say they offered cuba quote very significant debt relief in a proposal last month the london group is believed to hold about half of cubans private sector debt resolution of the london group debt is considered a final hurdle for cuba before the country can have access to international capital markets cuba previously released a debt restructuring gauge went with the paris club creditors and twenty fifteen and with mexican creditors in twenty thirteen the twenty fifteen agreement included forgiveness of eight point five billion dollars of eleven billion dollars in debt and repayment of the remainder over eighteen years the london group says their offer is even more lenient than the twenty fifteen deal. a massive but largely invisible environmentalists catastrophe is unfolding in the south china sea one hundred thousand tons of natural gas condensate were released when these sank a panamanian flagged iranian own tanker carrying the toxic chemical collided with another vessel it burned for a week sank and killed all thirty two crewmembers the spill now threatens ecosystems and fishing

alexanda kotey and el shafee elsheikh were part of a group of four from london including the man knownthe group was linked to a string of hostage murders in iraq and syria. the new york times says the men have been identified by fingerprints and other biometric means. the brexit secretary david davis has strongly criticised the european union's latest negotiating statement as "not in good faith." the eu has published plans that would allow it to punish the uk during a transition period without going to the european court ofjustice. during that period, around two years or so, britain would have no input into brussels decision making. mr davis was speaking after more downing street meetings to discuss strategy. they have to say i thought that document was hardly a legal document. it was a political document. it was a political document. what we're about is an implementation period to a bridge to a future where we work well together. and i do not think it was in good faith to publish a document with, frankly, discourteous language, and actually implying that they could arbitrarily termina

defence minister, tobias ellwood, has suggested two members of the so—called islamic state group, who are from londoninternational criminal court in the hague. the bbc understands that the two — who were part of a unit thought to have murdered 27 hostages — have been stripped of their british citizenship. our political correspondent, chris mason, reports. this is tobias ellwood. he was called a hero after giving first aid to pc keith palmer, the policeman who was stabbed to death during a terrorist attack last year. he also lost his brother in a terrorist attack in bali in 2002. now, mr ellwood, a defence minister has intervened over what should happen to these men, alexanda kotey, and el shafee elsheikh. they were part of a gang suspected of murdering alan henning, a driver and eight worker from eccles, and david haines, a long—time aid workerfrom perth. in interviews with the times and the daily telegraph, tobias ellwood demands what he calls an agreed international process for captured fighters. guantanamo bay created a new combatant status that bypassed last month, president trump said that he wa

theyjoined a group of people who have suffered abuse outside church house in central london, where thenext month. 0ur religion editor martin bashir has been at the protest and says the mood has been one of immense humility. the day began with a silent protest here, just in this spot, where a group of survivors were joined by the archbishops of york, canterbury and the bishop—elect of london, sarah mulalley, all pausing for two minutes to reflect on survivors of sexual abuse in the church of england. you mentioned the case of bishop george bell, one of the first speakers inside the council chamber was the bishop of chichester, martin warner. he said in a very humble statmeent, "we sit in the dust of shame." those were his words. then there was a presentation by the church of england's lead bishop on safeguarding, peter hancock, bishop of bath and wells. he explained what the church is doing to address the problem. since 2014, for example, it has increased its investment resourcing in safeguarding fivefold. every diocese now has a safeguarding lead individual, an official with the dioces

communities well jonathan our kush is the president of the board of deputies of british jews in london that's a group that represents the u.k.'s jewish community he says no parallels can be drawn between male and female circumcision. male circumcision is a very minor procedure that causes no harm at the time or last seen home female circumcision on the other hand is a very intrusive procedure that is a mutilation of the woman's sexual organs it causes search children you're in re problems and paid for almost all women who have it done for the rest of their life it's criminalized in this country and rightly so the war in serious ripped thousands of families apart and disrupted millions of lives it's had a profound impact on every aspect of society including family life millions of men have either left the country been forced to fight or lost their lives creating issues for a growing number of single women caught a lopez had early and has the story. ollie's wedding shop has plenty of dresses but not enough brides syria's war has led to less romance and fewer potential grooms. his. men are leaving the c

