Straight after their investment release. Reports that the nsa and british spies stole its da a at that. Gemalto says it is investigating but cannot verify the claims. Be and welcome to the show. Were gettinging pmi da a at that. The composite number has come in at 53. 5. Its higher than the january number which was 52. 6 and slightly higher than estimates. Weve got the Services Number which has come in at 53. 9. Thats higher than last month which was 52. 7. The manufacturing number which will have also just come out, let me find that for you, at 51. 1 sleetly belowslightly he below. It follows the jerman and french numbers. Both of those echoing similar sentiment. Manufacturing slightly weak but nothing too significant as you can see the euro dollar has weakened. It has. One of the bright spots was german data. Stronger than expected growth in the Service Providing sector expanding faster in the month of february. But despite that data investors seem to be focused on the headline numbe
Of red tape and corruption for instance. For others. And it is perhaps going too fast especially when they point to be a widening gap between the haves and have nots. But the nations identity how its doing doesnt just boil down to how much you earn today in the fall spring kit so they wouldnt be looking at to identity identity playing a big role in politics these days and you cant help notice when you land here in delhi as well as an Election Campaign going on would it be going today in the false and get to the inside of the next superpower and set were doing it with them and you might remember as former number two to a coffee on a United Nations today. He is a state minister or member of palm and shush ito also of the writer of several books including humans act syndicate. Welcome to the shelf. Thank you to be with you. Do you just just to give our viewers a sense he spent a lot of years the United Nations twenty nine of the american nations and live and in politics and when you come
Following campaigns, free sanitary products will be available to all schools and colleges in england from monday. In sport simply the bess. Englands spinner helps his side to take total control in the third test against south africa but rain stops progress. And we look at the battle for self driving car supremacy between the United States and china. Thats in click in half an hour. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. British business groups have warned the chancellor there will be consequences if britain diverges from eu regulations post brexit. It comes after sajid javids comments in todays financial times, where hes also written that not all businesses will benefit from brexit. He says he added the confederation of business industry has hit back saying. Ive been speaking to our Political Correspondent Susana Mendonca who explained more about what this all means. Tough words there talking about not being a rule taker, making it clear that they dont want to be aligned and so setting