samira hussain, bbc news. —— the american consumer.e tech giant toshiba continues. taiwan's foxconn says it's not out of the fight to take over toshiba's huge memory chip business. this is becoming quite a saga. what is the latest chapter? quite a saga, as you say. foxconn, as you mentioned, they are continuing to wa nt mentioned, they are continuing to want and acquisition of their chip business. shares of toshiba are falling today as a result, following the announcement. the essentially said they had chosen a consortium of big capital and japanese government investors as their preferred bidder for its crown jewels, which is its semiconductor chip unit. as live—in reporting for months, they need this money to cover their now bankrupt american nuclear business. but it is selling the unit at a lower price than what foxconn had been bidding. and this is possibly why the government might not have been keen for them to make purchases, because foxconn has close links with china. the talk was that this could be the tra nsfer the talk was tha

here is samira. fedex's shipping company's here is samira.a ny‘s bottom here is samira. fedex's shipping company's bottom line will be revealed. investors will be interested on what is coming up looking at forecasts for the new fiscal year and on the cost measures. the maker of photo shop will be reporting earnings. its higher demand for software on the cloud will be boosting revenue. and the second largest us home builder will also be reporting earnings, thatis will also be reporting earnings, that is lennar. betterjob opportunities for young people have boosted home sale else. investors will be looking to the spring selling season and what the company expects going forward. joining us is james bevan, chief investment officer at ccla investment management. nice to see you, james. good to be here. whilst we are chatting away, mark carney‘s delivering his speech, this is all ongoing in london at the moment. absolutely. we can see there the governor of the bank of england, just following on from philip hammond, the chancellor of the exchequer,

that was samira in new york for us.r and portfolio manager at pimco, nice to see you. let's start by talking about the uk, because the bank of england has got its meeting, mark carney has not spoken for a month publicly, and a lot has happened since he last met with his team. that is right, there has obviously been the election result, quite a lot of political uncertainty out there, and some of the data has been more mixed in the uk as well, some of the activity data has been lower than expected, and u nfortu nately lower than expected, and unfortunately inflation has been higher, so what they will tell us that they don't really know, there isa that they don't really know, there is a lot of uncertainty out there, i think their preference is to do nothing, to wait and see how things develop. a lot of people saying that the uk economy needs attention now, you know? well, it has slowed, and as benjamin micra mentioned, there is this challenge, we are all feeling the squeeze on wages. so thatis feeling the squeeze on wages.

but first samira hussain has the details about what's ahead on wall street today.s its two—day meeting on interest rates on tuesday. now, the chair of america's central bank, janet yellen, has said that the strengthening labour market gives her confidence that inflation will get closer to their 2% target rate, but there are concerns that inflation is cooling. also happening on tuesday, uber is expected to release the findings from its much anticipated report written by the former us attorney—general eric holder. he was called in to investigate workplace culture and practices after allegations of sexual harassment at the ride—hailing firm. now, the findings and the recommendations for improvement will be presented to uber at an all—hands meeting. that is samira hussain, she will be busy today with the federal reserve and uberas busy today with the federal reserve and uber as the day unfolds. richard dunbar is an investment director at aberdeen asset management, your thoughts on the fed, are you expecting a rate rise?|j thoughts on the fed, are you expecting a rate r

hello and welcome to newswatch, with me samira ahmed.ws reported the terrible grenfell tower block fire in london. and was the general election result wrongly presented as a disaster for the conservatives and a triumph for labour? there have been many shocking and distressing images on the news recently and tuesday night's fire which engulfed a west london block of flats provided yet more. the following morning victoria derbyshire spoke to a man who had escaped from the tower. there is a man who threw two of his children. two of his children. come on, man. wow. we saw a lot. we saw a lot, man. we saw a lot with our own eyes. we saw friends, families... honestly, it's all right, you don't have to say any more. sandra martin e—mailed us with this message about victoria derbyshire: some viewers, though, objected to what they saw as the intrusive nature of that interview. and others, including this one from home affairs editor mark easton. my sister, and her son. how old was he? he's 12 years old. his name is brooke. that's why i ask... a 12

