i'm ben bland, in london.lso in the programme: we take a look at some of the local dishes being enjoyed at the winter olympics. and xin nian kuai le. happy lunar new year. chinese people around the world celebrate the spring festival. live from our studios in singapore and london. this is bbc world news. it's newsday. good morning. it's 8am in singapore, midnight in london and 7pm in parkland, florida, where a vigil is taking place to remember the 17 people killed by a teenager yesterday. earlier in the day president trump promised action to make america's schools safer. nikolas cruz, a former student at the school, appeared in court. the fbi said it had been warned a year ago about the potential threat posed by cruz, but that there was no evidence he was planning an attack. aleem maqbool reports. for hours, children at a high school found themselves in a combat zone. i have the gunshot victim. there was mayhem and bloodshed as a gunman stalked its corridors. shots can be heard close by as these terrified pupi

i'm ben bland.ritish jihadis were captured in syria. alexanda kotey and el shafee el sheikh were part of a team of four british is members who the americans say killed 27 hostages. families of their victims have called for them to stand trial. daniel sandford reports. they became the most infamous gang of foreign fighters in the self—styled islamic state. callous torturers and public executioners of hostages. jihadijohn, his real name, mohammed emwazi — now dead. aine davis — in prison in turkey.

this is business live from bbc news with david eades and ben bland. has coca—cola lost its fizz?he world's biggest beverage maker reports results in a few hours — amid a 12 year decline in soft drink sales. live from london, that's our top story on friday the 16th of february. consumers are choosing healthier options — which is good for the waistline, but bad for companies like coca cola's bottom line. also in the programme, shampoo, deodorant and other household products could be as hazardous to health as car emissions, a new study has found. we'll find out more in our paper review. as for the markets, let's look at how the european markets and the ftse have opened, around half a percent, following on from encouraging signs from the nick cave. —— nikkei. and we'll wrap up the week's big events with our economics correspondent — including what's ahead for south africa's new president? what's waiting in his economic in tray? and we want to know have you ditched fizzy drinks and what are you having instead to quench thirst? no fizzy drinks, just coffee, ignored the three sugars! co

i'm ben bland. gun laws after visiting a hospital in florida, where victims of wednesday's high school shooting are being treated. mr trump met some of those injured and their families. 13 russians in the us have been charged as part of special counsel robert mueller‘s investigation into alleged russian meddling in the 2016 election. president trump has tweeted again that his campaign did nothing wrong and there was no collusion. in his first state of the nation address, south africa's new president, cyril ramaphosa, has spoken of a new dawn for the country. he pledged to build a society defined by decency and integrity. there has been

hello, i'm ben bland. this is bbc news. the latest headlines...f domestic violence. victims‘ families demand that two british members of the islamic state group who killed hostages should face courtjustice. egypt's army has begun a major operation against terrorist organisations in several parts of the country. the government said a military campaign — involving defence forces and the police — is being carried out in the sinai peninsula, nile delta and western desert. for years, security forces have battled an islamic state insurgency in north sinai that has killed hundreds of soldiers, police and civilians. 0ur egypt correspondent sally nabil sent this report. egyptian army has decided to strike harder than ever against islamist militants in sinai. the army has released footage of a full—scale offensive targeting insurgent groups operating in the turbulent peninsula for more than five years. translation: egyptian air forces have targeted terrorist hideouts and their arms depots in north and central sinai. the forces have been beefing up their sec

i'm ben bland. us officials say they're considering what action to take after two british jihadis were captured in syria. alexanda kotey and el shafee el sheikh were part of a team of four british is members who the americans say killed 27 hostages. families of their victims have called for them to stand trial. daniel sandford reports. they became the most infamous gang of foreign fighters in the self—styled islamic state. callous torturers and public executioners of hostages. jihadijohn, his real name, mohammed emwazi — now dead. aine davis — in prison in turkey. and the two men we now know were captured last months, alexanda kotey and el shafee elsheikh. the gang are suspected of beheading alan henning, a driver and aid workerfrom eccles, and david haines, a long time aid worker from perth. his daughter now contemplating what punishment his newly captured suspected killers should face. they should die a long, slow, painful death and i think quite a lot of people will understand that, that they sho

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i‘m ben bland.rts for various products from ben &jerry‘s and martmite to dove soap could disappear from sites like youtube and facebook. unilever, the company behind 400 of the biggest brands has threatened to pull ads if sites don‘t do enough to tackle extremist and illegal content. the british—dutch firm warned "it is in the interest of digital media firms to act before advertisers stop advertising." 50,000 households have been offered special deal that could cut their bills by up to £3000 a year, each! the regulator wants to trial collective switching where thousands of people swap supplier in one go, which should give them all a better deal. that has never happened. the music ran out before your headlights. i don‘t short—change you! laughter yes, for the week, business headlines —— before your headlines. the uk‘s serious fraud office has charged ba rclays bank? what‘s going on? is it isita is it a big deal? the charge that‘s been brought it "unlawful financial assistance". this relates to someth

i'm ben bland, these are the business headlines.than it previously thought. the telecoms group expects a key measure of profits to be between £230 million and £245 million, much lower than its forecast. the firm slashed its dividend and said it will sell £200 million of shares on the stock exchange. the electric car maker tesla has posted its worst ever quarterly loss — around 480 million pounds in the three months to december. the firm which has yet to make a profit warned that spending will increase this year. but it says the outlook is positive and that it's said it "learned many lessons" from its crucial model three production plans. " if "if you want to know what is happening in business, he is a happy coincidence...", did you write that? whatever was wrong with here is the business news. . .! whatever was wrong with here is the business news... ! debenhams, whatever was wrong with here is the business news...! debenhams, like a lot of retailers, still suffering after christmas. not a good time to be a retail store manager perh

i'm joined by our business presenter ben bland.onda, they started uk operations in the 1980s and now they built nearly half of the 1.7 million cars that are made in the uk each year. if tad saddam posed, if britain leaves was no deal and then any exports from the uk to the rest of europe —based ta blets, the uk to the rest of europe —based tablets, that they could see tariffs of 10% widget on the cars they export. they need to discuss not what the longer term trade deal going into the future, this is still looking at the transition deal, because they still don't know what will happen after the end of march 2019, and that's why they want certainty. you can see what the coming from. over successive decades governments, they've been encouraged to build the european bases in the uk and promised a business the base from which to run and export to the rest of europe. they now quite clearly wa nt rest of europe. they now quite clearly want to know what is the ground work going to be like. it's a delicate time to have that conversation, wi

i'm ben bland. the headlines: president trump has again brushed off questions from journalists on us gun laws after visiting a hospital in florida, where victims of wednesday's high school shooting are being treated. mr trump met some of those injured and their families. 13 russians in the us have been charged as part of special counsel robert mueller‘s investigation into alleged russian meddling in the 2016 election. president trump has tweeted again that his campaign did nothing wrong and there was no collusion. in his first state of the nation address, south africa's new president, cyril ramaphosa, has spoken of a new dawn for the country. he pledged to build a society defined by decency and integrity. there has been a