america analysis and our north america recommendations. he is committed to the idea that it is a win-win-win and that the relationship -- the economic relationship among our partners has been positive for our country. so in analyzing this problem, we did -- we did two kind of data-driven things and one more policy-driven thing. the first data-driven thing was our competitiveness score card. you can find it on our website, bush center.org/score card. and it is an amalgamation of four databases of economic competitiveness, openness, ease of doing business or freedom. specifically the world economic forums, the world banks, ease of doing business index. the world -- the wall street journal heritage foundation's economic freedom index and compiled by an organization in canada called the frasier institute, which takes a slightly more individual liberty focused look at economic freedom. and we took those four databases and we combined them into a single normalized database and we sliced those criteria according to our own groupings, business env

and how does north america better compete with the rest of the world. those are really the two strategic questions. everything else i think is tactics and politics and, you know, sort of appealing to the political circumstances in individual countries. i think we should be working on bilateral agreements with mexico on immigration. we should be working on bilateral agreements and trilateral agreements on border security. i had the opportunity to work on a major study that we did to come up with a bilateral agreement for low-skilled workers from mexico. because right now low-skilled workers have to go to a black market. so we're essentially just outsourcing the labor that our companies need to a black market. why not negotiate some kind of an agreement? those are the things that i think are possible. those are the things that i think we should be focused on if we have the right attitude. and not this idea that we're going to win and they're going to lose or we're going to show them or, you know, we're going to put our foot down. we know from history -- a

the most economically valuable possession in north america. we can see the effects of this structure on society. in doing so it captures the nature of this empire. what you see in this slide is capturing both tobacco output and prices over the course of the 17th century. this line right here is prices. the price of tobacco. this is the farm gate price, the price of tobacco in the chesapeake. this is the changing in price that i would pay for. you can see we talked about earlier, you have this long-term downward change in prices with those intervening fluctuations. the other is the output of tobacco. the two red lines come in two red towers, these mark the warfare i was talking about. you can see here that this incredible growth in output, by the time we get to this, it flattens out. a lot of historians have interpreted this as more or less a stagnation in the growth of the chesapeake colonies, which led to an economic depression in virginia and maryland. i would argue this represents the institution of a convoy and embargo regime. which is ado

,or more on what we can expect president of rolls-royce north america. thank you for joining us. >> my pleasure. vonnie: what can we expect next? >> we just introduce this car last year. the first units will be delivered in december. it represents a departure for rolls-royce. it is designed to track younger it is more say is self it is the aggressive rolls-royce that will attract the younger customer. were looking at pictures. previous one was fenton so i guess the appeal is to those who are inconspicuous consumption. how much do they start at? atbreak typically start $325,000. by the time you are done, it will be slightly under $400,000. pedro, i want to ask about political risk to rolls-royce. in a calendar full of clinical risk such as brexit and various elections around europe, does that the tract from possible sales or not? -- thetract >> as soon as donald trump was like it, we saw very strong sales in december so we are doing very well in north america. there are political risks mostly in the middle east and we see in othertical risks parts of the

around 50 million people across north—east america are facing the worst snowstorms of the season. thousands of flights and trains have been cancelled, and several regions have declared a state of emergency. an independent congressional report has found president trump's planned changes to the health insurance law known as obamacare would reduce federal deficits, but leave an extra 1a million americans uninsured next year. now for the latest financial news, with sally bundock and world business report. free to fire the brexit starting gun, but how prepared is the uk economy, and what about scotland? the waiting game. toshiba shares plunge in tokyo, as it delays its results announcement for a second time. welcome to world business report, i'm sally bundock. also in the programme: a smart jacket, and we are talking the latest technology, not style. dave lee tries it on. but first: the uk parliament has approved legislation giving prime minister theresa may the power to begin formal divorce talks with the european union. however, she won't do that immediately, as some had thought, but

