faisal islam, thank you very much.ing there's a danger to life are in place along the river severn in shropshire. in shrewsbury, there are fears that flooding could reach its highest ever level. while in ironbridge, people have been asked to leave their homes, because of warnings the river may go over flood barriers. our correspondent sian lloyd has the latest. the flood defences at ironbridge, protecting this historic town from the rising waters of the river severn. but there are fears they may be breached. people living nearby have been warned to leave their homes. ian donnelly is one of those who's heeded the advice and has checked into a local hotel. for safety reasons, we've come here. fingers crossed, touch wood, we're not flooded. but we'll find out when we get back to our house in the next couple of days. river levels reached a 20—year high in nearby shrewsbury earlier today. business owners like anda teller, determined to keep going. it was like a horror film. the water just started to pour through the walls.

faisal islam, bbc news.n the coming weeks when they step down as working royals. the royal canadian mounted police have been providing assistance to the couple since their arrival in canada in november. it's not clear who will foot the bill for their security when prince harry and meghan formally step down as senior royals at the end of march. david beckham has a big weekend ahead — the football club that he now co—owns in america, called inter miami, plays its first match on sunday. at times, it's felt like an impossible dream. but on sunday, david beckham's 13—year vision will become a reality. after he surveyed his new kingdom, his mood was one of reflection... ..and relief. it's been such a long journey that i knew would be worth it in the end. i always knew miami was the city, you know? and the fact that we are now a few days away from starting the season is very exciting. commentator: it's beckham, it's a beauty! back in 2007, when beckham joined la galaxy, his contract included the option to buy a clu

our economics editor faisal islam reports.the parts in it — have had full, unimpeded access to the european union, and the same for a car from, say, germany coming into the uk. all of that underpinned by common standards, regulations and laws, and once brexit takes full effect at the end of the year, this is going to change. just how much depends on the trade negotiations with the eu starting next week, and today the uk published its strategy. there is some broad agreement. both the eu and the uk want to do a deal which would continue trade without taxes on their exports, known as tariffs, but detailed disagreement on some key areas. today's document rejects the continuation of eu rules on support for industry. and it makes clear that the uk expects a decision on guaranteed uk financial services access to the eu byjune. something already rejected. the government is trying to play hardball with this document, saying to the eu if the city's access to the european union is not guaranteed byjune — one of the least controversial is

our economics editor faisal islam reports. — and all the parts in it — have had full, unimpeded access to the european union, and the same for a carfrom, say, germany coming into the uk. all of that underpinned by common standards, regulations and laws, and once brexit takes full effect at the end of the year, this is going to change. just how much depends on the trade negotiations with the eu starting next week, and today the uk published its strategy. there is some broad agreement. both the eu and the uk want to do a deal which would continue trade without taxes on their exports, known as tariffs, but detailed disagreement on some key areas. today's document rejects the continuation of eu rules on support for industry. the eu has rejected the uk's demand for the same so—called level playing field arrangements as the eu has with canada, which aren't binding. and the document makes clear that the uk expects quick wins on easier issues such as the recognition of uk financial services equivalent standards by june. the government

faisal and, once again, thank you.implementation of universal credit — the major welfare reform introduced by the conservatives — will be delayed again, at an additional cost of £500 million. the new benefit was meant to be fully implemented in april 2017 but the new delay means it won't be fully in place until september 202a. 0ur social affairs correspondent michael buchanan has the story. universal credit is the biggest welfare reform in a generation. six benefits are becoming one monthly payment — there's more emphasis getting a job. how long do i need to be doing this job search thing? it's stressful, it is. we've got a little bit of a problem... this senior civil servant is responsible for ensuring the benefit works properly. a bbc film crew were there in september when the latest problem emerged. fewer people than expected have so far applied for universal credit. we've got a lot of anecdotal evidence about people being scared to come to universal credit. with around 5 million people still to be moved to universa

danny savage, bbc news, cumbria. 0ur economics editor faisal islam is in birmingham.he chancellor today, the government is pouring money into infrastructure, rail, buses, it's quite a change of direction for the government? yes, controversial says the prime minister, this decision, controversial because of the value for money and environmental considerations but i think they were a lwa ys considerations but i think they were always going to give this green signal because it isn'tjust a very fast train line. for the government, it's a means of changing the economic geography of the nation. it's something that all our major competitive advanced nations have, fast lines between major cities. for major city leaders, it's also a calling card for international investors to help fund their regeneration is on these sorts of lines. i think it was always going to get the green signal eventually. these announcements come against the backdrop of a fairly sluggish economy. yes, growth coming into the 20205 economy. yes, growth coming into the 2020s wasn't roaring, it was whimperin

