but the leipzig court is taking its time with the question of a ban. that decision didn't come on thursday after all it's been rescheduled for next tuesday to allow further time for reflection. the small baltic republic of latvia has in the last years developed into an important finance center for the region many customers from russia or bellerose for example now use latvian banks as they believe their money is safer inside the u. . but let vs good reputation took a serious hit this week when its top money man central bank governor did muslims have edge was accused of soliciting one hundred thousand euros a month in bribes. on tuesday he was temporarily suspended from office although he refused to resign and continues to deny the charges. as your five been targeted by a coordinated campaign of some lacking in commercial banks in order to discredit the latvian state. the bank scandal has morphed into something of a political thriller after latvia's defense minister accused russia of pulling the strings on the scandal behind the scenes at the end of the

impose a bad but right now they do not have the right to do still and this allegedly stopped court in leipzig is deciding whether to make bans legal at all and if so could be allowed to impose them no surprise then the driver's car makers and politicians are eagerly awaiting the decision and many european cities are also think you know ways of cleaning up their act. there are more than fifteen million diesel vehicles on germany's roads drivers find them reliable and economical and they're popular with businesses transporting freight and goods. but the future of that popularity is in doubt in the face of a possible diesel ban vehicle sales have slowed. the new regulations address concerns over high levels of nitrogen dioxide in diesel emissions. the gas is linked to cardiovascular and lung disease in a study by germany's federal environment agency researchers linked to nitrogen dioxide in diesel exhaust some eight thousand premature deaths from heart related disease. i don't think politicians are serious about the results of these studies because otherwise we'd have to really enforce these dri

now political correspondent simon young has been following the court proceedings in leipzig he joins me now from up on i'm interested ian's here in berlin some first of all tell us more about the court's verdict yeah i read it just to recap the local courts in stuttgart and dusseldorf originally said that driving bans were ok the state governments barred inverting bagga north rhine-westphalia had appealed against that now all the country's highest administrative court has said no driving bans can be introduced they are legal and indeed it is ordered that the cities of stuttgart and duesseldorf to date their pollution plans around the pollution plans and to make sure that people are protected from the harmful effects of diesel vehicles and i think this verdict clearly will not just apply to those two cities but will apply to cities around the country and there are many of them in germany as many as seventy have got a really serious problem with filthy air now they had to talk about the court passing on the decision up to a higher european court has that now been doing dot. well the cou

then later in leipzig, a german court is to examine a possible ban on heavy—polluting vehicles from citytricians and gynaecologists. her royal highness will learn more about programmes to reduce infant and maternal mortality and discuss how to tackle certain stigmas around women's health. there's a lot on brexit today, we will discuss that later. now it's time to get all the latest from the bbc sports centre. hello, coming up... european and spanish champions real madrid are away to espanol later, rafa nadal returns to the court for the first time since withdrawing from the australian open last month, and we will show you what nfl super bowl winners get up to in the off—season. .. they may winners get up to in the off—season... they may be 1a points adrift of the league leaders barcelona but real madrid are firing on all cylinders at the moment. the reigning european champions have scored 20 goals in their last five matches as they take on espanyol in barcelona on tuesday. gareth bale has returned to the team after a number of games on the bench. and despite rumours in the press about th

and of course the implications of that ruling from the court in leipzig are huge specially as we heard from one of the solid for germany spouse industry we have more on that in business news coming up later in the show meanwhile let me bring you up to date with some other stories making news around the wasn't a check court has ordered the release of syrian kurdish leader salim muslim refusing turkey's request to extradite him trick authorities detained salim muslim over the weekend at a request salim muslim denies turkey's claim that he was involved in attacks carried out on its territory. saudi arabia's king said mom has fired some of the country's top military officers in a major shake up big clue the military chief of staff general of the. un and other defense officials no former reason has been given for the move. the frontrunner in colombia's upcoming presidential elections gustavo petro has alleged voting is that risk of massive fraud he claims a decision not to digitalize results from the country's polling stations makes fraud more likely colombians will vote in a presidential p

