, and this is really important f, because this national people's congress comes after the big party congressast october. rishaad: how much is it a rubberstamping body? tim: it is pretty much a rubberstamping body. we don't see much dissent from the national people's congress. the three gorges dam in the 1990's was the last time a significant number of people raised their hands in opposition, but it still passed. we are not expecting anything to be really challenged over the next couple weeks. rishaad: so no pushback on xi jinping's plans to have an indefinite grasp on the reins of power? tim: the deal on the constitutional revision is only done. this is the highest organ of state power, but above this sits the party organ, where the real decisions are made. plenary meetings of the central committee, which happened just before this party congress, the reform was approved. it is going through. jinping wills xi stay on for life or just longer remains to be seen, but it looks certain he will do at least a third term. rishaad: stick around with us, through because of this hour. let's go to sydney

on february first, new regulations for religious affairs, approved by the party congress, started toigious organisations from using religion to "harm national security or disrupt social order". as david campanale now reports, the authorities are demolishing some churches and removing crosses from many others. this is what happens to churches that are seen as a threat to china's ruling communist party. the golden lampstand church in linfen, in shanxi province, was blown up by dynamite injanuary and then finished off by bulldozers. an eyewitness told the bbc that numerous police prevented some of the 50,000 congregation from approaching. state media quoted an unidentified official as saying the evangelical church had been secretly constructed without proper permits. exclusive pictures sent to the bbc show christian murals being destroyed in the clampdown. crosses have also been removed from church buildings. china watchers blame new regulations limiting freedom of worship, approved at last yea r‘s party congress. it shows this is a new kind of new cultural revolution is happening under

china watchers blame regulations limiting freedom of worship, approved at last year's party congresshe emperor and really, the religious persecution has never been seen, such worse than the end of a cultural religion. christians meet in unregistered locations risk heavy fines. in some provinces, notices have been issues, can issue, banning children from attending church services of into sunday saw —— or going to sunday school. are more questions than communist party members, up to 100 million believers are expected at services to celebrate easter in a few time. —— inafew celebrate easter in a few time. —— in a few weeks time. you have been watching newsday. don't go away, i will be back with business news. we will be looking at future ways to commit to work. how would you like to do it, would you jet pack to work? not a chance, walking and public transport is the only way to me —— for me. an update ofa only way to me —— for me. an update of a top story, the update on the miami bridge collapsed. we have had a press release and have been told that four people have died after this pedes

really in doubt his authority is now enhanced remember laura just five months ago at the communist party congress his name was in try and in the constitution making him the most powerful leader since chairman now well now his power is even greater and shooting things you know priority all along has been to make the communist party political purpose with him as its head of course now a lot of people are asking or why is president xi jinping doing this now because he's only just begun his second term in office and i think there are various reasons for that but i think personally he wants to send a warning to any potential rivals that he's going to be around for a very long time as you say this decision means that he could effectively remain leader of china for ten twenty years and i think president xi jinping does want to be around for a lot longer his critics are arguing that what he's doing now is building a personality cult and indoctrinating the people of china with his political philosophy but his supporters argue that because of the challenges china faces right now it needs a strong leader an

we got a signal of them at the party congress -- of that at the party congress in october.y likely tos be signed off to end his term limits. what it does is move this shift away from collective leadership toward centralized leadership. this is about getting president xi extended,. the s9.ng has launched is this a game changer? >> it is a similar form factor to the s8. there is more performance under the hood, a much better camera. they have augmented reality emojis, stereo speakers. the question, is it a game changer? perhaps not. need to roll out was something need to roll out was something after apple came out with the 10. the thing simpson has -- thing s it is it isoing for cheaper. they have to move on beyond the it is it is17, and the more scandal with lee's recent release from lee's recent release from jail. >> alibaba is ramping up competition with it is about but food delivery network. an acquisition would give alibaba instant access to nearly 50% of the market. this also benefits their new retail strategy. is promising to deliver groceries within 30 minutes within

it's been an incredible year for the republican party and the accomplishments of our party and congress are even more impressive because democrats have stood in the way of progress every single day. we have hundreds of people that cannot commit to the administration because they're being slow walked by the democrats in the senate. last count, it was 270 people. the only thing good about that in the private sector, they were cutting payroll. we want to get them and one of your originals, mike pompeo will be very soon our new secretary of state. mike is going to do a great job. not only did democrats universally opposed tax cuts, but every single democrat voted no on better health care. they voted no. every single one.

