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hello. iraqi security forces have been pushing forward in a major offensive to try and take full control of the second largest city, mosul. the city was seized more than two years ago by the so called islamic state. the offensive to remove them began last october with iraqi troops securing the eastern part of the city last month. but the western half of the city is home to around 750,000 civilians, and stiff resistance from is fighters is expected. 0ur middle east correspondent quentin sommerville and cameraman nik millard are the only television journalists on the frontline with iraqi forces. they sent this report on the first day of the offensive. just after sunrise, iraq began what it hopes is its last major battle against the so called islamic state. thousands of men, and hundreds of armoured vehicles, in a line of attack that spread for miles. the iraqi army are starting their assault on western mosul. they ve breached their own defences. armoured vehicles are lini ....
president is in brussels meeting with key leaders from the european union but will the worlds two most powerful trading blocks reach a deal? the american food giant, kraft heinz, walks away from its proposed merger deal with rival unilever. it would have been the largest merger ever. welcome to world business report. i m sally bundock. also in the programme, a nose for talent. india s perfume industry takes on a unique hiring approach. but first: the us vice president mike pence meets the president of the european council donald tusk in brussels this morning. they will try to mend fences after throwing rhetorical fire crackers at each other in recent weeks. while mr tusk described trump as a threat to europe, mr trump has praised the uk s decision to leave the union and angered many nations with his travel ban. between them the us and the european union are the world s two biggest trading blocs figures from 2014 puts the value of all goods and services traded betwee ....
making sure everyone gets in on the act. we ll meet the woman putting disabled actors centre stage. supermarkets say we re buying more organic fruit and veg. do you think it s worth the extra money? do you buy organic? let us know. just use the hashtag, #bbcbizlive. welcome to the programme. the us vice president mike pence meets the president of the european council donald tusk in brussels this morning. they will try to mend fences after throwing rhetorical fire crackers at each other in recent weeks. while mr tusk described trump as a threat to europe, mr trump has praised the uk s decision to leave the union and angered many nations with his travel ban. between them, the us and the european union are the world s two biggest trading blocs. figures from 2014 put the value of all goods and services traded between them worth over $1 trillion. and that favoured the eu. it sold $91 billion more stuff to the usa than the other way round. something the trump administration w ....
as they warn of a significant cost to the economy. non league sutton united face arsenal in the fifth round of the fa cup. good morning. welcome to bbc newsroom live. dozens of local authorities in england are planning council tax rises of almost 5%, according to their umbrella body, the local government association. the money is needed to pay for the rising costs of social care, but the lga says that many councils will still be forced to make cuts to services as the extra money will not be enough. here s our social affairs correspondent alison holt. this is social care in action. after several falls, maureen edwards is getting support in social care is immediate now. the funding for local government needs to be resolved immediately. the government says extra money is being put into social care and authorities will soon be able to keep all the money they raise from council tax and business rates. alison holt, bbc news. we just heard a report from izzy secombe, chairman ....
quiet in the markets with the u.s. celebrating presidents day on monday. overall, global stocks were mostly higher. it looks like we are waiting for direction. perhaps we could get it with the fed minutes on wednesday. live.eting is let s look at how things are in the asia-pacific. slow going with new zealand stocks down about .1%. the kiwi dollar unchanged. 80 and beyond is the call from deutsche bank sac the resurgence in exports. that is ahead of the rba minutes out in the next hour. stocks slow going at the stock of the open. the dollar/yen has been going sideways. 113.e the dollar/yen above back above 120. we do see weakness in yen. it could be a boost for stocks. let s get to our top story in asia this morning. the austrian prime minister has told bloomberg he will maintain a good relationship with the u.s. despite the reported rift with president trump. speaking exclusively, he spoke against protectionism and said his government was committed to investing in new ....