that is almost rubber—stamped by the european union aviation safety agency and the civil aviation authority would normally accept those decisions. but the caa has gone out on a limb here. it has gone out, unilaterally, to ban at the plane from offering in uk airspace, let alone taking off or landing at uk airports. they say they have done as a precaution because no one happens that it what has happened to the euro that is not ethiopian airlines. that was the second accident that happened with this aircraft of which only a few hundred are in circulation at the moment. it is a very big step but it doesn't actually affect that many aircraft because there are only a handful of them currently operating on routes in and out of the uk. 90 more in the business news throughout the afternoon but thank you very much. in a moment, we'll have all the business news, but first the headlines on bbc news. the attorney general delivers his brexit verdict, saying the legal risk remains unchanged but concedes that theresa may's last—minute agreements does "reduce the risk" of the uk being indefinitely trappe

strain the as civil aviation authority block the boeing seven three seven max across from its aspace along with singapore boeing's new model is have two fatal crashes within five months the us aviation regulator is asked boeing to modify its seven three seven eight aircraft after a crash in ethiopia killed all one hundred sixty seven people on board. well china became the first country to suspend operations of the seven three seven max eight it's being joined by over eight countries that include singapore india and ethiopia . and singapore have temporarily banned the passenger jet from their air space the seven three seven max eight will not land all take off from both of these countries a memorial service has been held in while for the ethiopian airlines crew that died on sunday the boeing seven three seven came down shortly after takeoff from the savable on its way to nairobi kenya victims came from more than thirty asians and included twenty two united nations staff monday investigators recovered two black box recorders. is that the size of the plane crash he joins us from jerry n

aviation authority has announced it will also suspend the aircraft on monday boeing's shares fell by more than five percent off to china indonesia and the theo ordered their laws to ground the croft kristen salumi has more from washington. boeing's most popular jet is now coming under scrutiny as a result of the ethiopian airlines crash it's the second deadly accident involving the seven thirty seven max eight in less than six months and similarities between these two accidents have prompted airline carriers more than a dozen of them in countries like china indonesia and mexico to ground their fleet while the investigation is going on now that's not the case here in the united states here the federal aviation administration says that the boeing plane is airworthy and that it's too soon to draw conclusions about what happened it's been working with boeing ever since the last crash the lion air crash that happened in indonesia last october it says boeing is expected to make a software update to the plane in the next month that should help with some issues but again insisting that the a

china's civil aviation authority has ordered all chinese add ons to ground their boeing seven three seven eighth's planes indefinitely citing zero tolerance for safety wrists the ban follows the crash on sunday off a seven to seven nights run by ethiopian airlines shortly after takeoff from others about old one hundred fifty seven passengers and crew including a chinese nationals were killed if you hope you know lance has also grounded its seven three seven max aircraft until further notice alan was using five of the new planes and was awaiting delivery of twenty five more. so what does all this mean for boeing now with me is special because of course how important is that model the seven three seven max for boeing it's hard to understate the importance of this plane for boeing it is a new generation of boeing's very successful seven three seven sirius which has been around for more than fifty years and is the most in widely sold plane in. the world now the max serious features a new engine design which is said to be more fuel efficient which is highly important in this day and age for ai

atheist be a civil aviation authorities now ta squid leading the prog investigators hope to find clues amid the mangled wreckage explaining how this new boeing plane could crash site fost answers to this tragedy which can't come fast enough for ethiopians they've been gathering at the crash site the shock and grief this is caused is writ large on the faces of people there. our east africa correspondent melanie corridor ball sent us this update from the kenyan capital nairobi where the plane was supposed to arrive this morning. hundreds of people gathered today outside the airport here in nairobi where the plane was supposed to arrive at ten thirty in the morning family friends and colleagues had been waiting for their loved ones and would then attended to in emergency centers at the airport there's also been an outpouring of messages of condolence on social media and you can really tell that the entire country is mourning kenya has in fact the highest number of casualties thirty two kenyans one board of the plane and now everyone here is of course asking what happened a lot of things s

the civil aviation authority said the suspension will not only affect still care, china southern airlines, garuda indonesia, shandong airlines, and thailand's lion air. the grounding will impact flight lion air. the grounding will impact flight schedules. according to travel agents, they are scrambling to rebook their clients on other flights admits there is very short notice from singapore's aviation regulator. indonesia, on monday, already ordered airlines to ground the aircraft. tainah‘s aviation regulator ordered domestic carriers to suspend flights of the model. —— china. and there are more than 90 planes operating from the mainland. ethiopian airlines and came airlines have grounded the aircraft. several north american carriers have said they are monitoring the ongoing investigation. and according to boeing's website, 16 airlines have taken delivery of the 737 max 8, including air italy and india's spicejet. including air italy and india's spice jet. in the meantime, boeing has announced some modifications of this plane. that is right. several months ago they have said that t

