I am anna edwards. Also, talking the deficit. George osborne tells charlie rose that the u. K. Is a front runner in the world economy. U. K. , weularly in the have a budget deficit, even though it has come down by half. Our debt to gdp is too high at 80 . We want to be in the front ranks of economic nations. Russias currency is in crisis, and its economy is unraveling. The ruble plunged to its lowest ever against the dollar despite the Central Banks efforts to stem the route with its biggest Interest Rate hike since 1998. There is the dollarruble over the last two days. It touched 80 yesterday, coming. Own to around 71. 75 today still, the russian Prime Minister held an emergency , deciding not to consider currency controls. The economy minister insists the moves are not reflective of the countrys fundamentals. Of course, everything weve been talking about is on the stabilization of the ruble. Ratelieved its exchange does not correspond with the fundamental macroeconomic development. W
Attacks. Hackers attacked the u. S. Militarys twitter account. Welcome to countdown. I am mark barton. I am anna edwards. I am manus cranny. Beats his rival, the award for the best Football Player in the world. Greece doesnt have much time, the words of the greek finance minister speaking exclusively to bloomberg just 12 days before the general election. He has given us a wide ranging interview on his nations prospects and the challenge posed, a snap general election on january 25 and early polls show the antiausterity party is the favorite. Alexis had promised to write off some of the 322 billion euro debt. Greece could be forced to leave the euro and samaras was to start his own deal. Wants to strike his own deal. For more on greece less give it lets give it to Elliott Gotkine lets been speaking to the finance minster. Good morning to you. It was a confident and apparently relaxed finance minister i met yesterday morning. Perhaps, after the elections something less stressful to do ot
We begin with the highly anticipated results of the Airport Commission study. Among the plans chosen from more than 50 proposals is the contentious idea of expanding heathrow. Caroline hyde has been following this story. Walk us through the key proposals, what is in and what is out. Listat is not on the short is Birmingham Airport and the thames estuary. Lets look at the three proposals. What howard davis said is needed is one runway by 2013 and potentially 2 additional runways by 2015. Theyre looking at one option with Gatwick Airport to build a new runway to the south of the easiest thing runway. The other two surround heathrow, our biggest hub and the most busy airport in all of europe. One new runway in the northwest and could be an extension of the existing runway. They have not listed thames estuary, saying it is too uncertain. They might look at it again in the first half of next year. Boris johnson coming out today saying, it is not dead. They are not being considered. Business
Thats the warning from the president of the World Anti Doping Agency to athletes as they begin training for next years olympics. And in weather, while most of you will stay dry this weekend, its getting cloudier, its getting windier, and you are certainly going to notice it, its going to feel colder, too. They will have all the details here on breakfast. Good morning. Its saturday 28th march. Our top story borisjohnson has become the first world leader to test positive for coronavirus. Health secretary matt hancock and chief medical officer chris whitty, have also gone into isolation. On breakfast this morning well look at boots the chemist, trialling the first drive through Testing Centre and how it will work. There are still many questions about the virus coming in from you well talk to experts. Were out getting exercise while we can. How are walkers, joggers, and cyclists managing social distancing . First, andy moore has the latest. There the three men spearheading the nationalfigh