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lam i am ben thompson. this is bbc news. - i am ben thompson. this is bbc news. monkey _ hello. i am ben thompson. this is bbc news. monkey torture exposed. a bbc news. monkey torture exposed. a bbc investigation uncovered a network of people paying for animals to be abused. we will have more on that story in a moment. first. it is time for sport. thank you very much. we begin with football. it's almost half time in tuesday's european championship qualifiers. in group a, scotland are looking to maintain their perfect start with a win at home to georgia. they took the lead after only 6 minutes through callum mcgregor scoring, but the match was halted 3 minutes later because the pitch is heavily waterlogged. there are going to be some pitch inspections to see if they can continue, and potentially, if they cannot, that game may be played tomorrow. in the same group, norway, who lost to scotland... on saturday are playing cyprus, and leading 1—0 with a goal from ole salbakken. and it's another landmark occasion for cristiano ronaldo who's become the first man to win 200 caps for his

welcome to world business report, i'm ben thompson. let's start with oil, because crude prices have risen around 2% after saudi arabia and opec plus countries announced they would cut production to stabilise oil prices. saudi arabia said it would make cuts ofi million barrels per day injuly, which is around 1% of global supplies. opec plus countries which account for around 40% of the world's crude oil said they would cut production by some 1 point 4 million barrels per day from the start of next year. but not all members of the cartel were happy, with nigeria and angola both wanting to raise production rather than cut it. here's our middle east correspondent sameer hashmi on some what can this mean for prices around the world? here's our middle east correspondent sameer hashmi on some of the fissures within opec plus, and the differing priorities of some key members. before the meeting started on saturday, it was widely expected that the whole group would make cuts deeper prices. but that didn't happen. saudi arabia was quite keen tha

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i'm ben thompson. let's start with oil, because crude prices have risen around 2% after saudi arabia and opec plus countries announced they would cut production to stabilise oil prices. saudi arabia said it would make cuts ofi million barrels per day injuly, which is around 1% of global supplies. opec plus countries — which account for around 40% of the world's crude oil — said they would cut production by some 1.4 million barrels per day from the start of next year. but not all members of the cartel were happy, with nigeria and angola both wanting to raise production rather than cut it. sameer hashmi is our middle east business correspondent. let see how prices are faring just now. brent is currently up 1.5% so far in the day but keep an eye on it because there is a lot of volatility as you might expect as investors and traders try to work out exactly what the production cut could mean. sameer hashmi is our middle east business correspondent. perhaps not unexpected, this is what we expected, it cuts p

i'm ben thompson. we begin in the banking sector, and breaking news this morning that ubs has completed its emergency takeover of credit suisse. the deal is the biggest in the sector since the 2008 global financial crisis. it will create a swiss banking giant with a balance sheet worth more than $1.6 trillion. in an open letter to swiss newspapers, the company's chief executive said it was "the start of a new chapter". earlier we spoke to one market analyst about what the new banking titan will look like. creating this mega—bank in such a short turnaround time, effectively it was forced on ubs as part of that rescue deal agreed overjust one weekend in march, and now we'll see two cultures colliding. there are likely to be manyjob losses, staff will be bracing for those. however, as you say, the boss of ubs has said, look, we have a lot of opportunities here as well, and of course it does mean that ubs is able to access key markets in wealth management that it would have taken years to do had it not tak

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. >> i'm ben thompson,e watching the context on bbc news. >> members from all across the congress sharedport for this important bill. they shared support for speaker mccarthys strong and effective leadership. it is a win for the american people and future generations. >> i support it without hesitation, reservation, or trepidation. not because it is perfect, but in divided government, we cannot allow perfect to be the enemy of good. >> he believes he has the votes to get this bill passed. if you look at the way financial markets have been trading over the last two days, there is still skepticism among investors. >> welcome to the program. president biden and house speaker kevin mccarthy's debt ceiling deal is set to face its biggest test. in the house of representatives. we are expecting that in the next few hours. an excluve report from you ukraine. kyiv claims 19,000 children have been taken by russia. the story of the mother's going behind enemy lines to rescue. more trouble on the trains. disruption around the u.k. more to come this weekd. unions continue the push for better pay and

