education and because we're in. the eu, all the issues that 15 years ago were presented as problems, oecdmebody saying to you, you've got to lose weight, you got to go a diet, when you actually do it, you come out better. margaret thatcher closed the the military base and said, your future is tourism and finance. services and that's what we did, it's not something we invented, it was a british invention, don't forget again who invented finance center, who invented gibralta, the cayman islands, jersey, gurnsay, all the key places, hong kong, was the british, i mean they can't be against it, because london is still one of the biggest, it's the mother of all finance centers, i think if people are paying their tax, it's a proper legitimate. business, if it's properly run, if it meets all the international standards, that's what it is, the celitation for gibalta group is a group that that started in jibalta many years ago, over 20 years ago now and it is a group that came about as a result of local tribaltarian um persons being um worried that the rights of the dribrolitarians were perhaps not

single european directive, we have transposed into our legislation every single european directive. the oecd and england have got, so... "uh, we're also whitelisted by the international monetary fund. i think that these associations would not give us those magnificent ratings, if we really were anything of the many things that our spanish neighbors say we are. to a great degree, gibralta has done well economically despite the uk, because we're small, and again, because we invested in education, and because we're in the eu, all the issues that 15 years ago were presented as problems, uh, oecd,..." uh, imf controls, uh, tax regulation, all those things that even here were seen as problems when they started, actually have been good for us, it's almost really a bit like somebody saying to you, you've got to lose weight, you got to go a diet, when you actually do it, you come out better. margaret thatcher closed the the military base and said, your future is tourism and financial services, and that's what we did. it's not something we invented, it was a british invention. don't forget again. "who

occupied territories is another thing we uh have taken a look at and this point we are looking at oecd countries um the departure for example uh technicians with advanced technology outside the occupied lands is uh one sign of this um and we're also looking at uh the fact that uh when you have these types of uh figures to be higher uh in israel uh like consumer goods for example 50 to 70% more expensive in israel versus the average price levels in oecd member countries, well that just shows how bad things are for israelis and of course that doesn't reflect well when it comes to uh the consumer confidence. um let's move to the next uh graph and see what we have over there uh this is the uh impact that the war has had and there's now number of fronts where there are wars involved uh obviously the deficit keeps going higher public spending uh as matter of fact in terms of the funds available keeps getting lower at this point we're looking at uh the gdp loss of 14 uh billion dollars based on what we're seeing here so obviously that's not a good sign and finally uh here are the numbers when

occupied territories is another thing we uh have taken a look at and this point we are looking at oecd countries. um, the departure for example of technicians with advanced technology outside the occupied lands is one sign of this. um, we're also looking at the fact that when you have these types of figures to be higher uh in israel, uh like consumer goods for example, 50 to 70% more expensive in israel versus the average price levels on oecd member countries, well that just shows how bad things are for israelis and of course that doesn't reflect well when it comes to the consumer confidence. um let's move to the next uh graph and see what we have over there uh this is the uh impact that the war has had and there's now number of fronts but there are wars in involved uh obviously the deficit keeps going higher, public spending uh, as matter of fact in terms of the funds available keeps getting lower, at this point we're looking at the gdp loss of $14 billion dollars based on what we're seeing here, so obviously that's not a good sign, finally um here are the numbers when it comes to isr

consumer goods for example, 50 to 70% more expensive in israel versus the average price levels in oecd member countries, well that just shows how bad things are for israelis and of course that doesn't reflect well when it comes to the consumer confidence. um, let's move to the next uh graph and see what we have over there uh, this is the uh impact that the war has had and there's now number of fronts with the wars involved uh, obviously the deficit keeps going higher, public spending uh, as matter of fact in terms of the funds available keeps getting lower, at this point we're looking at uh the... gdp loss of 14 billion based on what we're seeing here, so obviously that's not a good sign, finally here are the numbers when it comes to israel's leaving the occupied lands at this point. are looking at uh what percentage moving abroad? 28%. uh, that's almost a third, number that may rise dramatically because of the situation in the west bank, um, which is um, many are hoping that it's not going to turn out to be as bad as the gaza strip or even close to it, and of course you see the rest,

