and inflation falls sharply in the eurozone. will the european central bank change direction as a result? welcome to world business report. i mjagdip cheema. let s start with an important trade deal, because the uk has struck a deal to join a trans pacific trade pact consisting of 11 countries. together, these pacific rim countries which doesn t include the usa account for 13% of global gdp. the pact it s called the comprehensive progressive agreement for trans pacific partnership aims to cut 95% of import charges or tariffs. the initial gains for the uk economy may be only marginal, though that s according to the government s own estimates. we re nowjooined by our global trade correspondent, dharshini david. on one hand these 11 countries account for 13% of the world s income, but for the uk it might only be marginal growth as a result, is this a big deal? this a big deal? really good question- this a big deal? really good question- ct this a big deal? really
italy s first prime minister, the first far right leader and the first female prime minister. the first far right leader since the second world war. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are author and journalist, emma woolf, and martin bentham, home affairs editor, from the london evening standard. tomorrow s front pages. could there be a deal between rishi sunak and borisjohnson in the conservative leadership race? the sun reports what it calls a secret summit between the two men. the telegraph claims they are being urged to strike a deal and potentially team up to avoid a split in the party. boris is back according to the express, after his supporters claimed he had enough support to join the race. inside the paper, penny mordaunt pledges to unite the party if she wins. the observer reports some senior tories are trying to stop borisjohnson attempting any return to downing street, warning he could cause the e
And medicine are dwindling fast. Speaking at the Rafah Crossing between egypt and the gaza strip, where more than a 100 trucks, including the initial convoy of 20, are waiting for the green light to drive into gaza, mr guterres pleaded for the trucks to be allowed to move to the other side. Heres some of what he said. So these trucks are notjust trucks. They are a lifeline. They are the difference between life and death for so many people in gaza. And to see them stuck here makes me be very clear. What we need is to make them move. To make them move to the other side of this wall, to make them move as quickly as possible and as many as possible. Recently it was announced by israel and by the United States that humanitarian aid would be allowed to enter gaza. And i know that there is also an agreement between egypt and israel to make it possible. But these announcements were made with some conditions. This must be a sustained effort. We are not looking for a one convoy to come. We are l
Confirm the details togetherwithout allies. We have condemned irans reckless and dangerous barrage of missiles against israel on saturday and israel absolutely has the right to self defence but as i said to Prime Minister netanyahu last week, significant escalation is not in any ones interest, we want calm heads to prevail across the region. The International Atomic Energy Agency has confirmed there is no damage to irans nuclearfacilities. In a social media post, the agencys director general, Rafael Mariano grossi, continued to call for extreme restraint from everybody and said Nuclear Facilities should never be a target in military conflicts. Lets speak to our Diplomatic Correspondent James Landale whos injerusalem. James, give us a flavour of the reaction that there has been so far to this attack . To this attack . Well, internationally, to this attack . Well, internationally, there has to this attack . Well, internationally, there has been actually a fairly muted response of various