Flat out to change our country for the better. And members of parliament return to the commons the new speaker is formally elected, and new mps are sworn in. Half a million hotpoint and indesit washing machines in uk homes are to be recalled, over fears they can be a fire risk. Tv presenter Caroline Flack stands down as host of love island after being charged with assault. Also on the programme how pop star Ellie Golding came to the aid of a driver being shunted sideways by a lorry. Its 5 oclock our main story. John worboys, the so called black cab rapist, has been jailed for life with a minimum term of six years for attacking four more victims. Worboys, who now goes by the name ofjohn radford, had already been jailed indefinitely in 2009 for attacks on twelve women after they got into his black cab in london. The court was told he remains as dangerous as ever. Sarah corker is at the old bailey and joins us live. John worboys is a serial sex offender who preyed on young women. He would
Driven by a weaker dollar. Whereturn to istanbul, bloombergs Turkey Bureau chief is standing by, and chris reiter is in berlin. President erdogan has sounded out again, ahead of the central bank decision. What can we expect today . There is a universal expectation that there will be a cut in Interest Rates later Turkish Central Bank Monetary Policy convene committee convenes. What we dont know is how much. If the decision is in line with estimates, which predict around thet of 150 basis points, rate of return on the turkish lira adjusted for inflation goes down to 1. 9 . Thats a crucial number, still above the average of real return e. M. s, which turkey is considered part of, but below countries that turkey is usually judged against like russia and south africa. We have seen anxiety in turkish markets over the last week. The lira has been weakening to levels not seen in about two months, and the decision at 2 00 p. M. Will determine the Market Reaction later today. Matt more Central B
Austin, texas and carl icahn out with a new bet against some place i bet we all hung out as teenagers. Good morning, good afternoon, good evening im Brian Sullivan if there is a president cook some day, you can say you heard it here first. That song as annoying as it is gives us a big theme today that is retail yesterdays slam of home depot and kohl sending shock wave through the world. That one, ouch, Urban Outfitters down 16 first, lets go to the macromarkets and stock futures are down again they are in the red today. Off 1. 07 right now technology continues to power on yet another record for the nasdaq and nasdaq 100. The nasdaq 100, if you are not paying attention, please do, its soaring on pace for the best year in a decade year to date. We are up almost 32 because we always like to make you a little bit smarter here. Listen to this, 49 of the 100 stocks are up 45 this year. Two of them, semiconductors lam research and amd have doubled. In the bond market, not moving too much down
Powerhouse, posts a huge loss as its latest gamble on stricken wework and other tech bets turn sour. And do you fancy a cuppa . I will never say no. But think before chuck out the bag, there could be plastic in the bag. And seaweed has long been a staple food in asia, but now it is making its way to our shores and our plates. Today we want to hear from you, the and our plates. Today we want to hearfrom you, the booming market in audio books and podcasts for kids, can youngsters be weaned off screens . Let us now with the hash bag bbc worklife. Hello and welcome to worklife. We start with how much time your kids are spending glued to their screens. Were all being encouraged to limit their exposure to video games and social media and that could benefit one sector in particular kids audio. Across all ages, audiobooks are the Fastest Growing publishing format with 13 growth in 2018. Now big Us Public Service broadcasters like npr and wnyc are joining Podcast Networks such as gimlet and pan
And we investigate the possible state manipulation of wikipedia, thats in click in half an hour. Donald trumps political opponents have intensified efforts to impeach the president. Three congressional committees have demanded legal documents relating to a telephone call by mr trump, in which he asked ukraine to investigate his president ial rivaljoe biden. From washington, Chris Buckler reports. What was a request has become a demand. Democrats are piling the pressure on President Trump by issuing a subpoena for a series of documents. They want a full, rather than a rough, transcript of thejuly phone call in which he asked the ukrainian leader, volodymyr zelensky, to investigate his political rival and potential president ial candidate, joe biden. And amid all the talk of impeachment, mr trump continues to make unfounded allegations about mr biden, who hopes to challenge him in next years president ial election. Youre pointing out when hes flatlining, where there is no evidence, none,