a man who deliberately drove a van into a group of people near a mosque in north london, trying to killmany muslims as he could, has been found guilty of murder and attempted murder. darren osborne from cardiff killed 51—year—old makram ali and injured several others in an act of terrorism. our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford reports. it was an act of terror. a large van, its engine revving, smashing into a group of muslims on a summer night during ramadan. those he injured, terrified that the driver was going to attack again. there's a few people who were really badly hurt and couldn't move. i thought he was going to kill us. what did you think he was going to kill you with? maybe a gun, maybe a knife. this, a 999 call made at the time. the driver was brought to the ground by the angry crowd. the local imam urging them not to hurt him. everyone back! when police arrested darren osborne, he waved as he was taken away. part and parcel of living in a big city. later at the police station, he ranted about previous terror attacks on muslims, saying, "have some of that, have some

and jonathan is the president of the board of deputies of british jews here in london a group that represents the u.k.'s jewish community thanks so much need for coming to talk to us so the person who put this bill forward said that this settlement circumcision violates the rights and bodily integrity of children what's your response to that if you look at the convention the united nations convention on the rights of the child he emphasizes many times that a child has the right to be brought up in his or her own religious and cultural environment so actually we argue that contrary to the icelandic ministers few actually we have a right to be circumcised when we are very very young girl especially if she goes on to say is that it's fine to have those beliefs but she says that it's in asia to be able to choose when you are at a point where you can make that decision willingly what would be the argument against doing it later on. much more potent for much more hazardous medical evidence is that the best time to perform circumcision which is a very minor procedure is when a child is eight days ol

to ban it well jonathan are is the president of the board of deputies of british jews here in london and group that represents the u.k.'s jewish community he says the jewish community is concerned but i since moved to trying to ban the practice the irony is this is coming from the most liberal countries in europe taking the very deliberate practice of banning something because you don't agree with it all about smoking medical evidence is that the best time to perform circumcision which is a very minor procedure is when a child is eight days old which is exactly when jewish people do it because that's when we're commanded to do it in the bible male circumcision is a very minor procedure that causes no harm at the time or lost in harm female circumcision on the other hand is a very intrusive procedure that is a mutilation of a woman's sexual organs it causes search children urine re problems and pain for almost all women who have it done for the rest of their life it's criminalized in this country and rightly so there is nothing wrong with cultural or religious grounds when it doesn't do harm an

tobias ellwood has suggested that two members of the so—called islamic state group from london shouldlexanda kotey and el shafee elsheikh whose unit is thought to have melted mervyn 30 hostages have been stripped of their british citizens. —— murdered more than. they are yet to receive a request from any country to hand them over. south korea's president has held a historic meeting with the sister of north korea's leader kim jong—un. the meeting is seen as a direct challenge to the trump administration, which had urged caution rather than engagement with the north. however, south korea is hoping to use the winter olympics to improve diplomatic relations. a second member of staff at the white house has resigned over allegations of domestic abuse. the former wife of speech writer, david sorensen, claimed he was violent and abusive during their marriage — something he denies. earlier, donald trump was criticised for publicly praising another aide, rob porter, who stepped down over accusations of abuse made by his two ex—wives. a convicted killer who drove his car over a woman as she trie

if i take the virgin group headquarters in london and we do this with the number of companies we owned00% that we say if you want flexible that's fine working from home is fine. if you want to go on a two-month sabbatical paid that's fine. obviously we want people to do their job but you treat them in the adult type of way you get that adult behavior back. and you treat your people as you would treat your brothers and sisters. [laughter] some people that get along well or the way you treat your children, the phrase business is family is so misuse but it genuinely should be a family if somebody is depressed or down they should say go home and take some time off it is a human company and because of that i remember was that secondhand 747 took off as virgin atlantic we were about to have a party of a lifetime the board that flight. but the spirit of the staff was fantastic and i remember thinking if the airline survives 20 years will it still be as good? now it is 35 years. so that is because our staff has the tools do a good job. there are some pretty crappy airlines out there if you are

