for example, the way the u.k.ould step up cooperation in the high north and arctic after starmer met with the danish prime minister last week, restated the u.k.'s position that greenland is a part of denmark. on gaza, keir starmer, again, restated the u.k. policy, support for palestinians returning home to their homes, not being forced out in any deal, as the one that trump has suggested. the u.k. relies on the u.s., not only in some trade terms, but hugely for our security guarantee. the u.s. is the cornerstone of nato, and therefore not easy for the u.k. to risk angering trump, falling out completely with such a close ally. christian: it is a delicate political dance, as you say. thank you very much. tonight, we will talk about lord peter mendelson, his new post in washington with his hands full, talking about tarrifs, finally sawed-off by donald trump. he is there as a british diplomat but he is still to be confirmed as the ambassador. stay with us. we will be right back. narrator: funding for presentation of t

and u.k. say they will work with the french but it was a headline when the u.k. and u.s.sign off. neither wanted to sign off, both having different reasons. harder questions on national security and responses to global governance. open ai, countries like china and india signed. the u.k. was less comfortable. lizzie: that is the international relations but you've been having some juicy conversations haven't you? what else has been discussed innit? tom: there was the question of deepseek top of the list, no one saw this as a major game changer when it comes to changing the spend on the chips and the date or centers, we got split opinion on the development of ai. not a silver bullet changing efficiency but the ceo in france said it was positive for companies focused on openai rather than closed. we got the offer from elon musk and sam altman's response when it took a personal twist. >> his whole life is from a position of insecurity. i feel for him. tom: it is getting personal between these billionaires. to some extent debate between these two distills a broader debate withi

growth in the u.k.ger hit might be if there is retaliation, because then they will be making goods more expensive for consumers and companies, so if there is no retaliation it is a growth risk. lizzy: no one more aware of the growth risks to the ok'd than keir starmer himself. we think it was always for joining us this morning. we will bring you full coverage of the bank of a the decision when it drops at 12:00 p.m. london time. viewers in the u.k. will see full coverage of the news conference at 12:30 bien -- p.m. we will bring you andrew bailey's interview with guy johnson as well. let's get to french politics, the prime minister survived two no-confidence motion yesterday i ensuring the adoption of a budget following months of political turmoil. we get more with kathleen. how did he manage to survive here? >> the new prime minister may have found this very narrow path to survive with a majority in parliament. he survived not one, but two votes of no confidence with 128 votes against him out of the 55

investors raise bets on more u.k. rate cuts after the bank of england downgrade its growth forecast. we bring you our interview with the governor andrew bailey. we have the earnings crossing from the spanish lender stop adele and it's a beat on net income. coming in at 532 million euros. the estimates have been for 428 million. solid beat in terms of net income for the fourth quarter. the key line on return on tangible equity and the projection around 2025 seeing an increase of 14%. increase of 14% above the estimates of an increase of 13%. this stock up around 130% just in the last 12 months. solid beat when it comes to the net income, the forecast also raised in terms of returns on equity. 2025 cost of risk at about 0.4%. that's a stop to watch at the open. 8:00 a.m. u.k. time. a spanish lender that has performed very well and the earnings coming through with a b. let's get to the market story again. it power european stocks to fresh record highs yesterday. notching gains of more than 1% across the stocks 600. the s

we saw week activity in the u.k. economy. the question is, to what extent is that a weakening of demand and to what extent is it a weakening of supply capacity of the economy? or a mixer of the two? that is critical because one leads to lower inflation and one leads to higher inflation. so that is one of the critical things and then we have more uncertainty around us. we are getting a pickup in inflation over the coming months. we will have to watch it carefully and the world around us is an uncertain place at the moment. >> what you're saying is -- there has been an implication. you said careful. does that mean you have to wait in terms of timing of when rate cuts are going to come? do you need more information so cuts are backloaded before you can make a decision? >> know the way i would interpret it is this. sort of the set of things we are going to have to judge is more complicated. >> does that make it harder to make a decision to cut rates? >> it is going to give us more to think about every time. we will be careful in

