All right, where do you want me . Bouncing on my knee where do you think i want you . And David Beckham makes his Big Screen Debut in king arthur but his cameo gets mixed reviews. Good morning. Its thursday 11th may. Im annita mcveigh. Welcome to bbc Newsroom Live. A draft of labours 51 page General Election manifesto has been leaked and seen by the bbc and a number of other news organisation. The leak came as the document was due to be formally signed off today. The document contains a number of eye catching policies including bringing the railways back into Public Ownership as franchises expire and repealing the 1993 railways act which privatised the network. Plans to reverse the privatisation of royal mail at the earliest opportunity. The reintroduction of Maintenance Grants for University Students and a pledge to abolish University Tuition fees. 0n energy the document includes a policy of creating at least one publicly owned Energy Company in every region of the uk, with public con
The fed raises Interest Rates and says it will start unwinding its 4. 5 trillion stimulus programme. But is the us economy really Out Of The Woods . Plus roam if you want to. The eu scraps extra mobile charges for travellers from today after a decade long battle. But will users end up footing the bill anyway . Welcome to World Business report. Im sally bundock. Also coming up the end of an era forjapan inc. Toshibas set to sell off its Chip Division as it battles for survival. We start in the us where the central bank, the Federal Reserve, has raised the cost of borrowing, as was widely expected. Its the second increase in three months, and comes despite some fairly mixed data on the health of the us economy. Lets show you the details. The fed has raised its main Interest Rate by 0. 25 . That takes its target range to between 1 1. 25 the highest it has been since before the 2008 financial crisis. And its set to go higher the fed is forecasting one more increase this year. It also annou
And wales last year. The government has described the situation as unacceptable. Sir vince cable, whos favourite to be the next leader of the liberal democrats, says he believes brexit may never happen. Busy old afternoon on the news front today, we will have more at the top of the hour. Now, on bbc news, it is politics europe. Hello and welcome to politics europe. The french president Emmanuel Macron says europe has lost its way and promises to hold democratic conventions across the eu to discuss reform. The eu strikes an outlying free trade deal with japan but with much of the details still to be hammered out. Meps discuss how to plug the eu funding gap after brexit. We report from strasbourg. And just what was getting the Commission President Jean Claude Juncker so hot under the collar . I will never, i will never again attempt a meeting of this kind. Some may wonder if that is a promise or a threat and it is all become in the next 30 minutes and with me, joined by two meps, the con
And wales last year. The government has described the situation as unacceptable. Sir vince cable, whos favourite to be the next leader of the liberal democrats, says he believes brexit may never happen. Busy old afternoon on the news front today, we will have more at the top of the hour. Now, on bbc news, it is politics europe. Hello and welcome to politics europe. The french president Emmanuel Macron says europe has lost its way and promises to hold democratic conventions across the eu to discuss reform. The eu strikes an outlying free trade deal with japan but with much of the details still to be hammered out. Meps discuss how to plug the eu funding gap after brexit. We report from strasbourg. And just what was getting the Commission President Jean Claude Juncker so hot under the collar . I will never, i will never again attempt a meeting of this kind. Some may wonder if that is a promise or a threat and it is all become in the next 30 minutes and with me, joined by two meps, the con
He is committed to bringing us japan ties even closer and that there are lines in the cornerstone of peace and stability in the region. Tokyo sees america as an ally to maintain security. We are committed to the security of japan and all areas under its administrative control and to further strengthening our very crucial alliance. The Us Japan Alliance is the cornerstone of peace and stability in the pacific region. It is important both japan and the United States continue to invest very heavily in the alliance to build up our defence, and our defensive capabilities which, under our mutual leadership, will become stronger and stronger, and, as time goes by, ultimately they will be impenetrable. Unsurprisingly, the first question from the full from journalists was on a different subject, and that was the trump travel ban. The question put to him from the new york post. We are going to keep our country safe, we are going to do whatever is necessary to keep our country safe. We had a deci