a victory in uttar pradesh will help increase his party's legislative strength in the upper house, whichical muscle to push through economic reforms like the implementation of the goods and services tax, cut red tape, and introduce more laws to tackle corruption. but if he loses many a nalysts corruption. but if he loses many analysts worry he might shift his focus to populist policies to attract voters ahead of the indian election in 2019. over the last few weeks, indian stock markets have been performing well, expecting narendra modi's party to win this election. but if that doesn't happen, the markets could turn red when they open on monday morning. in other business news, germany's volkswagen and india's tartar motors are expected to sign a deal later today on two operating together in the indian market. pitcher carmakers reportedly hope to share technology, components and manufacturing components. vw is already the world's used car maker. it is looking for new markets as it tries to recover from a looking for new markets as it tries to recoverfrom a global diesel emissions scandal.

theresa may finally got that much wanted and the necessary says fromt that parliament, the upper house and the lower house, the house of lords, they did not add any amendments to this eu withdrawal bill, as it is known. now what is needed, and believe will come in the next few hours, the head of state, the queen will give her royal assent. then effectively that brexit bill becomes law, that bill that authorizes the prime minister of the united kingdom to trigger that article 50 of the lisbon treaty. before 50, never invoked , and that is the will of the british people, as expressed on the 23rd of june, 2016, wanting the united kingdom him after 40 years of being a crucial member of the eu, to quit. law now,ll becomes an attention is on the details. what are the implications? in ave seen the pound little bit of trouble this morning, certainly some volatility in the market. what we are eager to look at is in the next half hour in the prime minister will be in the house of commons doing something she routinely does after an eu summit, telling us what was discussed at the summit, what the

but the upper house — the lords — has now voted for this amendment.expected this. here is a quote from david davis, the brexit minister. he said he was expecting parliamentary ping—pong. that is a good phrase, because this bill could go back and forth several times. let's get some help describing what has happened. tom bateman is live for us in westminster. is the government in the commons is likely to back down on this amendment? i don't think they have any intention of giving ground on this. that's because it was always their aim, their hope and their desire to get this bill through the uk parliament, that authorises theresa may to start the brexit process, to go on and begin those brexit negotiations. they wa nted those brexit negotiations. they wanted to do that without any conditions being slapped on them by mps or members of the house of lords. they wanted to go to other member states with a completely free hand to negotiate. that is why the bill to authorise them to do this is a single sheet of paper, simply saying that the government have the

the upper house of our moment, the house of lords voted for an amendment that would give them some controlr the negotiation if theresa may cannot strike a deal with the eu . now the house of commons has to vote on this amendment. she is also hoping that she can trigger the march 31 brexit, that is the deadline she set for herself. in the u.k., herb rates it chief spoke on u.k. television. he said it's a small amendment, a simple deal, just don't tie theresa may's hands. would benson said it perfectly ok not to get a deal with the eu. and the dutch election is this week. at the egg deal. is that something that would slow parliament down and give theresa may time to think about it? the eu celebrates the founding treaty on march 25. you mentioned some big things to watch. more central meetings, but that in perspective for us. kathleen: you have the bank of england, china has big numbers coming out. the national people's congress is wrapping up a change in the gdp target -- wednesday is a big day. retail sales in the u.s. and consumer prices, china wrapping up the all-important meeting from pe

the only members of the upper house. a bad week for crisps. oh, yes! and they may have been defeated over the brexit bill this week, but mps did beat the lords in the annual pancake race. another successful pancake race. so, quickly flipping. now to the week ahead, two significant events coming along. on wednesday, the chancellor will unveil the contents of his budget box. the final budget to be presented in the spring. before that, peers could be causing more embarrassment for ministers with another possible defeat on the brexit bill. dojoin me for the next week in parliament. until then, from me keith macdougall, goodbye. hello. the changeable theme to the weather continues through the weekend. same unsettled, showers or longer spells of rain but there will bea longer spells of rain but there will be a bit of sunshine and if you don't see it today, you are more likely to see it tomorrow. central and eastern parts of england but mostly dry through the afternoon with milky sunshine, whereas further west, heavy showers and blustery winds, gale

