faisal islam in davos, _ some opportunities too., thank you. - families who lost thousands of pounds after the collapse of a company that offered pre—paid funeral plans could receive some of their money back within the next six months. more than 116,000 customers across the uk were affected when safe hands plans limited went bust three years ago. more details from natasha turney. angry. disappointed. sick. a whole raft of emotions that go through your head. i will never buy another one. and i would never encourage anybody else to buy- a funeral plan again. anything could happen tomorrow. and to find that all your arrangements have been dashed. it... it's gut wrenching, really. just a few of the 130 people who got in touch with us to share their plight after our story on safe hands plans limited aired last september. it's made us very wary of a lot of things. sandy and david lost faith in the funeral—plan industry after losing more than £3,500 following the collapse of the company. your blood pressure goes up when you see these adver

and faisal also in the studio. hello everyone. so we'll dive into british politics in a minute, because there's a lot has happened today and there's a lot to untangle and just explain as well, because some of it's quite a bit unclear. but before we do that, chris, on wednesday night, we got together quite late in the evening to do an episode of newscast about the ceasefire in gaza. how does that all feel? kind of 2a hours later, do you think? well, i think there's just a kind of keen awareness as we were reflecting on the last edition, really, that it's a big moment. but hang on a minute, there's a long way to go and let's see how that sort of manifests itself. that's the mood music i hear within government, a kind of caution about how the coming weeks, coming days, coming hours, look and sound and feel, but also a kind of recognition that, you know, after all that has happened, these last few days have really been quite something. and alex, i was watching you on newsnight on wednesday night, speaking to some people who've been qu

our economics editor faisal islam has more from davos. the world economic forum was extraordinary. it was a collision of two worlds. one in particular where here, where you have global chief executives, financiers and european leaders and other world leaders. they had hoped that some of the campaign rhetoric, some even of the inauguration rhetoric we heard from the us president, would not have actually made it through to actual policies all the way in which america is going to act on the world stage. and so, we have this curious duality from the trump speech. charm offensive in the most real sense of that phrase, charming. "come to america, set up your factories here with tax "breaks, buy into a booming technological miracle "that will the america be under the golden age "of donald trump" as he sees it. i imagine it would have been fairly seductive to many of the executives — charm offensive. also saying that, "if you did not happen to want to set "up your factories in the us, that's your prerogative" but an oddly menacing way, "if you do

david beckham speaking to our economics editor, faisal islam. do stay with us here on bbc news. thank you for watching. bell on today on the opening bell on business today. do stay with us here on bbc news. thank you for watching. hello from the bbc sport centre. i'm ollie foster. the ten—time champion novak djokovic is through to the semi—finals at the australian open after a thrilling, hard—fought victory over spain's carlos alcaraz. alcaraz, who beat djokovic in both his wimbledon final triumphs, took the first set 6—4 but from that point onwards, the serb took control, winning the next three in a match that lasted over 3.5 hours and finished just before 1am. alcaraz was third seed in melbourne but has nver made it past the quarters. djokovic remains in contention for a record—breaking 25th grand slam singles title. djokovic will face alexander zverev in the semis. he beat the american tommy paul in four sets to reach the last four for the second sraight year. the women's champion, aryna sabalenka, is into the semis after a 19th win in a row

chris and faisal are here. you spoke with the chancellor after her speech, faisal.fident is she she's on the right track with all this? the bottom line is that these sorts of if enacted bring over i over the 7 over the long 77 over the long term. 77 over the long term. these growth over the long term. these projects have been delayed for years and are added to and years and are added to the political and economic stability over the decade and led to a �* investors this a �* investors this infrastructure, �* investors in this infrastructure, thinking they can't get this stuff so they can't get this stuff done, so is the shift the that is the mind shift the chancellor is trying to engender in those international investors so i spoke to her in 0xfordshire i when. i seeks ts; her in. qxfm�*dshre! it to whsn. i seeks te hsr in. qxfm�*eshrs i it to her, that is all well and put it to her, that is all well see! but put it to her, that is all well and but when people actually going good but when people actually going to see the fruits this type of these projects delivered,

