seized in schools across england and wales in the past two years. also, dreams become virtual reality for one british tech firm. improbable manages raises almost £400 million in one of the biggest ever investments in an early stage european technology business. and. a close shave for paddle boarders in calfornia, after they re warned they re swimming next to 15 great white sharks. good morning. it s friday 12th may. i m annita mcveigh. welcome to bbc newsroom live. the labour leader, jeremy corbyn, is to give a major foreign policy speech in about half an hour s time in which he is likely to say that he doesn t see himself as a pacifist, because he would use military force as a last resort but that he believes military intervention has become far too common in recent times. mr corbyn was chair of an anti war group and opposed intervention in kosovo and serbia. he is also known to bea kosovo and serbia. he is also known to be a long term supporter of unilateral disarmam
and any ties to trump s campaign. the former tv presenter rolf harris is being released on bail tomorrow. the veteran entertainer is currently on trial accused of indecently assaulting three girls between 1971 and 1983. retail sales rose by 2.3% last month defying market expectations that rising inflation would cause a consumer slowdown. hello and good morning. welcome to bbc news. i m sophie long, in west yorkshire. where theresa may will promise to address the rising cost of social care in england and curb immigration when she launches the conservative manifesto shortly. it has been delayed due to travel problems and there have been a couple of protests which have sprung up. small protests at this stage. one to the side of the building and another to the entrance. shortly theresa may will arrive here and unveiled the conservative party plans for the election. let s take you through what we are expecting to hear from theresa may at this stage. the party is promising that
but does the new president have the right formula to bring backjobs and growth? plus nafta nerves. tense times for mexico as its two decade old trade deal with the us is thrown into doubt. welcome to world business report, i m aaron heslehurst. we have got about nine minutes, my very last early morning programme for you all before i moved to a new show. move. coming up, who needs the us anyway? asia pacific trade ministers hope to salvage the trans pacific partnership after president trump pulled the plug. we start in france, where the new president, emmanuel macron, says he expects no honeymoon from the public after his first week in power. he now has try and to win a majority in next month s parliamentary elections, and implement the economic policy he says can turn the country around. so what is macron economics, and can it solve france s problems? macron calls himself neither right nor left and sure enough, the team he announced on wednesday is a diverse mix of fig
foreign tour as us president. he spent the weekend in saudi arabia where he met king salman and gave a speech to leaders from muslim nations. he said the world needs to do more to tackle islamist extremism. earlier today he arrived in israel. prime minister benjamin netanyahu told him, welcome my good friend . mr trump visited the western wall which isjudaism s holiest site. he s the first sitting us president to do so. he also visited the church of the holy sepulchre which is one of christianity‘s holiest sites. a short time ago, israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu spoke alongside mr trump. i also look forward to working closely with you to advance peace in our region because you have noted so succinctly the common dangers are telling former enemies into partners and that is where we see something new and potentially something very promising. it would be simple but for the first time in many years, and mr president for the first time in my lifetime, i see a real hop
but i also recognise, as someone who has been a member of parliament for 20 years, that the people i represent also want to see their politicians dealing daily with the bread and butter issues. is it a danger, as the question suggests, that this is seen as a referendum? i think it is notjust a danger, i think it is a wasted opportunity because people are voting in the election this thursday to choose people who can then go and represent them in westminster, be an effective voice their concerns but also people who will support the re establishment of the institutions at stormont which is hugely important and that is the issue that people focus on, and not the issue of the border question but it is fed by lazy politicians, not by the public. jeffrey is right, when you ask people what worries them, what is keeping them awake at night, it is not the border question, it is the fact they can t get an appointment to see their gp, the fact the hospital waiting list is longer than it