nigeria's civil aviation authority has a bad report card for nigeria's airports and airlines which is struggling with punctuality the n.c.a.a. says employers canceled over seven hundred flights last year and recorded delays on more than forty one thousand flights for most of the top airlines serving the country it was only a fifty fifty chance that their planes would arrive or take off on time regulate holzer reported over forty five thousand lost pieces of luggage last year though eventually most were found rolling blackouts will continue to plague south africa throughout the weekend the state utility eskom is trying to fix its troubled electric grid the planned outages are known as load shedding and have become a recurring problem for the deeply indebted utility it supplies will have ninety percent of the power in south africa the blackouts are an economic drain on africa's most industrialized nation and they present a major challenge for president obama pose that he's promised to shore up as bums finances before a national election in may. zimbabwe had a back white to black people

nigeria's civil aviation authority has a bad report card for nigeria's airports and airlines which is struggling with punctuality the n.c.a.a. says they have boards canceled of a seven hundred flights last year and recorded delays on more than forty one thousand flights for most of the top airlines serving the country it was only a fifty fifty chance that their planes would arrive or take off on time regulate holzer reported over forty five thousand lost pieces of luggage last year though eventually most were found rolling blackouts will continue to plague south africa throughout the weekend the state utility eskom is trying to fix its troubled electric grid the planned outages are known as load shedding and have become a recurring problem for the deeply indebted utility it supplies melted ninety percent of the power in south africa the blackouts are an economic drain on africa's most industrialized nation and they present a major challenge for president obama pose that he's promised to shore up as films finances before a national election in may. it had a back white thumbs to black p

civil aviation authority ‘s have even banned it from their airspace. so much pressure on the us faa to ground these aircraft as well. many already have them and are flying them. the faa already have them and are flying them. the fm is under pressure right now. politicians have come out saying they would like to ban it. there was a flight attendant ‘s union talking about granting...m your view should be ground them? we should focus on the second investigation into the ethiopian crash. we really haven't conclusively proved anything about why that was caused or if it was even related to the first accident. i think there should be caution about this right now. but it is important that we see what happens with the second crash, but then again the regulators will always try to error on the side of caution. this damage to boeing and the max, will it have an impact on their earnings going forward? will it have an impact on their earnings going forward ?m will it have an impact on their earnings going forward? it is difficult to see how that will happen. ther

eighty ip a civil aviation authorities now tosk with leading the project investigators hope to find clues amid the mangled wreckage explaining how this new boeing plane could crash site fost answers to this tragedy which can't come fast enough for ethiopians they've been gathering at the crash site the shock and grief this is caused is writ large on the faces of people then. our correspondent melanie heard the balls following the story for us in nairobi where that plane was headed says more details about the victims of yesterday's crash. details about the people from all over the world who are on board if the plane which never arrived here in nairobi are emerging according to canyon has the highest number of casualties but thirty two followed by canada with eighteen if european lost nine and italy the u.s. and china all had eight nationals on board the list of their names has been published and we're learning more about the people behind these numbers one of them for example was. he was born and raised in mombasa studied law in washington d.c. and was on his way to nairobi because the mot

can i commend the civil aviation authority for taking prompt action about the safety of the aircraft. we need to ensure all air passengers are safe. has been minister stubbornly declaring the only choice between her -- is between her deal and no deal. last night's vote finished off her deal. tonight, she is not showing leadership to with on no deal. whipped herek, she mps on ruling out no deal. how will she be voting tonight? -- standinger may: in my name. there may well be brexitotes and her strategy is in tatters. her deal has been twice rejected and is dead. she is not even asking her mps to support her on it tonight. chancellor the reassured business leaders the threat of a no deal brexit would be taken off the table. a nousiness secretary said deal brexit would be ruinous to the economy. forecastnment's suggests no deal would not 10% off the econonomy. why is the prime minister still ambivalent about the outcome? i have beener may: working for leaving thehe eu wih the deal. businesses and organizations have been clear they want mps to back the deal. businesses are worried about t