our economics editor faisal islam is there.ou don't have to be here to be a little confused about the detail of donald trump's trade and tariff plan. but the executives, the financiers and the leaders are talking about that. especially so because on the first day, on inauguration day, they thought there has been a bit of a reprieve, that there wouldn't be any tariffs until the late spring after an investigation into the numbers. and now we hearfrom the white house, actually, that those tariffs could hit on the 1st of february. they could hit mexico and canada, sparking fears of a quicker path than expected to a potential tit—for—tat trade war. on investment, a different story. lots of good news around here. hundreds of billions of dollars sloshing around for investment in artificial intelligence. google, for example, announcing that its deepmind unit could see an ai invented medicine being trialled within this year. into all this, the chancellor of the exchequer, rachel reeves, after a turbulent couple of weeks on the global bo

faisal islam, bbc news, in davos.against paris st—germain in dramatic fashion. natalie pirks is at the parc des princes. natalie. well, we thought this would be tasty, and so it proved. when pep guardiola brought on super substitute jack realit, he made an immediate impact, scoring city's first goal and playing a big part in their second just three minutes later. but then city crumbled. all the frailties of the season laid bare. in a matter of minutes, their lead was wiped out, and then psg's third, a diving header, turned this game on its head. psg then scored a last—minute fourth, given by var, to leave city in a perilous position. psg havejumped leave city in a perilous position. psg have jumped above leave city in a perilous position. psg havejumped above now leave city in a perilous position. psg have jumped above now them leave city in a perilous position. psg havejumped above now them in the league, and they must now win against bruges at home, city, to stand a chance of making the play—offs. elsewhere, at celt

faisal, how did this go down?it was incredible speech with consequences for the world, the world economy and people's livelihoods. two worlds colliding, america's first world and the world economy here in davos. and president trump seems to come out supreme. he said, as you said, that companies in this should move their operations, factories to the united states, set out a seductive approach in terms of the taxes and the trade. but he also had a menacing subtext in if they didn't do that, imports into the us would face tariffs of hundreds of billions of dollars or trillions of dollars and that can only mean a universal tariff. we thought that issue had been parked. if that happens, it could affect britain. ministers tonight trying to force a case that the us does not suffer from trade with the uk put to donald trump. the un says the need for aid in gaza is "staggering", as most palestinians returning to their homes following sunday's ceasefire have found them destroyed. the health authorities in gaza estimate that

faisal islam, bbc news in southampton. of a 14—year—old boy on a bus in south east london. kelyan bokassa was stabbed to death in woolwich last week. two boys, aged fifteen and sixteen, are being questioned on suspicion of murder. a 44—year—old woman is also being held on suspicion of assisting an offender. irish pop singer linda nolan has died. she was 65 and had endured a long battle with cancer. as a member of the girl group, the nolans, she and her sisters rose to fame with hits such as i'm in the mood for dancing. her agent said she died in hospital, "with her loving siblings by her bedside." we're going back to our main story in a moment — the ceasefire in gaza that begins on sunday. it's no coincidence that that will be the day before the inauguration of donald trump. you can watch him being sworn in on monday here on the bbc. donald trump returns to the white house. what will the next chapter bring? join us live on the bbc, as he's inaugurated for a second term. make america great again! watch on bbc news and iplay

here's the latest from our economics editor faisal islam, who is in davos.ch of the talk here has been trying to divine exactly what the us administration and donald trump will do on trade, because the consequences of the tit—for—tat trade war are very severe. but he suggested originally that maybe the trade tariffs he planned would be certainly slower in coming and less than expected. that has led to less apprehension than you might expect but there is generally uncertainty. on the other hand, there is big optimism about what the us economy can do, in particular the big tech giants and their massive investments in artificial and that's spreading out across the economy. some despondency about europe and how it is behind, in terms of those big tech investments. i've been speaking to the european trade commissioner maros sefcovic about all of this, and he was trying to be very diplomatic about donald trump, despite such provocations as the us president saying that he had eyes on greenland, which is of denmark, which in turn is part of the eu, so some diplomacy

