we hear from the boss of ferrari about what's driving the company's thinking ahead in the era of electric cars. clamping down influencers. live from london, this is business today. for the last two years. election has been won by the centre—right but the pathway to government is tricky. the christian democrat — or cdu — leader friedrich merz alternative fur deutschland —

a hard—right party that came in second with 21 percent of the vote. will be a big challenge. the past couple of years. the economy shrunk in both 2023 and 2024 what is for thomas obst is senior economist at the german economic institute. is in berlin and tell me more the primary moreaboutthe primaryeconomic of the new chancellor. the last two years and we have seen stagnation for over five

and we need to restore competitiveness. to high energy costs. with an industrial plan, increased borrowing, and that's what led to the collapse of their three—party coalition. how do you think friedrich merz will navigate what is back on track? i think his main priority is to restore growth. we need economic growth and this would help us with our we can take on, 0.35% of gdp, but if gdp is growing you also

how to bring business conditions into a setting that we have seen, as you said, when the coalition failed, sentiment was really on an all—time low — and improve expectations of households, we would see what are your thoughts on what he had to say not long after the results were coming through about the us administration and the german relationship with america? i think this is the big issue.

on the german economy — germany is very expert oriented, the us is our biggest trading partner, but now it has shifted to the security question in europe — especially related to ukraine. is some reaction to outcome of the election in is some reaction to outcome i 0f1e election in is some reaction to outcome i of course :ion in is some reaction to outcome i of course :ion economy germany. of course the economy was �* the germany. of course the economy was �*the key issues for at. . , atzthe 7 atzthe moment 7 atzthe moment the euro voters. at the moment the euro hasjumped in to a has jumped in value to a one—month high the back of result. 7 result. alsvo stock futures the result. also stock futures are indicating that when german are indicating that when'germau—g to are indicating that whan'garrnan to in frankfurt it markets to open in frankfurt it be a start the will be a strong start to the day. that as a consequence day; thatris as a— conseqdence no in the outcome this election.

of this election. the of the european union the heads of the european union have arrived in kyiv join have arrived in kyiv to join president zelensky on the of: of russia's a anniversary of russia's a full—scale invasion of ukraine. they have just announced a new of euros to payment of 3.5 billion euros to be paid in march as well as plans to up european arms plans to scale up european arms production and defence pggggcticuuand defence — — in a �* of ”c” . .t°.d.ay today announce government today will announce new travel sanctions including linked figures including politicians and managers or directors of big russian decades to recover from. peace and rebuilding its infrastructure. maria repko is deputy director at the centre for economic strategy

in ukraine. she told me more about the of the scale of destruction the country has over the country has suffered over the last three years. despite losing a lot of resources, despite losing estimations. pre—warfor ukraine. nevertheless, the country is growing, the country is struggling and we are resilient. last year, gdp grew at, like, 3.5% or something like this. for the country.

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you are with business today. but the net—zero economy has grown 10% over the past year. that's according to a new report by the energy and climate intelligence unit, which says that net—zero of the greenhouse gases as they add. jess ralston is head of energy at the energy

well, net—zero businesses look like many different things. they look like people fitting solar panels on people's roofs, it also looks like people building electric vehicles farmers who are planting trees on their land. cbi economics and the data city is actually that these jobs creating those lifelong jobs in those sorts of communities. and do you know, as a percentage, what size the

now, and i think a lot of the time when net—zero is stopping releasing those greenhouse—gas emissions and limiting climate change. profitable industry now, and the uk is not going it so the uk moving first on a lot of these industries is actually a real benefit because then we can export our expertise across the world who are also aiming for net zero. we are still waiting on detail as far as that is concerned. what are you looking for? and things like the steel industry are really looking for certainty.

with the old government, there was a lot of policy destroys investor confidence. because these companies can put it anywhere in the world, right? jess ralston, there. from the energy and climate unit. let's stay this subject. and plenty of dna from the world of motor racing. later this year, the italian supercar maker will launch its first all—electric model. it is a pivotal moment for the company. so will the move to super—silent battery power help it's a question our

correspondent theo leggett put to ferarri's chief executive, benedetto vigna. look. 2009, first fi car with the electric... the hybrid power. hybrid, yes. 0k? not motor, because it's closer to thermal engine. then you have, in �*i9, we started to offer our client the possibility of hybrid model. so it is a journey. but you can build an electric car, you can build a high—tech you can paint it red. well, the problem is not to build an electric car or to paint it red.

whatever is the attraction — it can be naturally aspirated, and the emotional part, and we have to be able to stimulate both. part is the noise. ferraris have always been linked to screaming vi2 and v10 clients that will take also our electric ferrari, i mean, think about this. in 2019, when we announced

the first hybrid car, well, last year — in 2024 — 51% of the cars we sold were hybrid. there go. the boss of ferrari talking the ferrari talking about the new electric future. now, in london diners are being hit restaurateurs blame "reservation—squatting", and freeloading social—media influencers. and a shared glass of wine to generate material i think the reality is that people trust people more than they trust brands, restaurants, fashion brands,

the whole creative economy. you cannot pick and choose parts of the creative obviously the whole of influencer marketing — over half of people who actually end up these recommendations — 25% of these people go on to buy something — so you have to embrace it. it really does work. how do you know which at a restaurant and say, "i am an influencer, i will talk about your venue on social media so give me a free glass of wine." how do you value influencers?

