good morning welcome to squawk box here melissa lee is hanging out again with us. becky is off today for some well-deserved vacation we ll see her next week. as joe said yesterday, one of the first down days we ve seen in a while a little better s&p up about 13% and nasdaq looking to open about 45 points higher also showing you treasury yields now you can see where those are standing we ll flip that around to .628 on the 10-year you thinking about refinancing a mortgage anytime soon, guys? i m as low as they go i m good if you have an account where you can use assets for credit line or to make an investment or something like that, i remember two or three years ago, i locked this ridiculously low rate if they come to me again and offer another one, it will be lower than it was last time. it was like 2% or 1.5% when you get money that cheap, don t you think you you are in the driver s seat when rates are this low i don t feel bad about borrowing money at rates like that
the turkish city of antakya is one of the most severly damaged, with some of the country s significant historic monuments lying in ruins. now on bbc news, bittersweet medicine. this is a story of hope. how a new treatment is stopping a devastating genetic disease in its tracks. we have had almost nothing to offer families with this condition for decades. bringing a new medicine to the world that can potentially cure these devastating diseases is incredibly satisfying and rewarding. how britain s most expensive medicine is giving children their lives back. it s amazing. i mean, she s such a little character and for her to receive this treatment is just an absolute blessing. they re literally walking, running miracles, you know? they shouldn t be here. i m fergus walsh, the bbc s medical editor. i ve been following the first patient treated by the nhs with this life saving drug, and meeting families affected by one of the rarest and cruellest of genetic conditions. # nala, ch
stars of the silver screen are getting ready for the baftas later tonight. we ll look at which films might take home the awards. good morning. we are looking at a brighter day, with a few more cloudbreak surround, so some sunny spells developing for many. probably quite a nice sunrise for some of you. in scotland we have to get cloud with rain on the way and here it is going to turn progressively windier, with severe gales on the way, tonight across the north. more on but a bit later on. it s sunday, the 19th of february. our main story: the british medical association says the government is standing on the precipice of a historic mistake by failing to stop strike action in the nhs. 16,000 junior doctors in england are being balloted over industrial action. that vote closes tomorrow, when a large number of ambulance workers in england and wales will also walk out. vincent mcaviney has the latest. escalating strikes across the nhs. ambulance workers in england, wales and nor
submitted a bid to buy manchester united bbc sport understands that a rival bid was also tabled by ineos. now it s time for bittersweet medicine. this is a story of hope. how a new treatment is stopping a devastating genetic disease in its tracks. we have had almost nothing to offer families with this condition for decades. bringing a new medicine to the world that can potentially cure these devastating diseases is incredibly satisfying and rewarding. how britain s most expensive medicine is giving children their lives back. it s amazing. i mean, she s such a little character and for her to receive this treatment is just an absolute blessing. they re literally walking, running miracles, you know? they shouldn t be here. i m fergus walsh, the bbc s medical editor. i ve been following the first patient treated by the nhs with this life saving drug, and meeting families affected by one of the rarest and cruellest of genetic conditions. # nala, charlie, nala, charlie shaw. th
i have always said nala saved teddy s life and that is how i wanted to think about it. and, new official figures show price rises slowed in the uk for a third month in a row but inflation remains near a ao year high. good morning and welcome to bbc news. first, some breaking news this morning, as two teenagers have been charged with the murder of brianna ghey. this morning cheshire police confirmed two is year olds, a girl from warrington and the boy from leigh, were charged. the 16 year old transgender school pupil was stabbed to death at a village park in cheshire, on saturday. our correspondent yunus muller is in warrington for us this morning. we warrington for us this morning. hope to cross to hi he we hope to cross to him any moment. he is able to join us we hope to cross to him any moment. he is able tojoin us now. good morning to you. bring us up to date, first of all, with the latest news. cheshire police had arrested two teenagers on suspicion of the murder of br