major world economy. it s also one of the major leading players in the group of emerging economies who are talking up the idea of a common trade currency to counter the dollar. so, could they become the trading block of the future? i m going to be discussing all of that and more with these two. there they are. the man who first coined the phrase the brics, and a former central bank economist from brazil. also on the show, shining bright like a diamond. yeah, the shiny rocks have been one of the big winners post pandemic. but can they keep their lustre in a shaky global economy? i m catching up with the big boss of the world s biggest diamond supplier. wherever you rejoining me from around the world, once again, a big hello, and a warm welcome to the show. you know, back in 2001, a directorfrom goldman sachs, jim o neill, now lord o neill, coined the phrase the brics, an acronym for what he gauged were the countries with the highest growth potential that would dominate the glo
north, temperatures will fall away under the starry skies, and we re looking at a fairly widespread rural frost at the very least. so we start off on a rather chilly note first thing sunday, quite a keen wind coming through the north sea as well for eastern areas, still that brisk ish wind towards the north and west. but for mostjust a day of dry and bright weather with hazy spells of sunshine for the most part. and temperatures will obviously not be as high as today because they re starting at a lower level, about eight, possibly ten degrees celsius in east anglia. but some pleasant feeling weather, light winds, if you re out and about. during the evening and overnight, we do pick up a little bit more cloud ahead of the next weather system in the north and the west. so it won t be quite as cold for the far north west of scotland, northern isles, the west of northern ireland. but elsewhere, another cold night and this time it will be frosty further south as well, possibly one
to the country torn by internal conflict. you are watching bbc news. now, it s talking business. hello, everybody. a very warm welcome to talking business weekly with me, aaron heslehurst. let s go and take a look at what s on the show. the great global divide is the world economy drifting away from us dominance, as some of our biggest emerging economies are showing us what economic growth is all about? india, it s sitting pretty at the top of the pack, growing faster than any other major world economy. it s also one of the major leading players in the group of emerging economies who are talking up the idea of a common trade currency to counter the dollar. so, could they become the trading block of the future? i m going to be discussing all of that and more with these two. there they are. the man who first coined the phrase the brics, and a former central bank economist from brazil. also on the show, shining bright like a diamond. yeah, the shiny rocks have been one of the
hello and welcome. ukraine s application to join the european union looks set to take a step forward today. senior eu officials will give their recommendation on whether to grant the country what s known as candidate status . but it s a long and complicated process to actually become a member. in his nightly address, president zelensky said ukraine has never been closer to the european union than it is now. here s azadeh moshiri. ukraine s president called it a truly historic day, describing a visit to kyiv by some of europe s most powerful leaders. from france, germany and italy, three of the eurozone s largest economies as well as romania, and while president zelensky has grown accustomed to receiving politicians who wish to see the war first hand, this time he had clear demands, more weapons and shoring up support for ukraine s candidacy to the european union. translation: ukraine has felt the support of four powerful european states at once and in particular support for
To political pressure. Well be speaking to them in the programme. File not to bow to political pressure. There have been many dramatic moments in the brexit story. There was another one today. This is the Northern Ireland secretary brandon lewis. Yes, this does break International Law in a very specific and limited way. We are taking the power to disapply the eu law concept of direct effect, required by article four in a certain very tightly defined circumstance. So breaking the law but in narrow circumstances. The uk government argument is that this proposed change to the Northern Ireland protocol is a back up in case the uk and the eu fail to cut a new trade deal a so called no deal brexit. But the protocol was specifically drawn up in case these talks went wrong. Peter foster from the Financial Times broke this story on sunday. Here he is today. Borisjohnsons predecessor as Prime Minister theresa may has also go involved. This was in parliament earlier. The United Kingdom government