we used to look at the number of followers. you cannot do that any more. that actually works for your vibe, try it out. but how do you work with them? what do you do — offer them a free dinner or do you give come to your restaurant following their social media post? how does it work? you can give them a free dinner, ask them to post give them a discount code. you can also look at driving roi. marketing is it works. there are multiple ways to work with them at the end of the day, pick the right

people that work for your brand as you can imagine there is quite a debate in the newsroom about that last item. 0ur influencers really question might tell what you about f let's take think about that. let's take you live to berlin as germany is up to the of a is waking up to the news of a new chancellor in friedrich merz who has tricky in ff infthe f ff fff fff infthefngys negotiations'ahead inthe'days to come. who negotiations'aheadinthe'days to come. who will he and weeks to come; who will he and weeks to come; who will he a with? more form a coalition with? more on our website. let's take a look at some other stories. survivors in the room for the south but as i have spoken

publicly about what happened. 26 children were taking part 26 children weretaking part in y°93 f 26 children weretaking part in yoga dance workshop when a yoga and dance workshop when a 17—year—old axel rudaku ba na 17—year—old axel rudakubana run in wielding a knife. people been to the bbc�*s have been speaking to the bbc�*s special and a that you may find some warning that you may find some of the detail distressing. but a morning of fun turned to trauma. has spoken publicly. a schoolgirl, whose identity we've protected and is supported by her parents, and the yoga teacher reveal what happened that day. he then grabbed the next

child and the next child. i saw him, like, stab my arm. and that's when i turned. i remember his eyes the most because he looked possessed. my brainjust said, "he's got me." the teachers and their teenage helper knew they had to get everyone to safety. i remember shouting for them to get down and get out. ijust thought, "i need to get some help." so...we all run towards the door and call 999. of the girls to safety.

my brain's going 100 miles an hour but my are you 0k? yeah, ijust... i just don't know what else i could have done. but died later that night. the kids — get them out. incredible bravery.

the truth is that more children may well have done what we'd done. like, that doesn't take that away. siren wails. process, in tribute to the little girls who didn't there is a programme later about this. the on ff f onfbbc southport attack, on the bbc iplayer now but also you will be able to watch later on be able to watch that later on bbc one at 8pm. if you have

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as much as £10.5 billion, which sir keir starmer said "the taxpayer simply cannot afford". now it's time for a look at the weather. hello we go through this week, the weather is certainly to be certainly going to be changeable and, the chanooaolo anoc through’tho’”” ” ’” the temperatures changeable anoc through’thoww' w w’ the temperatures will week, the temperatures will start to slide away. so mostly we're looking at sunshine and there will be rain on showers. there will be rain on wednesday, and we will see a return to night—time frosts. look at have but look at today. we have yellows across us today but they are replaced by cooler as we go through the rest blues as we go through the rest the week. by and also the week. both by day and also night. we have at by night. what we have at the though, is some cloud moment, though, is some cloud behind band of rain that moment, though, is some cloud behind ttoi of rain that moment, though, is some cloud behind i: to move in that moment, though, is some cloud behind i: to move awayt moment, though, is some cloud behind i: to move away onto is continuing to move away onto the new continent, and then a day of and it's a day of sunshine and blustery showers. some of those heavy with hail and thunder, strings went to the north—west, and these our temperatures. and these are our temperatures. nine 13 degrees. so still

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live from london, this is bbc news. world leaders arrive in the third anniversary kyiv on the third anniversary of scale invasion of russia's full scale invasion as president zelensky hails the absolute heroism of ukrainians.

germany makes its the germany makes its choice. the next leader says the us has become indifferent to europe and the continent must become independent stop l and the continent must become independent stop— independent stop i am live in berlin - today _ are meeting to start to leaders are meeting to start to talk the next talk about the next coalition government. will bring you government. we will bring you update. gouernment. wewillb '. g . udate. ., f, ., an update. the daughter of a arrested an update. the daughter of a _ arrested in - british couple arrested in has written to the afghanistan has written to the pleading for their the f says the release. the vatican says the pope had a night in butf f but remains in a hospital but remains in a critical condition with hospital but remains in a critical conr and | with hospital but remains in a critical conr and kidney pneumonia and kidney the pope drama complications. the pope drama conclave wins, a key of complications. the pope drama conclav ahead a key of complications. the pope drama conclav ahead of key of complications. the pope drama conclav ahead of the of complications. the pope drama conclav ahead of the oscars success ahead of the oscars next week. hello. we start ukraine. world are arriving in

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