well see him selfe it seems launched this idea in september that was before the last party congress before he consolidated his power it has it's no secret that he wanted to stay in office longer that he sees himself as a leader who should be who should keep the country's fate in his hands it's it is however a surprise that this comes now and nobody was expecting it at the time and during the six months. the party. commissions have prepared this no rumors were out there it seems that he has just decided to seize the opportunity he is at the hague of his power nobody knows what would have been within three years or five years to his the end of his second term whether he would still be in the position so he saw the opportunity and he seized it and that's why it's happening now so they said that he wanted this that it took many people by surprise but what about the chinese people are they worried about this development. a lot of people are worried however you don't hear a lot what you hear is the party propaganda organ is saying that the people and to the ass stickley support this is the reaso

official tied to the party the move is one of a number of changes under consideration at the party's congress and legal aimed at recasting the party's image. our correspondent lisa lewis is joining me from paris lisa the front nessie not once to change the image of the party now they've made a big step in this direction by finally managing to strip the party founder john marie le pen marines father of his title as the party's honorary president but what other steps have they tried to take. sends out over fifty thousand question as to party activists asking them about the pizza line of the party and the results of these questionnaires for example are the party activists very much in favor of that to just stance of the from the front of that is to say the anti immigration stance at the get sick point of view and also the fight for the french national identity thief or not you know with this we can also rename its governing bodies however on the other hand a marine le pen the president of the four knots and i really stay present and so it remains to be in to be seen to what extent this since a f

of the count far from clear germans have been patient for weeks exploratory talks negotiations party congress has for some the suspense is now reaching its climax for others they've had enough and just wanted to be over. through the hope that the s.p.d. votes yes we'll have to wait and see if they had to make avenged i wish they'd have hurried up and finished all this soon but it is like it is it's the muzzle him. i don't care they have to figure it out amongst themselves i assume their votes yes oh i don't so find it x. iting to see what happens if they don't agree i wouldn't worry too much about the impact. had. never before has there not been a government in germany so long after the election put an end to this insight. burdens politicians and politics watchers are holding their breath one hundred sixty days after the election they will find out whether germany will be governed by another grand coalition if the answer is no the most likely alternative is something that has not happened here before a minority government led by anglo-american. biologists researching penguin colonies in the a

and at the same party congress in leo the front desk now has voted to strip john marie le pen of his role as honorary president this ends his last formal connection to the far right party for nesta now has fought for several years to remove le pen's title after he made repeated comments downplaying the holocaust police in england have identified more than two hundred witnesses in the investigation into the poisoning of a russian double agent and his daughter circuit and are in a critical but stable condition after they were found slumped on a bench in the city of solsbury last weekend police are said to have found traces of nerve agent in the restaurant where the pair ate before they collapsed in broad daylight. forensic teams examine the cemetery unsolved barry where sergei script paul's wife and son are buried it's one of several sites in the city where authorities are looking for clues they include the restaurant where st paul and his daughter yulia had lunch before heading to a pub for a drink after an emergency meeting of senior ministers british home secretary amber rudd said it

a consolidated his power at the last party congress it has been kept very silent the rules were out that this is going to come now because people have been expecting him to extend his his power beyond the two terms but this was quite a surprise that it's coming now and my only explanation is that he feels secure to do it now and he would probably might it might be a week i took in week in a few years time when his term and so he decided to seize the opportunity and get this done. are there fears or criticism among the chinese people about this. and there are there are a few people who have spoken out publicly which is a dangerous thing to do because he is not somebody who is generous with his critique. i have a lot that's been looked at content on the internet have been making fun of him making criticizing this all of this has been corruptly suppressed by the censorship of coroutines so. private conversations people might. this content but probably key all of the media of course are stating that the masses enthusiastically support base move if it's dangerous to avoid conflict confront th