libor's set every today around lunchtime in london by a group of the world's biggest banks. and it's done in a way that, with the benefit of hindsight, seems really arbitrary and inefficient and kind of stupid, but it made a lot of sense at the time. basically, each bank estimates theoretically how much it would cost them to borrow money from another bank. and that number is expressed as an interest rate, and that's what those numbers could average together, the high ones, the low ones get kicked out, and rest of them are combined into an average, and that's libor. it's set every day, and it's used all over the world. it turns out that no one was paying any attention to how this rate was actually set, the mechanics of it. it was a tax that was delegated to low-level, junior employees within these banks, and they would come up with a number sometimes basically out of thin air because it was very hard to figure out. no one was paying any attention. this was not a priority for the banks, so they would come up with this number in a pretty arbitrary way, split it to this trade gr

the other stories making news around the world a man who deliberately drove into a group of muslim worshippers in london has been jailed for a minimum of forty three years down osborne was convicted of killing one man after plotting a valley into people near finsbury park mosque in june the judge said he had been motivated by hatred. police in kenya have fired tear gas at opposition protesters after their barricaded a main road in nairobi protesters are angry as a government crackdown which followed the mock inauguration of opposition leader raul a danger demanding kenya's three main t.v. channels be allowed back on air the channels were banned after their plan to broadcast the mocking organization. russia has been marking the seventy fifth anniversary of the red army is victory at stalingrad a military parade was held in the city now known as volgograd a battle between the serviette union and nazi germany is considered to be a turning point of world war two german chancellor angela merkel has warned that there are still major differences between her party and have potential coalition partners the socia

pressure continues on companies .ike hna bay have been selling off assets and hong like london kong. wonder groupher conglomerate facing pressure and also continuing to restructure. political potential ramifications because anbang, like many chinese corporate's, has big political connections in the chairman was once married to of dengddaughter xiaoping. potentially domestically political implications as well and anbang was a company in discussions of deng xiaoping. with jared kushner at one point last year around potential discussions last year. anna: a story with many threads. you very much. tom mackenzie joining us. let us move to japan. kuroda.es for the acceleration in inflation is outlook thathe boj the market outlook was looking more normal. jeremy stretch is still with us. let me show you this chart. this is 7942 on the bloomberg. you can point the white -- to the white line which has stalled. excludingpanese cpi fresh fruit. looking back to the middle of 2016. you can sense a general upward trajectory. jeremy: i think it is a little harsh. i think we have moved away from . discussion of d

libor set every day around lunchtime in london by a ef group of the world's greatest banks and it's done in a way that in hindsight seems really arbitrary and inefficient and kind of stupid but made a lot dof sense of the time. basically estimates theoretically how much it would cost them to borrow money from another back. and that number is an interest rate and that's what those numbers averaged together. i love ones get kicked out and the resulting frest of the day doing average agand that's set every day and it's used all over the world.it turns out no one was paying any attention to how this rate was set, the mechanics of it. it was a task delegated generally very low-level employees within these facts ti and they would come up with a number, sometimes basically out of thin air. either it was very hard to figure out no one was getting any attempts, this was not a priority so they would, with this number in an arbitrary way, omitted this industry break trade group, and lobbyist organization that compiled the number and then send it. starting about 20 years ago, a bunch of banks realiz

