We will talk about that later on. The bank of england is sounding more hawkish or maybe less dovish. The pound is down. 1. 2419. The Banking Sector, we talk about tltros and what the story there is. 1. 3 out of the door to european banks later on from the ecb. The Banking Sector under pressure. We will wrap some of those issues up a little bit later on. Willem bt her, uiter, former member of the bank of england will be joining us. He is a visiting professor of columbia university. He will be giving us his take later on. Lets focus on the bank of england in more detail. One of the big Central Banks today. The boe stepping up its response to the coronavirus pandemic. To boost bond purchases by 100 billion pounds. Joining us is seema shah. Giltdo i do if i am in the market with what ive learned today . The bank of england chief economist sounding much more optimistic than people would have anticipated. Seema yes. Although they met expectation in terms of the size of the expansion of asset
In the media across the world. Isa we begin with the independent, which reports on a group of british dont know. It is 102 pages. There is a lot of detail 110. With the mps planning to rebel against borisjohnsons drive to force a brexit confirmation deal through parliament in just three days. As canada goes to the polls, original scenario in parliament, if an editorial in the toronto sun concludes that whoever the in the house had allowed a vote becomes Prime Minister is going to have a huge problem re uniting the country. Gulf news leads with lebanons efforts to stop its biggest on it, some are saying the numbers Anti Government street demonstrations in decades. The paper says the Prime Minister show that the government may have had hoped a series of reforms, got a yes to that. But now the move including tax freezes and salary cuts for politicians, is, on the part of borisjohnson, if would calm public anger. But demonstrators say the reforms should have come earlier. The guardians fin
Attention seeker, kim jong un. Because he has got to do something with his people. As laura said, there is Something Like 10 Million People are nourished in north korea and the sanctions imposed by the us and the sanctions imposed by the us and the sanctions imposed by the us and the rest of the world are seriously biting unnourished. Nobody dares criticise. He must know he is under the cost. To flick a couple of missiles underneath the radar is seen by him is doing the power of strength and to the rest of the world, i am actually quite nervous and i dont like it. Donald trump has been a little bit too over the top thinking dont worry about him,i the top thinking dont worry about him, i had him in hand. Iam not so sure about that, and without president ial election coming up, the next meeting they are due to have some time in the next few weeks needs to be more positive than we have seen because this handshaking and crossing the path is all very well, but you need a bit of meat and pot
You are live with bbc news. I am anna foster in bethlehem. Some Breaking News this hour. Five people have been killed in an explosion at a Warehouse Run by the United Nations Relief Agency in rafah. It appears to have happened on the eastern side of the building. These are the latest pictures just in. We can see blood from the attack and aid the boxes that are damaged. Ambulances are there. As yet there is no statement or response from israel or the Israel Defence forces but we will bring that to you if it comes. Breaking news to begin this hour, five people have been killed in an explosion at a Un Aid Warehouse In Rafah in the Southern Gaza strip. For the first time in this conflict a new road route has been taken to actually deliver much needed food aid to Northern Gaza at the opposite end of the strip. This is something that has been particularly difficult to do, to actually get aid to the 300,000 people in the north of gaza who desperately need it. The un has said its the first tim
Going to be able to turn things around straightaway, but we will get to work on all of that. And hollywoods biggest night kicks off later with all eyes on oppenheimer to see if it can break the record for the most wins at the oscars. The budget the government unveiled on wednesday has left the Shadow Chancellor with a major headache. Jeremy hunt cut National Insurance by 2p for the second time in six months, as well as adopting two of labours policies, which it planned to use to Fund Breakfast clubs in schools and extra nhs appointments, if the party wins the next election. Earlier, the Shadow Chancellor, Rachel Reeves spoke to the bbc s Laura Kuennsberg and started by talking about how they plan to raise money now. We are committed to the extension of working rights, including banning the National Welfare and is a key component of our growth plans, and britain has never had one before. The idea is to live it in private Sector Investment alongside a Government Endowment to invest in so