Lovely to have you with us. We start with football, where its been confirmed that euro 2028 will be hosted by the uk and ireland. The five nation bid ran unopposed and european footballs governing body, uefa, confirmed the selection on tuesday morning. That was in switzerland. Wembley is set to host the final with cardiffs Principality Stadium likely to have the opening match. Northern irelands Casement Park is also included and is the only stadium in the bid to be built from scratch. Their Chief Executive says being involved is a huge moment for irish football. This is fantastic news. We have been part of the bed from the beginning. We are looking forward to hosting part of the worlds third biggest sporting tournament in five years time and it will be transformational for northern ireland. People would have laughed if 25 years ago we had said we would be hosting part of what is a fantastic Football Tournament in our country. So, it is going to transform the country, it will be good ne
But not sprinting. He is also concerned about Economic Uncertainty triggered from the conflict between israel and hamas as the death toll continues to rise. The bbc s economics editor Faisal Islam Sat down with him and asked if the Global Economy was heading in the right direction. In the right direction. Well, thins in the right direction. Well, things are in the right direction. Well, things are going in the right direction. Well, things are going in in the right direction. Well, things are going in the in the right direction. Well, | things are going in the right direction. What we are seeing is despite these large shocks that you describe, the World Economy is still standing. No global recession, you know, no massive slowdown that would put us into huge unemployment rates. We havent seen that. We have seen a surge in inflation, but inflation is sort of coming down now, both Headline Inflation and core inflation, so thats the good news, things are improving, the Global Economy has b