london. a jihadist group in syria says it shot down a russian warplane yesterday using a shoulder—launched missilert, there's a thumping win for wales against scotland, and ireland pip the french in paris with the last kick of the match — it's a thrilling start to the six nations championship. every time i see that, i wonder if it will make it over the bar. and ben has the weather. it's shaping up to be a brighter day for most of us. quite a lot of sunshine but some treat showers, two, brought in on a cold, north—easterly winds. although weather details you need to know on the way. good morning. first, our main story. there's a warning this morning from mps that cuts to the royal marines would significantly undermine uk security and must be stopped. the defence select committee says the government must "cough up", amid speculation of a funding squeeze on the elite fighting unit. daniella relph reports. the training, known for being tough and arduous. 6500 royal marines go through it to make them amongst britain's at elite fighting forces. known for their versatility and their ability to respond qu

defence minister, tobias ellwood, has suggested two members of the so—called islamic state group, who are from londonrnational criminal court in the hague. the bbc understands alexanda kotey and el shafee elsheikh — whose unit is thought to have murdered 27 hostages — have been stripped of their british citizenship. the syrian fighters who captured them say they're yet to receive a request from any country to hand them over. israel says that one of its fighter jets has crashed. both pilots rejected safely. israel said that they had been responding to the launch of a drone in its asbos. —— in itand launch of a drone in its asbos. —— in it and space. a second member of staff at the white house has resigned over allegations of domestic abuse. the former wife of speechwriter, david sorensen, claimed he was violent and abusive during their marriage — something he denies. earlier donald trump was criticised for publicly praising another aide, rob porter, who stepped down over accusations of abuse made by his two ex—wives. a convicted killer, who drove his car over a woman as she tried to stop him stealing

group, linked to the beheading of western hostages. they have been named as alexanda kotey and el shafee elsheikh, from london. ges nicknamed the beatles because of their british accents. rescue workers in taiwan are continuing to search for survivors in the eastern city of hualien after tuesday's 6.4 magnitude earthquake. the marshal hotel is still leaning precariously and some floors remain buried under ground as a result of the quake. the death toll has risen to ten, and rescue operations are at risk of continuing aftershocks. at least 60 people are still missing. a court in cambodia has granted bail to seven of the 10 foreign tourists charged last month with producing pornographic images. the group were arrested after a raucous pool party in siem reap. if convicted, they could face up to a year in a cambodian prison. let's turn to our top business story, for sure, because it's shaping up to be another gut—wrenching day for investors. asian stock markets are currently down sharply. that's after another plunge in us share prices — the dow jones industrial average wiping out more than 1000 points for the secon

approved the move a flag raising ceremony marking the change has been held in london the west african nation withdrew from the group back in two thousand and thirteen but new president damo barrow signalled he reversed the decision to leave the commonwealth and other international bodies. all right we're going to go back to berlin because european leaders are welcoming the deal reached by germany's two biggest parties to form a coalition government it's been more than four months now since germany held elections here european council president donald tusk is currently meeting with chants on the american called the deal good news the coalition agreement reached on wednesday would see brylin contributing more to e.u. budgets something brussels sees as a welcome change maracle is also due to meet with the commission president. later today. are right let's find out what this would be government could mean for europe with political respondent thomas farah here with me on the set and with max hofmann brussels ver chief a very good day to you both gentlemen want to start off with you thomas if i may the e.u. is not wastin

a system that fuhrman varmints london sumer standpoint isn't working. lobby groups claim some manufacturers are even sly about it. nothing else the threat is watching because this is a conscious entity but it's not. it's just that this ship as counted as a number of different ages that's on th. the government's rating system will be voluntary for manufacturers until twenty twenty for it to be completed tory and widespread france will have to get a similar measure [captioning made possible by democracy now!] from pacifica this is democracacy now! >> this has been a week off soaring bloodshed and casualties in syria. we have rereived repororts thatt 277 civilians were killed. 230 of thesese people were killd in airstrikes by the syrian government and their allies. in addition, 812 people were

