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Treasury secretary in a senate vote. ms yellen who headed the us central bank from 2014 to 2018, earlier won bipartisan support from members of the senate finance committee. she'll be responsible for guiding the biden administration's economic response to the pandemic. at her confirmation hearing on 19 january, ms yellen urged congress to approve trillions more in pandemic relief and economic stimulus, saying that lawmakers should "act big" without worrying about national debt. more than three hundred global companies and organisations have urged world leaders to classify seafarers as keyworke...

More than 300 global companies and organisations have urged world leaders to classify seafarers as keyworkers so they are no longer stranded at sea because of the pandemic. about 200,000 sea—men and women have played a crucial role in keeping global trade flowing, but many have been stuck at sea for months. twitter is asking its users for help in combating fake news. the company has announced a pilot that allows people to submit notes on tweets that may be false or misleading. the initiative, named �*birdwatch', is being trialled among a small group in the us initially. the headlines on bb...

To the terms of our new relationship. lots of new customs procedures to learn. it's a big, big difference, - and it's a lot for a lot of people to accept and to learn - about as well, to educate themselves with. the government says it's working with industry to help them trade effectively under the new rules, but with parcels stuck and retailers believing it is easier to write them off than get them back, it's not the smoothest start to our new trading future. simon browning, bbc news. the headlines on bbc news... the uk government is playing down expectations it could adopt a proposal to pay ...

Off than get them back, it's not the smoothest start to our new trading future. simon browning, bbc news. more rain and flooding could be on the way for areas already hit hard by bad weather this week. flood warnings remain in place, after thousands of people had to be evacuated from their homes in england and wales. our correspondent adam mcclean gave us this update from northwich near chester. the clean—up operation is continuing here in northwich this morning. tractors have been towing huge water tankers in and out of the town centre every couple of minutes to take excess water away from ...

Cleared and back to the uk. ulla runs a london based sustainable fashion brand. her sales with europe have grown every year since launch. for now, she has stopped exporting and trading with the eu because of the barriers of increased customs costs. it's been an absolute nightmare, to be honest. we started out the year cancelling orders, a lot of orders, actually, which was a really sad way of starting 2021. for those in retail, shipping and freight, they had just a week to adapt to the terms of our new relationship — lots of new customs procedures to learn. the government says it's working w...