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 will be keen to keep their domestic car industries ticking over. christian stadler is a professor of strategic management at warwick business school, and specialises in the car industry. good morning. given what i havejust said, why is there such a gulf between the profit margin in north america and that seen in europe? two factors. labour cost is higher in europe and there is still quite capacity in the european market which keeps down margins. the issue of currency has played a big part, certainly since the referendum in the uk? certainly for general motors, this was one of the reasons that they state why they did not turn up profit in the european operations and it drove

north america can be the most competitive region in the world. we can be an unparalleled manufacturing powerhouse. that is what we want to build. and create good jobs in mexico, the u.s., canada. that is the opportunity we have in front of us and that is what we will seize. betty: that was mexican former secretary luis videgaray speaking to our correspondent. let's bring a live shot where chinese premier li keqiang will be holding a joint news conference with australian prime minister malcolm turnbull. they will have a signing ceremony and then beholding this joint news conference and answering plenty of questions from the press. headss before premier li to sydney. the first major market opens, moments away. shery: let's bring in david ingles to tell us what we should be watching at the opening in tokyo and south korea. it looks like it could be a quiet day, but i am not quite sure. david: first off, relax, i am here. no need to -- betty: fight over you? david: it is friday. these are the stocks we are watching closely. digital arts raised its re

the jcc association of north america has sent a letter to attorney general jeff sessions expressioning frustration and insisting that -- expressing frustration and asking eff sessions for help. >>> collaboration of the 8 jewish congregations in the country. representatives of many faiths joined them in support. >> more breaking news, republicans in the house have made the first step of repealing and replacing the affordable care act passing a bill that would end the tax penalty for americans who do not have health insurance,. >> reporter: lawmakers on capitol hill have been working overnight on healthcare as democrat it is and republicans tear into the obama care replacement bill. pizza delivers kept members fueled up for the continuous hours of debate that lasted through the wee hours. as democrats tried various stalling tactics debating the name of the bill. >> it's going up for everyone a lot more. republican supporters are trying to push the bill quickly. >> we're on a mission to repeal and replace obama care a rescue mission to save families and patients across the country. aarp a

it is a great day for american jobs and a historic moment for north america. this announcement is part of a new america of energy policy to lower costs for american families significantly reduce our dependence on foreign oil to create thousands of jobs right here in america also is safer to have the pipeline and use other forms of transportation. uncompleted it will span 900 miles and have the capacity to deliver a hundred thousand barrels of oil per day to the gulf coast refineries. this $8 billion investment of american energy was delayed so long it demonstrates how our government has failed this citizens and companies. today we begin to make things right. we take one more step to put the economic security of economic citizens first and put america first. with the keystone xl pipeline moves forward this is the first of infrastructure projects my administration will approve we have already working on big ones to put americans back to work and grow the economy to rebuild the nation russes day heidi respected me and in the energy world president of transcanada

america. the british had a strange idea that maybe the colonists ought to pay for some of the defenses they were providing against the french and other people who have interests in north america. at any rate, the crown was furious. and as a result, they passed, the parliament passed, a number of coercive acts to force the americans to get in line and quit protesting. as a result of that, the colonists decided that maybe they should have a congress and talk about what action they should take to these coercive acts. so the 13 colonies appointed, well, 12 of the 13 colonies, appointed representatives to meet in the largest and most sophisticated city in north america, philadelphia. and they, the various colonies sent a few men to meet together, most of whom had never met each other. and, of course, in the 18th century, each colony was really a separate organization with its allegiance to the crown. so, there was not any sort of national unity to speak of. and when the delegates came, everyone sai

a very warm welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to our viewers in north america and around the globe. my name's mike embley — our top stories: the head of the fbi says he can find no evidence barack obama put donald trump under surveillance —— but confirms the agency is investigating russian interference in the election, and any possible ties to the trump campaign. that includes investigating the nature of any links between individuals associated with the trump campaign and the russian government. the corruption scandal that led to her impeachment. under the spotlight — france's five main presidential candidates clash over policing, crime and immigration. as major companies cancel contracts — google‘s european chief apologises the head of the fbi has confirmed, for the first time, that his agency is investigating whether—some ,,, team colluded with the—russian of criminal charges right to the door of the white house. james comeyalso told the hearing. l. . ;, ,.',';,il.,“'. l ' liz: ell—f. ql::.%:. z..:'%'£';e;:.e'££ - this from our north. america ,, w l. . , l t