samira hussain reports from new york the president of the united states, donald trump, is being sued.ting money from foreign governments which is a no—no according to the us constitution's morley ‘s calls. what is in emoluments? it is an 18p —— an 18th—century term for bribes? given the connection to the president it's easy to see how this all tolls and restau ra nts easy to see how this all tolls and restaurants have easy to see how this all tolls and restau ra nts have a n easy to see how this all tolls and restaurants have an advantage in attracting business. it's hard to compete against them and customers might choose a trump business in case it gives them a little in with the commander—in—chief. case it gives them a little in with the commander-in-chief. when those dignitaries choose to dine there and hold events there, they are not going to some of the restaurants that are owned by the restaurant owners that are part of our organisation so they are uniquely harmed by those decisions. 0ur members can't compete with the president of the united states. this is exactly what the auth

samira hussain reports there is no question that uber has been an absolute game changer.ly and aggressively shifted the way people use transportation. it has forced legacy taxi companies to catch up, and has seen similar companies join the fray. but ever since the claims of sexual harassment and lack of response from senior managers sexual harassment and lack of response from senior managers came on, uber has been trying to clean up its image. lastly, the company it fired 20 staff after another law firm looked into 215 complaints of sexual harassment, discrimination, bullying, and unprofessional behaviour. now, while eric holder's report is anticipated, but‘s executives have adopted the recommendations in it. duty will be opportunity for uber employees to hear the fighting. so what happens next? uber is still being investigated by the department of justice said that it used technology to avoid law enforcement. and the self driving car programme? it is facing a lawsuit from google's pa rent facing a lawsuit from google's parent company. and i take a while before the overal

billionaire founderjack ma has been trying to change that at an event in detroit — the bbc‘s samira hussainfor you. but now let's cover some other important news. the iraqi and us military say islamic state militants have blown up the great al—nuri mosque in mosul and its famous leaning minaret. the mosque is where abu bakr al—baghdadi made his only public appearance as the leader of is, after announcing a new caliphate three years ago. the us military described it as a crime against the people of mosul and of all iraq. it has denied an allegation by the jihadists that an american air strike was to blame. frankie mccamley reports. an image of the past: the grand al—nuri mosque in mosul, which had stood for over eight centuries with its famous leaning minaret. from above, drone footage shows its now flattened. one of the old city's most famous historical sites, a shadow of its former self. us—led coalition forces claim so—called islamic state is responsible: however, is claims us aircraft destroyed the mosque. but, no matter who is telling the truth, this is a hugely symbolic moment. the mos

hello and welcome to newswatch, with me samira ahmed.ise but also concerns about how bbc news reported the terrible grenfell tower block fire in london. and was the general election result wrongly presented as a disaster for the conservatives and a triumph for labour? there have been many shocking and distressing images on the news recently and tuesday night's fire which engulfed a west london block of flats provided yet more. the following morning victoria derbyshire spoke to a man who had escaped from the tower. there is a man who threw two of his children. two of his children. come on, man. wow. we saw a lot. we saw a lot, man. we saw a lot with our own eyes. we saw friends, families... honestly, it's all right, you don't have to say any more. sandra martin e—mailed us with this message about victoria derbyshire: some viewers, though, objected to what they saw as the intrusive nature of that interview. and others, including this one from home affairs editor mark easton. my sister, and her son. how old was he? he's 12 years old. his na

