Yugoslavia two decades ago. He was sentenced to life in prison at the United Nations court at the hague. Finally in the ft online several of britains biggest Water Companies have admitted their engineers still carry out mediaeval practices such as using dowsing rods to divine or locate the location of water pipes. With me is james hughes whos a chief market analyst at axi trader, a brokerage firm. We have already discussed the budget that led to dig deeper. In terms of the reaction in the media today. Many are focusing on the fact they have had to downgrade the Economic Outlook year in, year out. This is the office of the budget responsibility, independent of the government. It have is that you are not concerned about that but some may argue in terms of the outlook and in terms of the fact that our wages are not going as far, there is squeeze with inflation going up and what that means for us in our pocket at home, it could have a negative effect on the economy, couldnt it . Iam not ef
Programme. We will be briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business, and sport. And as you watch this programme, you may be downing a strong coffee, and the latest Research Says that may have some Health Benefits so we are asking do you take any notice of the constant flow of Health Advice . We get it every day. Tell us what you think. Just use the hashtag, bbcthebriefing. We start the programme with this. The serbian president , aleksandar vucic, has called on serbs to start looking to the future following the conviction of the former bosnian serb military commander, ratko mladic. In the hague he will be sentenced to life imprisonment after being found guilty on ten of 11 charges including genocide. The united nations, european union, and nato, have hailed the conviction as a triumph ofjustice. But for many in the region where the crimes were carried out, mladic is still seen as a hero. Aaron safir reports. As commander of the Bosnian Serb Armed forces, ratko mladics b
In the Champions League draw. Arguably the draw wasnt the kindest to chelsea though theyll face five time winners barcelona. Well look at how others fared not a huge amount of snow. Temperatures falling away quickly. It isa temperatures falling away quickly. It is a we are worried about this evening and overnight and into tomorrow. I will have more later. Thank you, darren. Mount hope. It is now the tallest mountain in the country after being re measured. Hello everyone this is afternoon live. Snow and freezing temperatures are continuing to cause widespread disruption in many parts of the uk and across the channel. Heathrow airport is trying to clear a backlog of hundreds of flights, the port of calais is closed, while roads and rail have been affected. Its all making travel difficult and even hazardous. Tens of thousands of pupils are having an unexpected day off after the cold weather prompted local authorities to shut their schools. A large swathe of Central England and most of wal
Briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. And you can be part of the conversation, tell us what your spotting online tell us what youre spotting online and why the stories you are watching, just use the hashtag bbc the briefing. World leaders are gathering in france today to push forward plans to tackle climate change, agreed in paris two years ago. French president Emmanuel Macron will lead attempts to find billions of dollars pledged to help emerging economies end their reliance on fossil fuels. Us President Trump will not be there, he pulled his country out of the agreement injune, the only country of 195 to do so. Andrew plant talks us through the day. Arriving for a dinner with the french president , former un secretary general ban ki moon and his predecessor, kofi annan, arriving in paris for what Emmanuel Macron has called a meeting of elders. This the evening before the one planet summit, taking place two years to the day since the paris accord, w
International agreements and undermine worldwide trade. The Online Business independent says the uk will lose over 10,000 finance jobs to other european cities by day one of brexit, according to new research. Of over 200 city firms surveyed, almost a third of banks, brokers and Asset Managers say they are considering plans to move staff to cities such as dublin, amsterdam and frankfurt. Bloomberg online looks at crypto currency bitcoins debut on wall street, which according to the website hasnt ended the financial industrys scepticism. It says bitcoins first day on the Futures Exchange had its supporters cheering, while many mainstream Financial Professionals remain unsure. And finally, the arab news announces that movie theatres are to reopen in saudi arabia in 2018, for the first time for over 35 years. So lets begin. With me is james hughes, who is chief market analyst at axitrader, a brokerage firm. Nice to see you. Good morning. So once again much of the media trying to understand