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germany's public transport network will be at a near stand—still today as two of the country's largest unions strike in an ongoing dispute over pay. workers walked out shortly after midnight for 2h hours. two of the country's largest unions — which are demanding significant pay rises for their workers — want to increase the pressure on employers ahead of another round of negotiations. there'll be all but no trains, planes or ferries in operation after workers walked out, and motorists have been warned that staff who maintain motorways and repair road damage after accidents are ...

let's now get down to business and starting in the uk. how attractive is the uk as a place to do business? later today we'll find out when the ons releases its latest data on the level of foreign direct investment into the uk in 2021. a recent survey conducted by the accountancy firm pwc suggests britain was the third most important place in the world for businesses to invest, behind the us and china. but the head of the cbi is not so optimistic. in a speech today tony danker will call on the government to not shy away from hard decisions that can reverse the uk's trajectory of falli...

at an applegreen service station in the village of creeslough yesterday afternoon. from there, our ireland correspondent chris page reports. a rescue effort has now become a recovery operation. a sad sign that the emergency services don't expect to find anyone else alive. blown out walls, a crumpled roof and rubble showed this was a lethal explosion. it triggered a wave of devastation. people hurried to what was left of the petrol station, who see who may have been caught up in the incident. there were several flats above the garage shop, which largely collapsed. farmers brought trac...

for artisanal bakeries. more now on the dramatic win for brazil's former president luiz inacio da silva. as you've been hearing lula has been re—elected after very narrowly defeating the incumbent jair bolsonaro in the second round of voting. celebrating his victory, he said the winners were the brazilian people and he wanted to improve their lives. lula's win marks a return to left—wing governance in latin america's largest nation and the challenges facing him are great following a bitter campaign. he will take office onjanuary land faces a huge challenge to unite a deeply divid...

hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. i'm sally bundock. it's a big day ahead for the chancellor kwasi kwarteng as he delivers the keynote speech at the conservative party conference later in birmingham. the new finance minister is expected to insist the government will "stay the course" on his tax cutting growth plan despite the swift and turbulent reaction on financial markets. this time last week, the pound hit an all—time low against the us dollar and days later, the bank of england was forced to take emergency action to protect pension funds. i'm joine...