Employees who work flexibly but dont receive any benefits should qualify for sick and holiday pay according to a government commissioned report. British Tennis Mystery is made. Its been 39 years. History is made. And Johanna Konta becomes the first british woman to reach the wimbledon semifinals since Virginia Wade in 1978. A moment of history that she celebrated on centre court. Coming up on Sportsday On Bbc News standing in betweenJohanna Konta and the wimbledon final, Venus Williams a five time champion, who becomes the oldest semifinalist at the tournament in 23 years. Good evening. An appalling tragedy that should never have happened. Thats what the Prime Minister called the contaminated Blood Scandal of the 1970s and 80s, as the government announced an inquiry into the nhs scandal. Its been called one of the biggest disasters in the history of the nhs. At least 2,400 people died and 7,500 patients were infected with viruses, such as hepatitis c and hiv, after being given Blood Pr
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into a recession. samira hussain. a really big day for that story in the uk. we will be across it for you on bbc news, updating you on the news from the bank of england when it happens. to paris now where president macron has invited world political and financial leaders for a summit to try and reshape globalfinance to tackle climate change. critics have argued that lenders such as the world bank have not given developing nations the financing they need to cope with global warming. and that by investing in fossil fuels they have been part of the problem we have to be very clear that when we re talking about financing, we cannot keep investing in fossil fuels because that is the cause of the climate crisis. we have to be very clear that the debt is not from the global south to the global north, because why should we owe money to the people who cause the climate crisis, to deal with the climate crisis? the global north, multinational companies, fossilfuel
there is a big fuss, storm, the enemy finally agreed and it will finally be fine but this time it is different, why? not just the sheer size, that $1 trillion, that is an awful lot of dollars! trying to work that out, but also added to the nervousness going around the markets at the moment about global finance. globalfinance. in terms of the value of the dollar, in terms of interest rates and of course the global banking system. a combination of all those things together means that actually the politicians could easilyjust politicians could easily just sort politicians could easilyjust sort of sit there and say, i m sorry, i m not going to vote on this unless they get. whatever particular angle they are on about so we need to be very careful because if they decide to be silly unlock along with this then we could could find ourselves in a very difficult global financial situation, not just difficult global financial situation, notjust in america, notjust situation, notjust in america
this year and potentially reach the bank of england s 2% target by early next year and therefore we are not expecting interest rates to go up much further. we are heading towards easier times for most people. as we ve been reporting, this week the imf and world bank are hosting globalfinance leaders the imf and world bank are hosting global finance leaders at their spring meeting in washington, dc and one of the big issues being discussed is debt restructuring for low income countries. let s head to samir hussein outside the world bank for us and in dc. has anything been agreed? for us and in dc. has anything been aareed? , ., for us and in dc. has anything been aareed? , . ., ., , , ., agreed? they have already started these conversations, agreed? they have already started these conversations, they - agreed? they have already started these conversations, they have - agreed? they have already started l these conversations, they have been ongoing for quite a while but they had quite a