this is business briefing. lam i am david lam david eades. from pundit to policymaker — trump picks cnbc‘s larry kudlow as his new economic adviser. but will the president tune in to his free market views, or switch off? plus, negative energy: britain talks tough over the poisoned spy. but with russia pumping 11 million barrels of oil a day — and more than a third of europe's gas — do economics talk louder? and on the markets, stocks continue to fall on fears of a global trade war — as president trump talks about fresh tariffs on chinese goods. we start in the us, where president trump has picked his new top economic adviser — replacing gary cohn who resigned last week in a disagreement over steel tariffs. larry kudlow will be a familiar face to many in the business world as a pundit on financial channel cnbc. but his appointment has been a surprise to many — given his passionate support of free trade and his criticism of mr trump's recent moves — asjoe miller in new york explains. in his trademark shirt and cufflinks, he has been a fixture o

i'm david eades. our top story: britain waits for russia's response. with support from key allies over the nerve agent attack on a former spy, the uk prepares for what moscow says will be a ‘fitting' and ‘symmetrical‘ reaction to the expulsion of 23 diplomats. i'm lucy hockings in moscow, and as the diplomatic row continues, the people of russia are preparing to vote in sunday's presidential election, with vladimir putin hoping to win his fourth term in office two other main stories. a brand—new pedestrian bridge across a motorway in miami collapses, killing four people. we'll have the latest from the scene. and in a special report we speak to civilians in syria who escaped the conflict in eastern ghouta. and coming up in the business briefing, trading threats — raising tensions. fears of a global trade war set to dominate as 620 finance chiefs gather this weekend. we'll be getting the views of a trade expert from henley business school. plus, what could be in store for the commuter of the future! and why there soon won't be any excuse for being late i

i'm david eades. our top story: the us backs britain as it condemns last week's nerve agent attack in the uk as "a russian crime". at the united nations, its ambassador demands action. the credibility of this council will not survive if we fail to hold russia accountable. plastic bottles, plastic drinks. ten plastic particles found per litre amid growing concerns over many brands of bottled water. and a moment of truth for uk schoolchildren. how the bbc‘s helping them discern fake news from fact. and in business, thejourney from pundit to policymaker. trump picks cnbc‘s larry kudlow as his new economic adviser. but will the president tune in to his free market views, or switch off? also coming up, britain talks tough over the poison spy, but with russia pumping so much of europe's fuel and gas, to economics talk louder? and a very walk into the programme, as we preview on all you need to know in global news, business, and sport. —— a warm welcome. —— global news. now the results of this year's happine

i'm david eades. our top story: the us could hit russia with further sanctions, after the expulsion of 60 of its diplomats over the spy poisoning scandal. crying following the ball tampering row that brought australian cricket to its knees, the team returns to the field for the fourth and final test against south africa. chances are this will burn up in the atmosphere, or crash into the ocean. but as china's abandoned space station plummets to earth, no—one seems to know for sure. coming up in the business briefing: the world's most powerful man versus the world's richest. president trump steps up his attacks on amazon and its $100 billion boss, jeff bezos. but does the tech giant have anything to fear? and also coming up: deja vu for air france passengers as staff walk out over pay again, with more strikes called for next week. a very warm welcome to the programme, briefing you on all you need to know in global news. —— business and sport. and also, you can be part of the conversation. those abject a

thanks for watching the briefing, from me david eades, and the rest of the team, goodbye. hello.ine friday, even mild in some places but by the weekend it's much colder. you won't have a fine friday close to this weather front, north—east england into eastern scotland, cloudy, wet, outbreaks of rain, some snow in the scottish hills and that snow level lowering later in the day. this is your cloudy, wet zone throughout the day. also got this area of cloud and rain nudging northwards from the midlands, wales, into parts of north—west england and fringing into northern ireland. to the south of that we see some sunshine coming through, but you may catch a shower, could be heavy and possibly thundery, not everybody will. it's here you have temperatures in double figures but it is a turning colder day through eastern scotland and north—east england, going into the evening and night, that snow level lowering and maybe into lower levels you could see a light covering into places going into saturday morning and a few of these wintry showers drifting westwards overnight and a developing an

i'm david eades. 0ur hello. this is the briefing. i'm david eades.the united nations, its ambassador demands action. the credibility of this council will not survive if we fail to hold russia accountable. plastic bottles, plastic drinks. ten plastic particles found per litre amid growing concerns over many brands of bottled water. and a moment of truth for uk schoolchildren. how the bbc‘s helping them discern fake news from fact. and in business, thejourney from pundit to policymaker. trump picks cnbc‘s larry kudlow as his new economic adviser. but will the president tune in to his free market views,

i'm david eades. trading threats — raising tensions.ears of a global trade war set to dominate as 620 finance chiefs gather this weekend. plus — what could be in store for the commuter of the future. and why there soon won't be any excuse for being late into the office. as the markets, let's bring them up for you. the japanese market is down quite a bit as is the hong kong market. it has been like this for most of the week over fears of the possibility of more trade tension to come although the dowjones had a slightly better day. we start with those growing global tensions over trade. president trump's moves to protect us industry have led to threats of retaliation from around the world — raising fears of a trade war that could seriously damage the global economy. the issue will top the agenda when finance chiefs from the world's biggest economies meet in the argentine capital buenos aires tomorrow. this week the trump administration raised the temperature with china again — demanding a $100bn cut in beijing's trade surplus with the us.

