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Governments agenda. Welcome to this bbc news special of the state opening of parliament. Im simon mccoy. The queen has laid out the conservative governments agenda for the year, following last weeks election win. There are around 30 bills. Lets have a look at some of them. Front and centre is delivering brexit by bringing the eu Withdrawal Agreement bill back to parliament to ratify the brexit deal agreed by the government in october. There will also be legislation on immigration. The government...

Losses in tech. The s p is looking at the best year, potentially here in two decades. Deirdre bolton kicks us off. She is at the New York Stock Exchange whether thedre . Thats a great question, blake. You mentioned the s p 500 is on track to havehe year since 1997. Todays red on screens doone foe year. The groups putting most pressure on the markets right now are ones that outperformed last week. Really sent stocks to all new highs for the christmas rally. They include info tech, consumer discre...

Uk and around the world on bbc world news. Welcome back. Yes, it is welcome back, just two months since welcome back, just two months since we last gathered in this very room inside the palace of westminster for the state opening of parliament. Back on the 14th october Boris Johnsons government with no parliamentary majority put forward, lets say, a rather thin programme. Today, the queen will present a legislative programme from the conservative government with a big majority in the house of co...

Coming up on afternoon live, all the sport with katie shanahan. It is understood the Mikael Arteta has said his goodbye to staff at Manchester City ahead of expectations that he will be revealed tomorrow as the new man in charge of arsenal. Thanks, katie. And chris fawkes has all the weather. It has been a wet start to december gcioss it has been a wet start to december across parts of southern england and we have two batches of heavy rain on the wane. We could see localised flooding not just ac...

Wall street is poised for a higher open. The historic impeachment of President Trump. Secretary mnuchin will join us exclusively in the next hour. We will discuss the postimpeachment economic agenda between now and the election the house readying that vote on the usmca, an important trade agreement. Plus, chips are continuing to outperform the rally the ceo will join us in squawk ali and iac is spinning off an online match group, all of it, shares are climbing ahead of bell now you, we begin, of...

Joe t. i know. If it wasnt for you, wed all be up the [bleep] creek without a paddle. Lemonis i may have to cut my losses. Ive had enough. My name is marcus lemonis, and i risk my own money to save struggling businesses. Were not gonna wake up every morning wondering if we have a job. Were gonna wake up every morning wondering how many jobs we have to do. Its not always pretty. Everythings gonna change. Everything. But i do it to save jobs and i do it to make money. This. Lets go to work. Is the...

The city council at age 26, the youngest in that citys history and became mayor at 35 and the youngest mayor of a top 50 city in the United States. In 2012, he gave the keynote at the Democratic National convention, the same speech that put barack obama on the national map eight years earlier, and in 2014, president obama asked him to serve as secretary of housing and urban development, a department with a 48 billion budget and 8,000 employees that worked to expand housing opportunities for amer...

Not to say were on fire ten times this morning, but i need new words for all of this, the dow is up 95 in the premarket. You had a historic day on wall street, all three major averages hit record highs last night. The nasdaq marked a milestone, closing above 9,000 for the First Time Ever on the nasdaq. Jack, your reaction to what youre seeing . If youre a Football Team youre playing good special teams, offense and defense right now. The market is really on fire. And its incredible to see. When i...

Remember and honor those soldier photographers who, through their images, or a witness to the postwar destruction in a world forever changed. I would like to welcome lee reynolds, the Strategic Communications officer for the center of military history. He retired at there of colonel with more than 35 years of service. Deployedeynolds was three times. He commanded the forces network in baghdad. He was the chief of Media Operations and senior spokesman for detention operations at guantanamo. Profe...

Protesters tried to vandalize the chinese flag. Shery the bank of america boss is optimistic going into 2020 but warns Overleveraged Companies pose a worrying threat. The markets coming online. Sophie . Losses for sydney stocks after a decline for the asx. Bonds rising above 130 basis points, climbing to a july 23 hi. Nikkei futures slightly higher this morning. The kospi potentially building on gains after posting a high on friday amid signs of overheating for the index. We will watch for korea...