, and mitsubishi, plus the chairman of renault.day as a body that will allow for faster efficient decision—making that will allow this alliance to compete more quickly, more efficiently with the other big car companies around the world. but it has to be said, this new structure is more cumbersome than the one it replaces. and it is hard to see how that it doesn't contradict with the idea of speed and efficiency. rupert wingfield hayes in yokohama, japan. the country is known as a world leader in robotics, but not only are they greeting guests at hotels or seven feet are restaurants, they are also transforming the medical industry. as part of our leading cities series, mariko oi visits a very special operating theatre. is this the future of surgery? this smart cyber operating theatre connects medical devices together and consolidates the information in real—time, helping surgeons make critical decisions. japan is already a world leader in robotics. the industry is currently worth $5 billion. at this nursing home, 16 different types

has been set up a committee has been set up to restructure the balance of power within the nissan renault partnership and with john doe meeks and now at the helm of this alliance he could very well find a way to say we need sun's shareholders in bed rebalance the scales i don't know was the main driver behind this merger with nissan now that he's gone what's the likelihood of it going ahead. well it's very hard to see you know with check with not at the helm you know he may have a better chance at restructuring the whole system and also having a better suite with the japanese who already felt that there was a severe imbalance a lot of it was sweet to what's the french rather than japanese which the the entire nissan bought it felt even during the much of discussions with go on the balance of power was what need these are hesitant to move ahead with the much it in the first place also agreed there are reports renault doesn't just want to merge with new song but also take over other automakers and possibly become the biggest order joint in the world exactly that is for renault and nissan fi

wanted to comment on this news about carlos going but particularly renault has been pretty consistent in saying that this is an alliance that they want to keep that they've been working hard on restoring trust of this partnership especially nissan's trust and this partnership that most analysts i and most analysts i've talked to are pretty much in agreement that they need this alliance that it doesn't help any of the three car makers to become smaller at a time when the challenges for the auto industry are getting bigger. now. at the show for us thank you. and now to some of the other stories making news around the world britain's central bank is warning that europe's financial system is facing risks to stability after a no deal brags that the bank of england extended its weekly lending facilities to include euro the euros it also said households and businesses across the european union not just britain were vulnerable but miss had to leave the new in twenty four days. b.m.w. is planning to shift some of its engine production from the u.k. to austria in the event of such an ordeal bre

feline's between renault nissan and mitsubishi has moved up a gear the comic is announcing a new board three companies had to separate boards of management until now we're no chairman. says that he will head the new joint board and the three say they hope a tighter structure will strengthen their collaboration following the downfall of former boss carlos ghosn he remains board member until april of tokyo did refuse his request to attend. let's bring in our very own. tell us a bit about the power battle going on between those kids if they. make up. well times have become a lot harder for carmakers and they cannot afford to bicker like this at least not in public so what this does is it takes the fight off the center stage both the break of the alliance is off the table as well as the potential threat of a takeover of one over the other dominic's in our he calls himself a diplomat and that is really what he has done here is a piece at least for now the japanese side by not installing another corals going which is a very powerful figure. but yeah sort of giving them a little a little of t

, his real motive was to merge renault which is a french company with nissan japanese company, his numberonnected as i'm told, my sources tell me connected with the minister of industry within the japanese government, they do not blame the prime minister of japan, they don't blame prime minister abe, they don't blame the very top, they blame a level of ministers, the minister of business and industry is the individual who worked with his number 2 who is currently the ceo of nissan, took his job to get him out and stop all plans for merger between renault and nissan, the story is not over. dagen: no is not but carlos goshn out of jail. maria: for now terrific news, thank you so much, dagen, we will keep talking about it this morning, this morning we are watching trade negotiations between the u.s. and canada, take a look at futures, markets are looking lower, dow industrials down 40 points, s&p down 3 and nasdaq down 4 points, joining mel right now vice chairman and head of investment charlie, good to see you, charlie, thank you so much. >> thanks for having me. maria: your thoughts in ter