the government apparatus here in china, and really it started late last year during the 19th party congress where xi jinping was re-elected as general secretary of the communist party, also he had xi jinping thought, as it's known, written into the party constitution. what analysts will tell you is by doing that, that made him the most powerful chinese political figure since mao zedong. if you criticize xi, in essence you're criticizing the communist party itself. if you ask why these delegates at the national people's congress are going along with this, even if many of them have differing opinions as to whether this is a good thing, they're not going to speak out because the reality is xi jinping is too powerful for that at this point. he is an incredibly powerful politician. he is now the head of the general -- the head of the communist party, the head of the military, did and now he could be president for life if he so chooses. that means that china is basically now under one-man rule. it will follow xi jinping's vision for china. he views china as ascend ant. he views china as perhaps c

i'm going to highlight a few examples of how far policy, party and personal benefits of serving in congress diminished for the moderate as the parties drifted apart. we would appoint hiwe've appoine majority leader or the 40 votes in the pockets except those defended the policy. he was touting the influence that they had at that time. people come here to get things done. they came to help the community and create a better quality of life for the party rewards over time, one moderately interviewed said if you dare deviate from the party line you get a penalty. the next time comes around and you want a committee assignment you are given little attention. i didn't have a chance of getting the ways and means and appropriations because i deviated too much from the party position. one member i spoke with said when we lost the majority in 2006, the ranking member determined my future wasn't on ththe railroad committee it wasn the coast guard subcommittee which wasn't a very good post, particularly not for this member because he was from ohio. he said if the labor votes we can have you do that. the

the main outcome they ran for congress and in europe they ran for the state legislature again. there's the distance between her and the party leadership in congress. think about measuring party fit in a variety of ways. it seems most appropriate to measure party assistance. another benefit is the distance between state legislator in the party leadership in congress can be precisely measured since are all on the same skill. it should also matter for the decision to run for congress. whether a covenant was running their experience state legislators, gender and partisan control before getting into the results i want to show you the data. they're serving from 2000 until 2010. i'm going to reference some current foreign members of congress including conservatives like john boehner who is the leader of the republican party during this time and leaders like nancy pelosi is the current minority leader. also look at phentermine senator, is a snow. we can see they fall along the ideological spectrum like we would expect. with nancy pelosi and john boehner toward the outer pulse of the party another thing to note for this is the purpl

the congress has never rejected anything that the communist party has put up.e an idea and then it goes through the congress for ratification. at times there has been a protest vote over things like the three gorges dam or other matters but in all likelihood we will see this change and president xijinping we will see this change and president xi jinping will be able to be president for as long as you likes. it is a little complicated because it could have stayed on a nyway because it could have stayed on anyway in other guises as chairman of the party or the head of the central military commission but i think the fact that they are making this change does indicate, firstly, that he wants to be called president and, secondly, there is little doubt that he will hang around beyond to terms. who knows for how long. thank you. returning now to allow top story about the italian general election. no group has won an outright majority and the five star movement, established less than a decade ago, has emerged as the single biggest party. with me now to discuss all this

the policymaking process is almost completely divided along party lines in the discord that now pervades congress fuels government gridlock and impedes legislative productivity. i also want to mention what a growing number of scholars had called asymmetric polarization. while both parties have moved away from the center the republicans have moved further to the right than the democrats have left. my primary focus is on the decline in ideological moderates in both parties but i'm happy to talk more about asymmetric polarization in q&a as well. two better understand the mechanisms that are driving these recent partisan trends my book examines the types of individuals who run for office or put differently the choices that they're given when they go to the polls. my particular concern is why polarization has persisted in continued to increase in recent years. i suggest that the growing distance between the two parties is due in part to the ideological makeup of the supply of congressional candidates. the main argument is that they are less likely to run for and remain in congress than those at the ex

trump's former advisor steve bannon and have a change to joins us live from the congress and lisa what kind of state is the party in and what are they trying to achieve with this congress. well as you said this meeting in leo is an attempt to rebrand the national front and it's going to change his actual name because many people feel that especially marine le pen that the that title has outlived its purpose that they want to try and de toxify that brand they want to change its name but it's very interesting though that as of may the questionnaire sent out with eighty questions on it to all members of the national front they were announcing some results here so yes they're going to change the name they're going to worry brown but the policies they were supporting and the answers to those questions are still the same old policy just to give you for instance more than ninety percent were in favor of a frags it a referendum for france to leave the european union and a staggering ninety eight percent said they wanted drastic reduction in immigration which they described here as a tsunami so yes they're changing the i

