a happier new year: after months of covid chaos, can china s economy pull a rabbit out of the hat? hello there. we start in the swiss ski resort of davos, you know what, stay. stay with me. sometimes, this happens. just to prove it is live. chuckles. we will talk about what keir starmer is talking about. the opposition labour party leader. he has very much been sweet talking the elite, the top bankers at the world economic forum. he has been reassuring the financial elite that labour is pro business and pledging to do more to attract foreign investment into the uk if they win power next year. labour points to un figures, showing the uk s share of world foreign direct investment has declined since the conservatives came into government in 2010 from 8% tojust1.7% the lowest since records began. that s according to the un figures. the bbc s economics editor faisal islam reports. at the world economic forum, some of europe s top bankers and ceos assembled to meet the leader o
also on the show, as global leaders meet in egypt for the cop27 summit on the environment, what are the stakes for one of the most beautiful places on earth? i m going to be asking the big boss of the caribbean development bank, dr gene leon. wherever you rejoining me from around the world, a power grab at the top of china s communist party has big consequences for the global economy. yet with war raging in europe, a cost of living crisis, surging interest rates and a global energy crisis, china s president xijinping s consolidation of power at the communist party s 20th congress could easily get a bit lost amidst the noise. but china s critical place in the global supply chain, in world politics, in manufacturing and exporting and its growing power as a consumer and tourist powerhouse means that these changes are incredibly significant for the way the world s economy is going to develop in the next few years. so with the benefit of a few weeks perspective, let sjust take a
the world. i m whitney wild. the death toll from that huge winter storm keeps rising. it is now up to 62 deaths across 11 states. of those by far the greatest share were in erie county, new york, where at least 37 people died. a horrible storm with too many deaths. we know without the work of these first responders and others, more people would have died. first responders are still checking on callers they couldn t reach in buffalo which was buried under nearly 52 inches of snow. overnight buffalo lifted a driving ban. cnn s miguel marquez has more on the digout. reporter: buffalo digging out. officials here responding to criticism they should have done more. 35-mile-an-hour wind gusts for three hours straight with less than a quarter mile visibility. monique alexander died in the storm on christmas eve. a buffalo native who had been through many snowstorms here thought this one was the same. we were waiting for her to come home. i knew something was wrong right a
that and the paycheck. coming up on cnn newsroom this caused by documents keep turning up. north of u.s. president confirm additional pages recovered from the private home. and sources tell cnn and other locations could soon be searched. moment of truth, u.s. ramps up training for ukrainian troops with both russia and ukraine appeared to plan would could be major offensives. and 30 years of hiding in plain sight, over with one of the world s most wanted to to lives. arrested while seeking treatment for his prostate. live from cnn center this is cnn newsroom, with john vause,. lawyers for the u.s. president have confirmed five additional pages of classified information were found in joe biden s wilmington residents last week. and have since been headed to the justice department. this comes as sources tell cnn there could be more searches to come beyond biden s home, and the private office use in washington before being elected president. caused by twitter have been recovered a
residents. officials fearful people living alone without power may not have survived. buffalo police cracking down on looters. mona kosar abdi in buffalo, rob marciano standing by timing out a major rainmaker for new year s eve. news just coming in from the cdc. the u.s. imposing new covid restrictions on all travelers from china, as the country faces a surge of new covid infections, pushing hospitals to the brink. urgent concerns tonight for the health of retired pope benedict. the vatican revealing today the 95-year-old former pontiff is, quote, very sick. marcus moore at the vatican, where pope francis is asking for prayers tonight. growing frustration at the southern border. after the supreme court extended the trump-era immigration policy known as title 42. will carr reporting on the urgent need for more facilities to cope with the crush of people. new details tonight on congressman-elect george santos, already facing accusations he lied about much of his biograp