i sit down with the ceo of baker hughes. the company is a revolutionary in the oil and gas industry. we look at the next generation of technology. ♪ alix: i'm alix steel. welcome to "bloomberg commodities edge." 30 minutes focused on companies behind the hottest commodities with the smartest voices in the business. first, spot on. our take on the big story. venezuela under siege. the threats to president maduro intensify with the u.s. implementing oil sanctions and the opposition leader's protesters john bolton tweeting this week, my advice to bankers, brokers, traders, facilitators, and other businesses, don't deal in gold, oil, or other venezuelan commodities being stolen from the venezuelan people by the maduro mafia. joining me is david marino. the offshoot of what is happening to u.s. refiners. a lot of refiners on the u.s. gulf coast rely on heavy crude from venezuela. what do they do? >> they can look for supplies out of mexico, canada, columbia. but there is only so much heavy sour crude that they need to go around.

hugh pym, bbc news. there is a lot of food for thought in that report by hugh pym.y. hello, i'm marc edwards, and this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre. coming up on this programme: horse racing in great britain on lockdown until next wednesday after an outbreak of equine flu. aleksander ceferin has been re—elected as uefa president after running unopposed. and with mikaela shiffrin not competing, we'll assess the contenders for the women's combined at the world ski championships in sweden. hello, and thanks for joining us on sport today. all horse racing in great britain has been suspended due to an outbreak of equine flu. more than 100 training stables, including those of leading trainers paul nicholls and nicky henderson, have been placed in lockdown as the british horseracing authority seeks to contain the outbreak. there were supposed to be four meetings on thursday, but they were called off after three horses, which had all been vaccinated against the disease, tested positive. there are now concerns for next month's world famous cheltenham festiv

>> i agree with what hugh said. when we think about the piece of interest rates on the balance of 2019 i think a lot is predicated on how much global growth picks up with the trade deal. in government it stays open the 1st half of this year and it kept the fed on the sidelines and if the economy were to pick up in the back half of this year, they could raise rates before the end of 19 and it's the right thing to do. >> would be one or two hikes? what i heard maybe incorrectly, i heard implicit in what you said there would be two hikes roughly a half a point. >> i think that is about we will get with one hike. my guess is the balance sheet run up but gets put on hold before they run it again. they take that off auto pilot. >> for the next year, hugh, you are comfortable owning stock? >> well, yeah. just for the next year. i'm not comfortable when you're talking about 120 months in a bear market. the longest bear market in history. i put interest rates together with the earnings we get and uncomfortable and i will be

cher hughes was missing for two months.ow, her family and friends wondered if her disappearance had anything to do with another american who left the island abruptly, four months before cher. a man named bo islar. >> bo was quiet. introvert. he was a really great guy. >> reporter: bo kept a low profile since moving to bocas from santa fe, new mexico, in 2004. the former antique dealer was so quiet that no one even noticed when he took off. >> a lot of people say, let's go to argentina for six weeks. they don't e-mail everybody and tell them we're leaving. that is easy to be not missed for a while. >> reporter: it made more sense when they found out that bo sold his home to wild bill, another american in their group famous for throwing lively parties many of the people attended including cher's friend, kristen. >> i knew that they wanted to sell and move somewhere different. and so i assumed they sold and that bo had left. >> reporter: still, as keith thought back to the days after bo moved out, an image kept returning to hi

. >>> straight ahead, stars hitting the oscars stage and hugh jackman preparing for major performance with that and much more from your hollywood headlines. >>> is a live look outside over san jose. it is 4:52 am, and we will be right back. >>> good tuesday morning. mainly dry with cloudy skies but the rain picking up overnight into tomorrow. in the meantime below average temperatures. 89 in santa clara and san jose for the high, 53 in walnut creek and danville. berkeley with a high of 55, alameda, oakland as saying hello -- san leandro at 56. mid 40s in clearlake and lakeport. we will timeout the storm, tracking the rain and wind with details coming up. >>> this morning hugh jackman is gearing up for the big performance, and we are learning more about the celebrities taking the stage during the ois as chris martinez has the eye on entertainment. >> reporter: a star-studded lineup of presenters taking shape for the academy awards. melissa mccarthy, samuel l. jackson, jason moore mole and chadwick boseman the list of presenters. this is the first time since 1989 that the oscars ceremon

