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alo. if you ve justjoined alo. if you vejustjoined us, i m sally bundock. we are now looking at the top business stories. hello. we start in germany where a strike by lufthansa ground staff is set to disrupt more than 100,000 passengers. it s a further blow to the flagship german airline that is facing its third bout of industrial action in less than three weeks. this strike is the latest in a series of industrial disputes affecting many areas of german society, from train drivers to kindergarten workers. here s damien mcguiness in berlin. this strike they looked underground staff will last 27 hours and could affect as many as 100,000 passengers, sought almost a thousand flies can be grounded, many of them european international flights and most of germany but s will be affected, including brantford, affected, including bra ntford, berlin, affected, including brantford, berlin, and munich. it s all because workers say they want better pay. ground staff say they are not be ....
lawful routes to use russian assets. and on monday we publish new legislation to allow us to keep sanctions in place until russia pays up. but beyond that we must bring to bear a partnership of governments, international financial institutions and business leaders, all of us here today to make this happen. the british government will continue to play its full part and i m proud today we are announcing a multi year commitment to support ukraine s economy over three years we will provide loan guarantees worth $3 billion. we are also launching a new uk and ukraine tech bridge to foster investment and talent along with support for green energy and more, or part of a vast collective effort from allies and partners around the world, including significant new support from the eu which is also being announced this week. president tyminski said the counteroffensive had been slower than hoped for. we are talking about recovery, millions ofjobs. not only for ukraine but for all of our c ....
the rate of national insurance currently sits at 12% but will go down to 10% from tomorrow. the change will apply to earnings over £12,571 up to the higher tax rate band starting at £50,270. so how will the national insurance tax cut affect you and your money? you ve sent in some questions so let s give you some answers. and jasmine birtles, personal finance expert and ceo/founder of moneymagpie. so so let s start with one of our questions. how do ni cuts impact those who rely on the state pension only? yes, they don t affect those on state pensions because if you are on a state pension you don t pay national insurance. that is one of the big talking points about this tax change because it is 27 million workers who are feeling the effects of the tax cut. and clearly, there are some pensioner groups who are saying what about us? but clearly, the chancellor wanted to direct this tax cut at people who are working. and that is the reason why he has gone for a national ins ....
not knowing the conditions of those who are already here. this is one of the deadliest train accidents that india has seen in decades. and the numbers are only on the rise, both on the casualty side and of those injured. and a lot of questions that the government and the central ministry will have to answer. indian prime minister narendra modi visited the scene, and a local hospital, and met some of the victims. here s what he had to say. translation: this i incident is very serious for the government. orders for carrying out a thorough investigation have been given, and whoever is found guilty will get the strictest punishment. that person will not be spared. there are varying accounts of how this train crash happened, including questions about which train derailed first. the exact sequence of events is still under investigation, but bbc teams have been trying to piece it together. we know the accident involved three trains. the coromandel express, seen here in red, wa ....
the weather is pretty overcast for some of us, but there have been lengthy spells of sunshine in the south west of the uk. high pressure is in charge and you would think it would give us sunnier skies, but here is the extent of the cloud across most of the uk. what we have got right now is more or less or you will have four most of the afternoon. still a few glimmers of brightness possible in one or two locations, but on the whole it is on the cloudy site. how about the temperatures? quite a spread on the north sea coast from newcastle to aberdeen, but out towards the west 17, even 18 degrees in northern ireland. this evening and overnight not much changes. broadly speaking the southern half of the country has plenty of clear spells. the northern half has cloudy skies. around east anglia and parts of scotland it will be quite chilly in the morning, but out towards the west should be relatively mild. here is the forecast for tomorrow. in northern parts of the uk, certain ....