consumer goods for example, 50 to 70% more expensive in israel versus the average price levels in oecd member countries, well that just shows how bad things are for. israelis and of course that doesn't reflect well when it comes to the consumer confidence. um, let's move to the next uh graph and see what we have over there. uh, this is the uh impact that the war has had and there's now number of fronts with the wars involved uh, obviously the deficit keeps going higher, public spending uh as matter of fact in terms of the funds available keeps getting lower. at this point we're looking at uh the gdp loss of uh billion dollars based on what we're seeing here, so obviously that's not a good sign, finally here are the numbers when it comes to israel's leaving the occupied lands, at this point we are looking at what percentage moving abroad, 28%, that's almost a third, number that may rise dramatically because of the situation in the west bank, which is many are hoping that it's not going to turn out to be as bad as the gaza strip or even close to it, and of course see the rest, this perce

inflation for instance is below that of the oecd due to a very early and determined actions on the part of the central bank region when they saw inflation would be a problem long before the fed ramped up. that's a testimony to the increase professionalization and competence of the macro economic authorities in the region and something we need to defend. on the other hand we are not growing. to figure out the time was 1.6. it may ease up a little bit because countries have been performing better the last couple of months but nowhere near enough to facilitate economic mobility and since the 2010 the region was growing at 2.2 percent the world was growing at 3.1 percent. it is underperforming with a combination in the short run of weak commodity prices and low growth in the united states. but in the longer term there is structural issues getting in the way from infrastructure problems to the structure of the social protection system and in this particular case the competitive environment of structural issues and the chapter 1 leading to chapter 2 and you find that is a major contributor to

there are some in the oecd about how to regulate and regular recognise it.is facing a crippling strike of united date heard a vote on a new contract. more than 30,000 workers could reject a deal agreed by the company and the union. it includes a 25% wage hike and a commitment to build the next commercial aeroplane in the seattle area. the new chief executive urges workers to support the grant rather than support the grant rather than support industrial action. the proposed strait could cost boeing an estimated $3 billion. there was presidential debate drew millions of television viewers. it topped 51 million views received by thejune debate. the event on tuesday was also the first time that, harrison trump met face—to—face. popular rapper eminem hasjust made billboard history. curtain call: the hits — eminem's first collection of his biggest and most popular singles — has now spent 700 weeks on the billboard chart. that is more than 13 years. that is more than 13 years. that is more than 13 years. that is it for this edition. please join us that is it for th

that's according to the oecd think tank, the organisation for economic co—operation and development.k economy is now expected to grow by 1.1%, the same rate as canada and france. with only the us higher. uk annual growth was predicted at 0.4% back in may so has risen substantially. chancellor rachel reeves has welcomed the news, which may help reinforce the more upbeat tone she sought to strike at the labour conference this week. however one of the challenges she will face is shortages in the labour market in the uk. let's pick up on that point with the ceo of recruiters reed, james reed. good to have you on the show. when we talk about shortages in the labour market, what do we actually mean, because unemployment is quite low but business confidence is suggesting a slightly different picture becausejob suggesting a slightly different picture because job vacancies are shrinking? i picture because “ob vacancies are shrinking?_ are shrinking? i hopefully achieve that _ are shrinking? i hopefully achieve that growth - are shrinking? i hopefully achieve that growth data | are shrinking?

there are some oecd principles about how to regulate ai and how to recognise it and then how to recognisen how to regulate it. as closely you can stick to those more likely it is that your regulatory output will be internationally acceptable. chris watson in singapore for tech law. festa, tech expert, thanks forjoining me. more than 30,000 workers at boeing factories in washington state and oregon are due to vote on a new four year contract. he the proposed deal, which has been recommended to workers by the iam union, includes a pay rise of 25% over the next four years. if they reject it, strike action could follow. before we go, let's turn to the music industry where popular rapper eminem has just made billboard history. the rapper's 2005 album curtain call, the hits has spent more than 700 weeks or more than 13 years on the billboard 200 charts. 0nly five albums before this have reached this milestone. congratulations indeed to eminem. and that's it for this edition of business today. we'll have more news day of the top of the hour, and sport is “p top of the hour, and sport is up next.

