controversial post, particularly controversial job for mervin king, i think, given that he s, you know, come in at a time undergoing the very severe financial turbulence and also a great deal of weakness in the macro economy and managing the uk economy s track out of that recession has been a great challenge not just for mervin king but also for the politicians, and any government that s going to be in power and any bank of england governor who s going to be holding that office at this time will come in for flack, andrew. yeah. i think you are right. as inflation rises around the world and interest rates rise around the world, the central bank less and less popular. as the protests in egypt enter their 17th day, we ll be looking at the economic cost now of the uprising. are protesters adding a new dimension to demand for new governments and new way of life? live to cairo to find out.
teenage suicide bomber attacked a recruitment center on thursday. they say he was around 14 years old and wearing a school uniform. they were conducting morning training when the attack happened. a month after being shot in the head, u.s. congresswoman gabrielle giffords is regaining some ability to talk. she was asking for a piece of toast. giffords is recovering at a rehabilitation hospital in houston, texas. in indonesia, a trial is adjourned until next week on a technicality. he faces terrorism charges and could lead to the death penalty. the third time he s been tried for terrorism since the 2002 bali bombings. he was jailed and later released on appeal. those are the headlines. i m monica rajpal in london. world business today starts right now. good morning from cnn london, i m charles hodson. and a very good afternoon from cnn hong kong. i m andrew stevens. top stories this thursday, february the 10th, it could be the mother of all market mergers. a tire betwee
this is gmt. in jonathan on bbc world news. the pakistan government ask for more international aid, but the taliban advises the not to take the money. they say that western help will only end up in the hands of a corrupt officials. in china, hopes are fading for the victims of the heavy rains. more than 1000 missing after the mudslides. also, a choppy recovery just one day after warning about the american economy, now britain s central bank expresses concern about growth. a new super bug is on the list. it s resistance to drugs could be spread by westerners going into india and pakistan. the trail of destruction left by pakistan s monsoon floods is worsening. militants are urging the government to reject western aid. it is another sign that the taliban and other radical groups are trying to take the initiative after what is regarded as an inadequate response from the 40 s. it is almost two weeks since unusually heavy rain and inadequate response from the authorities. the
i have very strong confidence that david will be in the right place where the conservative party would like to be on these issues. but obviously we ll wait to hear are you happy the way the campaign was conducted? the campaign, i think, it s obvious for all of the parties was affected by the leadership debates. it was something all had to respond to. i think we responded very effectively particularly in the last week, 10 days of the campaign. i think we managed to get the message across quite clearly to the electorate. was it a mistake to agree with the debates? i think we ve been pushing for these debates for many, many years. i think it would have been very hard at the point the prime minister was prepared to do it. we changed our minds. also think it s actually a positive thing. one of the striking things certainly in my count last night was the increase of turnout up to 62 to over 68%. significantly more
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