and bonnie greer, playwright and writer for the new european.alling the amount in dividends paid to shareholders "scandalous". husband of murdered mpjo cox, was accused of sexual abuse. his lawyers say he vehemently denies the allegations.

and president trump's election, while crucial, cannot turn away the wave of these new european-style socialists bearing down upon us. i am not just talking about bernie sanders. i mean, he is near the end of his career. but what about kamala harris, elizabeth warren, bill de blasio, andrew cuomo, cory booker, christopher murphy, and keith ellison? [boos] mr. lapierre: they are not democrats in the mode of john f. kennedy or tip o'neill. they hide behind labels like progressive to make their socialist agenda more palatable. and that is terrifying. [applause] mr. lapierre: and that should terrify every citizen who values the american ideal in this country of individual liberty. they politicize the department of justice, they weaponize the internal revenue service, the epa, perhaps cripple the fbi and the intelligence community, and seized and embedded leadership in all of them to advance their agenda. absolute control in every corner of our government is their ultimate dream. these intellectual elites, they think that they are smarter than we are. they think that they are smarter than

europeans will elect a new joint european parliament one in the autumn a new commission is going to be appointed in november twenty nine thousand the second and last period of office of donald tusk the president of the council is going to come to an end and these are all developments that we need to prepare for now. partly means institutional progression particularly preparation a part of the parliament for the next european elections and in this context we're going to talk about what our. challenge is already a candidate which is very much a part a political issue of the group i belong to the european peoples party has already decided that it is part of the bylaws of the party but the fact that the u.k. is going to leave i mean is that seventy three thousand seats in the european parliament are going to be vacant in the european parliament is suggesting that twenty seven of the seventy three seats are to be unique distributed while the others are to be saved partly to be holding the reserve for the future that i expect that suggestion to meet with a broader agreement on part of the he

if they seize power, if these so-called new european socialists take over the house, and the senate, and god forbid they get the white house again, our american freedoms could be lost and our country will be changed forever. and the first to go will be the second amendment to the united states constitution. history proves it. every time, in every nation, in which this political disease rises to power, its citizens are repressed, their freedoms are destroyed, and their firearms are banned and confiscated. it is all backed in this country by the social engineering and the billions of people like george soros, michael bloomberg, tom stier and more. and gleefully promoted by those who have risen to power in the so-called national news media and seized control of social media to spread their propaganda. they don't tell us news. and you all know it and people know it all over the united states. they say it to me every day. they don't tell us news. they tell us what we need to think. that's the way it is these days. on college campuses, a communist manifesto is one of the most frequently si

if they seize power, if these so-called new european socialists take over the house and the senate and god forbid they get the white house again, our american freedoms could be lost and our country will be changed forever. and the first to go will be the second amendment to the united states constitution. history proves it every time in every nation in which this political disease rises to power, its citizens are repressed, their freedoms are destroyed and their firearms are banned and confiscated. and it's all backed in this country by the social engineering and the billions of people like george soros, michael blumberg, tom satire and more and gleefully promoted by those who have risen to power in the so-called national news media and seized control of social media to spread their propaganda. they don't tell us news and you all know it and people know it all over the united states. they say it to me every day, they don't tell us news. they tell us what we need to think. that's the way it is these days. on college cam pugss, a communist manifesto is one of the most frequently assigned

defense policy without britain but prime minister theresa may try to allay fears calling for a new european security deal. europe security is security and that is why i've said and i say again today that the united kingdom is conditionally committed to maintaining it europe discord on the inside a united front on the outside it may be a far off dream but a european defense union is underway even if some view it as competition for nato. yes we want to emancipate ourselves but not against nato or the united states. the message from unique for europe there can only be strength in unity. his chief political correspondent linda crane has been covering the munich conference for us she sent us this wrap up of today's high lifes. the day began with an appeal ended with a warning and in between there were some clashes the appeal was made by germany's foreign minister who expressed concern about what he sees as potential u.s. disengagement from europe and said it's time for a european moment urging e.u. member countries to coordinate not only security policy but also foreign policy the warning came f