we see a decided shift post the 19th party congress to this sort of idea of, from the chinese perspective, the communist party is working for us and it's going to stay around for a long time and we need to socialize other people to the fact of its enduring stability. i think that then will make these issues more apparent. again, the key is not overreacting. next question, please. right here in the front. >> hi. nadia, correspondent. since you mentioned xi jinping, i wanted to pick your brain on the new constitution with xi jinping's new image as the emerging dictator, what kind of impact will that be on the west's point of view on china? for other panelists, we saw more article in the u.s. saying the u.s. has got china wrong for the past 20 decades but there are so many bright people here, how could you get wrong? is that oversimplified or do you have your own explanation? thank you. >> as to the xi jinping question, i encourage you to come again on thursday morning when we will be talking about this. in short, in short, i think one thing we have seen about xi jinping since he arrived on

exploratory talks, coalition negotiations, party congresses. some, suspense is reaching its climax. for others, they have had enough and just wanted to be over. >> i hope the spd votes yes. we will have to wait and see. >> i wish they would have hurried up and finished it sooner. but it is like it is. >> i don't care, they have to figure it out amongst themselves. i assume they will vote yes. >> i will find it exciting to see what happens if they do not agree. i would not worry too much about the impact. reporter: never before has there not been a government in germany so long after the election. but an end is in sight. berlin's politicians and politics watchers are holding their breath. 160 days after the election, they will see of germany is covered for another grand coalition. if the answer is no, it is something that has not happened here before, a minority government, led by angela merkel. phil: it may be the last thing evil in germany want, that europe is also waiting for berlin to get a new government. in particular, emmanuel macron once

if you read the speech of the premier, the first day of the party congress, there were a lot of details this, that, and the other things, but there was not a strong message on economic reform. there were pro forma mentions, but mostly things they have been doing that, in my opinion, not really help to the overall productivity growth which is what they need. david: if that is the course they have undertaken, what does that say about market development within the country? what does that say about china's integration with the rest of the global economy? does not seem like a market-driven economy at all. nick: it doesn't go strongly in that direction, but it is going to fight it in some areas -- bit by bit in some areas in that direction. they talk about opening up the financial sector more. they have done quite a bit in that area but they say they are going to do more. they are negotiating trade agreements in east asia. so forgiving lipservice to increased integration in the global economy, further internationalization of their currency, the renminbi. they are making steady progress on int

like the proposal for the rubber stamp party congress which starts its new session today to change theonstitution and lift all term limits on president xi jinping. effectively making him president for life. i've been talking to the author of how china's leaders think and is host of a show on the government run cctv news channel in beijing. gentlemen, welcome to you both. let me start by asking you in beijing, from the chinese government perspective these tariffs the president of the united states has announced, how much does it concern beijing? >> certainly it's a concern but i would call it a minor annoyance as opposed to something serious. they have a lot on their plate here. the last thing they want is a trade war with the u.s. they have to react if the u.s. does something there has to be something they will do in retaliation. they will ratchet it down. they will signal they do not want to accelerate this. to save face and be appropriate they'lhave to match it >> how do you see this playing out? >> china is waiting for the other shoe to drop. steel tariffs will not affect china a gr

the national party congress in china continues in beijing this week. meeting make discuss legalizing gambling and the debt chinese corporation. they hope to achieve growth while cutting budget deficits and taxes. global news, 24 hours a day, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts, in over 120 countries. this is bloomberg. i am paul allen, this is bloomberg. ♪ rishaad: great report there. we are looking at the stocks coming in from philippines. they have broken down these figures in two ways, the base year being 2006, and the other being the base year 2012. the base year 2012 was 3.4%. climbs to 4.5% year on year. that is what we have. in 2012, the rise there was 3.9%. this is the generally cpi, month on month. that stacks up next to the expectations and it is a tad stronger when you look at the 2006 in taken as the base year. economisthe exa calculations. .hat is what we got haidi? haidi: that number emboldening critics saying that the central bank in the philippines is not moving fast enouing these commes from the finance secretary earlier