all, we look at north america as strategic on our global strategy. we have been there more than 30 years. personally, 14 years. it is like a second home for sabic. and there is a delusion we need to leverage and be a local and active producer in north america. our view long-term is positive. u.s. is the number one global economy so we cannot afford to not be there. steve: i heard algeria is possibly a place you are looking? a very clearve growth strategy we need to accelerate. we need to strengthen our global positions. we look at all options, all .nvestment ande looking at all options algeria is one of them. steve: how challenging of an environment will it be this year for your company? was downgraded. in the finances of the government are in question, which could be helped by the rise in oil price. you as a plastics maker, petrochemical, with rather have a lower oil price, i assume? yousef: it is not necessarily that they would be better for us. higher oil prices are sometimes better for us. let me say something. we are a long-term producer. we loo

comparable said store sales in north america fell by 7%. and oil,f stocks treasuries still continue this yields are up 21 basis points over the past couple of weeks and now the ninth straight session. at the 10e a look year yield versus the s&p 500 seeings yield, we are essentially that treasuries are looking cheap versus stocks on that particular basis. mark: we are off of the highs of the day after a less dovish mario draghi held court. this is an intraday stoxx 600 chart which is when the news conference began. these are the industry groups led by banks with yield rising in germany and declining in the periphery. stocks are up for the second consecutive day having been negative when mario draghi kicked off today. he raised gdp forecast for this year and next year and raising inflation forecast for this year and next year. the risk to the economic outlook remained tilted to the downside. just theto the out economic outlook was less dovish. the euro started moving up by about half of 1% today rising for the first day in for. there is a bel

live. >> that is. >> rose: north america 2016. >> that is live and in person. some of my favorite records james brown live at the apollo. >> rose: oh yeah, me too. >> marvin gaye, live in london, stevie ray vaughn. >> rose: you can feel the audience, as much as the performance. >> right. and i feel like that's really a place for me on stage. i feel comfortable. >> rose: but touring is where the money is today too. >> touring is it. touring is it. we stay touring. >> but that's true. it really has come to that, hasn't it? >> yeah. it's an interesting record business. and that's part of why i'm so depend ent on playing live, why have i been so focused on that. you never know, i feel like people always want to come and see and hear live music. >> rose: i'm sure they do. how many gigs do you do a year? >> you know, that's a good question. i think maybe we are doing maybe, not so much this year, i was getting to a point where i was, you know, couldn't remember what day it was or where i was. i need to go home for a second. >> rose: yeah. it's terrible when you say h

even better, the company's same-store sales grew at a fabulous 12.2% clip in north america. even if the international numbers were up, but just 4.3%. don't these cheesy sticks look burnt? let me just point that out. best of all, while domino's doesn't provide short term, quarterly or annual guidance, the company raised its long term outlook. they're forecasting 3% to 6% same-store sales growth, up from 2% to 5% last year, along with 6% to 8% new unit growth and 8% to 12% global retail sales. that's up from 7% to 11% last year. in short, there's really no interruption to the bull thesis of empowering domino's with the international numbers being the only real fly in the ointment. unlike papa john's, they didn't fret about the nfl or the weather. the nfl didn't come up. i mean, you know, it didn't even come up. in order to make it sound like they're in under some sort of siege and a vicious price war. when domino's talks about promotions, it used data mining to figure out how to reel in more customers. domino's is doing just fine. although the stock didn't move up much after t

what is going on in north america is. that north—eastern storm dumping snow inland, away from the immediate east coast in the north east of the usa. the jet stream becoming coast in the north east of the usa. thejet stream becoming more powerful as the cold air comes out of north america this week, that means that the jet stream becomes much more active and will affect our weather towards the end of next week. high pressure going into wednesday. we have scenes like this today, near york, plenty wednesday. we have scenes like this today, nearyork, plenty of wednesday. we have scenes like this today, near york, plenty of sunshine with blossoms doing well. in northern ireland, another lovely day. inter to light, northern ireland, another lovely day. interto light, under clearer skies, parts of northern britain, there will be a touch of frost for some of those. a bit damp and drizzly, strong winds in northern scotland, showers becoming confined to the northern isles. a mild night further south with plenty of cloud. the clou

