onto the financial times.aises growth forecast again but remains wary of brexit impact. we know that the bank of england governor did not think that things we re governor did not think that things were going to get better after the vote. he is eating humble pie for the third or fourth time now with a raised forecast. it is quite interesting. note the gdp forecast is to draw 2% this year, same as la st is to draw 2% this year, same as last year, up from 1.4%, the hmmfi last year, up from 1.4%, the forecast in november, but the hmmfi forecast in november, but the forecast after the decision to leave the european union was only 0.8%, saw the bag forecast, this is going to be damaging in the short term. the reason is the thought this would affect consumer spending and confidence. what they did not factor into the equation is that when 52% of the voting public think they have got their way the confidence grows. maybe what we have here is people who really believed that brexit was going to be good for their pocket and

the financial times writes that breakneck growth in china has sent wages tripling over the past decade. pay rates for the manufacturing sector have now soared above most latin american countries. a report in the times suggests ministers in the uk will demand that big tech companies like facebook and twitter must develop new technological solutions to control cyberbullying. the article says the firms could face sanctions if they don't comply. and millennials in china seem to be changing their shopping habits. the china daily reports many are moving from the online marketplace back into the so—called real world. yes, they're back visiting stores in person. quite right! i have this discussion every day at home. not that i really wa nt to every day at home. not that i really want to go to the shop, i would rather go to the shop and go online. joining us is michaela bergman, chief counsellor for social issues at the european bank for reconstruction & development. good morning. good morning. do you remember a beauty pageant a few yea rs remember a beauty pageant a few years ago when the host

but the financial times is reporting this diluted equivalency agreement may be tougher on britain thansly thought. andreas dombret is a board member of the bundesbank that oversees germany's financial system. he told the bbc he is open to consulting with banks wishing to relocate to frankfurt, but he also issued a warning. from a german perspective, should a business or a bank be looking towards moving to germany, we will not accept empty shells, letterbox companies. we will make sure that the management, the controlling, the risk controlling, etc, is done out of germany. that does not mean we would have back—to—back booking models. but the structures and all the like is not something we would forgive. andreas dombret from bundesbank. it's also being reported this morning the $31 billion merger of the london stock exchange and deutsche boerse could collapse. it looks like the regulatory hurdles are too high ending the companies efforts to create a european mega—exchange. peter hahn is the henry grunfeld professor at the london institute of banking and finance. good morning. good mornin

the financial times. trump on television. what is this about?. his comic foes in the us, their ratings revenues have shot up because he is easy to lampoon. we had a great clip on your news bulletin earlier of the white house dinner from 2011 with barack obama, who was then president, making fun of donald trump in the audience. of course, trying to have comedy then and the joke at the time was donald trump becoming president. that was meant to be funny and it has now become reality. i read somewhere it was that moment when donald trump sitting there, not smiling, and fed up... livid. it may have been the moment he thought, right, i will go for thejob. moment he thought, right, i will go for the job. i would say the satirical programmes are really working because donald trump is so upset about them. saturday night live, they did a brilliant impression, by alec baldwin, and he was tweeting in the programme saying it was a disgrace, as its ratings we nt it was a disgrace, as its ratings went through the roof. and then there was a brilliant impersona

that's a photo in the financial times there. "washington times," president to craft a new immigration executive order they write that the president tells us yesterday he will issue a new executive order on extreme vetting that will tailor his immigration policy to comply with adverse rulings. insisting he'll be able to get just about everything done that he intended with new scaled down guidelines. coming along the way. charlotte, north carolina nrk, thank you. democrat. caller: how are you. good morning. i have a number things i wanted to say. number one, on immigration, i think that donald trump is being a little hard on immigrants, quite frankly. now, do i want to say that i am for the wall simply because i think we need to keep the drugs and cartel out of this country, period. and i mean that because we have a great problem with the border security. but as far as the hardworking, decent illegal immigrants that came to this country to escape poverty or death or whatever they came here for, which is probably mostly for those r

financial times" editor ed crooks joins me now to discuss this. states, some of the states, tennessee, oklahoma, alaska. these went trump fairly significantly and they're considering an increase in taxes which is usually not very favorable to republicans. >> exactly and as you say new jersey went and increased their gas tax last year. it seems people feel there is a real problem, american infrastructure is crumbling, people are really worried about the states of roads and bridges in particular and they need to do something. i guess you've got to make the case if you have to cax something, better to tax fuels, people that like and want to happen. one of the things about taxation, people say if you tax something you tax less of it. tax fuel consumption and have people get let of it. and people make fair profits. >> sreenivasan: we had a story on this program a few years ago, in sort of the irony, when you increase the price of gas, people think about more fuel efficient vehicles, hybrid vehicles, if they purchase those, they purchase less gas. >> th

