coalition carefully appealing to different groups with specific policies. if he loses one of these groups, his team fears that the math will not add up come election day but he needs to risk it and get tougher on immigration. it has become a proxy for all kinds of issues where people feel that elites simply don't get the concerns of average people and their concerns are rooted in real facts on the ground america has taken in huge numbers of immigrants over the last five decades and 1970, foreign born people made up 5.7% of the country as of 2020, that number is 15.3% and it's not just america and sweden. that number went from 6.6% in 1970 to 19.8% in 2020 in the uk, from 5.3% to 13.8% as i noted my new book, age of revolutions, the western world
hand, does not have the fanatical following the trump does he has constructed a coalition carefully appealing to different groups with specific policies if he loses, one of these groups, his team fears that the math will not add up come election day but he needs to risk it and get tougher on immigration. it has become a proxy for all kinds of issues where people feel that elites simply don't get the concerns of average people and their concerns are rooted in real facts on the ground america has taken in huge numbers of immigrants over the last five decades in 1970, foreign born people made up 5.7% of the country as of 2020, that number is 15.3%. and it's not just america and sweden. that number went from 6.6% in 1970 to 90 teen 0.8% in 2020 in the uk from 5.3% to 13.8% as i
need hospital treatment. the retailer next says its festive trading has been better than it expected. sales were up 5.7% for november through to the end of december. it's now expecting to make an extra £20 million of annual profit. but it also warns there are supply chain risks due to the disruption in the suez canal. it says if this continues, some delays to stock deliveries are likely in the early part of this year. it wasn't to be for 16—year—old luke littler at the darts world championships. instead, it was a night to rememberfor luke humphries, who beat his young opponent to take the title, and £500,000 in prize money. our sports correspondent natalie pirks was watching at alexandra palace. the ascension is complete! as luke humphries sank to his knees in elation, luke littler could only reflect on what might have been following a fairy tale run that had captured the nation's attention. it's been a good tournament. i've gained a lot of
stalwart of christmas trading? next has said sales were better than expected during november and december — the crucial period leading up to christmas. it made £38 million more than it expected — and those sales were up 5.7% compared with the same period the year before. the group, which trades from about 460 stores in the uk and ireland and has an online presence in over 70 countries, is often considered a useful gauge of how british consumers are faring. it seems to be faring well despite the cost of living pressures that are squeezing people's pockets. next has updated its forecast for the full financial year — saying it now expects to make a profit before tax of £905 million which would be 4% up on last year. which itself was an improvement on the year before. it is worth noting that it has warned that that situation in the red sea, with the houthi rebels
PHNOM PENH: Cambodia exported products worth $15.7 billion in the first eight months of 2023, a slight increase of 0.3 percent from $15.64 billion in the same period last year, according to a General Department of Customs and Excise report released on Friday.
the message you would give to those people and the residents where you are. >> i would say, stay where you are until you hear from local officials that there is the all clear. we have these teams in place, they're ready to respond as needed, but, you know, we have some rivers that are set to crest to pretty high 5.7 feet this afternoon at that peak tide, and, so you know, it might look sunny. might be the calm after the storm. the winds and the rains have subsided, but that surge is delayed, and we ask that you, if you're in an evacuation area, and you chose not to, please stay put until you hear from local county officials that it's clear. >> yeah, there's still a lot of water, a lot of surge ahead as you say. public safety information chief with hillsboro county fire rescue, rob herrin. i know what a busy day this is, we appreciate you taking the time with us, thank you. >> thank you. >> when we come back, our
in the year tojuly. competition among renters is pushing the prices up with as many as 20 requests to view each available property, up from six in 2019. data shows there was a 5.5% increase in rents in london this was the sharpest increase in rent since 2006, and that's despite london being the only region where house prices had fallen. in scotland the average rent was up 5.7% ina year. and there was an even bigger rise for tenants in wales — up 6.5%. ben twomey, the chief executive of generation rent, hejoins me now from london. thank you for coming on the programme. what do you make of those numbers? , �*, ., ., numbers? sadly, it's not a huge surrise numbers? sadly, it's not a huge surprise that — numbers? sadly, it's not a huge surprise that we _ numbers? sadly, it's not a huge surprise that we are _ numbers? sadly, it's not a huge surprise that we are seeing - numbers? sadly, it's not a huge| surprise that we are seeing rents going up. forso surprise that we are seeing rents going up. for so long there's been failure to address the housing
and services with their pay and down within that break it down further, sectors like construction, up 5.7% because business is slowing down, compared to banks making big profits because of higher interest rates, pay is up 9.6%. then compare that to benefits, they went up by 10.1% because that is where inflation was last september but then you look of the immense, if you are seeking a job that you get £84.80 instead of £77, up £7, but that is still a lot lower than the weekly average wage of £613 a week orjust under 32 grants, so anyone on benefits still has a massive incentive to try to find work if they can stop white sandy, thank you.. stumping up for school uniforms will soon be on the minds of parents. all state schools in england are expected to follow new rules, cutting the cost of uniforms. but a survey commissioned by the bbc, suggests some schools haven't changed their prodecures. here's our education reporter, vanessa clarke. there's the pe socks, there's the pe top, short—sleeved