in sport: still in the title race. tottenham beat crystal palace and keep the heat on leaders chelsea. a boom for books as the publishing industry has a surge in sales and a record year. and carol has the weather. a chilly start in southern areas, with a touch of frost. but here we ve got early sunshine. most of the uk will be cloudy, with showers and a few sunny spells in between. more in about 15 minutes. thank you amcu bend. see you then. tensions are rising in north korea, as the u 5 call for more pressure to force the country to give up its nuclear weapons programmes. last night, president trump briefed all 100 members of the senate, revealing a strategy of economic sanctions and diplomacy. but washington also said they were prepared to defend themselves and their allies, as our correspondent laura bicker reports. the us is piling on the pressure. this is a military exercise just north of the north korean border. a message that the us is ready if diplomatic efforts fa
after two years of losses, bp‘s set to reveal it s making profits again thanks to the rise in the price of oil. and, can the thrill of the auction room be recreated online? we investigate the digital challenges for the likes of christies and sotherbys. welcome to world business report. i m sally bundock. bp‘s expected to say it s been making a profit in recent months, drawing a line under years of painful cost cutting and transformation as it grappled with low oil prices. using the oil giant s preferred measure of underlying replacement cost profit, last year it made a loss of $2.6 billion a 55% fall on the year before. the shift in the price of oil on global markets was the main reason why the white line shows you the slide. it bottomed out at $27.88 a barrel injanuary 2016. the yellow line shows you bp‘s share price during that time and the effects of the two year slump in the oil market as well as the cost of the deepwater horizon disaster. this year bp plans to
i will be talking to the british chambers of commerce about their manifesto. the sound of spring, but for how much longer? wejoin the sound of spring, but for how much longer? we join the the sound of spring, but for how much longer? wejoin the dawn patrol as they go in search of the nightingale. in sport: a third crucible crown for mark selby. he fights back to beatjohn higgins and become only the fourth man in the modern era to successfully defend a world title. and carol has the weather. good morning. again today we are looking at a fair bit of cloud coming in across the east of the uk, accompanied a noticeable breeze. there will be a few showers, but for many of us it will be dry. there will be some sunny spells, the lion s share of which will be again gci’oss lion s share of which will be again across the north west of the uk. i will have more details 15 minutes. inis minutes. good morning. first, our main story: there has been further fallout from last week s talks