ConsUmer confIdence has slUmped. Is the Doom And Gloom laboUr Is sellIng sappIng all enthUsIasm for the brItIsh economy . The governments crItIcs say, It Is tIme for a new message . Reform say they wIll transform the party to pUt NIgel Farage In nUmber 10. Its a bIg pledge for a party wIth fIve mps. How are they goIng to do It . Good EvenIng And Welcome to newsnIght the home of InsIght and IntevIews. On oUr panel tonIght, The PromInent LaboUr Donor and champIon of Green Energy dale vInce, the former BrexIt Party mep, now talk presenter, alex phIllIps. And the Uk DIrector of more In common lUke tryl. For weeks now the government has been tellIng Us the coUntrys fInances are In a rIght old mess. Prepare yoUrself for some paIn, saId the PrIme MInIster. Well, It seems the coUntry has taken hIm at hIs word. ConsUmer sentIment, whIch powers the economy, has dropped lIke a stone In september. We are less wIllIng to spend, whIch means small and medIUm sIzed bUsInesses are not InvestIng eIther.
Check on markets. Some positivity still feeding through the back of that china data that came in better than expected in terms of the retail sales. S p futures on the front foot, up. 2 . Four days of gains. Closer to above 3000. How much farther does the rally have to go. We look ahead to earnings. The 10year yield is backed up a. 2 curve. Lets get the bloomberg first word news. President donald trump has been accused of racism this after suggesting four female lawmakers to back to their crime invested crime infested places they came from. Of the four women were born in the u. S. And are racial or ethnic my own minorities. The purchase of a Russian Missile defense system. The u. S. Says deploying the missiles jeopardized a fighter jet. The white house as picked a package of sanctions for turkey with an announcement coming soon. Dozens arrested as protests continue in hong kong. This includes clashes with the police in a shopping mall. Emmis traders were demanding demonstrators were dem
eurovision fever heats up with 16 countries taking to the stage in liverpool later for the second semifinal. hello and welcome to the programme. we start with the war in ukraine and confirmation from the british defence secretary that storm shadow cruise missiles are being sent to ukraine. the missiles have a long range capability and are typically launched from the air. the move prompted an instant response from the kremlin saying the decision would require an adequate response from the russian military. we will hear from of the from the russian military. we will hearfrom of the un s humanitarian coordinator in ukraine but first we have ben wallace in the house of commons. in december i informed the house i was developing options to respond to russia s continued aggression and today i can confirm the uk is sending storm shadow missiles to ukraine, storm shadow is a long range conventional only precision strike capability and it compliments the long range system already gifte
sport, and a full round up, from the bbc sport centre. well, over to you. well, overto you. hello well, over to you. hello again, matthew. there are 100 days to go until the 2023 fifa women s world cup gets under way in australia and new zealand, and organisers say they re on course to sell a record 1.5 million tickets. co hosts australia are in action in a friendly against the european champions, england. kick off in brentford is just a few hours away. our reporterjo currie is there. jo, the countdown to the tournament is on. absolutely, it is now three and a half they will be a host of stars on display tonight notjust they will be a host of stars on display tonight not just with the but a large number of those players also playing the football here in england also playing the football here in enaulan . also playing the football here in en [an a ., ., also playing the football here in en. ian. ., ., , , also playing the football here in eni [ani ., ., , , ., england and th
news that we have heard about marc short, that he s testified in the doj s probe. what does that signal to you about where the investigation stands? well, i mean, i look at it and it says obviously there is some interest. there was a lot of frustration, just kind of personally, for the last, i guess, year and a half, like what s doj doing? i think our investigation, though it is not a criminal investigation, certainly has brought some things to light that doj is watching, and it seems like between that and some of the search warrants that have been served and some of the other things we have seen that they are moving forward. look, i think it is important for the department of justice to get a handle on what the criminality of what happened is, and if there are crimes to prosecute them because we cannot live in a country where we send a message that a president is above the law as long as he fails at a coup attempt, but by the way, if he ever succeeds at a coup attempt, the