Coming up on afternoon live, all the sport with jessica. Englands cricketers are dreaming the impossible dream after the penultimate day of the second ashes test against australia. Englands bowlers performed, and the batsmen are within reach of an historic turn around. More at half past. We have got the weather as well. Storm caroline has been named by the met office. It will bring us some wet and windy disruptive weather through the middle of the week, then it is a return to winter. I will bring you all the details through the afternoon. Also coming up. A new Clinical Trial that doctors are calling a watershed moment. Well have the test results which bring fresh hope for millions of people with type 2 diabetes. Hello everyone. This is afternoon live im simon mccoy. We will have plenty more with that mis we will have plenty more with that mi5 report coming out. First we will go to the house of commons. Mi5 report coming out. First we will go to the house of commonsm mi5 report coming o
Two years. And signing on to the dotted line airbus, pnb paribas edge closer to finalizing deals in china as president macrons trade Mission Begins to bear fruit good morning lets look at some of the Market Action in europe, a lot more green on the board than red the stoxx 600 is up almost a third of a percent significant gains there in a number of different businesses lets look first at the specific markets across the continent the ftse, xetra dax, cac and ftse mib in positive territory the ftse up a third of a percent. The cac up 0. 4 . And the ftse mib up a half percent. The xetra dax slightly further fwrak i back from its peers. Real estate is the only one not in the green so far. Good numbers for basic resources as well as construction. That could be on the back of strong housing Numbers Technology also doing well, as well as industrials. Lets talk about some specific news driving action in asia, where north and south korea just finished their first set of sitdown talks in more th
A bumpy road for toyota . The worlds second largest carmaker is expected to to report shrinking profits as the us market slows down. On the farm in the us we assess the impact of President Trumps policies in an industry that relies on migrant workers, even the undocumented ones. Welcome to World Business report. Im sally bundock. In a minute well itroduce you to the First American 800 billion company. We start with the worlds second biggest carmaker toyota it will report its latest set of Financial Results in just a few hours. The japanese car giant is expected reveal its had a tough quarter with operating profits falling by 30 . The key reason being a slowdown in the United States taking its toll on the business this year. This follows a record year there last year when carmakers sold 17. 6 million vehicles in the us. But it would seem, at least for now, the winning run is coming to an end in toyotas biggest market. Compared to the same period last year, the company has experienced a
General motors is hoping to get the all clear for the sale of its loss making brand opel. But is the traditional car industry coming to an end . Well get a hands on look at the latest in driverless technology. Welcome to World Business report. Im rachel horne. Today the Eu Commission will decide whether or not to give the green light to General Motors for the 2. 5bn sale of its european operations. Gm is hoping to offload vauxhall and opel to the psa group thats the French Company which owns peugeot and citroen. Its easy to see why General Motors wants to sell their european operation, which is dominated by opel, has lost about 9. 1 billion since 2009. If successful, the deal would make psa the continents second biggest car maker after volkswagen and ahead of french rival renault. Opel employs 38,000 people across europe but its feared the sale could put thousands of those jobs under threat with workers in the uk and germany considered to be most at risk. With me is anna marie baisden,
Downbeat session in asia. And well be getting the inside track on alipay, the chinese Digital Payment giant owned by ecommerce giant alibaba. The ceo will be joining us later. And as jay zs digital only album goes platinum in under a week we want to know, what was the last physical album you bought . Let us know. Just use the hashtag bbcbizlive. Welcome to the programme. In a few hours time, the eu and japan will sign off on a major trade deal in brussels covering everything from cars to cheese. It comes despite doubts around the world about Free Trade Deals and the rise of Trade Protectionism in the us under the trump administration. Japan and the eu account for about a third of global gdp thats over 21 trillion. Both sides believe their Trade Relationship has room to get even bigger. Eu Officials Say the deal will boost the eu economy by 0. 8 and japans by almost a third of a percent. Among the big winners, the car industry. The eu will scrap a 10 duty on japanese car imports, while