a spokesman for the prime minister tonight has confirmed the u.k.ign but they have not said why. could you said some light -- could you shed some light? >> i can't, but what we can see is a significant debate of where the united kingdom was going to position itself, in terms of being competitive in a global ai race. what does that mean? we know that the eu has produced a new eu ai act that puts certain regulations in place, some people carry -- consider a barrier to investment from the eu themselves and then there is the u.s., the biggest ai market at the moment, where we are seeing huge elements of growth and huge investment and the question is where does the u.k. want to play as we have seen the development of ai technology and the economy around ai? >> when the prime minister talks about mainlining ai into the british economy and the competition there is, is he wary of the fact that if he puts more regulation in place, if he isn't strapping himself to the americans, it is less likely the u.k. will attract that investment? >> i would put it the ot

he's undecided whether to target the u.k., but we could still be affected. more on that later.f this into uncertain. take canada and mexico. even after yesterday's last suspension, the lingering threat of tariffs could be a damaging tactic. >> by creating uncertainty about whether any firm, either u.s. owned can access the market from outside the u.s., he's trying to draw investment inward. >> it is thousands of miles from the u.k. headquarters, but they warned the mexican tequila and canadian whiskey businesses risk tariffs of 200 million pounds. americans may face higher bar bills and other british businesses could suffer in -- indirectly. >> the u.k. will be exporting to the u.s. by its relationships with firms in the european union. to the extent a british firm is supplying parts to a firm in france or germany, and france or germany faces it, it will pass through and feed into the u.k. >> president trump is aiming to promote american interests at the expense of others. but the man who wrote the book the art of the deal may find his attempts to outmaneuver his trading partne

trump: u.k.of line but i think that one can be worked out but the european union is an atrocity what they've done. prime minister starmer has been very nice, we've had a couple of meetings, numerous phone calls, we are getting along very well. chris: the president walking away from a weekend of tariffs. china, mexico, canada having them imposed so far. this is what it sounds like as a basketball game in toronto as the american national anthem plays. in brussels, a city of flax and international politics, you might ask why all of this matters to your day-to-day life. in short, if international trade becomes trickier, more expensive, it can give economies the shivers. look who is also here today. it is prime minister's make less of a habit of showing up since brexit but the nato defense alliance is based here as well. it was the prospect of america imposing tariffs on the u.k. that dominated. >> early days. i want an open and strong trading relationship. that has been the basis of my discussions wi

position now that the u.k. to do a deal with mauer riches on the very island -- mauer if riggs that we have a military base, and is president trump going to to use tariffs as leverage in i suspect he's going to announce if tariffs next week. >> di yea go garcia is a very important strategic position we share with the u.k. in the indian ocean. the chinese would love more impact other that sphere, it gives us power projection platforms, refueling opportunities. if we were to give that away, it would be an abdication of america's ability to project power. we appreciate our british friends' willing areness to pause their deal and give us a chance to look at it. and we want to make sure in this new administration it's a good deal, a deal that serves our interests and our military's interests, that if we're good partners with the u.k. on it and also the chinese are not able to leverage the moment to try to gain a foothold there. i don't want to get ahead of the president, but we're looking at this very actively. it'l

today's foundation report on u.k.overty not only highlights who is most likely to be poor, but also the scale and increase in deep and enduring poverty. i was encouraged by the prime minister's response before christmas at the liaison committee. for explained and acknowledged that disabled people experience poverty because of their -- while over 2 million disabled people can and want to work many others cannot and should receive adequate support. many vulnerable claimants are worried following speculation that the $3 billion of savings to be found for the social security budget may impact on their disability benefits. will my right honorable friend agree with me that language matters and that their concerns must be heard? p.m. starmer: i think you for raising this end i know it is an issue that she is deeply concerned about and campaigns on. the rising poverty caused by the mismanagement and the economy by the party opposite is unacceptable. our approach to social security will ensure that workers -- work is accessibl

around the world and across the u.k., you are watching bbc news. christian: welcome back.tish government says it is reforming the archaic planning rules which the prime minister says has been holding back britain in the race for clean, secure, and affordable energy. today he set out new rules to make it easier to build nuclear reactors here in england and wales. the old-style plants are expensive and decades in the planning. we have not completed one since 1995. but since the invasion of ukraine and the advance of ai, nuclear has become a necessary and desirable part of the mix. the changes to the planning rules today means if and when the smaller, modular reactors become available and commercially viable, britain should be in position. with me to discuss is michael fitzpatrick, professor at coventry university, expert in nuclear power technologies. explain to those of us who are not so sure on this, what is a small modular reactor? >> the reactors we are currently building in the u.k., they offer a very large scale power generation. they will be about three gigawatts of e