are anne ashworth, associate editor of the times and bonnie greer, playwright and writer for the new europeanlovely to see you both, we'll be having a chat in a moment. most of tomorrow's front pages are in now. the observer leads with labour's attack on the privatised water industry, calling the amount in dividends paid to shareholders scandalous. the mail on sunday's front page says that brendan cox, husband of murdered mpjo cox, was accused of sexual abuse. his lawyers say he vehemently denies the allegations. the sunday telegraph reports on concerns from some eu countries that chief brexit negotiator michel barnier‘s conduct could lead to the uk walking away from brexit talks. the sunday express previews a speech from the prime minster, saying she will set out plans to make the uk a truly global, free trading nation. the sunday times has more allegations concerning the conduct of aid workers, suggesting that more than 120 people working for leading charities have been accused of sexual abuse in the past year. a mixture of front pages there. thank you both forjoining us tonight, let's pick

defense policy without britain but prime minister to resign may try to l a fierce calling for a new european security deal. europe security is security and that is why i have said and i say again today that the united kingdom is conditionally committed to maintaining it europe discord on the inside a united front on the outside it may be a far off dream but a european defense union is underway even if some view it as competition for nato. yes we want to emancipate ourselves but not against nato or the united states. the message from unique for europe there can only be strength in unity. turkey's prime minister banal i know that i am also spoke at the munich conference and delivered a strong defense of his country's efforts to stop terrorism to call turkey a constitutional country where the rule of law was strong and said no one has the right to question turkey's government he also said relations between germany and turkey were improving this day after ankara released a turkish german journalist after a year under arrest. touching down at butlins to go at port dennis your child was once again

future of defense policy without britain but prime minister theresa may try to fierce calling for a new european security deal. europe security is security and that is why i have said and i say again today that the united kingdom is conditionally committed to maintaining it europe discord on the inside a united front on the outside it may be a far off dream but a european defense union is underway even if some view it as competition for nato. yes we want to emancipate ourselves but not against nato or the united states. the message from unique for europe there can only be strength in unity. and our chief political correspondent linda crane has been covering the conference and she joins us now from munich melinda the german foreign minister saying my gabriella who spoke earlier today he expressed concern about the reliability of germany's main ally the u.s. under president trump we have a short clip let's have a quick listen. perhaps this explains why we germans are sometimes irritated when we look across the atlantic. that we are no longer certain that we still recognize america these days. shou

opening the way for a longer transition process than originally set out, with britain abiding by any new europeanade deals without the eu's permission. this report from our political editor laura kuenssberg contains some flash photography. no, not that red bus. campaigners who want brexit to get stuck brought their own to westminster. the government is going to have more difficulty getting brexit through the house of lords than this bus is having coming in here. under pressure, it's a big week for the prime minister to show she is making progress with her plans. speaker: prime minister. we want to ensure this is a country that can negotiate free—trade deals around the rest of the world. we want to ensure we have a good trade agreement with the european union and that is what we are starting to negotiate. we want to ensure we have a good security partnership with the european union. it isn't clear from today's exchanges this government isn't on the road to brexit, mr speaker, it's on the road to nowhere. but for all the arguing, what matters to the government right now is this, the guidelines for

but prime minister to resign may try to calm fears by calling for a new european security deal europe's security is our security and that is why i have said and i say again today that the united kingdom is unconditionally committed to maintaining it europe discord on the inside but presenting a united front it may be a far off dream but a european defense union is underway even if some view it as competition from nato . you know you yes we want to emancipate ourselves but not against nato or the united states. the message from munich for europe that can only be strength in unity. and we're going to take you to munich now where our chief political editor mckayla proof is standing by for us good morning mckayla now there's been a major backlash i believe to those comments made by the polish prime minister matteo more of yet ski about to jewish perpetrators i believe tell us more. yes basically after his speech yesterday which was once again affirmation to nato and calling for a more united europe he got a question from the audience of somebody who basically cites the case of his parents w

new european structure, changing the nato character to be a more political structure, the nine points, right? all of that seems to quietly disappear from the attention of the u.s. policymakers in 1991 and 1992. this is on one hand. russian now is feeling already not integrated, but certainly want this partnership. on the other hand, the russian economic reform, the liberalization and privatization that starts in 1992, by the end of 1992, it did not produce any real results. it was very painful for the population. by the end of 1992 the inflation reached 2500%. this initial grand, deep support for the economic reform by the russian population is becoming diluted, people want to slow down the reform. people want to change the reform. this is very natural when you're -- when you're living conditions living conditions, your salary, everything around you is deteriorating. i would like to stress that the to what was itself, both theeuropeanreform democratic reform and the market reform, the liberalization, it was not imposed on russia. this is an important point to be made, it was not impos