hello and welcome to sportsday — i'm hugh woozencroft.anised the flight in which emilio sala was killed, says cardiff city "abandoned" the player. —— emiliano sala. it was one of the most difficult daysin it was one of the most difficult days in my life. 0ne defeat too many for claudio ranieri. he's been sacked by relegation threatened fulham. and rugby union's top players say their welfare could be at risk, if a proposed world league goes ahead. also coming up in the programme... james degale retires from boxing, 10 years to the day since his professional career began. hello, and welcome to sportsday. good evening, we begin with the latest on the sad story that has left an indelible mark on this football season for not just fans of cardiff city and nantes but for followers of the sport around the world. emiliano sala's death and the disappearance of his pilot david ibbotson won't be forgotten but questions are still unanswered around the incident. our sports editor dan roan has the latest... and you've spoken exclusively to sala's repres

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speaking to hugh edwardsjust party at westminster.g to hugh edwards just before that meeting, halladay ben said his pa rty‘s meeting, halladay ben said his party's leadership appears to have made a logical conclusion based on a lack of progress. if we are going to be told that labour will be backing a second referendum, then this is clearly, a very, very significant moment indeed, because we are at a time of crisis in the country. the prime minister continues to put up bring herjob back. we have no idea what she is actually seeking from the european union, whether it will be enough to win the support of our backbenchers, and moreover, we could leave with no deal stop and therefore the number one priority for all of us is to ensure that no deal is taken off the table, and thatis deal is taken off the table, and that is the purpose of yvette coopens that is the purpose of yvette cooper's amendment, that we will come to vote on wednesday. but even if you buy some time by extending article 50, the question is, what is it for? and if parli

here's our health correspondent dominic hughes.ed to women from the age of a0 who are thought to be at a moderate or higher risk because of a significant family history of the illness. but the new research project that extended screening to at risk women from the age of 35 found there could be real benefits. more tumours were detected when they we re more tumours were detected when they were significantly smaller in size and before they reached the lymphatic system, which can spread the disease around the body. the earlier breast cancer is found the more treatable it is. and screening finds breast cancer at a really early stage before it can be seen or felt. and at that stage treatment is less invasive and is, with gabsa, is more likely to be survivable. more people are surviving breast cancer than ever before, but it remains the biggest killer of women under 50 in england and wales. more than 920 under 50 is lost their lives to the disease in 2017. and it is the uk's most common cancer, with around 55,000 women and 350 men being d

hello and welcome to sportsday — i'm hugh woozencroft.t chelsea ease through to the last 16 of the europa league with a win over malmo. io—man celtic‘s progress in the competition comes to an end after another defeat by valencia. and breaking news — quite literally — as break dancing is named as one of the new sports under consideration for the 2024 olympics three british sides were in action in the europa league this evening, trying to make it through to the last 16 of the competition. arsenal and chelsea both lifted the mood of their fans with 3—nil wins against bate borisov and malmo respectively, to see themselves through, austin halewood has more. the europa league may not be the premier competition but for chelsea it could be their salvation. with questions about his future, a win was the only acceptable outcome. going to townjust was the only acceptable outcome. going to town just to make up the numbers, just off target. the first half leaving him with even more to ponder, his frustration clear to see. the manager has been criticis

dominic hughes, bbc news.ews channel. this is the briefing from bbc news. the latest headlines: a schoolgirl from london, who travelled to syria to join the islamic state group, says she now wants to return to the uk because she's pregnant. theresa may is facing another key vote in westminster, in the latest bid to break the brexit deadlock. chinese and us officials are staging key trade talks in beijing, in the hope of preventing even steeper tariffs. now it's time to look at the stories that are making the headlines in the media across the world: we begin with the sun who say uk prime minister theresa may is facing the prospect of a valentine's day revolt from hardline tory mps in a key brexit vote. eurosceptic conservatives are threatening to oppose a government motion, which critics say effectively means the prime minister is abandoning a no—deal exit option. the times has a picture of shamima begum who fled the uk to join the terror goup isis in syria in 2015. ms begum who was tracked down to a refugee ca