the valedictory of this whole season from the party congress until now.gan with chinese history, looking to the future. but sending a message to the world that china will uphold the international order, not undermine it. he also talked about chinese wisdom, chinese solution and chinese wisdom, chinese solution and chinese strength to facilitate all mankind. his vision of a community ofa mankind. his vision of a community of a shared future for all mankind. it isa of a shared future for all mankind. it is a message to china primarily and a message to the world as well. aq and a message to the world as well. a0 very much. we will be expecting to hear very soon from the premier, china's number two leader. —— thank new. pretty soon he will be having his annual press conference and it will be interesting to see if he gets asked about the power that xi jinping has been given. we will breathe bringing more of that to you in the coming hours of. —— we will be bringing. —— in the coming hours. see you in five years time, whether we see if he indeed extends preside

thousands of delegates from all over china are arriving for the annual national party congress, withlife. and this story is trending on bbc.com... stars are arriving on the red carpet in hollywood for the oscars, which get underway shortly. guillermo del toro's fantasy the shape of water is the leading contender with 13 nominations. it's been a turbulent year for the film industry which saw the downfall of the producer harvey weinstein. that's all from me for now. stay with bbc news. now on bbc news it's time for hardtalk.

really in doubt his authority is now enhanced remember laura just five months ago at the communist party congress his name was enshrined in the constitution making him the most powerful leader since chairman now well now his power is even greater and shooting pains you know priority all along has been to make the communist party political purpose with him as it heard of course on the rise in china is taking place on the same day as a violent action in hong kong where the pro-democracy camp is aiming to win back veto power and the legislature police have detained a number of protesters outside the polling station where the city's leader cast her ballot election is seen as a test to gauge reaction to beijing's increased interference in the city's governance. syrian government and russian air strikes killed forty people on saturday and injured dozens more in rebel held east and women and children are amongst the latest victims in the offensive to take the last remaining rebel stronghold in this area so. the u.s. president says north korea has promised to halt missile tests ahead of his meeting with

president obama's top former adviser has addressed the far right national front party at its congress and france steve allen praised party leader marine le pen for what he called a vision nationalist versus globalists david chase reports from louisville. marine le pen is still bruised by the scale of defeat to emmanuel macron nine months ago but as quoted britain's wartime leader winston churchill failure is not fatal it is the courage to continue that counts a change of brandon a change of name a coming in lille this weekend but not it seems a change in policies a ballot of eighty questions sent to national front members just returned of a jerky of ninety percent in favor of a referendum on the european union and ninety eight percent want a drastic limit to immigration which delegates here described as a tsunami. it's not often that the spotlight moves away from the marine le pen the president trumps former chief strategist stephen bannon managed it when invited on to the party platform we had the single greatest candidate in american history thanks all we had to do was let trump be

party shift post 19th congress to sort of idea from the chinese perspective, you the communist party is working for us. it will stay around for a long time. we need to socialize other people. make these issues more apparent. reacting. not over please.stion mentioned xi jinping the new constitution. new image emerging dictator. impact will that west.he saying u.s. has got china wrong for the past 20 decades. many bright people. how could you get wrong. simplified? simple i >> i encourage you to come again on thursday morning when we'll about this. short. we've seen thing about xi jinping he put do of stock in keeping the other in the party off balance. trying to figure out what his next move will be. some of this i think is very consistent with that. think is consistent with his putting expla makings things- exclamation on pings. this there's been murmuring after the party congress. successionolve the problem. this is him saying i just solved. i think this is very consistent with his past behavior. i have to say i'm not surprised by it. i'm disappointed by it in terms what i thought m

national front is to be renamed the national gathering party leader marine le pen but for the proposal on the second day of the national front's congress make over is designed to revive the nationalist party after le pen lost the french presidential election to emmanuel mccrone last year a pair has sought to distance from her estranged father and the former leaders on marine le pen he called the main change a betrayal they've also. we are the defenders we are the last defenders of the french republic. the french republic has been stripped of its content which you figure is becoming less and less democratic and less and less social the political leaders are speaking in english our flag is being replaced by the european flag marked by agendas that avoid over any substance. david joins us live now from that congress in the mail and so the party has now changed its name but it doesn't necessarily mean any substantial of a change in in substance or ideology. no i think it's been pretty clear from what i've been hearing during the course of this day and especially during the reign that the ban speech that the policies broadly are going to be