ambassador to the u.k.woody johnson if he thinks the european union and the united kingdom could soon be the next targets. it's a fox business exclusive. and how did a little kid from the suburbs of chicago, illinois, go on to to be what dow jones calls one of the top venture capitalists in the country? after quitting his banking job out of college, carter reum decided to start v, a spirits brand -- yeah, vodka -- and he ended up selling the company for more than seven times revenue. he did not stop there. he went on to found a venture capital firm that that includes disruptive businesses. i had the chance to sit down with carter to learn more about what it's like to be known as one of the gutsiest investors right now in the country and, oh, yeah, his life as paris hilton's husband. [laughter] if wow. if listen to my brand new podcast episode on everyone talks to lizment of it's available on apple, google, spotify, iheart radio, wherever you listen to your podcasts. we are coming right back with wood key jo

for viewers in the u.k., he's even opening the door to a closer relationship with britain, that this will be part of the tactic and what europeans need to do to fight against donald trump in moments where you need to stand up to him. the cdu has dropped basically one point but i have been shocked that despite the fact that we have had a lot of fireworks and voting with the afd by the cdu the polls have not moved a lot. they are still in a commanding position. so as we go into next week it will be interesting because he will have the four main candidates debating, including the afd, the first time they have taken the stage with their candidate. >> you are merz impression is better than mine. thank you. oliver crook. in berlin, we thank you. let's take you to some of the events we will be watching. we will be live from the ai action summit in paris. some of the world's key leaders on artificial intelligence gathering there. we will bring you interviews with guests. that will include the french finance minister and openai's head of policy. the emphasis more on action than safety. france

and u.k.ed to sign the diplomatic declaration, a document that supports the sustainable and inclusive development of ai. while talk is moving away from collaboration and towards competition. the race to become an ai superpower is on. it seems ai's latest achievement is political point scoring. bbc news, paris. sumi: that is our program. remember you can always find more on all the days news on our website, bbc.com/news. we are following the latest on the cease-fire agreement. plus to see what we are working on anytime, check us out on your favorite social media site. i'm sumi somaskanda. thank you for watching world news america. ♪ narrator: funding for presentation of this program is provided by... bdo, accountants and advisors, funding was also provided by, the freeman foundation, the judy and peter blum kovler foundation, upholding freedom by strengthening democracies at home and abroad. ♪ ♪ usa today calls it "arguably the best bargain in streaming" that's because the free pbs app let's yo

looking ahead to u.k.ertz -- yields and oil are down, down 8/10 of 1% because the prospect of peace could ease concerns so no shortage of catalysts this morning, let's get into alibaba removes. individual stock currently higher six point 9% pairing earlier gains it was up 9.1 percent at its highest since 2022 but in context but is up but still down from the peak, so the frenzy over chinese ai, putting a bit of life into e-commerce. soaking -- sunken into obscurity in a reversal of fortunes for alibaba. we also in asia have a earnings from honda and the board approved ending merger talks, we have the news of their earnings at 397 .3 billion yen, estimate was four hundred 6.9 billion so they missed operating income, expecting the briefing on that, it has been put off the table for now officially, nissan calling off talks to combine but continuing talks on strategic partnership facing the trump tariff thread. shares are down 8.5% year to date. president trump agreed with vladimir putin to negotiate the ending

even in a liberal economy like the u.k. line lisa: -- u.k. that there was a constraint on the bank of england and ecb in cutting rates because the week as in their currency would lead to an uptick in inflation. why is that no longer on the table? thierry: i'm not sure that it is no longer on the table. if the currency were to decline quite a bit i think it would sound off alarm bells about the prospect for pastor into inflation. the issue is we have not seen a precipitous, large, consistent decline in these exchange rates. if it were to drop over the course of the day and would be taken to imply a collapse of markets in these currencies they would react, but these are slow moves, these are trending lives, and i think because of that there is no sense of panic they need to address with interest rates. lisa: there is a bigger point here that maybe some of these single mandate central banks are becoming more dual-mandate banks, just incognito. they are going to allow weakening in currency, inflation to remain higher because the emphasis needs to