they're the only members of the upper house. a bad week for crisps.r lent. oh, yes! and they may have been defeated over the brexit bill this week, but mps did beat the lords in the annual pancake race. another successful pancake race. so, quickly flipping. now to the week ahead, two significant events coming along. on wednesday, the chancellor will unveil the contents of his budget box. the final budget to be presented in the spring. before that, peers could be causing more embarrassment for ministers with another possible defeat on the brexit bill. dojoin me for the next week in parliament. until then, from me keith macdougall, goodbye. hello, there. good morning. well, we saw all sorts across the uk for the second part of the weekend. we saw a bit of rain and some brighter weather. so some rainbows in places but some of the showers were really quite heavy and they contained hail. and we also saw some snow. yes, lying snow there over the higher ground in wales. so a variety of weather. all down to an area of low pressure swirling around the heart of

the only members of the upper house. a bad week for crisps.r lent. oh, yes! and they may have been defeated over the brexit bill this week, but mps did beat the lords in the annual pancake race. another successful pancake race. so, quickly flipping. now to the week ahead, two significant events coming along. on wednesday, the chancellor will unveil the contents of his budget box. the final budget to be presented in the spring. before that, peers could be causing more embarrassment for ministers with another possible defeat on the brexit bill. dojoin me for the next week in parliament. until then, from me keith macdougall, goodbye. good evening. weatherfronts are swinging back and forth across the pendulum. it means that no two days are alike. that is probably good news for many people. a different story across the midlands. beautiful skies and sunshine. the showers arrived and spoiled the end of the day bed they were heaviest and the most persistent rain has been across the far north and east, over an inch of rain in scotland. that area of low

the only members of the upper house. a bad week for crisps.yes! and they may have been defeated over the brexit bill this week, but mps did beat the lords in the annual pancake race. another successful pancake race. so, quickly flipping. now to the week ahead, two significant events coming along. on wednesday, the chancellor will unveil the contents of his budget box. the final budget to be presented in the spring. before that, peers could be causing more embarrassment for ministers with another possible defeat on the brexit bill. dojoin me for the next week in parliament. until then, from me keith macdougall, goodbye. good morning. they say every picture tells a story well ta ke they say every picture tells a story well take a look at this picture from barnsley. forlorn looking rose bushes. the rain was relentless. further rain this weekend but some of us will see some drier interludes as well because the low pressure sta rts as well because the low pressure starts to drift up into the north to scotla nd starts to drift up into the north to s

this time, the first thing that went right was the won an upper house election. on both houses. he did not bump into the issue that he had every policy to pursue, the other house would block it, getting nowhere. that was one thing he did write. another thing is without him having to try some of the opposition has really failed to regroup after falling from power in 2012. they have that rates of less than 10%, no threat whatsoever. the third thing is the economy is not exactly going great. it is relatively good though. in terms of employment, it is at its lowest -- unemployment is at its lowest levels since the 1990's. pretty much everyone has a job, and that is contributing because of the support. betty: how likely is he will make it to 10 years? reporter: that is another very excellent question. the main thing you have to look at is winning two national elections before he can achieve that. you have the upper house election in 2019, then you have to hold the lower house election sometime be the end of next year -- by the end of next year. that will be a very del

it's the uk's upper house. coming into the newsroom , a this is a live feed coming into the newsroom, a reasonably busy lord's. the debate is still going on. but already the lords have voted to support a "meaningful" parliamentary vote on the final terms of withdrawal. or in other words a a vote after negotiations are complete. lord ashdown was one of the those who voted against the government. sorry, it's not parliament'sjob to trust the prime minister. it's parliament's job to hold her to account. look, we've done our parliamentary duty today. brexit debate was all about the sovereignty of parliament and we've taken that seriously and said before this deal is passed it must be passed by parliament. no more no less. let's be clear, none of this. brexit happening but it may impact on how the uk government goes about it. here is the bbc‘s rob watson. the uk government goes about it. here is the bbc's rob watson. what the government wants to do is overturn this completely and you can understand why. potentially t