they have several california from this area, there is an influence from north america in this area. donna reed party and they were a part of a tragedy up in the sierra. that heard some theye gruesome tragedies, settle here in san jose. because he was a survivor of the a well-knownhe was name at the time. as california discussed statehood, he had a prominent voice here. he promoted san jose to be the capital of california. they were able to look in the first capital of the state of california in san jose. under the promise that james reed would build a state calls -- statehouse for the first meeting of the legislature. for those who came here in 1849 it is raining and i continued to rain. was as as first acts legislature to start the motion to move the capital to another location. two years later, the capital that went upn jose further north. rain has played an important part of our history here. first they washed out the original site of the city. also washed out san jose being the capital of california. other cities to her recently traveled to san jose, california, to learn about i

our north america editor jon sopel reports. marine one touching down on the navy's newest aircraft carrier, and the president feeling the full downdraught of the latest setback to buffet his administration. his attorney general, jeff sessions, facing charges that he lied under oath during his confirmation hearings over his contacts with the russians. but the president is standing by him. reporter: mr president, do you still have confidence in the attorney general? total. reporter: when were you aware that he spoke to the russian ambassador? i wasn't aware at all. what's emerged is that then—senator sessions met the russian ambassador at the republican convention injuly. he met him again in september. but at his confirmation hearing this january, he denied any contact with the russians. if there is any evidence that anyone affiliated with the trump campaign communicated with the russian government in the course of this campaign, what will you do? senator franken, i'm not aware of any of those activities. i have been called a s

part of your size is a global expansion, two thirds from north america. what markets beyond north america look most enticing? dani: we are well recognized in 36 countries. the u.s. is a big market for us. europe, we have lots of runway . where we started building the brand was in europe from a consumer point of view. china is a huge opportunity for us we are excited about. david: you are looking at a push into retail. you have a store in toronto and new york. . you're looking to get more in 2018. where should we expect a canada goose store? performing well. we are excited about them. it is part of our strategy. the bestpen stores in and biggest and most vibrant cities in the world, north america and europe. maybe paris? -- david: we have not announced when they are opening next, but certainly those types of markets where our customers are and where our fans live. david: you are making this push at a time largely when retailers are under siege. way?re you going that dani: consumer extension is important to us as a direct relationship to our customers, espe

our north america correspondent nick bryant reports from new york. voiceover: now, on a special edition of this week with george stephanopoulos... on the sunday talk shows this morning, one main topic of discussion... ...from president trump, claiming the trump campaign was wire—tapped by president obama. in his extraordinary twitter tirade, donald trump accused his predecessor barack obama of being a sick and bad guy, who ordered wire—taps at trump tower, in a watergate—style conspiracy. and this morning the white house issued a statement asking that as part of their investigation into russian activity, the congressional intelligence committees exercise their oversight authority to determine whether executive branch investigative powers were abused in 2016. but the white house has produced no evidence to back up the president's claims, and seems to be hoping these congressional committees will come up with some. let's get the truth here, let's find out. i think the bigger story isn't who reported it, but is it true? and i think the american pe

welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe. my name's gavin grey. our top stories: china's annual parliamentary session opens in the great hall of the people, with the communist party leadership setting out its priorities for the coming year. barack obama rejects claims from president trump that he ordered the tapping of his phones during the us election campaign. the french presidential candidate, francois fillon, urges his supporters not to give in amid calls from some within his own party to stand down. north korea's ambassador to malaysia is expelled for criticising the investigation into the murder of the half—brother of north korea's leader. plus — argentina's football stadiums fall silent — as players go on strike over unpaid wages. china's premier says his country's growth target will be reduced to six point five pecent and that policy makers will focus on reducing pollution with major reforms involving its steel and coal companies. -- 6.5%. premier li keqiang was speaking to more than 3,000 chinese lawmakers at t

