Hello, welcome to the programme, were live until 11. Throughout the programme the latest Breaking News and developing stories. A little later well hear how the former boss of gchq britains electronic Surveillance Agency is calling for children to spend more time online to help save the country. Robert hannigan says instead of allowing kids to mooch around the streets parents should encourage them to have more screen time and that its not a wasted life. Is he right . Do get in touch on all the stories were talking about this morning use the Hashtag Victoria Live and if you text, you will be charged at the Standard Network rate. The Lawyerfor A British model who was allegedly held captive by a gang in italy has been giving more details about the case. Francesco peschi says chloe ayling, whos 20 and from south london, was told by her kidnappers that she would be sold as a slave in the middle east. He said she was acting under duress, when she was seen shopping with her ca ptor before she
Chancellor merkel heads to the white house amid growing us complaints that german business isnt playing fair. Plus, a yawning hole in our finances. We lack of sleep could be if . . . G; l . . . inhiieiufefiif billions from the global wiping billions from the global economy. Welcome to World Business report we start in the us where President Trump will be hosting german chancellor Angela Merkel at the white house later. Coming up, singapore has its best month for trade in five years. Now, back to the us, and their meeting w eitfiteetitiq germany later. The two nations are Major Trading partners but theres been growing concern on the us side that their relationship is simply not fair. The rhetoric has raised fears of a damaging trade war. Let me show you why. Last year the us sold 49 billion worth of goods to germany everything from Boeing Airliners to pfizermedicifieif . , that sounds like a healthy figure until you look at this one elli; 531e§3§5§§z5§; thats a lot of bmws not to
demoralized and disobeying orders. jeremy fleming, the director of britain s electronic surveillance agency spoke in australia overnight about how poorly the russian offensive is progressing. it increasingly looks like putin has massively misjudged the situation. it s clear he s misjudged the resistance of the ukrainian people. he underestimated the strength of the coalition his actions would galvanize. he underplayed the economic consequences of the sanctions regime. and he overestimated the abilities of his military to secure a rapid victory. we ve seen russian soldiers short of weapons and morale, refusing to carry out orders. sabotaging their own equipment. and even accidentally shooting down their own aircraft. and even though we believe putin s advisers are afraid to