they're the only members of the upper house. a bad week for crisps.! and they may have been defeated over the brexit bill this week, but mps did beat the lords in the annual pancake race. another successful pancake race. so, quickly flipping. now to the week ahead, two significant events coming along. on wednesday, the chancellor will unveil the contents of his budget box. the final budget to be presented in the spring. before that, peers could be causing more embarrassment for ministers with another possible defeat on the brexit bill. so dojoin me for the next week in parliament. until then, from me keith macdougall, goodbye. all going on in parliament and all going on in the weather front as well at the moment. showers for some. it's glorious at the moment across parts of scotland. a much improved day on what we saw yesterday. what is going on here? don't they know it's spring, mitrovic a click? no chance while this feature is around and we are not done with the wintry aspect of that just yet. that not done with the wintry aspect of thatjust yet. th

. >> so the next stop on our two is a stork failing all, a beautiful and of the upper house that was built to be both the our municipal building. we don't have a whole lot of lecture series and 20 century. probably the closest thing would be that talks it in the 19th century and early part of the twin century it was expected a couple times a week you would go here and experts speak on a topic for 45 minutes to two hours. among the many people who came to lecture here which was a a major stop on the lecture circuit when cleared oscar wilde came in on his record to the might've heard him, the importance of being earnest. william jennings bryan, frederick douglass spoke your and so did booker t. washington. something else would like to talk about at this point in the tour is one of my favorite playwrights, willis richardson. he was born in wilmington in the 1800s and his family left very, very suddenly in the fall of 1898. they moved to washington d.c. where he finished his schooling and get work at the bureau of engraving and printing. he went on to be the first african-american to the

british prime minister theresa may is defiant on brexit — and plans to overturn a demand by the upper houseens living in the uk after britain leaves the eu. snap, the company that owns snapchat has been valued at $24 billion, despite having never made a profit. that article is on the bbc news website and says the company's listing on the us stock market will turn its founders into billionaires. the times reports on stock markets hitting record highs following president trump's speech to congress after he pledged

british prime minister theresa may is defiant on brexit — and plans to overturn a demand by the upper housef parliament to guarantee the rights of eu citizens living in the uk after britain leaves the eu. snap, the company that owns snapchat has been valued at $24 billion, despite having never made a profit. that article is on the bbc news website and says the company's listing on the us stock market will turn its founders into billionaires. the times reports on stock markets hitting record highs following president trump's speech to congress after he pledged a trillion dollar infrastructure plan for the us, as well as striking what the paper says was "his most conciliatory" tone to date. ahead of the start of presidential elections in france next month, the new york times looks at what it calls "a growing fear" by the french that their way of life is facing extinction. and lastly, could a new method of reviving frozen donor organs save millions of lives? the telegraph reports on a new discovery by scientists that they say could end the donor shortage crisis. joining us is nick hungerford,

>> the process continues until both houses come of lower and upper house agree. we believe they may sit until midnight local time. time has even been made tomorrow , it looks like that may not be necessary. something theresa may did not want. once she gets that parliamentary approval from the house of lords, and then house of then it is the queen who will give her will consent -- arroyo consent, or it is threesome may that will trigger article 50, the official divorce proceedings to divorce the eu. is an't expect either indication coming down the street for the prime minister to do that. indeed in the conversation i had with one of the first women of the prime minister and earlier the word and march was underlined, raising huge speculation. certainly by the end of march. now there is a lot of speculation and fervor about the 27th of march. i'm sure as we speak people are betting on it. what the prime minister is betting on is getting that green light, that approval. then the queen's royal assent. guess as tonybody's whether article 50 will be triggered. signs out

