Plans to have 48 teams at the tournament in 2026. And carol has the weather. Good morning. A breezy day ahead of us. For some of us, starting on a bright note with sunshine. It is cold. Thicker cloud in the west will introduce rain going from east to west during the day. Later the wind will strengthen. And ill have more details on the weather for you in 15 minutes. Thanks, carol. Good morning. First, our main story. Another strike is affecting services on Southern Rail. Drivers belonging to the aslef union will stop work for three days this week. The dispute about the role of the guard on trains has been going on for nearly ten months. 0ur South Of England correspondent, Duncan Kennedy, is at horsham Train Station. Duncan, what is the mood like among passengers there . It has been crippling train lines for ten months. Commuters are out there. You have to get up early. It ta kes there. You have to get up early. It takes longer. I am abandoning going out to town tomorrow. We will see how
May. There will also be an Overtime Ban between the 6th iith may. The union wants improved pay and conditions. The Rail Company Industry body says the strike is unnecessary and will hit passengers. You are watching bbc news. We are all too familiar with the sight of the Donald Trump making his way into a courtroom. But this was a historic day in manhattan. The first time a former president has faced a criminal trial. Mr trump has pleaded not guilty to Sa Counts of falsifying business records, where Hush Money payments were recorded as legal expenses to cover up his affairjust weeks before the election. The prosecution said the former president has Orchestrated A Criminal Scheme To Corrupt the election. Mr trump said it was a book keeping issue. A very minor thing, which Thejustice Department had cooked up to keep him off the campaign trail. What is going on right here should never be happening. It is a very sad day in america. Thank you very much
The National Association of Software and Service Companies (Nasscom) expects the industry's revenue to grow 3.8% to $253.9 billion, compared with the previous fiscal year's 8.4%. The expansion this year will likely be driven by lower- to mid-single-digit contributions from all segments, including information technology, business process management, software products, engineering research and development, Nasscom said. Software exports, comprising services and sale of products to clients, fell 3.3% to $199 billion as opposed to a 11.4% growth in the previous year.
British regulators need an "ambitious growth mindset" to implement post-Brexit financial sector reforms faster and stop business going elsewhere, an industry body said on Thursday. Britain's "Edinburgh Reforms" - proposed by finance minister Jeremy Hunt over a year ago - aim to help London to remain a globally competitive financial centre after being largely cut off from the European Union, which this week approved a law to force a shift in euro clearing from London to the bloc. New York is also attracting companies from Britain to list there.