approved the move a flag raising ceremony marking the change has been held in london this west african nation withdrew from the group back in two thousand and thirteen but new president adama barrow signaled he reverse the decision. the european parliament has expressed deep concern about the human rights situation in turkey in a resolution on thursday e.u. lawmakers urged president rich of tyburn to want to lift the state of emergency imposed after the failed military coup in twenty sixty while they say it's being used to stifle legitimate opposition in the country. european leaders are welcoming the deal reached by germany's two biggest parties to form a coalition government it's been more than four months now since germany held elections while european council president donald tusk travelled straight to berlin for talks with anglo-american he called the deal quote good news the coalition agreement reached on wednesday would see berlin contributing more to e.u. budget something brussels sees as a welcome change america is also due to meet with commission president john crow juncker later today. all right let's fin

osborne has been found guilty of murder after deliberately driving his van into a group of muslims outside a mosque in north londonhe'll be sentenced later today. now on bbc news all the latest business news live from singapore. apple, alibaba, and is on and alphabet reporting strong news but will investors give them an a+? alphabet reporting strong news but will investors give them an a+? from chicken farm to boardroom, the unusual career path of a tech ceo. iam rico i am rico hizon, you will watch it world business report. good morning asia, hello world. corporate earnings in america and revenues have surged a long list of tech titans. apple has reported quarter reve nu es of titans. apple has reported quarter revenues of 80 $80 billion but iphone sales fell short. —— 88. according to the latest earning reports apple is selling fewer iphones than it was last year but it may not be quite as bad as it sounds. the period it measures in the 17 was one week shorter than that in 2016 which may account for the drop of 1%. also, because of the iphone x, the average selling price has gone up to nearly $100 so while they

. >> so, if i tell you the virgin group headquarters in london, and we do this in a number of companiest we own 100% of, so we say to our staff, if you want flexible working, that's fine. if you want to work from home, that's fine. if you want to work from home fridays and mondays, that's fine. if you want to go off for two months sabbatical, you'll get paid. that's fine. obviously, we want people to do -- >> be productive. >> do a productive job, but by treating people in an adult way, you get adults and adult behavior back. and i think treating your people as you would treat your brothers and sisters -- some of you may be -- yeah. >> some brothers and sisters. >> but people who get on well with their brothers and sisters, i mean. or the way you treat your children is, you know, it should -- the phrase, our business is a family, is so misused, but it should be genuinely a family, and if somebody is depressed or down, people should be told, go home for a couple days. take some time off. it's just being a human company, and i think because of that -- i remember when that first -- secondh

a man's found guilty of murder and attempted murder after driving a van into a group of muslims in north london. darren osborne, who was described as having a hatred of muslims, deliberately drove into a group of worshippers near a mosque in finsbury park. one person was killed and nine others were injured in the attack in june of last year. he lost control of the van. lost control. you lost control of the van, were you driving? we'll have the latest from court. the other main stories on bbc news at 5pm... theresa may hails a new golden era in the relationship between britain and china — after talking trade with president xijinping. but the prime minister has signalled she will block proposals to give residency rights to european citizens who come to the uk during the brexit transition period. the average age for people to have a stroke for the first time has fallen in the last ten years. and why this victorian painting of naked nymphs has been taken down by an art gallery in manchester. welcome to the bbc news at 5pm. i'm jane hill. a man who drove a van into a crowd of muslims near a london m

it's 9am in singapore, 1am in london and 8pm in florida, where a group of teenagers who survived a school shooting in the us state have announced a national march on washington to demand action on gun control. they say they're determined that the mass shooting, in which 1a pupils and three members of staff were killed, will be a turning point in the national debate on guns. the bbc‘s david willis has more from washington. after this florida shooting it seemed that the national debate might follow the sort of conventional pattern it has followed in the past. you know, outrage, followed by calls for action, followed by precisely nothing. but now we have these students calling for some sort of action. these are people who, of course, don't remember the columbine massacre back in in 1999. they weren't born at that particular time. and unlike columbine, which had outrage but not activism following it, these people are calling for a change and they have come up with various ways of bringing that about, including this scheme to have a march on the capital, washington, dc, next month. that is goi

