And im not matheson this is the news hour live from doha coming up in the next sixty minutes as lebanon calls for the return of its Prime Minister from saudi arabia the International Community wants conflict could lead to further instability in the region. Refugees refusing to leave man a silent by saturday i want theyll be forcibly removed. The head of the Roman Catholic church denounces Nuclear Weapons as he hosts an International Conference on disarmament. As Sexual Harassment allegations continue to bring down public figures of the weinstein scandal will also change alternately peoples lives. The u. S. Has joined the u. N. And wading into lebanons political crisis calling for stability after the shock resignation of Prime Minister saad heidi how do you honestly was stepping down while he was in riyadh last saturday blaming interference from iran and its lebanese ally hezbollah but hezbollah as leaders says had quit under duress. Is accusing saudi arabia of detaining how dearly and
A Textiles Company in yorkshire to find out how good we are exporting. In sport its not over yet for arsenal. Theyre up to fifth in the Premier League after beating southampton, just outside the Champions League places. And carol is out and about with the weather. Good morning. Iamat i am at Kenwood House in london where it is a beautiful yet chilly start to the day. For most of us it will be dry and sunny how whether there will be heavy downpours across parts of Southern England and south wales through the day. It will feel humid and some of us will reach 2a celsius. Do details in 15 minutes. Good morning. First, our main story. Labours draft election manifesto has been leaked more than a week before its official launch. The 51 page document was obtained by the bbc and several newspapers. It includes proposals to Nationalise The Railways and the Postal Service. A plan to create publicly owned Energy Companies in every region of the uk and the introduction of price caps. And theres a c
You need to understand its seemingly unrelated developments can actually have a lot in common. Im talking about the unveiling of apples new smart music device, the home pod, and the departure of Mickey Drexler from the top job at j. Crew. What does a high end speaker system have to do with the resignation of a retail ceo . They help define whats working and not working in this crazy stock market. If you dont know mickey. Hes the legend who turned gap into a powerhouse and left to ignite j. Crew. He succeeded behind his wildest dreams at crew. That was his second second gig. People tend to forget that, i dont. Seven years ago, he was doing so well, he and two different private equity firms took the company private. For the next several years, things went well for mickey. Like so many others who sell apparel, particularly in the mall. Things started to go down hill. The same store sales have been down for 11 of the 12 lost quarters. Not unlike a lot of others. Given that mickey is one of
The committee will come to order. The chair is authorized to declare a recess of the committee at any time. Members will have five legislative days to submit extraneous materials for the record. This is the purpose of receiving the semiannual testimony of the chair of the board of governors of the Federal Reserve system on Monetary Policy on the estate on the state of the economy. Recognize myself for an opening statement. Since we last convened on Monetary Policy, there have been encouraging economic headlines. Onfidence is up unemployment remains low, as does inflation. But it rests too much on incredibly low participation payment high disability participation rights. Both paychecks and savings for working Americans Still have room to grow after eight years of distortionary Economic Policy under the Previous Administration. On the fiscal front, help is on the way. House republicans have passed the American Health care act to lifted the burden of obamacare on our economy and the finan
Its wednesday 18 january. Iamjoanna i am joanna gosling. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. The Foreign Secretary has said countries are queuing up to sign Free Trade Deals with britain when it leaves the European Union. Borisjohnson also suggests that agreements could be achieved quickly after the article 50 negotiations are concluded, and said the uk would not be hauling up the drawbridge, despite the new Migration Controls promised by theresa may. Our assistant Political Editor norman smith is in westminsterfor us. Over to you. Thank you. What is striking this morning is the confidence oozing from number ten about yesterdays Big Speech By theresa may on brexit, insisting there has been a positive reaction from other senior eu leaders such as Angela Merkel and francois hollande, both of whom theresa may spoke to last night. This despite the fact that she has thrown down the gau ntlet that she has thrown down the ga u ntlet to that she has thrown down the gauntlet to the rest of the eu say