Story before 10am. It isa it is a must watch. And, a legal battle over the rights of parents to take their children out of school for holidays during term time reaches the highest court in the land today. Well speak to the father at the centre of the case. Hello, welcome to the programme. Were live until 11am. Throughout the morning well bring you the latest Breaking News and developing stories. And as always, really keen to hear from you. After 10am well be hearing how a Primary School in bournemouth has started allowing pupils to wear their comfy slippers in class, after Research Found it helps them to get better grades and generally improve their performance. If you work from home, you might already know thats the case. Do get in touch with your views. Use the hashtag victorialive. If you text, you will be charged at the Standard Network rate. Our top story today. Donald trump has sacked the United States top Legal Advisor after she questioned the legality of his travel ban. Acting
As the big tech firms respond to the latest Wikileaks Revelations well be getting the inside track on all the biggest tech stories of the week with our Technology Correspondent rory cellan jones. Theres a report in the times in london that fewer people are taking time off sick from work because they frightened for their jobs. We want to know whether you have hauled yourself in as sick as a dog for fear of the sack. Just use bbcbizlive. Welcome to the programme. We start in detroit in the usa where in a few hours time volkswagen is due to plead guilty to charges of fraud and Obstruction Ofjustice by cheating diesel emissions tests. The formal plea will draw a line under the us side of the scandal following a plea bargain reached in january. But its far from over. Vw has admitted 11 million vehicles worldwide had software installed to beat Regulators Checks on emissions. In some cases they were up to a0 times higher than the us legal limit. So far thats led to around 20 billion in settle
well, who is to say that something is misinformation? who is the arbiter of that? is that the bbc? are you literally asking me? you are the arbiter on twitter, because you own twitter. i m saying, who is to say? 0ne person s misinformation is another person s information. the point at which you say, this is misinformation. but you accept misinformation can be dangerous, that it can cause real world harms, that it can potentially cause. the point i make is that the bbc itself has at times published the point i m trying to make is that the bbc itself has at times published things that are false. do you agree that has occurred? i am quite sure the bbc had said things that have turned out not to be true in its 100 year history. even if you aspire to be accurate, there are times
my name is thomas naadi, and i m a bbc correspondent. i m based in ghana, my country, but myjourney starts here in lampedusa. lampedusa has long been an arrival spot for refugees seeking better opportunities in europe. i m here to meet giacomo, one of the founders museum set up for objects lost by those travelling on this route. i m hoping to use one of these objects as a lens for looking closer into the migrant s story. 0ne person s journey indicative of so many, traced through a single object lost with along the way. giacomo shows me some of the objects closest to his heart.
to write a budget that looks set to junk many of the prime minister s signature policies. on wednesday, liz truss said she was absolutely not planning public spending cuts. but listen to this. we have some very difficult decisions ahead, difficult decisions on spending, which is not going to rise as much as people hope, and i m going to be asking all government departments to find additional efficiency savings. 0ne person s efficiency savings is another person s cuts. yes. during the tory leadership contest, liz truss said the country couldn t tax its way to economic growth, but now. we are also going to have pressure on the tax side. taxes are not going to come down by as much as people hoped, and some taxes will have to go up. then there was the prime minister s pledge to boost defence spending to 3% of national income by 2030. but the defence department too is going to have to help find efficiencies. the long term ability to fund an increase in defence spending will depend on stabil