president trump says he's in "no rush" to talk all eyes on novo nordisk, as it's poised to reveal to lithium extraction? also in the programme — all things tech and beautiful. that is prevasive in so many

of our lives. and what really concerned was the news growth in its closely—watched cloud business slowed. in after—hours trading on concerns it may be pouring $200 billion from its market value. like other tech giants,

alphabet is betting $75 billion in capital expenditure this year — a figure that surprised analysts and highlighted for more, here's ritika gupta in new york. expectations on tuesday. in revenue to around $11.9 billion in the fourth quarter, slowing down from the 35% increase in the september quarter. the soft cloud numbers come even as google has

spends more heavily on al. and competition remains fierce — google cloud its rival microsoft also reported weaker—than—expected growth in its azure cloud platform last week. that was looking at the numbers and some of the reaction among competitors. investigation into google. blocked in china since 2010.

and he gave me his take on results. i mean, looking at the cloud and the search results on the cloud front — especially, you know, given that microsoft also reported some weakness there, i think what's going on here is we're seeing some pullback security in this ai era, as well as to just cut costs. and so... aside to invest in al just this year. and did not deepseek illustrate that, actually,

so the investments are really a long—term strategy and i think it's going to reap the rewards down the road. we must mention that google, of course, is in the crosshairs of regulators around the world. we've talked about china looking into google, it faces being broken up. so what's the outlook from your perspective on that? yeah, i mean, ithink alphabet...is feeling the pressure, you know,

with these international to the tariffs — especially the recent china, measures and i don't expect to see, you know, we will be watching closely. between the us and china.

as you may remember, on saturday, charges of an extra 10% on chinese imports that covers all sorts of items such as clothes and materials used to make phones and wind turbines. and yesterday, china's president xi retaliated with similar tariffs starting next monday on american made decisions to make. stephen mcdonell. what is the latest? well, the absolute latest _ what is the latest? well, the absolute latest i with - what is the latest? well, the absolute latest i with this i from " ”fromthe ' '

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to 22% of their body weight after 36 weeks. i asked henrik hallengreen laustsen, how novo is able to meet the enormous demand um, quite, quite.... had been the problem for a couple of years, i guess. forward, also, yeah. latest weight—loss drug? they released the results from their trial last week.

one is phase one study. premature... positive indications. so definitely exciting to see, and a lot of potential also in terms of production sites. but a lot of potential and they have to confirm that one in the coming years. numbers been released.

been releaseosflperating rose —— by 37% in the profits rose —— by 37% in the last billion last year. 33.6 billion forecast by analysts in poll forecast by analysts in a poll by the company shared by analysts. slightly above 7 what is expectations. what is concerning investors as it is saying it is seeing slowing sales this year. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news.

durham county council's planning committee will be 10,000 tonnes of lithium annually, which would create revenue for the north—east region.

him if he expects the plans to be approved. but, obviously, we will go into the meeting hopeful lithium is critical to electric vehicles and various other batteries that we use in all the devices we're using constantly. the uk wants to be a part of that, obviously, help investment in these areas. we very hope so at the right time.

they've made already in the critical minerals in a sustainable way. i mean, how green is this project? possible on the planet, because of the other or continental salars in south america — they have very high environmental impacts, and so we've conducted life—cycle analysis on using direct lithium and it's a supply chain that is resilient and secure.

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and in the front line city of pokrovsk in the east, the russians are almost here. one last look for lyuba, who is 75 and has lived no electricity. pokrovske looks set to be the next city

to fall to the russians. i personally don't think that even if some kind of negotiations will start, they will bring a ceasefire any time soon. i'm sure that even if they do start, there will be a massive intensification on the battlefield, so he carries on, lives packed up into a few bags. dobry den. some are still hard to persuade, but he tries. "i promise you, i'm doing this from the very first day

and this is the final stage". orla guerin, bbc news, pokrovsk. the rest of the week. for many of us, too. with clear skies — , well, here goes tuesday's rain clearing away to allow

scotland — some of them wintry over the hills — the freezing level rising through the day. elsewhere, a lot of sunshine around — into the afternoon. a lot lighter further south. it's still decent for the time of year — we're looking on wednesday night into thursday morning, the winds are set to lighten. are set to lighten. so underneath clear skies, temperatures will drop away like a stone. still rather blustery, out still rather blustery, out towards north—west scotland — here it's a mild start towards north—west scotland — to the day — but elsewhere those temperatures will drop those temperatures will drop below freezing and there below freezing and there will be a widespread frost will be a widespread frost we'll start to draw in more for thursday morning. also, some patches of mist and fog that will develop — particularly across england for thursday morning. and wales — they'll slowly lift and clear through the morning, but a lot of sunshine around, dry and fine. dry and fine. the winds picking up towards the channel coast

by the end of the day, by the end of the day, we'll start to draw in more of an easterly wind, and temperatures slipping just a little. we'll keep that easterly wind as we head into friday. there will be some low cloud across many parts of england and wales — particularly out towards the south and the east — and we could even see that easterly wind pick up and blow us in some snow showers at times, too. there will be plenty of added wind chill, but we're set to stay in that colder air as we head through the course of the weekend. so here's the outlook for our capital cities, then. don't be too surprised to see one or two wintry showers in the forecast as we head through sunday, and perhaps

live from london, this is bbc news. the us will take over gaza, with all palestinians

the us will take over the gaza strip, and we will do a job with it, too. we'll own it. saudi arabia condemns the plans and says it will not of a palestinian state. notice — but hasn't given a reason for the decision. wildlife wonders — nature on full display an extraordinary news conference between president at the white house.

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