renault seeking to re launch merger talks with nissan. require another automaker in the process possibly fiat chrysler. original proponent of that plan [inaudible] carlos ghosn. i can skate for all the busines. a q quick break now would b be h with the rest of the news us off last night 03/27/19 03/27/19 [captioning made possible by democracy now!] amy: from new york thisis is , democracy now! >> it is a newew day in oklahoma and for the nation in our battle against addiction and the opioid epidemic. amy: purdue pharma, maker of oxycontin, agrees to a landmark $270 million settlement with oklahoma over claims the company contributed to the deaths of thousands of residents by downplaying the risk of opioid

they got a 44% stake, renault did in neeson -- nissan did. that the ceo of nissan resented. distortion of japan inc you know, this title of going going gone in terms of japan inc. >> if carlos ghosn were japanese, jeff, this might not have happened to the degree it's happened >> michelle, i couldn't -- >> melissa >> scream out more how right you are. the west gets used to it this is just the japanese system how it functions and shame on us for not understanding their 99.9% conviction rate which is the same as russia or china's. well, there's more to it the tokyo electric power company executives who were being held responsible for failure to prepare for that horrendous meltdown, 100,000 people relocated, 44 people died. even now they haven't been sentenced. eight years later and they're not held they're still denying their culpability. they're not being held hostage like a roach motel justice system check in, you can't check out. they've been let out carlos ghosn up until now has been held in solitary confinement. the one time he went into court, he had to have a rope around

this is the renault chairman speaking to us this morning -- that renault ceo speaking to us from tokyo heading for a second day of gains on optimism about a revised brexit plan. theresa may and jean-claude they madeid "meaningful adjustments to the divorce deal." parliament is set to vote on the revised settlement later. let's get to our bloomberg live strategist keeping the studio one for us. thank you for joining us. --are made to believe they're will he many fine points of legality, many opinions today, but how high or low will the pound go on brexit based on what we have seen overnight? mark: we have seen a wide range of forecasts. how shows no one has a clue to trade tonight's event. i think the reaction in either direction may be quickly faded. if you get the deal passed, that leads to longer term uncertain tea and the fact of what will be the new trade negotiations? relief in the short-term that we avoid the worst case, but we've get back to focusing on long-term fundamentals for the u.k., which aren't positive for the currency. if you get a rejection, which is the base case, th

that the renault side has not exonerated him.did a corporate governor search of his pay. they have been more on the side lawn and the nissan side has been more aggressive and push the narrative of wrongdoing and financial impropriety. this could raise new questions to an already tenuous situation. vonnie: the defense is also saying that the justice system in japan would be seen as a country risk, and depending on how this trial plays out, it may be a deterrent to other companies from either investing in japan or getting into japan is mr. ghosn is convicted. 99% of the cases are convictions. >> it is true that one of the big arguments from the defense is that this will not shine a good light on the japanese system. this is one of the business world's biggest icons, he did not have access to legal counsel , he could not make phone calls. he is under more restrictions now that he is out, but he is on a tight leash. ishink one of the big cases what does this look like for japan, when they take one of their biggest and best and they d

s will meet monthly in paris or tokyo led by renault's new chairman john dominique's. we want to enhance. the spirit of this alliance. and recreates the spirits the way it was at the very beginning of this alliance at the end of the nineties totally respectfuf. of the cultures of our companie. respectful of our brands. sanaa replaced carlos ghosn is chairman of lenovo earlier this year the will not re create cones double roll by becoming the chairman of nissan. to that role will be chosen by a nissan panel of outside experts a concession from her know to give its japanese partner more autonomy. nissan sells the most cars of the three automakers there are no owns a 43% stake in nissan a french dominance that reportedly has japanese executives upset. carlos ghosn has blamed this alleged resentment for his ousting and his arrest on charges of under reporting his income at the company. the former chairman who built the alliance sought to attend the meeting where the new board was announced but was blocked by a japanese court. the court would not give their permission to at

