Its been a bumpy ride for european Plane Maker Airbus. Analysts brace themselves for disappointing results as orders for new planes drop. And where is the money going . Mores coming in to china from Foreign Investors but Chinese Investment overseas is falling. We explain why. Welcome to World Business report. Im sally bundock. Also in the programme, we continue with our series on disability in the work place the opportunities and challenges. But first in less than an hour european Plane Maker Airbus will tell the markets how it fared last year when it releases its full year results. Its been a tumultuous year for the company. Its been forced to accelerate last minute plane deliveries in order to meet key targets. Theres also been a slowdown in demand forjets and its even been forced to cut production of the prestige a380 superjumbo. The A400m Military Transport Plane has also proved a major drag, the project has been plagued by delays and technical problems. With me is gervais williams
Programme. Hello and welcome to the programme. Were live until 11am. Were also talking about the british is fighter who died in that Suicide Bomb Attack on iraqi forces in mosul this week. He was a former Guantanamo Bay detainee who received, it is reported, £1 million in compensation, taxpayers money, your money, on his release back to the uk. Well be asking if the money was spent on terror and how he was able to travel abroad. Heres how to get in touch. Use Victoria Live. If you text, you will be charged at the Standard Network rate. Our top story today, a ruling expected later this morning at the Supreme Court could mean that thousands of british citizens gain the legal right to bring their foreign spouse to live in the uk. Currently, people who are married to a briton but are from outside the European Economic area that is, the eu plus iceland, liechtenstein and norway, have been barred from settling here unless their partner earns more than £18,600 a year. Lisa hampele is here t
Aircraft at airport in california. Good morning. It is wednesday, february 22. Welcome to bbc Newsroom Live. The government has won its legal battle to Stop Thousands of british citizens from bringing their foreign husbands or wives to live in the uk without a Minimum Income. For the last five years, the uk based spouse has had to prove they earn at least £18,600, for them to support their migrant spouse. That figure is £22,000 for couples with a child. But the Supreme Court also ruled that the rules, as they currently stand, are defective and need to be changed, because they do not take enough account of the welfare of children affected by them, and do not take all sources of earnings into consideration when calculating income. 0ur Correspondent Dominic Casciani is at the Supreme Court. It is not an entirely clear decision . No, it is very complicated. There is a belief that the couples have been degraded by this fear income rolling. The Supreme Court has in practice ruled in favour
The Wiggles song Hot Potato was recently in the news after a local council used it to try to move on homeless people. But governments also use children’s music for far more sinister means.