a very warm welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to our viewers in north america and around the globe. my name's mike embley. our top stories: south korea in ferment as the country awaits the impeachment verdict on the country's president. more american states join the legal action against president trump's new immigration ban on six mainly muslim countries. the man in charge of protecting america's environment says he doesn't believe human activity is causing climate change. and freed as a result of a bbc investigation, but what happened next to the chimpanzee stolen by animal traffickers? hello. as we go on air, south korea's president, already impeached, is about to find out whether she will be permanently removed from office. the constitutional court is publishing its decision now. the reading has begun. park geun—hye is embroiled in a corruption scandal, accused of soliciting bribes and allowing a close friend to profit from her connections with the presidency. if ms park is dismissed, there'll be a presidential election in south korea within 60 days. but the court could decide

welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe. i'm reged ahmad. our top stories: brexit begins. britain's prime minister signs the letter kick—starting the uk's departure from the european union. president trump scraps us plans to combat climate change. critics say it threatens the paris agreement and puts the planet at risk. deepening concerns for civilians in western mosul. we report on the thousands of people caught in the conflict. and more tensions between turkey and europe following claims the turkish secret service spied on turks living in germany. the british prime minister, theresa may, has signed the letter to the european union that will trigger the process by which britain will leave the eu. it will be handed to the president of the european council on wednesday. mrs may said she was determined to use brexit as an opportunity to build a global britain, with new trade alliances across the world. our political editor laura kuenssberg reports. nine months of careful assembly, plenty of preparation, and attention to deta

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here's our north america editorjon sopel. bagpipes playing. saint patrick's day is being celebrated in washington but donald trump does not seem to be enjoying the luck of the irish as his problems pile up. remember his claim in a series of tweets that barack obama had tapped his phone and that his predecessor was "sick and bad"? well, last night, the president gave an interview in which he stood by the claim. "wire—tap" covers a lot of different things. i think you're going to find some very interesting items coming to the forefront over the next two weeks. but today, the senate intelligence committee flatly contradicted him... at a tetchy white house briefing, the president's spokesman said mr trump continued to stand by the claim, even suggesting that british intelligence could have been involved. but again no evidence was offered. reporter: despite the fact that the senate intelligence committee says they see no indication it happened... no, first of all, he stands by it but, again, you are mischaracterising there maybe similar battles t

i think north america is the goal. scarlet: i am a member of staples because i buy school supplies or my kids. i can't emails all the time about this being slashed by 50%. it is a very promotional environment. what does the market look like going out? >> they remain under pressure, especially on the retail side of the business. that is why they are going beyond office supplies to adjacent places like programs. needore services -- if you to print something. scarlet: i needed to laminate something once. they charged me an arm and a leg. joe: my printer is always broken. player,les be an online where is that unrealistic? >> that is not realistic for a huge legacy retailer. they will want to keep some channels open. scarlet: that is good because i like going to staples to buy school supplies. thank you so much. coming up, what you need to know to gear up for tomorrow's trading day. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ scarlet: no shortage of news today. data 8:30tes its cpi tonight. joe: i will be looking at the ecb decision with th

welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe. my name is ben bland. our top stories: north korea test fires four ballistic missiles. three land in the sea nearjapan, and tokyo calls them a grave threat. tap or no tap? a former us intelligence chief denies president trump's claim that his phones were tapped during the election campaign. heavy clashes between iraqi government forces and so—called islamic state militants in western mosul force tens of thousands of people to flee the city. solidarity through fashion — india and pakistan come together on the catwalk in a special london showcase. north korea's neighbours say pyongyang has fired several missiles into sea of japan. the south korean military said the projectiles were launched from a missile base near the border with china, and had flown about a thousand kilometres. the japanese prime minister, shinzo abe, said four ballistic missiles had been launched, three of them landing in waters in tokyo's exclusive economic zone. mr abe said this clearly demonstrated evidence of

welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe. my name is lebo diseko. a humiliating defeat for president trump as he withdraws his healthcare bill. i have been saying for the last 1.5 yea rs i have been saying for the last 1.5 years that the best thing we can do, politically speaking, is that obama can explode. it is exploding right 110w. a lone wolf or did he have help? british police investigate what motivated the westminster attacker. marine goes to moscow — france's far—right presidential hopeful marine le pen meets vladimir putin in the kremlin. and find out who was the schmuck that landed on the taxiway — president trump's withdrawn his healthcare bill — before congress got a chance to vote on it — after it became clear he didn't have enough support for it to pass. our north america editor jon sopel has more. mr vice president, do you have the vote? a day of truly frantic meetings and phone calls, as the vice president, mike pence, went to the hill to try to secure the votes needed to pass health care reform — t

here's our north america correspondent nick bryant in washington. it is one of those moments in the trump administration that comes as no surprise. scott pruitt is a well—known climate change sceptic. it is precisely why he got the job. it has been a jawdropping moment to hear the head of the environment protection agency say he is unconvinced that carbon dioxide is a primary contributor to global warming. that flies in the face of mainstream science and has been slammed by environmental groups. it also contradicts his very own agency's website. this does have policy implications. any day now we are expecting an executive order from donald trump which would roll back many of barack 0bama's environmental regulations. there is also a fierce debate in the trump administration about whether or not to withdraw from the paris accord, that landmark achievement. people like scott pruitt, he says it is a bad deal. others like ivanka trump, the daughter of donald trump, and rex tillerson, they say america should stay in it. it is a measure of how much thing

jon sopel, north america editor. a reminder newsnight is coming up on bbc two. here is evan davis. d tonight the reaction to the argument in the us over the attorney general. as it is a world book day we have right and illustrator raymond briggs. join me now on bbc two. here on bbc one it is time for the news where you are. have a good night. hello, you're watching bbc news. i'm olly foster at the bbc sport centre, these are our headlines tonight. no comment from sir bradley wiggins on a day that british cycling admits to more failings. andy murray says he's never experienced anything like it. seven match points saved in a half hour tie break as be scrapes into the dubai semi—finals. and hear the tigers roar. they have thrashed the rhinos tonight to stay top of the super league. good evening, what a terrible few days it's been for british cycling. today they apologised for ‘failings' at the conclusion of the review into a culture of bullying and discrimination at the organisation. they have promised to implement a 39 step action plan to improve athlete and staff welfare. yester

they had a lot more competition in north america. oliver: you have to look through the stronger dollar situation for them? >> it has been up for a while. there are fundamental issues with the company as well. oliver: investors are looking at the stock pretty favorably. i'm looking at technical measures, 50, 100, 200 day moving averages. there's something here that investors very much like. even how investors are viewing the company and where they will see growth -- it looks like they are on a rally -- the company has grown a bit? >> take a look at the last 18 months, nike for many years were the only player in this category. in the last 18 months, we had two companies, under armour and adidas taking chair from nike. -- share from the key. investors are getting more confident about my keep pushing nikeation forward -- pushing innovation forward. that might explain some of the optimism. scarlet: when concerned people have is inventory as well. a lot of brick-and-mortar apparel goods companies like sports authority struggling. what does

we do joint risk management and targeting for cargo approaching north america or departing from north america. i think i will stop there. but we have a long list of things that we have been doing in the last 25 years that shows how these strong cooperations li limits in trade cooperation and facility. i would finish by saying that what we have been doing is a north american customs customs . you put these pieces together at the end of the day what we're conducting is a north american customs platform and that's why we believe we should preserve that and expand that corporation because we both win by having these data exchange risk analysis together and with facilitating trade and improving security in all of our projects. that's what we've been doing. i'll stop right there. >> thanks san jo. >> i'm hoping to shoot the gap between both presentations. i want to -- but to do that i want to take a step back. i realize for people who have been following mexico the narrative i'm going to talk through is not surprising, but it's important to set the stage for what's happened in the last deca