civil aviation authorities have now ordered their boeing 737 max jets grounded as well. so what you have playing out in the market right now is a generally up market with a lot of folks liking technology and internet-related stocks and balanced by the fact that there is this negativity around boeing. until there is more clarity around what's going to happen with the boeing situation that's where traders will take a liberte, egalite, fraternite of a pause in the market. it will be a driver for the dow today. >> thank you for that. i want to go to tom costello, our aviation correspondent. tom, that sounds like big news what he just reported, that the u.k. has a pretty aggressive approach to this right now. it just happened. >> we have an avalanche now of countries around the world grounding this plane, and this one is a very big announcement. the british aviation authority grounding the 737 max. they follow australia doing the same thing, china yesterday, indonesia, and a handful of other countries, plus about two dozen airliners. so we now count, before the u.k. announcem

operation of the boeing seven three seven a after the civil aviation authority will contact the u.s. federal aviation administration and boeing company to notify the shipping airlines to resume the commercial operation of the boeing seven three seven eight aircraft after confirming the relevant measures to effectively ensure flight safety the plane carrying one hundred forty nine passengers and eight crew crewmembers and bound for kenya's capital crashed in ethiopia shortly after takeoff people of thirty five different nationalities were on board including at least twenty one united nations staff members the pilots had reportedly been given permission to land after reporting he was experiencing difficulties the plane's black boxes have now been recovered from the site is the second time in five months a boeing aircraft has crashed with a lion air flies going down off the coast of indonesia last october killing all one hundred eighty nine on board we discussed the incident with aviation expert and lawyer or mother. these two creatures spoof of course the big. baseless too boring defin

aviation authority will contact the u.s. federal aviation administration and boeing company to notify the shipping airlines to resume the commercial operation of the boeing seven three seven eight aircraft after confirming the relevant measures to effectively ensure flight safety a plane carrying one hundred forty nine passengers and a crew bound for kenya's capital crashed in ethiopia shortly after takeoff people of thirty five different nationalities won board including at least twenty one united nations staff members the pilots have of portably been given permission to land after reporting here is experiencing difficulty the plane's black boxes have now been recovered from the site this is the second time in five months a boeing aircraft has crashed with a lion air flight going down off the coast of indonesia last october killing all one hundred eighty nine on board aviation expert and lawyer l. margrave says grounding the new model is necessary pending an investigation. to critias of course the big. issue to go in defini

operation of the boeing seven three seven eight aircraft the civil aviation authority will contact the u.s. federal aviation administration and boeing company to notify the shipping airlines to resume the commercial operation of the boeing seven three seven eight aircraft after confirming the relevant measures to effectively ensure flight safety or the plane carrying one hundred forty nine passengers and eight crew bound for kenya's capital crashed in ethiopia shortly after takeoff people of over thirty different nationalities were on board including at least twenty one united nations staff members a pilot had reportedly been given permission to land after reporting he was experiencing difficulties the plane's black boxes have now been recovered from the site this is the second time in five months a boeing aircraft has crashed with a line air flight going down off the coast of indonesia last october killing all one hundred eighty nine on board. or discuss the situation let's cross live to independent aviation expert lawyer elam argue more thanks for joining us so good to have you on th

the airport is now in the process of applying to the civil aviation authority for controlled airspace. the airport told the caa the current situation is tolerably safe but that it's operating in a difficult environment which has led to reportable safety events between unknown aircraft and aircraft arriving and departing to and from exeter. it also warns there have also been occasions where the prevalence of unknown traffic operating within the vicinity of the airport could easily lead to a degradation of safety margins. which sounds concerning, but the airport told us controlled airspace would add an additional layer of safety. but general aviation users in the area have a sinking feeling feeling about what airspace the airport will want. nice landing. jill and pete harmer have been gliding for 60 years between them. ——jill and pete harmer have been gliding for 80 years between them. we all want to go on holiday in a commercial aircraft so we are concerned about safety but we just want to work together. what we don't want is the grab of even more airspace that they don't really us

and the airport is now in the process of applying to the civil aviation authority for controlled airspace. the airport told the caa the current situation is tolerably safe but that it's operating in a difficult environment which has led to reportable safety events between unknown aircraft and aircraft arriving and departing to and from exeter. it also warns there have also been occasions where the prevalence of unknown traffic operating within the vicinity of the airport could easily lead to a degradation of safety margins. which sounds concerning, but the airport told us controlled airspace would add an additional layer of safety. the general aviation users in the area have a sinking feeling about just how much airspace since the airport would want. nice landing! jill and pete harmer have been gliding for 60 years between them. ——jill and pete harmer have been gliding for 80 years between them. we all want to go on holiday in a commercial aircraft so we are concerned about safety, for everybody, but we just want to work together. what we don't like is a grab of even more airspace tha

