americans and maybe in other parts of the world, i do agree with michael that there are some forces in north america, certainly in europe, that tend to pull at the strings of global economy. i think regionalization paradigms are much, much more relevant now, what mexico has done with the lines and in latin america what we've done as the three north american partners. there's something lost in the debate and discussion over nafta and whether the new rules of origin are good, bad, i think they're bad, but that's another story. i think they're one of those issues that set us back from where we were with nafta. but the greater narrative here is what i think is a danger, which is regardless of what happens, this whole thing of my way or the highway approach to forcing mexico and canada into a renegotiation, yes, it was needed, nafta was 20 years old, there were disciplines that needed to be included in this agreement. but with the tariffs on steel and aluminum, with national security derivatives, the narrative that is being fed by the weaponization of trade policy by this white house is that canada and m

experts are critical for farmers in north america. where can these countries, three countries work together, open new markets, particularly in asia? where can the three countries work together to open new markets, ethically, particularly in asia? i used an example earlier, we were talking before we came out, i have used this kind of export competitiveness between all of us, similar to what i did when i was governor of georgia, in that while we competed against alabama for economic development, north carolina, tennessee, south carolina, florida, all of our neighbors, we competed against for specific projects, but we were always pulling for the regent. and i think that is really the situation we have here. obviously, mexico can produce in things the u.s. doesn't, canada can do things the u.s. does not, we can do some things. i think the very essence of trade, looking at where we are the low cost producer and accepting that, benefiting from that, and working together, again, the standards for opening it up markets that may not be as open

we're within an 8 hour drive to 60% of north america's population. we've got logistically the best location, we've got low cost of doing business. maria: are you prepared, congressman, to offer the same terms that new york was offering, $3 billion or such in tax breaks and give us a sense of why it's so important to have a new amazon headquarters 2 in a district, aside from the 25,000 jobs, what do you think that

ambassador siyad that mexico's undersecretary for north america and the country's chief negotiator in the u.s. embassy a top. welcome to the show it is really great to have you with us lots to discuss and mr savage you are mexico's kin diplomat in the talks over the us mexico canada dale new knocked up the process of negotiation was started by the trumpet ministration do you think that was the right move a good thing to do not tell was good enough for president clinton president bush president obama does it really not work anymore. that's what president trump was say in the that the treaty was the the worst treaty have heard didn't work anymore. i would say we there are things that happen you have new sectors for example digital trade there was no trade or labor there's an environmental standards in the original enough to five years ago bush recouped out because relations were more punitive konami but now the relation is very very close in the client so i think it's ok to have a new treaty a new negotiation to donald trump one to into the talks where they complain promise to put ameri

they are made in north america and goods move up and down that integrated supply chain across our borders. these are north american and this is a north american issue, which is why this usmca is as important as it is. >> and kentucky is really a center for auto industry. you have a number of different plants there, right, not to mention the auto parts manufacturers. >> we do. kentucky is the largest per capita producer of automobiles in the u.s. and i think third largest in absolute volume. all of the chevy corvettes that are made in the world are made in kentucky. the largest toyota plant in the world is in kentucky. every ford super duty truck is made in kentucky, all the lincoln navigators, ford escapes, et cetera. it is a powerhouse of automobile production, which, again, is why this issue is as critical as it is to us. >> 95,000 jobs at least in kentucky. >> at least. i don't know the exact number, but it has been a growing importance. you look at just, you know, toyota, it's the largest plant, as i said, and, you know, 900 jobs or something like that, 80 some odd hundred jobs associ

not taking off anymore the airline shuts down stranding thousands of passengers in europe and in north america. it's good to have you with us maybe the third time will be the charm the british government is set to hold a third vote on prime minister teresa mayes controversial brights it deal tomorrow this time around parliament will be asked to approve only the divorce aspect of the deal and not the part that governs the u.k.'s future relationship with the european union lawmakers have to approve both parts if the agreement is to be ratified but the government is hoping to avoid another. heavy defeat by separating the elements this way. will success so far the speaker of the house of commons ruled that the government can tabled this motion after previously blocking the move let's hear part of what john bercow had to say earlier today. i am pleased to report to the house that the government's motion for tomorrow's debate complies with the test set out in twenty poles edition of us here in may on page three hundred ninety seven missions which of the same will substantially the same must not be p