faisal islam sat down with him at the world economic forum in davos. been trying trade because the consequences of a trade war out severe may would be to but there is generally uncertainty. on the other hand there is optimism on what he us economy can do and in particular the tech giants and and that is spreading across the economy. and how it is tech investments. i have been trade commissioner about all of this and he was president saying, which is part there is donald trump focuses of him, some discussion. court but expressed interest in a close relationship, there are moves arrangement to us president donald trump has escalated his campaign against diversity programmes — he is now pressuring the private sector to join the initiative. he's also told government employees in offices administering these types of programs that they would be placed on paid leave. civil rights advocates have argued the programmes are necessary to address inequities and structural racism but trump and his supporters say they discriminate against other americans. as donald t

here's our economics editor faisal islam. at this hotel and restaurant at ennio�*s hotel and restaurant on the southampton quayside, quayside, inflation may well have stabilised, but they're still feeling the cost squeeze. last year was a good year. it was — it was as expected, as expected. but pressures, including from the budget, loom over this industry. we need to increase our menu prices. but how far do you increase that? for example, we'rejust, we were talking today about a valentines event. and, you know, we're looking at the price of a menu for last year and the offering, and we think, well, we can't do that any less than £10 more than we did last year how employers likejohnnie respond to the rise in national insurance raising prices or limiting wage rises will matter for where inflation goes now. while the main rate of inflation dipped to 2.5%, the actual positive news today came from significant falls in underlying measures of inflation, such as the service sector and core inflation, now at a four year low. this sugg

that was just one of the issues he addressed in a wide—ranging interview with our economics editor faisals. some look at russia and see the sanctions effort, which they seem to be resisting for the past year, the economy seems to be ok, but maybe just now it is starting to hurt russia. is that what you see? do you think at this moment all of the sanctions are working? and what does that mean the west should do right now? translation: | know | president donald trump and i smile when i see politicians taking such decisive actions right now on russia and they are expressing their fear that donald trump might leave ukraine on its own and leave it to russia because they are the ones that recently did business with russia and there are some saying they would like to see business as usual being restored as soon as possible because that is being demanded of them by their own companies. as you know, there is a big election in your neighbour germany next month. i know you will want to comment on that. you mentioned that if there was a peace deal, business as normal might come back. are you worried

our economics editor, faisal islam, is in davos. start to the markets this year, not least because of what has been happening in america and speculation about the trade system. this is a great opportunity for the still newish government to present itself and its plans, particularly to convince the world that britain is a great place to grow businesses. that has been in doubt because of some of the decisions around the budget, but she will want to appear here directly to the big international investors. she was helped by one of britain's biggest banks, barclays, saying they are very optimistic about growth, not necessarily the story we have been hearing back home, but she will been hearing back home, but she will be meeting with big investors. the message i'm hearing privately is that yes, the uk has a lot of assets economically and the government has put in place what they say is a kind of stability. but now they need to see some long—term decisions are difficult decisions. coming into sight now is a decision on airport expansion. w

our economics editor faisal islam is there. don't have to be here to be confused about the detail of donald trump's trade and tariff plan. but the executives of the leaders are talking about that. especially so because of the first day on inauguration day, they thought has been a bit of a reprieve that they would be any tariffs until late spring of an investigation into the numbers and now we hear from the white house actually the tariffs could hit on the first of february, they could hit mexico and canada. sparking fears of quicker pattern expected and potential tit—for—tat trade war. on investment, lots of good news, hundreds of billions of dollars washing around for investment in artificial intelligence. google, for example, announcing that its deepmind units could see an ai invented medicine being trialed within this year and to all this, the chancellor with a turbulent couple of weeks of the market saying, as you would expect the briton is a globe! great place. it's that you don't want to miss out but starting to put some

the bbc�*s economics editor faisal islam caught up with him after the award ceremony. get an award for something that i've been so inspired by over the years, you know, working with unicef is one of my most important things, most important aspects of my life so to receive an award for something that i enjoy doing, i get inspired by is incredible. it's my first time at davos and to be here for a couple of days or this whole week that people are here, that leaders are here, that very important people are going to behere this week that can make change, for me to be here for the voice of children is really important. before we go, a recap of our top story and on his first full day in the white house donald trump has beenjoined by the bosses of openai, oracle and the japanese investment fund softbank. they have announced plans for a huge new us artificial intelligence infrastructure project that could see ioos of billions of dollars pumped into the technology. he's also discussed potential new tarrifs on china — and that's it for this edition of business today. thanks for w