working assumption is that new checks will be carried out in british ports. 0ur economics editor faisalines chief people and communications officer ian hampton. it does mean a change but i don't think these changes should be viewed to offensively because just like any trading relationship there needs to be checks. the complication in the irish sea is where they put the border. it is now physically a sea border rather than a land border. so just to clarify, there will be new procedures and checks not just there will be new procedures and checks notjust between the united kingdom and the republic but also great britain and northern ireland ? but also great britain and northern ireland? yes, that is as it sits, but let's be future focused. these only come in after the transition period so the 31 january date is just a date. formally when we leave the eu but with the transition period there is no change. so your message to the government is deciding above all that whatever happens there has to bea whatever happens there has to be a cut off by the end of the year. do you urge caution and may

faisal swears he was tricked but his 10 smile makes us wonder. his wife sheila had no part in the decision she left him but one year later she came back and forgave him. in if he didn't tell me at 1st that he had sold them when he did it was too late because he'd already taken the money. by my son kyle he was just 10 years old and i mean when we discovered he was being forced to fight in morocco we city we were panicked . there was shootings and bombing runs throughout the entire city. in this day our dogs at all. 2 weeks after the siege began i contacted the rescue forces and i found my son. had been hiding and was completely traumatized. his eyes but like that i like yeah. my is my remember when he came home or even the slightest noise would frighten him. he would run into a corner and start crying. i mean we didn't know what to do. although i did was cry. he could still hear the shootings in the explosions. yeah he never recovered and yeah he stopped and eventually he died on me now my face yeah. many were tricked by the i.r.s. but some joined

secretary pompeo is in riyadh where he will meet with king salon, crown prince, foreign minister faisal and other senior officials to discuss the iranian threat. the secretary visited the airbase earlier today. that base is currently hosting american troops. our joint presence there with saudi arabia forces underscores america's commitment to deterring iranian aggression and collaborate collaborating with our partners to enhance the region defense architecture. as we were close with our partners in the region we are also working with our allies around the world to counter iranian arms shipment and missile proliferation. the international community should apply more pressure on iran until it stops providing arms, training, and something to proxy groups in the gray zone. this includes by acting to extend the u.n. arms embargo on a rant which under the iran deal expires in october. lifting security council restrictions on iran's ability to provide weapons to terrorist groups or malicious will undermine peace in the region. it will embolden iran, allow it to grow its arsenal further and dee

faisal islam, bbc news. that economic impact spreading around the world.s. sinn fein, known historically as the political wing of the ira — and a party that for a long time was shunned by the political establishment — is now the biggest in ireland. they won the popular vote in this weekend's election beating both fianna fail and fine gael. the two centrist parties that had governed ireland since the republic won independence a century ago. sinn fein won almost a quarter of the first preference votes but are unilkely to hold the most seats in the parliament. michael martin — who leads fianna foil the party that came second — has not ruled out working with sinn fein. the current prime minister leo varadkar — who leads fine gael — came third. he's ruled out any coalition talks with the nationalists. una mullally. which way do you think this will go? who knows? we are now in uncharted waters with regards to the power sinn fein holds going into any kind of government negotiations. mary lou mcdonald, the leader of sinn fein, was initially talking like she was re

faisal islam, bbc news.ighbouring restau ra nt. the foundations of both were apparently eroded by flood waters. as steven godden reports. for more than two centuries, solid stone kept the river at bay until storm or one breach of the defences. a passer—by captured the moment the bridge guest collapsed into the water just hours earlier bridge guest collapsed into the waterjust hours earlier the owner had been preparing breakfast when suddenly trouble started to show. the wall in the stairway, went straight and called the guests staying upstairs. had to call them, come out, straightaway. and two hours later the wall collapsed. the whole side of the building collapsed. when you saw the cracks in the wall did you know that something was seriously wrong? definitely because they were getting bigger and bigger by the minute. how do you feel looking at it? for somebody that has lived and breathed hewick all my life it's quite distressing, to be honest. it really is. stuart marshall shares the volu nta ry flood is. s