staying with the prime minister, the front page of the financial times talks about the pressure on herl reports that motorists should be wary of buying diesel vehicles after a warning from chris grayling. express highlights what is a looming pension crisis, as uk taxpayers are subsidising low paid jobs for foreign workers. the daily mail front page says she is one of several residents that has been made homeless because of a fire caused by a whirlpool dryer. in the guardian warns that tens of thousands of schoolchildren are being put at risk due to toxic fumes. let us begin. perhaps you would kick us off. the daily telegraph, the front page, we are the workers party now. theresa may. very ominous words if you are a labour supporter or labour mp, she has been saying this theme, she has been putting her tanks on labour's drawn, she is saying now it is really, really true because of this catastrophic performance by labour losing this seat of copeland which has been in powerfor 73 years, and a pretty poor showing in stoke although they held onto the seat. they basically halved their majori

the financial times reports that lawyers for the eu are preparing for a legal challenge to a us borderax proposal, which could, it says, be the biggest dispute in world trade organisation history. pollution hits the headlines again, with the times reporting on a study that found travelling by public transport in london is up to eight times more harmful than driving. it says that that those who live in poorer areas were more reliant on buses and more likely to be exposed to harmful particles. and are you a yes or a no person? the business section of gulf news says that sometimes saying no can limit your opportunities — but isn't necessarily always a bad thing. finally, the china daily reports on what it calls ‘the festival of love. ' what are they referring to? valentine's day of course. it says that research shows roses, bracelets and lipsticks are the gifts women most want to receive — men like chocolate and watches. happy valentine's day. she is not watching. mine is awake. joining us is iain anderson, founder of the international communications agency, cicero group. there is any dif

this is in the financial times. how was britain going to be forced to pay this divorce bill. an indication of this. instead of focusing on the debate in the lords, it still believes that this states more clearly that the eu is determined to get its money back and it will do that by saying we will not talk about anything else with britain. we will not talk about future trading arrangements, which is what theresa may is desperate to talk about. that will not be on the agenda unless britain has agreed to pay the divorce bill, which is a huge amount of money. many mps will lea p huge amount of money. many mps will leap up and down if the government agrees to pay it and will demand we walk away without paying a penny. the other issue they want to cover in brussels is the rights of expatriates citizens, which is somewhere where the lords may feel they could get some kind of agreement. that feels quite plausible. almost across—the— board people have seen it too have felt, people have seen it too have felt, people like nigel farage, they were saying we are not saying people who are h

it's rise of the machines in the financial times today. unds that use algorithms have for the first time joined a list of the all—time top 20 best industry performers. it writes about how technology is challenging human investing. and hold ‘em orfold ‘em? also in the ft, an artificial intelligence system has won $1.8 million worth of chips against the world's top professional poker players. joining us is broadcaster henry bonsu. good morning. good morning! he is 49 and just 12 days into his presidency. donald trump has made this nomination and it's a lifetime position. it is. this guy could be influencing the culture.

the financial times reports on voters in switzerland rejecting a plan to reform the country's corporatem. and emma stone appears on the front of some of today's papers, including the independent. she's won a bafta award for her role in the film la la land. the film also won four other trophies — including best picture. still have not seen it. joining us is nina trentmann from the wall streetjournal. china willing to do more but in south korea, you were there when they carried out a miss out —— missile test? when i was in south korea, just because of proximity, 60 kilometres, and everything from pyongyang does reach seoul and i find it interesting that four years later we are talking about the same thing all over again. is this poses quite a challenge to the trump administration. the defence minister saying last week that there would be a reaction if north korea was going to go ahead with tests, which it did. there is not much of a diplomatic manoeuvre, really? we have seen calls for the security council to deal with this but it seems that the north korean quite unwilling to discuss this

a huge amount of money invested once again in 2016 but the financial times looks at the huge amount whichh wasn't invested, which was intended for investment it wasn't. and part of it was blocked because the chinese said we cannot have that much money, there is no strategic rationale. some of it was locked because in germany, in the us, companies said no. —— blocked. but there were some very strategic deals as well, one of which gives china the ability to control nearly 30, 40% of seats. the ability to control nearly 30, 4096 of seats. what is that? it is an agricultural firm that does seeds and things like that. so it is a very in portland, a very important agricultural, chemicalfirm very in portland, a very important agricultural, chemical firm —— syngenta. and it went through, and we discussed it here —— very important firm. it needed us approval because it has such big as is also in the united states. do you mind if we skip the new york times, because at the end of the day we have talked about al arlott in this particular segment, if ai is going to be part of weaponry, that is a natur