renault to the upside as well. talks with a new structure for the nissan renault mitsubishi alliance. this could mean a new board that oversees governance of all three. pandora on the downside. it was downgraded to sell the carnegie. anna: thank you very much. let's get to the banking sector. bank and commerzbank arriving this morning after new reports of merger talks. let's take a closer look at this story and other deals driving markets in europe. bill, partner of hogan levels and ruth, bloomberg deals senior reporter. again, we wake up to headlines about german banks considering consolidation. we had a story about this on friday as well. does it make sense to you that we will see big m&a in german banking because we have been talking about it for so long? bill: i think you will see more consolidation at a national level. i think we see it here in the united kingdom, and i think we not surprised to see it back in the news in germany. the elephant in the room is whether we are quick to have more european consolida

that of course denies all these allegations up to the state so where does all this leave the nissan renault mitsubishi alliance which he used to be what exactly he was actually instrumental in overseeing the merger between know and and there is now speculation that all of this that's been happening in the last three months the investigation could be politically motivated that there is maybe some internal power struggle i mean this on being japanese being french again this is speculation and all we know is that nissen declined to comment today's bail decision only saying that an internal probe i'm covered quote substantial evidence of on ethical conduct whatever that is i guess we'll have to wait for that to cast monica jones from d.w. business thanks. let's check on some other stories making headlines around the world today u.s. president donald trump looks set to open to new fronts in his trade disputes he wants to scrap preferential treatment for both india and turkey u.s. president claims india is not reciprocating for duty free access to the u.s. it also says turkey's growth means it's

the case has thrown a spotlight onjapan's judicial system and rattled with french carmaker renault.has been in custody at a detention centre since november 19 and the bail has been set at just since november 19 and the bail has been set atjust under $9 million. there are reports he could be released as early as tuesday. we will bring you more as soon as we have more information. the storms arrived with little warning, carving a wide band of destruction. officials have confirmed 23 people are dead but many are still missing after a series of tornadoes hit the south—eastern states of alabama and georgia. winds topped 160 miles—an—hour and eyewitnesses describe something like a warzone, left behind. the bbc‘s chris buckler and his team were given access to see the damage for themselves. in this corner of alabama, the landscape is scarred by debris for as far as the eye can see. the tornadoes that struck here cut through homes and communities, leaving paths of destruction that are miles long and up to half a mile wide. it looks almost as if someone took a giant knife and just scraped th

than three months after his arrest in japan for allege financial misconduct we're going to hear from renault ceo thierry bollore at 11:15 cet. >>> we're going to bring you the euro zone february final services pmi 52.8 that's against a flash at 52.3, and that's against january's number of 51.2 if we look at the final composite pmi for the euro zone, it's coming for february finally at 51.9. that is against a flash of 51.4, and, again, up from january's 51.0 looking, therefore, like euro zone activity has accelerated more than was expected last month, but still not quite as much as some investors might be hoping for. it does seem, though, that the services growth in some of the larger economies inside the euro zone seem to have had an impact there. >> and i want to also bring you the final italian q4 gdp numbers just out we have the final q4 number revised to 0.1% q on q the preliminary figure was 0.2% q on q slightly less bad than we had expected based on the preliminary forecast, but still, a contraction and, of course, remember, that means italy was in a technical recession to end 2018 >>

-- on that risk off feel, up by 1% of the possibility of a renault/nissan merger.ve five basis points -- on the fives and 30's. lisa: this is all due to the fed surprise policy shift. , bondields in the u.k. yields in germany plunging, as you were saying, below zero. bond selling below zero for the first time since 2016. why are bond yields dropping so much, so far, so fast? ky ofus still is jay pelos tbw investment management. guest: as we talked about earlier, the market was looking for confirmation of a growth bottom in china and erupt, and didn't get it -- and europe, and didn't get it. there's not a lot of sellers because that's the thing to be in at the moment, and therefore we've had this move. i've been surprised at the move. we still expect to see confirmation of growth bottoms in china and europe, and we think we are closer to it then we were several months ago. lisa: is this a positioning thing more than anything else? guest: i am not sure it is can pitch elation. germany has a big surplus. one really happy camper out of all this is the u.s. treasury. th

