in ukraine a russian solider pleads guilty to killing an unarmed civilian in the first war crimes trial of the conflict. we have a special report on the taliban s vice and virtue enforcers who have returned to the streets of cable. tonight with the context, former conservative ministerjustine greening and democratic strategist mary ann marsh. hello. welcome to the programme. inflation has hit a ao year high. figures out today showed the rate at which prices are rising jumped 9% in the 12 months to april, up from 7% in march. that is driven by the cost of household energy that rose on average £700 last month. and for millions of people wages are not keeping up. the average pay rise excluding bonuses in the three months to march was 4.2%, which meant given the rate of inflation british workers suffered a fifth consecutive cut to real term wages. the inflationary problems are not unique to the uk, farfrom it, but uk now has the highest rate of inflation of any g7 country an
Half the globe s total wealth. Now a bri project could be a railway in kenya, he could be a port in sri lanka, a bridge in the maldives, the largest project so far has been the china Pakistan Economy corridor. It goes through kunz or rob, which is a Desert Mountain pass on the china pakistan border. The second thing you need to know is that it has two official names, one for inside china and one for outside china. Now initially was called one belt, one road four which sounds great in chinese, a grand plan led by china. The problem is in english, that sounds bossy, like china is dictating to the rest of the world. So if you years ago, the name was changed to the slightly blender but less threatening bell and road initiative. The third thing is that its controversial for some, china has ploughed more than 1 trillion. Their airports and roads that would not exist were it not for chinese investment. But ultimately nothing comes for free. It is in a so called debt trap, where the recipient
We will get a view from the defence industry. Also Tonight Pressure mounting on the israeli prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over the ceasefire proposal. Still no word from hamas. We have got an Expert Panel this hour to discuss it from all sides. Good evening. There has been no end of speculation on what Part Nigel Farage would play in this election. Whether he would stand for reform or even for the conservatives. Well now we now he has taken full charge of the reform party, assuming power from former leader richard tice, and tomorrow will formally announce he is running to be mp for clacton on sea. A seat the conservatives won in 2019 with 72 of the vote. Here he is making the announcement this afternoon. What i intend to lead is a political revolt. Yes, a revolt. A turning of our backs against the political status quo. It does not work. Nothing in this country works any more. The Health Service doesnt work. The roads dont work. None of our public services are up to scratch. Im join
Begins tomorrow with High Expectations in scotland as they face wales this weekend. Good morning. Its friday 2nd february. Im annita mcveigh. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. Theresa may has insisted she is delivering what the british people want on brexit, amid pressure to set out where she stands on britains future trade agreements. Speaking at the end of a trade visit to china, the Prime Minister said britain would not face a choice between a free trade deal with the eu after brexit, and striking deals with the rest of the world. Downing street says billions of pounds worth of deals have been signed during the three day visit. Earlier, the Prime Minister spoke to our Political Editor Laura Kuenessberg and said her trip would help boost British Trade prospects after brexit. It is important that we deliver what people want, which is control of our money, our borders and our laws. Its exactly what we are doing. What i am showing in china is how we can ensure that we actually enhance our t
A warm welcome to the programme, briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business, and sport. And you can be part of the conversat are toys just not us anymore . As the toymaker mattel reports poor sales over the holiday period, are childrens best friends now gadgets, electronics, digital . Tell us what you think. Just use the hashtag bbcthebriefing. The british Prime Minister hasjust addressed Business Leaders in china, as she ends a three day trip to promote trade. Earlier, theresa may met the chinese president and Prime Minister, and pledged to intensify a golden era in relations between london and beijing. The environment, north korea and, more controversially, human rights and democracy have all featured in the discussions. A little earlier, robin brant said that everything everybody says in china is monitored or censored. Yes, there are subjects that the chinese consider very sensitive. Human rights, xinjiang, the list is a long one. Hong kong, hong kong was discusse