about 25% of the natural gas that's consumed in north america. two-thirds of the crude produced in canada that moves south to the u.s. refining complex moves through our pipelines. sour base level question was, how do we do no harm with respect to what has been an extremely productive and valuable interconnected energy market across north america from where we sit? but also from a regional perspective. so we entered into -- or as we began to think through what was important in these negotiations it was, as i said, first do no harm. and where we are two years later, we think we have -- we have accomplished that. the three nations have accomplished that. in some respects they further reduced some of the barriers that will allow the north american energy renaissance we've seen in the last decade to continue to flourish in terms of economic development and opportunity here in north america but also in terms of global markets as well. so is it better than nafta? i guess you could get into the weeds and ask folks to answer that question in any sort of

with north america. the uk trade commissionerfor north with north america.he uk trade commissioner for north america, consul general in new york. so obviously, you may say given the nature of the deal if it passes, we will not have much to go skating anyway, but even then i suppose the point is he has other stuff to do, not just trade point is he has other stuff to do, notjust trade deals. and the systematic service, a senior diplomat in new york. all in all, i basically threw my hat into the ring if he is get this sort of place to be in. it is enormous. it is quite extraordinary. 6000 square feet. will he be using the a permit for entertaining but surely britain has artie got that. so this is the place to do this with him is it a false economy and a lot of money. however, he is was to be at the forefront of securing trade deals, but itjust feels wrong and timely does not feel right that we are not yet really out of this and the matter with the premise or in the chancellor say, it is terminally quiet off i think. just briefly, i do not want to get too distra

north america and the rest of the world? from north america and the rest of the world ?h america and the rest of the world? from the spread of an ideology which is potentially going to come back even stronger terrorist movement. the real question is what is the us policy towards iso right now. trump said he was withdrawing troops and declaring isis 400% defeated what she had to watch back because it was clear he had not consulted his advisers. there is a question of what is the us response to this? the at keeping 400 question of what is the us response to this? the at keeping 4oo troops on the ground, the us presence in syria was seen as a force that we can is, not defeated but what does it do now? if it does withdraw does that allow russia and iran to have greater sway over what happens in syria? given what we have seen russia does not really hold the cards they are. i think iran has the upper hand and i would be curious to see what we think about that, what happens when the us does withdraw, does orang gain an upper hand? iran has the upper hand and four countries, ver

they were back with say out in mexico's undersecretary for north america and. in the u.s. talks discussing the challenges mexico is facing in their relations with its northern neighbor so mr said a trial is justified. the steel and alum in him cherubs with just touched upon by concerns of national security. just using that as a pretext or does mexico now have to work on not being seen as a threat to the united states. there is no way a mexican steal can be a threat to the united states for one thing the trade in steel products is quite strong in both directions but bigger the experts from the united states to mexico so that the u.s. has a surplus with mexico how can import from mexico be a threat i really think this was a pretext to create some extra room for the steel industry a in accordance with the vision of president trump would support the mystic industry rather than thinking of global engagement of trade so that excuse is not good but it doesn't matter whatever it is it has to go and i believe that the this is it is this government improv the my information is that

the first house of worship that the muslim built in north america. significant as a muslims.ion to part of america and this is the in 1856 wasy iowa came 30tate but muslims years later from syria. rapids,tled in cedar because other places there were christian arabs prior to the muslim arabs who came. lebanone neighbors in and they knew they are in north america, in iowa. together, gathering helping each other. their children went to school. they were educated. they came farming. it was full cooperation. supporting and encouraging. giving them a chance to grow like them. 1900s, they christian community were bigger financially.ll off so they start thinking about building a church and st. george, orthodox church. the arab muslims helped the christian arabs to build their church. went in the late 1920's, the build immunity decided to the mosque which they called at islamice -- it means club, social network. the arab christians also came and helped them to bake and sell to the neighbors and that is basically how the mosque was built with love, cooperation

online came out with 36% growth for the year, north america 17%. is a slight slowdown, partially due to supply issues, we still see a solid 2019 with the bottom line growth of 10% to 14%. so we are optimistic about 2019. not the same growth of 2018, but still solid. >> the prime minister of new zealand called it one of the darkest days in the country's history. a shooting in christchurch left 49 people dead. the alleged shooter live streamed the attack on social media. the motivation appears to be racial. >> scott morrison was very quick to come out today to confirm that the alleged shooter was australian, and also to condemn this attack as a vile and terrible act of terrorism in the strongest possible terms. the prime minister picked up on that as well, saying that such acts of extremist violence in such vile ideology had no place in new zealand, and indeed had no place in the world. >> it was announced on hm, live streamed on facebook, replayed on youtube. what, if anything, are companies doing to stop the dissemination of hatred? >> this is not