now, new oecd sees china growth expected to ease to 4.9% this year and 4.5% in 2025., hai had a chance to speak with the chief economist to learn more about the chinese economy. >> there will be growth about 4.9% this year and 4.5% next year. manufacturing in china is doing okay and the exports are doing very well, but consumption has been subdued and not only that, the real estate market continues to adjust. so the measures announced yesterday are not incorporate in the forecast. the announcement yesterday is trying to convince people to buy second homes and lower rates and better conditions and lower down payments. will this be enough to turn around or turn the corner on the real estate market? we'll see in the next few months and years. it's important to say that we think that we all have been highlighting for many years that we thought high debt in the private sector together with the very large real estate sector meant there is some adjustment that has to be done which is happening now. >> and continuing the macroeconomics discussion, growth in the region is expe

there are some in the oecd about how to regulate and regular recognise it.— recognise it.fi recognise it. i'll “ust go straight to h recognise it. i'll “ust go straight to it. h more than 30000 workers from boeing's largest union are set to vote on a new labour contract later. the new contract was tentatively agreed upon between the company and the union. it includes a pay rise of 25%. for boeing, this is a vital moment. it needs workers at its factories in washington state and oregon to accept the deal being offered. if they do not it could face strikes on the shop floor at a time when it is meant to be focusing on safety and quality control. what is on the table as a four year contract that will give a 25% pay increase across the board as well as better retirement benefits compulsory overtime. the company also said that if it launches a new aircraft design and then next four years that plan would be built in the seattle region. unions have recommended the deal but it is still far from clear whether a majority of workers will accept it. if they do not there will be a furth

. >> yeah, the oecd saying perhaps more could be installed here, that's really on the basis there stilleen a resilient consumer. you're actually finding even though consumer confidence has dipped off considerably and its lowest since august 2021, consumers are still spending as much as they have been previously. it's that spend that will continue to give retailers as well as consumers overall that the kind of confidence that they can continue to spend as well. so you're finding the oecd is raising its projections for growth not just in the united states but globally as well including the u.k. and other parts of europe as well, indeed believing that growth is still going to be able to be found even though it is not like before. but as rates continue to head lower, things could certainly get better. >> and lastly, shoppers here in the u.s. are expected to spend a record amount this holiday season using what's known as third party buy now, pay later services. talk to us about that, and what does it tell us about overall consumer spending trends? >> yeah, so let's start with the overall con

due to the new forecast from the oecd about the reduction in demand, the brand yesterday fell below 70 for the first time since december of the twenty-first year. but today the prices support the expectation that... another tropical storm will turn into a hurricane and may disrupt production in the gulf of mexico. the russian stock market is assessing the oil fall, oil growth, they do not look very confident today, because in the morning the indices were growing, now they are in the minus. the ruble is weakening on the over-the-counter market. the dollar is currently at 9147, the euro at 101.01. the ministry of industry and trade has ordered the removal of the wrong honey from stores. the ministry informed the retail chain that it is necessary to strengthen control over the products. beekeeping, about this, referring to a letter from the director of the department for the development of internal trade, the ministry of nikita kuznetsov, the izvestiya newspaper reports. since september , amendments have come into force in russia that have tightened requirements for honey and are designed

and very clearly we have been a leader in going to the new global taxation oecd process.d: i'm sure the election in november, the presidential election, has come up. in either outcome, do you see any tangible impacts to the trade and tariff situation as it would impact ireland? peter: i don't. we have worked with many u.s. presidents over the years and have had a long-standing close relationship. obviously, 10% of americans have irish heritage. we have nine for medic missions in the u.s.. we increased our footprint significantly over the last couple of years, and we continue to do that because we have very strong cultural ties with the united states, and obviously share so much heritage. that will continue. our diplomatic presence is very strong. we are privileged to have engagement every single year on saint patrick's day in the white house and washington. that is very important to us. that will continue. and we are set up reading 100 years of the medic relations. rt suck -- our teasoch will head over to celebrate the great history we have had over the last number of dec

this case in point to other countries of the organization for economic cooperation and development oecd, the gdp contraction for the israel regime 4.1% in the weeks after the october 7 operational flood, and then the downturn continuing into 2024, it has follen by additional 1.1% and 1.4% in the first two quarters. now with the genocidal war and showing no signs of letting up and with the new front in the west bank that i just mentioned, and the conflict withbullah on the lebanese border ongoing, well the bank of israel has estimated that the war's cost will reach, in their case, in their opinion, $67 billion dollars. uh, we can add to that, the $14.5 billion dollar us aid package, israel's finances may not be enough to cover these expenses. israel's military expenditure also has consistently been the highest in the west asia region, "now this type of budget increase only shows how israel is not wanted in the region, really, the west asia region, since it has to constantly worry about the threat that its neighbors pos to it, of course the core of the problem lies in the violation of pal