this is thought to be the first formal order cancellation of the aircraft after civil aviation authorities around the world banned it from their airspace. monica miller in singapore has more on this. possibly not coming as a surprise to boeing, but what had their reaction been? the airline spokesperson had said that garuda passengers no longer had confidence in the aircraft. however garuda said they have not ruled out changing, they could change to another type of plane. but it could also be a boeing aircraft. garuda passengers are not the only one to lose confidence in the only one to lose confidence in the 737 max eight model, after two fatal crashes, first in october last year when indonesia's lion air crashed into the sea and then that same plane model operated by ethiopian airlines killed everyone on board. boeing said it will start to include safety feature features that planes had not —— airlines had not paid for in their future planes. these planes have been grounded worldwide. the fbi has recently joined ina worldwide. the fbi has recently joined in a criminal investigation of

the airport is now in the process of applying to the civil aviation authority for controlled airspace. the airport told the caa the current situation is tolerably safe but that it s operating in a difficult environment which has led to reportable safety events between unknown aircraft and aircraft arriving and departing to and from exeter. it also warns there have also been occasions where the prevalence of unknown traffic operating within the vicinity of the airport could easily lead to a degradation of safety margins. which sounds concerning, but the airport told us controlled airspace would add an additional layer of safety. but they have a sinking feeling about what airspace they will want. nice landing. jill and pete harmer have been gliding for 60 years between them. we all want to go on holiday in a commercial aircraft so we are concerned about safety but we just want to work together. what we don't want is a grab of even more airspace that they don t really use. exeter airport first applied to caa for controlled airspace in 2017. the caa agreed it was needed but turned it down

eight the p. a civil aviation authorities now tosk with leading the progress investigators hope to find clues amid the mangled wreckage explaining how this new boeing plane could crash site fost answers to this tragedy which can't come fast enough for ethiopians they have been gathering at the crash site the shock and grief this is caused is writ large on the faces of people they. well our correspondent no a curveball joins us now from nairobi where that flight was heading now on a good morning to you details have been emerging of who was on the flight what we know this one. brian we know that people from all over the world well on this plane according to here open minds kenya has the highest number of casualties thirty two kenyans were on board followed by canada with eighteen the last nine and the u.s. italy and china all had eight nationals on board as well the list of them names has been published and of course we're learning more and more about the people behind these numbers one of them for example was hedrick. he was born and raised in mombasa he was a law student in d.c. and he

united states civil aviation authority has ordered these jets be grounded and some of the other airlines like the chinese and so on her grounded them and without a call from the labour peer lord tunnicliffe that these jets should be grounded. the transport expert. a former pilot. and of course, it raises questions. nowadays, with so many airlines, and also sony budget airlines, airlines using these planes, providing cheap flights, i had my daughters friend on the slight, i was talking to her and very often, these are work friends. she was very distressed. this raises very important questions, we live in the age we think all technology works and an airline crashes are rare but this does raise very, very serious issues. and about the ways they have tried to innovate, to get the fuel more efficient, to travel further without spending so much money, that is the doubts that have been raised. that is why this new aircraft, and it is a new aircraft, has been quite popular. because it is able to get the carbon footprint down stop but we have a former pilot and other air safety people saying we o

the civil aviation authority has declined to comment while investigations continue. eurostar and southeastern train services from st pancras station have resumed after major disruption, caused by a protester, led to trains being suspended. the man made it onto the roof, waving the flag of st george. he's since been arrested. an anti—stall system has been blamed for the fatal crash of a boeing 737 max aircraft in ethiopia this month. sources involved in the investigation say the black box shows the nose of the plane was pushed down by the system, before it crashed outside addis ababa, killing all 157 people on board. a bbc investigation has discovered rogue traders are selling tens of thousands of pounds worth of receipts and invoices in a black market trade to cheat uk taxes. the dealers — who advertise online — sell authentic documents to enable others to fraudulently claim back vat and reduce the amount of income tax they pay. colin campbell has the story. how much is here? it is ten... 10,500. 10,500? and what do you want... he wants to sell me £10,000 wort

they are now down again 2.5% thanks to donald trump and essentially the us and the civil aviation authority saying actually, we have two ground these aircraft. the astonishing thing is they didn't do it a few days ago when other countries were moving so fast. which begs again the question how great this had to be for a big american company to be delayed in that decision and also donald trump using very heavily caveat had language. there are really great company, the way that donald trump says the word really. you can't not have damage in this situation. the company is going to really suffer as a result. it's possible the problems could be corrected, the software could be corrected, the software could be corrected, the software could be sorted, the pilots could be properly trained and briefed about what to do in this scenario with the system to stop instability with the flight system to stop instability with the flight first taking of being cut out so it doesn't cause the nose to drop on the plane to plummet. even if all that happens, there are airlines who will probably say we bought this

