Issue this week. I try. Carol and you succeed. I want to start with finance, first of all, the Digital Currency world. While we spend time talking about bitcoin, theres another currency that you guys have been looking into. Part of this is, the crypto boom and maybe the proceeding of receding of said boom that has created a lot of confusion. It seems like bitcoin is a hot thing, and then ethereum and ether. Where am i supposed to get into this . Another one that has caught a lot of attention recently is ripple, so we wanted to take a hard look at ripple. One of the things we did is, in talking to the Banking Community because ripple says it is a banking solution we talked to the Banking Community and they say they dont know what this is for. Carol not so much . Joel xrp, the Digital Currency affiliated with ripple, the thing is sort of like, what is this going to be for . There is a lot of enthusiasm but theres still reason to be really skeptical. Carol it makes you scratch your head a
, succeed. I want to start with finance, first of all, the Digital Currency world. While we spend time talking about bitcoin, theres another currency that you guys have been looking into. Joel part of this is, the crypto boom and maybe the receding of said boom that has created a lot of confusion. It seems like bitcoin is a hot thing, and then ethereum and ether. Where am i supposed to get into this . There is another that has caused a lot of attention recently, called ripple. So we wanted to take a hard look at ripple. One of the things we did is, in talking to the Banking Community because ripple says it is a banking solution. The Banking Community said, we dont know what this is for. Carol not so much . Joel xrp, the Digital Currency affiliated with ripple, the thing is sort of like, what is this going to be for . Even though there is a lot of enthusiasm, theres still reason to be really skeptical. Carol it makes you scratch your head a little bit because we know the Financial Commu
For team gbs skeleton competition skinsuits. And coming up on sportsday on bbc news curling is back at the Winter Olympics as team gbs mens and womens teams secure victory in their opening match. Good evening. A man has been sentenced to life in prison, with a minimum of a0 years, for kidnapping, raping and murdering his 20 year old neice, Celine Dookhran. Mujahid arshid, who is 33, was also found guilty of kidnapping, raping and attempting to murder a second woman, who cant be named. The pair were attacked at a house in Kingston Upon Thames in south london last summer. In south west london last summer. A second man was found not guilty of kidnap. Our Home Affairs Correspondent june kelly reports. It contains some distressing details. Celine dookhran was 20 years old. She worked in a bank and had a boyfriend. She also had a jealous uncle, who was a savage sexual predator. He kidnapped celine and then raped and murdered her. Mujahid arshid also tried to kill another young woman in what
Ministers bank account. A rare break in football relationship between israel and palestinian. A compromise and form the cornerstone of this foreign legacy. How president barack obama has a hard task of selling the Iran Nuclear Deal back home, and hes starting that process by speaking directly to the americanJewish Community. This is obama earlier but he has gone on to hold a private meeting with jewish leaders at the white house. It comes after an intense lobby lobbying campaign on capitol hill. In by keeping the deal, iran will become a threshold Nuclear Weapons power. The deal does make it hard for iran to produce one or two new nuclear notice short term, but it does so at a terrible price because the deal makes it far easier for iran to build dozens even hundreds of Nuclear Weapons in a little over a decade. Al jazeeras kristin saloomey now with the two sides of this difficult issue. You can find jewishamerican groups on both sides of the issue. But opponents have been more vocal an
And i came very close to taking my own life at that point. I didnt really see a way out. If youre a student and you gamble do get in touch with us this morning. Some say its to supplement their income. And more mixed messages on whether or not its safe to drink when youre pregnant. Researchers say the government advice to totally abstain is based on weak evidence, but they then stress it doesnt mean its safe to drink. Well try and find out what it means. Get in touch with us this morning with your thoughts. Hello. Welcome to the programme were live until 11. Throughout the programme the latest breaking news and developing stories and, as always were really keen to hear from you. Do get in touch on all the stories were talking about this morning use the hashtag victoria live and if you text, you will be charged at the Standard Network rate. Our top story today one of the governments key pieces of legislation on brexit has passed its first test in the commons. The ayes have it. The Europ