we start in the uk, where we now have a new finance minister after a night of high political drama. the former chancellor rishi sunak handed in his resignation on tuesday evening, citing a failure of leadership from the prime minister in his handling of the latest political scandal. this left the top finance job up in the airfor a few hours before nadim zahawi was appointed as the new chancellor of the exchequer. this comes at a critical time for the economy as the uk grapples with a cost of living crisis and rising inflation. this was acknowledged in rishi sunak s resignation letter. he said: now, this is being read by some as a defence for current high taxes which could mean that the new man in the job may have been brought in to change that. so what can we expect from the new chancellor? i m joined byjustin urquhart stewart founder of the investment platform regionally. justin, platform regionally. good morning to you. so, justin, good morning to you. so, let s talk abou
nvidia shares ended the trading day up more than 5%. alphabet, amazon, apple, meta, and microsoft all ended the day up as well. the major indexes have been hitting high water marks over and over in 202a. this marks the nasdaq s 13th record close this year and the 25th for the s&p. another brand on the up lululemon. the activewear brand beat wall street expectations on revenue in the first three months of the year. strong sales in china helped buffer a slowdown in spending in the us. shares rose around 12 percent on the results. us commerce secretary gina raimondo is in singapore this week for a meeting of the indo pacific economic framework, an initiative to improve economic ties between america and asia. along with executives from major us companies, she also attended a forum to promote investments in green energy. for more on this, we re joined by deborah elms, the head of trade policy at the hinrich foundation. it s a complicated frayed work. it s a complicated frayed wo
it s leading in the race to develop the chips needed to enable new artificial intelligence applications. and that s where the other tech giants and a lot of companies are spending big bucks right now. nvidia shares ended the trading day up more than 5%. alphabet, amazon, apple, meta, and microsoft all ended the day up as well. the major indexes have been hitting high water marks over and over in 202a. hitting high water marks this marks the nasdaq s 13th record close this year and the 25th for the s&p. another brand on the up lululemon. the activewear brand beat wall street expectations on revenue in the first three months of the year. strong sales in china helped buffer a slowdown in spending in the us. shares rose around 12 percent on the results. us commerce secretary gina raimondo is in singapore this week for a meeting of the indo pacific economic framework, an initiative to improve economic ties between america and asia. along with executives from major us companies,
day up more than 5%. alphabet, amazon, apple, meta, and microsoft all ended the day up as well. the major indexes have been hitting high water marks over and over in 202a. this marks the nasdaq s 13th record close this year and the 25th for the s&p. another brand on the up lululemon. the activewear brand beat wall street expectations on revenue in the first three months of the year. strong sales in china helped buffer a slowdown in spending in the us. shares rose around 12 percent on the results. us commerce secretary gina raimondo is in singapore this week for a meeting of the indo pacific economic framework, an initiative to improve economic ties between america and asia. along with executives from major us companies, she also attended a forum to promote investments in green energy. for more on this, we re joined by deborah elms, the head of trade policy at the hinrich foundation. trade officials have been struggling to figure out trade officials have been struggling to f
Allegedly struck in a london pub. Ajudge will decide later a judge will decide later today where the terminally ill baby charlie gard will die. At least 10,000 people have been evacuated from areas threatened by the fire, along british holiday makers. The brother of diana, princess of wales, has said he still has nightmares about the harrowing experience of her funeral. Good morning. Welcome to bbc Newsroom Live. Iam ben i am ben brown. All sales of new petrol and diesel cars will be banned from 2040, as part of efforts to reduce Air Pollution. The government is also expected to announce more than £250 million of funding for local councils to tackle emissions from Diesel Vehicles. The government will publish later its clean air strategy, favouring electric cars as part of a global shift towards replacing the old combustion engines. As our reporter Holly Hamilton explains. He drives up in a 1908 model t. Weve come a long way, in terms of design, but for 100 years weve been relying on v