Brands barbie, fisher price and moi, that is mattel to find out how his company s fortunes are being revived. Wherever you are joining around the world, once again hello and welcome to the programme. It is a billion dollar industry driven by creativity and innovation with a global reach and a diverse market. The toy industry is forecast to reach $302 billion in sales by 2030 and that estimate is at the conservative end of the scale. But falling birth rates and some of the highest inflation rates we have seen in decades have created challenging conditions for manufacturers and retailers and signal more tough times to come. While the covid pandemic boosted sales of toys and games temporarily, big name companies reported sales have started to slip back once again. Let s look at some of those numbers. Local toy sales reached $108. 7 billion in 2023, a 2% drop compared to 2022 with toy companies calling it a normalisation process after that exceptional growth linked to the pandemic. But acr
On the app. So it was kind of a laundry list of issues. More broadly, mike, were you surprised that this happened in france? so, this is. . . One of the fascinating aspects of this case is, you know, it s a big deal in any sort of country at this point, i believe, to really take under arrest the ceo of a major tech company, especially one used by almost a billion people, that telegram is. I think the distinction that s important here is that the arrest was made not under eu sort of broader laws, but specifically under french sort ofjurisdiction. And i also think that other tech ceos are looking at that and what that means for travel across different countries, not. . . I think durov is a different case because of how uncooperative he has been with different countries over the years but it s something to look at. Related to that, my bbc news colleague joe tidy has been reporting in the last few hours that telegram refuses to join international programmes aimed at detecting and removin
Outfront. Next breaking news, trump now says he will vote to bat florida s six week abortion ban. It is a major about face from his stance on the issue, just 24 hours ago, and harris tonight responding, ripping into trump and trump s speaking tonight to a controversial group known for anti antilgbtq rhetoric they also have ties to project 2025, which he s trying to disown so what s the upside? plus a cnn exclusive ukrainian soldiers coming under fire? because they enter putin s backyard. Let s go outfront good evening. I m brianna keilar in for erin burnett outfront tonight, breaking news. Donald trump now says he will vote no on a florida ballot measure to overturn the state s sixweek abortion ban despite saying six weeks is too restrictive. And criticizing governor ron desantis for signing the ban into law are you voting yes or no on amendment four in florida? so i think six weeks you need more time. Six weeks. I ve disagreed with that right from the early primaries when i heard abou
Not such positive news though for one of britain s big hopes kadeena cox. She crashed out of her c4 5 500 metre time trial final. The four time paralympic champion had qualified second fastest for the final, but hit the velodrome track on the first corner. Dutch rider caroline groot took the gold medal. Posting on instagram, cox said, the last two paralympics i ve woken up next to a medal grateful it wasn t a dream! today feels like a nightmare i can t wake up from. Sport can be cruel, ms can be cruel, living with an eating disorder can be cruel, but i m telling myself what i d tell the riders on my academy true strength is seen in how you bounce back against all adversity. Cox may be able to come back and compete for a medal on sunday, in the mixed c1 5 team sprint. Paralympics gb won two medals on the track. Daphne schrager took silver in the women s c1 3 3,000 metre individual pursuit, while steve bate and his pilot, chris latham, also came second in the men s b 4,000 metre indivi
Than doubled between 2008 and 2018. Severe allergic reactions are known as anaphylaxis. They can cause swelling of the airways and cardiac arrest and need to be treated with adrenaline but only around a third of people with a food allergy carry auto injector pens. Of those who d already had a severe reaction, 50% of children and 31% of adults had a repeat prescription for adrenaline. Our reporter simon jones joins us. What is the coroner said? it is a series intervention what is the coroner said? it is a series intervention because the| series intervention because the coroner has written to the health secretary and nhs england saying what a thing like hannah s death could happen again if changes are not made. She died after drinking a hot chocolate that she thought was made with soya milk when in with dairy milk. The coroner is particularly concerned about the use of epipen?. Win. Those are the pens that people can carry if they are prone to have serious reactions to food or drink.