♪ anna: good morning from bloomberg's new european headquarters in the city of london..s.s and asia and the turnaround, recovering some losses. volatility subsides after the vix sank almost 20%. manus: the british chamber of commerce warned theresa may that u.k. businesses are losing patience over brexit ambiguity. manus: -- anna: the ceo resigns after being embroiled in a sexual-harassment scandal. ♪ welcome to "bloomberg daybreak: europe." it's just gone in a cup a.m. in amsterdam -- 8:00 a.m. in amsterdam. full-year operating profit beat the highest estimate, this is a bank which runs most of its revenue -- which runs most of its revenue from the u.k. economy. to buffers of , 17.7%, the dutch win right in line with what the analysts expected. what does this mean for dividends? the capital remains intact. the final dividend comes in at 80 euro cents per share. from?did it come let's talk about metals and miners. anna: let's have a look at what has been reported. remember our conversation with -- from blackrock management. tinto full-year underlying profit $8.63 billio

anna: good morning from bloomberg's new european headquarters in the city of london. manus: these are your top stories. the u.s. treasury yield .ushes to its highest level asian shares slump and leave technology stocks lower. manus: stocks say britain must not enter into any new customs unit with the eu after brexit. >> it is very difficult to see how being in a customs unit is compatible because we would eu.r be dependent upon the x boost.one amazon and alphabet also deliver results. ♪ anna: good morning everybody. let's go to some of those. we getting numbers from sony. they had seen it at ¥630 billion. this is sony guiding the market higher. that is a forward-looking statement. that tends to be where the market will focus. nine-monthhe operating income and net income levels. not only do we have these numbers and the guiding higher from this business overreach in japan, we have also had a change of management. been told that the is cfo will be promoted to the ceo role. the ceo will be stepping up to the chairman role. someone who is respected for bringing financial

♪ anna: good morning from bloomberg's new european headquarters in the city of london.anus: these are today's top stories. anna: asian stocks rally after up s&p 500 closed back almost 2%. morgan stanley joins the call. is the goldilocks market really over? manus: president trump proposes budget,rillion federal favoring military spending and a mexican border wall. anna: south africa's ruling anc is said to tell the president to quit after he refuses a request to resign. ♪ welcome to the program, this is "bloomberg daybreak: europe." let's check in on the market action overnight. the msci asia-pacific is trading higher after we saw that strong session and united states. in the past two sessions, the biggest two-day increase in 18 months. 43%.s up 0. japanese markets big weighted down -- being weighed down. are also pointing down, so we need to be aware of that as we go through this morning's session. morgan stanley joining goldman sachs and jpmorgan and advising the dip.he dip -- buy the has been a substantial move, and one of the things in the mix seems to be the prime m

lead candidate of the democratic party and can bring together a qualified majority of the new elected europeanmajority of the new elected european parliamentm stores visit the liberals tried to go further, a directly elected commission president rather than someone chosen by party bosses like last time —— in strasbourg this week. they were never elected by citizens of europe. they were just appointed, in this case, we have juncker, jean—claude juncker, appointed by the eep which was the biggest party. so we would get away from that and people would stop blaming us for democratic deficiencies if they can actually pick from the list and thoughtful person. others think it should be jumped altogether. the european union is the union of member states. and it's taking away some member states... i think it's the wrong message. and from our group we avoided this system completely and we have even put our spitzenkandidat on the campaign. now the debate moves from the corridors of parliament to the meeting of eu leaders at the end of the month, where there is a split between opponents and supporters lik

system the turbo charger responds very rapidly combined fuel consumption as calculated in the new european driving cycle is theoretically five point three liters per one hundred kilometers but you won't manage that if you practice. many drivers like to rest an elbow on the wind still says mathis but if you're one of them the really ninety will be ninety cross country will break that habit fast putting an elbow on such a high still won't rest. but it's safer to drive with both hands on the wheel anyway. so that is the eric our. safety is also provided by the very night you cross countries many assists systems. just it's about a parked car that's useful he says because especially in for you whether you might notice obstacles to late it's nice to get an early warning so you can respond in time. come on board the v ninety cross country city safety system which also recognizes larger animals a lane departure system that works even without painted lane dividers and stand it hardly able to animist driving functions up to one hundred thirty kilometers an hour so mattis is a bit surprised that the