no hughes live in hanoi thank you. the u.s. military has carried out its first offensive cyber operation against russian sources tell the washington post that the u.s. cyber command blocked internet access overseas to what they called a russian troll factory during the twenty eight thousand midterm elections breaking done the story for us reaffirmation of. what we basically have is a washington post article claiming that the u.s. military managed to block internet access to one russian group known as internet research agency on the day of the country's meat turns november last year some in america believe that this group might be informed in the alleged aim to fear reigns in the country's presidential elections back in two thousand and sixteen washington post a site in a number of officials all of whom spoke to the paper on the condition of anonymity has also added in the article that that attack in two thousand and eighteen was just the beginning of what is supposed to be a massive cyber campaign against russia the op

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hello and welcome to sportsday, with me lizzie greenwood—hughes and hugh woozencroft. headlines this evening... wales stone england in the six nations. there's no love for scotland in paris as their 20 year wait for a win in france continues... and burnley put a big dent in spurs‘ title hopes — beating them 2—1 in the premier league. also coming up in the programme... manchester city win the first silverware of the women's domestic season — the league cup — beating holders arsenal on penalties... and britain'sjonny brownlee wins the men's eliminator race at the super league triathlon event in singapore. wales have beaten england in the six nations for the first time since 2013. they've won at the principality stadium in the last few minutes by 21 points to 13. and it means they have three wins out of three in the competition, keeping their hopes alive of winning the grand slam. england edged a tight first half with this opportunist score from 20—year—old tom curry. that put them 10—3 ahead at half—time and on course for a third straight win in this six nations campaign

dominic hughes reports.a rts learning about internet safety starts early. important lesson for these liverpool primary schoolchildren around information and identity. let's start with c. the dos and don't of the online world. consent! the issue of consent is one of the areas covered by new advice from the uk's chief medical 0fficer advice from the uk's chief medical officer is. it includes talking about safely sharing photos and information online, keeping phones at all bedrooms to help you sleep, and taking a break to get moving after a couple of hours on screen. advice designed to help parents navigate their way through a new and unfamiliar landscape. the advice we give is based on strong evidence about good, healthy development of children and young people. why have we given it? related to this issue. we have careful discussion among the chief medical 0fficers we have careful discussion among the chief medical officers and we believe that we should adopt in this country a precautionary approach to protect

we have a question directed to you, hugh brunson. my question is directed to hugh brunson.am rather it went about your party but i gained the impression that your party gained a lot of its political support because it opposed chancellor merkel? decision to let about a million syrians into germany and to start integrating them right away. but i am not at all clear what your party would have done if you would have a say in this decision. 0ur position is one thing but what to do is not clear to me. the answer is very simple. what we have to do is very simple. what we have to do is laid down in the constitution. it says people looking for a silent shall be helped, people escaping a warzone shall be helped. —— looking for asylum. but we should not have an open border. we need to have a controlled entrance, a check on who is coming into this country. that does not mean we do not help those in need. we have european law which makes a clear difference between those who have the right to international protection and migrants who do not have the right for international protection. re

hello and welcome to sportsday, with me lizzie greenwood—hughes and hugh woozencroft.he headlines this evening.... an historic win for wales against england in what may have been the 6 nations decider... there's no love for scotland in paris as their 20 year wait for a win in france continues... and burnley put a big dent in spurs' title hopes — beating them 2—1 in the premier league. also coming up in the programme... manchester city win the first silverware of the women's domestic season — the league cup — beating holders arsenal on penalties.... and britain'sjonny brownlee wins the men's eliminator race at the super league triathlon event in singapore. good evening, welcome to sportsday where the players are still on the pitch at the principality stadium after that huge win for wales over england... it ended 21—13 in cardiff — after wales produced a second half comeback to win a record—breaking 12th consecutive test match. we thought we were going live to cardiff, that is not happening at the moment that we're going to have a look at the match now and see what happe