be a civil aviation authorities now ta squid leading the project investigators hope to find clues amid the mangled wreckage explaining how this new boeing plane could crash site fost answers to this tragedy which can't come fast enough for ethiopians they have been gathering at the crash site the shock and grief this is caused is writ large on the faces of people then. our correspondent know nick heard the ball joins us now from nairobi where that flight was having known a good morning to you details have been emerging of who was on that flight what we know this one. brian we know that people from all over the world on this plane according to theo and mines kenya has the highest number of casualties thirty two kenyans were on board followed by canada with eighteen the last nine and the u.s. italy and china all had eight nationals on board as well the list of the names has been published and of course we're learning more and more about the people behind these numbers one of them for example was hedrick. he was born and raised in mumbai so he was a law student in d.c. and he was on his w

the civil aviation authority will contact the u.s. federal aviation administration and boeing company to notify the shipping airlines to resume the commercial operation of the boeing seven three seven eight aircraft after confirming the relevant measures to effectively ensure flight safety one hundred forty nine passengers and crew died when their plane crashed shortly after takeoff from anything on sunday morning people of thirty five different nationalities were on board including twenty one employees of the united nations the pilot had reportedly been given permission to land after sending a distress call. the planes voice and data recorders have now been recovered but it may take months to extract information from as the second time in five months that i'm actually to crash a lion air flight came down off the coast of indonesia last october killing all one hundred ninety nine on board aviation expert and lawyer says that grounding the new model is necessary pending an investigation. to critias tootle of course and that big. you kn

the civil aviation authority will contact the us federal aviation administration and boeing company to notify the shipping airlines to resume the commercial operation of the boeing seven three seven eight aircraft after confirming the relevant measures to effectively ensure flight safety. well this weekend saw one hundred forty nine passengers and eight crew die when their plane crashed shortly after takeoff from in ethiopia people from thirty five different nationalities were on board including twenty one employees on the united nations the pilot had reportedly been given permission to land after sending a distress call well the plane's voice and data recorders have been recovered but it may take months to extract any kind of information from them it is the second time as we say in months that. cross that line or flight came down off the coast of indonesia in october killing all one hundred eighty nine people on board well let's say get some reaction and insights on this from independent aviation consultant jerry so yeah gerri good to have you on the program. will the u.s. demands mak

wreckage has been found near addis ababa and investigators are moving in, civil aviation authority is looking into what exactly might have caused this. thank you. our africa business editor is at nairobi airport with the latest. thank you. sir cliff richard has joined a campaign demanding legal anonymity for anyone suspected of committing a sexual offence, until they're charged. the singer was named after he was accused of an offence, but never arrested or charged. our home affairs correspondent dominic casciani has this report. vindicated by the high court, sir cliff richard after he won his landmark privacy battle against the bbc last year. it's going to take me a little time to get over the whole emotional factor, and so i hope you'll forgive me. the bbc broadcast a police search of his surrey home after being falsely accused of a sexual offence. a seniorjudge said it was a serious breach of his privacy and should never have been broadcast. now he isjoining a growing campaign to protect the anonymity of some people facing police investigation. the singer says the media's reporting

the civil aviation authority will contact the us federal aviation administration and boeing company to notify the shipping airlines to resume the commercial operation of the boeing seven three seven eight aircraft after confirming the relevant measures to effectively ensure flight safety. however the us is refusing to force earline in that country to grow in their planes insisting that the model is are worthy just to recap what happened on sunday one hundred forty nine passengers and also eight crew died when their plane crashed shortly after takeoff from addis ababa in ethiopia people from thirty five different nationalities were on board including twenty one employees of the united nations the pilots had reportedly been given permission to land after sending a distress call. and some other news today on this story the plane's voice data recorders are being recovered however it may take months to extract information from them and as mentioned it is the second time in months has crossed a line or a flight came down just off the coast of indonesia and all one hundred eighty nine people

aviation authority on the european union for taking prompt action about the same. fifty of the aircraft concerned we need to ensure that all their passengers safe as they possibly can be mr speaker the prime minister's been stubbornly declaring that the only choice between her and the only choice is between her deal and no deal last night's vote finished off her deal tonight she's not even showing the leadership to whip on no deal just a few weeks ago the prime minister went to her m.p.'s against ruling out no deal so how will she be voting tonight prime minister i think if the motion is time to get my name was. i well because just because of that may well be other votes on her brakes it strategy is clearly in tatters her deal has been twice rejected and is now dead and she's not even asking our employees to support her on it tonight a couple of months ago the chancellor who is here today we'll hear from him later reassured business leaders that the threat of a no deal breaks it would be taken off the table while the business sector he said a no deal breaks it woul