from a business point of view, renault and nissan, the two car—makers he brought together and run in nissan had been leaning on the japanese government to say, look, we must distance ourselves from renault, they had too much say. so the future of the big alliance, which a lot of people thought was the future for the car industry, car—makers coming together, make no dissolve, and carlos ghosn is the focus of that. in a moment the weather but first let's here's victoria derbyshire with what she's got coming up in her programme at ten. an exclusive report for nottinghamshire knife crime task. the only force outside of london to have a dedicated knife crime unit. screening for cervical cancer are at their lowest rate for 20 years. is it time to rename the smear test? public health england say the name is putting some people off. what do you think it should be called? now it's time for a look at the weather. we can cross the newsroom to matt taylor. a lovely, sunny start to shrove tuesday. plenty of showers for northern ireland, central and southern scotland and northern england into this

years and passing on personal losses to nissan since his arrest his last top positions at nissan and renault and mitsubishi the auto executive has insisted on his innocence. tally and have begun applying for new welfare subsidies aimed at lifting up to five million people out of poverty the citizens income stream is a key reform for italy's populist government which wants to bolster the flagging economy critics however call it a budget gloating political giveaway. and saying in italy it's commonly said that all roads lead to rome and it appears that china's one belt one road is no exception italy is negotiating to join the ambitious infrastructure plan which aims to boost chinese trade it would be the largest economy to do so the move has already been rebuffed by the us and the e.u. who view the project as a geo political power move by beijing. malaysia's this year's showcase country at the i.t.v. tourism fair and bring. len it's become a controversial choice the country made headlines recently for what critics say amounts to n.t. semitism and homophobia in january the government said it wou

conspiracy at hand here in removing him you already mentioned some of those comic is next on the renault mitsubishi i mean where does it leave all those comics. yeah they're up in the air basically you know you have individual leaders that nessun and it's officially under no gone has been replaced and functions he's held there but there's no leader for the alliance the three way alliance as a whole which go on also supervised and there's a power struggle going on between france and. japan over control and over the future of this alliance and that's basically paralyzing the companies not on the inside but i can only imagine what it means both to the executives at the top and at the next level down all the way to the worker at the assembly line wondering where they're going with that company i too early votes in frank's it's thank you so much for this. all eyes on beijing these days as the other while national people's congress gets on the way where the government on their huge tax cuts made slow in gross stocks headed into the break on tuesday barely moved as investors held their breath f

comicon misato points the finger solely at former chairman countless becomes as its french part of renault pushes for a full merger reports its other purchases. the debate over banning huawei continues how close the tech giants ties to the chinese state are. and a sneak peek at what could be the highest priced one option in history. and then let's do business in bad form and the sun chairman may have used company funds for private use that's according to a detailed review from an external committee undertaken for the comic up at a press conference in yokohama japan the committee says he found sufficient facts to support their suspicion and the true much power within the company may have been given to go directly it recommends a majority of directors be independent and the role of company chairman be abolished cohen was recently released on nine million dollars bail after more than one hundred days at a tokyo detention center he has denied all accusations of wrongdoing through graham joins us now from singapore he's a correspondent andrea what's this mean for god or ben these signs chairman

was called potash streets ahead of this behind him when left to toil daniel ricardo's renault debut didn't start well this bump along the curb tore off his front wing your straightly and eventually forced to retire in front of his home in france carlos signs fake hated his run a c. to ricardo after the frying pan into the fire and overheated engine putting the damp is on his mclaren debut. back at the front door tass was eking out more time as he pitted later than his rivals his advantage over the rest clear for all to see hamilton there to just enough to hold off max for stop and the marauding red bull driver make this pass on sebastian fatso a disaster for ferrari with vettel questioning why his team was so slow the same certainly can be said for both tasks this in finished more than twenty seconds ahead of hamilton for just the fourth win of his career starters really get. it was that my best or as ever. i don't know what happened to us just felt so good and everything was under control. so we're different to sadie's driver at the top of the podium the trash determined to show hamilton

