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if you have joined if you havejoined us, you are welcome and we are looking at the top business stories. we start here in the uk, where there is some relief for millions of people facing soaring housing costs. lenders have started the new year by slashing the cost of mortgages as financial markets bet the bank of england will soon begin to cut interest rates from their 15—year high. from today banking giant hsbc becomes the first major lender to bring back mortgages below 4% since last march. it comes as rival halifax slashed almost a percentage point off some of its mortgage rates...

optimism is reflected in the stock markets as well. this is how the nikkei has started trading. it has been at 833 year high so we see a bit of profit—taking. —— a 33%. the last quarter outperforming any major global indices as well. let's begin nobuko kobayashi joining us from kyoto. thank you forjoining us on the programme again. what did you make of this much stronger than expected gdp figures? yes. make of this much stronger than expected gdp figures?— expected gdp figures? yes, it beat expectation _ expected gdp figures? yes, it beat expectation by _ expected gdp figures...

the announcement comes as prime minister rishi sunak continues his visit to the us. he is due to hold talks with president biden at the white house later today aimed in the words of the uk government at cementing their "joint leadership in the technologies of the future". the uk has abandoned hopes of a post—brexit free trade agreement with the us, instead pushing for a deal on digital services. the prime minister told the bbc�*s political editor chris mason that the uk is well—placed to become a leader in al i want to make sure that we in the uk can realise the clear benefits ...

almost 200 palestinians have been killed in the past two days — bringing the total to over 21,000. hamas is designated a terrorist organisation by the uk government. shaimaa khalil reports. no funeral, no dignified burial, no tombstone. a bulldozer carries their bodies into a mass grave... ..theirfinal resting place. israeli forces are expanding their ground offensive into the densely populated urban refugee camps in central gaza. and this is the scene at the neighbouring al aqsa hospital. 0verwhelmed, they have had to treat the injured on the floor and in hallways. across gaza at ...

price of these items. greetings, j thank you for having me. as you mentioned, the food prices index, the climb compared to it, the decline was modest, around 2% but what is important is that the decline which we observed last march in march 2022 was over 22%. so what is behind it? let's remember that the food price index includes quotations of bulk commodities so on this international level bulk commodities, the markets depending on the specific commodity, remain relatively balanced supply and they are often quite stable. we have noticed a decline in the cereal prices when the maize ...