caroline, the financial times, bringing us back to very much rather alarming things that happen in thehas been up to it again, a missile has gone up, and president trump, what i found fascinating about this story is that president trump is hosting the japanese prime minister, they are playing golf at the president's hideaway in florida, and then this happened. the timing not accidental, obviously. no, of course. we think they are playing golf, but no press have been allowed to witness president trump's swing. there was one picture. the president put that one picture. the president put that on his instagram account, it wasn't a press photo. meanwhile, north korea have taken the initiative and launched another missile into the sea of japan with all sorts of promises about upscaling their capacity. but basically, north korea are doing what they have been doing over the last few decades, saying that they have got the power, this isa that they have got the power, this is a little bit more evidence. i think it is as you say no excuse that president trump is entertaining the japanese premier

the financial times focuses on donald trump's decision to review us financial regulations put in placeph reports that ministers plan to force developers to use land they have planning permission for or lose it. the guardian reports that european leaders at the summit in malta have attacked donald trump for his anti—eu rhetoric. and the daily mail reports on the continuing shortage of vegetables in britain's supermarkets. president trump has put iran on notice after its medium range ballistic missile test with limited sanctions, so who is testing who? and is this the beginning of the unravelling of president 0bama's historic nuclear deal with iran? i'll be speaking to a former deputy prime minister of iran. we are able to manipulate youtube videos in real—time. here we demonstrate our method in a live setup. is new technology, which can put the wrong words in your mouth, a giant leap forfake news and alternative facts? how do we sort out the truth, half—truth, and lies? is truth in peril? and on viewsnight. africa is no longer the colonial subject. it must be seen as an investment oppor

the price changed. >>> with more on this bold approach to ticket sales, i'm joined by financial timester. she crunched the numbers and has all the answers for us. good to talk with you, anna. so how exactly does raising the cost of the premium seats stop the scalpers from makeing all the money? and what impact will this have on the other tickets going forward? >> right. so the thing with hamilton was up until now prices that were i think sold by the actual production were fairly reasonable for a broadway show. you could get a ticket for $150 for a seat. what's been happening with technology and these so-called bauts software would go in and buy a lot of tickets in bulk before you or regular fans could see them. so when the gap between the price that they were selling them and the price they could get someone to buy on stubhub, that's a big incentive for them to keep doing it but when hamilton themselves are charging $849 for a premium seat, the actual difference on the secondary market is quite a bit smaller. so it doesn't entirely take away their incentive to do it but it's material

it's rise of the machines in the financial times today.s at how computer—based hedge funds that use algorithms have for the first time joined a list of the all—time top 20 best industry performers. it writes about how technology is challenging human investing. and hold ‘em orfold ‘em? also in the ft, an artificial intelligence system has won $1.8 million worth of chips against the world's top professional poker players. joining us is broadcaster henry bonsu. good morning. good morning! he is 49 and just 12 days into his presidency. donald trump has made this nomination and it's a lifetime position. it is. this guy could be influencing the culture. it is not just about the law, it is about the culture of the us for the next 30 yea rs, culture of the us for the next 30 years, 30— 40 years. he doesn't seem to be as extreme as some people feared. he may not try to roll back the abortion rights, but some on the left to see him as very extreme and are calling on the democrats in the senate to vote against his nomination. it is the whole senate t

the financial times. and bob kerrey and is coming in and the police going back home. —— bulgarians. or going home to germany. is this surprising? there was a referendum which made people feel uncomfortable and unwelcome. this is one of the beauties of the eu, you can work in any of the member states. for some of them to go to a different member state with a better economy, that makes sense. doesn't surprise me some people pile in to the uk to stay here and build lives, because we have not decided what happens to eu citizens yet. there will be some interesting ebbs and flows back and forth as we discussed that. and i guess the key thing is the age of the people. if these are economically active people contributing to the system, germany will then benefit to the detriment of the uk. exactly. polish workers have contributed a lot to the uk economy. if they go to germany, because germany has a demographic crisis, they need them to prop up their economic model. the polish will be replaced with old aryans and r

