as trade fears ease. we start with walt disney because the force is very much with the entertainment giant after a strong set of results. disney is now more enormous than ever, following its massive $70 billion takeover of 21st century fox. and it s about to begin a new episode in its 96 year history as it prepares to enter the world of streaming. disney made revenues of over $19 billion, up more than a third on this time last year and more than wall street was expecting. it has been boosted by the takeover of fox back in march which has given it lucrative new content such as star wars. profits were lower though as it processes that mega deal and makes huges investments in this. from tuesday disney plus will take on the likes of netflix and amazon prime offering decades of classic films and television shows as well as star wars, marvel and pixar movies for $6.99 a month. disney s theme parks have also been doing well with sales up some 17%. since the fox takeove
take if she loses this, there will be no leadership challenge. that s it. she s gone christian, come back in you sat her and listened to theresa may speak what were your impressions? she s going to fight. she s not stepping down. that s something about her character that we learned that is very important. she will not step down and play politics she s going to fight it. you know, from everything that i hear today, it may well be that she wins the vote tonight, though it is a secret ballot of course everybody will be today rallying their troops. the ultimate problem for those starting this challenge is if there is a leadership challenge, it goes to the party that adds a degree of uncertainty. if she loses this, do the majority of conservative mps want mr. johnson as prime minister or mr. corbyn prime minister that s how she clearly painted that with the latter scenario being painted there. so she s clearly making this distinction as her adviser would have told her betw
a camp in the russian control town of bessie men, ukrainian officials, again accused rusher of violating as these fire. meanwhile, ukraine is saying it s here to rush and wash it, which has burst into flames. the micro frigate is said to have been sailing close to snake island in the black sea. if confirmed the frigate would be the 2nd major naval lost during the russian offensive, ukrainian forces struck and sank, rushes flagship naval vessel, moskva in april. or pentagon spokesman john kirby could not confirm this strike on the ship. but neither would he say whether the action was a result of us supplied intelligence. we provide them what we believe to be relevant and timely information about russian units that call allow them to adjust and execute their, their self defense to the best of their ability. the kind of intelligence that we provide them, it s legitimate, it s lawful and it s limited. and i would also add and this is not an unimportant point. we are not the only
england feels able to reduce interest rates, so this is a time to stick to a plan that is clearly working. live now to simon french. he s chief economist and head of research at panmure gordon. i wanted to kick off by asking you why expectations were off the mark? january is the hardest month of forecast. there is a big rotation in the weight of items any typical basket. the office of national statistics use. that is a challenge. also because of discounting a new year s sales, we are never sure how much retailers will pass on. and it wrong footed people because energy costs have come down a long way for households, it will come down in april, it did go up injanuary, which was expected to push it up, but what we saw was a flat reading. prices going up, but only by li% now. can people read into that interest rates are more likely to come down sooner? i rates are more likely to come down sooner? ., ~ rates are more likely to come down sooner? ., ~ ~ sooner? i don t think so
respects to the john this his funeral will be held on friday. is ready, military has admitted soldiers from an elite unit. 5 dozens of bullets during the raid fox has not taken responsibility for her death. and despite international calls for a transparent investigation, few palestinians believe any one will be held accountable. ah, the killing of an al jazeera journalist by israeli forces has centreville operations across the arab world, sparking shock grief and demands for an investigation. showing abu acco was shot in the head while covering and israeli raid in the city of jeanine. and just a few hours her body will be moved to the palestinian presidential headquarters in ramallah for state service. is wally military has admitted soldiers from an elite unit, 5 dozen of bullets during the raid, but has not taken responsibility for her death. tamala, shell reports. oh, don t shoot the messenger unless you re in israeli soldier. in that case, you re seemingly ok with shooting