due to the new forecast from the oecd about the reduction in demand, the brand mark yesterday fell belowdollars for the first time since december 21. but today prices are supporting the expectation that another storm will turn into a hurricane and could disrupt production in the gulf of mexico. russian the stock market is also starting to trade in the plus thanks to oil. and the ruble on the over-the-counter market is weakening with renewed vigor. dollar 91.75, euro 101.35. deputy prime minister vitaly savelyev announced how much a trip on the high-speed railway moscow-saint petersburg will cost. in an interview with tas , he said that according to the financial model, a ticket will cost around 10,000 rubles. it is assumed that the journey from moscow to saint petersburg will take 2:15. the trains, as promised, will accelerate to... now the distance between moscow and saint petersburg sapsan travel in 4 hours, where economy class tickets cost on average from 3 to 6.00 rubles. vitaly saveleev estimated the investment in the new highway as quite serious and named the sum at one trillion 75

we have one of the lowest rates in the oecd of maternity pay in this country.ging that would probably help people make better decisions around family. do you think we've got the right level of maternity pay at the moment? >> so maternity pay varies depending on who you work for, but it is a function where it's statutory maternity pay. it is a function of tax. tax comes from people who are working. we're taking from one group of people and giving to another. this in my view, is excessive . my view, is excessive. >> well, speaking to gb news political editor earlier today, the former business secretary did clear up what she meant and explained she was answering a pnor explained she was answering a prior question. but let me come back to my panel. it seemed to me quite clear that what she was saying was that tax was excessive and that she was making the very, very valid point that every benefit is taking money from x and giving it to y, and therefore it's very easy to say it should be more generous, but you've got to take the money from somebody to make it more ge

the uk economy had grown just the average growth of other oecd economies under the tories, our economyces without raising a single tax rate by a single penny. revenue to invest in our schools, hospitals and police and all our public services and that is not to be no bit of my ambitions. but the growth, will createjobs no bit of my ambitions. but the growth, will create jobs that pay enough to raise a family on for you and your children, put a real money in the pockets of working people and wealth in all of our communities that flows into a vibrant high streets for them that is how we will make britain the best place to start and grow a business. whatever back —— but whatever back when you come from, wet —— wherever you grow up. things exported around the world were made here in britain. this is how we will achieve what we promise, the five men desperate measures that will comprise a jacket of national renewal. —— matt the five measures that will comprise a decade of national renewal. that is the britain that we are building. that is a britain that i believe in. during the election camp

those are those are the countries in the oecd, what their birth rate is. the average is just above 1.5. there's one outlier there. it's israel. israel is not richer or poorer than the average country. it's about in the middle, in the oecd, its education levels a little above average. its welfare state is in the middle of all of those countries. its birth rate is about twice average. israel differs from the other countries, mostly in its culture. we can get more into that. but this again points to the problem. something unwell in our culture, our is not delivering what should which is the support of families. parents don't just the appeal the decision the ability to have children isn't just an individual between two people. it's something that requires surrounding institutions neighbors to do a wise woman put it well once when she said it takes a village to raise a child. yeah. if our village is failing, that's problematic. even you don't care about the lack of the children. so how is our culture broken? one parenting culture is broken. my video pointed tow

oecd on with the u.s. economy can avoid recession and former senior u.s. intelligence official norman rourke in tel aviv paid we begin the hour with stocks off all-time highs. thanks to another boost from nvidia. recent gains with some vulnerability in the u.s. economy is consumer confidence found by the most in three years. joining us around the table, good morning to you. you've written the risk of another august 5 how big is that risk. >> these are always tail type events but we saw what i try to do is learn from what the market tells us and that was just quite an asymmetry and i think gapping out of prices is something we see time and again in markets. i tend to really live and breathe these anniversaries of events that are volatile and so forth and 10 years ago in october the treasury market had this famous thing called the up crash, the inverse of the flash crash. in the most consequential market for assets the u.s. treasury market you not supposed to have prices cap out even if they gap up. that was 10 years ago. 34 trillion now. so it took us 220 y

here is what else to be thinking about, the riksbank decision when it crosses and oecd economic outlooks we get more suggestions and europe faces challenges out of germany and france. new home sales, a touch point as mortgages move lower and you can get a roundup in daybreak. subscribers go to the terminal. coming up, commerce bank appoints a new ceo to defend against a takeover bid. we explore next, this is bloomberg. ♪ tom: welcome back. commerzbank named a new ceo after a search in the wake of a takeover threat. oliver crook joins us. what new we now? oliver: they are familiar to bloomberg, she has been cfo of commerzbank since 2020 and first cfo of the bank. she will be the second or third female ceo on the dax, at a time when the person she is replacing told the management board he would not renew his contract the day before the 9% straight -- stake. important to get someone in there to have strong leadership, she has made it clear that she is not in favor of this and she needs to --to get it under control. it's very important that the advisory board meets, day two. other things we

