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the electric car battery maker britishvolt has gone into administration after hopes of a last—minute bid for the company faded. the collapse raises questions about uk hopes of building a home—grown battery industry. the company, which had plans to build a gigafactory to make the uk start—up had been expecting to build a new 5.8 billion — or $4.7 billion — factory in northumberland, as part of a long—term vision to boost uk manufacturing. well, this promotional video shows w...

house republicans accuse president biden of hypocrisy, after the discovery of classified documents at his private residence. but will the republican investigation be as even handed as they claim? tonight with the context. kezia dugdale, the former scottish labour leader, now the director atjohn smith centre glasgow university and the republican political analyst and former spokesperson for the republican national committee doug heye. hello, welcome to the programme. the government in w...

thats the time between his speech to supporters outside the white house, to the moment he asked the rioters — who he called "very special" — to leave the capitol and go home. the committee has said it may hold additional hearings, but tonight will deliver the main argument that the president could have called off the assault, but chose not to do so. lets head straight to capitol hill, and our correspondent nomia iqbal. give us a sense of who we are going to hear tonight. who are th...

I feel worried about the population decline especially in my generation who were born after 1990. most of us are the only child, if we are not married the girl will need to take care of her parents and their grandparents if they are still alive. so the burden on everyone is quite heavy. putting aside the financial burdens is quite a heavy commitment for people in our generation terms of time and energy. so — lets take a look at some of the numbers. chinas population last year was over 1.4 bill...

Set china apart from the rest was their seemingly inexhaustible supply of human capital. but today, china is less the exception, more a reflection of broader trends. their population is shrinking. as populations tend to do, the more affluent, the more educated they become. for for the first time in 60 years, the growth curve has dipped, despite the communist partys efforts to encourage people to have more children. overall, the population fell by 850,000 from 2021, to 1.4 billion — thats the l...

Agriculture sectors represent 22% of global greenhouse gas emissions, and from today, the worlds first standard guidance will be launched, so businesses will be able to measure how they can reach net zero targets. he hoped to speak to a representative from the wwf about this but sadly because of technical reasons christopher anderton is unable to join us but it is an important issue and something we will talk about in more detail. lets see how the asian markets are faring. as you can see, japan ...

Hurts, in their mortgage payments. so far the bank of englands announcement hasnt worked to calm financial markets. the index of uk listed companies is tumbling down 2% and traders are again selling the pound, now worth less than $1.06. andrew verity, bbc news. our business editor simonjack is here. what an extraordinary morning. blimey is the word. a major intervention by the bank of england. now financial markets around the world have been stressed by inflation which we have seen across the gl...

Than to a country like britain. the government is hoping that by handing out tax cuts people have more money to spend and that will stimulate the economy to grow and improve living standards. but the imf is warning it could have the opposite effect because the pound is weak, import prices are higher, and that pushes up inflation and, to fight inflation, interest rates have to rise faster than previously thought and that could hit ordinary people where it hurts — in their mortgage payments. so ...

Recorded history against the us dollar come augu5t recorded history against the us dollar come august to the level of parity, ie one pound equals $1 but that was in thin trading on monday morning in the asian se55ion that was in thin trading on monday morning in the asian session and it then rebounded and has edged back a bit this morning but we are still around $1.06 to the pound, so roughly where we were at the end of last week, 5till marking a broader downturn for the pound against the dollar...

People where it hurts — in their mortgage payments. so far, the bank of englands announcement hasnt worked to calm financial markets. the all—share index of uk—listed companies is tumbling down 2% and traders are again selling the pound, now worth less than $1.06. andy verity, bbc news. andrew griffith is the financial secretary to the treasury — in an interview in the past hour — he defended the governments fiscal policy. it was your many budget the broad pension funds to their knees....