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Good morning.

From the newsroom of the Financial Times. Today is Monday, December 10th, and this is your F.T. news briefing

Today we'll be looking at new developments in the arrest of Huawei's chief financial officer,

one of the big four accounting firms opening up about sexual

harassment, and an uncertain but monumental week for Brexit.

Then we'll tell you what you can expect if Prime Minister Theresa May's Brexit deal fails in Parliament tomorrow.

I'm Eric Krupky and here's the news you need to start your day.

Stocks were heading lower in early trading this morning in Asia following developments in the arrest of Huawei's chief financial officer, Mang Wanzhou.

On Sunday, China summoned the U.S. Ambassador to Beijing.

Chinese officials are demanding that Ms. Mang's arrest warrant be canceled.

And court documents cited by a Reuters report on Monday showed Ms. Mang stating she was innocent of the allegations made by Washington.

She also asked if she could be let out on bail as she awaited an extradition hearing because

of health concerns.

According to the report, Ms. Mang says she was taken to a hospital to treat

hypertension after her arrest.

And the FT reports that accounting group Deloitte has fired about 20 UK partners over the past four years for inappropriate behavior.

That behavior includes bullying and sexual harassment.

And that's according to UK Chief Executive David Sproul.

Deloitte is the first of the big four accounting firms to publicly release the details of their dismissals for inappropriate behavior in its senior ranks.

According to Mr. Sproul, the company introduced new initiatives to combat harassment and discrimination even before the Me Too movement.

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