french prosecutors are reported to have launched a preliminary inquiry into how former renault chief palace of versailles. the french carmaker last month said an internal probe had found evidence that it had footed some of the bill but the chateau had waived the usual $56,000 fee under a sponsorship deal signed a few months earlier. has the inventor of the world wide web has warned that global action is needed to tackle its "downward plunge to a dysfunctional future". speaking exclusively to the bbc on the 30th anniversary of the first proposalfor the web sir tim berners lee said people realised how their data could be manipulated following the cambridge analytica scandal. our technology correspondent rory cellan—jones went to see sir tim in the place where he created the web. what kind of document was it? was it it? it was i word. using some sort of a wordprocessor. 30 years ago a computer scientist near geneva was thinking up a better way of sharing information. from tim berners—lee's idea the world wide web was born. today he is worried about what it has become, a vehicle for spre

on the run.s he fled in a red renault car. the city hasas beenn put onn lockdown. no one can come in or out. closed.ersity has bee students have to stay in the university buildings. alert all, it is a big and they are just trying to find this man. >> the netherlands had already been on high alert ahead of this incident. >> yes. it was on level four, which was high possibility. of the immediate vicinity utrecht, it has been lifted to the highest level, which is five. we are surrounded by countries that have seen terror attacks. the netherlands had been spared for a long time. this seems it may be the first time the netherlands has this incident in the last decade. >> tell us about the city of utrecht i itself. >> it is central to the netherlands. it is a ring of cities that make up the central urban ring of the netherlands.s. it includes ham -- it includess amsterdam and the hague. it is a university town with a lot of students. it has big neighborhoods with a lot of turkish and moroccan descent. medium-sizednt city in the netherlands, known for its university. >> t

renault, nissan, and mitsubishi are teaming up to form a new governing board. this comes in the wake of carlos ghosn's departure from the auto alliance leaders from the three automakers announcing that decision in a news conference in japan overnight. shares of all three automakers are in the green today you can see their nissan, renault, mitsubishi, all of them doing well in their respective trading fronts >>> in washington news house speaker nancy pelosi is throwing cold water on the idea of impeaching president trump nbc's tracie potts is live in washington d.c. where more on that story tracie >> hey, good morning, everyone she's speaking out with some democrats sitting ready to impeach the president. now nancy pelosi says they need to slow down she's not quite ready to go there yet. >> i'm not for impeachment house speaker nancy pelosi tells the washington post. it divides the country, and he is just not worth it, she says of president trump >> our day to day work is not about him. it's about the american people >> white house pokes person sarah hucka bee s

nissan and renault are in talks a new headquarters.hey are set to give a ppess conference tuesday. >> eight years sinceethe fukushima disaster. much it is to cleannit up. >> the disaster is ongoing. the nenew figures arare accordio the latesest inforormation froma conservative think tank, w wch gave far bigger figures han the ggvernment's expectations due to itit is expected to take at leat another decade just to cool the reactors down. across northeastern japan, residents begin the day with out remembering the triple theirrophe that changed livesseight years ago. the disaster is ongoing. efforts continue to shut it down for good. duty tove a sense of accomplish our goals. we will do our best. >> the cost estimates keep rising. in 2016, the government revised euros,al to 176 billion twice as much as its original target. last week, a think tank put the cleanup cost at 648 billion, four timimes the lltest govevert estimamate. ththe biggest cost is also he biggest hallenge. disposing of nuclear waste water. reactorsduced when the are douu

. >>> renault apparently aiming to restart merger talks with nissan financial times reports that after this deal, should it happen, the combined automakers then could set its sights on a bid for fee yacht chrysler wow. all three companies are not commenting, but the move would signal a return to the strategy sought by former nissan chief carlos ghosn renault and fee yacht higher meantime, in political news, what apparently is old is new again on capitol hill. nbc's tracie potts is live on capitol hill to explain. >> good morning. you were just talking about this bid by the trump administration. congress has tried to get rid of the affordable care act. the justice department is now getting involved >> it's a new battle in the war over obama care. >> the party of health care. >> if that is true, god help middle class americans >> the justice department has told a federal appeals court it supports getting rid of the entire health law. not just pieces of it. 28 million americans could lose coverage >> the gop will never stop trying to destroy the affordable health care of mesh's families >

