The ball boys in coming lead to emerson makes his first public speech to adoring crowds in harare. Now that im going to see paul and this is al jazeera naive from london also coming up. Guilty of genocide on war crimes a former bosnian serb coming back a moderate sentenced to life in jail. Wow a surprise reversal he quits just a few weeks ago but lebanons Prime Minister now says his resignation is on hold. On dramatic video emerges the moment a north korean soldier makes his escape to the south. Thank follow the mount who will become the next president of zimbabwe says the country is witnessing a new stage of democracy the former Vice President a miss and was addressing files of cheering supporters in the capital harare following the resignation of Robert Mugabe after thirty seven years in power. To do. This. Oh for you i mean foley was. The way your money this source is. Said brown not only on this from the world one. Person from a resident of the. East not. From our great. Weve all w
Talking about another shortterm deal. Train to House Minority leader nancy pelosi not mixing words on this one now she feels about the version of the tax bill. This is armageddon. This is a very big deal because there is really a very hard way to come back from this. They take us further, more deeply into debt. What can you do but raise taxes. Certainly ramping up the rhetoric that the only reason the tax bill listen at the end of the world. Adam shapiro has the latest from washington. Good morning, two issues to everyone, the senate has to do that in the next day or two. We could begin the Conference Committee by the end of this week. Then well get a vote on tax reform sometimes the week of december 18th. Thats the key issue. Money runs out on friday. Nancy pelosi, Chuck Schumer will meet with President Trump. Paul ryan, Mitch Mcconnell thursday will negotiate a compromise to keep the government running for two weeks. Heres a quote from pelosi and schumer as negotiations about republi
Field and giving it a go myself. And we have the weather. We will be starting the weekend on a cold, frosty node with plenty of sunshine and tomorrow looks cloudier, breezy, but a little bit milder. I will have all the details in 15 minutes. Good morning. First, our main story. Emergency services are expecting this weekend to be one of the busiest of the year as towns and city centres are packed with christmas revellers. Extra ambulance crews were brought in ahead of last night amid concerns that so called mad friday, the most popular day for works christmas parties, would see a surge of alcohol fuelled incidents. It is one of the busiest nights of the year for our Emergency Services, so much so that londons Ambulance Service are bringing in an extra 30 crews. Were going to be incredibly busy this weekend, and we will take lots of 999 calls to patients that have suffered the effects of alcohol. That puts a massive strain on our system. It means that we will divert ambulance resources a
In global news, business and sport. And you can be part of the conversation. Tech firm or transport company . Thats the tricky question facing europes top court today. Thejudgment has big implications for european regulation. Is it the end of the road for uber or will the company turn a corner . Let us know what you think on twitter. Just use the hashtag bbcthebriefing the biggest changes to the us tax system for 30 years are on course to become law later on wednesday. They would hand donald trump the first big legislative win of his presidency. Republicans say the reforms will boost growth and revive the economy but democrats argue it benefits americas richest and will inflate the deficit. Senators have been debating the bill, but a technicality means itll need one more vote in the lower house before its passed. Joining me now is our correspondent in washington david willis. What stage are we at with this bill . A very good question. It passed the house of representatives earlier toda
And bringing electricity to 20 Million People. Well get the inside track on one firms plans to use solar energy to power millions of homes in africa without installing expensive networks and cables. And as the work week eases into christmas, we want to know what is suitable Office Attire . Is it your Christmas Jumper . Or your glittery shoes . Let us know with pictures what youre wearing to work this week. Just use the hashtag bbc biz live. Hello and welcome to business live. Lets start in the United States because the worlds biggest economy is on the brink of its most sweeping tax changes in a generation. The Senate Passed the reforms just before 1am washington time. Congress just needs to hold one more procedural vote before President Trump can claim his first, big, legislative win. This entire package is likely to cost 1. 1; trillion over the next ten years. Most of that will be added to the National Debt which is already over 20 trillion. The biggest tax cut in the final version dr