schengen area, entered the global entry program, european stability mechanism, on the joining the oecd and increasing gdp. we have reached gdp growth in croatia of 7.6%. only two european union member states having a higher percentage and also, we have for the first time two out of three agencies put us into the a investment credit rating. and it's a good absorption of the investments. >> you are referring to the fitch upgrade. are you planning to use those upgrades in the primary markets but -- or are your needs met? irr -- our needs are continually refreshed. we are having the possibility to have low interest rates. there are immediate effects on our banking sector of loans for our citizens and the entire economic perception of croatia with our feet in the heart of the european union with a very good reputational assessment by the agencies. most of the business sector i've been in touch with are really excited with this development. and it is helping them to work on their productivity and on their exports and contribute to the economy. >> coming up, we will be joined by the ceo of fi

but in reality — according to the oecd, just 5 countries met that target last year — with norway leadingmore than 1% of their gni. the uk's total spend on foreign aid amounted to just—under .6% of total gni that was just over 15 billion pounds in 2023. and despite the us being the world's richest nation, they spentjust.21i% of their gni on foreign aid, but given the size of the us — it amounts to a higher dollar figure of assistance than any other country. the chair of the international development committee here in the uk, the labour mp sarah champion, spoke to radio 4's the world at one programme — and expressed her concern for the future of the uk's foreign aid capabilities. i sort of share that fear. i understand about the black hole financially that we've inherited. i get all of that. but i think what we need to see is some bold visions. the foreign secretary did a very strong speech at kew talking about, for example, climate adaptations, talking about our position on the international stage as someone that is leading to try and prevent poverty and what we can do to try and address

we're in the middle of oecd .o 15% you get rid of some bells and whistles taxing corporate eincome overseas eor letting eu determine our tax rates we would win ways for capital and investment. >> i told him we would win it and we have be in competition, government should p compete with each other for getting capitol, profits, jobs and output, prosperity we would be very competitive then. and i am just dying to see it happen. larry: money flocking in and manufacturing aw awakening and other industries, technology and so forth would benefit, it would pay for itself. >> totally. the last one paid for itself in spades, increase in revenue, for government revenue, over two year period prior, was bigger than prior two year period. it was a huge boone to revenues now corporate taxes are coming in higher than before. larry: yes. >> it great. larry: cbo be ashamed, art laffer be proud, thank you for helping out, folks i'll be rightom i back with my last word. and, my favorite touch, it's the only site that always connects

strengthened further for the 2025—26 budget by publishing the results of our gender budgeting pilot with the oecdlongside the 2025—26 scottish budgets, where we will set out our medium term ambitions for the scottish tax system. of course, are cumulative decisions on system. of course, are cuml used decisions on system. of course, are cuml used to ecisions on system. of course, are cuml used to support)n system. of course, are cuml used to support our vital been used to support our vital public services and anyone who would advocate removing the progressive changes to income tax in scotland will need to set out £21.5 billion of cuts would fall as a consequence. on the application of taxation, we can only go so far, given the scope of our devolved tax powers. raising significant further revenue would require substantial reform to the tax system or the further devolution of powers. these will take time and will rely on the uk government. it is therefore essential that we aim to grow the economy and the tax base to support a sustained flow of revenues over time. since 2007, scotland's economy has gr

emissions have come way down the last 20 years predict with among the lowest of the oecd industrial countries of reducing emissions and it is come from converting from whole generation to natural gas is when we can do because were awash with gas to help the rest of the country do the same thing c1 but we did not listen to this and ministration today and thank you so much we appreciate it and folks be right back with my last word. ♪ it's our time ♪ ♪ you don't want to miss it (just a little bit louder) ♪ ♪ it's our time ♪ ♪ you don't want to miss it ♪ ♪ it's your moment in the spotlight ♪ all your ambitions. all in one app. low fixed rates. borrow up to $100k. no fees required. sofi. get your money right®. (luke) homes-dot-com is a new, elevated home-shopping experience. beautiful design, tremendously rich content, and, my favorite touch, it's the only site that always connects you to the listing agent. feels like a work of art! (marci) lovely. what about the app? (luke) uh-oh! look what i did. it's ringing. hello? hello? (marci) they can't hear you. (luke) hello? (marci) because you glued a f