faisal islam has more from the world economic forum in davos.eady to work on the offer of cooperation and we hope this message will be well received in washington, dc. but message will be well received in washington, dc.— in washington, dc. but if the americans — in washington, dc. but if the americans were _ in washington, dc. but if the americans were to _ in washington, dc. but if the americans were to levy - in washington, dc. but if the| americans were to levy tariffs on the eu, is europe, are you prepared to retaliate?- prepared to retaliate? first and foremost, _ prepared to retaliate? first and foremost, let's - prepared to retaliate? first and foremost, let's see - prepared to retaliate? first i and foremost, let's see what prepared to retaliate? f "st and foremost, let's see what is really happening. would like to go to a hypothetical response right now... go to a hypothetical response right nova - -— right now... this is very hypothetical, _ right now... this is very hypothetical, this - right now... this is very hypothetical, this is

he has been speaking to our economics editor, faisal islam, about the honour and what it means to shares leaders. it's incredibly humbling to get an award for something that i have been so inspired by over the years. working with unicef is one of my most important things and most important aspects of my life. so to receive an award for something that i enjoy doing, i get inspired by, is incredible. this is my first time at davos, and to be here for a couple of days or this whole week that people are here, that leaders are here, that very important people are going to be here this week that can make change, for me to be here for the voice of children is really important. what sort of changes would you hope can be inspired for children with the very powerful people at a place like this? like you say, there's very powerful people here that can make change. leaders in business, leaders in economics, leaders, leaders in life and they can make changes for children. for me personally, you know, to have been part of unicef for so long and met so many incredible children over that time and been

faisal: thank you, joumanna, it is great to be here again. any step towards peace is a positive step. we have made calls for laying a clear and irreversible path towards more prosperity. it is clear that the middle east and stability will be imperative for global growth and that is why we are here to discuss. joumanna: how is saudi arabia viewing the return of the trump administration? trump has talked about energy declarations and perhaps broad-based tariffs. faisal: the kingdom and the u.s. have long-standing strong relations that spans eight decades. it has been strong regardless of which administration is in office. we look forward to working with the second trump administration as we have on important work. including the challenge the global economy is looking at such as tepid growth. tom: there has been talk about whether saudi arabia will join the brakes unit. so far, nothing has been done on that front. faisal: it is important to keep in mind the kingdom is always focusing on fostering global dialogue. we have been invited to the bric

with me is our economic editor, faisal islam, and the bbc�*s political editor, chris mason.borrowing. but actually, the currency had fallen at the same time. but by late afternoon, those borrowing costs had come down to where they were before and yes, there are some people betting against britain in the economy and others wanting to take the other side 1452 00:17:43,

mr sefcovic was speaking to our economics editor, faisal islam, at the world economic forum in davos. offer of cooperation, and we hope that this message will be well received in washington, dc. but if the americans were to levy tariffs on the eu, is europe... ..are you prepared to retaliate? first and foremost, let's see what is really happening. so, we wouldn't like to go to, let's say, hypothetical responses right now because they... doesn't seem very hypothetical. it seems pretty plausible. i mean, yes, this is what we hear from the campaign, but first we would like to discuss it with american partners, as i said, to check the facts and figures. and then we would consider our response. of course, if we see that our legitimate interests are under pressure, of course, we are ready to take our positions. now, you retain the brief for relations with the uk. are they in a better place right now? definitely, yes. we are also waiting for the ideas from our british friends about the reset, how concretely they would like to do it. is there scope for a much better relationship, perhaps not

reeves has been speaking to our economics editor faisal islam in devils, and he asked her how she couldming the planning system. we've got rid of the moratorium on onshore wind, the cheapest form of energy, so that investors can build that in britain. we've signed off expansion at stansted and city airports. the previous government could have done any of those things and they didn't because they didn't prioritise growth. this government is. and when there are decisions around infrastructure investment, the answer can't always be no. yes. and it seems like you're re—evaluating heathrow and gatwick. key investors here at davos that own those airports. i'm not going to comment on speculation, but this government is determined to bring in trade and investment into britain. and we will look at all plans to bring infrastructure to bring investment to britain. you said you had four tests about heathrow and they were mainly environmental. are you saying that the growth argument now trumps the three tests on the environment? well, look, i'm not going to speculate on, on tests for something that