to tell us more samira hussainjoins us from new york — samira., the ceo of apple has taken it one step further and on an interview with bloomberg television has said in fact apple has been cooperating with the uk. we've been cooperating with the uk government, not only in law enforcement kind of matters, but on some of the attacks, and i can't speak in detail about that. but in cases where we have information, and they've gone through the lawful process, we notjust give it, but we'd do it very, very promptly. so we are hearing that apple has been really trying to cooperate as much as it can with the uk, but all tech companies, apple included, are really in a tough position. 0n the one hand of course they want to be cooperating with law—enforcement officials in doing whatever they can to try and stop any potential terrorist attacks. 0n the other hand, they also have a responsibility to the consumers and to respect their privacy. so some of the comments that were being made by prime minister theresa may were trying to go after the idea of encryptio

samira hu55ainjoin5 us now from the conference in detroit. hello. it is pretty impressive. the mission of aliababa here in detroit. the mission of aliaba ba i5 here in detroit. the mission of aliaba ba is to here in detroit. the mission of aliababa is to try to introduce them5elve5 aliababa is to try to introduce themselves to the american consumer and more importantly to small busine55e5. aliaba ba and more importantly to small busine55e5. aliababa i5 and more importantly to small busine55e5. aliababa is a household name in asia but not so much in america. just to remind you that when president trump wa5 america. just to remind you that when president trump was still president elect, he met with the ceo in new york and he promised to president trump that he will create 1 million president trump that he will create 1millionjob5. when he was president trump that he will create 1 millionjob5. when he was here president trump that he will create 1millionjob5. when he was here on the floor i had the chance to ask him about that pledge to resident, and what the status was of tho

samira hussain has the details about what's ahead on wall street today.ff the week in a world of business, india's prime minister narendra modi will be in washington ona narendra modi will be in washington on a two day visit. while there, he will be meeting with president donald trump, which will be the first face—to—face meeting for the two leaders. trade, business and immigration will likely be on the agenda. jury selection for the fraud trial begins this week. the accused is best known for increasing the price of a drug from $13.50 per ta blet to price of a drug from $13.50 per tablet to $750. he is accused of securities and wire fraud stemming from two hedge fund that he founded and ran. he denies the charges. and finally a three—day auction takes place in hollywood. some of the items up for sale, the costume that leonardo dicaprio war on the film titanic and the light sabre used by luke skywalker in the star wars films. that is happening on wall street later. we can focus on europe 110w. joining us is james hughes, chief market analyst at gkfx. let's

and samira hussain has the details about what's ahead on wall street today. is the federal reserve meeting. america's central bank starts its two—day meeting on tuesday. whilst other economic indicators point to a strengthening us economy, inflation remained stubbornly low. we will find out if interest rates are going up find out if interest rates are going up on wednesday. following that announcement, the federal reserve chairjanet yellen is holding a news conference and guarding that decision. also happening this week, either is expected to release the findings from its much and as they did report —— uber. by the former us attorney general, he was called in to investigate workplace culture and practices after allegations of sexual harassment at the company. the findings and recommendations for improvement will be presented to uber employees on tuesday. we are going to talk more about that when we look at the business pages in the newspapers a little later. joining us is david buik from panmure gordon. good morning, sally, good morning, ben. interesting week

samira hussain has the details about what's ahead on wall street today.ol hill, james comey will testify to us lawmakers. this will be his first public appearance since he was fired by president donald trump. any damaging revelation in his testimony could dampen already flagging momentum for trump's pro—business fiscal agenda. in earning the series, james maco will be reporting, and they have warned that four—year sales will be lower than previously thought. it faces treasure from rising competition and commodity costs. and a little bit of economics news. thejobless claims dipped slightly to 240,000 from 248,000 in the week previous. thank you. joining us is james hughes, chief market analyst, at gkfx, a trading brokerage. let's talk about ecb, because we haven't talked through at least two days since we talked about the european central bank! at the same time this is happening, greece is rearing its ugly head again in terms of the debt crisis, but let's talk debt first of all. there is no change expected, and this has been the case for a long time. it is

