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World Business Report: First broadcast 2018/12/04 22:32 GMT: British PM Suffers Brexit Defeat Ahead of Key Vote

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British PM Suffers Brexit Defeat Ahead of Key Vote

First broadcast 2018/12/04 22:32 GMT

First broadcast 2018/12/04 22:32 GMT: British PM Suffers Brexit Defeat Ahead of Key Vote

BBC World Service - World Business Report, British PM Suffers Brexit Defeat Ahead of Key Vote

Theresa May begins a five day debate to sell her Brexit deal

British Prime Minister Theresa May has suffered two major defeats - just before opening five days of debate on the government's deal for the UK's withdrawal from the European Union. With widespread expectation that the deal will not pass a vote in the House of Commons, the BBC's Rob Watson explains the possible consequences. Also in the programme, the French government has backed down over new taxes on fuel, following violent protests. We look at the economic and political implications with Harriet Agnew, Paris correspondent for the Financial Times. Plus we take you to Punjab in northern India, where pesticides used by farmers have been blamed for the state's high rates of cancer.

(Picture: British Prime Minister Theresa May leaves Downing Street. Credit: Getty.)

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