it will allow the company to focus on the two markets where it is very strong, north america and china and allow it, the it up to invest more in things like autonomous vehicles and other future technologies. do think the future lies in america? president trump has made it clear that he wants us carmakers to locate the factories in the us? it is hard to know how things will shake up with the administration. there has been lots of talks with car—makers to make sure that cars destined for the us market should be made there. there's been a lot of talk about that, announcements of jobs. these tend to have been a long time in the planning so the actual impact is too soon to tell on the industry. there are other things, the talk of deregulation will benefit the car industry, there's lots of speculation that fuel mileage standards may be reduced, that would make it easy for the car—makers. at the same time, they are investing in all of this technology to produce cleaner cars, electric vehicles or other forms of transport, so, it is hard to tell. north america and china, certainly the two k

welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe. i'm ben bland. our top stories: north korea test—fires four ballistic missiles. as three land in the sea nearjapan, tokyo calls them a grave threat. tap or no tap — a former us intelligence chief denies president trump's claim that his phones were tapped during the election campaign. heavy clashes between iraqi government forces and so—called islamic state militants in western mosul force tens of thousands of people to flee the city. is solidarity through fashion. india and pakistan come together on the catwalk, in a special london showcase.

america editorjon sopel. tell us a little more about what the white house has been saying? the president was quick to get on the phone to theresa may to express solidarity and condolences and say that america would do everything it could to bring those responsible to justice. those comments have been echoed by other political leaders in other government departments. one thing that hasn't happened is that we haven't seen the president seeking to politicise the attack in the way that he did after the brussels attack and the belgian attacks, saying how itjustified the strict measures against radical islam, as the president refers to it. but at the same time as the president was talking to theresa may, a summit was getting under way with 68 foreign leaders in the fight against so—called islamic state, britain being represented by boris johnson, the foreign secretary. this is donald trump's number one foreign policy priority. he is determined to say, ourjob is to destroy islamic state. with no holds barred, we m

in africa and latin america and of course china and southeast asia as well. north america. we're looking at all options and algeria as well. >> how challenging will it be for your company? on the one hand saudi arabia was downgraded by fitch. there is the finances of the government in question. that could be helped by a rise in the oil price. petrochemical, you would rather have a lower oil price. >> it is not necessarily lower oil price will be good for us. we are a long-term producer. we look at the long term. it is going to strengthen our future financial positions. us. reflects on from our side we look at this as an investment where sometimes challenges as a business community to leverage it. and 16.better than 15 yousef: >> -- >> already see oil prices? sabic is what it is paired we need to focus on our internal challenges. the crude oil price is the real estate. we have looked the last six months and it is stabilized. >> is there a chance for the prices to go down on a global basis? >> it is a government issue. we look at the global, how is it going to be reflected in

a warm welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to our viewers in north america and around the globe. i'm reged ahmad. our top stories. brexit begins. britain's prime minister signs the letter kick—starting the uk's departure from the european union. president trump scraps us plans to combat climate change. critics say it threatens the paris agreement and puts the planet at risk. deepening concerns for civilians in western mosul. we report on the thousands of people caught in the conflict. and celebrations in london as a royal marine, convicted of shooting dead a wounded taliban fighter, is told he'll be freed early.

it would mean less effective production and less efficient production in north america, which would be a huge windfall to china-led asia. it would create an immense -- opportunity for china by reducing the ties between mexico and the united states. indeed, it is possible to imagine that if the united a hostilee to stay on path to mexico, mexico could find itself with the government chaveztradition of hugo in venezuela and china put $65 million behind that government. we are putting at risk the creation of a major chinese beach head in our region on the trajectory we are following if we really were to abrogate nafta . we need to find pragmatic solutions on both sides. look, eric was negotiated 22 years ago. a lot has changed. ,e need new regimes on digital those issues didn't exist 22 years ago. we have learned about the importance of labor standards to protect workers in trade agreements. those should be an enhanced part of the nafta mechanism. we need to do more to prevent uncontrolled devaluation of the mexican peso, something that ironically has been set off in recent months by u.s.