a merger is sensitive with nissan and renault.ng carlos ghosn was proposing before he was arrested. they have tried to strengthen their bargaining position within the alliance in other ways. a secondary thing that could be kasichlt, the ghosn posed tensions between the japanese and french side of the alliance. at chrysler, looking at adding manufacturing and production cultures and management cultures from italy and the u.s. as well adding to those complications potentially. you have to wonder what the french government would feel about this, given it has such a huge stake in renault. shery: sophie jackman, thank you. a quick check of the latest business flash headlines. j.p. morgan chase cutting hundreds of jobs in its assets and wealth management. more thanmployed 28,000 people at the end of last year, 4% more than in 2017. j.p. morgan cut jobs in august when it cut staff from asset management. it will continue to invest. haidi: it could pay off to invest in a good nights sleep. mattress retailer casper the latest to join the un

he built up a stake in renault and now they have 15% of the company.s upset the japanese government because it meant the french had more of a strong hand when it came to the nissan -renault partnership. they have an 11% stake in airbus and a 14% stake in air france. the dutch have about a 13% stake. show you what happened to the share prices when we learned about the dutch building their stake. of can see the share price air france dropping 12%, just on wednesday before some perspective. look across the msci airlines index for europe. air france is still outperforming. what you may not know is when you look at all of these companies the french government holds, the holdings index in white, it is underperforming the cac. this is something to keep in mind as we see state capitalism make a comeback in europe. we are seeing talks of it in the u k and germany, so this is more of a broader picture of what this could mean across markets. nejra: absolutely. there was a story on the bloomberg talking about how more broadly, france's heavy corporate hand has for

attempt to block the national emergency kimberlee health at al-jazeera the white house now over to rob renault's who's at the border and he said drove to tell us what people there think of president trump's national emergency. well. you'll find many people who work with migrants rights groups or advocates legal assistance and so forth saying that there is no true emergency here in the southern california right by the border but the emergency is over there on the mexican side that's where thousands of migrants are waiting and because of the trump administration's policy of going very slowly in processing their asylum applications they are waiting long periods of time in shelters some in tents and want to it's a very dangerous city it's become recently a city with one of the highest homicide rates in the world so. the consensus among the migrant assistance community is that unless the trump policies change and more migrants are allowed to come in as is their right to claim asylum in the united states and receive assistance from the u.s. government there will be further humanitarian problems ok rob

yet they're being looked for you know there's a search going on for apparently a red car might be a renault clio from what i heard. yet the search is still continuing as far as you know. ok michael thank you very much bring us up to date we really appreciate that information that's journalist michael dhar money in there he's with the managing editor of central don't call thank you for having me i'm not saying. thank you. cleaver is with us here in the newsroom from d.w. news and has been following the story looking in particularly to the context surrounding these events that are unfolding today. of course. the shootings come right on the heels of the mass shootings in new zealand that left fifty people dead and scores injured it's a very very tense very heated right now that's exactly the point and i think this escalation that we've had now it's not just new zealand that is completely in shock . now this is. literally the other end of the world now to the western europe this escalation of fear and mistrust we don't know who this person or persons may may or may not be would they be also kin

it may involve renault restarting merger talks, buying fiat chrysler.e there as well shares of sketchers up around 3% on roughly 2,000 shares premarket. the shoe company getting upgraded by analysts at susquehanna to positive from neutral. gaining momentum with sales trends accelerating to the upside then watch what is happening with shares of square up a percent or so. we have the payment services company initiated with coverage over at mccory with an outperform rating and $95 price target those share up by about a percent. i know this is "squawk on the street" is coming up. >> he has no ifb in. he's really all over me about these -- >> they're not yoga pants. >> they're not yoga -- they're dress -- >> last week. >> i know, i know. very comfortable pants they're dress pants. >> they're office paintnts, the are. >>> as we mentioned, the futures improved throughout the morning. down by 100 points at one moment now indicated up by about ten points s&p futures indicated up by just under a point. the nasdaq up by 7 again everything turned positive thank you