chris is here along with our economics editor faisal islam.omic growth? it of hope in this to boost economic urowth? . , , of hope in this to boost economic i rowth? ., , , ., of hope in this to boost economic urowth? ., , , ., , growth? it has been a dizzying turn around to seeing _ growth? it has been a dizzying turn around to seeing it _ growth? it has been a dizzying turn around to seeing it as _ growth? it has been a dizzying turn around to seeing it as the - growth? it has been a dizzying turn around to seeing it as the saviour l around to seeing it as the saviour of the economy and the prime minister was leaning into this. right now he faces economic wobbles and you can expect to see this in classrooms and gp surgeries and that should help to save money for the but also as a kind of silver bullet to help with long—term growth productivity and you could imagine that happening as well. i think the truth is that we are pretty well positioned in this area is perhaps the third or fourth positioned in this area is perhaps the third orfourth p

president duda said ukraine should stand firm against russian gas and told the bbc�*s economics editor faisalt the nord stream gas pipelines, unused since 2022, should be put beyond use so that germany, for example, would not be tempted to restore russian supplies to boost its own struggling economy. translation: | believe that| the nord stream gas pipeline should be dismantled. and i also want to say that it was donald trump who stopped the construction of nord stream ii. that was precisely his decision. he imposed sanctions on those companies who were involved in the construction of nord stream back in 2019. and thanks to him, those constructions were stopped. and i can only express my hope that european leaders who are visible on that famous photo depicting leaders opening nord stream, will learn lessons from what happened later after the opening of nord stream. they will learn lessons from russia's aggression against ukraine and that they will push through a decision to never restore the transport, the pumping of gas through this pipeline to europe for one simple reason. because this pipe

from davos, here's our economics editor faisal islam.ald trump's address to the world economic forum was extraordinary. it was a collision of two worlds, and one in particular, here where you have global chief executives, financiers and european leaders and other world leaders — they had hoped that some of the campaign rhetoric, some even of the inauguration rhetoric we heard from the us president would not have actually made it through to actual policies or the way in which america is going to act on the world stage. and so we had this curious duality from the trump speech — charm offensive in the most real sense of that phrase. charming — come to america, set up your factories here with tax breaks, buy into a booming technological miracle. that will be the america under the golden age of donald trump, as he sees it. and i imagine that would have been fairly seductive to many of the executives here. but charm offensive — also saying that if you didn't happen to want to set up your factories in the us, that's your prerogative. but in a m

and faisal also in the studio. hello everyone.re's a lot to untangle and just explain

faisal islam there gauging reaction in davos. so let's unpack this further.he was thinking of imposing 25% tariffs on imports from canada and mexico starting on february the 1st. these are among america's biggest trading partners and the president's reason for imposing the tariffs is because he says they allow many people to cross the border as well as fentanyl. he also said he had spoken with canadian prime ministerjustin trudeau. the mexican peso fell 1% after the announcement and the canadian dollar tumbled to a five—year low. so, what more can we expect in the coming days and what could it mean for the us economy and trade? christine mcdaniel, senior research fellow with the mercatus center former deputy assistant secretary at the treasury department, senior trade economist in the white house council of economic advisers, gave me her top thoughts on the economy. the us economy is in a good spot. unemployment is still, you know, relatively low. inflation, though, is stubbornly not coming down as quickly and as easily as the fed had hoped for. so he's got,

the up" — as she meets business leaders and investors from around the world. 0ur economics editor, faisalts this year, not least because of what has been happening in america and speculation about the trade system. the uk's also been caught up in that. this is a great opportunity for the still newish government to present itself and its plans, particularly to convince the world that britain is a great place to grow businesses. that has been in doubt because of some of the decisions around the budget, but she will want to appeal here directly to the big international investors. and she was helped by one of britain's biggest banks, barclays, saying that they are very optimistic about growth, not necessarily the story we have been hearing back home, but she will also be meeting with those big investors. the message i'm hearing privately is that, yes, the uk has a lot of assets economically and the government has put in place what they say is a kind of stability. but now they need to see some decisions, some long—term decisions and difficult decisions. coming into sight now is a decision on a

