Around 100 people are rescued by the service from floods in the midlands with warnings of more rain on the way. The mother of a 10 Year Old Girl who died after contracting an infection in a cancer ward in glasgow claims there was a cover up over her death. Sleeping on the streets, in parks, on peoples sofas a Charity Warns that more than 20 thousand young people are at risk of homelessness this christmas. And eastenders stars take on strictly for tonights children in need. Coming up on tonights news watch, the strange tale of how three year old footage of Boris Johnson laying a wreath at the cenotaph came to be broadcast on monday morning. Join us tonight here on bbc news. Labour has unveiled plans to give every home across the uk free broadband in the next decade by partly nationalising bt. The shadow chancellorjohn mcdonnell said his partys proposals were visionary and the £20 billion cost of doing it would be paid for partly by introducing a tax on tech giants. The Prime Minister c
In syria with the threat of a new ground offensive. The former doctor to the Us Gymnastics Team growing numbers of his victims testify that he sexually abused them, including one of their london 2012 gold medallists. You are so sick, i cant even comprehend how angry i feel when i think of you. And its already an oscar contender the british short film about the importance of sign language, starring a deaf six year old girl. And coming up on sportsday on bbc news, englands cricketers can wrap up the one day series against australia on sunday with a win in sydney. Good evening. There will be no government challenge to the decision to release the serial sex attacker, john worboys. The former black cab driver was jailed in 2009 for attacking 12 women, but its suspected he assaulted and raped many more. Thejustice secretary david gauke admits he shares the concerns of worboys victims, but that it would not be appropriate to seekjudicial review of the parole boards ruling to free him. Two of
Markets and overall. I just think that making prediction about stabilization of this environment is quite hard. The latest to stop from refining weakness. The firm upping the amount of cash its putting aside, as well, to deal with the gulf of mexico spill. And toyota shares fall lower in japan despite the carmaker raising its forecast. The firm now expects a record profit this year. Announcer youre watching Worldwide Exchange, bringing you Business News from around the globe. Warm wake to todays program. We kick off with where we are an hour into trade in european equities. 8 to 1 decliners currently outpacing advancers on the Dow Jones Stoxx europe 600. Here we are, this is where we stand right now. Love the prices on for you. Were not quite at the session low. We hit that about a half an hour ago or so. Ftse 100 off 0. 4 . The xetra dax off 0. 75 and the cac 45 off 0. 25 . Ftse mib is up 0. 36 . The nikkei down over 4 today during the session. The yen actually didnt continue to stren
It is 9 00, good morning. We are live from bloombergs European Headquarters in london. Man versus machine, hands net nichols gets behind the wheel to see if he can beat one of the fastest self driving cars out there. It is a great package. Look at that mans face. Calm, collected, cool. We get a taste of the worlds most expensive burger. The price is eye watering. To our top story. Shire shares tumbling today. Abbvie thinking about scrapping its acquisition of the company after the u. S. Announced changes to tax regulations which would make this deal less attractive. Matt campbell joins us now. This feels like a big casualty of the crackdown. The company said it was not just about tax. Everyones statements are being tested. Abbvie did say, this is a Strategic Acquisition for them. Tax and the ability to redomicile was always a huge part of this. There was a bit of a question mark from the new rules. The new rules were not all that severe. There was an expectation in the market that this
Remote learning has returned for millions of School Pupils across the uk. But questions remain about the assesment of those facing exams. In germany, high coronavirus cases are expected to delay next weeks lifting of the lockdown until at least the end of the month. France promises to catch up with its neighbours after administering only a fraction of its available covid vaccinations. Elections are taking place in the us state of georgia which will shape the course ofjoe bidens presidency. Hello and welcome if youre watching in the uk or around the world and stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe. Im rebecca jones. With almost all of the uk impacted by coronavirus lockdowns, support for businesses worth over £4 billion has been announced by the chancellor in the past hour. Millions of people in england are being told to stay at home once more, in a third lockdown announced by the Prime Minister, in the fight against coronavirus. Borisjohnson warne