unfortunately the brigade that they selected was filled with plotters who were preparing against faisal the plot succeeded on the 14th of july 1958 as i said earlierly i was was a very violent plot the brigade was moving through in the early morning.y i was very unusual and instead of heading towards jordan headed towards the palace and the defense ministry. they lined the entire royal family against a wall and machine gunned all of them. it was a really ugly event. the prime minister have been a leader of the country for 20 years a day later. he was executed on the spot and dragged through the street. the very violent and stunning blow to american interests in the middle east. you've a series of events that are all building up. and on the 14th of july comes the coup in iraq. he was a complete unknown. the americans did not know who he was. he was a complete unknown factor. the plotters may or may not had been pro- egyptian but people on the streets in iraq demonstrated immediately that their sympathies were with noster. here you see a picture of the streets in baghdad. filled with peop

laura kuenssberg, bbc news. 0ur economics editor, faisal islam, is here.sh borisjohnson in bullish note on a future trade deal with the eu? we have left the eu but broadly speaking, just how far we depart is up speaking, just how far we depart is upforgrabs and speaking, just how far we depart is up for grabs and negotiation and right now, as we said, we are fully aligned with the eu and broadly speaking the further we go, the easier it is to set our own rules and regulations and do trade deals but the more difficult the existing, sea mless but the more difficult the existing, seamless trade with the eu becomes. borisjohnson is talking about the canada deal, what is that? zero taxes on trade, no less tolerance for goods, that is it in canada has with the eu and we would like that and it also does involve some checks on regulations for goods and trade but it is a rather light touch in terms of having to align to the eu standards in terms of the level playing field considerations. what the eu said today as we cannot have the eu said today as we cannot have t

i mean you know bali talking to barbara faisal back to mccain kaufman how much does this crisis within the senior partner in germany's governing coalition touch the actual government and indeed opposed bread sitting here. well that depends very much on the coming weeks the knives are certainly out come come by the party leader who says he will stay until there is an alternative candidate who could also then become candidate for chance so this is all kind of inside party dealings but if this really brings the so-called grand coalition with the social democrats yes to another crisis point this would be perceived as a complete disaster for all sides at the same time as we've just heard from qatar you know bali and i must say that i did sense a bit of saddam ford on the side of the social democrats here in berlin the social democrats looking at the polling right now would be absolutely crushed if there were fresh elections so don't they don't really have any reason to make life under mackle more difficult and america will do everything she can to keep this coalition going the signs aren't

here's our economics editor, faisal islam.ister and his then chancellor joined forces in birmingham. sajid javid'sjob had been guaranteed but he didn't look too comfortable as the relationship between number 10 and 11 was coming off the track, partly because number 10 once other ha rd partly because number 10 once other hard hat hi viz big spend moments like this beginning at the budget in a month. this is a chancellor, famously the son of a bus driver, though one who never got to use his budget read books. speaking about how a stalling economy would be boosted by spending. you have got this probity is government investing in infrastructure which is what businesses want to see. but how much investment is the issue. sajid javid's new rules on borrowing have meant the treasury having to consider tax rises to fund some of the extra spend. there is nothing abnormal about the treasury having a tense relationship with other parts of government. it is the job of this institution to say no even to the prime minister and his aides on i

our economics editor faisal islam looks now at the tensions between the prime minister and the former that await his successor. it's only two days since the prime minister and his then chancellorjoined forces to back high speed rail in birmingham. sajid javid's job had been guaranteed, but he didn't look too comfortable, as the relationship between no ten and ii was itself coming off the track. partly because number 10 wants other ha rd—hat, high—viz big spend moments exactly like this beginning at the budget in a months time. yeah i would, love to... famously the son of a bus driver, this chancellor never got to use his budget red box. he spoke to the bbc, though, about how a stalling economy could be boosted by spending. we've now got this pro—business government that's investing in infrastructure, which is what businesses want to see. that is why i'm standing in a bus depot today. but exactly how much investment is the issue. mrjavid's new rules on borrowing have meant the treasury having to consider tax rises to fund some of the extra spending. there is nothing abnormal about the

our economics editor, faisal islam, is here.nt for business and the economy. the take away from the press co nfe re nces economy. the take away from the press conferences that the uk government is preparing the ground for a more distant relationship than has been indicated before. there is talk of australia style, meaning accepting trade tariffs, taxes on trade. there is no deal between australia and the eu at the moment. i think there have been mixed m essa 9 es i think there have been mixed messages with business. they have been told by some cabinet ministers that there could be a close relationship and they should tell the government whether they want to be members of various european agencies, stick close to them, what is important for their businesses. so businesses have to prepare, and business delete government wants business delete government wants business to unleash investments. but they don't know what that relationship will be. the key area is the irish sea and the fairies. the biggest operator of ferries is spent on