months, but the government has reiterated its commitment to economic stability. 0ur economics editor, faisalustry paid on government borrowing over ten years, that has gone up to a nearly 17 year high. let's look at a chart of that, and you can see there in the red, it is creeping up in december, and now there is a significant move, 4.8%. let's bring on the next line, the us, this is happening elsewhere in many would argue that a lot of this has been driven from uncertainty in the us, but that's not the only source factor. it goes up more in the uk, there are specific factors here, concerns about growth and sticky inflation and general that interest rates will not be cut as far as had previously been expected. this is not fed through into mortgage markets but if it stays like this it will do eventually. where it is having a material impact, the government is putting together a new forecast for the end of march and when you have to spend so much money on servicing the big debt, that squeezes the money elsewhere, if you will meet your self—imposed rules, so the government say, we will meet the

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content provider you have to tell people truth i go through the laundry list of cases russia collusion, faisalarrants, ukraine but things like richard juul, duke will cross, ferguson missouri, freddie gray we did not rush to judgment, george timmerman pretty for you to be successful in this industry moving forward. to me the issue for donald trump is fundamental. i think the agenda he ran on is the agenda that will make him historically a transformational president. if he does seek your the board and we know he will and if he does support murderers, rapists, gang members, cartel members and we no known terrorist in the country. if he does that and if he's able to tap into the wealth that we have under our fee is called energy and make us an energy wealthy dominant country that will be transformative to be. if he brings back america's military that will be transformative. that is prepared for the next generation of warfare. all of these things are just not on the table. all of them are going to happen. i think that's where people will begin to see donald trump do new light, i think republicans

a staff member, ihab faisal, and his wife and two children of the palestinian center for human rights, and one airstrike. another airstrike claimed raafat salha, who was the head of the independent commission of human rights in northern gaza, along with 13 of his family members, his wife and four of their children. so these theatrics by netanyahu and by others are resulting in bodies of palestinians continuing to build up more days at israeli hostages, remain in gaza. so we need action immediately. the cease fire won't do it on its own. atrocities must end and they must end immediately. the fact that we've been 15 months of this hell is simply inconceivable. >> barack, if this cease fire, hostage release agreement is formally signed, how do you think netanyahu is likely to decide between giving in to the demands of his extreme right wing members, or accepting support from his political opposition? >> well, wolf, that's the i think, the million dollar question because let's say the ceasefire does come into effect, the hostages starting to come out. there's a ceasefire in gaza. we're ta

yet, as faisal mentioned, _ to watch. yet, as faisal mentioned, there - to watch.oned, there is a l to watch. yet, as faisal - mentioned, there is a belief that the rhetoric of trump's campaign trail may not translate into actual policy. was that naive thinking? the thin is was that naive thinking? the thing is that _ was that naive thinking? the thing is that on _ was that naive thinking? tue: thing is that on the was that naive thinking? tte: thing is that on the campaign trail, trump said many different things, right? in many ways, there have been some consistency. he said he would save tiktok and here is trying to save tiktok and find some kind of deal and i think that it was interesting that there was not quite as much tough on china rhetoric during the campaign as i think many may have expected, given the so—called bipartisan consensus on china and, of course, there was a fair bit of that but here again i think trump himself mentioned the idea that china could come from a chinese company could come and invest in the united states butjd vance came out against

the amount borrowed was the highest december figure for four years. 0ur economic editor faisal islamuch of a concern will this be? as you say the chancellor and business secretary are on a sales mission as regards the british economy here at the world economic forum and those numbers were quite a mess in terms of the extra borrowing in december. there are one—off factors. it did not seem to move the markets at all and it goes to show i think how everyone wants to know the answer to the question of where the growth is going to come from in the uk economy. we've heard a lot about it being the number—one mission in the past few months and i think that we are getting somewhat interesting answers. some big judgment calls being made by the government to this audience of movers and shakers here at world economic forum. moves on financial regulation, the regulation essentially of big tech, firing the competition commissioner, the head of that organisation and saying that they will change the visa system and to attract entrepreneurs as well. and on the critical issue of expansion of airports