i notice when i have to make an effort the eleventh party congress has launched new programs and given us a fresh direction we have to live up to that and so do you so first of all for my part i know that i'd like to wish each and every one of you all the best and i hope we'll remain a good and steadfast collective and that no one will abandon. the bigots up in the middle. east is a good thing isn't it if we put all the criminals in gangsters behind bars and do our part to keep peace it's easier to arresting the criminals will benefit the socialist cause but it's not up to will insure prosperity and happiness for our children and our families is that not worth fighting for stuff to get. in this party meeting must conclude with a firm promise that we will pay heed to criticism that we will remedy all the shortcomings. i need to make it we will improve our work that's not all in service of the socialist cause. of the mr or the just go ahead and shoot me right now is wins and this was my piece . let me go back to my contract. on terror. since you mr milk at the doctors are already here so

part of, which includes the party of the current government in power, and the main opposition party, the congressw both parties alleging that both parties had used the services of this particular company during the elections in 2010, 2014 and subsequently another state election. yes, but what‘s happened interestingly is the website was taken down interestingly is the website was ta ken down last interestingly is the website was taken down last night and now that page is not available. clearly this has become a hot issue. we also saw. . . has become a hot issue. we also saw... a hot political issue... we saw... a hot political issue... we saw the it commission of india coming out yesterday with a press conference, warning facebook if there‘s any data breach in india during the upcoming elections they will take strict action. india is 110w will take strict action. india is now the largest market for facebook with the largest number of users and facebook has become a very essential pa rt facebook has become a very essential part when it comes to social media. samir, in mumbai, thanks for the update,

in terms of realizing the china dream, and a lot of the ambitious goals set out at last year's party congressething he can achieve in two or three or even five years. longer-term ambitions and objectives the china needs to continue to make progress. i think as the policy continuity and more centralization of power for leaders can make a change will probably be more conducive longer-termg ambitions. david: you talk about the problem a really bad demographics. china has a billion people over the age of 20. in 40 years time, that's a problem. what can they realistically do at this point? >> if you look to some of the longer-term structural problems, it is hard to make an investor convinced that china can continue investment conversions. the investment cycle has already kicked out. for china to really continue it needsomic catch-up, to ramp up productivity creation. one is raising the human capital, increasing spending on training. urbanization, moving people from low productivity agricultural jobs to high productivity technical jobs. if xi jinping is able to deliver what he promised, then china

national front is to be renamed the national gathering party leader marine le pen but for the proposal on the second day the national front's congress a make over is designed to revive the nationalist party after lappin lost the french presidential election to emmanuel macron last year a ban assault in a distant strange father and the former leader and is called the name change of betrayal therefore serve him. we are the defenders we are the last defenders of the french republic the french republic has been stripped of its content which you figure is becoming less and less democratic and less and less social the political leaders are speaking in english is being replaced by the european flag marked by agendas that avoid over any substance. they've achieved has more on this now from the congress and. we had to wait until the very last moment of marine le pen speech here before we heard the name being suggested to replace the national front and the suggestion was national gathering now that name will be put to the membership of the party in the next few weeks we know that tonight fifty two percent of respondents so far has said they'r

hope happens and all tom's former chief strategist has addressed the far right national front party at its congressin the french city of little steve benen praised party leader marine le pen for what he called a vision that puts nationalists against globalists. let them call you racist let's listen it was up there let them call you xenophobes menace it is it was a prison of let them call you nativist let's see who is up in the t.v. where it as a badge of honor china's commerce minister says any trade war sparked by white house tariffs on steel and alimony and would be disastrous for his country the us and the rest of the world speaking on the sidelines of the annual session of parliament the minister said china does not want a trade war and won't initiate one meanwhile the e.u. trade officials are calling for exemptions on u.s. import tariffs plan includes a twenty five percent tax on steel and ten percent on alimony and imports writes those are the headlines on al-jazeera but do stay with us people in power is coming up next thank you for watching. facing realities growing up when did you realize