but child containers a clear example of what faisal raj says is the international community's pheidias to enforce its own embargo national policy we requested the holding of the weapons embargoed 4 years ago not just these days if the weapons embargoed had been respected we would not have been in this situation today if it is to be respected it must be upheld of all out that land sea and there are the attack happened on tuesday shortly after the e.u. approved a naval appreciation intended to enforce the weapons in burgo that however will be insufficient according to the government in tripoli as weapons and fighters continue to pour in from those backing the warlords leave for have to turkish president treasure and has promised to help survivors government uncle opposes the e.u. mission as well. i want to specifically mention that the european union does not have the right to make any decisions concerning libya the e.u. is trying to take charge of the situation and interfere in. the conflict in libya has consequences across the mediterranean region the greek foreign minister has accused

our economics editor faisal islam looks now at the tensions between the prime minister and the formerallenges that await his successor. it's only two days since the prime minister and his then chancellor joined forces to back high speed rail in birmingham. sajid javid'sjob had been guaranteed, but he didn't look too comfortable, as the relationship between no 10 and ii was itself coming off the track. partly because no 10 wants other hard hat, high viz big spend moments exactly like this beginning at the budget in a months time. yeah i would, love to... famously the son of a bus driver, this chancellor never got to use his budget red box. he spoke to the bbc though about how a stalling economy could be boosted by spending. we've now got this pro—business government that's investing in infrastructure, which is what businesses want to see, that is why i'm standing in a bus depot today. but exactly how much investment is the issue. mrjavid's new rules on borrowing have meant the treasury having to consider tax rises to fund some of the extra spending. there is nothing abnormal about the

aimed at a cease fire in libya but the leader of the internationally recognized government in tripoli faisal saroj says attacks on shelling on the capital have overtaken those the goosey a sions on tuesday his government suspended its involvement in the discussions in geneva about softer forces loyal to the wallet for the for have to attack supports in tripoli killing 3 people there tripoli is government is now insisting those talks cannot continue until the world firmly responds to what it calls have to violations that were have to has since met russia's defense minister sergei sure you can says the 2 agreed that a political solution is the only option for peace in libya well more form our diplomatic editor james bass. the u.n. is hopeful that the talks can resume what is important to note is that the delegation from the government of national accord who were here along with a delegation from general half talking on choose day at the same time as tripoli's port came under attack by forces which of commanded by general have to yes they said late at night that they were going to pull out of t

danny savage, bbc news, cumbria. 0ur economics editor, faisal islam, is in birmingham.the economy in the uk did not grow at all in the last three months of 2019, so how important is the claim from the prime minister that this project will boost growth? well, there is a impact that the court hope from this kind of infrastructure investment. this is not just kind of infrastructure investment. this is notjust about a very kind of infrastructure investment. this is not just about a very fast train line, it is about changing the economic geography of the country, those city leaders in places like birmingham, manchester and leeds being able to market their cities to international investors at a tough time. but there is also a short—term impact, we saw that entered a's gdp numbers. without public spending, those numbers would have been negative in the last three months of 2019. as it was, the numbers were flat, zero, which means that going into the 20205, the economy was not roaring but whimpering because manufacturing and production was squeezed by political uncertainty, by b

mounted as shutdowns in the country continue to disrupt global supply chains. 0ur economics editor faisal reports. it should be back to work in china, after celebrating chinese new year, tens of millions of workers were expecting to have returned to the cities and factories, one of the fundamental drivers of the world economy. but the commute so far is quieter than usual and in the offices that are reopening, it is anything but normal. translation: 0ur anything but normal. translation: our company has adopted special measures, including sanitising every day. the building is in isolation, we are required to wear masks the whole day while at work. in the shops, food prices have surged, up 20% on last january. pork prices have more than doubled, at the same time the economy is slowing. the actual economic impact will depend on the global health impact. what we do know is the virus and measures to contain it, have led to many factories remaining closed today that should have reopened by now. slowing chinese demand for luxury goods and crude oil, as well as reduced chinese tourism abroad, and

