this latest ceasefire $245 million in aid to help support people fleeing the violence. i m ben thompson. let s start in the uk where the cost of living crisis is showing some tentative signs that it is starting to ease slightly. the latest rate of inflation for the month of april has fallen to 8.7% now that s still very high and above the 8.2% rate that many economists forecast, but still a significant drop compared to the over 10.1% rate we saw last month. double digit inflation that had been in place since august last year all well above the bank of england 2% target hitting a peak at 10.4% in february, before slowly coming down. this latest figure is the sharpest drop since the cost of living crisis began. but growing cost of food still remains very high. as you can see here, food prices increased by 19% in april and havent yet come down from their peak. making it difficult for people to feel better off right now. joining us now is simon french, chief economist at p
this is bbc news. our main headlines. outlines the end of sudan s ceasefire. china accuses the us of causing confrontation after agreeing a deal with career. ukraine could have more landmines than anywhere else in the world. and jerry springer known for his raucous talk shows has died at the age of 79. we will have more on all of those at the moment. sports news first. bbc sport centre. we can start with three premier league matches to look forward to that could prove decisive at both the top and the bottom of the table as the race for survival in champions league places at the finishing line in sight. third placed newcastle face everton who dropped into the bottom three last night after nottingham forest s win. there is also south coast derby with trouble for st mary s to play southampton and fourth place manchester united went to tottenham to play spurs against anotherjudgment under against another judgment under another caretaker against anotherjudgment under another caret
Emmanuel macron wins the french presidency, but that may prove to have been the easy part. We assess how his en Marche Movement hopes to tackle the huge problems of the french economy. And President Trump wants to cut red tape to get drugs on the market faster, but the Pharmaceutical Industry is wary of president s bearing gifts. So now lets focus on the Business Implications of that result in france. Well look at all the Market Reaction as well in this of World Business report. So, he got thejob. Emmanuel macron is to be the french president. Now the hard work begins. His first challenge will be to form a government with crucial parliamentary elections in june. The outcome of that will determine how much power the new president has to tackle the lengthy list of economic problems. As weve highlighted before on this Programme France has had a high Unemployment Rate for many, many years. Currently it is about 10 of the workforce, or 3 million people. That co m pa res workforce, or 3 mill
With sally and World Business report. Re writing history. What now for the countries in the Trans Pacific partnership as President Trump signs an Executive Order to withdraw the United States . Chips ahoy samsungs Microchip Business powers the company to a jump in profits despite galaxy note 7 disaster. Welcome to World Business report. Im sally bundock. Are you hungry . If you have no food to hand well make it worse as well take you to a true indian feast. Thats injust a moment. Iam i am told there is a Business Angle but we cant start without talking about this. Yes, he is my top story again this is becoming a habit im talking about us President Trump. On day one in office he signed a slew of Executive Orders but the one grabbing all the headlines worldwide is his move to withdraw the us from the Trans Pacific partnership. Tpp as its also known is the huge trade deal negotiated under mr trumps predesessor ba rack 0bama. It was a deal between 12 nations in the pacific area and was set
Ministers brace for talks with us trade officials as President Trump tells car makers they must build more vehicles in america. A warning from lego that more must be done in china to stop counterfeiters as its own Master Builder struggles to tell a fake brick from a real one. Welcome to World Business report. Japan enjoying lower or ill prices with a Trade Surplus for six years. Mexicos economy Foreign Ministers are due to meet top us officials later today as they brace for the renegotiation of nafta the north American Free trade agreement. President trump is pushing to bring more Manufacturing Jobs back to the us. Hes already met with the heads of ford, General Motors and Fiat Chrysler telling them they must make more of their cars in america. The us is a key market for mexico. Taking a look at this graph you can see its exports to the us have surged since nafta came into force in 1994. Mexico now sells more than 270 billion worth of goods to the us every year. Its thought talks betwe