but could it mean other prices rise as a result? i ll have the details. in sport, the only interesting thing about chelsea v arsenal last night? the var was called into action properly for the first time but no goals in the league cup semi final first leg. and carol has the weather. good morning. some frost around this morning but also fold, especially so in western parts of the uk, where summons and run southern parts of england and eastern england, slow to live, someone at all, but the brighter skies later will be in the west. more details in 15 minutes. good morning. first, our main story. the prime minister s setting out plans to tackle plastic pollution, by wiping out all avoidable waste by 2042. two ideas among the proposals include asking every supermarket to have an aisle of goods with no plastic wrappings at all as well as extending the five pence charge for carrier bags to all retailers. environmentalists say the plans are worthless, unless they re written into law.
way. most of the share markets are headed higher. our markets guest will fill you in on all you need to know. and we ll get the inside track on the all important inflight experience we ve all had a bad or memorable one so how do plane makers deliver what passenger actually want? we will hear from man whose job it is to make the cabin a place you d want to be. so today we want to know what s most important to you when you fly? let us know. just use the hashtag #bbcbizlive. hello and welcome to business live. i will soon be on a long haulflight with three little boys. i don t think anyone can help me. i m dreading it. the leaders of two economic powerhouses meet today. it was all smiles on the tarmac. us president donald trump is in beijing as part of a marathon asia tour and is set to announce billions of dollars in deals to address a trade inbalance with china. china is america s largest trading partner, but it s a tense relationship largely due to a yawning trade gap, wh
32 year old kelly brewster came from sheffield. a polish couple who haven t been named were also killed. 64 people are still in hospitals across manchester 20 of them are in a critical condition. good morning. it is tuesday the 24th of may. welcome to bbc newsroom live. more details are emerging about the salman abedi who carried out the attack on manchester arena in which twenty two people died. the government has raised the terror threat level to critical following the bombing, meaning another attack is imminent. this morning police in manchester have arrested three more men in connection with the investigation. the home secretary amber rudd says it is likely salman abedi was not acting alone. it s likely abedi was not acting alone, and he was known ‘up to a point‘ to the security services. his brother is among those arrested. the french interior minister says he had probably travelled to syria, it s thought he may also have just returned from libya the official
meeting of the cabinet s emergency committee, cobra, the third in the past 2a hours. good progress with the operation has been made with a number of arrests made over night, and that will continue. we have now gone to a critical level in terms of the threat. we ll have all the latest live with huw in manchester. the other headlines this lunchtime. president trump meets the pope at the vatican and receives a signed copy of the pontiff‘s views on climate change. and profits at marks and spencer fell by almost two thirds last year, following a costly business overhaul. and coming up in the sport on bbc news. manchester united fans pay tribute to the victims of monday night s attack, ahead of tonight s europa league final in stockholm. good afternoon from albert square in the heart of manchester. this is where thousands gathered last night for a vigil, to remember the victims of monday night s bomb attack at the manchester arena. people have been coming here all morning to le
we are getting breaking news, a little bit of data out of germany. one point 9% move in 2016, a touch above analysts and economists expectations. we were expecting a 1.8%, and we have a 1.9%. it is pretty much in line with estimates, rising 0.7% month on month. we had estimated 0.2%, so it is coming and above expectations. we have a little bit of china december new yuan loans. it goes back to an economy in china that may be boiling up a little bit, and you china loans increased almost doubled from the period last year. let s quickly check on the markets to see what all of this piece of news means. we had the first news conference, press conference by donald trump yesterday, the first one sense july of last year, certainly the first one since he got elected. maybe because of the lack of policy details, the dollar weakened a little better there was a little disappointment and markets about the press conference, and that caused investors to unwind trade positions. gold, for ex