i mean, the whole local, sainsbury. define what the appeal is. it's a cash flow.s the ambition there? what do they do? do they bring it back to the public markets? what do you think the objective is? >> well, sainsbury is different than mo yous because the acquisition of arg of courser s. and i think the pandemic made that a different situation for an investor because that's an incomplete consolidation. there's still some way to go on this. but you've got arg of courser s that essentially will be brought within the sainsbury storms that will make them more productive and you've got the outreach to consumers a general merchant knows that it can potentially grow that business or an investor can grow that business in a way that asbestos beyond the food business. so i think sainsbury has a dynamic that could -- it's not certain it's going to happen because there's a competition in both food and general merchandise that could make it into something different from what sit now. manus: so that digital proposition given a boost as a result of the babb demic what -- result

bloomberg also reporting apollo is not interested in sainsbury. is sainsbury in play?: you can say the whole sector is in play. we had apollo settling -- we had apollo selling asda -- in a bidding war with clayton. it is no surprise apollo is being linked. our sources say this is not a live discussion and they are focused on potentially joining forces in the bid for morrison. if that is what happens -- certainly the whole sector is in play. guy: we will leave it there. we have a slight glitch on the line. thank you very much indeed will stop deirdre hipwell with what is happening with sainsbury. this is as much about underpriced u.k. assets as anything else. these guys have a lot of dry powder at the moment. apollo sitting on huge amounts of dry power, looking for opportunity to deploy that. sainsbury different from morrison. we do not know which way morrison will go. alix: jp morgan saying they think the sainsbury share pricing is already pricing in a premium because the interest in the company is not new. that would not make sense for private equity firms in terms of

we managed to breakthrough the 7,100 level up about .3 percentage point all eyes on sainsbury.age points. so right at the top of the stock 600. we just had the pmi flash data come in, though. disappointing relative to expeck takes and showing a notable drop in the services component versus where we were back in july something to watch out from the macro perspective. france up about .6 percentage point points small rebound in some of the luxury names with the likes of lvmh and carrying up 2 to 3 porridge points but they fell about 10 to 15 percentage points last week. so, not fully recuperating the losses and definitely something that investors are keeping a close eye on especially with their linkages to china. up marginally about nine points or six basis points and there we're watching the political landscape very closely with those new polls suggesting that sbd and cdu are tied when it comes to overall favorability. let's push on, though, and take a look at how commodities are fairing this morning it was a really terrible, terrible week for the commodities complex week last we

now, he was challenged by a number of security guards at the sainsburys local before starting on a numberd he visited three stores, that's little waitrose, the tesco express which isjust behind me, and also the sainsbury�*s local. now, he's accused of injecting food items, processed meats and microwave meals. it was shortly after that that he was arrested. now, locals i have spoken to say they're pretty worried and quite shocked at what happened here yesterday evening. so, we have got daughters, they come and shop in those shops as well. i don't like to think of them buying something that might be contaminated with something dangerous. what was injected? that's the thing i'm curious about. there is a man currently in police custody being held on suspicion of causing public harm or anxiety. greg mckenzie reporting there from fulham. senior figures in the welsh food industry have been speaking about the difficulties staff shortages are causing supply chains. the manager of a poultry firm in abergavenny says a combination of the pandemic and brexit means they're getting around a tenth of the

sainsbury is a 3.a9 or waitrose, £a a9. 0bviously, sainsbury is a 3.a9 or waitrose, £a a9. obviously, ocado zoom. they caught one of the delivery _ anything -- ocado zoom. they caught one of the delivery drivers, _ anything -- ocado zoom. they caught one of the delivery drivers, don't - one of the delivery drivers, don't they question like they do. basically the problem has been articulated that there is a supply chain— articulated that there is a supply chain issue here. you have a company like 0cado— chain issue here. you have a company like 0cado who are using contract lahour— like 0cado who are using contract labour and — like 0cado who are using contract labour and so like 0cado who are using contract labourand so on like 0cado who are using contract labour and so on and perhaps that is not enough — labour and so on and perhaps that is not enough scrutiny going on as to what's _ not enough scrutiny going on as to what's happening there. the problem is the _ what's happening there. the problem is the people cannot survive on this type of— is the people cannot survive on this type