reporter: would you consider that for the u.k.? pres. trump: we have a huge deficit with the u.k., big difference. reporter: argentina -- pres. trump: we have a deficit with argentina. almost with every country, but australia, because of the airplanes -- they buy a lot of airplanes -- there's a surplus. reporter: if other countries retaliate -- pres. trump: i don't mind. reporter: what is your plan? last term -- pres. trump: the farmers are going to be helped greatly. the farmers are going to be helped greatly because they are not going to be dumping everything into our country. this will be a great bill with -- for farmers and in terms of retaliation, is reciprocal so if they raise a little bit then we raise it so i don't think it helps for them to retaliate but they also cannot really retaliate because we are the piggy bank. >> what was your reaction? >> i look at the hostages that came in and they are emaciated. it looks like something out of the 1930's so it's an absolute and it looks like it was a concentration camp. essentially it

there is reason to believe european countries including perhaps the u.k.osshairs. at some point without a doubt, the substantial u.s. trade deficit with japan is going to become an action item for donald trump. the line ishiba took which is a reasonable one is that japan is a massive investor in the united states, that japan is investing not just in greenfield auto plants and so on which are valuable but also in technology, you know, talk of a $1 trillion target for japanese investment. there was a softbank openai announcement of a huge investment in artificial intelligence, and so on. i think the japanese effort is to try to compensate for the fact there are structural reasons why the united states imports vastly more from japan than it exports and that is fundamentally not going to change. the big item on the table clearly is lng, liquid natural gas, that japan already imports on the order of something like $3 billion. >> you think they are going to buy plenty more of that. let's move to north korea because i am pressed for time. north korea is an intere

sumi: as tariffs loom, the incoming u.k. ambassador to the u.s.ndelson says he will focus on making sure the u.k. does not become collateral damage in a u.s. trade war. mandelson, a longtime labour party politician was controversial because he has been previously critical of resto. but he -- president trump. but he has said his views have changed. >> what i said years ago about president trump, i judged him wrong and i don't mind saying so . but what we can learn from president trump is, sometimes how you need to go quite fast and furiously in order to bring about change, i think in britain our own government has started very well at turning the dial not just a little bit here and there, but in some respects quite radically, to bring about change, changing lives and to create a future for people based absolutely on a strong and growing economy. that has to be our priority. we have to put everything into that. we're going to depend, our economy, on private investment, foreign investment, the large amount of which will come from the u.s. sumi: now t

with had a flurry of defense today from poland, france, germany and the u.k.g their support for ukraine, but concerns too especially from baltic countries within europe have been too slow to increase spending. i will be fit into the estonian defense minister -- i was speaking to the estonian defense minister. >> we talked for a while and we were all waiting for the message. it was in one way or deductible that the message will be very strong. but of course, in our also it was maybe stronger than was expected. christian: in what way? guest: when they say different slices of his message, then first they said clearly that the u.s. is going for peace through strength. and of course he was also saying that europe needs to do more. we couldn't agree more. we have said that many times, yes, europe needs to do more than 2%, what we are spending on defense today is not enough. his message regarding their membership, we have to read very carefully what he said. he was clearly saying that the outcome of the peace negotiations cannot be the membership in nato. so we have

john, back in the u.k.rs before there is a national election but local elections in a few months and that has establishment policy very worried and elsewhere with an unhappy electorate and right ward shift in politics. >> john: big change across the continent there. >> dana: two of president trump's cabinet picks tulsi gabbard and rfk, jr. will facing votes today. welcome to "america's newsroom," i'm dana perino. bill hemmer is off today. >> john: great to be with you. enjoy it. i'm john roberts. rfk, jr.'s nomination for health and human services secretary will face a critical vote in the senate finance

the economic complaints that were initially gave rise, there was a big shock when the u.k. reacted to those and led to the far right becoming less antieuropean, ant u.s. prone to overturn the system and also the increase in economic prosperity since 2008 sort of mitigated the reasons for the far right to emerge. the far right is a persistent threat. 20% here and there. what this has done and the main threat and why it is a persistent challenge is because what's happened the center right and center left parties have shrunk and governing part of europe. they form governments. you look at the upcoming midterm election, 60% will vote for center right. in france, lepen is the opposition around 40% in snap parliamentary elections and saw a 60% majority against the far right. the problem is that the 60% often types want to fight with each other because they don't agree with each other. and you force that 60% to be in government and the opposition, eventually the far right is going to do better particularly if there are economic issues and other crises that emerge. what we see is t