dominic hughes, bbc news. measures to deal with global warming. headteachers have expressed concern that many pupils could be missing classes, and that the schools for climate action protests will be disruptive. james waterhouse — a reporter with the victoria derbyshire programme —has been to fort william where one young teenager regularly takes part in demonstrations. i care about climate change because it's my future and it's pretty bleak if we don't do anything about climate change. for more than a century, our planet has been getting warmer. and the row over what global leaders should do about it isn't exactly cooling off. now, schoolchildren are taking a stand for their futures. we are on our way to meet a 13—year—old girl in the scottish highlands. it's usually the job of environmental lobbyists or experienced campaigners to tell the people in power to do more about climate change. but there are a growing number of younger voices now able to do that, as well. patiently waiting at fort william is 13—year—

hello, i'm hugh ferris.n the uk have been cancelled today because of an outbreak of equine flu that could have an impact on the cheltenham festival. the british horse racing authority claims it was essential to call off the four events with one on saturday at wolverhampton also cancelled. jump racing's showpiece festival starts at cheltenham injust over a month. a number of positive tests for equine influenza were confirmed for horses that have been vaccinated against it worryingly. they were from stables that sent out runners at ayr and ludlow yesterday and this affects four fixtures today, the shutdown was announced in a pretty dramatic late—night statement from the british horse racing authority last night. this flu isn't life threatening. it is described similar as that is a nasty case of flu in a human but it is contagious and the authority is supervising swabs of horses from the impacted stables that have raced over recent days to decide what to do next. wales have made ten changes to their team for th

hugh: i think a fair amount of it would.we have been looking at the weakening global economy irrespective of trade war and the threats of trade war. they don't help that at all. deferes corporate decisions, sitting on the fence, waiting for things to play out. we have seen the rise of populism around the world, of course leading to greater protectionism. again, more threats to global trade. again, which affects the growth there global economy, so are plenty of concerns. there are still grounds to be optimistic as well. ans not all negative, and to extent, markets have started reflecting that. our worry last year was that markets were shrugging off these concerns. it then hit markets quite badly towards the end of the year. now, they have stabilized. i guess that is the way markets operate. bouts of enthusiasm followed by sort of distress and then a recovery of confidence. we are seeing confidence recover slightly, but will that be dented with some of the full-year earnings? quite possibly. and more importantly, we will need

check it out. >> hugh could be behind such a hugh-oic company? hugh guessed it. hugh jackman.t? >> that was great. >> hugh, on the other hand did not exactly return the favor. here's his. >> the gin is pretty great, though. i'll have to try it someday. sorry, man. i didn't think the truce was actually real. >> the truce is off. the truce is off. [ applause ] >> oh, boy. >> reynolds responded to that post. he posted the video on his twitter feed and gave it a grade "f" for effort. so looking forward to the next round. >> they have the keep the feud going. >> yeah, it's so great. >>> and also in "pop news," a bride who is more than happy to share the spotlight on her big day. actress audrey moore starred in "better call saul" had a request for all of her wedding guests. she wanted everybody to either wear a wedding gown along with her or a costume of their choice. take a look at these happy gals this their gowns married anywhere from six months to 20 years, the idea came to moore after she went to a wedding and admired the bride's gown then was really saddened to think about it

lizze greenwood—hughes joins me now — lizzie, who's been the bbc‘s racing reporter and a keen jockeys go on for 7 it's has been rumbling on the horse world for about a month. we have known there have been outbreaks of equine flu across europe and in england but until now they have largely been amongst unvaccinated horses, whether resources are not. but this week, three horses which are in racing at the moment you have been vaccinated, this is from donald mccain's yard. he has done nothing wrong, these things just happen. three had tested positive for equine flu which led to a bit of, not panic, but potentially this could affect hundreds of horses. so today they bha uninstall meetings with be cancelled which affected for courses and also the courses that donald mccain's horses had run at so that is seven mccain's horses had run at so that is seven racecourses. he mccain's horses had run at so that is seven racecourses. he also have to think about trainers who had horses running at those courses, they could potentially be infected. that report showed it is an airborne and highly contag

here's our health editor, hugh pym.aria's arriving for what they're calling an mot for her lungs and it's in the car park near some local shops. i'm going to get you to take a big breath in, in a moment. pop the tube in your mouth and then blow as hard and as fast as you can into it. keep going, keep going. there we go, that's it. i prefer this than the hospital. i don't like the whole hospital thing — i don't like going into hospital. it was easy enough to come here. i mean, i normally come shopping around here, so it's nice tojust come in here. if you've had your lung health check here and there is a potential area of concern, you don't have to wait very long or even go very far. in fact, you can go straight over here and have a scan. sophisticated equipment usually in a hospital — in this case, accessible in a retail park. once inside, the scan takes place. the results and analysis come a few weeks later. 55— to 7a—year—olds at risk of lung cancer, including smokers, are invited to come along for a screening. the ear