-- when you manufacturer in the us, a source of products or components, and us labor, all over north america, it is very detrimental to get our head around it. >> if you look at what gm is doing, gm announced the close in the united states, the chevy blazer rolling off of the assembly line. does the original nafta do for canadian american workers what was promised to do. until we fix the labor standards in mexico, if it is sticking with the old nafta or no nafta at all i will take the old nafta. >> nafta has been good for us and over the time nafta has been in place, significant growth of the aluminum industry over the scope of the value chain and that has been good news for us. most of our customers are industrial customers or folks in the auto industry, packaging and construction benefit from nafta and the free movement of goods. that is helpful to us. >> we foreclose auto is that we plant in canada and the united states, eight opened in mexico, two more opening, trade surplus and manufacturing, $120 deficit and lost manufacturing jobs. tell me why i should celebrate. >> when you talk abou

our north america business correspondent samira hussain is at boeing headquarters in chicago. what is the latest from boeing there? it is hard to imagine a worse position for a playmaker to find itself in. its most importantjet has been grounded everywhere and so now the pressure is on boeing to find a fix and to do it fast. already some airlines are talking about compensation and with almost 5000 outstanding orders for these planes, this crisis is quickly becoming a costly one. just this week the playmaker has lost some £20 billion in market value. while there are questions for boeing, there are also questions for american regulators. historically this country has been at the forefront of aviation safety, but in this insta nce aviation safety, but in this instance the leading authority was playing catch up. thank you very

mexico's undersecretary for north america and chief negotiator at the you see stay with us. who would have thought a somali born muslim woman elected to congress would ignite a long overdue national conversation also wants to make the military industrial complex great again. i want to. be. careful here. in the united. just. after the previous stage of my career was over everyone wondered what i was going to do next that the ball different clubs on one hand it is logical to say the home fields where everything is familiar on the other i wanted a new challenge and a fresh perspective from time used to surprising to most of us all or not seriously . i'm going to talk about football narvi or else you can think i was going to go. by the way ways of the slide here. i do think the numbers mean something they've matter the us has over one trillion dollars in debt more than ten white collar crime families each day. eighty five percent of global wealth you longs to be all from rich the food six percent in the world market most thirty percent some with four hundred to five hundred thre

cesar's operations stranding thousands of passengers in europe and north america and police in malta arrested five migrants for hijacking in. what's next for the man who's seized control of the vessel after rescued over a hundred people from waters off libya. good to have you with us we begin tonight in china a recent spate of high profile disappearances have attracted international attention being disappeared as people in china call it seems to be a common practice and is getting worse dissidents are often held at secret detention facilities and usually only handed over to the judiciary system after a confession has been extracted. a human rights lawyer who disappeared for six months before he was jailed for subversion here's his story. detention room is like a cooling chamber with a metal door escape from this room is impossible. to thomas. was one of two hundred human rights lawyers chinese authorities rounded up in july two thousand and fifteen. the everything inside is wrapped in soft material the walls the table it so you can't kill yourself. i didn't see daylight for half a ye

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the stock has been on a run, but disappointing sales growth in north america now has investors running the other way. >>> biogenbreakdown. the company sheds $18 billion in market valuefter its once-promising alzheimer's drug ends in failure. >>> poor performance. crash tests of some popular pickup trucks are raising new safety questions. we have those stories and much more tonight on "nightly business report" for thurs. >>> good evening, everyone, and welcome. wall streetas in rally mode. stocks reached a five-month high today with the dow gaining more than 20 points, led by the technology sector. investors were willing to take on more risk following the federal reserve's decision yesterday to keep rates steady this year. dmething we t you about last night. and that resulted in a 216-point gain for the dow jones industrial average to 25,962 the nasdaq rose 109 points and the s&p 500 added 30. >>> andike couldelp determine the direction of the stock market tomorrow. late today the dow component reported better-than-expected earnings and anxpansion in gross margins. here are the numbers

