they say they don t plan to leave. and takeaways, restaurants, and cafes in england will have to stop using plastic cutlery, plates, and bowls from october as part of a new government plan to tackle plastic pollution. you re watching bbc news. now it s time for talking business. hello, everybody. a very warm welcome to talking business weekly with me, aaron heslehurst. let s go take a look at what s on the very first show for 2023. a new year has dawned, but is there any change for the deep problems facing the global economy? the war in europe continues to rage, driving up prices, interest rates, food scarcity and hardening divisions between the global economic superpowers. the imf, the international monetary fund, says a third of the world will be driven into recession this year. its big boss there she is, managing director kristalina georgieva, joins me for an exclusive interview about the year in front of us. also on the show, as the fashion world mourns the loss of iconic
following a shooting in london. four women were also injured in the attack. you are watching bbc news. now, talking business. hello, everybody. a very warm welcome to talking business weekly with me, aaron heslehurst. let s go take a look at what s on the very first show for 2023. a new year has dawned, but is there any change for the deep problems facing the global economy? the war in europe continues to rage, driving up prices, interest rates, food scarcity and hardening divisions between the global economic superpowers. the imf, the international monetary fund, says a third of the world will be driven into recession this year. its big boss there she is, managing director kristalina georgieva, joins me for an exclusive interview about the year in front of us. also on the show, as the fashion world mourns the loss of iconic designer dame vivienne westwood, we ask if the world of designer clothes will ever be as collectible as the world of art. yep. the boss of vestiaire coll
joining us is nbc news justice and intelligence correspondent, ken dilanian ken, good morning. talk to us a little bit about alvin brag good morning, jose. alvi alvin bragg is a democrat who took office last year after becoming the first black person elected as manhattan district attorney he spent much of his career as a prosecutor, first in the federal system with the southern district of new york, and then with the new york state attorney general s office he now runs an office with about 500 lawyers and $150 million budget he campaigned as a progressive reformer and was criticized over an early memo suggesting that some gun crimes did not merit prison time. after a spade of shootings in new york city last year, he began taking a tougher stance on guns bragg inherited at least two trump investigations, another about potential fraud by the trump organization his office won a conviction against trump s long-time chief financial officer and against the business itself, but so far
investigation into donald trump. the manhattan district attorney began its probe into trump s potential financial crimes in 2019. they have secured a guilty plea, when his chief financial officer, allen weisselberg, as well as a conviction against his business itself, the trump organization. but it appeared they were not actually going to charge trump himself, criminally. earlier last year, da alvin bragg suspended the investigation to the ex president, prompting to senior prosecutors on the case to resign. one of those prosecutors even wrote a letter, blasting brags decision writing, quote, the team that has been investigating mr. trump harbors no doubt about whether he committed crimes. he did. i believe that your decision not to prosecute donald trump now, and on existing record, is misguided, and completely contrary to the public interest. now, at the time, the da brackets the city investigation was not closed. appointee retreated last month in the wake of the trump conviction. a
major update today in one of the many, of the countless investigations into the ex president. now, the case new york times reports that the manhattan district attorney s office has now begun, quote, presenting evidence to a grand jury about donald trump s role in paying hush money to a porn star during his 2016 presidential campaign, laying the groundwork for potential criminal charges against the former president in the coming months. this is a surprising development, after so many twists and turns, in what is the longest running criminal investigation into donald trump. the manhattan district attorney began its probe into trump s potential financial crimes in 2019. they have secured a guilty plea, when his chief financial officer, allen weisselberg, as well as a conviction against his business itself, the trump organization. but it appeared they were not actually going to charge trump himself, criminally.