thank you, joe and hugh hewitt. we will i'm sure have you both on again. not be as agreeable for most of the show. >>> up next, what should president trump say in his state of the union about the russia investigation? >>> and a website note in celebration of black history, nbc blk is featuring the stories of ten black women who are shaping their communities and making waves in the 21st century america. to meet do knnna reeves, go to msnbc.com/she thrives. be right back. these techs in a lab. this builder in a hardhat... ...the welders and electricians who do all of that. the diner staffed up 'cause they all needed lunch. teachers... doctors... jobs grew a bunch. what started with one job spread all around. because each job in energy creates many more in this town. energy lives here. ♪ lookin' better than a body has a right to ♪ ♪ and shakin' me up so applebee's all you can eat is back. now with shrimp. now that's eatin' good in the neighborhood. carla is living with metastatic breast cancer, which is breast cancer that has spread to other parts of her body

hugh pym, bbc news.he prominent tory brexiteerjacob rees—mogg to debate her, in the nude. dr victoria bateman has been trying to show that brexit leaves the uk — as she puts it — ‘exposed' — and in order to do that she's been taking her clothes off to argue her case. this is the moment she revealed all to radio four‘sjohn humphrey on the today programme this morning. good morning, john. and i brought my message to the studio today as you can see. written across my body, brexit has left britain naked. yes, and you are now naked as we speak. earlier i spoke to victoria batemen, who's an economics fellow at gonville and caius college, cambridge, and started by asking her whetherjacob rees—mogg had accepted her invitation to debate with her nude... not yet. it is an open invitation sell, i am not yet. it is an open invitation sell, iam ready not yet. it is an open invitation sell, i am ready and ready. not yet. it is an open invitation sell, iam ready and ready. it not yet. it is an open invitation sell, i a

hugh pym, bbc news. storm erik today caused a british airways plane to bump along the runway at heathrow airport before aborting its landing. the boeing 787 which had just arrived from the indian city of hyderabad was then forced to take—off again. the airline said the plane went on to land safely after circling the airport. responding to comments on social media, british airways said the tricky landing was "all in a day's work for our pilots". strong winds also caused issues on the roads. passengers and a driver had a lucky escape when a double—decker bus became skewered by a tree in poole. dorset police said the tree crashed through the front of the upper deck of the vehicle while it travelled along ringwood road just before midday. five passengers and the driver were on board at the time, but no—one was injured. described as ‘one of our greatest actors,‘ albert finney, has died after a short illness. he was 82. he began his career at the royal shakespeare company, before forging a reputation as one of

hugh casswell was there.idence that mr corbyn was campaigning in this very marginal seat, no coincidence it is the seat of the recent tory defector, no coincidence that he had three members of the labour front bench with him. of course, there was a pretty huge elephant in the room, in the shape of nine labour defections in the course of this week. mr corbyn said he was very sad at what he seems keen to emphasise as a very small number of mps leaving the party. so, a definite attempt at a show of strength, a show of solidarity, a shoring of his leadership. he seemed particularly keen to emphasise addressing the comments of the dudley north mp, ian austen, the most recent of those defectors who yesterday was citing what he calls the leadership‘s complete failure to tackle anti—semitism within the party. when people are racist towards each other, then we oppose it in any way whatsoever. if anyone is racist towards anyone else in our party, wrong, out of order, totally and absolutely unacceptable, anti—semitism i

and a programming note stephen hughes will have live coverage of state of the union address starting at two am central european time but before that it's still a couple of hours away i've got. here with me in the studio or you know a group craft who will be back for it for our special coverage along with our team from berlin and washington but you're here to give us a little preview what can we expect yeah well i mean the state of the union is always known for its political theatrics but it's shaping up to be a particularly theatrical moment coming right after the longer shutdown in u.s. history and maybe on the heels of another one coming up if the congress can agree to a budget and to this wall controversy that trump really wants to push you know we don't really know what he's going to talk about we have some good hints i mean just based on some of the guests he's inviting you know first time nonviolent drug offenders who have been the community sentences victims of the tree of life synagogue massacre from a few months ago opiate substance abuse victims so we could see this shaping