good morning, welcome to breakfast with ben thompson and sarah campbell. 0ur headlines today: rebellionbrought russia close to the brink of civil conflict, and sarah campbell. 0ur headlines today: rebellion to retreat — a stand off between the kremlin and mercenary forces, which brought russia close to the brink of civil conflict,

i'm ben thompson. are watching "the context." >> they estimate the vessel will have around 40 hours of breathable air left. >> our crews are working around the clock to ensure we are doing everything possible to locate the titan and the five crewmembers. >> they alsonow they are coming to rescue them -- we are coming to rescue them. there's an an armada of vessels and airplanes searching for them. >> you have to cover the surface but also the depths down to 3800 meters. this is a vast area. and i am terrified that they are not going to find them in time. ♪ ben: welcome to the program. just 40 hours of oxygen remain for those on board a submersible that is heading to the wreck site of the titanic. efforts continued to locate and rescue the five people on board. also on the program, a bbc investigation uncovers sadistic videos of monkeys being tortured, and then sold online. the trail stretches from indonesia to the u.s. we will get reaction from two leading animal-rights groups. president joe biden agre

i'm ben thompson. this is "the context" on bbc news. >> there has to be some privacy in government. labour has something to cover up. >> if they say the government can decide what's relevant, then what's to stop everyone what they're sending to the inquiry, at wch undermines their authority to do their job. ♪ ben: welcome to the program. the government is to launch a legal challenge over the covid inquiries, demand that it hd over what's -- whatsapp messages. they missed a deadline between boris johnson and his advisors during the pandemic. also on the program, the influencer andrew tate has defended his reputation and denied fueling misogyny in his interview with the bbc. and deleting vital footage of war crimes in ukraine. we have the report on gathering evidence because social media fans are deleting content that's deemed too violent without saving it. as u.k. house prices fall at the fastest rate, we assess the impact on homeowners and those trying to get a foot on the housing ladder. but first, the legal challenge launched by the government that over demands from the covid publ

hello, i'm ben thompson. welcome to bbc news. three hours of live news, interviews and reaction.aking news in ukraine. the dam was breached leaving evacuations. scientists from norway say seismic signals detected in romania suggest there was an explosion in the area at the same time water began flowing downstream. questions have been asked whether the explosion caused the beach or previous damage had simply weakened the structure. let's go straight to our diplomatic correspondent paul adams who is in the ukrainian capital kyiv. hard to know exactly what's going on, on the front lines, but reports say there has been a significant escalation in fighting. and there is further evidence about who was behind the blowing up of the kakhovka dam. the one thing we can say with confidence now is it was clearly an event which occurred at 2:51am in the early hours of tuesday morning. the seismic readings that were detected around 400 miles away in romania indicate that this was a very, very large explosion. they describe it as between one or 2 magnitude, they are still working on the data, th

hello, i'm ben thompson. welcome to bbc news now, three hours of live news, interviews and reaction. we begin in the uk where one of the nation's best known presenters phillip schofield says he's "lost everything" after admitting to lying about an affair with a young colleague. the anchor — who hosted the popular daytime show this morning — has been in the headlines after admitting to an "unwise but not illegal" relationship with a younger male colleague. but this is also a story about the workplace culture at britain's biggest commercial broadcaster. so let's take a look at what's happened so far. two weeks ago, schofield announced he was leaving this morning after 20 years. he suggested resigning had not been his choice. in a statement he said, "i understand that itv has decided the current situation can't go on". a week later, he admitted to the affair with the younger colleague, and left itv completely. two days after that, his co—star, holly willoughby issued a statement, saying she had asked schofield a

