yes, a very warm welcome to all the business news. and we start here in the uk, where skyrocketing inflation is causing big problems for retailers. just how big will be revealed in a few hours when we get those retail sales numbers forjuly. if we look back, sales fell 0.1% month on month injune, and that was a better than expected result as rising energy and fuel prices dented consumer confidence. now that inflation is topping 10%, the british independent retailers association is calling for 100% rates relief to be introduced for smaller retailers, and an energy price cap for businesses. let us get more. andrew goodacre, ceo, british independent retailers association. good morning. thank you for joining us. you are calling for the smaller retail, rate relief and an energy price for business in general. just talk about energy, energy prices have gone through the roof stop how much is it hurting our retailers? how much is it hurting our retailers? ,., ., ., , retailers? good m
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hello and welcome. celebrations have been taking place in sri lanka after gotabaya rajapaksa became the country s first sitting president to quit. he did so after months of angry protests over the rapidly rising cost of living, and shortages of food and fuel. the delay in handing over his letter of resignation was, it seems, to do with his flight from the maldives to singapore. from colombo, rajini vaidyanathan reports. a moment to savour, after months of struggle. now there s joy. these demonstrators had one key demand, that the man they blame for their economic woes resign. tonight, president gotabaya rajapaksa did. protesters say they are celebrating what represents a victory for people power. it s the end of the rule of the rajapaksas, after a week of turmoil on the island. just yesterday, at the prime minister s office, security forces were overrun by protesters. it was one of a number of government buildings taken over by the masses. today, protesters handed it back to
hello and welcome. in just a few hours, the british prime minister borisjohnson will visit belfast to hold talks with northern ireland s main parties. he says the uk will need to act and go it alone if the european union doesn t agree to change post brexit trade rules in northern ireland. britain has been drawing up legislation that would allow it to override parts of the brexit deal it agreed. but the eu has cautioned against a unilateral move. here s our political correspondent, nick eardley. borisjohnson will boris johnson will arrive borisjohnson will arrive in northern ireland later to find a political system which is stuck. despite elections earlier this month, there is no new government. sinn fein finish top for the first time ever but the dup will not agree to a power sharing until the brexit deal is change. they worried about it. although many parties accept the arrangement, if unionist politicians are not, it cannot get up and running. borisjohnson agrees running. b
Campaign against hamas could last several months. The idf says the next stage a widely anticipated Ground Offensive would happen soon. Now lets focus on the Business News and today the International Atomic Energy Agency completes a visit to take and assess marine samples near the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power station. Since a 2011 tsunami, which severely damaged the Fukushima Nuclear plant, more than a Million Tonnes of treated waste water has accumulated there. Japan began discharging it in august, in a process that will take 30 years to complete. Despite Environmental Concerns the iaea endorsed the release plan but some countries from the region, notably china, have raised concerns. China has said it would ban alljapanese seafood imports. Last year, it imported 571 million worth of seafood from japan. Russia last week also suspended seafood trade. So are the bans likely to continue and how much could it harm japans economy and trade relations . Joining me now is professor Seijiro T