temperature north to south this morning. in the south we have rain but as it bumps into cold air especially in north wales and northern england it will turn to snow, disruptive on higher routes. in sport, england captain harry kane is on a mission to get young people thinking about, and prioritising their mental health. and prince william has a famous wingman as he returns to public engagements following the king s cancer diagnosis and his wife s surgery. it s thursday, 8th of february. labour is abandoning its promise to spend £28 billion a year on environmental projects if it wins the next election. prime minister rishi sunak is facing calls to apologise for comments he made about the labour leader s position on transgender people. he was speaking during prime minister s questions, when the mother of murdered transgender teenager brianna ghey was visiting the house of commons. let s get the latest from chief political correspondent henry zeffman. two party leaders under pr
where sentiment has been weakening since about mid january on the lack of stimulus measures by the government. so after the last inflation numbers, so we could have an overreaction, but then again the trading restrictions being what they are right now it s very hard to play out the numbers especially with ten days of holidays coming up after tomorrow. yes. so what do you think the reaction from the chinese government is going to be then to these numbers that are worse than expected 7 i think because of the holiday period, they may be buying themselves a few days to think about what to do. it s really a demand side issue with them. as we saw with the alibaba earnings, people don t have the confidence right now to spend or take on debt. all of the measures we have seen so far have targeted the supply side, increasing loans, increasing liquidity. these are not enough. investors want to see some job creation type of investments, some reduction in some of the maybe the bureaucra
unable to qualify as one of the best third place finishers. gone out, cameroon through. in the same group, senegal had already reached the last 16, but made it three wins out of three, beating guinea 2 0. abdoulaye seck and iliman ndiaye scored the second half goals. guinea also go through to the last 16 from that group and will face equatorial guinea on sunday. two matches are under way in group d and there is everything to play for. the top two, angola and burkina faso, are neck and neck on four points playing each other. both are sure of progressing goalless there. if algeria beat mauritania, they guarantee their qualification in a top two spot. that match is also goalless. about half an hour played there. a trip to wembley is at stake across the next couple of nights. the league cup semi finals will be decided. chelsea and middlesbrough are playing the second leg of theirs right now. championship side boro had a 1 0 lead after the first leg, this is the latest from stam
after k pop and k drama, k reality becomes the latest south korean cultural export to win a huge global fanbase. if these kind of shows can travel outside of korea, that means more funding coming in for that show, that gives them more funding to produce a bigger show. and in hollywood, everything everywhere all at once is the big winner at this year s screen actors guild awards. a very warm welcome to the programme. and we begin here in the uk. the uk prime minister, rishi sunak, will meet the president of the european commission later for what s being described as final talks on a new brexit deal for northern ireland. mr sunak and ursula von der leyen will be trying to resolve the range of complex challenges around the protocol during the meeting. our political editor chris mason has more. here stands the ultimate prize in all of these negotiations. this is stormont, in belfast, the home of the northern ireland assembly. getting it and an executive here up and running ag