Data on industrial output offers signs of encouragement. Shares in gilead jumped in late trade on positive reports on a coronavirus drug. Openg source on plans to factories in seattle. We hear from the ceo of rival airbus. We are seeing a lot of positive sentiment across the markets today. Investors seeming to be looking to the data we got out of china. Not really a surprise we got that drop in firstquarter gdp. The big question remains if Consumer Confidence can come back as the lockdown starts to ease. Speaking of that, it is u. S. Esting, you will see futures. The question remains well investors start to see that as a move to early that could reawaken the risk of a new wave of infections. The market fairly positive. The european futures on the front foot as well. 10year treasury yields moving higher by four basis points. You are seeing dollar weakness across all g10. Some of those Commodity Currencies weaker. Oil anguish and, just before 24 a barrel. President trump has unveiled gui
From the election campiagn trail, hours before the final deadline to register to vote. The other main stories on bbc news at 5pm. A Bleak Outlook on Climate Change, the United Nations says the world has to act much faster, to avoid Dangerous Levels of Global Warming. Sir andy murray speaks about his return to tennis after hip surgery, and why hes living life to the full. And whos a lucky couple . Steve and lenka thompson from sussex are £105 millions richer, after winning the euromillions jackpot. Its five oclock. Our main story is labours response to the plain spoken criticism of the chief rabbi, who questioned Jeremy Corbyns suitability for the post of Prime Minister, saying that a poison of antisemitism had taken root in the labour party. Ephraim mirvis, britains most seniorjewish leader, said labours claims to have dealt with claims of anti semitism were a fiction. Mr corbyn said today there could be no place for any kind of racism in his party. The chief rabbis decision to speak
Join that club, what does it mean . Youre going to make me emotional. Stop saying it. Well be celebrating her win. Belfasts high court is about to decide whether Northern Irelands abortion laws are in breach of the uks human rights commitments. The case was brought by sarah ewart who travelled to england to have a termination after she was told her unborn child wouldnt survive outside the womb. Ifi if i have had this procedure at home, i would if i have had this procedure at home, iwould have if i have had this procedure at home, i would have had a grave to visit, or ashes. That breaks my heart. Ill be speaking to sarah ewart live on the programme once that decision comes in. Brexit its over to you, eu. As borisjohnson gets ready to answer questions from mps on his new look brexit plan this morning, the big question is what does brussels make of it . What i can say from the leaks we have seen, that what is being put forward is not promising, and does not appear to form the basis for an
It is about half past two in the morning, you are up to date on the headlines. Its time for tuesday in parliament. Hello there, and welcome to tuesday in parliament, where there is a mixed reaction to the bbcs decision to scrap free tv licences for most over 75s. Labour blames the government. Forget the crocodile tears. The truth is his government is supporting taking away £150 from pensioners who are on around £10,000 a year. But some conservatives think the bbc should find the money elsewhere. It seems to me that the elderly and Vulnerable People have been asked to contribute to the £1. 75 million salary of gary linacre. Also on this programme. What can be done to stop drones disrupting airports, and sir lenny henry calls on uk broadcasters to match us tv makers when it comes to diversity. My hope one day is to be able to hold up a picture like this for bbc, itv, channels four and five and i think that would be a real step forward. But first, there was anger in the commons followi
Anna a warm welcome to countdown. I am anna edwards. Mental i am manus cranny. Weve got breaking news. Manus weve got manus cranny. Caroline, give us the numbers. Caroline net income. Billionoming in at 16. 7 cronin. This is compared to 17. 9 billion. We got net income coming below analyst estimates. The reason . Basic impairment charges. Provision overall. They are having to reduce the guided Capital Expenditure level 260. 5 billion. They are trying to ream back their spending. Their Financial Results continue to be affected by low liquid prices. Clearly the pain that is being exerted on oil majors. The fact that bp managed to eat estimates. We are seeing the pain coming from below oil prices feeding into the expectations that futures of these companies. This is a company that is exposed to the downstream. The refining is at a record high. Dividendded to pay a of . 22 for dollar. That is in line with estimates overall. 3 billion, less than previous years. Raining back their Capital Ex