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News, lots more Business News coming up news, lots more Business News coming up live from singapore with rico did you follow russian propaganda pages . Facebook is about it you. And confectionery giant mars wrigley says sales in asia will offset slowing growth in the us and europe. It is thursday, everyone good morning, asia, hello, world. Loud you canjoin morning, asia, hello, world. Loud you can join us morning, asia, hello, world. Loud you canjoin us for morning, asia, hello, world. Loud you can join us for another exciting addition of Asia Business report. Glad. Im rico hizon. Technology giants are coming up with more measures in response to claims russia meddled with the us election. Yesterday we told you google was going to show stories from two kremlin owned newspaper is lower in search results. News providers. Several hours ago facebook said it will show its users which russian propaganda pages or accounts they have followed in the like. Im joined by my colleague and Business R
Up, its england whove made the best start of the two teams in brisbane. And carol has the weather. With hats and snowfall across parts of scotla nd with hats and snowfall across parts of scotland overnight. We have had. And many of us, dry day with sunny spells but some ship showers around. Still quite windy. I will have more in 15 minutes. First, our main story. Conservative mps have rallied around the chancellor after his budget was overshadowed by a gloomier than expected forecast for economic growth. Philip hammond had been under pressure from some sections of his party ahead of his speech but he announced extra money for the nhs, housebuilding and brexit. Well get the latest analysis from our Political Correspondent Eleanor Garnier in westminster but first, we can hearfrom steph whos just around the corner in salford quays. Steph what were the headlines from this budget . Good morning to you. I think the first thing that came out of the speech from Philip Hammond is that its gone
Emmerson mnangagwa, has urged the country to unite. Hes due to be inaugurated tomorrow good heading a football lead to dementia . New good heading a football lead to dementia 7 new research dementia . New research has commissioned on the brain. And england work hard on day one of the ashes. England enter the day on 1964. Good morning. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. The chancellor has insisted yesterdays budget will address britains problems with productivity, amid gloomy forecasts for economic growth. The office for budget responsibility said it expects the uk economy to expand by less than 2 for the next four years, partly because of persistently low productivity growth. A separate report by the think tank the Resolution Foundation has warned of the longest fall in peoples Living Standards since records began more than 60 years ago. Labour said Philip Hammond was cut off from the real lives of people. Lets get more from our assistant Political Editor norman smith. The day after the bud
Into the third day of the first ashes test in brisbane. Coming up on sportsday on bbc news, englands women make it two from two in world cup qualifying with a 4 0 victory over bosnia herzegovina. Good evening. Egypts president has vowed to respond with brutal force after one of the deadliest attacks in modern egyptian history. At least 235 people have been killed and more than 100 injured, many critically, after gunmen detonated a bomb and then stormed a packed mosque at the end of friday prayers. It happened in a remote town in egypts north sinai region. The mosque was popular with sufi worshippers. They follow a mystical form of islam which extremists regard as heresy. Just to warn you, there are some distressing images in 0rla guerins report. Sirens. A rush to save the wounded when a place of worship became a place of carnage. The attackers struck during friday prayers. For egypt, this was a grim new first a massacre in a mosque. Inside, worshippers lay dead where minutes earlier th