a man who deliberately drove into a group of muslim worshippers in london has been jailed for a minimum of forty three years darren osborn was convicted of killing one man after applying a van into people in the finsbury park mosque in june the judge said he had been motivated by hatred. for a special report documenting the horrors of life in a war zone dozens of civilians are fair to been killed in less than two weeks in the syrian region free that's the battles to expel kurdish fighters next report takes you into the heart of the city to meet the people whose lives are being torn apart by conflict. this cellar is their only protection from the air strikes a descent into darkness and misery this woman says her family's house just southwest of affray has been reduced to a pile of rubble. i pulled my children from the debris and by the grace of god we were able to save them and came here. a lot of. edu taking on thursday by kurdish activists purportedly shows destroyed homes in the center of affray. sixty civilians have died since operation olive branch was launched ten days ago accordin

london. our top stories: america's gun lobby group, the nra, has fiercely defended weapons ownership, despitelorida school shooting. a senior north korean official blamed for two attacks on south korea that killed 50 people will attend the closing ceremony of the winter olympics. a letter containing white powder that was sent to the office of prince harry and his fiancee megan markle is being treated as a race hate crime, according to london police. that story is popular on bbc.com. let's take a look at some front pages from around the world. we'll start with arab news, which is leading on the intensive bombardment of eastern ghouta. it reports that saudi arabia is calling on the syrian regime to halt the offensive while aid agencies are struggling to reach those who are in need of help. moving on to gulf news, they've got more on the story we're leading on — the issue of gun control in the us following the school massacre in florida. they're reporting that president trump has endorsed stiff measures by pushing for more background checks and raising the minimum age of buyers to 21. and the ch

libor's set every today around lunchtime in london by a group of the world's biggest banks. and it's done in a way that, with the benefit of hindsight, seems really arbitrary and inefficient and kind of stupid, but it made a lot of sense at the time. basically, each bank estimates theoretically how much it would cost them to borrow money from another bank. and that number is expressed as an interest rate, and that's what those numbers could average together, the high ones, the low ones get kicked out, and rest of them are combined into an average, and that's libor. it's set every day, and it's used all over the world. it turns out that no one was paying any attention to how this rate was actually set, the mechanics of it. it was a tax that was delegated to low-level, junior employees within these banks, and they would come up with a number sometimes basically out of thin air because it was very hard to figure out. no one was paying any attention. this was not a priority for the banks, so they would come up with this number in a pretty arbitrary way, split it to this trade gr

man guilty of murder and attempted murder, for deliberately driving his van into a group of muslims, outside a londonjured another nine. prosecutors called it an act of terror. the mayor of calais has called for extra security after violent clashes between migrants. eighteen people are reported hurt in a series of fights between afghans and africans now living rough around the town, since migrant camps in the area were closed by the government. four eritreans hit by gunfire are in very serious condition. the eldest son of the late cuban leader, fidel castro, has been found dead in havana. state media is saying fidel angel castro diaz—balart, widely known as fidelito, took his own life after a long battle with depression. he was 68, a nuclear physicist who worked for the cuban government. it looks increasingly likely that president trump is going to release a controversial memo accusing the fbi and justice department of bias against him. based on classified material, it was written by republican members of the house intelligence committee. the fbi has issued a public statement saying it has grave conc

a man guilty of murder and attempted murder for deliberately driving his van into a group of muslims outside a londonattack, which prosecutors called an act of terror. a 12—year—old girl has been arrested by police in los angeles on suspicion of shooting and wounding two fellow pupils at a school. the mayor of calais has called for extra security measures after violent clashes between migrants. eighteen people are reported to have been injured in a series of fights between afghans and africans living rough in and around the town. four eritreans who were hit by gunfire are reported to be in a very serious condition. the eldest son of fidel castro has been found dead. he is reported to have taken his own life. he was 68. it looks increasingly likely that president trump is going to release a controversial memo accusing the fbi and justice department of bias against him. based on classified material, it was written by republican members of the house intelligence committee. the fbi has issued a public statement saying it has grave concerns about factual omissions, which fundamentally impact on the accura