i'm david eades. the world's most powerful men versus the world's richest. president trump steps up his attacks on amazon and its $100 billion boss, jeff bezos. but does the tech giant have anything to fear? also, deja vu for air france passengers as staff walk out over pay yet again, with more strikes called for next week. as for the markets, it is quieter in asia. we've also seen the hang seng up asia. we've also seen the hang seng upa bit asia. we've also seen the hang seng up a bit on the back of improving figures coming out of the dowjones yesterday. we start in washington, where president trump has stepped up his pressure on technology and retail giant, amazon. he took to twitter on thursday to accuse the company of dodging tax unfairly using the us postal service as its "delivery boy" and putting thousands of retailers out of business. that tweet comes after a media report claiming the president is "obsessed" with amazon and determined to rein in its growing power, possibly using competition laws. president trump may indeed be the world's most powerfu

this is business live from bbc news with jamie robertson and david eades. president donald trump brands china "an economic enemy" — and china says it's not afraid of a trade war. live from london, that's our top story on friday 23 march fears of a trade war rattle global markets, as president trump hits china with sweeping tariffs — and beijing vows to "fight to the end". plus, cracking down on big tech — the facebook scandal has proved us right on tougher data regulation, a top eu official tells us. now the us must do the same. the now the us must do the same. european markets. hardly the european markets. the lower, hardly surprising bearing in mind what happened on the us market yesterday, falling sharply. we will have more on european growth and hésfl't been hello and welcome to business live. we start in washington dc where president trump has stepped up his crusade to protect us industry from what he sees as unfair competition, announcing wide—ranging tariffs on imported chinese goods. the white house says it's a response to chinese theft of us intelle

this is business live from bbc news with jamie robertson and david eades. trading threats — raising tensions. fears of a global trade war set to dominate as 620 finance chiefs gather this weekend. live from london, that's our top story on friday the 16th of march. with jobs and trade on the line, the united states is demanding more from its biggest partners so will they hit back with action of their own? also in the programme... singapore—based chipmaker broadcom hints it will look to buy smaller rivals after president trump blocked its $140 billion dealfor qualcomm. the market is starting down but not a huge amount of change. less than a 10% movement on the european markets as they open today. and we'll be getting the inside track on the business impact of those growing tensions between russia and the uk and all the other big stories of the week with our business editor simonjack. and we begin our future of work series with a look at commuting so we want to know what unusual journeys to work you have. just use the hashtag bbcbizlive. hello and welcome to b

we have one from david eades, my colleague here at the bbc who talks about the fact that stephen hawkingor british science, most popular scientist of our times. i will be back for the business briefing. stay with us here on bbc news. hello there. west east divide with the weather is deemed this wednesday. it is the western —— the wettest and the windiest weather looks at it will a lwa ys windiest weather looks at it will always be at the west. it is tied into this area of low pressure that will sit in the atlantic and influence what is happening across the uk for the next couple of days. it is dragging a milder airfrom iberia so that is welcome news. if you get the driest and sunny is whether, it will feel pleasant. actually start through central and eastern areas but sunshine coming through and it will stay promising. however, out of the west, that's where we will see the disappearing story today. —— disappointing story. gale force winds on exposed coasts and as we come to lunchtime, some of the rain turning heavy towards cornwall, devon and parts of west wales. some of the rain will mo

i'm david eades., after the expulsion of 60 of its diplomats over the spy poisoning scandal. crying following the ball tampering row that brought australian cricket to its knees, the team returns to the field for the fourth and final test against south africa. chances are this will burn up in the atmosphere, or crash into the ocean. but as china's abandoned space station plummets to earth, no—one seems to know for sure. coming up in the business briefing: the world's most powerful man versus the world's richest. president trump steps up his attacks on amazon and its $100 billion boss, jeff bezos.

this is business live from bbc news with rachel home and david eades. leaving london — consumer goods giant unilever says it's moving to a single headquarters in the netherlands. live from london, that's our top story on thursday, 15th march. love it or hate it, the maker of marmite and dove soap says the decision wasn't made because of brexit but out of a need to simplify the business. also in the programme... counting on kudlow. us president donald trump brings in a tv commentator as a top economics advisor. on the markets, europe is open and rising, as expected, albeit cautiously. and the oscar goes to... the man who'll be giving us the inside track on special effects. bladerunner 2049 won the academy award so we'll speak to the company behind the silver screen magic. also the question for you, we want to know, does it bother you there are plastic particles in your bottles of water? let us know. just use #bbcbizlive. would you buy that water? hello and welcome to business live. unilever, which is one of the world's biggest consumer goods manufacturer

i'm david eades. our top story: britain waits for russia's response.nt attack on a former spy, the uk prepares for what moscow says will be a ‘fitting' and ‘symmetrical‘ reaction to the expulsion of 23 diplomats. i'm lucy hockings in moscow, and as the diplomatic row continues, the people of russia are preparing to vote in sunday's presidential election, with vladimir putin hoping to win his fourth term in office two other main stories. a brand—new pedestrian bridge across a motorway in miami collapses, killing four people. we'll have the latest from the scene. and in a special report we speak to civilians in syria who escaped the conflict in eastern ghouta.

this is business live from bbc news with jamie robertson and david eades.adcom hints it will look to buy smaller rivals after president trump blocked its $140 billion dealfor qualcomm.

this is business live from bbc news with rachel home and david eades.