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the top spots and european airports took seven of the top fifteen spots will no airports from north america south america australia or africa even made it into the top fifteen and like you said the united states embrace the top twenty five the highest ranking u.s. airports are denver international in thirty second position followed by hartsfield jackson atlanta international at number thirty six not looking to get in the ratings for american airports and so why use why aren't u.s. airports performing better in studies and surveys like this one. well if you talk to the air. industry leaders they will tell you that they just need more money to meet growth so according to analysts too many of these airports in our country need upgrades and infrastructure whether they need an entirely new airport or they just need to do some things to meet growth and maintain the level of service passengers expect so industry leaders including the airports council international north america they say the u.s. government needs to invest to get this around one hundred billion dollars into its airports or they're

after attempts to find a buyer failed wow specializes in low cost connections between europe and north america with this base in the icelandic capital of reykjavik well the airline's closure good deal a heavy blow to the country's booming tourist industry well meanwhile thousands of passengers are stranded on both sides of the atlantic. about four thousand passengers are stranded at well as various destinations after the company ceased operations and canceled all flights. canceled yesterday to try to get something else and we were supposed to fly to frankfurt when we came here they were saying the flight got canceled and you would have received some kind of e-mail communication and nobody received any got a few minutes communication the collapse of the troubled airline comes out the buyout talks with rival icelandair fell a particular year this week up till first day morning where our air had transported more than a third of people who visited iceland in a tourist boom which had revived the island's economy in the years following the global financial crisis well air founded in two thousand and

says budget airline while air seize operations stranding thousands of passengers in europe and north america. only a lark so great to have you along everyone now malta's armed forces have taken control of a tanker that was hijacked by migrants rescued at sea a turkish vessel has arrived at a maltese port with military personnel on board five people were handcuffed and sported off the vessel about one hundred migrants and refugees have been rescued in the seas off libya well some of them took control of the ship when it was ordered to return them to libya and forced it instead to head to word europe to discuss the latest is baton borghese senior journalist for the times of malta in the capital of alaska thank you so much for a taking out the time to speak to us what's going to happen to the people on the boat do we know what their current situation is. we know that five five of those a hundred and eight were handcuffed and arrested they're in police custody whether they'll be charged and tried in war that or. proceedings will be made to extradite them back to me to libya is yet to be seen alt

iceland's budget airline wow air seizes operations stranding thousands of passengers in europe and north america and in the women's champions league german side walls were came up against defending champions new york will have the highlights of a six goal thriller. thank you so much for your company everyone well we start off with a struggle for consensus in britain which is prolonging uncertainty there the british government is hoping to hold another vote on prime minister to. controversial breaks a deal tomorrow but reports say may will be asking parliament to vote only on the divorce aspect of the deal and not the part governing the u.k.'s future relationship with the e.u. or the governments of representative in parliament andrea let's some said parliament first needs to get the go ahead for the vote from the speaker by splitting the vote they hope to secure the support of more opposition m.p.'s the government must pass the word draw agreement to earn a nother deadline extension from brussels. well at today's developments at westminster follow an attempt by lawmakers on wednesday to test supp

we end up with a recent trading blocs, north america will be essential to american workers. said wetwitter viewer can only control them with a multilateral agreement. the report makes a statement that the only way you can really deal with trade issues and the dumping of metals is a multilateral approach. whether you can revive tpp, that is a political issue. we are good at saying no, we re--brand the effort -- we rebrand the effort. this is what came out with the previous report with the carnegie endowment. ohioans, when we ran focus groups across the state, we found there was anger about trade, but they are angry that trade policy wasn't linked to domestic policy in the united states. if you are in small towns across the state of ohio and in pennsylvania, and other places where century's old factories left, washington never really -- to giveet these these towns a chance to get back up. there is a lot of concern that something is missing when local leadership and corporate money is not there to invest in a community. the real back pain and we can emptiedflint, when gm , they

live to our north america correspondent nick bryant in washington. its decision to allow these boeing 737 max aircraft to keep on flying, but as the day went on more evidence came from the crash site in ethiopia which showed that the plane that went down there on sunday and another boeing that crashed off the coast of indonesia last october behaved in a very similar way. that prompted this urgent rethink. that prompted this urgent rethink. today the crash site in ethiopia became a place of multinational mourning. passengers and crew from 35 countries were killed when the plane plunged into this field on sunday, just six minutes after take—off. north america had been one of the few places the boeing 737 max was still allowed to fly. the aviation authority here had resisted demands to follow safety regulators in more than a0 countries by grounding the plane. but tonight at the white house, donald trump announced a change of mind. we are going to be issuing an emergency order of prohibition to ground all flights of the 737 max 8, and the 737 max 9. the