a man who deliberately drove a van into a group of people near a mosque in north london to try to killuslims as he could has been found guilty of murder and attempted murder. darren osborne, from cardiff, killed makram ali, who was 51, and injured several others in an act of terrorism. he was described as a loner who'd become obsessed with muslims after watching a tv drama and looking at far—right groups online. our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford reports. it was an act of terror. a large van, its engine revving, smashing into a group of muslims on a summer night during ramadan. those he injured, terrified that the driver was going to attack again. there's a few people who were really badly hurt and couldn't move. i thought he was going to kill us. what did you think he was going to kill you with? maybe a gun, maybe a knife. this, a 999 call made at the time. the driver was brought to the ground by the angry crowd. the local imam urging them not to hurt him. everyone back! when police arrested darren osborne, he waved as he was taken away. part and parcel of living in a big

london. in one scene, a group of british fans extended their middle fingers for the north korean soccer team which smiled and bowed in response not knowing what it meant. from then on, the men released a wave of middle fingerssplint to the confused cap's a hawaiian good luck symbol. you can see here, one of the propaganda photos that the north koreans released to the press including the american press -- one man has his middle fingers extended. the gesture became so, that the north koreans been giving it to each other. the colonel in charge of the toblo men in captivity encourage them before the press conference extended his middle finger toward them, telling them good luck, i wish you a very successful press conference. three -- you may not know how the american public people have this vision of americans rallying together, coming together to demand the freedom of the american soldiers, supposedly remembering that pueblo committees spring up everywhere and i read americans organized to demand the return of their wayward sons. were very the pueblo largely forgotten, quickly by the american p

but there is a group of people who do not see themselves reflected zero people with disabilities. londonhion week last year made some progress when two disabled models opened the show for one of the designers. now a new york fashion school is hoping to continue that, combining tech and fashion by designing bespoke clothes for people with disabilities. paul carter paid them a visit. buying clothes is something most people take the granted. you like the look of it, you try it on, you buy it. but what if your choices are much more limited because of an impairment or disability? i've come to a fashion lab here in new york who are using tech to make fashion more accessible. open style lab was is a non—profit organisation in new york established to make clothing for disabled people which is both functional and fashionable. operating in partnership with parsons school of design in manhattan, they pair student designers, engineers and occupational therapists with disabled people to tackle real—world clothing conundrums. our goal pretty much and our vision is to make style accessible to people of

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but there is a group of people who do not see themselves reflected zero people with disabilities. londonmade some progress when two disabled models opened the show for one of the designers. now a new york fashion school is hoping to continue that, combining tech and fashion by designing bespoke clothes for people with disabilities. paul carter paid them a visit. buying clothes is something most people take the granted. you like the look of it, you try it on, you buy it. but what if your choices are much more limited because of an impairment or disability? i've come to a fashion lab here in new york who are using tech to make fashion more accessible. 0pen style lab was is a non—proft organisation in new york established to make clothing for disabled people which is both functional and fashionable. operating in partnership with parsons school of design, they have combined with many to solve these problems. our goal is to make style accessible for people with many abilities. disability, injury or facing ageing. by 2025, through design and technology. a year ago i was looking for a coat i co

in london british victims of the active ingredient in counter gun have teamed up and formed a group called solidify trust. to bias aren't present his findings from the german archives. letters files of minutes outlining the role politics played during the criminal trial against the manufacture of good intel these documents shed new light on what happened fifty five years ago. it isn't just british that it might survivors who are convinced they find allies in all british political parties. in feb twenty fifth in an unusual debate takes place in the british parliament. which is the michael moore thank you mr speaker for over fifty years the little misers have been campaigning for justice particularly from the german manufacturers . know that over one hundred fifty m.p.'s of signed an open letter to the german chancellor with the prime minister add this to his busy agenda today so that we might get a decent and fair assessment for all concerned. i have on behalf of a constituent as he raised this issue not only through the european parliament but also with german authorities and i'll certainl

