format new zealand prime minister helen clark in conversation with my colleague sharanjit helen clark njit leyl. helen clark in conversation with my colleague sharanjit leyl. and, before we go, the lead story, shares in apple are slump in after—hours trade. it is down about 8%, basically wiping out about $50 billion of its market value. and that's after the tech giant warned the first—quarter revenues. the company blamed a variety of factors for the lower than expected iphone and apple watch sales and this is impacting the futures market in the us with the s&p futures down by more than 1%. not much of an impact for asian markets with the hang seng down just 52 and the all ordinaries gaining 50. thank you so much for interesting your time with us. i'm rico hizon. sport today's coming up next. this is bbc news. the top stories this hour: a meeting called by president trump to discuss the budget dispute that's led to a partial us government shutdown has broken up without agreement. the tech giant, apple, is warning that revenues have taken a big hit, largely because of disappointing sale

this is going to sound cheesy, my mum and dad and my closest but different politicians, helen clark ism to ask you? i would not ask, no. are you a? absolutely, absolutely i am a feminist. but no, i want to put him through the pain and torture of agonising about the question himself. that's letting him off the hook, absolutely not! we await that day, thank you so much becoming the programme. we appreciated. thank you. good luck with the meeting with mr macro. —— theresa may. theresa may will this afternoon set out her new plan to try to get a brexit deal through parliament, after that huge defeat last week on her initial plan which she had agreed with eu negotiators. meanwhile a group of mps, including some conservatives, are expected to put forward proposals that would give parliament greater control over the brexit process, including the power to delay brexit. our political guru norman smith is at westminster. what will happen this afternoon?” suspect what we will hear from mrs may is for the third from her many times before, mainly her belief that her dealers the only viable way of l

in germany activists like helen ally and clarke at second were a driving force to get the vote where women were banned from even attending political gatherings until nineteen zero zero eight from nine hundred fourteen external factors shaped the role of women in society. the first world war began many say that women's contribution to the war effort back home helped secure them the vote in one thousand nine hundred in britain and in germany. after the revolution women throng to the streets to vote for the first time in the elections to the national assembly in january nine hundred nineteen. the late comers to the table of women's suffrage were spain in one thousand nine hundred thirty one france in one thousand nine hundred forty four and italy in one thousand nine hundred forty five and in portugal women were barred from voting in national politics until as recently as nine hundred seventy six. and although it's not uncommon to see women at the helm in european politics today take a wider view and you'll see the struggle for total equality is still far from over. all meantime in spor

well helen i would say that it's dick clark is the primary magazine that wall street is prescribing right now both too long to and brothels after macy's story get to feed on tuesday investors already expected does the feed that's why you did pound preview of the losses that we did or by the way the bold of non-confidence inside it seems that these orderly breaks it down as you mention is becoming more and more a reality. stands as an extension of negotiations beyond the end of march would make sense and politically both for the u.k. and the european union is specially of maser government ends up collapsing but it's true that even if that extension happens the ongoing and extended uncertainty will continue to take a toll on business investment and especially on economic growth we're talking about disorder there's a new east is quite some disorder going on where you are with the partial government shutdown which continues what does that mean for companies how is it going to play out economically well basically. their current some don't shut down if extended will take a toll on the u.s. econ

i will bring in amy clark from mencap and who gave evidence to helen jones's committee from mencap andmittee and rob holland is here from mencap as well. amy, what kind of things, what kind of abuse have you received online? when ijoined of abuse have you received online? when i joined a of abuse have you received online? when ijoined a group on facebook, somebody commented about the point of the group to do with tv programme that the bbc does. and it is rude to me and used the r word. i left the group. i reported it. i did not have a lot of feedback but i was pleased he got rid of it quickly. how did it make you feel when he called you the r word? shocked. he formed a group for that purpose. it was rude. sol thought, why do a group if you're not going to be nice to people? i think it's important people with learning disabilities find a group not to be insulted, unless they are not to be insulted, unless they are not being nice themselves. many people would agree with that. do you think it should be specifically a criminal offence to be abusive to someone criminal offence to be abusive