to dove soap will cut thousands ofjobs in over 100 countries this week we look at what s behind the decision. it may seem like child s play but it s also big business the toy fair kicks off today in london i ll be getting the lowdown on this years must have toys. european gas prices rose by almost 17% on monday as western powers sought a common strategy against russian aggression towards ukraine. diplomatic wrangling has so far failed to ease tensions and russia s currency, the rouble, has seen big falls in value. the us and its allies have threatened new economic sanctions if the russian military moves against its neighbour. speaking to bbc world news, former us secretary of defense, leon panetta said president biden should be given time to decide when and if to implement sanctions against russia. i think the president should have that option, to decide when to apply those sanctions. i think he is reading the intelligent, he is very familiar with the situation on the g
a red weather warning is issued, from the coast of north east scotland to northumberland meaning there is a risk to life and property it s my name, sweetie. our name, sweetie. and coming up, find out what mark kermode thinks about lady gaga s performance in house of gucci, and more, in the film review at 5:45pm. hello, good afternoon. belgium has reported europe s first case of the new coronavirus variant first detected in south africa. it comes has the world health organization holds a special meeting to consider its significance. here, the health secretary sajid javid has told mps there is huge international concern about the new variant saying it could pose a substantial risk to public health. our health correspondent katharine da costa reportrs. the emergence of a new highly complex variant in southern africa has sounded alarm bells around the world. so far most cases have been identified in one province of south africa, where it appears the variant may be driving a n
16 countries take the stage in liverpool later for the second semifinal. sticking with the eurovision theme, we are in liverpool at the shopping centre right in the heart of liverpool, surrounded by these beautiful eggs, i will tell you about them later on. the bank of england is expected to raise interest rates again today to 4.5%, the highest level in 15 years. it will be the 12th consecutive hike since december 2021, meaning mortgage payments could rise further for millions of customers. our business correspondent hannah miller reports. this is the first home gheev has owned, bought with his girlfriend two months ago. but since they agreed their mortgage, the monthly payments have gone up twice in line with the base rate of interest set by the bank of england. when we were coming to find a mortgage, the fixed rates were astronomically high. we figured that if the bank of england base rate goes up by another two or three percentage points, we re actually better off staying
Blooming lovely, pardon the pun. thank you, see you later. that was good. thank you, see you later. that was aood. . ., thank you, see you later. that was aood. . ~ ,. we are involved in something of an experiment this morning, a trial. we ve been talking this morning about self driving buses, which will begin carrying passengers in scotland next week. the technology is believed to be a world first. lorna gordon, our scotland correspondent, is on board one of the vehicles this morning, with the details. morning, lorna. lots of people will be thinking, i don t know, i m not sure if it s for me, but explain why it is going ahead? it is going ahead? yes, good morning- it is going ahead? yes, good morning- we it is going ahead? yes, good morning. we are it is going ahead? yes, good morning. we are on - it is going ahead? yes, good morning. we are on an i it is going ahead? yes, good i morning. we are on an autonomous bus. this trial starts injust morning. we are on an autonomous bu