is the industry ready? plus: the bitter row brewing at starbucks. its former boss denies illegal union busting in a tense appearance before the us senate. and players ready. a $180 billion industry, 45 contenders. who will smite the opposition at tonight s bafta games awards? hi there. powering up britain that s how the uk government is describing its new strategy to reach net zero carbon emissions by 2050. it s expected to promise £20 billion in funding for carbon capture technology, more investment in nuclear and help for householders to insulate their homes and install heat pumps. it comes after a legal challenge by environmental campaigners led to a ruling by the uk s high court that the government s previous plans were inadequate. friends of the earth, one of the campaign groups, has already described the latest policies as dangerously lacklustre and lacking on climate action. here s what the minister in charge grant shapps had to say. i think is the flipside of the
hello and welcome to bbc news. the vatican says pope francis has spent a good night in hospital after being admitted with a respiratory infection. a spokesman said he had been experiencing breathing difficulties, but they also confirmed he was not suffering from covid. the bbc s davide ghiglione is outside the hospital in rome. a spokesperson informed journalists that he spent a peaceful night at the hospital. so his condition remains stable at the moment. the vatican is trying to reassure journalists, people and catholics all over the world. according to italian news agency ansa, the pope should be discharged within the next couple of days. and he should be able to celebrate next sunday s mass. everybody knows at the vatican that the pope has been particularly weak over the last couple of months. we do know already that he was forced to use a wheelchair. so it could be quite tiring for him even if he is able to attend all the ceremonies and easter celebrations. we can get mo
and the cost of living crisis that has triggered. but there are signs of hope are starting to emerge. in the last few hours we ve had the latest monthly inflation figures out of spain and that the pace of prices rises fell to an annualised pace of 3.1% in march when using the measure that allows comparison with other countries. that s a big drop from february s 6% and was mainly due to lower energy costs, with food prices also falling. and in germany, europe s biggest economy, there was also a big drop. by the same measure inflation has now fallen to 7.8% as businesses and households benefited from lower natural gas prices. joining me live now is the spanish economist professor santiago carbo valverde, from the university of valencia. what is causing such a big fall in inflation in spain? lowering vat has helped bring down some of the prices of the food and agricultural prost products. we also have what is called a competition or factor. last march, inflation is computed year
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with the transaction costs moving from one country to another. so it s good for them. the kuna still survives in one place. retailers have to display dual currency price lists until september. that should be enough time for croatians to recalibrate their mental calculators. guy delaunay, bbc news, zagreb. here in the uk, there s been a development in the case of the killing of a black man by police in september. chris kaba, who was not armed, was shot dead by a met firearms officer in south london. let s talk to our correspondent greg mckenzie greg, what happened to chris? he was shot dead by a metropolitan firearms officer in london on the 5th of september, and evening. the police had followed the car that he was travelling in. it was hemmed in and stop in streatham hill in south london where one bullet was