france ceded the chagos islands to our friends in great britain, the u.k. and a number of years ago the united kingdom and america got together and we built mostly with american dollars, by the way, we built a military base in the chai chagos islands, one particular island called the diego. it's very close to the indian ocean in china so we can watch them. for another thing, it's where -- one of the only port -- bases where our nuclear submarines can dock. hugely important. well, the united nations got mad at the united kingdom. they said, great britain, you're bad people. you used to be colonialists. you acquired other countries. sometimes freely, sometimes by force. every country i know of in the world of any strength has done that. doesn't mean we ought to be proud of it but it's part of our history. but the united nations said shame on you, u.k., shame on you. bad, bad, bad, bad. you have to give back the chagos islands and the military base there. and the u.n., the u.n. doesn't have any jurisdiction over the united kingdom. but the u.n. said not only d

outside of the usn u.k. they are having challenges in europe. -- u.s. and u.k.hey are having challenges in europe. this is a mission-driven company. they state very clearly they are there to defend western civilization, and especially the united states, and putting america first, which, again, fits very well with this administration in the u.s. it in europe that rubs some people the wrong way. they don't see that mission is a reason to buy software, and that is where palantir is not doing as well. there are some political landscape shifts in europe, and we will see how those play out. caroline: "a real time messages from hedge fund telemetry, for example, really questioning the market capitalization here. talked about why it is vindicated. its unique offering. but tell us about your price point, because it is where the price is currently for the stock would you upgrade it? gil: we prefer other companies that have similar growth trajectories and similar ramps, specifically in this case snowflake and data dog will also ride the ai wave in their own way, and they a

for our part in the u.k. we will spend $4.5 billion -- 4.5 billion pounds this year in military aid to support ukraine more than ever before. by the end of march, both directly and working with our partners lat tia and other -- latvia and other allies, we will have delivered over 10,000 drones in the last year alone. today i have announced an extra 150 million pounds in new firepower, tanks, artillery, air-to-tear missiles -- air-to-air missiles and new contracts for repairs to crucial kits in ukraine. ukraine's security matters to global security. this war was never just about the fate of one nation, china is watching, iran and north korea are watching, all, like putin, are looking for signs of weakness for our determination to fade, for our unity to fracture. and when aggression goes unchecked on one continent, it emboldens regimes on other continents. when the border of one country is redrawn by force, it undermines the security of all nations. so let us recognize this danger, let us confront it with convi

the u.k., but the european uniol is really out of line. u.k.ut i think that one can be worked out. but the european union is an the atrocity what they have done. >> reporter: [inaudiblehat ] >> president trump: prime minister has been nicetr d we'vcee had a couple of meetings and numerous phone calls. weell are getting along well. we will see if we can budget out our budget. with a european union, $350 billion deficit. so obviously, something is going to take place there.]. >> reporter: what is the timeline -- >> president trump: with who, with who? >> reporter: with hamas. >> president trump: i wouldn't satty a timeline but it will be pretty soon. >> reporter: [inaudible] >> president trump: no, we may have short-term little pain and people understand that that long term, the united statesippv been ripped off by virtually every country in the world. we have deficits with almost every country, not every country, but almost. we will change it. it has been unfair. that is why we owe $36 trillion. we have deficit with everybody and we've beenhelp

from the fed that may be held on pause for longer and what that impact is on the ecb and boe in the u.kr longer. we do not think the ecb will be rattled if the fed stops or goes quicker. they have said they will be meeting dependent and meeting by meeting. of course, it cannot completely ignore it, but we don't think it will be watching exactly very closely. >> do you have a risk radar in terms of the sectors or segments that are most vulnerable to tariffs? what stands out to you as the weak links when it comes to the u.s. economy on the impact of tariffs? >> we think if the administration were to target different sectors it would go down the root of aluminum, steel but perhaps there will be negotiations. we have heard from donald trump that if the eu imports more gas they won't get tariffs so it's all up in the air. and we know they are planning to import more to fill the inventory gap. melanie with the potential economic impacts on the eurozone , factoring in their base case of 10 to 15% tariffs. now we have some lines crossing in terms of 29 to 30 million shares for 101 euros per sha