. >>> japan's largrgest-ever budg has cleared the upper house of diet. the government will spend an estimated 97 million tren or $880 billion starting in april. it provides more support for young people, including students and those raising children. it allocates spending to reform work efforts. $290 billion to meet the rising cost of an aging population. they tried to limit the rise in welfare spending. seniors will have to pay more of their medical care coststs. >>>> defenense spending hit a record $46 billion with plans to boost missile defense. on the revenue side, new bond issues will decrease from the current fiscal year to about $310 billion. that still accounts for more than one-third of total revenue. >>> a court in tokyo has declared a budget travel agency bankrupt. tell me club sold discount overseas tours on the internet. angry custotomers flood the company with calls, complaining they couldn't get their flight tickets. compmpany president apologigize a news conference. tokyo district court declared the start of bankruptcy procedures based on

importantly, the prime doesn't have ay majority in the upper house.l enable them to get a majority in the upper house so they can follow more of their policies without opposition. scarlet: investors had a read through following the state election result, they were looking into 2018, saying modi will move ahead. what kind of policy initiatives and prescriptions is he going to offer once he does have control? a difficult question. so far, if you look at what he has followed in terms of policy andinternational investors generally speaking, the financial markets, he has delivered some, but he has not delivered some. it is not clear what he wants to do. he is his own man and it is unclear what he will do. generally speaking, the economy is doing fairly well compared to other years, and people, investors have faith that he will follow through with friendly policy. indian stock market has done very well, particularly in the local currency. last year, people loved brazil. he recently put out a call, saying forget brazil, go along with india. what is the essen

the upper house of the british parliament, the house of lords, has voted to require the government ton three million europeans living in britain to stay in the country — when the uk leaves the european union. it's the first defeat for the government in the passage of a bill to start the leaving process. the company which owns the messaging service snapchat has been valued at twenty—four billion dollars. that's after it successfully sold 200 million of its shares to big investors in new york. those investment funds and banks will be able to start trading snap incorporated shares on thursday. it's the biggest wall street debut of a tech company since facebook in 2012. deadly storms — like this one in illinois in the us — have killed three people after pounding through several states in the mid—west. packed with hailstones the size of baseballs, winds above a hundred miles per hour and torrential rain, they've destroyed homes, leaving thousands without power. and one item of sports news — barcelona football club have confirmed that their manager, luis enrique, will be leaving at the end

the director-general of the financial bureau spoke at an upper house committee. he said an official from the bureau met with the school president a year ago. >> the school operator said they discovered new objects buried underground while doing construction work. the operator said they were worried this could delay the opening of the school and asked us for a m meeting. >> he said then the school president asked for quick action. he says the official maintains they were following necessary legal l procedures and called o the operator to work together with relevant local bureaus. >>> japan's sumo association is getting ready to debut the latest grand champion for the spring tournament. kisenosato is the first japanese-born yokozuna in two decades, busy prepping for the big day. ten wrestlers in the top division took part in an annual joint training session. kisenosato practiced with yoshiokaze who has speed and technique. they fought 13 bouts. the new grand champion gave a solid performance. he sometimes forced his opponent out of the ring and won all their bouts.

it will now go to the upper house. if it passes, military courts will be reinstated for another two years. >>> a group of young people on a small island of thailand dream of becoming professional athletes, but they have to overcome adverse circumstances in pursuit of their goals. nhk world has that story. >>> flat land is limited, so 2,000 people live in houses built over the sea. when children are asked what they would like to be when they grow up, the most popular answer is -- >> footballer. >> footballer. >> reporter: with limited space where can they play snt answer is a court floating on water. members of the team are age 8 through 12. the court is only 1/20th the size of a normal soccer pitch. it makes it difficult to practice long passes, so they focus on short, swift passes. >> translator: go, go. pass the ball. >> reporter: the coach built the court 30 years ago. as a teenager he watched the world cup in mexico on tv. he wanted to practice like the professional players he saw, but the island lacked a place to

mps in the house of commons overturned amendments from the upper house, the lords, seeking guarantees on the rights of eu nationals in the uk, and on how much say parliament will have on the final terms of the brexit deal. here is our political correspondent chris mason. contents, 118. not contents, 274. so the knot contends have it. with those words, the government achieved what the supreme court told ministers they had to, parliamentary approval to start brexit. the debate here in the house of lords and in the house of commons, are for now at least, done. what came very clearly in all the debate, it is uncertainty thatis in all the debate, it is uncertainty that is bad for business, it is uncertainty that is bad for foreign nationals in the uk, it is bad for uk nationals resident in eu countries. so i think the quicker we get on with this process the better. the house of commons had overturned two suggested changes to the plan's new law, guaranteeing the right of eu citizens living here, and ensuring parliament gets a vote after the government's brexit negotiations. that meant the b

