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Hello, and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. With me are uk trade and economics correspondent for politico, anna isaac, and Chief Executive of the think tank new Economics Foundation and former labour adviser, miatta fahnbulleh. Tomorrows front pages start with the metro. A National Treasure is how the metro describes captain sir tom moore, whos died in hospital at the age of 100. Hed been battling both pneumonia and coronavirus. The i describes the Secon...

As a result of the coronavirus pandemic, putting the country technically into recession. The World Health Organisation says up to a quarter of a billion people in africa could catch coronavirus this year. But says the outbreak is likely to be less deadly than in europe and the us cafes a nd restau ra nts have begun reopening in many parts of australia, but with limits on the number of customers allowed in. And calls for nhs workers in the uk whove treated coronavirus patients to get the same Men...

Event their and they are not alone. Lets see how the markets have opened this morning. Bit of a mixed bag so far. And well be getting the inside track on the weeks big business stories, including Mario Draghis economic box of tricks with our very own Andrew Walker. Uk Supermarket Chain sainsburys has pledged to halve Plastic Packaging by 2025. Today we want to know what steps, if any you have taken to reduce your Plastic Waste . Let us know just use the hashtag bbcbizlive. Hello and welcome to b...

Practically every neighbourhood in the last few days i am hearing the last few days i am hearing the city is. Hospitals faced a massive influx of patients with Gunshot Wounds at the weekend. The port was pillaged at the weekend, luckily we were able to retrieve our containers before that happened but i hear the containers of many aid agencies have gone. The i hear the containers of many aid agencies have gone. Agencies have gone. The un has warned of agencies have gone. The un has warned of abou...

and if you are south korean, you are now officially a year younger than you were yesterday. well tell you how a new law has changed the way koreans think about age. but we start with the situation in ukraine and the horrifying details of a russian missile attack on a restaurant in kramatorsk. 11 people were killed and rescue workers have spent most of the day going through the rubble, looking for any survivors. kramatorsk is in ukraines eastern donetsk region. its under ukrainian contr...

and lower consumer confidence are to blame. our business editor simonjack has been to cardiff to talk to small businesses about the financial pressures theyre facing. going, going gone. this wine merchant is picking up the last of the stock as he shuts down his business. 2023 shaping up to be a little shop of horrors. the number of companies in critical financial distress up caught in the last three months and this year is expected to see business failures than any since the crisis of ...

And the unmistakeable voice of football for 50 years, john motson, says hes hanging up his sheepskin coat and retiring next year. I did my first ever commentary for bbc tv from this very gantry and in those days, nobody had heard of the internet, although i can vouch i did say at the time its in the net. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. One of the most powerful storms ever recorded in the atlantic has been battering the caribbean islands of antigua, barbuda and anguilla causing major dama...

Plus, high aspirations. We meet the pharmaceuticals chief pushing cannabis as the answer to americas opioid addiction crisis. Hello, and welcome to bbc news. Hurricane irma threatened much, and its delivering on that threat. One of the most powerful atlantic storms on record has pummeled a number of caribbean islands, notably the leeward islands, with extremely heavy rain accompanied by winds of up to 320km h. Thats 200 miles an hour. The Prime Minister of Antigua And Barbuda has told the bbc 90...

World business report. Draghis dilemma. The soaring euro poses a new problem for the European Central bank as it debates when to wind down its massive stimulus programme. Plus, High Aspirations we meet the pharma chief whos pushing cannabis as the answer to americas opioid addiction crisis. Welcome to World Business report. Im sally bundock. Also in the programme, the us is said to seek a ban on crude oil to north korea. Details in a moment. But first, we start in frankfurt, where in a few hours...

Get the view from asia and this is the situation in the markets in europe as they open on the up. A lot of investors waiting for that key decision from the ecb. And reaching for the stars. Well be getting the inside track from a South African entrepreneur known for his passion for democratic technology and a spell on the International Space station. So today we are asking what are your astro ambitions . If you were given the chance to go to the International Space station, what would you do . Ju...