we will continue to engage with regulators and the u.k., but in the u.s.ere we also operate. we are very pro thoughtful regulation. jackie: talk to us about ai. you have a chatbot that handles 20,000 inquiries on black friday. >> per day. jackie: at what point will you be able to use that ai technology perhaps across your platform? could you expect to see them taking over any human tasks? >> we see ais a productivity enhancer. we are not replacing humans with robots here. that is not our plan. but there are productivity gains to be had. the chatbot is widely available and hammers -- handles two thirds of human queries today, but anytime you wish to reach a human, you can. that is exactly what we intend to do. we use ai to do all sorts of really interesting things. we must as part of our regulatory obligation track that the merchants advertise and promote a firm responsibly and don't promote things that misrepresent terms. we have an llm system that we built internally to track that. extraordinarily effective. there are millions of points across the web whe

i remember back in the day i was in 10 downing street in the u.k. and saw how it was done the traditional way. governments had an issue and send representatives and diplomats and maybe in six months there is a summit and working papers and maybe two years something happened. with president trump it isn't like that. look at the results within practically 24 hours in terms of the fentanyl issue. which he understands so deeply because he understands the communities most effect by it. >> harris: it's great to get your front row seat to history from david cameron's leadership in the u.k. and apply it now a brand-new american citizen and friend steve hilton. sit tight with me. you said 24 hours. i feel like it's been 24 minutes. they were still trash talking with we're coming with our own and doing this tariff against the united states. treasury secretary will be a big part of this, scott bessent will be in a major position and upcoming trade talks. he wrote a recent opinion piece about this saying the truth is that other countries have taken advantage of

i actually heard something the other day that this started in the u.k.scene, which is interesting because also ecstasy was very tied up in this y2k futurist kind of bay area, miasma but i mean, you could say maybe it was some it came from the u.k. we've seen you saw like there was this industrial designer named kareem rashid, who is considered of the fathers of what's called the object is an object that looks like a blob. an example would be the old trash can, which is really common consumer object at the time it this just wavy trash can, right. yeah i mean, it came from a lot of different places. i mean, you could see it in again, i'm not totally sure but with this stuff, i think it can be challenging to say exactly where it originated. other really important touchpoint are like there are a of music videos in, the nineties, specifically rap, r&b music videos that really pioneered a lot of these and made them popular widely. and there was a a a costume designer named june ambrose who was very influential. there was a a there his name is escaping me right

a doctor who led a multiyear investigation of the u.k.'s gender identity service was interviewed at the new york times a couple months later and said american doctors are woefully out of touch. there's also consensus abroad that american doctors, specifically those who preside over this area of medicine, or off the rails, which brings me to parental rights. the claim that parents rather than state legislatures should be the ones to decide whether their kids undergo these procedures i think runs into four difficulties. it fundamentally misconstrues the authority parents have over their children and the professional ethical duties of clinicians. parents don't have a right to tell doctors what to do what -- do with their kids and medical terms but have the right to choose from options. that is a key distinction. i said to my friend give me an example of something that parents demand you prescribe to their kid and you say no. he says every single day i have at least one parent, and say i want you to prescribe my kid antibiotics. the problem is

and the u.k. did not sign the summit's declaration adopted by more than 60 nations pledging an open, inclusive and ethical approach to developing ai. all right, back to our first alert weather. no controversy there. taking a live look outside. it's a gorgeous day around the bay area, albeit a little bit chilly, but we're going to need to get those umbrellas back out. let's check back in with meteorologist zoe mintz. >>>>yeah. umbrellas necessary? kind of depending on when you're going out overnight tonight. if you have any plans, you'll need an umbrella. but for most of the day tomorrow and most of the day today, it's actually going to remain dry. you definitely notice the increasing cloud coverage here in san francisco. and that's the reason our temperatures this afternoon not nearly as warm as yesterday afternoon. we are going to be warming up into the mid to lower 50s versus mid to upper 50s, and definitely cooler closer to our coastal communities where that cloud coverage is definitely thickes

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