. - i know so many people who've gone to work at warehouses . for sainsbury's and amazon, and thingss there, ijust hope that people who make it. all happen can survive this again and again. well, it's19july — four months on since we came here to the welly. many of the people that work in here frankly never thought this day was going to happen. there's been so many ups and downs. but tonight, the welly is going to party. with just a few more hours to go until the doors open, there's still plenty left to do. feels like we've been closed for 16 months, and we're opening last—minute again. laughter. not on purpose, but i think we kind of, we weren't fully sure that 19july was going to happen, so 21june happened and that was pushed back. so it's almost like a relief in that it's trying to get staff in and try to get security in, and get everything working again. you don't want to build yourself up because we've had so much disappointment over the last 16 months that it's like, you know, until today, you don't actually believe it's going to happen. tonight, there'll be no vaccine passport

. - i know so many people who've gone to work at warehouses . for sainsbury's and amazon, and things is there, ijust hope that people who make it all happen can survive . this again and again. well, it's19july — four months on since we came here to the welly. many of the people that work in here frankly never thought this day was going to happen. there's been so many ups and downs. but tonight, the welly is going to party. with just a few more hours to go until the doors open, there's still plenty left to do. feels like we've been closed for 16 months, and we're opening last—minute again. laughter. not on purpose, but i think we kind of, we weren't fully sure that 19july was going to happen, so 21 june happened and that was pushed back. so it's almost like a relief in that it's trying to get staff in and try to get security in, and get everything working again. you don't want to build yourself up because there's been so much disappointment over the last 16 months that it's like, you know, until today, you don't actually believe it's going to happen. tonight, there'll be no vaccine pa

sainsbury up by 9.3 percent.the weekend talking about the possibility of private equity interest. some of that newspaper reporting touching a nerve. adding to that the fact that we have luxury goods moving substantially higher this morning on the back of heavy selling of that sector which is exposed to the wealth divide in china. reducing the wealth divide will weigh on luxury goods in europe. that is a picture we have coming through for you on the grr, the sector picture. we have french pmi already out this morning as well as germany. the manufacturing pmi coming in at 62.7 and forecast for 61. very much in expansion territory. low the forecast. substantially. the services number does not seem to be all that far from the forecast. 61.5. a little better than the 61 that had been anticipated. in terms of movement in the euro as a result of this, putting up the charge. there we go. not a great deal of movement. french numbers came out earlier and now we have the german number. mixed forecasts. mixed on the services

that is before you count morrisons, potentially sainsburys, some would say there is a fire sale goingthat? it is not 'ust a one-way fl with that? it is not 'ust a one-way trade. h with that? it is notjust a one-way trade. british i one—way trade. british companies are expanding overseas, overseas companies expanding here, buying businesses here. it would be a sad day for this country if we put the shutters up so we went a mercantile, entrepreneurial country where our companies are doing as well overseas as they are in the uk.— are in the uk. how is it in the national interest _ are in the uk. how is it in the national interest for- are in the uk. how is it in the national interest for a - are in the uk. how is it in the i national interest for a company like morrisons, founded in the late 19th century, for decisions about that company to be made in new york or los angeles, who ever wins the bidding war?— bidding war? people buy companies _ bidding war? people buy companies to _ bidding war? people buy companies to make - bidding war? people buy| companies to make them successful, make

he�*s accused of visiting branches of tesco, waitrose and sainsbury�*s in fulham and contaminating amove extra universal credit payments this autumn. the mps say the £20 a week increase, originally brought in because of the pandemic, should be made permanent. they say taking it away would jeopardise the government�*s levelling up agenda. nick eardley reports. the number of endemic and since last march they have been getting an extra £20 a week, a temporary measure to help people through the pandemic. that is due to come to an end in october. for people like anthony, losing £80 a month could have a significant impact. i anthony, losing £80 a month could have a significant impact.— have a significant impact. i have to -a the have a significant impact. i have to pay the bills _ have a significant impact. i have to pay the bills and — have a significant impact. i have to pay the bills and once _ have a significant impact. i have to pay the bills and once i _ have a significant impact. i have to pay the bills and once i do - have a significant impact. i have to pay the bills and once i do