my pick is in the financial times. >> shocking. >> i nearly went for the "wall street journal" today. good one. off the back of president trump tweeting about his daughter and nordstrom this week, which has been front and center. it's titled corporate benefits of a trump tweet. the ft looked into various examples of trump tweeting about companies since his election. these are the results. this is striking, she writes. it may not be a fluke. the financial times has crunched data on 30 cases in which companies have been targeted by that account. the sample size is small, and the data only starts from january 1st, however this limited analysis shows mr. trump's tweets have had surprisingly little effect on share prices so far, irrespective of the media hullabaloo. they go through the details and examples of tweets, all of which we cover closely. the conclusion is there's been a few negative effects, but then it's tended to be short-term, and moving forward it doesn't affect the stock prices. >> this is the key analysis that investors have to be doing now. did you see that online sales fo

the financial times reports on voters in switzerland rejecting a plan to reform the country‘s corporate

the financial times leads with a warning from the chancellor that any extra spending on social care andxt month's budget will have to paid for through higher taxes. the i has a report on the housing crisis. the paper claims ministers are being accused of abandoning "a generation of aspiring homeowners" the telegraph leads with our top story tonight, the british man who carried out a suicide bombing for so called islamic state in iraq on sunday. the same story leads the metro. the paper says the british government paid him a million pounds in compensation after he was released from guantanamo bay. the times says the brexit secretary, david davis, has declared that the uk will keep its doors open for low—skilled european workers, after brexit. the guardian also leads on brexit, reporting how city bankers say the potential loss ofjobs to the rest of europe could threaten financial stability. could the england captain, wayne rooney, be heading to china? the mirror reports he could be leaving manchester united. and the mail leads with how a suspected jihadi terrorist pocketed taxpayers‘ mone

the financial times reports that lawyers for the eu are preparing for a legal challenge to a us border found travelling by public transport in london is up to eight times more harmful than driving. it says that that those who live in poorer areas were more reliant on buses and more likely to be exposed to harmful particles. and are you a yes or a no person? the business section of gulf news says that sometimes saying no can limit your opportunities — but isn‘t necessarily always a bad thing. finally, the china daily reports on what it calls ‘the festival

my pick is from the financial times entitled clues to look for from janet yellen.pregame prep for what to look out for as she starts to be grilled. goes through various points in terms of jobs, wages, productivity, monetary policy, some headlines, the quote i picked out is this. operating in highly unusual economic and financial conditions coming out of the 2008 global financial crisis, the fed understandably opted for a data dependent policy approach. this has trended to favor market short-termism, but there is a use-by date for how long markets should lead the fed, my sense is that has come closer. it is an interesting point he makes in terms of very sort of led by what the fed has done for the last decade in terms of expecting. that's what i was saying earlier today. perhaps a risk that we are being too slow to expect them to hike. the data starting to pick up. they're less reliant now moving forward on that kind of thing. maybe march is possible, which is not expected in the market. >> will be so key to see how the de fed decides to manage inflation, with infra

plans to trigger article 50 financial times is reporting --many, austria and italy before trade negotiationsan begin. the brexit bill is estimated to be 60 billion euros. british government has been hoping that other member states would be more lenient on the cost, allowing trade talks to be held at the same time before the exit fees have been settled. anyone in the market for a new smart phone may want to check out the new models that will be in display in barcelona. one of the shows traditional stars will be taking a backseat. samsung has decided not to release its latest phone so it can run actor safety tests following exploding battery scandals. two old school players are getting back in the game. no kia and blackberry hoping to /.ke a 20th century >> the world's leading mobile industry event is said to host -- no kia -- nokia and blackberry. it's some kind of nostalgic retro feeling. ia is expected to launch three android phones this year. including the candy bar phone from their heyday. neither will be manufacturing phones bearing their names. the chinese communications company license

if it is 150, that him. for ‘ of him. out with this one, financial us out with this one, financial timesell—off. this is all to do with the dire straits the greek economy and banks are in. for the last year, 18 months, this notion of problems in the eurozone has gone quiet, but the problem is still there. greece is still basically bankrupt, reliant on a rolling bailout from the imf and european union jointly. the rolling bailout from the imf and european unionjointly. the ecb. every year or so it has to be renewed and there is a lot of political argy—bargy. greek bond yields have spiked and investors are losing confidence in greece. there isa losing confidence in greece. there is a row between the eu and the imf as to who will actually showed the losses the greece will impose and the timing of this means that it is particularly tense because ahead of the dutch and french elections, there is a lot of very tense politics and the eurozone. if the idea spreads that they may actually let greece go bankrupt, there will be fears about other countries going bankrupt. the eurozone will have lots