this year we've guided sales in north america negative one to negative five. our goal is as to get back to positive sales the quicker we get back to positive, the less support franchisees will need and the addition of shaquille i think will highly what we need to do to get those sales moving. but it is a relationship collaboratively with the franchisees. >> and do you have valuation targets in mind once you implement some of these changes? >> substantially higher. >> yeah. what gets you there? >> really the focus is on same store sales and improving bottom line profitability they both go together. we have to improve the customer value proposition, the unit economics for our franchisees. if everybody does better and we sell more pizza, it will all go in the right direction so there is a lot of opportunity. i won't put out a target today >> obviously the branding and marketing is a big part of this. this is sort of a joke, but not really because on twitter everyone wants to know is it going to be papa shaq? >> no, it's not going to be papa shaq but i will be int

we sell to customers all over north america, so it would be very detrimental, it would be hard to even get our head around it. >> if you take a look at what gm is doing, and we talk about mexico, we're talking wages. they announced a new chevy blazer rolling off the assembly. there has to be a real debate about if the original nafta do for canadian american workers what it was promised to do? and i will argue no. until we fix the labor standards in mexico, then listen. if you sticking with the old nafta, or no nafta at all, i'll take no nafta. >> from the aluminum industry's perspective, nafta has been good for us to all the time it has been in place. there has been significant growth of the industry. most of our customers are industrial customers, or their folks in the auto industry, packaging, construction. they also benefit from nafta and the free movement of goods. >> foreclosed semi plans and canada. it opened in mexico. two more are being opened. trade surplus and manufacturing. 500,000 lost manufacturing jobs. tell me why i should celebrate. >> i think when you talk about job lo

in some cases like in north america, products may move back and forth across the border three, four, five, six times in the course of final production and value add at each end. the less -- i agree completely. the less we're hammering that, why would we tax and inhibit productivity and wealth creation? it's the craziest idea in the world. if we want to receive taxes and we all need to to pay for everything we need and want, let's do it on the consumption end. what is good for our state as it relates to all these things, japan you mentioned. japan is a strong trading partner of the united states. we have more than 200 japanese owned companies in kentucky employing more than 45,000 kentuckians. the largest toyota plant in the world among others is in kentucky. we need these strong trading partners and have met with prime minister abe and i appreciate the fact that he's taken no lack of political heat for his stepping forward along with the eu to lead the charge on this new iteration of the tpp. i appreciate him doing so. he's taken heat as is our president for leading on other things a

laura: our north america correspondent nick bryant was at today's presser and joins us now. the budding bromance. nick: it really was come in the sunshine of the rose garden of the white house. not only blossomed, it came into full flower. it is almost like we had a trump and wase later at ite house -- trumpet impersonator at the white house. bolsonaro revels in being trump of the tropics. he was french relic rising death v-- ventri -- at one point he called the news the fake news. it is this budding bromance as both leaders lavished praise on each other. laura: what is bolsonaro one from president trump? he told fox news that most immigrants don't have good intentions. nick: the relationship between brazil and america in recent s yeve not been that good because you had a string of leftist governments ina brasi rough not been -- who have not been favorably disposed towards north america. bodonald trump this southern hemisphere country becoming part nato -- the north atlantic taty organization. he wants to be parof the organization for trade and donald trump seems to endorse

look at that last conference call, they're talking about not just north america, talking about goingrseas the conference call is very good it has all the appearances of being, you know, they talk about all different kinds of hemp. cbd, because of the farm bill, is legal so it is a very fractured market and everybody -- it is a land grab i think there is only going to be so many companies because we're getting down to the end of who has got real sales >> yeah. >> for his part, peltz says, quote, i believe aurora has a solid execution track record a strongly differentiated from its peers, has achieved integration through the value chain and is poised to go to the next level he believes the canadian license producers and aurora in particular are well positioned to lead in the development of the international cannabis industry as regulations evolve with a strong globally replicable operating model. >> we're looking at the models so far, if you use the canopy, that's the most organized and well funded, a huge percentage is medical and then a huge percentage is recreational, particularly i