atheist be a civil aviation authorities now ta squid leading the probe investigators hope to find clues amid the mangled wreckage explaining how this new boeing plane could crash site fost answers to this tragedy which can't come fast enough for ethiopians they have been gathering at the crash site the shock and grief this is caused is writ large on the faces of people the. or correspondent known occurred to ball joins us now from nairobi where that flight was heading noni good morning to you details have been emerging of who was on that flight what we know this morning. brian we know that people from all over the world on this plane according to our minds kenya has the highest number of casualties thirty two kenyans were on board followed by canada with eighteen the last nine and the u.s. italy and china all had eight nationals on board as well the list of banned names has been published and of course we're learning more and more about the people behind these numbers one of them for example was hedrick. he was born and raised in mombasa he was a law student in d.c. and he was on his wa

in business briefing we will be live to singapore for the latest news from the civil aviation authority there in singapore and the head who has been speaking in singapore with relation to that story. since the beginning of the year, one in three migrants has drowned crossing the mediterranean sea from libya to europe. that puts the death rate significantly higher than it has ever been. charities are warning that the crossing has become more dangerous since a crackdown by the italian government on humanitarian rescue ships. jean mackenzie has been to sicily where one rescue ships was being detained by authorities. this was the last rescue carried out bya this was the last rescue carried out by a humanitarian ship in the mediterranean. 47 migrants were fleeing libya on a sinking dinghy. the number of rescue boat has fallen dramatically in recent months, as italian authorities make it more difficult for them to operate. this is the main living area when they are on board. this year the see what has been working alone. on our last mission we saw 117 people died, because we were in the wrong

the fibrillation and she and authority lead the way on that for us in the country —— civil aviation authority. any of the 737 max eight, they did a full assessment taking into account the findings ofa assessment taking into account the findings of a lion air accident. the department and see a car are in close contact with the operator to ensure that the aviator is safe. the press secretary has been pressed a year earlier than planned. and the rudd appeared before the committee ahead of the chancellor spring statement later this week. she was challenged with figures from the house of commons library. freezes on benefits in 2010 mean that by next year and out of work single parent with one child will be £888 worse off and a single... a couple with two children working to divide hours a week on the minimum wage, they have seen the minimum wage increase, will still be £1845 a year worse off than they were back in 2010. that is a huge amount of money to take out of the system. the ones in work who are able to take advantage of the reduced rate are the ones able to benefit from the rise in the na

the civil aviation authority has declined to comment. eurostar services from london's st pancras station have resumed after major disruption caused by a protestor caused trains to be suspended. the man, aged 44, made it onto the roof, waving the flag of st george. he's since been arrested. palestinian protesters have gathered on the boundary between gaza and israel to mark a year since weekly demonstrations began there. the un says at least 189 palestinians and one israeli soldier have been killed between march and december last year. demonstrators are demanding the right to return to their ancestral homes in what is now israel. israel defence forces say they only open fire to stop palestinians crossing into israeli territory. a bbc investigation has discovered rogue traders are selling tens of thousands of pounds‘ worth of receipts and invoices in a black market trade to cheat uk taxes. the dealers, who advertise online, sell authentic documents to enable others to fraudulently claim back vat and reduce the amount of income tax they p

aviation authority says the pilot made a distress call reporting technical problems during the flies contact was lost the plane crashed shortly afterwards. millions of britons living in other european countries are anxiously watching the countdown to briggs it due at the end of the month lawrence lee reports now from lisbon the capital of portugal which is a favorite destination for britons one of the myths about british people in europe is that they like to live in places like portugal so they can get a round of golf in before moving on to gin by lunch time but very many more move to places like this for work we brought this group together they all have different questions they cannot get answers to me and many many other people can see it's the same concern. about health care will that continue obviously with people wanting to move between countries and this whole process. not knowing whether i'm going to be able to take people's kids between countries having started work already why business is running rental apartments and my concern is that we use a large chunk of the forty perc

aviation authorities say the pilot made a distress call reporting technical problems in the flight's contact was lost in the plane crashed shortly after. the video and the latest news at our web site take a look at al-jazeera dot com. it is good to have you with us hello adrian for the get here in doha made headlines this hour relatives who are waiting to learn the face of the passengers of an ethiopian airlines and plane that crashed have learned that there were no survivors boeing seven three seven was on its way from alice of about some nairobi but crashed six but it's up to takeoff one hundred fifty seven passengers and crew were on board kenya's transport minister says they've set up an emergency team to present just families apply rubies and. we initiated the what's. emergency response is. to basically take care of all the relatives and friends. who may be afflicted in the who. want to receive the party just upon arrival tonight will be the freight was expected to be at about ten thirty five this morning. it is teach what you don't. used to establish. to you my disinterest part