that is on the financial times. remaining and the body of years.timesm seems to be as ever, complicated. lots of people would like to think that immigration is straightforward. more people are coming in but even more people are coming out. yes, where they are from is interesting. the people from the eu aid, the eastern european countries that joined that were allies to come during 2011, many seem to be going home. bulgaria and remaining, given freedom of movement in 2014, make up 20% of all immigrants from the european union. is this to do with the brexit fault? are they coming in before the door slams shut? —— is this do with the brexit fault back? we will see more squabbling over numbers and immigration will be read asa numbers and immigration will be read as a story for a long time. the number of students coming to study seems to be going down. that is interesting. there is a wider issue of how that pushes up the costs for domestic students. what is the knock—on effect for us? is that the intended outcome of brexit? probably not? what the brexit

seems that according to the financial times, vice admiral harward might be out. the vice admiral wanted to bring in his own staff the national security council. it looks like those negotiations may have gone off the rails. we are trying to run this down but according to the financial times, vice admiral robert harward has declined to be the next national security advisor. >> bret: president trump had more to say about the media during today's news conference. >> president trump: many of our nations reporters and folks will not tell you the truth and will not treat the wonderful people of our country with the respect they deserve. the media is trying to attack our administration because they know we are following through on pledges that we need and they are not happy about it, for whatever reason. the press should be ashamed of themselves. >> bret: let's get some rationale from fox news media analyst howard kurtz. good evening. it was quite something. you couldn't turn away paired what you make of the way this president riffed into the media? 's ago you couldn't t

we have an update on that on the front page of the financial times.ecretary has taken the heat out of the issue, saying there will be no announcement before the regular report in april. and finally we have the japan daily which has more on that story we brought you earlier, about the compensation paid to residents living near a us air base injapan. despite the record pay—out it says the 22,000 residents who took the government to court still plan to appeal because they want flights from the base and at night. those are the leading stories today. and now, what stories sparked discussions online? let's have a look at what is trending right now. it is this plane crash landing in the netherlands. this is the main in when the passenger plane sat down on the runway and had its landing gear collapsed. you will be glad to know that nobody was caught occurred. of the crash is still being investigated. —— nobody was hurt. there has been a major threat to the songbirds in southeast asia. experts fear that if it continues that could be extinct. wildlife conservat

the financial times went through the lists that you had here.most of those had already been secured long before the referendum. fake news? it's the continuity of what ukti is doing. and it was an antidote to the idea that people are not going to be investing in the united kingdom. we will be chairing the uk-qatar investment conference in march. do you regret the title to your press release? i don't regret it at all. i think the more good news we give to the public the better, and did counter some of the black propaganda working to undermine the referendum. liam fox. the former uk ambassador to the eu, sir ivan rogers, has told mps that brussels could issue a brexit bill of up to 60 billion euros. sir ivan made the headlines in december after the bbc reported his private remarks to the prime minister about how long brexit negotiations could take. sir ivan stepped down last month — ten months earlier than expected. in his resignation letter, he told officials to challenge "muddled thinking" in the brexit process. now, in his first public appearanc

toshiba shares fell sharply in tokyo trading again today as the financial times reported that mitsubishiindustries has ruled that rescuing toshibas stricken nuclear reactor business. in an interview with the paper, the chief executive dismissed the idea of coming to the aid of the rival japanese conglomerate. manus, that is your bloomberg business flash. manus: juliette, thank you very much. juliette, thank you very much. back here in europe, we have officials who are working on the greece bailout review. the country and its creditors are said to be working intensively to reach an agreement ahead of monday's euro group meeting in brussels. for more on that, we are joined by thegreece bloomberg analyst m athens. how close are we to finding common ground before the meeting? >> talks between greece and its creditors have continued throughout the week. they will continue through the weekend. it looks like the expectations are set low for monday's in your group. as an official said to us yesterday, this is going to be a very short meeting. manus: very short meeting. [laughter] welldoes not se

we had to do it about 20 times, and any financial times, and then the financial director of polygrami want us to record this song. we didn't know that it was going to be this big. like they say, the rest is history. after recording, the rest was history. when we signed the agreement with polygram at that time, i didn't know much about copyright ownership. we were just happy to have our music recorded and so many people have wanted to do cover versions of it. most kenyans say this is a song for the tourists, not for us kenyans. but they are proud of it and at least it has given some kind of identity to kenya. any kenyan who goes overseas, they are always asking, you know the song and start singing, which is a big honourfor us. billy saro harrison, and terry kalanda harrison, remembering their hit song. that's all from witness for this month. we'll be back here at the british library in march. next month, don't miss our india direct special. from me and from the rest of the witness team, goodbye. after a burst of cold air at the end of the week, things are more mild this weekend. it ha