sainsbury today one of the focuses, down 4.85%.ising sharply on that it could be a takeover target for apollo. significant upgrades for marks & spencer, up 4%. berenberg one of those. citigroup the other one. i could be wrong. ehrenberg i'm fairly sure. -- berenberg i'm fairly sure. it updated its guidance for the first time this century. easyjet trading up over 5%. travel roaring back. alix: travel roaring back. let's talk about the german election. that momentum is building, shifting to social democrats, the party of olaf scholz. social democrats overtook on below merkel's -- overtook angela merkel's party. >> i think laschet is the right guy to be chancellor and he has my full support. it is getting harder and not that realistic to get to 40%. now is about who will be number one in the end and who conform the government. alix: joining us is maria tadeo from berlin tracking all of the horserace into the final countdown. where are we so far? maria: i think makrus soeder is very optimistic in that tape we just played. if you look a

and from fulham, is accused of carrying out the offences on wednesday evening at little waitrose, sainsburyil his next court appearance at isleworth crown court on the 24th of september. —— we willjust pause and take a look at the weather prospects now. here is stav danaos. hello there. tonight is going to be mainly dry. lengthy clear spells. light winds here, turning to see some of that sea fog missed running back into coastal parts of scotland, northern ireland, and patchy cloud for central and eastern parts of england. more of a breeze in the southeast. temperatures hold up in double figures, single figure values elsewhere. see function tend to burn back, and across the southeast, we had onto the priest, just the outside chance of a shower. 0therwise mostly dry. patchy cloud again across most of england and wales. top temperatures close to the mid—20s for central scotland. the close to that for... saturday looks like the warmest of the weekend. similar story for sunday and into monday. feeling a touch cooler than saturday. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines... two of those killed in

it is then claimed he went to a second supermarket, as sainsbury�*s, when it is claimed he threw aroundthrough a french translator only to confirm his name, address and date of birth. the court was told benjamin mendy is charged with a number of serious sexual assaults. they are three counts of rape of a woman in october last year, a sexual assault of a woman injanuary this year and the rape of a woman earlier this month. the charges relate to three different complainants, one of whom is under 18 years old. let's ta ke let's take you back to our main story, the situation in afghanistan and united nations warning it could slip into famine if it doesn't get urgent aid. slip into famine if it doesn't get urgent aid-— slip into famine if it doesn't get uruent aid. . ., ., ., ., ., urgent aid. the world food programme estimates 40 — urgent aid. the world food programme estimates 40 million _ urgent aid. the world food programme estimates 40 million people _ urgent aid. the world food programme estimates 40 million people are - estimates 40 million people are facing the threat of starvation a

than asda, and asda is bigger, so that has already gone and there is a lot of speculation around sainsburyut they only last for 12 months and after that they are free to do... it is much harder to be held to account after that. that said, the commitments they made are the same as the ones, broadly speaking, that fortress has made and that was the first time those intentions had been spelt out. that does provide some reassurance up to a point, and there's lots of words, lots of words going on to make people feel confident in this bid, and about retaining not only the structure and foundation, but the culture, the culture of the morrisons business. lots of support for the model, reassuring words about the real estate, morrisons owns up to 80% of their stores and a real fear they will be sold off and the business will be saddled with debt. a whole bunch of commitments that cdnr have made in this latest document that came through. at the end of the day, you have to say, it's the price that truly counts for shareholders, seven billion. it's a big premium, as you said. it is 25% nearly more than

i know so many people who've gone to work at warehouses _ for sainsbury's and amazon, i and things liketo party. with just a few more hours to go until the doors open, there's still plenty left to do. feels like we've been closed for 16 months, and we've left opening until the last—minute again. not on purpose, but i think we kind of, we weren't fully sure that 19 july was going to happen, so 21june happened and that was pushed back. so it's almost like a relief and now it's trying to get staff in and try to get security in, and get everything working again. you don't want to build yourself up because we've had so much disappointment over the last 16 months that it's like, you know, until today, you don't actually believe it's going to happen. tonight, there'll be no vaccine passport checks. the government urged clubs to do it, but it's not a legal requirement. but then, just 17 hours after the clubs could reopen, there's news. 0nly tonight, as we're waiting to have a chat with you, borisjohnson's got up and said that come mid—september, basically vaccine passports are a thing for night