mucha crazy st japan s t.v. series i ve been physical and let s do business the pound is taking another pounding the deadline for the u.k. leaving the e.u. is looming closer now the british government is moving to suspend parliament investors are on alert there are only weeks left for the brits to strike a deal with brussels and this looks like prime minister burst on to this trying to force through a no deal break that pound fell by more than one percent against the dollar after the news broke no deal fears in the past month bush turning to its lowest level since $27.00 saying. a financial correspondent in frankfurt is tracking developments ashutosh how is the weak pound affecting businesses 1st of all well it s hurting them badly especially the tourism and the aviation sector and also the british importers who are actually having to shell out more money for their ports so that s that s how we found this very nice to talk about tourism
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hello, you re watching afternoon live i m simon mccoy. today at 2: a week long state of emergency in australia with a warning that a heatwave forecast for the weekend could make the bushfires worse. there are fears of fuel shortages thousands take to their cars to flee the areas under threat. australia s prime minister scott morrison cuts short a visit to one devastated community as people there heckle him. how come we only have four trucks to defend our time? we don t have much money. delays and cancellations on the railways but most fares still go up an average of 2.7% from today. artificial intelligence ‘outperforms‘ doctors in diagnosing breast cancerfrom mammograms according to the latest study. coming up on afternoon live
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21 passengers on board a cruise ship of california have tested positive for coronavirus. the ship was denied entry to san francisco and will now sale to a non commercial port were all 3500 passengers and crew are expected to have tests. no warplanes have been reported to have been flying over the syrian province of idlib as a ceasefire appears to be holding for now. on the ground there have been some classes, 15 people are reported to have been killed in fighting between government forces and islamist militants. the former brazilian footballer, ronaldinho, has been arrested in paraguay after he attempted to enter the country with a false passport. he and his brother were allegedly given false passports when there plane touched down.
last month was the wettest february ever recorded in the uk with storm after storm sweeping the country. in east yorkshire more than 80 homes in snaith and cowick still can t be reached and the water is taking a long time to recede. our correspondent dan
against the coronavirus, and has introduced further restrictions to try to curb its spread. he s forbidden people from leaving home, except for essential reasons, from midday on tuesday, orface punishment. the us treasury secretary, steve mnuchin, is seeking a large stimulus package to prop up the american economy after the dowjones suffered its biggest ever one day points drop. economists now no longer doubt that the global economy is heading into recession. in britain, prime minister boris johnson called on people to stop travel and avoid what he called unnecessary social contact. he said if drastic action was not taken now, cases could double every five or six days. he said people showing any symptoms should self isolate for m days.
in every part of the uk, people have been taking in the full import of the government s latest advice which marks a very sharp change from just a few days ago. with advice to everyone to stop non essential contact and to avoid pubs, clubs and theatr
shape his relationships with the rest of the world. hello, i m ros atkins, this is outside source. a pause comes, but after the us and iran walk right up to the brink. we had a statement at the white house area and it seems that president weber is calling the situation. iran appears to be standing down which is a good thing for all parties concerned and a very good thing for the world. also in iran a plane crash kills 176 people, but officials there won t give up the black box fuelling questions about what happened. britain s prince harry says he and meghan intend to step back as senior members of the royal family. the duke and duchess say their long term goal is to become ‘financially independent‘
and the fugitive former nissan boss carlos ghosn defends fleeing justice injapan claiming he had zero chance of a fair trial. well after iran s missile attacks on two military bases in iraq we waited to hear from president trump to see if he d escalate the situation. he finally spok