meanwhile the financial times has an article about angela merkel‘s plans to increase deportation of failedidentity and an amount paid to voluntary retraining returnees. the ball between mexico and the united states could be here. through the desert of samora. japan's prime minister should i be an president trump —— shinzo abe is meant to be about trade and security. there may be issues to iron out after mr trump accused japan of manipulating its currency. to give you an idea of the important that japan is putting to give you an idea of the important thatjapan is putting on this trip. notjust thatjapan is putting on this trip. not just the thatjapan is putting on this trip. notjust the prime minister but the deputy prime minister and foreign minister are going together. it is only the second foreign leader that president trump has met since the inauguration, the other being the british prime minister. japan is putting huge emphasis on meeting president trump as early as possible to try to build a personal relationship between prime minister are they —— abe. it will focus mainly on trade. mr

just a quick tease for your book, it's described as highly readable by the financial times.ck out "game over: then side story of the greek crisis." the "wall street journal" calling it a brisk and illusive account of the crisis. >>> other stories we're tracking, the top ten hedge funs saw net buying over $1 billion in three sectors for the first time since 2015. financials led the way followed by info, tech and industrials. pablo savi joins us. nice to see you. probably no surprise that financials are leading the charge as everybody gets on board this reflation story around donald trump. hedge funs were front and center around the story. tell us why and how active they. were. >> the interesting thing with the financials, as you pointed out last time, they were the top buy sector two years ago. that was the magnitude of $4 billion. it's not the same level as it was back then. what's leading the charge, it's actually bank of america. and really it's the two hedge funds moving into bank of america. there's some talk of jpmorgan as well, and schwab as well. >> goldman sachs? tha

pages at 10:40 this evening in the papers. 0ur guestsjoining me tonight are katie martin from the financial timest, policy editor at the times. the trump administration has imposed sanctions on 13 people and a dozen companies in response to iran's recent ballistic missile test. earlier today president trump continued his criticism of iran, saying on twitter that the country was "playing with fire." mr trump said his predecessor barack 0bama had been "kind" in making a deal with tehran over its nuclear programme, but warned that he would be taking a very different approach. it comes after social media posts by the president yesterday, in which he warned iran had been "put on notice" after their test of the missile at the weekend. iran has insisted it would never use its weapons except in self defence, and said the sanctions violated us legal commitments. donald trump's press secretary sean spicer has been giving his press briefing and was asked whether americans should expect the possibility of us military action against iran. look, i've said this before, and the president's been very clear — he d

the financial times reports on a visit to 0man by the iranian president, hassan rouhani. 2013, and is a sign that tehran is seeking to ease tensions with saudi arabia by calling for a ceasefire in yemen. and in singapore's the straits times, the 75th anniversary of the island's occupation by japan, with the prime minister saying the lessons must not be forgotten. those are the lead stories in major publications around the world. now, babita, a former leader in the mobile phone market is sparking discussion on—line? yes, rico. do you remember the nokia 3310 phone? well, rumours are rife that nokia is planning to bring back the iconic phone. mobile users of a certain age are getting rather excited on social media about the possible return of this sturdy, reliable handset. but alas, nokia has refused to confirm if the rumours are true. we can have a quick look at it. i used to have i used to have one i used to have one of i used to have one of those i used to have one of those phones, i used to have one of those phones, babita sharma. as we've seen, the president has hosted

the front page of financial times has president trump on his phone.ister has dominated the international news agenda. but trump has told americans not to worry, and says "it's time america got a little tough." the philippine star reports on a new investigation over the extra—judicial killings of drug dealers. as international pressure increases, reports that policemen were given incentives for every drug suspect killed as part of the so—called "cleansing process" are to be looked into. le figaro shows a picture of a painting by picasso ina museum. the article explains how france's most famous artist is continuing to be the star attraction for many of the galleries in france and other european countries. now, rico, we covered this on yesterday's newsday, but it seems people online cannot get enough of beyonce's good news. that is right. congratulations to her and jay z. beyonce has been sharing more pictures from her elaborate photoshoot celebrating becoming pregnant with twins. posted on her website, they show the superstar in a number of poses swimmi

look at some front pages from around the world: we begin with the international edition of the financial timesf its attempt to buy unilever. the newspaper suggests that two of kraft‘s biggest shareholders, billionaire warren buffet and brazilian tycoon georgey layman, were spooked by uk politicians raising concerns about another large british company being taken into foreign ownership. the japan times covers the hunt for people suspected of killing kimjong—nam. it says interpol has been called in to help track down four north korean men who are wanted by malaysian police. and the south china morning post also leads with that story. it uses this picture of the two senior malaysian police officers briefing journalists, to show how much international interest the investigation continues to attract. a very rocky recent part in rockets? this space x rocket has been carrying cargo to the international space station. this is the first lift off from the kennedy space centre, had 39 a from where apollo 11 lifted off to put humans on the moon. you can set coming back to earth which would be used for the