now the latest from jasper lawler, head of research at london capital group.sing interest rates in the us in a while now, and the reason we had majorjitters last week was precisely for this reason, that it looks like the new head of the central bank, jerome powell, will probably have to put his foot on the brakes as you said, because the us economy seems to be picking up the us economy seems to be picking up nicely, and it is feeding into higher wages, now higher prices, so that central banks, they have a job to do, which is to create price stability. so in that environment we don't need these really extraordinarily low interest rates we have the moment. ithink extraordinarily low interest rates we have the moment. i think the extraordinarily low interest rates we have the moment. ithink the fed will keep raising rates. thank you. that is your business today. thank you, that is it from your afternoon live team. next, the bbc news at one pm with huw edwards. now, the weather with chris fawkes. all of a dither they started on a promising that, a lot of dry weath

in london british victims of the active ingredient i'm going to go and have teamed up and formed a group called trust. to bias aren't presenting his findings from the german archives. files of minutes outlining the role politics played during the criminal trial against the manufacture of good until these documents should new light.

53 member states have established a high level group to look at how the commonwealth is governed — and it's been meeting for the first time today in londonour diplomatic correspondent james landalejoins us now. quite a sensitive issue. hugely sensitive and that is why it is a debate that many would prefer to be held behind closed doors. they did not want to be hugely publicised but at the meeting took place today, this new group, a high—level group of thing —— tenure, what figures to start discussing how the gulf —— how the commonwealth is governed. they should a statement saying the debate has been open but it is not the mandate of this particular group to start to make decisions about the succession of who heads up the commonwealth after the queen has gone. that is because the debate is going to be taking place in the margins of these meetings. we have the big summit of commonwealth heads of government in a couple of months' time and that is where the debate will take place. it will never be on an agenda of the formal mandate of any group to talk about but in the margins people beginning to think about what should happen in the future.

to some other stories making news around the world a man who deliberately drove into a group of muslims in london has been jailed for a minimum of forty three years and was convicted of killing one man after plowing a van into worshipers near finsbury park mosque in june of last year the judge said osborn was motivated by hatred. russians have been marking the seventy fifth anniversary of the red army's victory at stalingrad a military parade was held in the city known today as volgograd the battle between the soviet union and nazi germany it's considered a turning point of world war two. and crowds in the maldives have celebrated after the country's top court overturned the convictions of several opposition leaders including the former president mohamed nasheed he is in exile in sri lanka and vows to run again for the office the court ordered a retrial of the lawmaker saying the guilty verdict had been influenced by the government. at least ninety people are feared drowned in the mediterranean sea after a boat capsized three people are known to have survived while ten bodies have been found on b

groups. this is bloomberg. ♪ nejra: plum london, bringing you the european close. look happening across the region, having seen most of the benchmarks and the red for a lot of the session, we have the up at 2/10 of a percent. from those from earlier and now down at 7/10 of a percent, and coming up from percent as 3/10 of a we finish up equity trading in europe. it is trading flat now having been lower overall at some points in the session, a bit of when it comes to industry groups, the downward drag is coming from the i.t. stocks and discretionary, and on the upside, utilities and energy thenoutperforming following inventory data we got earlier today. stockhow you a technical on the euro stoxx 50, this is a eurozone stock showing a bearish signal. the 50 day moving average has fallen below the moving average and is happen for the first time since september 2016, so it bit of a bearish signal for eurozone equities. and then finally, just take a , it hasthat fx market been higher for a lot of the session. looking at table, we are also higher now up 1/10 of a percent.