and that also at this point commit the civil aviation authority on the european union for taking prompt action about the safety of the aircraft concern. we need to ensure all air passengers are safe as they possibly can be. mr. speaker, the prime minister has been stubbornly declaring the only choice between her deal and no deal. last night vote finished off her deal. to tonight should not showing the deal. just a few weeks the prime minister with her mps against ruling out no deal. so how will she be voting tonight? >> i'll be voting for the motion standing in my name. [laughing] >> well, mr. speaker, there may well be other votes and her brexit strategy is clearly in tatters. her deal has been twice rejected and is now dead. and she's not even asking her mps to support her on it tonight. a couple of months ago the chancellor who is here today, we'll hear from them later, reassured business leaders that the threat of a new deal breaks it would be taken off the table, while the business secretary under deal brexit would be ruinous to the uk economy. indeed, the governments own forecast

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china's civil aviation authority is suspended all flights using the max 8. boeing delaying plans to unveil its huge new jetliner this week. >> and eight americans were among the 157 killed. 19 of the dead were united nations staff members. >> we don't know the cause of the accident. we will comply with all the international regulations as an airline will be fully supporting and cooperating with the investigation and we will know the exact cause. >> robyn kriel joining us live from the crash site with the latest. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. and just to shed a little bit more light on perhaps what the final moments, what those passengers and those pilots and crew members went through in their final moments, it was just six minutes after taking off from bole international airport that ethiopian airlines flight 302 crashed in this field behind me. we spoke to an eyewitness earlier today, he was collecting wood in the hills near by, he said he saw the plane flying erratically like the pilot was trying to do something. he also said that he believes th

the civil aviation authority have made great strides in looking at how an air display is run. i am speaking as not only as a pilot leading the team but also as an event organiser. we now have to do quite extensive risk assessment for a small show, for a crowd of ten people are a crowd of 10,000 or more. a risk assessment which looks into every detail of what is going to happen and what is going on. so you think safety has improved? because some people watching this will say air displays should just be banned altogether. maybe the risk is just too high to have planes flying quite low and spectators on the ground. some displays have been curtailed and have been stopped or cancelled because it is felt that the risk assessment, there is too great a risk for that particular venue. but, of course, air displays should not be cancelled. take for example the show for children in need. it flies over open countryside. risk assessment, i would biggest risk is of third parties walking onto a footpath. we have taken care of those in our management procedures. we are flying over open country

. >> uk civil aviation authorities have ordered their boeing 737 max 8 grounded as well. >>> less than two weeks remain until britain is scheduled to leave the european union. it is still unclear whether lawmakers will agree to may's strategy. >> tonight members of this house are faced with a very clear choice. >> politicians have to come together and get their act together. the general public is sick of all this procrastination. >>> 2020. all eyes are or beto o'rourke but has the delay in making an announcement making a bid for the presidency? and then you have joe biden make weighing his options. >> run joe run, run joe run. >> flattery is fine as long as you don't inhale. i look out here and it looks like my ole neighborhood, ready to take anybody on. >>> we're learning explosive new details about the largest college admissions scam prosecuted boy the department of justice ever. prosecutors say 50 people are being charged nationwide in connection with a $25 million cheating scheme designed to get students into elite universities. much of the indictment ties to william "rick" singer,

they are collecting data, keeping in contact with civil aviation authorities from all over the world as information becomes available, but for now, boeing stock is still stuck down about 5.5% at the moment. this is an intraday and it had opened down 12%. so it's come up about 4 but at the moment it stands at $398.61. the high was $445 over the past couple of weeks. >>> the trump administration taking aim at two of the financial crisis' most infamous names. fannie mae and freddie mac. these are government-sponsored entities. gses, as they are known. the white house is enlisting mark calabria to be its top gun to shake up the home lending enterprises which enabled a lot of people who didn't have the money right before the crisis to buy homes. >> still does. they are now, the government essentially owns it. we should put up a stock chart of both. these are some of the hottest stocks in the market. you wouldn't think about it, fannie mae and freddie mac being hot stocks. they are up big-time this year. they are up big-time because -- they are down today but i'm telling you, you show a on

