are you a first time buyer, have recently taken on a mortgage or are looking to move how is this impacting you? do get in touch on twitter @annitabbc or use the hashtag #bbcyourquestions. cuba is completely without power after hurricane ian has struck the western end of the island. two people are reported dead. florida now braces itself for the category three hurricane with life threatening winds, floods and tidal surges. leaders of several european countries claim that rare gas leaks that have hit the nordstream pipelines were not accidents but deliberate acts . gas flows in the nordstream 1 pipeline were stopped in august. the president of ukraine has pledged to protect citizens in areas of his country which could be annexed by moscow after the kremlin held unofficial referendums. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. watching in the uk the international monetary fund which works to promote stability in the global economy has criticise
To mark the end of our amazing week about special Educational Needs, were at piper hill high in manchester. Today were at this Outstanding Special School to hear what can be done to ensure every child fulfils their potential. This is fergus, a classroom assistant. Im in the sensory room here, which helps children understand the world around them. Today were reporting that 1. 4 million kids have speech and language difficulties but far too many of them are not getting the help they need. Good morning. There is no stopping the vinyl revival, after a decade of increasing sales we are still on course to buy 30 more this year than last year. I will have more on that later. In sport, the world waits as the draw for the 2018 world cup in russia takes place at the kremlin this afternoon. England are not one of the top seeds, so we will be hoping to avoid the likes of brazil, argentina and germany. And matt has the weather. Good morning. It is the meteorological start of winter today. Icy acros
That allegedly shows england cricketer ben stokes in a violent fight outside a nightclub. We will bring you the details. Hello. Welcome to the programme. Were live until 11 this morning. We are every weekday. We want to hear from you this morning if youve had unwelcome sexual attention on a night out. Let us know what happened and how you dealt with it. And how did the menu deal with it as well . Venue. Also this morning, ryanair is threatened with legal action for persistently misleading passengers about their rights when their flights are cancelled. If youve been affected, will you ever use the airline again . We will talk about that after ten oclock. Do let me know. Use the hashtag victorialive and if you text, you will be charged at the Standard Network rate. Our top story today the Prime Minister is to mount a strong defence of the free market economy, a day afterJeremy Corbyn told the Labour Party Conference that capitalism was facing a crisis of legitimacy. Theresa may will put
Whole story when it comes to exports and american jobs. Lets have a look at where european equities are now. You know the function gmm go. Stocks rising after falling for three consecutive weeks through the largest losing stretch since brexit last year. Sterling rising by 1 5 of 1 . Theresa may striking a deal with the dup. It is time to turn bearish on u. K. Government bonds. Bluebay Asset Management says so. Bluebayy manager of forecast 10 year yields will hide to the highest level in about 18 months amid Rising Inflationary pressures. He also says the u. K. Must wrap and instead go to fiscal easing. The forecast is 2 . Down to 1 today. Sincee not been at 2 december of 2015. German Business Confidence surging to a record high among signs the outlook for europes biggest economy is improving. Ifa Business Confidence ifo Business Confidence index. The economy rising at the fastest pace in five years. We have had a report of underlying expectations for a continued robust performance. Let
We will speak with alex kruger, the head of the private equity firm first reserve. Lets have a look at where european equities are trading when now 30 minutes until the end of the trading session. Stocks falling for the fourth day and tension has been on central bankers. In the meantime, the imf cutting its assessment of the u. S. Economy. Ambitions ofumps 3 growth are possibly pieinthesky come up my words not the imf words. You can see the currencies rising against the dollar and bonds and commodities and cds. Lets get the bloomberg barometer. Wellbeing is positive. Below zero. Shows th shows the opposite. We did have some data today in the u. K. Consumers feeling just as gloomy as they were after the brexit vote a year ago. We had an index of Consumer Confidence dropping to 106. 9 in june, a level only slightly higher than that post referendum low. This is from the center of economic and business research. A fascinating piece of data. This gauge does look at gauges such as inflation,