now to the refugees of forging new lives in north america when i want to joins them on their explored narry journey towards freedom. thomas morning. eric guster major this is a mirror. and imre getting on a boat is what put these young men on men a silent today we're going to take them off it. and. this is the beginning of my journey with twenty four year old amir tuckey mia a christian convert from iran and iran mohamad age twenty three a minority regime whose fled persecution in million mom. after four years in detention then now committed to move around menace the controversial detention center is being closed down now the island used to have prison. but there's one other spot the refugees can visit. and. he saw the boys once in a town and told them you know if you want to have thought to have a little bit of peace you can just come in here and relax you know nobody's going to stay here. mandolin at all just off mannus is where the refugees see a different side to p. and g. . the islands custody and let's asylum seekers stay here for free he says losing his arm in a fishing acciden

pacific island now one one aced follows the journey of two refugees as they forge a new life in north america on al jazeera for more than a decade he's been considered a threat to national security in russia putin said we'll give you the twelve indicted military intelligence officers indicted by special counsel robert miller but what we want in return is you bill browder a multimillionaire investor in russia turned and he put an activist talks to our. welcome back you're watching al-jazeera time to recap our headlines now changes will be made new zealand's gun laws after fifty people were killed in shootings at two mosques in christ church prime minister just and governments have agreed to reforms but needs a few more days to work out the details grieving family members are now preparing to bury their loved ones and they are frustrated with the delay in receiving bodies because of the investigation of the prime minister says all the bodies should be returned by wednesday. now the new york times is revealing more details about the killing of saudi journalist. it says the murder in the saudi co

earlier i spoke to our north america correspeondent david willis in los angeles, and began by asking to get some detail of the report's findings. the attorney general, william barr, is, presumably, burning the midnight oil in washington, dc at the justice department as we speak. he is reviewing this report, which is said to be very comprehensive, on the part of the special counsel robert mueller. deciding what, basically, to impart about its details to senior lawmakers over the weekend. he wrote to the heads of the senate and house judiciary committees, saying he hoped over the next couple of days to at least give them the bullet points and thereafter will be sitting down with the man who wrote this report, robert mueller, and the man who appointed robert mueller as special counsel, deputy attorney general rod rosenstein, to work out how much of this report should be made public. now, of course, if you ask the democrats that question they would say all of it and quickly, please. we're hearing reports that there are no new indictments, that's something that a lot of people are talking

trudeau welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe. my name's mike embley. our top stories: huawei isn't backing down. the chinese technology giant is expected to announce it's suing the us government. republican senator martha mcsally admits she was raped by a senior officer while serving in the military. i blame myself. i was ashamed and confused. i thought he was strong. but felt powerless. behind bars — the us singer r kelly is back in custody after a court hearing over unpaid child support. and we talk to the celebrated photographer who's been documenting british society for nearly half a century. the chinese telecoms giant huawei is expected to announce, formally, in a news conference that it is suing the american government, because federal agencies have been barred from using its products. meanwhile, the compa ny‘s chief financial officer, who's being detained at the request of the united states, has appeared before a court in canada. the us is seeking meng wanzhou extradition on charges of bank and wire fraud relating to sanct

a very warm welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to our viewers in north america and around the globe. my name is mike embley. our top stories: the ayes to the right — 321. the noes to the left — 278. britain's parliament votes to reject a no—deal brexit, but still, under current law, the uk could be leaving the european union without any agreement at the end of march. boeing grounds its entire worldwide fleet of 737 max aircraft as new evidence is uncovered about the most recent fatal crash in ethiopia. we are just hours away from the announcement on whether former soldiers will be prosecuted over northern ireland's bloody sunday shootings in 1972. we hear from the officer who gave the orders. well, we thought, in fact, that we were under attack. and we will, actually, remain convinced of that till the end of our days. and this high flying ten—year—old has her sights set on the olympics. meet sky brown, who hopes her tricks will land her on the podium in tokyo. british members of parliament have once again defeated the government in a vote over brexit. this time they rejected leaving

so the paradox is that north america and europe are doing more together than for many many years.to—day basis of course nato continues to function and do important things, but you just alluded to the fundamental problem when you said people are questioning nato's purpose. the most important person questioning nato's purpose is us president donald trump. listen to these words from two former us ambassadors to nato. "president trump's open ambivalence about nato's value to the united states has hurtled the alliance into its most worrisome crisis in memory". would you agree? no, i don't agree, because i don't think we are in crisis. i totally accept that we have differences, some disagreements, but the reality is that we are actually able to deliver and work together. hang on, you have already said that, but if we go into specifics, they itemise — donald trump's public questioning of america's article 5 commitment to its allies, his persistent criticism of europe 5 democratic leaders, and his embrace of antidemocratic members of the nato alliance, his continued weakness in failing to