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withdraw a controversial initiative to strip an independent ethics committee of its powers. and, going full circle. how vinyl is making a comeback, hitting a 25 year high. the uk s most senior diplomat to the european union has quit, just weeks after warning it could take a decade to reach a trade deal with the european union following brexit. sir ivan rogers resignation comes less than three months before the government expects to start formal talks on leaving the eu. his comments put him at the centre of a political row, with leave campaigners accusing him of being unduly pessimistic on brexit, while others argue he was simply reporting the mood in brussels. here s our political correspondent carole walker. voiceover: behind the darkened windows, at the prime minister s side, as she arrived at last month s eu summit, sir ivan rogers tried to keep a low profile. but his warning that it could take the uk ten years to get a new eu trade deal overshadowed what was alread ....
welcome to hardtalk, i m stephen sackur. after six years of terrible bloodshed, could 2017 dramatically shift the dynamic of the syria conflict? change is in the air. aleppo has fallen to the assad regime and a ceasefire deal brokered by russia and turkey is just about folding. moscow s dominant role in the diplomatic endgame is now undisputed with ankara playing a pivotal role as well. my guest is bassma kodmani of the negotiating team of the syrian opposition. is it time for the moderate rebels to accept their de facto defeat? bassma kodmani in paris, welcome to hardtalk. hello, stephen, thank you. it s a pleasure to have you on the programme. let me start with a question that comes directly from the new year. do you see 2017 bringing with it better prospects for an end to the conflict in syria then we have seen at any time in the previous, almost, six years? i do, carefully optimistic, but i do. i do hope and we are working towards making 2017 the end of the disaster ....
the boss of sony tells us why goods and information must keep flowing freely. but first, american intelligence chiefs have given their most explicit warning yet about the threat, as they see it, from russian cyber attacks to the united states and beyond. they say there s no doubt russia tried to interfere with the us presidential election, although they ve stopped short of calling it an act of war. they will brief donald trump later on friday. the president elect is unconvinced, so far, about moscow s involvement and the kremlin denies it. dan johnson reports. the three wise men of us intelligence. together in their belief that russian hacking interfered with the presidential election, intending to help donald trump win. the hacking was only one pa rt trump win. the hacking was only one part of it, and it also entailed classical propaganda, disinformation, fake news. but in the last few our president elect has again questioned theirjudgement. it s the latest in a long l ....
with aaron and world business report. never mind those exploding phones! samsung s on track for its best profit in years and pledges to put the galaxy note 7 debacle behind it. plus, technology, trade and trump. the boss of sony tells us why goods and information must keep flowing freely. welcome to world business report. i m aaron heslehurst. also coming up, mr trump locks horns with toyota over plans to build a new car plant in mexico. but first we start with samsung. in the last few hours south korean tech giant has said it s on track for the best quarterly profits in more than three years. it s a major boost for the company after the exploding smartphone scandal that put a serious dent in its reputation. let s give you the numbers. in the three months to the end of december, samsung is forecasting profits of $7.8 billion. that s up by half on the same period last year, much better than expected and the best quarter since mid 2013. that might come as a surprise as we ....
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