three russian embassy staff moscow continues to deny any involvement in the chemical attack but ladbrokes u.k. counterpart orus johnson accuses vladimir putin of ordering it himself. tens of thousands of civilians are expected to turn out in a protest demanding early elections the demonstrators are angry at the failure of political leaders to address high level corruption so that is prime minister robert feed so resigns on thursday following the killing of investigative journalist jan koum and his fiance zimbabwe's president emerson man and god says robert mugabe is free to express himself the country's moved beyond it was responding from criticism from mugabe who declared one and god was presidency illegal saying he was the victim of a coup the new president says in bob ways focus on free fair and credible elections those are your current headlines stay with us for our next show risking it all see it. the fire. on a frozen road traveling through the high plateaus of kyrgyzstan a small truck is on the move. in these extreme conditions the truck is beginning a long journey to deliver manda

shares in betting companies like ladbrokes and wiliam hill are up sharply this morning after the gambling games, such as roulette and blackjack be no more than £30 campaigners had been hoping they would demand the maximum be cut to just £2. melrose industries is still trying to buy the engineering firm gkn and every week it seems to put more on the table. last week it offered another billion pounds. today it's said it will invest £1bn in gkn's pension fund, which could, i repeat, could answer some of the criticisms of the bid made by the pensions watchdog and mp5. hello, lots coming up in the business news this afternoon. as we've been hearing, brexit negotiators michel barnier and david davis have announced they've agreed the terms for a transition period. business organisations have welcomed this news, saying it gives companies confidence to be able to plan, but they have called for clarity on the details. joining us now is anasacia beliakova, head of trade policy at the british chambers of commerce. thank you forjoining us. first of all, what do more clarity do you want? we need to und

has reported higher annual revenues as it gears up to complete its £4 billion takeover of rival ladbrokesstores is set to go into bankruptcy protection in the coming weeks — that's according to bloomberg. the retailer, which has over 4000 stores in 45 countries, has $2 billion in debt and was bought by private equity firm apollo in 2007 for $3.1 billion. former us president barack 0bama and his wife michelle are in talks to produce shows for netflix, that's according to the new york times and cnn. the couple are apparently set to make exclusive content for the us streaming site focused on uplifting stories. a quick look at the markets... the news we have had in the last ten minutes is very strong employment figures coming out of the united states. 313,000 newjobs created in the us, unemployment rate down at 4.196 the us, unemployment rate down at 4.1% which effectively from an economist to' point of view is full employment there. seeing a strong dollar, slightly weaker pound, because people are worried about the inflationary impact of all those jobs being created effectively as i said ful

ladbrokes are up 3.5%.y are falling, and it's actually putting the whole ftse down as well. more on that story later. that's all the businesses for the moment. the whole of england and parts of wales and scotland have been warned of more snow and ice after the weekend. around 80 people were forced to seek refuge in a rest centre set up in a college near the ae 30. two newlyweds were stranded at the centre. they spoke about their unusual start to their honeymoon at early this morning. we we re honeymoon at early this morning. we were on our way down to the hotel in newquay for what would have been a luxurious honeymoon in a beautiful bridal suite with bouquets of flowers, but we got caught in the a30. the lovely people of devon county have looked after us very well. described to us, obviously, not what you were imagining at all? one of your first night of marriage in this environment? i didn't imagine they would be snow in march, to be perfectly honest with you. i didn't expect to spend my first night ina di

ladbrokes on the data as well. trading up by 4.14%.ously a fairly interesting few days on the horseracing front. group, barclays trading up 3.7%. william hill, some of these betting companies, also the property companies. land securities trading up by one .5%. let's talk about the downside of the market. i want to focus on what happening with micro focus. a significant change. what's going on inside the business and investors want a little bit of clarity. down by 43 point 91%. lost nearly half of its value in a last 31 minutes. henkel has a supply issue in the u.s.. here's a first world news update. u.k. government will consider whether further action against moscowafter accusing stockpiling the nerve agent used to poison a former spy in britain. boris johnson will brief is european counterpart in brussels today about suggesting a russian suggestion that a british love tori -- british laboratory might source of the substance. saudi arabia's prints and one of the most rich men in the world is caught up in the corruption, -- crackdown in

look at some other business stories around today. up to complete its £a billion takeover of rival ladbrokesnds including sportingbet and pa rtycasino. that's according to bloomberg. 1 billion. it has since struggled to turn a profit. and monarch alternative capital would take control. apollo is yet to comment. the new york times and cnn. streaming site focused on uplifting stories. they're very brief look at what the markets are up to. markets are up to. the ftse100 down 60% little change today. 60% little change today. 21%. that's the business for this hour. imports would be imposed in two weeks time. for the eu from the charges. for particular criticism. lebo diseko reports. signed and delivered. tariffs on foreign steel and aluminium products. when he pledged to put america first. tariffs on foreign imports of steel and aluminium. on foreign aluminium. forcing prices down and costing americans jobs. on the global trading system. and the us's european allies feel they should be two. there are only losers a trade war. to be of the view that it should be excluded from the measures. that cou