ghosn of course involved in renault.,ength of jail time in japan absolutely extraordinary. we will keep these images going. we will monitor with a business -- monitor. with a business flash is viviana rotondo. according to a dutch newspaper, a is looking at reports of money laundering. according to another report, money was moved through accounts that later became part of rbs. >> some of this russian money went through an entity, which we acquired in 2008 and a business which has been closed down subsequently makes it difficult to know whether this was reported or who is responsible and we're going to have to work on that. viviana: in japan, a financial group slashing its profits by 86%. the company's third-largest bank blames security losses. to eliminatens jobs over the next decade. meet the world's youngest self-made billionaire: 21-year-old kylie jenner. the half-sister of kim kardashian making it off the list after his -- her cosmetic company signed the partnership ulta beauty.-- to become the third-largest business

don't worry be happy archies actually banks reports on the status and there's ample auto news as renault michoud be she n.d.s. on all have new board and former chairman carlos gone is out lauren fix the car coach will be with us with that story and more including trouble yes look all that directly ahead but first let's get some headlines let's go to. a second landslide defeat for teresa mayes brecht's a plan lead to a global report today is the house of commons again votes three ninety one to two forty two to reject ms may's plan throwing the process into greater uncertainty the bright british prime minister travelled to straws for a guest today to seek flexibility on the so-called backstop from the irish border from the european commission president sean claude juncker has made got some relief from mr juncker ahead of the vote only for the british attorney general geoffrey cox to find in writing that mr junkers concession did not provide internationally lawful means for the u.k. to eventually dispense with the work around with time winding down the timing and content of mr cox a stateme

judicial system, there has been criticism, especially in france, where he was the leader of the carmaker renaultn over why he was held for so long without being found guilty and concern over the ruling yesterday, whether this was the japanese authorities bowing to external pressure but i seriously doubt it is down to razor, this lawyer who has managed to come up with these very sticky conditions of bail in order to secure his release. president nicolas maduro of venezuela has launched a direct challenge to juan guaido, the opposition leader who's publicly trying to bring him down. mr maduro said he would defeat a crazed minority and urged people to take to the streets on saturday for an anti—imperialist march. that's also the day on whichjuan guaido has called for anti—government demonstrations. the president's comments were the first since mr guaido defied him and returned to the country on monday. while a crazed minority continues with a hatred and bitterness, that's their problem. we will not pay attention to their compatriots. we. them in our tracks. the work on the national union. we will n

daniel ricardo ruined his first race for renault, misjudging how rough the off—field was.ling of summer down under was accompanied by charles leclerc mowing the lawn in his ferrari and carlos sainz stopping for a barbecue at the expense of his mclaren. the only excitement up front was red bull's max verstappen relegating vettel to fourth. winning by more than 20 seconds and claiming a bonus point for the fastest lap, bottas will be hoping he can finally step out of hamilton's shadow. nick parrott, bbc news. wales have claimed the six nations after comprensively beating ireland in cardiff. after a perfect campaign, wales boss warren gatland becomes the first coach to win the grand slam three times. meanwhile, the best was yet to come at twickenham where scotland battled back to draw 38—all with england in the calcutta cup. patrick gearey looks back at what really was a super saturday. the slam in the storm. drenched in rain and champagne, wales have conquered all — a third grand slam in 11 years and the man behind it stood quietly beside it. it's not about me, it's about th

the new lawyer for carlos ghosn — the former boss of renault—nissan — has said he'll pursue a differentarges of financial misconduct. junichiro hironaka has been speaking to journalists in tokyo for the first time since he was appointed last month. 0ur asia business correspondent, karishma vaswani is monitoring develoments from singapore. so, the significance of this development, what do you make of it? it isa development, what do you make of it? it is a new legal strategy that is emerging from carlos ghosn‘s team, and you would expect that to happen given previous attempts haven't been all that successful. the former chairman of nissan motors has been in custody now for over three months, and that is over the allegations as you were just saying that he under reported his compensation from nissan for nearly a decade through to 2018. he has also been charged with aggravated breach of trust. carlos ghosn has consistently decide all wrongdoing, and now the new head of his legal tea m and now the new head of his legal team has said it is going to have to try a different strategy from aggrav