live now to say you know hughes a host of r t america thanks for being with us here. on our to international it's nice to talk to our brothers across the pond and sisters as the case may be so how would you explain this decision by facebook is it censorship as some people are suggesting. well this is a new low for journalism this is a new low for social media there is nothing illegal about having contact or having any revenue from a government whether it be russia qatar britain or even the u.s. there's nothing illegal about there's nothing that states that that government must be identified on the facebook page now facebook has faced criticism over the years for censoring for political motives censoring different things that they believed were not true or didn't they could not prove who actually owned the page and were just spreading what they consider to be propaganda are lies that is not the case in this situation where it is well known who the people are that owned it and who know that the content is i think what is interesting for this case that we've not seen pre

and at 11:30pm, we will be taking an in—depth look at the papers with our reviewers, laura hughes, politicalnt at the financial times, and former fleet street editor eve pollard. stay with us for that. the court of appeal has ordered the retrial of a woman who was convicted of the murder of her husband, after lawyers said she had suffered decades of abuse. sally challen, who is 65 and from surrey, killed her husband, richard, in a hammer attack in 2010. she had denied murder, and will now be retried after new evidence emerged about her mental state at the time of the killing. our home affairs correspondent june kelly reports. from the start, sally challen admitted that she had killed her husband, richard. what has been under scrutiny at this appeal is why she did it. the couple were married for 30 years, and made their home in surrey with their two sons. sally challen‘s lawyers had argued that throughout the marriage she was a victim of her husband's emotional abuse, known as coercive control. for sally challen‘s son, david, and the family's lawyer, harriet, today was a partial victory. they

i frequently reflect on langston hughes' poem. i feel very strongly about that.gine fleeing. reasons --of the when i read your column i understand this idea of books and the printed word. who got you interested? monica: i have always read. i don't remember a time not reading. alphabetr my dr. seuss book. i think part of it was my parents didn't have the same opportunities for education that i did. my father had to quit school when he was in the sixth grade to go to work. my mother got through high school but married my father when she was 19. always -- my mother read the newspaper from cover to cover every day. growing up we got three newspapers in the household. i remember my father going off to work with a paperback in his back pocket. he was a huge proponent of encyclopedias. he always made sure we had encyclopedias in the house. he was like i bought you a set of encyclopedias, have you read them all? because my siblings were in college, i was grabbing books when they were not looking. when they moved out of the house when i was about 10, their books were ther

hugh pym, bbc news.fficials in brussels as she tries to find a way forward for brexit. theresa may is seeking legally binding changes to the backstop — the insurance policy to avoid a return of border checks in ireland. she said she rebuked eu council president donald tusk over his "special place in hell" remark yesterday — aimed at those who backed brexit without a specific plan — calling those comments "not helpful". today he said there was no breakthrough in sight. our political editor laura kuenssberg reports from brussels. the prime minister is well used to unexpected obstacles being thrown in her path. an anti—brexit protester, bundled away from her motorcade in brussels. after mps kicked out the deal she reached with the eu, her only choice is to try to keep going. here to plead with the eu for changes, knowing already they'd say no. we must secure legally binding changes to the withdrawal agreement to deal with the concerns that parliament has over the backstop. and taking changes to the backstop

hugh pym, bbc news.ater this month is black sheep, nominated for best short documentary. it tells the story of cornelius walker, a young boy from south london dealing with racism after moving to essex following the murder of ten—year—old damilola taylor in the year 2000. 0ur arts editor will gompertz went to meet him. everything changed for me the day damilola taylor died. cornelius walker's mother and father had seen enough of peckham. they upped sticks and moved their young family to essex for a safer way of life, they thought. over here. ijust honestly wanted to help people who have been through what i've been through, and tell the story of young black man growing up in essex, and how hard it is for us to survive in this society. he found himself in a hostile environment, fuelled by racial hatred. it was a tough existence for a schoolboy, which he recounts to camera in the film. is it possible to say that you can see bad in someone... by just looking at them? look up there. i didn't want to sit in fro

