Jeremy hunt makes a dig at borisjohnson, saying the next Prime Minister should be trustworthy, otherwise the uk risks a general election and no brexit. Now on bbc news, live to singapore for Asia Business report. World trade warning. The head of the wto cautions about Global Economic growth ahead of this weeks crucial 620 summit injapan. Indias trade opportunity. How the country aims to prosperfrom opportunity. How the country aims to prosper from the conflict between the worlds two biggest economies. It isa the worlds two biggest economies. It is a wednesday. 6ood the worlds two biggest economies. It is a wednesday. Good morning, asia. Hello, world. 6lad it is a wednesday. Good morning, asia. Hello, world. Glad you could join us for this exciting addition of Asia Business report. Im rico hizon. Lets start off with the rising trade tensions between the worlds two biggest economies, as the head of the World Trade Organisation has warned over the impact of higher tariffs on global growth
It is 2 30 in the morning. Now on bbc news the week in parliament. Hello, and welcome to the week in parliament. Politicians may have been getting on with the business at hand, but theres definitely been an elephant in the chamber the conservative leadership contest. Scarcely a debate went by without some reference. For example, argy bargy when this Prime Minister faced questions about the next one. Will she finally act in the best interest of these islands, not the conservative party, and admit that neither of the candidates for office should ever be elected Prime Minister . But shes wasnt having any of that. Either of the candidates for this high office would do a darn sight betterjob than anybody sitting on any of those benches. Well be discussing how Prime Ministers questions might look under the new Prime Minister. Reminds me of the tale of the sort of rather extravagant eccentric young army recruit who is told by his Commanding Officer the men will follow you if only out of morbi
The bosses of itvsJeremy Kyle Show have been criticised by a committee of mps for putting guests through lie detector tests without knowing how accurate those tests were, calling it irresponsible and astonishing. Mps launched an inquiry after the show was axed in may following the death of one of its guests. Jeremy kyle declined an invitation to appear. Our media editor amol rajan reports. TheJeremy Kyle Show was described by its bosses today as conflict resolution. Critics say it was all conflict, and no resolution. Hes a lying, cheating, horrible person. The show is no more. Steve diamond was found dead in his flatjust a few days after appearing on an episode that was never broadcast. Diamond had failed a lie detector test, one of the pillars of the show. I was telling the truth. The test says youre a liar. Executives responsible for the show admitted today they didnt know how accurate the tests were. You cant define what a high level of accuracy is. Not 100 , but 50 is not 100 . Im
We start with one of the worlds biggest tech events, mobile world congress, which is getting under way in shanghai. With technology at the heart of the us china trade war its difficult for the 60,000 delegates to get away from the tensions its causing whether thats around 56 telecoms, Artificial Intelligence or big data. That trade war has led to tariffs on more than half the goods the worlds two biggest economies sell to each other. And the us is threatening tariffs on another 300bn of goods which would hit consumer products, including the electronics on show in shanghai. The us has also effectively banned telecoms giant huawei over security concerns. Its one of the biggest firms at the show and has recently said it expected that blaclisting will cost it 30 billion worth of sales over two years. Americas biggest tech comapnies are also being hurt by the trade war. Apple says any further us tariffs against china will weigh on its global competitiveness. That could lead prices to rise b