they have taken the high road in their party congress, after the steel and aluminum tariffs and solar panel terrorists. -- tariffs. if they impose retaliatory there will be paying for some specific sectors of the united states economy. shery: they are already looking into that. david: you're running a big company. by think you might be hurt these chinese tariffs. who would you argue to the u.s. government, to be exempted? michael: we don't know what the requirement was, and informal list of five things you were supposed to do to be exempt, including support for the u.s. tariffs against china. it is going to be the u.s. trade office, taking's comments from the industry in terms of china. when argument is that we are going to be hurt worst of the chinese -- one argument is that we are going to be hurt for -- chinese, ande it will cost a lot to apply these tariffs. david: a field day for trailers -- trade lawyers in washington. michael mckee, thank you for being here. now, we are going to capitol hill. the house has passed a $1.3 trillion spending will. -- spending bill. kevin: the house

the first rob of fell short of an outright majority he's up against the ruling all peoples party people's congress party that is. the vote will decide who replaces president ernest bai koroma who's sort of the maximum ten years in office google is launching a network of free wi-fi hotspots across mexico as the first of its kind in latin america the tech giant is aiming to improve connectivity and emerging markets the number of people accessing the internet in mexico has risen by over twenty million but that's in the past five years but it's still lags behind many other countries. conservationists have warned industrial fishing a cruel and an arctic waters is threatening the future of the region's ecosystem the tiny crustaceans are a key source of food for whales penguins and seals and the final part of a series from antarctica nick clarke found out more. the arctic sunrise sails down the west coast of the antarctic peninsula in the hope of observing krill fishing boats in the main focus of the crow fishery across the entire area is in this peninsula and into the region the expedition helicopter ta

three point five million votes in the primary overall we're expecting a strong showing of right parties in congress and a loss of votes of many sentries center additional parties in the country but definitely these elections will remain in history because they've seen the participation for the first time a legal party of former rebels feyerick day have guaranteed ten seats in congress regardless of their showing for the next two legislature however so far it seems like they have not received the many votes might be difficult for them to legitimize their presence in congress but it's definitely any story could day and a step forward for the implementation of a peace deal in colombia. hundreds of visitors to a pub in restaurants where a former russian spy was poisoned have been to wash their possessions british out officials believe there is a chance they may have been contaminated by the nerve agent that left leg a scrape on his donahue critically ill paul renne and reports from london families enjoying a pizza drinkers socializing in the pub hundreds of people may have been unknowingly contaminated

of the challenges china faces right now and china for that reason needs a united party and a strong leader and this congress is all about president xi jinping stamping his authority on the party shooting thing in many ways is a paradox on the one hand he's holding high the banner of free trade but on the other he's pushing back at any form of sort of political reform is going in the opposite direction of his predecessors and any mention critics that there are plenty of them this move to remove limits but have been silent. yes and a lot of them have been silenced because of this ongoing and corruption campaign the president xi jinping began after he came into office five years but that campaign by the way has rounded up some one point five million officials and many of those were of course opponents of the president so if there are any opposition figures out there they are keeping their heads below the parapet at the moment but almost certainly there is some resistance but you can be very difficult for these people to push back the the president's control at the moment over the party in this ongoing overhaul

we got a signal of that at the party congress in october. really this is monumental.his decision is very likely to to be signed off by the central committee next week to end these term limits. what it does is move or shift away from collective leadership toward centralized leadership. this is about getting president i extended power. >> samsung has launched the s-9. is this a game changer? >> it is a similar form factor to the s-8. there is not a lot of change there. there is more performance under the hood, a much better camera. they have augmented reality, emojis, stereo speakers. a number of different steps. the question, is it a game changer? perhaps not. but they do need to roll out was something after apple came out with the 10. the one thing maybe samsung has going for it is it is cheaper. it is a critical launch for samsung because they are now another step beyond that note 7 fiasco, exploding batteries in 2016 and the more recent scandal with lee's recent release from jail. still, a black mark on the company. >> alibaba is ramping up competition with tencent