the civil aviation authority in the uk and aviation authorities within europe had banned the 737 max eight from flying in european airspace and now the americans following suit. so the ball is back in boeing‘s court. breaking news from the united states. let‘s remind you about the vote we are confident will go ahead in westminster. the so—called malthouse compromise amendment. the government would have to seek an extension to article 50. the mechanism of the uk leaving the eu, until the 22nd of may. they would demand the government seek mutual standpoints agreements between the uk and the eu until 2021, in other words buying transition from the eu. and they are also demanding that the uk government guarantee the rights of european citizens are living in the uk. that would be the malthouse amendment and we might get someone moving the caroline spelman amendment to take no deal off the table altogether and then we will get a motion itself. andrew neil will be with you for special programme at the top of the programme at the top of the programme but lets go into the house of commo

the civil aviation authority suspends boeing 737 max aircrafts from arriving, departing orflying over uk airspace, after an ethiopian airlines plane of the same model crashed at the weekend. coming up on afternoon live all the sport. the cheltenham festival is underway, national hunt racing's showpeice four day meeting, but tomorrow's racing is under threat because of the weather. and now the weather forecast. heavy rain in london, and heavy rain in other parts of the uk, it has all been because of storm gareth which is going to bring more heavy rain but also severe gales, there is the risk of disruption in the next 24—hour is and i will have the low down later on. thanks forjoining us. stay with us this afternoon as we'll be bringing you all the latest in the run up to this evening's vote. hello, everyone — this is afternoon live — i'm simon mccoy. ata at a rather miserable westminster but it is quite warm in the building behind me. the government's most senior lawyer, the attorney—general, has said the risk of britain being stuck in the so—called irish backstop after brexi

sumwalt, the indonesian civil aviation authority has issued a preliminary report. how long did that take after the crash of lion air? >> the accident occurred, senator, on october 29th and i believe the preliminary report was issued on november 27th. so about 30 days. >> do you think we can expect a preliminary report then from ethiopia within about a month? >> i do. our investigators are very engaged with the ethiopian government. we are working very closely with them, providing assistance in the development of draft report, and we do expect it in the very near future. >> i assume you're getting all the cooperation you need from the ethiopian government? >> yes, sir, we are. >> and the indonesian government? >> absolutely. >> what do you know about the lion air crash that you don't know about the ethiopian air, at this point? >> well, i've read the lion air preliminary report that was issued in november. i will say a very ticklish issue is that there's a law, an actual law, 49usc 1114 that prohibits anyone from disclosing information concerning a foreign investiga

aviation authorities to investigate the crash. as i mentioned, the similarities between this crash and the crash of a 737 max 8 lion air back in late october off the coast of indonesia, this is some of the debris that was in the water there. that plane went down minutes after taking off the pilots and the crews, the data shows that they were fighting with the aircraft the question is whether or not the new max 8, which has anti-stall software and technology, which forces the nose of the plane down, whether or not it continued to force the nose of the plane down they have not found a cause for this accident this morning, boeing has issued a statement saying the investigation and with regards to ethiopia is in its early stages but at this point base on the information available we do not have any basis to issue new guidance to operators. that guidance, by the way, was issued back in december after the initial investigation into the lion air accident in terms of how pilots should respond when this anti-stall technology kicks in, if i

nor have other civil aviation authorities provided data that would tell us it would warrant such action. the agency went on to say, it will act quickly if it identifies any issues affecting air worthiness. but now "the new york times" reports that in november, at least two pilots raised concerns about the noses of their planes dipping after engaging auto pilot. this according to a federal government database of incident reports. one pilot wrote, quote, i reviewed in my mind our automation setup and flight profile, but can't think of any reason the aircraft would pitch nose down so aggressively. another logged this. quote, with the concerns with the max 8 nose down stuff, we both thought it was appropriate to bring it to your attention. a third pilot complained about insufficient training to fly the new jet. he warned this. the flight manual is inadequate and almost criminally insufficient. ali, that was in november. >> this is a problem that we have to talk about. more countries are getting involved in this. canada has not only stopped the operations of this plane, they said like the u.

we have obviously the safest aviation system in the world we have foreign governments, civil aviation and authorities coming no this country all the time for training, to learn how the faa does things, and so i'm not concerned immediately, but, yeah, i think that's probably a potential threat >> scott, appreciate the time very much. great information. scott brenner, former faa associate administrator and an evp at crossroads strategists. >> thanks, guys. >>> up next on the show, shares of ge bouncing back up more than 3% we'll tell you what ceo larry culp said on the call that's soothing investors this morning. plus, don't forget he will eel join jim exclusively on "mad money" tonight at 6:00 p.m. eastern you won't want to miss that. getting a quick check on where the major averages stand right now. lower across the board sort of a mini selloff after three straight up days with the s&p down.02% "squawk on the street" will be right back the latest innovation from xfinity isn't just a store. it's a save more with a new kind of wireless network store. it's a look what your wifi can do no