when we do get the announcement from the court in leipzig, we will update you.k at some of the other stories making the news. the british government is bracing for one of the country's biggest companies to up sticks. unilever may shift its headquarters to the netherlands after months of political pressure from both sides. the company has so far declined to comment. ford says its president for north america — raj nair — will leave immediately. it says an investigation found his behaviour was inconsistent with ford's code of conduct, but wouldn't comment on the inappropriate behaviour involved. barclays has reported a 10% rise in annual pre—tax profit to $4.9 billion. the bank was boosted by a reduction in costs over the year and the rise in the value of the dollar and euro against the pound. todayis today is one of those very busy days as so many companies have come out with the latest results and announcement. among them, anglo—american with profits doubling, no surprise there. it's a similar story with commodity prices going up. heathrow reporting results, a fa

it's time for business on the w m how you got to get us welcome to the show a court in the german city of leipzig has allowed german cities to ban diesel cars from downtown areas it's the latest development in a nationwide debate while cities like stuttgart celebrate this decision business owners are worried about the immediate consequences of the ruling those who oppose it say it's not the right solution for cleaner air. the idea of small can normally conjures up notions of bustling capitals but lynn is just one of seventy german cities notorious for breaking legal air pollution limits could city centers across the country soon be no go areas for millions of cars. over in frankfurt used car dealer marcel del are ball is only too aware of the diesel problem his yard is full of cars waiting for buyers the main difference between them one type sells well the other doesn't. as i mean any prize or the last year prices have been falling for magically along with demand in some cases demand has fallen by ninety percent the prices have come up with and i reckon about twenty five percent of what's happene

because we have not won a home against the top six as experts and i guess by and leipzig go dormant by and by the court i thought so i think three points would be a big step forward for us no reason should not on. a step forward would be great. news and have recently stagnated taking two steps forward and then one step back. how do they get out of this rut leon bailey will certainly have to play a part he made his debut against shock in september and has lit up the league ever since. he can definitely make the difference but he's not alone with forty three goals liberties and have the third best attack in the league and unfortunately they're struggling to find the consistency needed to stake a claim to one of those champions league spots and they need to find it soon. shall care having no such problems what about this for effectiveness from one side to the other in the blink of an eye i. was daniel cali duties ball to quito borg style it was perfect and the latter made no mistake in putting the visitors up one nil eleven minutes and. i. got your start to try to give you the bus today was a blue one hun

diesel vehicles from some areas following a landmark court ruling by the federal administrative court in leipzig air passenger duty and said glasgow "simply could not bear the burden". now another reason why ijust don‘t understand the city sometimes because provident financial have just been slapped with a huge fine from the financial conduct authority but their share prices up 80%? significant isn‘t that? they have had a bit of a problem. they‘ve had lots of troubles. they had this investigation into mis—selling. it‘s resulted in fine. they went to investors to raise that money but today‘s results about how they‘re going to agree pay that fine. that clarity has removed uncertainty and so investors are a bit more confident, however if you are chart geek like myself and you look at the share price... your chart geek? that‘s what they call me. chart geek. it‘s remarkable, actually. that‘s what they call me. chart geek. it's remarkable, actually.” think you should talk to someone else... it has not recovered as much as it should‘ve done. the senior a nalyst as it should‘ve done. the senior analyst

could german cities soon begin banning diesel cars that question was slated to be answered by a court and leipzig on thursday diesels might now be controversial because most produce too many nitrogen oxide emissions but they're also very common on german roads unsurprisingly the prospect of a diesel ban has met with stiff resistance from those whose livelihoods depend on it but just six representatives have even warned that banning diesel guzzling trucks could hamper deliveries to the cities germany's oldest automobile club has also been speaking out bottles this is the power behind people's livelihoods to say suddenly that they can no longer drive into the city almost amounts to expropriation and it's always the people who can't afford an expensive electric cars.

i'm going to guess welcome to the show a court in the german city of leipzig has allowed german cities to ban diesel cars from downtown areas it's the latest development in a nationwide debate while cities like stuttgart celebrate this decision business owners are worried about the immediate consequences of the ruling those who oppose it say it's not the right solution for cleaner air. the idea of small can normally conjures up notions of bustling capitals but is just one of.