Of snow. Monday night and into tuesday, that is when the snow showers will really start to develop gcioss showers will really start to develop across the north sea. There is already an amber warning in force for some eastern and central areas first thing on Tuesday Morning. This is bbc news our latest headlines a shift of policy on europe by labour shadow brexit secretary sir kier starmer confirms the party would keep britain in a customs union. The winter Olympic Games come to a conclusion with the closing ceremony at pyeongchang olympic stadium. Team gb took their record tally of five medals at the games. Chinas president xijinping could serve for many many years to come under changes that the communist party is proposing to the countrys constitution. Now on bbc news, its time for click. This week, lady becomes model. Man becomes ape. And spen becomes trump. As donald trump great, the best. Ok, movie quiz time. Five points if you can name this film. Correct its raiders of the lost ar
Man becomes ape. And spen becomes trump. As donald trump great, the best. 0k, movie quiz time. Five points if you can name this film. Correct its raiders of the lost ark. No, that is not harrison ford, that is the face of nicholas cage. 0k, try this one. Yes, it is the fellowship of the ring. 100 points if you spotted nicholas cage, nicolas cage and nicholas cage. So, what on earth is going on . Were just about getting used to the idea that there are loads of fakes online. Fake news, fake tweets, fake photoshopped images, but these videos are a whole level above anything that weve seen before, and they may have consequences that go far beyond just switching out a few movie stars. A lot of what we talk about over the dinner table is, you know, we live in a diverse world. Researchers at the university of washington released this video last year, which used a Computer Vision algorithm to very convincingly doctor 0bamas mouth movements to make him lipsync to something he said in a differen
Day, but it was that forjodi after her sister collapsed with a cardiac arrest. She was walking down the aisle as her maid of honour. She will be here to tell their extraordinary story. Hello, welcome to the programme, were live until 11 this morning. Also later in the programme we will talk to the families of six former british servicemen who four years ago today were detained in india after the ship they were protecting from pirates drifted into indian waters and they were arrested. Several years later they are still locked up in an indianjail. We will talk to the sisters and fiancee of three of the men. Do get in touch on all the stories were talking about this morning use victorialive and if you text, you will be charged at the Standard Network rate. Our top story today. The government has set out details of its plans to cap the gas and electricity bills of 12 million households. Its published draft legislation to introduce an upper limit on on poor value standard variable tariffs,
Rishaad we are looking at Southeast Asian banks. A very competitive market out there. We have new entries to make it even more competitive. Have a look at this. This is a bloomberg chart. As jack ma changing lines of partnerships around the world. 450 Million People have limited access to Banking Services and, buying vying for core customers. We have seen how sales at alibaba have been going up exponentially. This will go up with other internet superstars out of china getting into the action. Absolutely. We are always still watching for that potential ipo, that crown jewel of alibaba. Look at the numbers compared to amazon prime day, we are expecting somewhere south of one billion. 18aw sales of almost billion last year for alibabas day. We are around 30 minutes from the open in hong kong and china. Janet yellens testimony to congress is on everyones mind. We are kicking off Earnings Seasons for the Second Quarter as well. Singapore, taiwan, and malaysia are coming on as well. Sophie t
Dozens of jobs said to be on the line in middle and upper management. This is Bloomberg Markets middle east. Now seeing asian equities gain ground for a second consecutive session, but not such an exciting session today. Markets are rather quiet. We are looking ahead to the u. S. Earnings season, not to mention we do have u. S. Policymakers speaking, including fed chair Janet Yellens report to congress this week. Leading gains in volatilities rising in the halfing and sex in the hang seng index. The nikkei pushing ahead. 5 after 20,000 level. We do have a weaker japanese yen for a third consecutive session, nearly twomonth low. It is still rather muted when it comes to currencies across asia. The kiwi dollar leading declines. We saw week retail spending we saw weak retail spending hitting a nerve there. We are also seeing brent to treasury yields rebounding in the asian session. We are seeing a mixed debt market for asia. Yousef this part of the world, we are just two unders just under