hello this is bbc news. the headlines. a bad night for president macron. he looks set to lose his overall majority in the french parliament the far left and the far right have made gains. rail bosses have confirmed that talks to try to avoid this week s strike action will continue with union leaders tomorrow. after the uk s promise of more heavy weapons to ukraine the new head of the british army says troops should be prepared to fight russia in europe. communities in finsbury park gather to mark five years since the terror attack in which a van was driven into worshippers outside a mosque. and swimming s world governing body votes to effectively ban transgender competitors like american lia thomas from taking part in women s races. now on bbc news. joe tidy reports on president nayib bukele s bitcoin plans in el salvador, with investment of more than $300 million of public money and plans to build a bitcoin city . el salvador is the only country in the world where you
now on bbc news, joe tidy reports from el salvador on the president s bitcoin plans, with investment of more than $300 million of public money and plans to build a bitcoin city . el salvador is the only country in the world where you can buy almost anything with bitcoin. buenos dias. si, caballero. last september, the country s cryptocurrency loving president took the unprecedented decision to make bitcoin legal tender. this will generate jobs and help provide financial inclusion to thousands outside the formal economy. around the world, the move is being criticised by the financial establishment and celebrated by crypto fans. so we are following developments closely. and now el salvador is leading the way, you know? we re proud. but are the people here embracing bitcoin? is el salvador s big bitcoin gamble paying off? el salvador s bitcoin journey started here in el zonte, with a weird and mysterious origin story. in 2019, an anonymous donor gave this small fishing villag
To advise on immediate measures to improve building safety. The Bank Of England issues a financial warning, as Consumer Borrowing rises at its fastest rate in more than a decade. Google is fined more than £2 billion by the European Commission for illegally favouring its own shopping services. And 50 years on from the first cash machine, we take a look at the changing face of banking. Hello, good evening. Welcome to Bbc News At Five. Scotlands First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon, has said her government is delaying plans for a second Independence Referendum. Speaking in holyrood, she said she Still Believes the country needs to be given a choice about its future, but not until after the Brexit Process. She said that since the general election, in which the snp lost 21 seats, she had listened to voters, and understood their concerns about another poll. Our scotland correspondent lorna gordon is in edinburgh. Nicola sturgeon call this a reset, but what in effect i think it means is whilst a
Scheme. bill: it appears every time he had meetings with investors they were kept at arm s length. there was no website, there was no paperwork. no way for these rich and smart investors to track the investment that they chose to go with. does it not show people at home today how risky crypto currency is? again, i don t want to kill the whole space here and i will get pushback for this. would you put your mother into crypto currency? this is real money. when people were cashing out bitcoin and buying mansions in los angeles, you now have a hard asset. if you were sitting at $60,000 in bitcoin and 17,000 where it is now. that s a fall. you have to look at. then you have people like this sam bakeman fried for all intense and purposes where is the money? it makes enron look like child s
Visitors about 30% more, according to some locals. and it s notjust so called bitcoin tourists. the legal tender move is bringing in big foreign investors, too. this clifftop land, currently a dinosaur themed restaurant, is for sale. yeah in bitcoin. the asking price is us$950,000, but the seller accept bitcoin. today, if you want to buy it, it s 26 bitcoin. so 40% of your property sellers are now happy to accept bitcoin. correct. and some of them, they re even