Begins this evening and the men tomorrow, where england will be hoping to become the first side to win three consecutive six nations titles out right. Eddiejones has named his team for the game against italy and we have all the details coming up. Lucy has the Weather Forecast. Some cold weather on the way as we move through the next few days, it is also a groundhog day and i will have more on that. Also coming up the celebrity photographer thats selling his work for teenage cancer well be speaking to him live shortly. Hello, everyone this is afternoon live. Darren osborne has been sentenced to life in prison with a minimum term of 43 years, for attacking a crowd of muslims near Finsbury Park mosque in london last year. He was found guilty yesterday of murder and attempted murder, after driving a van into worshippers injune, killing one man and injuring several others. Angus crawford is at Woolwich Crown court. Weve heard a lot more before sentencing about Darren Osborne and his common
Welcome to countdown, i am anna edwards. It is 6 00 here in london this thursday morning. We have Many Companies reporting here in europe today. Lets get to the first of those major names, and that is the german industrial giant reporting numbers. Caroline has a breakdown for us. Caroline we are starting on a high note it would seem. The morning to you. It seems that the industrial profit is 1. 8 billion euros a month that is more than expected. They are reiterating the fouryear forecast to drive that profit up to 11 in terms of margin. They want to attain a target of 11 profit margin in the industrial business. They are seeing that being reiterated. Also confirming the forecast for at least 15 next earningspershare growth. They have a backlog of some 110 billion euros. When you look at overall sales they are coming in line. 18. 8 billion euros, that is in line for thirdQuarter Sales. An net income is a big beat. We are seeing profits being sales. They are grossing an overall industria
Good morning. Its 8am in singapore, 1am in london and 8. 30am in pyongyang, where north koreas Supreme Leader kimjong un has given his sister more power by promoting her to the nations top Decision Making body. 28 year old kim yo jong will replace her aunt in the politburo. Her promotion is being seen as a further tightening of the kim familys iron grip on north korea. 0ur asia pacific editor, Michael Bristow has more. Over the weekend, the north Korean Leader paid homage to his father and grandfather both ruled the country before him. It was a reminder that ruling north korea, since its founding in 1948, has been a family affair. To reinforce that point, mr kim used a Party Meeting to promote his younger sister, kim yo jong, who was not yet 30 and only started appearing regularly a few years ago but is thought to be in charge of her brothers public appearances. It is uncertain how much power she will wield from behind the scenes but she will be aware that being part of the ruling fami
Anna a very warm welcome. Our flagship morning show. Im anna edwards. Lets talk about what has been happening in the markets of the last few hours. We are on the route towards tax reform. To a slightly more risk on attitude. This is a drop in treasuries that we saw. There is necessary but not sufficient progress in the United States on tax reform. The budget has been taxed passed by the senate. We are on the road to tax reform, but we are not there yet. This is a move in that direction, something that markets like. We have the dollar advancing. Up by 2 10. The Bloomberg Index up by 3 10. Suggesting will be higher than up by a quarter 1 . We also have the new Zealand Dollar in there. That is day two of weakness of the new Zealand Dollar. 0. 64 percent. This is based on uncertainty about where the government will go. Lets discuss the japanese election over the weekend. We will talk about it as we go through the next hour and a half. We have guests for you today as well. We will talk abou
Main markets in europe, all eyes are on the bank of england later for its decision on Interest Rates. And well be getting the inside track from one of the worlds biggest Computer Software companies on how it keeps everything from banks to transport systems and the internet running despite offering its products for free. Today, we will be speaking to the boss of one of the worlds biggest softwa re boss of one of the worlds biggest Software Companies. We want to know if you are willing to pay extra for technical support, or even for the knowledge that you are secure . Get in touch, use the hashtag. Hello and welcome to business live. Welcome to the programme. We start with the worlds Biggest Social Network it keeps getting bigger, more profitable. And more controversial. Facebook has announced record profits and another big jump in the number of people using it. That will only fuel the debate about the power of the network and the content that appears on it. Mark zuckerbergs company made