migrants from greece and italy from seeking relocation them because a few years ago we approved a new european parliament approved the provided for the redistribution in other european countries and parts of the migrants who are in italy and greece. surely all the other countries have become skeptical towards the issues and aspects of the european union for this reason i think this is a fruitful moment to start working on the revision with some european parameters of especially those on the deficit allows us to make more investments. last year the founder of the five star movement there big really a call for italy to leave the eurozone you supported legal changes for countries that wanted to remain in you member but not have the euro currency the party leader again explains currency issues are high right now on his agenda. no no no we never said we should leave the european union we had a referendum on the euro currency but right now this choice is an extreme ratio because we think there may be more dialogue at european tables. of europe it's obvious that if we do not have the majority after e

block migrants from greece and italy from seeking relocation because a few years ago we approved a new european parliament approved that provided for the redistribution and other european countries in parts of the migrants who are in italy and greece. surely all the other countries have become skeptical towards the issues and aspects of the european union for this reason i think this is a fruitful moment to start working on the revision with some european parameters especially those on the deficit allows us to make more investments last year the founder of the five star movement to back pay grillo call for italy to leave he supported legal changes for countries and wanted to remain and. not have the euro currency but the party leader again explains currency issues are high on his agenda . no no no we never said we should leave the european union we had a referendum on the euro currency but right now this choice is an extreme ratio because we think there may be more dialogue european tables. of your it's obvious that if we do not have the majority after elections but we are the first political f

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from greece and this really from seeking relocation there because a few years ago we approved a new european parliament approved asian that provided for the redistribution and other european countries parts of the migrants who are in italy and greece. surely all the other countries have become skeptical towards the issues and aspects of the european union for this reason i think this is a fruitful moment to start working on the revision of some european parameters especially those on the deficit allows us to make more investments. last year the founder of the five star movement perpignan your call threatening to leave the euro zone is supported legal changes for countries that wanted to remain an e.u. member but have not the don't have the euro currency or the party leader again explains currency issues are high on his agenda. i know we never said we should leave the european union we had a referendum on the euro currency but right now this choice is an extreme ratio because we think there may be more dialogue at european tables. it's obvious that if we do not have the majority after electio

import duties on certain products made with steel and aluminum the european union also says it won't take new tariffs lying down the european commission has already threatened countermeasures on the table are possible duties on american products like motorcycles whiskey and produce e.u. representatives have repeatedly emphasized however that the bloc doesn't view the situation as a potential trade war. that greece continues to struggle to clear up a scandal involving pharma giant no vomitus prosecutors have been investigating the swiss company for over a year it stands accused of bribing high ranking politicians to smooth the way for expensive sales and fast approvals for its medicines in greece now the country's parliament is also getting involved the affair has provoked furious reactions in greece where many blame corrupt politicians for the country's economic woes. kentucky fried chicken customers in the u.k. were left disappointed after the fast food chain was forced to close most of its nine hundred outlets because it was unable to get fresh chicken delivered the first food chain recentl

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though the xxvii consumes just six point four liters of fuel per one hundred kilometers under new european driving cycle test conditions. he says the x. five is rock solid and bucks the trend towards urban s.u.v.s as made for those who go off road or at the very least drive in snow the x.v. cuts a good figure in the city but it's really at home in the mountains. live to baghdad . while wall has added the x e forty two it's actually family the swedish carmaker is given this compact s.u.v. a more angular look than previous. larger models the new x three forty is available with eighty five gasoline powered engine putting out one hundred eighty two kilowatts or a d. for diesel with one hundred forty kilowatts of power. has reworked the jazz now and sports the honda civic face the jazz comes with a new one point five liter i.v. gasoline engine that has an output of ninety six kilowatts provided by years for the dynamic trim level and like all honda engines this one is very rev happy delivering his power through a six speed transmission. system dies in over says it's important to free cars of sn