well for more, let's speak to our business correspondent samira hussain in new york.ancial performance of his companies. the attorney general they're saying he has broken many promises to keep separate his public duties and his private business interests? all along, many experts have been saying, the best way for the president to really separate himself from his businesses is to establish a blind trust, that means it's all put into a blind trust, and he has no involvement in the business whatsoever. but they have not done that. that's why you are seeing these kinds of lawsuits being filed by the attorneys generals, of the district of columbia and merriment, saying because he is still entangled with his businesses, that means he is still automatically in violation of the us constitution and wally meant clause. which really is an 18th—century term for bribes. —— emolument clause. these are two democrats who have filed the suit. critics of the democratic party and supporters of mr trump would argue this is another political axe to grind, that democrats have against this

cherita says samira eighth grade, enjoying a carmel frapp e. >> i could use a coffee right now. >>> thisghting is one big bear but it is a smart bear did you know that. >> why. >> princeton, ivy league bear. >> just going to class then. >> yeah. >> so this is, at the hunt school in princeton. cops are advising residents to keep cans covered and not to leave food out overnight because if you don't this happens. if you see bear call police. >> if you see the bear, call the cops. >> well, a military vet makes a cross country trip from california to save his best friend's life. >> that best friend is a therapy dog, who need life saving surgery to remove cancer. >> bones, the dog's name is having his back legs amputate today. >> oh, god. >> so david, and bones, they traveled to malvern where the operation is less expensive then it would be in california their friend set up a go fund me page to a are afford the vet care and make memories along the way. >> it vice nice to see how many people really have, you know, like thousands at this point have come together to try and make things happen for

now it's time for newswatch, and this week, samira ahmed hears complaints about the audience at this debate but was that because the audience was not representative or did the bbc just handle the programme wrongly? and where these pictures of the manchester bomber out shopping, worthy of the attention they received on bbc news? first, election campaigns are often defined by actual or perceived blunders but politicians caught on camera or microphone and replayed endlessly, increasingly so in the social media age. after diane abbott's difficulties with numbers, during a radio interview a couple of weeks ago, jeremy corbyn had this encounter on tuesday, with emma barnett on woman's hour. how much will it cost to provide unmea ns—tested childcare for 1.3 million children. it will cost... it will obviously cost a lot to do so, we accept that... i presume you have the figures? yes, i do. so how much will it cost? i will give you the figure in a moment. you do not know it? you are logging into your ipad, here. you've announcing a major policy and if you do not know how much it all costs? th

hello and welcome to newswatch with me samira ahmed.en many shocking and distressing images on the news recently and tuesday night‘s fire which engulfed a west london block of flats provided yet more. the following morning victoria derbyshire spoke to a man who had escaped from the tower. there is a man who threw two of his children. come on, man. we saw a lot. we saw a lot, man. we saw a lot with our own eyes. we saw friends, families... honestly, it's all right, you don't have to say any more. sandra martin e—mailed us with this message about victoria derbyshire: some viewers, though, objected to what they saw as the intrusive nature of that interview. and others, including this one from home affairs editor mark easton. my sister, and her son. how old was he? 12 years old. his name is brooke. that‘s why i ask... a 12—year—old boy. john gosling contacted us about the bbc‘s coverage following the fire, here are his thoughts: is it now the job of bbc reporters to chase down the traumatised, the bereaved, the despairing, and, basically, w

samira, what did you see? it escalated very quickly.throwing kids out. i think everyone felt really helpless because obviously no one could get to them and everyone was really scared and they didn't know what to do. it was really sad to see. these are all people who we grew up with and people who we grew up with and people who we see every day that are our neighbours and there were little kids there, elderly people, disabled people, there were a lot of people there, family members, thankfully family members did make it out but there's still a lot of people that we re there's still a lot of people that were there... especially my brother and loads of his school friends, they are still wondering if their friends made it out, they haven't heard from them. one of the girls, she lives on the top floor, which was according to the police and the fire brigade, if you live on the top floor that means you have more time but they haven't made it. talking about the speed at which the flames took hold, did that strike you? that's the most shocking t