. >> fox news john roberts rob reports that according to the financial times, admiral robert harwood has declined, declined to become the next security advisor of course there were couple of other names thrown around there thatet were interviewed in that process before he actually took office.ice. so now we have to wait and see. >> don't know why.y. we'll follow that for you. march madness time rolling around, president trump willid not been doing a bracket like president obama did.oing a reached out to president trump's staff and invited him to fill out bracket on camera. just like his predecessor, says president trump massed on the march madness, well known obama huge basketball fan. fan maybe not so much for president trump. but -- >> to teach his own. >> different strokes for different folks. that's what itferedi comes down. something else. soink s i don't think the president's picks were ever that great. >> no. >> mine aren't either.ithe >> thanks for joining usjoin tonight everybody. >> see you tonight at 10:00 and 11:00. have a great night. announcer: today on "tmz" -- harvey:

we begin with the international edition of the financial times, which leads on the american food gianthe newspaper suggests that two of kraft‘s biggest shareholders, billionaire warren buffet and brazilian tycoon georgey layman were ‘spooked' by uk politicians raising concerns about another large british company being taken into foreign ownership. the japan times covers the hunt for people suspected of killing kim jong—nam. it says interpol has been called in to help track down four north korean men who are wanted by malaysian police. and the south china morning post also leads with that story. it uses this picture of the two senior malaysian police officers briefing journalists, to show how much international interest the investigation continues to attract. the hollywood actress turned director angelina jolie says she hopes her new film about cambodia under the khmer rouge will help educate the world about the brutality of the regime. "first they killed my father" is based on the childhood experiences of cambodian human rights activist loung ung during the civil war. msjolie has also

the financial times went through the list that you had here.ke news? it is the continuity of what ukti, now the it inside the department is doing. and it was an antidote to the idea that people are not going to be investing in the united kingdom. i havejust been in qatar, and we will be cheering the uk qatar uk investment conference in march. i expect a large amount of... do you regret the title of your press release? it was really your department that's secured that. i don't regret it at all. i think the more good news we give to the public, the better, and it counters some of the black propaganda that still wants to undermine the referendum. liam fox. the government has been told to rethink its alcohol strategy and bring in a minimum unit price for alcohol and wales. the call came from across the chamber, as mps debated ways to tackle the harm caused by drinking. one mp focused on the damage done when pregnant women drank, revealing his own adopted children were both affected by a condition called fetal alcohol spectrum disorder. the debate w

this is really interesting, the financial times bill gates is calling for robots to pay taxes.nting out that the rise of robots is going to cause a lot of disruption for labour markets and make a lot ofjobs obsolete. he is pointing out that employment produces a lot of tax for government. he's saying let's tax robots and use that money to retrain workers. in a nutshell. as you can tell we're both humans by how the programme has gone! we will see you soon. have a really good day. bye— bye. hello. it's a mild start to the week across just about all parts of the british isles and it stays that way across central and southern areas for the first—half of the week which you will notice we bring somewhat colder air into northern parts of britain as we get on towards wednesday. we will come to that in a second, but all of this mild air comes at a price. sunshine in short supply as we feed a lot of moisture in from the atlantic. the cloud really quite thick and low in the atmosphere across the welsh hills. murky for a time too across the south east until somewhat brighter skies begin to

the driving force, he says that a operator in the new financial times, as he calls it, needs to be biggern just the stand alone player. if that merger falls through, it's the third time they're trying to merge or take over each other. then we most likely see more action from deutsche in asia or elsewhere. >> and generalality shares have fallen following the bank's decision not to take over a formal bid for the insurer. saying it would not create value for its shareholders. so there are two deals that have fallen through very quickly over the weekend. kind of reminds me of last week when the heinz-kraft deal never happened. >> a lot of interest in deal making that moment. we're seeing real comeback. here in europe we've been trading fairly flattish. we're just a little bit below the flatline on the stoxx europe 600 and the really big thing to watch out for happens tomorrow with president trump giving the state of the union address. so we could hear more of plans about tax cuts and possibly deregulation and infrastructure. that's what the markets would like more clarity on. whether or not w

the financial times says some private equity firms have already expressed an interest. ares up 0.4%. >>> time for our top trending stories. elizabeth warren silenced on the senate floor yesterday when trying to speak out against jeff sessions as the next attorney general. warren tried to read a liter from coretta scott king but was stopped by republicans. >> mr. president, i'm surprised that the words of coretta scott king are not suitable for debate in the united states senate. i ask leave of the senate to continue my remarks. >> is there objection? >> object. >> i appeal the ruling -- >> objection is heard. the senator will take her see the. >> warren stepped outside to read the letters, ten pages on facebook live's stream. she was silenced within the chamber, took to facebook live to get her point across. >> what we would expect from elizabeth warren. >>> let's talk about spotify and accuweather teaming up to bring you the play list of your dreams, the pair building climatune, a website that generates play lists based on the weather in your local -- in your location.

