers' background and a millionaire, who worked with western business capitalists and succeeded. now, he needs to radically

was hard brexit all the way through, out of the single market, out of a customs union, absolutely nil ecjd no detail on anything. we'll come back to ireland in a moment, but first i wa nt to to ireland in a moment, but first i want to go to an entirely different continent and look at the issues of south africa. what after seemed like days of prevaricationjacobs resigned as president saying he still did not understand what he had done wrong. cyrano poser now takes over a country with huge problems to solve. in south africa cyril ramaphosa could succeed. he came from a workers background, a millionaire, he has worked with western businesses, capitalist, and have succeeded. he needs to radically reshape his own attitudes towards what economic growth is in a country like south africa. does he have a plan? he has a plan to transform the economy according to capitalist ideas but does not have a plan to share that wealth for the 90% or so of people in south africa. and if he doesn't, south africa is any volcano. the other bit, for me, more important, south africa is a democracy, we admire it. it

was hard brexit all the way through, out of single market, out of the customs union, absolutely no ecjd no detail on anything. well, we'll come back to ireland in a moment. but first, i want to go to an entirely different continent and look at the issues of south africa over the week, because after what seemed like days of prevarication, jacob zuma finally resigned as south africa's president last week, saying he still didn't understand what he'd done wrong. cyril ramaphosa now takes over a country with huge problems to solve. now, vincent, you watched these events closely, you've watched cyril ramaphosa closely. is he the man to deal with the enormous challenges that south africa now faces? he is, but he may also not be! that is the best way to summarise! well, there are two things here. of course, for the question itself, i think you need to see in two ways. one, what is it for south africa? the other is what are the implications for africa ? in south africa, ramaphosa could succeed, but he's now a millionaire, he's somebody who came from the workers‘ of background, he's a millionair

. mechanism, at the moment it's the ecj, and it was the detail that was lacking in his speech.the british parliament was putting extra regulation that wasn't present in europe and showed the sovereignty that we have here in britain even while we are in the eu. we know theresa may ruled out the option of a customs union, there were concerns about what that means for the border between northern ireland and the republic of ireland, there is likely to bea republic of ireland, there is likely to be a commons vote on that later, so how significant a hurdle will that be? we need a realistic settlement that deals with the issue is in northern ireland and doesn't put the good friday agreement at risk and i was encouraged to see david davis say that the government is committed to the good friday agreement. there may be other noises from brexiteers but the government remains committed and we need a common—sense solution that will require a solution on customs. so there will need to be a customs union if there is directionless trade and travel between northern ireland and the republic. the

feet and that a transition period is not a given, vital for businesses and is not a given that the ecjnot play a role in that. may standing firm, barnier standing firm. what does that mean for sterling? down at about .5%. the last day of february, looking at a dow that could have seen the worst month since 2016, the same for the s&p. a little bit of weakness in the futures market. some selloff in asia spread over to europe as well. take a look at other asset classes. euro modestly weaker. a broader stronger dollar story with the exception of dollar-yen. some buying on the long end of the margin. 2.89 on the 2-year yield. nicotine investment in terms of the rise in yields since 2006, so some amazing to take six coming out of a volatile february. let's get a look at first word news with kailey leinz. kailey: jared kushner has lost his top secret security clearance. according to a person familiar with the matter, that means he can no longer attend some meetings or see more related intelligence material. treasury secretary steve mnuchin says president trump is willing to negotiate a u.s. r

market and the customs union, stopping paying money to the eu, getting out from the oversight of the ecjip with the single market. already we have seen from some brexit supporting, peers like frank fields, this will look like labour is betraying its own brexit supporting voters. the real sort of trick for mr corbyn is at one and the same time to say to his remains supporting mps and party... not much is going to change, don't worry, we will have a customs union and remain pretty close to the customs union while at the same time telling his brexit supporting voters saying, we are brexit supporting voters saying, we a re really brexit supporting voters saying, we are really leaving. in that sense, we don't have the definitive clarity andi we don't have the definitive clarity and i would suggest deliberately so in order to keep both sides on board. when will we have the clarity? time is running short. the timetable for this week, especially what theresa may is doing in terms of the big brexit speech at the end of the big brexit speech at the end of this week and all the events in between no

they never wanted the ecj to roll on the citizens.o much on the further from a in the united kingdom and europe. steve eisman with us. we were watching secretary summers speak and that goes back to financial deregulation or regulation. this is front and center for you. give us a briefing on the impact, the effect of deregulation. steve: well, we are going to go through -- for the next several years, a massive deregulation of the financial services sector. you have the vice chair of the financial supervision who who was daniel difficult on the industry. you have several people in their seats who have a different orientation. you have maldini -- mick mulvaney. for better or worse and you can talk to me later about what do i think politically, but from a stock perspective, this is positive for the financial services sector. tom: very positive, we all get that, but does it lead down the road to the leverage you observed in 2006, 2007, and 2008. steve: we are so far from that. tom: agreed. steve: to give you an idea of where i think it's g

there was a role for the ecj.ou wonder how that is going to go down when the cabinet meets on an away day. emma: what they are trying to catch their time try to come to an agreement on what they are going to pitch to the eu. this is it about what the -- this isn't about what they are going to get. what we have seemed to end the scene the picture is becoming clear. in some areas u.k. losses a very close to the eu and in other areas, like agriculture, they will be clean break. boris johnson when he spoke less wednesday, one of the things he said is it might make sense for us they close to eu regulation. that does suggest they are starting to come to consensus that some areas it will make sense to stay close to the galatians. just stay close to regulations. -- stay close to regulations. anna: james, when you look at all of the politics, do you get involved in the weeds at the u.k. political twists and turns? you try to stay out of the weeds and photo signal from noise. it is difficult and political space generally. y

the eu are saying that taking us to the ecj would take too long, so they have to have some kind of sanctiont to go to negotiation, just about the implimentation period, that will be fraught enough before they turn to the wider prospect of what our future relationship will be with the european union. that discussion will happen with the brexit subcommittee tomorrow, but we are not sure how much they will tell us about it. we can still speculate, watch us! a coalition deal has been struck in germany, between the centre—left social democrats and angela merkel‘s conservatives. the agreement looks set to end four months of political deadlock following an inconclusive general election last september. the deal will still need to be approved by social democrat party members, many of whom fear that re—entering what's termed a grand coalition would damage the party. reports from the us say donald trump has instructed his officials to plan for a large—scale military parade in washington this year, as a showpiece of american might. the washington post says he was so impressed by france's bastille day c