The former boss of volkswagen appears in court. After being found to have raked Emissions Tests. Dozens of Hotel Workers in the us are on strike as the demand better pay and conditions. And working from home, why are London Employees lacking behind other global cities in the number of days worked back in the office . Hello and welcome to business today. The former boss of volkswagen has appeared in Court Today charged with fraud, Market Manipulation and forgery, nine years after the manipulating official emissions checks, manipulation that manipulating official emissions checks, manipulation and Market Manipulation and forgery, nine years after the Car Maker was found to have Car Maker was found to have raked Emissions Tests. He was raked Emissions Tests. He was the Chief Executive of the the Chief Executive of the german company back in 2015 german company back in 2015 when it was engulfed in a when it was engulfed in a scandal that sent shock Waves Scandal that sent Shock Waves throu
There is some mist and fog and a few showers around this morning. They will give way to a dry and decent with sunny spells. Later, some rain in Northern Ireland. Details coming up. Good morning. Its monday, 18th march. Vladimir putin has claimed victory in russias president ial election. Without any serious opposition, a fifth term was seen as inevitable. At least 80 protestors have been arrested across the country for vandalising Polling Stations. Foreign secretary David Cameron hasjoined other western governments in shunning the result. He said, this is not what free and Fair Elections look like. Our russia editor Steve Rosenberg reports. Foeradimir putin, six more years in the kremlin. Russias president is sounding more confident than ever. Translation whoever might | want to intimidate us, whoever might want to suppress us, our will and our conscience, they have never been able to do it, and never will. Then, mr putins first Public Comments on the death ofjailed Opposition Leader A
i m sally bundock and we start here in the uk where in the next few hours the latest inflation numbers will be released and its widely anticipated the news will be good with prices coming down. the bank of england says it expects inflation to fall sharply in april . this follows an upgrade from the international monetary fund for the uk economy. it says we should avoid a recession this year but the imf is warning inflation remains stubbornly high and higher interest rates will need to remain in place if it is to be brought down. so where are we at? if we look at february inflation measured as consumer prices stood at 10.4%. the soaring cost of food and energy being the key drivers. it then fell slightly to 10.1% in march. this was a surprise as a much biggerfall was predicted and rang alarms bells with concerns of sticky inflation that proves difficult to reduce. bells with concerns inflation is proving very sticky. difficult to bring down. and helps low prices with th
donald trump guilty of sexual abuse a new yorkjury donald trump guilty of sexual abuse a new york jury finds. donald trump guilty of sexual abuse a new yorkjury finds. where does this verdict leave the former president and his hopes of real action? re election. a civil case jury has delivered a verdict which means donald trump is officially a sexual abuser. he has weathered all kinds of political storms but can his ambitions to return to the white house survive this? a live reaction from a lawyer who has represented women who have accused the former president in the past and one of his key lieutenants. also tonight, victory day is a pared back event. does adversity make putin more dangerous? i will be joined by an adviser to ukraine s ministry of defence, the political journalist and historian and a former commander. will technical advancesin former commander. will technical advances in al kill live music? johnny borrell is here to say that itjust might. good evening. don
market in birmingham to explain what it all means for you. ella kissi debrah was the first person in the uk to have air pollution listed as a cause of death. ten years on, her mother continues her fight for cleaner air. i do say, ah, bubba, i know you suffered so much, and it will never make up for it, but so much is being done in your name and so many lives are being saved. i think that s important. a council is accused of ruining a new artwork by banksy, as it removes a key part of the mural because of safety concerns. it all went wrong for tottenham last night antonio conte s team losing to italian side ac milan in the first leg of their champions league tie. good morning. some early mist and fog that will clear quite quickly. they moving across northern ireland and scotland. as it sinks across england and wales it will weaken. many will have some sunshine and a few showers in the north west. all the details later in the programme. it s wednesday 15th of february. our