libyan prime minister faisal searches at the united nations in geneva to draw attention to the worsening humanitarian situation in libya and the conflict trying so on speaking at a human rights council showed the members pictures of children it recently died in attacks he also called for the if they have launched an offensive on the camp so in april a war criminal as political upheaval in malaysia after the can accept the resignation of prime minister mahathir mohamad and his political party quit the coalition government a lot for those talks by some members of the ruling coalition to exclude from a new administration the prime minister's chosen successor and by vote i'm worth it to him the prime minister of the city has been in court 3 days after thomas to bomb a field failed to appear see face allegations of murdering is a strange wife the pulitzer barney was shot dead just before his inauguration 2017 to bomb his new wife is already in charged with murder the case has been referred to the constitutional courts to determine whether the prime minister can be prosecuted. off duty police

i would hope faisal will also think about holding people in contempt of court.s such a serious crime. we only know about those people that we now know about who were victimized by this fisa investigation. there may be others. there may be people we don't know about, ordinary citizens, whose privacy was invaded as the result of these one-sided inquiries. >> sean: my text messages were released, professor. do i have a lawsuit? do they have a right to release my text messages? they have. >> probably you have a right of privacy. >> sean: i should probably hire you. >> if a judge ruled it, you would probably have a hard, hard case. happy to look at it because i think every american has to be worried about the abuses of the fisa court. look, i wish we could move to the british system and the system and some other countries where you have neutral, objective, professional prosecutors unrelated to politics that you don't need special counsel in those countries because every council is a special, independent counsel. we have lost faith in our legal system, tragically. >>

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our economics editor faisal islam reports. year, tens of millions of workers, expected to return to the cities and the factories. a commute is so far quieter than usual in the offices that are reopening, it's anything but normal. our company has adopted some special measures including sanitizing every day. the building is in isolation. we are required to wear masks the whole day while at work. the shops, food prices have surged up 20%. pork prices have more than doubled at the same time, the economy is slowing. the actual economic inc. back will and depend on the health impact. it's led to many factories remaining close that should have reopened by now. sloping chinese demand for luxury goods and oil as well as reduced tourism are broad and some supply chains will keep —— are broken with many businesses seeking alternatives. the already wreak chinese economy is expected to see the slowest three months and over a decade, possibly an attraction and interned i could see the same for the entire world economy. worth over £200 billi

but charred containers a clear example of what faisal raj says is the international community's feed to enforce its own embargo national policy never requested the holding of the weapons embargoed 4 years ago not just these days if the weapons embargoed had been respected we would not have been in this situation today if it is to be respected it must be upheld of all outlets land sea and air or the attack happened on tuesday shortly after the e.u. approved a naval operation intended to enforce the weapons in berg or that however will be insufficient according to the government in tripoli as weapons and fighters continue to pour in from those backing the warlords leave for have to turkish president treasure and has promised to help solve russia's government unquote opposes the e.u. mission as well. i want to specifically mention that the european union does not have the right to make any decisions concerning libya the e.u. is trying to take charge of the situation and interfere in. the conflict in libya has consequences across the mediterranean region the greek foreign minister has ac

here's our economics editor, faisal islam.and his then chancellorjoined forces in birmingham. sajid javid's job had been guaranteed but he didn't look too comfortable as the relationship between number 10 and ii was coming off the track, partly because number 10 once other partly because number 10 wants other hard hat hi viz big spend moments like this beginning at the budget in a month. this is a chancellor, famously the son of a bus driver, though one who never got to use his budget read books. to use his budget red box. speaking about how a stalling economy would be boosted by spending. you have got this probitis government investing in infrastructure which is what businesses want to see. but how much investment is the issue. sajid javid's new rules on borrowing have meant the treasury having to consider tax rises to fund some of the extra spend. there is nothing abnormal about the treasury having a tense relationship with other parts of government. it is the job of this institution to say no even to the prime minister and

earlier our economics editor, faisal islam, outlined the different options open the the uk government new trade arrangements. the uk government is preparing the ground, if not the expectation of a more distant relationship than has been indicated before. this talk of australia style means accepting trade tariffs, taxes on trade. there is no deal between australia and the eu at the moment. and i think they have been sent mixed messages with business. they have been told by some cabinet ministers, in fact they could still be a close—ish relationship, that they should tell the government whether they want to be members of various european agencies or stay very close to them, what is important for their businesses and industries. so, businesses have to prepare, government wants businesses to unleash investment to get growth going. they have to prepare but they still don't know quite what the trading arrangement will be. a key area for this of course is the irish sea and the ferries. the biggest operator of ferries there is stena line. they have been talking to the bbc about extra checks n