Political thinking with nick robinson. 0ur movement is fighting, our movement is winning, our movement, brothers and sisters, is back, so said my guest on a new episode of political thinking. A conversation with, rather than a news interrogation of, someone who shapes our political thinking about what has shaped theirs. Paul nowak is the new General Secretary of the tuc and this week, the trade Union Congress meets in his home city of liverpool. And it meets at a time when there are more strikes than there have been for many years and at a time when paul nowak says, working people are fighting back after the longest sustained squeeze on their incomes in two centuries. Paul nowak, welcome to political thinking. Thank you. Now another thing you once said. Oh, dear. I fit every stereotype of a daily mail Trade Unionist. Im a slightly overweight, Balding Scouser who gets a little too aerated. I think it is an accurate description, dont you . Well, we will see, shall we . What gets you aera
Political thinking with nick robinson. 0ur movement is fighting, our movement is winning, our movement, brothers and sisters, is back, so said my guest on a new episode of political thinking. A conversation with, rather than a news interrogation of, someone who shapes our political thinking about what has shaped theirs. Paul nowak is the new General Secretary of the tuc and this week, the trade Union Congress meets in his home city of liverpool. And it meets at a time when there are more strikes than there have been for many years and at a time when paul nowak says, working people are fighting back after the longest sustained squeeze on their incomes in two centuries. Paul nowak, welcome to political thinking. Thank you. Now another thing you once said. Oh, dear. I fit every stereotype of a daily mail Trade Unionist. Im a slightly overweight, Balding Scouser who gets a little too aerated. I think it is an accurate description, dont you . Well, we will see, shall we . What gets you aera
Will today announce if it plans on raising Interest Rates for the worlds biggest economy. Any rise will be seen as an endorsement of not only the strength of the American Economy, but also the Global Economy, ten years on from the financial crisis. There have been three rises since december 2016 and markets are already factoring in another rise later today. Us Economic Growth has hit an annualised rate of more than 3 in the past two quarters, while the Unemployment Rate is at its lowest since 2000. Us jobs growth was once better than expected in november, with payrolls rising by 228,000 with the Unemployment Rate Holding Steady at 4. 1 . And in october the imf upped its forecast for the Global Economy and now predicts growth of 3. 6 this year and 3. 7 in 2018. Meanwhile, the us stock market has also been surging ahead its regularly broken records throughout the year. But just who should take the credit for it . Turns out theres a difference of opinion as Samira Hussain reports now from
And well be getting the inside track on how to feed a hungry planet. We hear from one woman who believes she has the solution to the issue of limited resources and it involves bugs. And as facebook fights backs against claims by a former boss that the site is ripping society apart, we want to know do you agree or is facebook right to defend itself . Send your comments to hashtag bbcbizlive. Lots of comments from you already. So keep them coming in. Is Facebook Ripping Society apart . Facebook says no. Many of you disagree. We will talk about that later. The worlds most powerful central bank the Us Federal Reserve will today announce if it plans on raising Interest Rates for the worlds biggest economy. Any rise will be seen as an endorsement of not only the strength of the american economy, but also the Global Economy. This is ten years on from the financial crisis. There have been three rises since december 2016 and markets are already factoring in another rise later. Us Economic Growt
Opposed it will get reactions from our correspondents in washington and jerusalem also coming up counting the votes in catalonia as crucial election and michelle exit polls are predicting another absolute majority for the regions approached independence parties what would that mean for madrids hopes of putting to rest months of political crisis. I bring coffee its good to have you with us we start in new york tonight where the u. N. General assembly has overwhelmingly passed a resolution asking the United States to withdraw its decision to recognize to roussel him as israels capital and an emergency session on thursday one hundred twenty eight of the one hundred ninety three Member States voted in favor of the motion with only eight countries voting with the u. S. Thats despite a threat by u. S. President donald trump to cut u. S. Aid to countries that backed the measure palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas held the decision as a victory for his people. And for more on that now we are j