business news live from singapore. and historic visit by indian prime minister narendra modi as he seeks defence deals with israel an. an 8 billion cans later, we wish a happy 80th birthday to attend luncheon meat spam and. to tinned. it s wednesday, good morning, asia, hello, world, glad you could join us for this edition of asia business report, i m rico hizon. narendra modi is on an historic three day trip to israel, he is the first indian prime minister to visit and it signals warming relations between the two sides. defence deals are expected to top the agenda. india but has become israel s biggest export market for arms as it seeks to counter china and pakistan. it gets an estimated $1 billion per years in weapons per year. the fact neta nyahu the fact netanyahu received modi on tuesday at the airport signals the strength. india has been historically supportive of the palestinian cause but quietly it s been working on its relationship with israel and until n
popularity of women s american football as a new series in the sport gets under way. and we have the weather. the weather does not look particularly inspiring this weekend. there will be a lot of cloud around and it will be fairly blustery as well. all the details in 15 minutes. first, our main story. motorists should think long and hard before buying a diesel car, that s the message from the transport secretary, chris grayling. he s urging drivers to consider a less polluting vehicle instead. four in ten cars on britain s roads are diesel. under labour they had been billed as the clean alternative to petrol with reduced fuel taxes. now they re said to be one of the reasons for increasing levels of air pollution. let s get more on this with our correspondent nick quraishi who s in central london. these comments by chris grayling in the daily mail are a complete different to what labour did when it was in power. in 2001, gordon brown reduced tax on low sulphur fuel. that had t
Office for national statistics. over half of adults say that they are buying cheaper food, half of adults say that they are buying cheaperfood, 53%. around one in four buying more tinned or a longer shelf life food, 26%, and around one in five people eating food its use by date. so what are you doing? and also, while i m on it, and you will be on it in a minute, are the supermarkets playing fair? 08085 909693, text on 85058. get to us at bbc 5 live on social media is welcome on your radio, on the telly. what aboutjeremy hunt, the telly. what aboutjeremy hunt, the chancellor. he s been speaking today at here is what he said. well, this is a small headline fall but it disguises a large rise in food inflation which is causing pressure to families around the country as they see their cost of their weekly food shop go up. and it shows that there is no such thing as an automatic fall
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