From london, this is about 90 minutes. And on the dot, we are starting this session was the Prime Minister on the last day of the house of commons. Thank you for giving us your time. We will do our utmost to keep the time, as i understand you have urgent appointments immediately following. It does mean that with the number of chairs we have got, we are limited to kind of 5. 5 minutes each, so if the questions are short, i can invite the Prime Minister to keep the answers short. I will start with the chairman on this matter, on this subject of global issues. Thank you. So good to see you. It is appropriate for you to appoint members of the cabinet and house of commons and the house of lock, but there is concern about how elected members of the house of commons can properly scrutinize a state based in the house of locke, and we are talking about growth issues here, so i wonder how you think it might be most appropriate for the house of commons to criticize the work . Thank you. It is com
Starting this session with the Liaison Committee with the Prime Minister on the last day of the house of commons. Thank you for giving us your time. We will do our utmost to keep the time, as i understand you have urgent appointments immediately following. It does mean that with the number of chairs we have got, we are limited to kind of 5. 5 minutes each, so if the questions are short, i can invite the Prime Minister to keep the answers short. It becomes more difficult if the question is not very long. I will start with the chairman on this matter, on this subject of global issues. It is approprio appoint members of the cabinet and house of commons and the house of lock, but there is concern about how elected members of the house of commons can properly scrutinize a state based in the house of locke, and we are talking about growth issues here, so i wonder how you think it might be most appropriate for the house of commons to criticize the work . Thank you. It is common practice to ap
Badly behaved children, will be asking should parents be penalised for their kids actions . Penalised for their kids actions. 7 thats our debate this morning and in the sport this morning, its advantage Manchester City as they beat spurs to go to the top of the premier league with one game left. Spurs manager Ange Postecoglou is not happy at all about something. Rory mcilroy has filed for divorce and will have an olympic flame update. Chilly and damp across parts of the east today, but for many there will be some warm sunshine. Top of the temperature charts likely to be across parts of northern scotland again today. Join me later for a full forecast. Okay, well, the story were starting with is knife crime and its rising each year since the pandemic and the government has told police to increase their use of stop and search. I do laugh at this because i think who would have told the police to stop , stop who would have told the police to stop, stop and who would have told the police to
Of the globe. Now a bri project could be a railway in kenya, a port in sri lanka, a bridge in the maldives. The largest project so far has been the china Pakistan Economic corridor. A 60 billion network of Roads Railways and pipelines, going through a deserty Mountain Pass on the china pakistan border. The second thing you need to know is that it has two official names. One for inside china and one for outside. Initially it was called one belt, one road which sounds great in chinese. The problem is in english it sounds a bit bossy, that china is dictating to the rest of the world. So a few years ago the official english name was changed to the slightly blander but definitely less threatening belt and Road Initiative. The third thing is that it is controversial for some. China has ploughed more than 1 trillion into developing countries. There are trains, airports and roads that literally would not exist were it not for chinese investment. Ultimately, nothing comes for free. Is it a so c
Japanese currency very much reflecting the dynamics between the boj and the fed. And again, the expectation the boj will be staying easy, very accommodative over the coming months, being reflected in the latest meeting minutes. Saying members most expect financial conditions to stay easy and that they will be making decisions based around more domestic factors, things like the economy and whether we see price pressures and anything being sustained. Japanese equities under pressure. The nikkei 225 down. 7 . The u. S. Session a little mixed overnight. We saw initial relief rally but into the closed it was a story of chip and ai hardware names weighing on the market. The likes of amd and supermicro. Lets switch because it is not just japanese government officials concerned about the currency direction. You also have korean ones as well saying they will be taking bold steps if market volatility does not increase. They will also be closely coordinating the government in the b. O. K. Amid th