they voted to throw out the change the bill made by upper house earlier this month.mes after the government argue today needed freedom to operate without restriction. bill will be sent to the queep for symbolic approval and that leaves may ready to start two year negotiations period. and expected to happenen closer to end of month. >>> just about before the hour now and everybody is waking up to different scenarios depends where you live. >> southern maryland not wack up much at all. here in d.c. slushy. there's something on ground outside your window and north of west of town up to 5, 6" of snow being reported. there's current look outside, 3 with messy mix coming down. look at wind. norm 18 miles app how and feels like 22 as you step outside and yet it's still sleeting -ly in some locations and montgomery counselee sleet has been coming down so hard it hurts in some spots. heavy snow through northern portions of maryland to pennsylvania border that will continue here as we head to the next several hours. 36 your daytime high today. feeling like winter tomorrow, wpd

the upper house voted for an amendment to that protects the right of e.u.main in britain when the country leave the block. theresa may wants speedy approval for the bill to trigger brexit by her own deadline at the end of this month. momentumnd's economic fell short of expectations in the final three month of last year. 0.1%.rowth that is due to a fall in investment and exports recorded their weakest orderly result in more than one year. reserve's federal biggest skeptics about the strength of the global expansion has signaled the u.s. economy may be strong enough to withstand an interest rate increase soon. comments, as key policymakers coalesce around tightening at their next meeting later this month. >> we are closing in on full employment. inflation is moving gradually towards our target. foreign growth is on more solid footing, and risk to the outlook are as close to balance as they have been for some time. all told, it will likely be appropriate soon to remove additional accommodation, continuing on a gradual path. global news, 24 hours a day, powered

mps in the house of commons overturned amendments from the upper house, the lords, seeking guaranteesthe rights of eu nationals in the uk and on how much say parliament will have on the final terms of the brexit deal. this from our political correspondent, chris mason. so, it was the final stage of the whole process of getting a law to give the british prime minister, theresa may, permission to say to brussels that the uk is going to leave the european union. now, you might think, well, that's a bit odd. didn't british people vote to leave the european union almost a year ago, so why couldn't she have just done it anyway? well, there was a challenge in the courts, that decided that there had to be this law for the brexit process to start. that took place a couple of months ago. since then, the legislation has been working its way through the commons, the elected part of the british parliament, and the lords, the unelected, appointed part. tonight it passed its final hurdle in the house of lords, which means the bill will become an act. it will receive royal assent. it will become brit

make it clear that whatever former prime ministers may say and whatever members of the unelected upper house is that her plan to trigger article 50 by the end of march is now clearly on track? i thank the right honourable gentleman for the question that he has asked. it is indeed my plan to trigger by the end of march when i refer to that, i refer of course to the triggering of article 50 rather than attempting to trigger any coup, soft or otherwise, that might take place. it is still our intention to do that. theresa may. you're watching our round—up of the day in the commons and the lords. still to come: parliament's newest mp gets a warm welcome, from one half of the house of commons. there's been growing concern in recent months about russia's intentions in the arctic. russia is building up its forces there, causing the us to describe its actions as "a it is also planning a new wave of giant icebreaking ships. the region is believed to contain massive and, as yet untapped, reserves of oil and gas. a commons defence committee is investigating what is happening in the region and what the u

