Zooming exports and crumbling classrooms. The paradox of germanys lopsided economy. Plus will iran Stay Open For Business . Conservatives pledge to roll back rouhanis reforms, as companies nervously await next weeks president ial election. Welcome to World Business report. Im Tanya Beckett. Also coming up, playing for big steaks. China agrees to buy us beef as trade talks continue. But first we start in europes economic powerhouse, because in a couple of hours time, germany will release its latest gdp figures. Growth is expected to have accelerated in the first three months of the year, fuelled by Global Demand for the countrys exports, like cars and machinery. But its not all cause for celebration. Let me show you why. Last year, germany clocked up its biggest ever trade surplus. Thats how much more it exports than it imports. At 275 billion germany has one of the biggest Trade Surpluses in the world. Its a source of tension with its neighbours and allies. Look at how much more german
On aggregate to secure their place in the stockholm showpiece, later this month. We are live at manchesters beautiful, glorious, historic Victoria Baths. The pool has been refilled, ready for the first public swim in 2a years. We will have more on the plight of britains glorious historic pools and the fight to save them ina historic pools and the fight to save them in a little while. And matt has them in a little while. And matt has the weather. Good morning. Another dry day. , but for the rest of you there will be the smell of fresh rain in the air and maybe eight thunderstorms later. Dry day for scotland. Good morning. First, our main story. Thousands of weapons have been seized in schools across england and wales. They include swords, axes and airguns. Some of the cases involved children as young as five. Police chiefs said there had been a worrying increase in young people carrying knives. Andy moore reports. Some schools have taken to using metal arches to make sure no weapons are
Children and what support needs to be put in place. The charity has written to the nhs in south west london, urging them to withdraw the proposal. The Commissioning Groups say nothing has been decided yet. And they will talk to local people before deciding the way forward. Lets check on your lets check on your weather lets check on your weather now. Lets check on your weather now. As lets check on your weather now. As we head through the afternoon, we could see a batch of storms, Heavy Rain Developing in wales. Wet weather arriving in Northern Ireland and a few late storms across the West Of Scotland but very high temperatures around the moray firth. Thunderstorms in Northern Ireland, heading into scotland but will peter out eventually. There will be lots of cloud around, warm, quite muggy. 14 celsius, tomorrow starting quite cloudy, not much in scotland. Some sunshine developing across england and wales and then we encounter some late storms, heavy downpours arriving from the south we
Children and what support needs to be put in place. The charity has written to the nhs in south west london, urging them to withdraw the proposal. The Commissioning Groups say nothing has been decided yet. And they will talk to local people before deciding the way forward. Lets check on your lets check on your weather lets check on your weather now. Lets check on your weather now. As lets check on your weather now. As we head through the afternoon, we could see a batch of storms, Heavy Rain Developing in wales. Wet weather arriving in Northern Ireland and a few late storms across the West Of Scotland but very high temperatures around the moray firth. Thunderstorms in Northern Ireland, heading into scotland but will peter out eventually. There will be lots of cloud around, warm, quite muggy. 14 celsius, tomorrow starting quite cloudy, not much in scotland. Some sunshine developing across england and wales and then we encounter some late storms, heavy downpours arriving from the south we
Arriving in two phases, one across the south west and another pushing up the south west and another pushing up overnight in the south east. This could be really happy. Its going to be quite a few night. A little bit cool and fresh. Bank holiday monday looking quite messy. Lots of cloud around, that overnight rain will be moving northwards. Could be some Thundery Bursts mixed in. Some sunshine in the south that will boost temperatures. Could see the odd shower or thunderstorm developing. 23 degrees again in the south east. Cool and fresh in the northwest. Hello. This is bbc news. The headlines British Airways passengers face further disruption as the Company Warns of delays and cancellations following a global computer failure. Ba says customers should not come to the airport unless they have a confirmed booking. Weve been in the line for about five hours now. We have no idea how much longer well be here and we are getting no communication from the staff. The conservatives and labour ma