and... lunch and a show! how about that? — with the superbowl taking place this weekend, we hear from an ad man about what it takes to create one of its iconic tv spots. i'm tadhg enright. in almost five years. india's key interest rate now stands at 6.25%, to the country's sluggish to grow at 6.4% for the year ending in march. that's its slowest pace in four years.

well, this was widely anticipated, and as you rightly said, the first time then we saw in 2022, they raised the hikes, given the geopolitical uncertainties and scenarios with the wars breaking out as well as the inflationary pressures. of the reserve bank of india.

of india's gdp. so that's why it's very important. so what happens now? and lower income groups who are possibly because home loans become so they're hoping that this is going to provide but the one thing that they really are closely of a possibility of a donald trump tariff hike. because india's rupee weakened to its all time low at over 87 rupees to the dollar, because that and also, you know, imported inflation would also impact so that's something that is being very closely watched by policymakers over here in india. $90 billion off the company's value, despite the retail giant doubling its profits

analysts were expecting. amazon though did announce that it will spend about our north america business correspondent ritika gupta has more. amazon posted sales and profit in last year's final quarter. holiday shopping season boosting its retail business.

weak cloud numbers, with big tech ploughing billions of dollars in al and claims that it can be built at a fraction of the cost. american consumers keep spending, and there was no outlook, or that they would be facing headwinds there, so i think expectations became

a bit heady in recent weeks, facing some headwinds, as they mentioned, from the currency, that was the main factor cited for the weaker outlook for 01. particularly in the second half of the year, that it expects

those concerns about the chinese ai player, to its bedrock platform, which is essentially a marketplace for foundational models and llms. and include it so that amazon web services customers can realise the best value, just as it aims to satisfy on capital expenditures, and the vast majority of that going towards ai for aws. is now in the $115 billion range for the coming year.

accelerate, as i noted. what's going through your mind when you hear or read amazon continues to take commissions from the sales, here in the uk, fears of stagflation are growing — a toxic combination. on thursday, the bank of england cut the uk interest rate to its lowest level

for more than 18 months. it was good news for the ball family in selby. to find a cheaper deal. we have been trying to make provisions for it. to make cutbacks and save,

but it doesn't take away my view that i think just last november, the bank had predicted that the economy would grow by 1.5% this year. but look at 2025. it picks up next year. yes, yes, yes. no, there have. i pick it up when i go around the country talking to businesses. the increase in the cost of employment does have an effect.

since july of last year. in their pocket, be better off. from 1.5 to 0.75%. at bristol's portbury docks, flow fairly freely. laden with 9,000 cars. and international sources. in recovery right now. it's highly uncertain.

is not good for growth in the world economy, so don't retaliate if the americans do tariffs... i'm not going to, that's, that's obviously, you know, all these policies are the government's. but i would always caution against policies that lead around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news.

welcome back. is in washington dc to hold his first meeting with president trump. high on their agenda will be the bid byjapan�*s nippon steel's to buy us steel.

with the us president. has been struggling financially and nippon steel has made numerous promises, like investing in its domestic steel mills and protecting jobs.

to keep its leadership american citizens. and when the unions said they may import cheaper steel they made a commitment that it will not. of course, that didn't stop mr biden from blocking and mr ishiba will likely bring this up in his meeting. with the late mr abe. one of president trump's many eye—catching policies is to buy greenland — and one of the key reasons behind that is its huge deposits of rare earths.

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all the stops to capture the attention of more than 123 million viewers. chief creative officer at the advertising agency vml recreates their iconic scene from �*when harry met sally'. mmm! here we go. here we go all over again. you're the man behind that ad. we are all very excited at the agency about it.

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but celebrities are also very happy to be involved because it's great for their image as well and for their fans. a quick of breaking news, china responding to panama my decision to withdraw because. htyfeflsion to withd raw the because. htyfeflsion to withdraw the belt and road from the belt and road initiative, saying china initiative, saying that china if he regrets the decision, if he regrets the elecisith'” ' ' ' ”' twice change his mind. stay with and change his mind. stay with here on bbc news. 0ne eye on top story, donald trump's comments about

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but i suspect there's going to be more cloud that's going to drive in more cloud off the north sea. frost and patchy fog still an issue. that's tapping into some colder air. it's going to really take the edge off the feel of the weather as well. clear skies and sunny spells after a frosty start for northern ireland and scotland. a cluster of showers as we go through the day,

we'll see a rash of showers moving their way steadily west, particularly in wales, of snow settling we keep those clear skies, so saturday to the northwest will start off again with some patchy frost and fog around. a little bit of nuisance rain drifting its way steadily north, turning drizzly, and then hopefully we will see a little bit of brightness developing into the southeast not quite as cold on saturday, the winds not quite as strong either. so as we go through the week ahead,

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live from london. live from london. this is bbc news. president trump signs an executive order sanctioning the international criminal the international criminal court, accusing it of court, a dangerous abuse of power. he's also doubled down he's also doubled down on his plan for on his plan for a us "takeover" of gaza —

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