hasy's "financial times" this great headline about prime minister abe. abe seeks to offer trump gifts of twitter will investment pledges. the prime minister of japan is with thingse u.s. that the japanese copies are doing that trump can talk about in his tweets. intel did the same thing. it is something that leaders are doing, and trump makes himself vulnerable to that. i think it is to the benefit of intel but it is to the benefit of trump. cory: the timing is important. dayl's annual analysts there important to them. this event sometimes has gone many days. tomorrow is a one day event. they needed to have this news out before analysts day, because they will talk in great deal about their capex plans. this would have been old news on friday. this is new news on saturday. in terms of the dollar amount, the resuming of the inside of this plant. cutting-edge plant and a history of technology when it comes to making semi conductors. caroline: th competitive pressue helping push the envelope by much further is what. cory johnson and david kirkpatrick. presid

my pick is in the financial times titled gary cohn is embarrassing goldman sachs.title which i don't agree with, albeit the content of the article does make some valid points. basically saying he's been too close to the president and very clearly close to the president and clearly driving this call for deregulation, which is tough for wall street to be associated with. he writes mr. cohn honestly believes in regulatory reform and was the most senior economic figure in place before mr. mnuchin's confirmation, that only reinforces goldman's presence. his sin is tactlessness, not corruption. unlike mr. rubin, he is relentless, restless and happiest at the front. his point is that when those executive orders on financial deregulation have been signed, gary cohn has been standing by the president. he did a whole series of interviews straight afterwards on that same day. and this is bad for wall street to be closely associated in terms of financial policy moving forward from other people i talked to on wall street in terms of in banking areas, they are worried that it's

for a variety of publications including the wall street journal and investors business daily, a financial times, "national review" and the london daily telegraph. please give a welcome to john tyranny. [applause] >>. >> a gracious introduction and thanks to all of you being here today iss passionate people like you that what mead do what i love so i cannot express my gratitude enough. also to the savannah book festival for including me as a lookout at the other authors to be featured this weekend i cannot believe i am in such good company berger these are authors i have read for years and i am clicking my heels like to be a part of this.excellent t word kim did all the workd to for me to be here also i believe to somebody moved mountains to get me in the position to be here today quite simply there would not be a book called who needs the fed except what paul knows about banking and credit could fill many books over the last 13 years he taught me enormous amounts and has been so patient in discussions and by e-mail and over the phone aboutut these issues and if i had not discussed this or have

meanwhile, ross mcewan told "the financial times" the bank could return to profit next year.announce annual earnings on friday. the pboc says the chinese banks have $3.8 trillion off their balance sheets by the end of december, a 30% increase from earlier. this shadow banking outpaced the 10% growth of normal lending, raising risks for the normal economy. that is your bloomberg business flash. manus: thank you very much, sebastian. 10 year government bond spreads over germany, we have overlaid it against a le pen victory. the two have somewhat of a correlation coefficient, and are getting stronger as the days go by. let's welcome our guest, freddie lait, cio and founder of latitude investment. when you go home for a couple days and come back, this race has been blown wide open. le pen has problems with regard to public expenditure. would you load up on european equities at the moment? >> i would not, no. this is symptomatic of the construct in europe. which will create more and more uncertainty. you can see this across many countries in europe over the next six or nine months

the financial times with the story about donald trump business interests -- the truck brand, the headlinef the story . steve, ohio. good morning. caller: thank for taking my call. i think it is terrific that norstrom did. my wife called up and canceled her $5,000 credit card. my credit ranking is going to go up because since these people -- these retailers are going to politicize, we're going to cut our credit cards. our credit cards. pretty soon i will be on cash only. -- i am down to two days a week instead of seven days a week. my wife once a tv guide. she wants the ads on sunday. she is about ready to give up on the ads and if i can get her a tv guide, i will be spending money on the columbus dispatch. i'm going to make some its money on this in my credit rating is going to be over the top. i think this is terrific. i think what we're seeing here is proof that forest gump is absolutely right, stupid is as stupid does. they should not politicize their business. 50% of the people voted one way and 50% the other. this was very stupid. what we are seeing is the death of two things -- the