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hello, i'm ben thompson, welcome to bbc news now.an with a knife has attacked nursery school children in the french town of annecy. four are in hospital, two are in a critical condition. the police have described the alleged attacker as a syrian man with refugee status in sweden. it's not currently being linked to terrorism. the foreign sector a james cleverly has said that one of the injured children was a dish national —— foreign secretary. the children, all aged three and under, were on an outing to a park, some in pushchairs. the attacker also stabbed an elderly man walking nearby, before he was overpowered by police. we are expecting a news conference and we will go there as soon as it begins. the french parliament held a minute's silence when news of the stabbings emerged. the country's prime minister, elisabeth borne, is at the scene. france's president has tweeted about the attack. france's president has emmanuel macron said... live now to our paris correspondent hugh schofield. it looks like there has been a hasty rearrangem

hello, i'm ben thompson, welcome to bbc news now.u for three hours of live news, interviews and reaction. we begin in ukraine, where kyiv says it's �*moving forward' in what appears to be the start of a counter—offensive. the ukrainian army has released these images — showing what it says are ukrainian forces destroying russian positions in the direction of bakhmut, in the occupied eastern region of donetsk. in contrast, russia claims it's thwarted a major ukrainian attack in the same region. it's defence ministry has released this video, that it says shows ukrainian armoured vehicles coming under heavy fire. moscow says 250 ukrainian troops were killed and a number of armoured vehicles were destroyed. the claims have not been verified by the bbc. here is a map showing the area where ukrainian forces have made probing attack. around bakhmut and also the western part of zaporizhzhia region, but also the eastern part of donetsk. in particular around the town of vuhledar, some 150 kilometres southwest of bakhmut. our ukraine corresponde

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time now for a look at the latest business news and ben thompson is here for us. thank you.e—day ban, j to give them time to restructure their repayments will stop the domestic debt stands at $a0 billion, which is owed to lenders in shri —— intent won. the world bank just granted it $700 million, following a three billion dollar bailout package from the international monetary fund back in march. our correspondence had an explosion for why this is crucial. it is a key moment for sri lanka as it attempts to recover economically after we saw what happened when huge protests happened, then there was no fuel and gas supplies were cut. now they got $2.9 billion from the imf earlier this year and are making this recovery. they have to work out with a what to do with a huge debt, which is why they are discussing this five days. they want to take it to parliament, they are basically asking those who are holding these... nominated bonds to write off 30%, and also they are asking lenders to extend the loan period, “p lenders to extend the loan period, up to a period of 15 years with no

hello, i m ben thompson, welcome to bbc news now, three hours of live news, interviews and reaction. we start with breaking news this error. the ukrainian military says kyiv has come under missile attack, as a delegation of african leaders visits the country to discuss ways to end the war with russia. the air force says it shot down a dozen rockets, including hypersonic missiles, during the attack. ukraine's foreign minister said the message to africa was clear — russia wants more war, not peace. the african delegation said it would press on with plans to meet president zelensky, before visiting vladimir putin on saturday. we ta ke we take you life to kyiv, where mike corresponded schalke are keen is. we've now come to the outskirts of kyiv,. instruction to a number of houses here. a woman in her 80s lived in that house there that has been completely destroyed. across the road... being interviewed by local media here just now this entire community has been impacted in some way, some houses have been completely destroyed. others have been partially destroyed. but everyone here is quit

ben thompson is here and ben, interest rates again? yes, and ben, interest rates again? cost of borrowing — it's now at its highest level in 22 years. it's all because the bank is continuing to battle the effects of rising prices that are pushing up the cost of living around the world. the 0.25% increase announced a few weeks ago takes the main refinancing rate up to 4% across the 20 countries that use the european single currency. pushing the cost of borrowing up is one of the main ways the central bank can tackle inflation, which remains stubbornly high at 7% — three and a half times the target. it is a mixed picture for the world as a whole. china's central bank has cut a key interest rate by 0.1% to 2.65%. that's the first cut in ten months and a reflection that the world's second biggest economy is still struggling to recover from the impact of covid. but on wednesday, the us federal reserve held its main lending rate at a range of 5% to 5.25% and warned there may be more increases later this year. so what's the european central bank's thinking behind its increase?

