Of the Biggest Companies in the world, owned by asias richest man, Mukesh Ambani mix it mixing that with the huge presence that disney has, there, means it is a huge disrupter for that sector, and itll probably be subject to Regulatory Approval because of that. Lets turn to the us, where its economy grew at an annual pace of 3. 2 from october through december. That figure is less than the commerce departments initial estimate. But Consumer Spending grew by 3 in the same period. Also, strong exports also contributed to Fourth Quarter growth. From the worlds biggest economy to the worlds Fastest Growing economy indias latest gdp figures are due out later today. The south asian country experienced an impressive first half of 2023. But then, its growth is expected to have slowed down in the last three months. The bbc S Archana Shukla explains. After an impressive first half of the year, Economic Growth is expected to slow down in the october to december quarter. What is taking it down is a
Of wales. None of the rain particularly heavy and quite a mild day at 12 or 13 degrees. Tonight heavier rain moves east across the Country Clearing from scotland and Northern Ireland were some blustery showers to follow. Very mild across a good part of england and eastern wales with temperatures in double figures over night. Tomorrow all change again, some colder air moving in across the vast majority of the uk behind this cold front. The front itself dragging its heels across east anglia and Southern England where it will be waning for a good chunk of the day. Sunshine and showers again for scotland and Northern Ireland, some of those showers having a bit of help mixed in. Ifeeling day. On into the forecast for friday, a low pressure set to move in. With this we get an occlusion somewhere around here and along that particular Weather Front were looking at the risk of seeing some hill snow. The greatest risk across the high ground of north wales, Northern England and the Southern Uplan
Hello, im christian fraser. Youre watching the context on bbc news. Senate democrats are trying to push through legislation to protect ivf treatments, in response to the alabama Supreme Courts ruling that embryos are people. Lots going on either side of the pond on reproductive rates. But, in the wake of the alabama Supreme Courts ruling that embryos are people, Senate Democrats are putting down a bill to protect ivf treatments. The illinois senator Tammy Duckworth is daring republicans to obstruct legislation which would establish a federal right to ivf and other Fertility Treatments that are at risk in the post roe era. Senator duckworth is an Iraq War Veteran who suffered grave injuries in combat in 200a. Her two children were conceived through ivf. The bill she has proposed would require unanimous consent in orderfor it to pass, and although Many Republican lawmakers have registered disappointment over the alabama ruling, at least one conservative senator is expected to object. Amy
Its thursday, 29th of february. Our main story. A group of mps have urged ministers to consider the implications for the uk, if assisted dying is legalised in the isle of man and jersey. The Health Select committee has published a report, which it hopes will provide evidence for future debates about the law. Opponents say the current legislation prevents people from coming under pressure to end their lives. Heres our medical editor, fergus walsh. The mps dont Make Recommendations for or against assisted dying. Rather, the aim of their report is to serve as a basis for debate on what they call this difficult, sensitive, yet crucial subject. More and more countries in europe have legalised assisted dying in some form, along with new zealand, australia, canada and ten states in the us. The mps say they saw no evidence that palliative and end of life care had deteriorated as a result, and in some instances it had improved. The Committee Calls for more money for hospices in england, which o
For haaland as a city player. It was not only about Scoring Goals, its about holding the ball, it was about, for me, still young, developing on these kind of things, holding the ball, playing with the team and all of these kind of things, but as a striker i have to score goals. And if im not Scoring Goals, i have to help the team Scoring Goals and play attacking football, so thats what im trying to do. Martin dubravka was the hero for newcastle as he saved the decisive penalty against blackburn to seal their route to the quarterfinals. It was 1 1 after extra time at ewood park, with dubravka denying dominic hyam from the spot in the shoot out. A much needed win for the Newcastle Boss eddie howe. The situation that were in and the season that weve had, i dont think this was ever going to be an easy game, i think this is always good to be the kind of cup tie that was going to go late in the match. We need to be resilient, and defend well. We did in the main. I think martin made a couple