Their prey become more agile so they can escape at the last minute. And does this womans face look familiar . It turns out the basel mummy is a distant relative of borisjohnson. Good morning. Its january the 25th. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. Official figures show that recorded crime in england and wales rose by 14 in 2017. In the 12 months to last september, knife crime rose by 21 , sex offences by 23 and robbery by 29 . Knife crime rose by 21 . However, the separate crime survey based on interviews with 35,000 households suggests that crime continued to fall. Lets speak to david jamieson, the police and crime commissioner for the West Midlands. Thank you forjoining us. The figures in the West Midlands, 431,000 total recorded crimes, and thatis 431,000 total recorded crimes, and that is an increase in line with whats happening across the country. What do you put it down to . Crime has risen in the West Midlands in accord with the rest of the country. We have lost over 2000 of our uni
Executives just moments ago. The leaders from Multinational Companies like adidas, see mens, necessarily si mens and many more right there in davos. America, he said, is the land of opportunity, and his America First vision, he says, includes global cooperation. So the president did arrive at the World Economic forum very early this morning saying the message hes hoping to send is of great prosperity and great peace. Hes already called his visit a success after seeing, quote, tremendous investment in the american economy. Weve posted our own countdown camera in davos. Bane capitals chair telling us what the vibe is like there. Very different with this first president ial visit since bill clinton. And how the worlds elite view his America First policy and his own business. Plus, they call him Vladimir Putins banker, vtb Bank Chairman and president andre costen answering the questions head on, did he try to help President Trump build trump tower moscow, and is he a kgb spy at one point i
Where 3,000 of the worlds top business and political leaders are attending the World Economic forum. Among those arriving today, us president donald trump. What will he make of the theme of this years meeting strengthening cooperation in a fractured world . Concerns over his America First policy have helped send the dollar to a three year low. Us treasury secretary Steve Mnuchin provoked a further steep fall on wednesday by saying a weaker dollar was good for the us in terms of trade. This week the president signed new protectionist measures against foreign goods slapping tariffs of up to 30 on chinese solar panels and up to 50 on south korean washing machines. He has also, of course, threatened to pull out of the north American Free trade agreement with neighbours canada and mexico worth 1. 2 trillion dollars. Talks to try and save it are under way this week the stakes are high. China, mexico and canada are the usas top three trading partners accounting for over 45 of its foreign trad
Once homeless, came up with the idea. The bus will offer people hope and opportunity, some support from a postal address, to be able to register with a gp, doctors, being able to acquire id and have somewhere safe to store personal belongings, so all of the basic, fundamental things that anyone requires to live. Rough sleeping is often a sign that people are struggling to get help with Mental Health and drug and alcohol problems, as well as having no home. Ministers say they are committed to ending the problem by 2027. Its going to be difficult. Now all the weather prospects. A much quieter today, with storm georgina out of the way. The best brightness in the east, with plenty of blue skies, sent in by a weather watcher in leicestershire. These showers largely focused around this feature, heading east through the day, with the heaviest showers in the west. Moving through this evening and overnight, they gradually push further east, beginning to fizzle out in the west, allowing temperat
Starbucks is boosting its forecast despite Slower Growth. Samestore sales cooled more than expected at Online Shopping kept consumers at home. And a boeing executive says the reliability of the 787 dreamliner is slowly improving, but it is still not at satisfactory levels. Boeings Vice President to services adds that the firm is working to improve the performance. The dream liners reliability rate is now at about 98 . And that means two out of every 100 flights is being delayed. Thats been happening with the markets, too. Over here, the market stays open until about 10 00, so we were able to have a couple of cocktails based on what was happening yesterday. It was down over 200 for a while, closed down sharply. I dont know what the malaise is at this point. Lets look at the futures this morning which are extending the action we saw yesterday. Down another 85 points. The revenue shortfall didnt help. China growth story. Car bombing in cairo. That was this morning. But yesterdays activity