hello, i'm ben thompson, welcome to the daily global, where we'll bring you the top stories from aroundhe world. we begin with further details of last weekend's aborted mutiny in russia by wagner group mercenaries. president putin has tried to rally russia's military and security services by thanking them for preventing civil war breaking out. in a speech today he insisted his rule was not weakened during saturday's rebellion by the wagner mercenaries and suggested russia's regular military showed restraint by not being drawn into any fighting. meanwhile the leader of neighbouring belarus has said the head of the wagner group is now in his country. our russia editor steve rosenberg reports vladimir vladimirovich putin. at the kremlin, it was pomp with a purpose... ..to remind russians who is still in charge around here. waiting for vladimir putin, 2,500 soldiers and guards and the defence minister the wagner mutineers wanted sacked. having survived the rebellion, it was time to say thank you. translation: you defended - the constitutional order, the lives, security and the freedom of ou

hello, i'm ben thompson, welcome to bbc news now, three hours of live news, interviews and reaction. we begin with a developing story in france. nursery school children have been attacked by a man with a knife in the east of the country. two children are thought to be in a critical condition. it appears they were playing in a park by a lake when they were attacked. it happened in the town of annecy, in the french alps. the interior minister says the suspect has been arrested. the french parliament held a minute's silence when news of the stabbings emerged, while the country's prime minister, elizabeth borne, is on her way to the scene. this is the scene in the french parliament a little earlier when news of that attack emerged. in the last few minutes, france's president has tweeted. emmanuel macron says: "attack of absolute cowardice this morning in a park in annecy. children and an adult are between life and death. the nation is in shock. our thoughts are with them as well as their families and the emergency services mobilized." our paris correspondent, hugh schofield, has the late

good morning, welcome to breakfast with ben thompson and sally nugent. our headlines.octors begin a three—day walk out in england, warning they'll strike throughout summer if the government doesn't budge on its pay offer. which way is the economy moving? so far, the uk has narrowly avoided recession this year. this morning we'll find out whether signs of growth are outrunning rising costs.

hello, i'm ben thompson. you're watching the context on bbc news. it is prepared to go to court. up. the government's cooperated thoroughly with the inquiry today, handing over tens of thousands of documents, and we will continue to comply, of course, with the law and cooperate with the inquiry. we're confident in our position but are carefully considering next steps. if they say the government| can decide what's relevant, then what's going to stop everyone deciding what they send _ to the inquiry, at which point it - undermines their ability to say that

hello, i'm ben thompson. you're watching the context on bbc news.ukraine tojoin nato and the eu. we will have that story for you in just a moment. 1st, a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's marc edwards. hello, marc. we're going to start at roland garros in paris

hello, i'm ben thompson, this is bbc news now. the ukrainian military says kyiv has come under missile attack, as a delegation of african leaders visits the country to discuss ways to end the war with russia. the air force says it shot down a dozen rockets, including hypersonic missiles, during the attack. at least two explosions were heard in the capital. ukraine's foreign minister said the message to africa was clear: russia wants more war, not peace. the african delegation said it would press on with plans to meet president zelensky, before visiting vladimir putin on saturday. live now to yalda hakim who's in a village on the outskirts of kyiv that was hit in the attacks. this is all becoming horribly familiar. tell us what you saw and heard. �* . , familiar. tell us what you saw and heard. �* . ., , heard. bena, day and night, people across this country _ heard. bena, day and night, people across this country are _ heard. bena, day and night, people across this country are dealing - heard. bena, day and night, people across th

good morning, welcome to breakfast with sally nugent and ben thompson. our headlines today.er city go down a storm. the pouring rain didn't put off thousands of fans, who turned out to celebrate the club's treble—winning season.

hello, i'm ben thompson.elcome to bbc news now, three hours of live news, interviews and reaction. we start in ukraine — where the interior minister is quoted as saying 2a towns and villages have been flooded after a major dam was destroyed in the south of the country. ukraine blames russia for targeting the dam whereas russia says it is not responsible. this video, tweeted by ukraine's president zelensky, shows the breached kakhovka hydroelectric dam. mr zelensky says it "confirms for the whole world that the russians must be expelled from every corner of ukrainian land." but the two sides are blaming each other for its destruction. kyiv has accused russia of blowing up the dam to slow ukraine's offensive — by making it harder to cross the dnipro river. regardless of who or what caused the explosion — it has potentially deadly consequences for towns and villages in the path of the water. bbc verify is working to establish the timeline of events and there was already some damage to the dam, before today's dev