last week, the upper house voted to guarantee the rights of eu nationals already living in the uk. names in the industry prepare to head to this year's geneva motor show, european carmakers could be forgiven for celebrating record—breaking sales figures. more than 15 million cars were sold in europe last year— that's the best result since the financial crisis. but a sneaky peak under the bonnet of the continent's automakers reveals a different story. yesterday, general motors sold its european businesses to the psa group — that's the company which owns peugeot and citroen. the deal highlights the gulf in profitability either side of the atlantic and it's a problem that persists across much of the industry. in 2016, ford announced a profit margin of 9.7% in north america. this compares to just 4.2% in europe. it's a similar story for fiat—chrysler which has profit margins of 7.4% and 2.5% respectively. cars are an important export for many of europe's biggest economies. given that national elections are due to take place in france and germany later this year, european governments wi

by a large majority, the upper house of parliament, the lords, has demanded that the government guaranteehts of european nationals, already living in the uk, to stay, despite brexit. ministers have refused to give such assurances and insist they'll overturn the lords‘ ruling. this from our political editor, laura kuennsberg. they have voted, contents 358. wow. not contents, 256. so the contents have it. "wow!" you can hear them say. the lords beat the government by more than 100 votes. a bid to force ministers to say people from other eu countries can stay here, and to say so now. it seems to me a win—win for principle, humanity, decency and honour. and i hope the house of commons will now follow the example of the lords and make sure that it confirms this improvement to what was otherwise a pretty dire set of legislation. it's very arrogant to assume that your argument is the only one of principle and yours is the only moral one. once people start using words like "high ground", "principle" and "moral", i think it's a load of humbug. they voted so that nearly 3 million people, like engin

last week the upper house voted to guarantee the rights of eu nationals already living in the uk.lord hague has urged the prime minister to seek an early general election. writing in the daily telegraph, he said this would strengthen the government's hand, and help the uk secure a better deal in brexit negotiations. theresa may has repeatedly ruled out going to the country before the next one in 2020. new figures show police forces in england and wales received one call every 90 seconds about a missing person last year. that is an increase of 15% on the previous year. police chiefs believe the ageing population could be one reason for the rise. david rhodes reports. steve was a lovely, quiet lad. margaret cooper is still searching for her son, steven, nine years on, after he disappeared from his home in huddersfield. he was last seen in scotland, but despite police searches, he has never been found. that's the worst thing, is not knowing. if you've got a body, because he's died, you can have a grave or whatever, and you can put flowers there, and you can grieve. when you've no ide

if the upper house backs down, the bill will proceed to royal assent, allowing theresa may to triggerrticle 50. if the lords doesn't back down, it could go back to the commons in a process known as ping—pong. and labour insists it will fight for the amendments to stand. what we say to the prime minister, and i wrote to her on friday and said, "reflect on what the house of lords has said. by majorities of nearly 100, they have sent back two really important issues, this issue of the eu nationals and the issue of the vote. reflect on that. don'tjust have this obsession with getting article 50 triggered this week". the prime minister has been doing the legwork with her eu partners ahead of triggering brexit, but some are worried that there isn't enough planning going on for the prospect of no deal at the end of it all. if there is going to be no deal, that is going to have serious implications for businesses and individuals and the government needs to make sure we have planned for it. but the brexit secretary says he has got a plan. the simple truth is, we have been planning for the cont

tuesday evening saw the highest number of peers ever to take part in a vote in the upper house. out be a big defeat for the government on the proposal, from an independent peer, for the brexit bill to state clearly that parliament must get a meaningful vote in two years' time on the final eu exit deal. my lords, the essence of this amendment is very clear. it has been clear from the start. it simply seeks to ensure that parliament, and not ministers, have control over the terms of our withdrawal at the end of the negotiating process. we now face the most momentous peacetime division of our time. and this amendment, as the noble lord has so clearly set out, secures in law the government's commitment already made to another place to ensure that parliament is the ultimate custodian of our national sovereignty. nothing should be done to undermine the negotiating position of the government. but this clause in this amendment, my lords, would dojust that. let me continue, please. by denying the prime minister's ability to walk away from the negotiating table, as clause four would do, t

