Good morning. A weak pound has given exporters a boost, meaning they can sell more overseas. How was the rest of the economy . We will get the latest official figures this morning. One of the worst starts everfor an morning. One of the worst starts ever for an england everfor an england cricketer, five wickets out for eight runs. And sarah has the weather. Good morning. A chilly start to the day. Mist and fog. A dry day ahead. Blue sky and sunshine as well. All of the details coming up. Donald trump will visit the uk later this year, it has been confirmed. Downing street has said donald trump will once again confirm his commitment to put America First when he delivers his keynote speech in davos later. The president met theresa may yesterday, denying any rift in the so called special relationship. Business presenter Sally Bundock is in davos for us. Sally, the us president is making all the headlines there, isnt he . Good morning. Good morning. The trip we we re good morning. Good morn
But some Smaller Charities are struggling to survive and are worried they are not getting the money they need at this time. The 2. 6 challenge encourages people to do any form of activity related to the numbers 2. 6 or 26, whether it is running 2. 6 miles, walking for 26 minutes or something quirky yet like flipping pancakes or hopping around the house 26 times. Olympians have already signed up to take part. There wont be the crowds in london on the 26th of april but the hope is that millions will still come together, albeit apart, to help uk charities. And that was laura scott reporting. Time for a look at the weather. Lets cross to tomasz schafernaker. Good afternoon. Since the lockdown we havent had a lot of rain, there
have been a few showers but some parts of the country havent had a single drop of rain so far this month. This will change because in the next 2a hours we expect some rain but primarily across southern parts of the uk and if you look at the satellite picture you can
This is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. Plans for a huge increase in covid testing in britain. Operation moonshot aims to do ten million daily tests by early next year. The idea is to have a test which would be carried out at the location, a bit like a pregnancy test that provides a very quick result, and that would completely revolutionise things. Senior uk ministers will hold emergency talks with eu officials later over the governments plan to override parts of the brexit Withdrawal Agreement. Thousands of migrants desperately seek shelter after a camp on the greek island of lesbos was destroyed by fire. Three people die as wildfires continue to rage in california, which is in the middle of a 20 year mega drought. Wildlife populations are plummeting across the world according to a stark new report from the World Wide Fund for nature. Hello and welcome if you re the world, and stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and ac
Lets talk about david copperfield. Hello, good morning this is ok, fine, so, this is a new adaptation by armando iannucci, brea kfast. Which is kind of notable for two hello, good morning this is breakfast. Here is a summary of the reasons, one, for playing up the comedic elements and for finding main stories today from bbc news. 56 the kind the modernists, surreal, absurdist comedic elements in the source. People are now known to have died and also for its brilliantly inclusive colourblind ensemble cast. From coronavirus as the foreign at the centre of it all, office urges British Nationals in we have dev patel as copperfield, who recounts his story from a stage. The worst affected areas to leave. Some people have complained that we see him at the very they have been trapped in a lockdown beginning of the film, he comes on stage and he says im after chinese authorities imposed travel restrictions on a number of going to recount my life story. And then he turns around and walks cities.
This is bbc news, im simon mccoy. The headlines at two. Austrian police make more arrests after four people are killed in vienna in what the chancellor called an islamist terror attack. It was an attack of hatred, hatred of our basic values, hatred of our way of life. Hatred of our democracy where we are all equal in rights and dignity. We were in the city centre of vienna and we heard shots everywhere and the police, the helicopters were flying around us. We got really afraid so we decided to hide ourselves in the restaurant to hide ourselves in the restaurant to be safe there. The city of liverpool will be the first place in england to trial mass testing for coronavirus. Criticism of the governments decision not to allow Grassroots Sports to continue during lockdown in england. The campaigning is over
americans head to the polls choose their next president , with nearly 100 million early votes already cast. Welsh football manager ryan giggs wont take charge of the teams next three g