Body image. Also this hour another Royal Wedding in windsor. Buckingham palace announces the engagement of Princess Eugenie to Jack Brooksbank theyll get married this autumn. Good morning. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. In a rare public intervention, the head of the army will warn today that britains military risks falling behind that of its enemies unless it gets extra money. In a speech to the defence think tank, the Royal United Services institute, general sir nick carter will point to russias growing battlefield capabilities, including the threat posed by its long range missiles and cyber warfare skills. Simon clemison reports. Images showing what russia said was a strike on syria. But the rockets come not from the mediterranean sea, but the caspian sea, more than 900 miles away. The head of the army says russia is building an increasingly aggressive military, which the uk is struggling to match. Russia has also been simulating attacks closer to home, conducting large scale exercise
Well assess what happens next. And with indias Prime Minister Narendra Modi the keynote speaker here at davos today, we get the inside track from atop indian boss who leads an it Services Company to find out what he is hoping for. As usual, we want you to be a part of the conversation. As Global Leaders in politics and business gather here to solve the challenges facing the Global Economy, what one problem would you like them to solve . Use the hashtag bbcbizlive. Hello and welcome to business live. The prospects for the Global Economy are at their brightest for nearly a decade. That is the view of Business Leaders and the International Monetary fund. They have both launched their latest forecasts at the World Economic forum getting underway in davos. It is the get together of the top Business Leaders and politicians in the world. What are the latest figures say . The imf has raised its growth predictions for the year to come and next year. They have raised them to 3. 9 . It says that
And tributes to Hugh Masekela, father of South African jazz and anti apartheid campaigner, whos died in johannesburg. Good morning, its tuesday 24th january. Im annita mcveigh, welcome to bbc newsroom live. The foreign secretary, borisjohnson, is understood to be pushing for a multimillion pound cash injection in the nhs in england. It comes as the Health Secretary is due to update the cabinet on how the Health Service is coping with winter pressures. Its thought mrjohnson wants an extra £100 million a week to go to the nhs. Its not the first time hes proposed more money. Remember this . He proudly stood behind the vote leave battle bus during the Eu Referendum claiming that £350 million britain pays to the eu every week could instead go to the nhs. The chancellor, Philip Hammond, said he gave the nhs £6 billion in the last budget, and when asked about mrjohnsons rumoured proposals, told reporters, mrjohnson is the foreign secretary. Well, lets get more from norman smith, who is out
We are at one dollar. 099 1. 099 dollar. There are your numbers. Manufacturing in france falling. As a price contraction. Euro off by 1 . Today is all about commodities. Copper lower. Goldman sachs says it has further to go. Oil, a little bit of a rebound. We are seeing it continue to decline, up by 4. 2 . Lets get back to how the you how the euro is responding. Continually lower, contraction for pmi is a surprise. Lets take on some of the equities. We did get a number of earnings. Terrible profit numbers. We expecting jump in air france and Anglo American. 4 on error finance on air france. Better than anticipated. Theyre having to reduce their cost, because they have been hit so hard. Desperate to take on the discounters in the area. Desperate to take on the likes of the longhaul emirates and the likes. How did a tackle it . They like the fact that there would be trying for more cost cuts. Anglo american, up by 30 . Were seeing the dividend cap where it was. Dividend cap where it was.
Good morning. Its tuesday 31st october. Im annita mcveigh. Welcome to bbc newsroom live the bank of england is warning that 75,000 jobs could be lost from britains Financial Services sector if the uk leaves the European Union without a trade deal. Senior figures at the bank of england are said to be using the number as a reasonable scenario in their planning for the future but are thought to be optimistic that negotiations will be successful. 0ur economics editor, kamal ahmed, reports. It will be one of the toughest challenges facing the brexit negotiators, untangling the multitrillion pound Financial Services industry which links the uk with the rest of the European Union. Banks and Financial Companies based in britain pay £67 billion in taxes each year and contribute a trade surplus of £58 billion, helping the uks economy. Many eu countries would like a slice of the sector and see brexit as an opportunity. Frankfurt and paris, for example, are marketing themselves as new places to