tuesday evening saw the highest number of peers ever to take part in a vote in the upper house.ed out be a big defeat for the government on the proposal, from an independent peer, for the brexit bill to state clearly that parliament must get a meaningful vote in two years' time on the final eu exit deal. my lords, the essence of this amendment is very clear. it has been clear from the start. it simply seeks to ensure that parliament, and not ministers, have control over the terms of our withdrawal at the end of the negotiating process. we now face the most momentous peacetime decision of our time. and this amendment, as the noble lord has so clearly set out, secures in law the government's commitment already made to another place to ensure that parliament is the ultimate custodian of our national sovereignty. nothing should be done to undermine the negotiating position of the government. but this clause in this amendment, my lords, would dojust that. let me continue, please. by denying the prime minister's ability to walk away from the negotiating table, as clause four would do,

of lords: on tuesday evening the largest number of peers ever to take part in a division in the upper housealled brexit bill. it resulted in a defeat for the government. peers voted for parliament having a meaningful vote on the final eu exit deal and for that measure to be clearly written into the bill. it was a proposal led by the crossbench peer lord pannick and it was the government's second defeat on the brexit bill. in the commons, the leader of the house set out next week's timetable. monday 13th of march — consideration of lords amendments to the european notification of withdrawal bill, followed by a continuation of the budget debate. tuesday 14th march, if necessary, consideration of lords amendments. mr speaker, i note on the business paper there are three days set aside for consideration of lord's amendments if necessary, as this government attempts to ping that pong that is coming from those heroes who are continuing to stand up to the government. i note that this only goes on until wednesday. what happens if we still have these paddles out and we are are still at the table? is

the upper house, the lords, voted by a majority of more than 100 for a legal commitment that parliament meaningful vote on whatever deal britain negotiates. but, as our political editor explains, the amendment cannot block the bill to invoke article 50 of the lisbon treaty, the mechanism for leaving the eu. big picture, this is not going to delay brexit. it's not going to stop it, certainly. because remember, theresa may still has three weeks to get this parliamentary wrangling out of the way before she meets her own self—imposed deadline of getting brexit started, at the end of march. the french presidential candidate francois fillon is facing fresh allegations over his financial conduct. a newspaper has accused him of failing to declare to the independent public standards office an interest—free loan from a businessman friend. mr fillon‘s lawyer told the paper the loan was repaid in full. at least four people have been killed in southern mississippi, where a freight train slammed into a bus at a railroad crossing. 35 passengers on the bus were taken to hospital. just a few escaped unh

they are are running their own separate investigation for the senate — the upper house.orm might have influenced in anyway, shape or form the election process. let‘s bring in anthony zurcher. i‘m confused, how can this and house of representatives need their own a p pa re ntly representatives need their own apparently quite similar investigations? well, that is the way congress works, they are intelligent committees in both chambers of congress, people who wa nt to chambers of congress, people who want to be involved in both chambers of congress so they are going to follow their own tracks. with all the attention focused on to the house intelligence committee it is easy to forget that the intelligence committee has been grinding away simple the beginning of this, rational term. staffers are poring over thousands of pages and planning on calling 20 witnesses to be interviewed privately. they will possibly have their own public hearings with james comey, fbi director, and will reach their own conclusions. is this a plate by the senate to get more responsibility against the

. >> this is full steam ahead for brexit, the upper house, passed amendment to bill calls for the beginning the process of withdrawing from the european union, but the house of commons, rejected those amendments by the house of lords, we're on track to see the triggers of article 50, beginning process of britain's exit from the eu by the end of march, this is a very good day for sovereignty and freedom in britain, britain is on the right path now toward becoming a free nation. charles: what are the economic ramifications that the eu promised? they promised and threatened some retaliation? >> certainly the eu has been threatening all sorts of retaliation against great britain, but this is not in the interest of the eu to retaliate against the british people, britain is an economic power house, the world's fifth largest economy. it is going to over take germany by 2030, according to some projections. any retaliation would just harm businesses across the european union. it is in europe's interest for brexit to succeed. in britain's interest to have a strong robust relationship with the rest of