new european headquarters.tock takes a hit in asia. we hear from the finance director. >> the fourth quarter from our perspective was a little bit weaker with respect to both bank and market revenues. coleman with some of our peer group, we got a couple of collisions in the fourth quarter's. anna: asian equities snapped a three day -- a six-day rally as hong kong comes back online following the new year holiday. treasury yields climb again ahead of a quarter of a chilly and dollar -- quarter of a trillion dollar. if the bloc does not play ball on trade. ♪ manus: welcome to "daybreak." asian markets are playing a little bit of a catch-up coming back. you've got hong kong back in business. still liquidity at the tail end of holiday season. you've got teachers rising. you got london up by 12 points. morgan stanley saying that the -- blackrock saying the u.s., you should buy stocks. yen is showing slightly more risk-off level. stocks are generally higher. you are going to get swedish cpi today. you get euro area co

in its briggs it coverage with the majority of it's said to have been in favor of remaining in new european union that's according to several reports which prompted anger in britain's heise of lords. across our output as a whole we must be inclusive reflecting the breadth and diversity of opinion we must give due weight to the many and diverse areas of an argument. to leave such as let's just say with a group of leaders who having lit the fire of a lot of what he breaks it is a historic mistake for as with the red lion the night. of the banks that once again on the so on they have to be seen. frankly the b.b.c. has become the supporter of. over four organize a tree. for the european union the bricks it sticks to mr b. the day the city recently that has not been struck schools is made even more disciplined is every time he makes a small defaults that is promptly optimized by the b.b.c. to get short acting in order because you do with a duty of impartiality. we discussed the issue with the director general of the u.k.'s institute of economic a furze who was behind one of the reports critical

news. european plane maker airbus has taken another $1.6 billion hit on its troubled a400m military transportbled defence project to over eight billion euros so far. the news overshadowed otherwise upbeat full—year results. net profit increased 35% to almost $3.6 billion. amazon has announced it will create 2,000 permanent contract positions this year in france — its largest market in europe after britain and germany. the increase will bring amazon‘s total number of french staff to 7,500 in 2018. initial talks have been held on what could be the tech sector‘s biggest ever deal. qualcomm has confirmed it met with broadcom on wednesday to discuss the latter‘s revised 121 billion dollar bid. qualcomm‘s board will meet in march to determine the next step for the telecommunication equipment—making company india‘s second largest bank has detected a $1.77 billion fraud coming from a single branch. and it‘s thought to involved billionaire and diamond merchant nirav modi. davina, what more do you have on this? well, definitely the day is not shining bright like a diamond for not shining bright like a

welcome to your business i want to get jones in well in thanks for joining us on the good news first european stock markets started the new week firmly on the front foot a welcome respond after two weeks of sharp falls but investors breathing a sigh of relief should note there is more volatility expected in the coming weeks so keep your seat belts fastened. khan's hang seng index finished the day down zero point two percent reversing minor rises over in japan markets were closed due to a public holiday but last week the country's benchmark nikkei had its worst performance in two years in germany the dak shed ten percent over the last two weeks but observers here expect a recovery of sorts well i wouldn't call it a swift recovery but it is a recovery the dax is starting obote a good one percent higher than it was on friday that's not marching towards recovering all those losses that were incurred in the past week but it is a positive sign that the market can go upwards speaking at a conference in dubai on sunday i.m.f. managing director christine lagarde told investors not to worry about the m

are anne ashworth, associate editor of the times and bonnie greer, playwright and writer for the new europeannjamin netanyahu, has said tonight that his country will defend itself against any attack or attempt to violate its sovereignty. his statement comes amid increased tensions between israel and its neighbours, syria and iran. the israeli military says it's attacked targets in syria, including air defence systems and sites linked to iran. earlier, an israeli f—16 fighter jet crashed after being shot down by syria. our middle east correspondent, tom bateman, reports from jerusalem. what was left on israeli soil of one of the country's most advanced fighter jets. the plane crashed after the two pilots ejected, said israel, amid syrian anti—aircraft fire. one pilot was left severely injured. israel has said that it scrambled the planes in response to this... a drone sent allegedly by iranian forces in syria into israeli airspace. it was destroyed. israel then hit the site that it said the drone had come from, before further strikes against what it called iranian targets in syria. syrian stat