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i'm ben thompson. this is bbc news now.are going to take you straight to annecy where president macron will be meeting with those affected by the attack yesterday. four children were attacked at a playground in annecy yesterday. president macron is weight making his way there this morning. this morning we understand he visited the children and their families in hospital in the nearby city of grenoble, and now he is in annecy meeting with the police and those credited with arriving at the scene particularly quickly. they were able to intercept the attacker and shoot him and arrest him. he remains in police custody in annecy. it was a particularly vicious attack, aiming as it was at very young children. eyewitness reports suggest that the attacker passed by many adults who were walking along the lakeside and focused instead on young children who were playing on a playground. some of them were still in pushchairs. so this is the scene live in annecy. we also expect that president macron will meet with a man who has been hailed

hello, this is breakfast with sally nugent and ben thompson.tersday�*s knife and van attack. 19—year—old students barnaby webber and grace kumar were fatally stabbed, along with a man in his fifties, who has not yet been named. let's take a look at how this major incident unfolded. just after 4am yesterday two young people were found dead by police on ilkeston road in nottingham, following a call from a member of the public. a man in his fifties was also found dead on magdala road. at 5.30am a van believed to have been stolen from the older victim drove at three people on milton street, leaving one of them critically injured. the van was then stopped on the corner of maples street and bentinck road, where a 31—year—old man was tasered and arrested. the first official announcement came from nottinghamshire police at around 7am, who said emergency services were at an "ongoing serious incident". councillor david mellen is the leader of nottingham city council, he joins us now from the city. councillor david mellen, good morning. 2a hours on from t

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hello, i'm ben thompson, welcome to bbc news now, three hours of live news, interviews and reaction.harry has told the court he has experienced hostility from the press since he was born, one of the many accusations he has made against a newspaper group he accuses of phone hacking. he says the tabloid press behaved in a vile manner and contributed to his downward spiral. he suggested that some newspaper editors have blood on their hands. he is the first senior british oil and 130 years to testify in court. the duke of sussex arrived at the high court earlier today to begin his testimony. he alleges that mirror group newspapers used unlawful methods to gather personal information about him, including phone hacking, a claim that the company denies. he claims their journalist exploited a security gap to access their voicemails and your messages that were left by friends and family. before taking the stand, his witness statement was released. in it he said... lets go live to the high court. live to my colleague nancy kacungira at the high court in central london. a lot of testimony to ge

business news coming up with ben thompson. stay with us on the bbc. good afternoon. hours of daylight today. enjoy, if you can. we've got some showers around, most frequent and widespread the further north and west in scotland and northern ireland, but some through wales and south west close to glastonbury as well. and these are likely to threaten on and off throughout the afternoon. some places will stay dry and if you've got that sunshine, you've also got that warmth once again, with temperatures peaking at 25 degrees, 77 fahrenheit. now, through the night, those temperatures will fall away. not going to be quite as humid as the nightjust past. so thursday morning, we start off in single figures in scotland, around 13 or m degrees for england and wales. there'll be a lot of dry weather around first thing in the morning and then the risk of some showers but in a different place, perhaps across northeast england, down towards east anglia and the east midlands. some of those showers could be heavy and thundery. if you dodge them, we could see a warmer day, 27 degrees.

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good morning, welcome to breakfast with ben thompson and rachel burden. our headlines today: footage emerges of conservative party staff dancing and drinking at their london headquarters during the covid lockdown in late 2020. the victims of tuesday's attacks in nottingham will be remembered in special prayers at services across the city. the prospect of more strikes at schools in england — the national education union announces two more days of action at the beginning ofjuly. an incredible last gasp victory for scotland. two late goals gives them a shock win against earling haaland's norway in their euro qualifier. and australia are fighting back in the first test of the ashes. it's delicately poised with thunderstorms expected at edgbaston. talking thunderstorms, some of you had a _ talking thunderstorms, some of you had a pretty disturbing night last night, _ had a pretty disturbing night last night, lightning and thunder across parts _ night, lightning and thunder across parts of— night, lightning and thunder across parts of the uk and more severe sto

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