i would add on the oecd, although they stopped doing that study, there is other data that you can pullout that shows exactly the same thing. in the united states, that the highest income group pays 35% more of their proportion of the taxes pay is 35% greater than their proportion of the of their income. that is the highest of any the world. france, for example, it's between one and 2% because they have what a vat. uh, so in sweden it's, it's even. in other words, they pay the same of their income in the percentage of income, the top 10% earn is same as the share of the, of taxes they pay. so if any, by makes the argument that the rich pay their fair share, the rich people in america pay a higher percentage of their income in taxes than any other people on the face the earth. and that's documented. now, what about, as you mentioned about income mobility, what the the narrative that the middle class wages have stagnated in the united, the standard of living has stagnated or that one gets down to a problem of the way in which it's adjusted for inflation in part is there are some other iss

plus, the oecd has predicted an upgrade on our gdp growth forecast.y a cause for celebration well welcome back. we were talking about keir starmer at the un and his speech and craig says good evening to jacob. the strap line across the bottom of the screen says the troops have been deployed in order, possibly to rescue over 10,000 british nationals from lebanon. what are they still doing there in the first place, and why is the british government paying to bnng british government paying to bring them back? surely anyone with an ounce of common sense would have left months ago. well, that's a not unfair point. so sir keir starmer back to him, was quick to chastise his immigration minister, dame angela eagle, when she suggested that trump had galvanised racists in the uk. trump's spokesman responded to eagle's comments dismissively, referring to eagle as a nobody. and the prime minister reiterated on his way to the us that he had been absolutely clear where responsibility for the riots lies with the rioters, not amazingly, with the former president of t

a new oecd survey. and it could be not tomorrow, but it could be, you know, dick cheney, when we were fighting terrorism, said if there's a 1% chance this is their reasoning to go into iraq, which was stupid okay. if there's a 1% chance we should treat it like it could happen, i feel like this is more than a 1% chance. okay. i'm going to show you some of the data that actually indicates this is a problem, but it's not the end of the world. by any means. so there's two of the world's leading climate economists. one is richard tol, one of the most quoted climate economists from from this year. and the other one is william nordhaus, the guy who got the only nobel prize in climate economics. they both made estimates across all the different estimates of how bad is climate change going to be by the end of the century, at a three degree centigrade or 5.4°f temperature rise the cost is going to be somewhere gdp. but what will the ocean look like? i mean, i'm not talking about oceans rising. i'm talking about o

today, the oecd is forecasting 1% growth. how do we get back to growth? how do we cut taxes?n >> suburbs of that state of the nation with jacob rees—mogg. that's up next. now thank you to my panel tonight trevor kavanagh and nigel nelson. also robert bates state of the nation is up next. nigel farage is back tomorrow. first though, here's your weather with aidan mcgivern . your weather with aidan mcgivern. >> looks like things are heating up. boxt boilers sponsors of weather on . gb news. weather on. gb news. >> hi there! welcome to the latest update from the met office for gb news. the next 24 hours stays damp and blustery in the east, but it does dry up elsewhere. brighter skies coming along in the west later on tuesday . finally, a drier period tuesday. finally, a drier period to give us all a respite from all the rain. but it is going to take its time as this low slowly clears eastwards. it's still going to bring further rain to northern england into parts of the midlands overnight. east anglia, as well as north wales. now that rain does turn more showery in the west, the

plus, the oecd has predicted an upgrade on our gdp growth forecast.cause for celebration well welcome back. we were talking about keir starmer at the un and his speech and craig says good evening to jacob. the strap line across the bottom of the screen says the troops have been deployed in order, possibly to rescue over 10,000 british nationals from lebanon. what are they still doing there in the first place, and why is the british government paying to bnng british government paying to bring them back? surely anyone with an ounce of common sense would have left months ago. well, that's a not unfair point. so sir keir starmer back to him, was quick to chastise his immigration minister, dame angela eagle, when she suggested that trump had galvanised racists in the uk. trump's spokesman responded to eagle's comments dismissively, referring to eagle as a nobody. and the prime minister reiterated on his way to the us that he had been absolutely clear where responsibility for the riots lies with the rioters, not amazingly, with the former president of the u