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'Legally-Binding' Changes to Brexit Deal Agreed

Theresa May and European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker reveal "legally-binding" changes to the Brexit deal

Theresa May and European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker reveal "legally-binding" changes to the Brexit deal. Theresa May said the deal means the UK regains control of its laws and enables the UK to make an independent trade policy. She acknowledged that there was a clear concern in Parliament over the Northern Ireland backstop. We hear from George Parker, political editor of the Financial Times. British engineer Sir Tim Berners Lee, the man credited with inventing the World Wide Web 30 years ago has warned that it has become a space for 'those who spread hatred'. 大象传媒 technology correspondent Rory Cellan Jones tell us more. We get an update on Sunday's Ethiopian Airlines crash, in which 157 people lost their lives en route to the Kenyan capital Nairobi; Paul Charles is a former communications director for Virgin Atlantic and airline analyst at the PC Agency. President Trump has put in a record four and three quarter trillion dollar budget request to Congress. We hear from Samira Hussain, our US business correspondent. And is technology helping us work more flexibility or making things more complicated? We hear from Heather McGregor, our regular workplace contributor. Plus, throughout the programme we'll be hearing from Lucille Liu, a financial specialist from Bloomberg in Beijing and in Houston, Tony Nash chief economist at Complete Intelligence.

Photo description: British Prime Minster Theresa May and President of European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker attend a press conference at the European Commission on March 11, 2019 in Strasbourg, France.
Photo by Thomas Niedermueller/Getty Images

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