the former chairman of nissan and renault has been under arrest in tokyo since november the cues to financial misconduct charges he denies. on monday his lawyer submitted a third request for him to be released on bail thank you will accept camera surveillance if necessary. his family has repeatedly complained of the say his rights have been violated. you can is shown the does the conditions of thehe tension on potentially de humanizing we have to stress we have called on the u. n. working groups conclude that carlos ghosn's's e tension is arbitrary god is goo. ththgeneva intnternational motor show gets underway this week on the prospect of a no deal breaks it is threatening to put the brakes on europe's auto industry catherine viet has the story. showing off their latest models amid worries over the impact brexit will have on the automotive industry. britain is europe's second biggest market for cars and the fourth biggest manufacturer of autos. facicing possible tariffs of up 210% and supply disruptions the stakes are high. last month nissan announced that for business reasons it would not b

down to genoa last time out some blame that defeat on the absence of their star striker cristiana renault the portuguese was again absent for the first match against emboli on saturday but already it was a can so outing away the games only go one no you may leave the standings by eighteen points. it's been an eventful saturday in the english premier league manchester city where to point clear of liverpool at the top after beating fullam to know how does field the first team to be relegated from the premier league this season after losing to crystal palace and manchester united one two one against waterford to give only gonna solve he's first win since going from caretaker its a permanent manager at old trafford they go above arsenal into the fourth champions league spot it's so tight this four very good teams challenging for two places now we're in. we're almost in the driving seat i think we've given us a fantastic chance. but top is looking for you know chelsea also chasing one of those champions league spots they play cardiff on sunday while liverpool will host tottenham hotspur now bo

half months now in his bail has been set it nearly nine million dollars and was in charge of the renault nissan mitsubishi car alliance and was indicted in japan over allegedly falsifying financial reports and breach of trust he denies the charges. now to some of the other stories making headlines around the world today u.s. president donald trump looks set to open to new fronts in his trade disputes he wants to scrap preferential treatment for both india and turkey u.s. president claims india is not reciprocating for duty free access to the u.s. he also says turkey's growth means it is no longer a developing country. can it is kept a crisis as deep and with a second minister resigning janesville part is leaving her role as manager of government spending she said she could no longer defend the government's handling of a corruption scandal involving a big construction company. and hillary clinton has for the first time ruled out a u.s. presidential bid in twenty twenty five can say it although she will not run she will keep speaking out for what she believes the engine started as the fron

of international spotlight on japan's judicial system, especially in france, where he led france's renault criticism, some even describing the system as draconian. so, as you can imagine, once the court granted bail yesterday, there was some speculation whether this is the japanese authorities bowing to the external pressure. of course, we would never know. i personally doubt it. i think this is his new lawyer who has only been in the job for less tha n who has only been in the job for less than a month, who has a nickname of mr razer, with a track record of winning high—profile cases, he pushed for this bail and he has at least managed to win limited freedom for mr ghosn. we will find out if razer is successful and we will be watching out for that release today. thank you so much for that update, my colleague mariko oi. yes, we will certainly be keeping an eye on that. coming up on the programme — australia sends more help to the solomon islands as large amounts of oil continue to spill from a damaged tanker. first, the plates slid gently off the restaurant tables. then suddenly, the tabl

renault has bounced back. nissan has really trailed off.n nissan is off the lows of the session. them inis leaves general -- we take for granted rule of law here in the u.s. lawyer -- aine a ceo being held without a lawyer? , the fort pitt capital group senior portfolio manager will be joining us. retail is up next. this is bloomberg. ♪ alix: china must prepare for a tough struggle. a warning from china's premier after the country announced a range for growth this year between 6% and 6.5%. target and kohl's deliver. the retailers raise their guidance for 2019. --will speak to the former ceo. takeover -- newmont offers an olive branch. we will speak to gary goldberg. david: welcome to "bloomberg daybreak." we still have some headlines from mr. rosengren. he is sort of tented had. -- tentative. the clear reading on the risks -- he says patience is appropriate. the markets are still pricing in elevated risks. marks he'sder what looking at for that. i wonder if the foregone conclusion now is the third mandate -- what's happening with the econom