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world. the prince of wales warns of the growing danger comparing it to the dark days of the 1930s. and we meet the seven year old syrian girl who longs to return to herformer life, in the city of aleppo. and coming up on sportsday on bbc news: alan pardew is sacked, with sam allardyce primed to take over at selhurst park. good evening. donald trump, who ll be sworn in as us president in a months time, has called for america s nuclear weapons capability to be greatly strengthened and expanded . he made the call in another of his messages on social media. mr trump warned that expansion would be needed until the world came to its senses regarding nuclear weapons. his advisers said he was warning about the dangers of terrorist organizations and unstable regimes getting hold of nuclear weapons. our defence correspondent, jonathan beale, has more details. america and russia still hold more than 90% of the world s nuclear stock piles. both able to deliver destruction on a m ....
in aleppo, after the last rebel fighters and civilians leave the eastern half of the city. and we speak to a seven year old girl whose plight has moved people around the world with her descriptions on social media of life under siege in aleppo. and we will look at tomorrow s front pages. the daily express warns that the uk faces christmas storms, with 90 mph gales and torrential rain. good evening and welcome to bbc news. german police say there is clear evidence linking their main suspect a tunisian man, anis amri, to the attack on a christmas market in berlin. his fingerprints have been found in the lorry that was driven into shoppers on monday, killing 12 people. speaking at the family home in tunisia, amri s brother called on him to give himself up. chancellor merkel said today she was proud of the calm way in which germans had responded to the attack, as our europe correspondent damian grammaticas reports. it is new footage that hasjust emerged. the scene immedi ....
oldest bank: italy s monte dei paschi requests a state bailout, after plans to save itself come to nothing. plus: it is a $660 billion relationship, but could trump s tough talk spell a costly trade war between the us and china? welcome to world business report. if you are tuning in for the first time, stay where you are. i know it is early in britain. we have nine minutes and here is a fascinating snapshot of all the latest in the world of business and money. who put that on the autocue? we are going to start in italy. we have been following this for weeks now. the deepening banking crisis, because in the last few hours, one of the country s biggest banks says it will request a government bailout. we are talking about monte dei paschi di siena. its boss has been flying around the world, desperately trying to raise money from investors to keep it afloat. but late on thursday the bank admitted it had failed. itjust couldn t find enough takers. after a late night meeting, ....
financial news with aaron. and world business report. a new clear nightmare $3 billion wiped off the value of the japanese tech giant toshiba, after it buys a us power business that turns out to be not so powerful. beating the giants at their own game we visit the man who couldn t wait for the electronics industry to come up with usable smart home solutions so, he built his own. welcome to world business report. i m aaron heslehurst. well, happy. what do you say between christmas and new year? anyway hopefully we have a bite size look at finance. shares of the japanese technology giant toshiba took another massive hit this morning falling 20% that s the maximum allowed before the stock exchange suspends all trading. the value lost off the company today is nearly $3 billion. this follows a 12% drop on tuesday. and it s all to do with a not so good purchase toshiba made in the us nuclear power industry. mariko 0i is in our asia business hub in singapore. good to see ....
beans & bhajis: the story of the corner shop, bbc presenter babita sharma, the daughter of shopkeepers, continues her exploration of the growing and shifting fortunes of the corner shop and its place in the social fabric of britain. she picks up the story from the 1980s and a word of warning, babita s film discusses the historical use of some language which some viewers may find offensive. what is it about the british and the corner shop? the corner shop has a lwa ys corner shop? the corner shop has always been there for us, a british institution. there are almost more corner shops than there are corners. it was on the front line of what was happening in society from the 1940s to the 1990s. happening in society from the 1940s to the 19905. it happening in society from the 1940s to the 1990s. it saved our bacon during the second world war and it also became a rite of passage for new immigrants, including my family. iam the new immigrants, including my family. i am th ....