here's our health editor hugh pym.to stand as i got out of bed. rolling over in bed was just impossible. life with parkinson's at times was a real struggle for lesley. that one's come out. she and her husband carefully plan her regular medication but four years ago she volunteered for the trial of a new drug, gdnf, involving pioneering brain surgery. this involved four small tubes implanted inside the skull to deliver the drug directly to parts of the brain affected by parkinson's. it was pumped in through a metal port on the head. patients went in for monthly infusions of the drug. throughout the trial they did a series of physical tests. there were signs of improvement, though not enough to scientifically prove that the drug had made a significant difference. but scans showed there had been positive effects on damaged brain cells. the surgeon who devised the radical new technique says the big breakthrough was proving that drugs could be delivered right into the brain. the critical thing about this trial was the demon

our health editor, hugh pym reports.ny, quirky, particular child, who sang a lot. the actorjason watkins lost his daughter maude, who was just two and a half, when she died with sepsis. even in the last few hours she was still hugging us and wanted contact, and she was a beautiful, beautiful girl who we miss continually. it can be a silent killer. sepsis occurs when an infection triggers reactions which can lead to organ failure and even death. it's hard to diagnose. it can at first look like flu or a chest infection. now researchers at the university of strathclyde are developing a blood testing device which they hope will give an early warning of key markers for sepsis. normally the first chemicals that switch in response to infections, if we can detect those quickly, we can get an early indication that the sepsis actually happening. the team is quick to stress that a lot more research is needed. experts say it is a step in the right direction, which could lead to a device giving health staff early clues that a patient

dominic hughes, bbc news, liverpool.ead to increase gas and electricity prices from april for customers on standard variable rates. it means more than half of british households are set to see their bills go up. here's our personal finance correspondent, simon gompertz. cooking, lighting, heating, you can't avoid paying for it, but jackie, from south manchester, bought the price cap on standard variable tariffs, would protect her from increases. now she finds it doesn't. in my mind if somebodyjust says to me, we are capping your price, i would think that's great, i don't have to worry about it and think about it, but it isn't, is it? it isn't true. the result of the cap being movable is that the maximum bill for the average home will go up to £1251: bill for the average home will go up to £1254 a year for those on standard rate, an increase of £117, although that will depend on how much you use because the cap is actually on each unit. the blame is being put on higher world energy prices but in stockport nearby there is

hugh hewitt, shame on you.wants to maybe have a vote on the senate floor. is this his attempt to put democrats on the senate floor? >> it is. he wants to get democrats counted on where they come down. here hearing schultz and bloomberg saying this is not a realistic approach to dealing with the environment. even from bloomberg who has made it a key issue he's put a lot of his own money into. he's trying to put democrats on notice. i'm not sure this is going to work out in his favor, especially given the level of concern and especially when you look at the generational divide in this country. young people are very concerned about what's happening with the environment. it's an issue they want to see their politicians tackling. i don't think they're that concerned about sort of the dollars and cents attached to this plan. i think they just are -- we're seeing a lot of enthusiasm, especially from young voters on the left who want this talked about and want this to be a central focal point in washington. it hasn't b

hugh is going with the l.a.s while buffett picked the patriots, looks like buffett has the winning record. >> really? >> he has predicted the winner 9 look at the wisdom on his face. >> he's due for a loss just like tom brady. >> really cute. >> hugh doesn't have a great track record. >> but he is streamlined. he's very fast, eats well, swims. he's an active manatee. >> he eats well and swims. >> he does. >> they should change buffett's name to buffet. >> i'm hoping it isn't buffet. >> maybe he was studying. that's why. >> right, right. >> thank you. appreciate it. >> you're welcome. >>> coming up on "gma," caught on camera. look at this. a teenage girl tased inside of her high school. her father not happy about this. he's coming out to say this never should have happened. you will hear from him coming up. >>> plus, we're taking to some of the hottest star-studded super bowl parties. the performances overnight ahead of the big game. >>> and it's the veteran quarterback versus the rookie in an in-depth look at th

