Liverpool have agreed a £40 million deal to sign england midfielder Alex Oxlade Chamberlain from arsenal. Good evening. Theresa may has insisted that she intends to stay on to fight the next general election. The Prime Minister who is visiting japan told the bbc that there was absolutely no basis whatsoever to reports that she would stand down in two years time. She said she was here for the long term. She was speaking to the bbc at the start of a three day visit to japan during which she is hoping to ease concerns about brexit and prepare the way for a trade agreement. From there our Political Correspondent ben wright reports. Edi, abedy, abedi, this report contains some flash photography. Its theresa mays first visit to japan as Prime Minister. She doesnt plan on it being her last. Wearing the colours of the countrys flag, this visit is a reminder that brexit is not just about fractious talks in brussels. Its about reassuring long standing allies and investors beyond the eu. Stick w
Executives are paid compared to the average worker. But shells boss, ben van beurden, who earned £7. 5 million last year, argues that the governments proposal is flawed. Our business editor, simonjack, reports from rotterdam. Big business, how do you stop too much money flowing to the top . The government has a plan, but does it make sense . This is shells rotterdam refinery, it has customers and employees all over the world. Its the most valuable company on the London Stock Exchange and pays more dividends to uk Pension Funds than any other company. How do you get a grip on a company like that . Thats the old refinery, but also a lot of the new stuff. Ben van beurden is shells chief executive. The uk governments flagship proposal to curb pay is to force companies to publish how many times more the boss gets paid than the average worker. Simple. Its a matter of public record, you got paid £7. 5 million last year, that was a 60 increase from the previous year, and could you tell me wh
Mark welcome to countdown. Caroline im caroline hyde. Mark we look ahead to the last u. K. Gdp release ahead of next weeks general election. Manus we are waiting for numbers which is going to be health care and consumer business. There radically they radically changed the shape and focus on the 25 Million Health market. We are waiting for those numbers to come through. Organic revenue, we are waiting for, but expecting just over 5 billion euros. Lets keep an eye out for those numbers. Meantime, there is only one corporate story and that is apple. Barn storming numbers all due to the iphone 6 and 6 plus sales. Caroline has the breakdown. Caroline it was a blowout in the second quarter, fiscal secondquarter. They have yet more cash to splash. 70 billion. Lets look into the stellar report because profit really did escalate. We saw profit jumped some 33 bringing in 13. 6 billion. That beat analyst estimates. Sales went up 27 . It would have been even higher if it was not for the strength o