i m stephen sackur. the western world, for so long the dominant force in global politics and economics, is confused and uncertain. in the past week, elections in the uk and france have pointed to fractures in europe. donald trump s world view and angela merkel‘s are poles apart. the western consensus on liberal economics and globalisation is no more. my guest is stephen king, influential economist, writer, and chief economist to hsbc bank. writer, and former chief economist to hsbc bank. is globalisation stuck in reverse gear? stephen king, welcome to hardtalk. thank you very much. i think given the dramatic nature of recent political events in the uk, we have to start with britain, and then move our perspective to the world as a whole. but uk we have just seen an election that has brought about a hung parliament and a sense that nobody knows really what the government theresa may forms will actually do about brexit and a whole host of other challenges. do you feel a d
police investigating the grenfell tower disaster say it s possible that not everyone who died in the london apartment block may be identified. so far, 17 people are known to have been killed by the fire which swept through the 2a storey building in the early hours of wednesday morning. andy moore has the latest. the first victim of the fire to be officially named is muhammad alhajali, assyrian refugee who came to britain for a better life. his brother was led to safety by firefighters but in the chaos and confusion, muhamed got left behind. i called him and said where are you and he said i m at the front and i said why you didn t come when they brought us upside, i thought you we re brought us upside, i thought you were with us, he said no one brought me outside. he said why you left me? he said why. i didn t leave. i said that. i said they took them outside with me. they didn t. .. some of them trapped in a blaze did survive. we now know this man is a partially blind grandfa
after months of wrangling, lenders agree on more bailout money for greece and the chance of debt relief next year. could the greek tragedy be reaching its final act? plus, havana rethink are cuba s growing business ties with the us now under threat from president trump? welcome to world business report. i m rachel horne. also coming up, after the biggest recall in the history of the car industry, could faulty air bag maker takata be about to file for bankruptcy? we ll have the latest from asia. we start in greece which has edged back from the brink of financial collapse once again. late on thursday, after months of wrangling, european finance ministers, together with the international monetary fund, finally agreed to give athens its latest slice of bailout money. and there s a hint it could get some relief from its crippling debt mountain next year. let s show you the details. greece will finally get this 8.5 billion euros part of an 86 billion euro bailout plan agreed