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and i am lizzie greenwood—hughes with the rest of the days sports news.ng any signings until next year after breaking fifa rules on under—age international transfers. and a second run out in barbados mightjust tip the second one dayer — englands way. hello and welcome to sportsday. we are at the principality stadium. it's wales against england, the only two undefeated teams left in this yea r‘s two undefeated teams left in this year's six nations championship. it's being billed as a grand slam decider, a tournament decider. here we are in the depths of the stadium in the tunnel as you can see, pictures hung on the walls here, remind us of some special moments in the history of welsh rugby. you just wonder will tomorrow be another one of those? if you look at this as well, the home dressing room, you get a sense of what the players will be feeling, that anticipation, the expectation out of the game tomorrow. that is going to be keenly felt in the stands here in the stadium. this is rightly regarded as one of the great rugby arenas. we'll be speaking to a m

dominic hughes, bbc news, harrogate. paris, confidently suggesting that if they can win there then nobody can stop them taking the title. but saturday's match in dublin also comes with huge anticipation. ireland — the team to beat — take on england. the english, remember, finished last year's six nations in fifth. joe wilson looks ahead. here is the best rugby union team in europe. commentator: well, these days do not come often. ireland raised the six nations trophy at twickenham last year, an unmissable statement, and they've beaten new zealand since then, but as they prepare to play england in dublin tomorrow, they are, apparently, apprehensive. a little bit of fear that you go in to games with and there's no doubt when you play england you have that little bit of fear as to what they can do and we saw a lot of it in the autumn. well, england have been written off against ireland, according to england. someone's kidding someone, aren't they? we don't really care, but the only thing we are aware of is that basically no

hugh pym, bbc news.njured and sick servicemen and women. the duke and duchess of sussex launched the endeavour fund in 2012, with harry's older brother wiliam and wife kate. since then, the charity has helped more than 5,000 people through 86 projects. meghan markle is expecting the couple's first child in the spring. now it's time for the weather with chris fawkes. hello. 0ur area of low pressure that has brought some strong winds over the last when he four hours is racing across the north sea into scandinavia. at the moment our eyes are drawn to this coming in off the atlantic, storm eric, named by the irish met forecasters, and it will have some wet and windy weather for us over have some wet and windy weather for us over the next couple of days. and because this area of low pressure is a much bigger system, more of us will get the strong winds, and some heavy rain coming through as well. so the forecast in more detail. we start off with the weather picture on friday morning with patchy rain across ea

hughes live from berlin more pressure on venezuela's beleaguered regime president trump urging venezuela's military to back the self declared leader juan why go is calling on officers to abandon the government and set the country free also coming up. sexual abuse allegations sweeping india's catholic community speaks to a nun who refuses to remain silent. and a look behind the walls of an institution in russia that's preparing.

let's speak to james hughes from axi trader. what do you make of the figures?nts to... is underperforming the fashion is to blame china at the moment, and it seems like we have seen that a lot. but with hsbc, what we have to remember is, yes, these numbers were wea ker remember is, yes, these numbers were weaker than we expected, they are wea ker weaker than we expected, they are weaker than we expected, they are weaker than the street expected but what we have seen is them performing particularly well still, they have made much more money than what they made much more money than what they made last year, and what has been interesting about hsbc is a last february, john flint took over as chief executive there, and there was a big shift to move into the asian markets more, get more of their business and make more profits from the asian markets and now they are making over 90% of their profits from asia, and that comes at a time when we are seeing this slowdown in china, we are seeing the continued issues between the us and china in terms of these trade discussi

hugh pym, bbc news. news, a special programme with one of the world's greatest sports stars. in this frank interview, billiejean king talks to the bbc‘s sue barker about her sexuality, life as an advocate for gender equality, lg bt rights, and social justice. asa as a youngster, i dreamt of playing professional tennis but that at the time didn't look possible. then all ofa time didn't look possible. then all of a sudden, it changed and it changed because of one person. on court, this unique talent won 39 grand slam titles like it's what she did off the court that will define her legacy. the women's two which i played in, was set up by her in the 19705 played in, was set up by her in the 1970s and suddenly, prizemoney, legislation and conditions improved for women like me. we had our voice. we were heard. it was a game changer. and today all sportswomen are ina changer. and today all sportswomen are in a far better place. there is are in a far better place. there is a quality, respect, the playing field i