upper house lawmakers demanded the power to reject the final deal she reaches with the european union268e of lords voted in favor of changing prime draft.r may's china is warning of a new arms race after the u.s. again to point the new missile system in south korea. the first elements of this system arrived a day after north korea test fired for missiles into the waters off the japanese coast. global news 24 hours a day powered by more than 2600 journalists and analysts in over 120 countries. i'm mark crumpton, this is bloomberg. it is just after 5:30 p.m. tuesday in new york, it's 30 a.m. in hong kong. david in is standing by with a look at the markets. hello, mark. looking at early indicators across the asia-pacific, it is looking subdued. we will most likely see major markets when we open up a little later on. when you look at futures in openingthe market later. japan might be able to open slightly above, maybe 10 or 20 points on the nikkei 225. there's nothing much to trade on. we had very important data coming out of the session today. hopefully that will be a catalyst in just un

opposed to gather attention or a positive vote, and also because of the increase in power in the upper housewell for implementing reforms, so it is still attractive. the d-monetization had a knock on effect short-term. it should work. he is trying to make the informal economy formal. -90 7% ofthey got 96% those notes back, which shows you it may have been the wrong targeted form of reform there could of just putting it out there. >> we could see more consolidation and unity in india. it will be one unified taxation system. chinese inead of the recognizing nonperforming loans, which is positive. rishaad: china market next quarter. >> it will be underpinned by support and fund flows will come through, and the results have been good so far, so expect china to continue on the path it has been on. a-shows will come back too. rishaad: thank you so much indeed. coming up, singapore looking for tieups abroad despite increasing resistance to consolidation. we have the details on the way. ♪ rishaad: i am i am rishaad salamat in hong kong. haidi: i am haidi lun in sydney. the singapore stock exchange m

so the upper house wouldn't work with him, the lower house wouldn't work with him.efers being on the outside and being an antagonist of the mainstream politicians. >> steve sedgwick, thank you very much for that report. >>> coming up on the show, one day left to fill out your march madness brackets. we have some expert advice that could improve your chances in the pool. i've already done mine. >> i haven't. >> if you haven't -- >> i need this extra help. ♪ oh♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ you're unbelievab♪e ♪ you're unbelievab♪e today i am helping people everywhere do what they do... better. i work with startups like alpha modus to predict markets five times more accurately. i am helping tv networks use social data to predict what people want to watch. and i worked with marchesa to turn fan feeds into a dress that thinks. hello, my name is watson. working together, we can do things we could not do before. ( ♪ ) upstate new york is a good place to pursue your dreams. at vicarious visions, i get to be creative, work with awesome people, and we get to make great games. ( ♪ ) what i like abo

. -- thee house of lords upper house voted for amendment to protect the rights of e.u.ationals to protect the u.k. when they leave the block. approvalay wants e.u. by her own deadline of march 31. may file forkata bankruptcy after breaking off into a new company. ata and one of its key safety systems have declined to comment. its faulty products are linked the biggestring auto safety recall. global news 24 hours a day, powered by more than 2600 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i am courtney collins, this is bloomberg. of snapchat has price of the ipo at $17 a share, which is above the range. that price, a market value of $20 billion. let's look ahead to their new york a view on thursday. we have live coverage from san francisco. give us more detail. is demand going to live up to the buzz tomorrow? gothe company overprescribed for their offerings this evening. at this is a company that could see a lot of demand for its shares tomorrow. technologyirst big offering since twitter think went public. at that is a lot of demand. for the long-term, is snap g

as of tonight, theresa may has lost 2a votes in the upper house. fference and perhaps persuade the house of commons and the government to think again. things like the housing bill, we've asked the government to think again on that. on trade union legislation, on education. and indeed some of the aspects of brexit. indeed, just this evening, the lords have defeated the government again on brexit. they've passed an amendment demanding what they call "a meaningful vote" by parliament on the terms of brexit at the end of the negotiation. one of two lords amendments on the brexit bill. everyone in this house knows that we now face the most momentous peace time decision of our time. and this amendment as the noble lord has so clearly set out, secures in law the government's commitment, already made to another place, to ensure that parliament is the ultimate custodian of our national sovereignty. i am in a minority in this house because i support the views of the majority of people in this country. this house is absolutely full of people who still haven't