Retailers which is trying to break into some of asias biggest markets. Bland and boring, today we want to know, whats the best named town youve ever visited. Just use the hashtag bbcbizlive. Hello and welcome to Business Live. In just under an hour, the uk will unveil its latest Growth Numbers for the three months to the end ofjune. Earlier this week the International Monetary fund warned that weaker Economic Activity means both the us and uk will expand more slowly than expected this year. However, in the numbers due out this morning, economists are expecting the uks growth rate will have risen slightly in the last three months to 0. 3 . It was 0. 2 in the first quarter. Following the brexit vote, the pound fell. This put pressure on prices and last month inflation stayed above the bank of englands 2 target rate. And higher prices partly from Imported Goods are having an impact on Consumer Spending. Now according to visa Household Expenditure fell 0. 3 last month the lowest figure in
We have no tolerance for hate and violence from White Supremacists, neo nazis and the kkk. These dangerous Fringe Groups have no place in American Public life and the American Public debate and we condemn them in the strongest possible terms. And 70 years ago 200 years of British Colonial rule in india came to an end when the country was partitioned into pakistan and india Hundreds Of Thousands of people were killed as violence erupted on both sides. We will talk to two families about what it meant for them and the legacy it left. Hello. Welcome to the programme, were live until 11 this morning. Do get in touch on all the stories were talking about today including the news of a big increase in the number of people being arrested for being drunk at airports or on flights. Do you drink when you fly . If you work in the Travel Industry and have experienced drunk passengers or if youre a traveller with views on whether Licensing Laws should be changed do get in contact. Use the hashtag vic
Anti immigrant, Anti Eu Party will get more than 20 in the polls and may do better than the social democrats, the coalition partners. It will shake the confidence of the eus current leadership. How much of that do you agree with . There are many parties in germany and italy who are pretty eurosceptic. Yeah. The kind of picture that michael has just painted is correct. Not much is going to happen until the german elections in the autumn so we have in front of us a long period of uncertainty and instability in which populist forces are going to mount an extraordinary challenge to the status quo. Having said that, there is Something Else going on, which is extraordinary story, and terrifying, which could pull together the European Union leaders who are going to be smart enough and convincing enough to explain to the people whats going on in the world. Im referring to the migrant phenomenon which is going to accelerate massively and is going to show, for the first time in european history,
Dateline london, first, lets look at the headlines. The queen is attending church after missing services over christmas and new year because of a heavy cold. The israeli ambassador in london has apologised after an Embassy Official was filmed saying he wanted to take down the Foreign Office minister, sir alan duncan, who is a strong critic of jewish settlements. Theresa may is promising a far reaching programme of social reform to tackle the everyday injustices experienced by working families. The average amount of Unsecured Debt has reached a record high of almost £13,000 Per Household in the uk. Heavy snowfall and subzero temperatures continuing across europe and the Eastern European states causing more than 20 deaths and bringing transport chaos. Hello and welcome to dateline london. Two stories in todays programme two stories likely to dominate the year ahead. First, the future of the European Union as britain prepares to press the brexit button. And secondly, how far President Pu
To dateline london. Two stories in todays programme two stories likely to dominate the year ahead. First, the future of the European Union as britain prepares to press the brexit button. And secondly, how far President Putin and russia are steering events in the middle east and elsewhere, with donald trump perhaps in the passenger seat. My guests today are greg katz of associated press. Annalisa piras, who is an italian film maker. Lyse doucet, who is the bbcs chief international correspondent. Michael gove of the times, and who is also a conservative mp. Good to see you all. Britains top diplomat in the European Union, sir ivan rogers, quit this week amid the continuing political row about britain being unprepared for brexit. But with italys banks in trouble, the greek crisis unresolved, elections in germany and france in 2017 and in italy by 2018, plus fears about the euro, how much of a mess is the European Union and more importantly the eurozone actually in . Michael . Over the cou