if tesco in good shape to ta ke looming.re some pretty strong headwinds? it is in good shape, a lot better shape than it was. you're absolutely right, the sector is still pretty competitive. you've got aldi and lidl. aldi looking to open 130 new stores and we've got this huge megamerger between sainsbury‘s and asda which will put pressure on prices. it's great for consumers but a worry for tesco. it recently took over booker and signed an important agreement with carrefour so i think it's in good shape for the battle. thank you. lots of companies out their earnings, including topps tiles. topps tiles turning a corner, showing improvement in the final quarter of its financial year. like—for—like sales at just quarter of its financial year. like—for—like sales atjust over 1%. a good news story for the high street, as if tesco. more detail about tesco on the website, including jack's which it has launched recently. you're watching business live — our top story. the european parliament is due to vote today on proposals to cut ve

lots going on at tesco.ve a majority of female judges when it hears a case in london later today. it's the first time in 600 years that the supreme court has had a mostly female bench. they'll hear today's case, which involves the treatment of a boy with asperger‘s syndrome. it is 8:11am. people in their 20s who want to live on their own are having to pay unaffordable rents in much of britain, according to research carried out by the bbc. housing costs are taking a major bite out of pay packets, which means they're struggling to manage the rest of their finances. the bbc has been to cheltenham where there are concerns young people are being priced out of town. myself and my partner are living with his parents at the moment whilst we are saving for a mortgage. the reason why we decided to do that was because we couldn't possibly rent and save at the same time. it was just... we'd never have enough money to do that, and we would, i think, end up getting sucked into that renting situation where we couldn't get

we had tesco shares coming off a little bit. tesco did get fined. it is a two—year—old story.rtainje ne sais quoi, even if he himself couldn‘t put his finger on what it was. i don‘t know what it is exactly but i think it is because i am dealing with a sadness and every day is trouble with problems of the ageing man with a young girl or the lost love, the typical tale of the anniversary of the day the woman who let herself go. the son of arminian immigrants come he started out as a child actor but turned his attention to songwriting. his talent grabbed the attention of edith piaf. she sang his songs, asked him to toe with her and then finally became his mantle, encouraging him to go solo. by the late 60s he had become an international superstar. singing in several languages, and performing with all the big names. he also enjoyed huge fame on the big screen. he once even won a best actor award. # she may be the reason i survived... charles aznavour remained a showman until the end of his life. although he gave many final concerts, he could never quite say goodbye. i will keep on

tesco bank says it has enhanced its security measures.allergic reaction to a pret a manger baguette has been describing the moment she collapsed on a flight to nice. 15—year—old natasha ednan—laperouse collapsed after eating the sandwich that contained sesame seeds, although that wasn't listed on the packaging. her parents are now calling for changes to the way food is labelled. her midriff, if you like, she lifted up her shirt in the flight and i saw, she was totally covered in what looked like very large jellyfish stings. big red welts all over her body. the last moment was in the toilet of the plane, when she... she said, "daddy, please, get the second pen, i can't breathe, i can't breathe, daddy, help me." and those were her final words. he called me and he said, "she's going to go completely in the next minute, maybe two. you have to say goodbye to her right now. right now, quickly, say goodbye to her. i'm putting the phone by her ear so she can hear you." i spoke to my mother back in london and i said, "please go and buy the same sa

tesco, putting a positive spin on the story, tesco is down as much as it is today. of this world eating into tesco. there have been a bunch of stories today that have been reflect the of the risk around the saudi story. that has de-escalated. you see stocks like desolate t aviation- dessaul bouncing back. some of the defense names out of europe have been quite interesting. let's look at the volume today. this is an interesting story. this morning, this is the average. we were under the average in terms of the volume this morning. as the market is getting traction this afternoon, the volume has studied to pick up. it looks like we could be closing on an above average day. that is interesting given the back.hat we have bounced and the more cyclical stocks have bounced back very strongly. vonnie: let me pick it up on saudi arabia. the index is up 1.3%. secretary pompeii was there today and we really don't know what will happen next. other indices in the region are on a roll. index is index, the qe up 2%. some of the other, delhi, for -- for example, doha, is up today.

. >>> tesco shares sink after the grocer misses half year profit expectations thanks to weaker sales in asia and mainland europe. >>> and stock in reverse aston martin slips in its long-awaited debut a share price of 19 pounds values the british carmaker at more than 4 billion pounds >>> welcome to the show. to bring you some eurozone pmi numbers, the final numbers for composite future output, 62.1 against the flash of 61.9. services pmi 54.7. that's against the flash of 54.7 the final composite pmi, the one we should be watching, 54.1, slightly lower than the flash 54.2 that's against the august number of 54.5. you can see the euro trading strongly against the dollar. that looks to be much more to do with the italian news. so let's take a quick check at the major european indices the ftse mib is trading positively up. in london, the ftse 100 up a third of a percent in spain the ibex 35 is up 0.4%. and in paris, the cac 40 is up nearly 0.3%. some italian stocks affected by this market volatility unicredit, intesa, atlantia, a company with a lot of attention trading higher let's look

tesco bank said all the money had been refunded to account holders.keeping tips from staff under plans to be announced by theresa may on monday. high street chains will be forced to pass on all service charges to workers. the move follows a public outcry over the practice by some restaurants of skimming off a share of tips. when you tip a waiter in a restaurant adding a bit to your credit or debit card bill — what happens to that money? three years ago there was public outcry when it turned out that many chains sliced 10% of the tip off and took it for themselves caliming it covered the cost of processing the payments. in a code of practice was brought in to make sure tips went where they were meant to go. but now theresa may has said the government will legislate to bar restaurants from keeping tips from staff. joining us now is victoria hewson counsel if that money goes on the credit or oi'i if that money goes on the credit or on the debit card, it goes legally to the actual restaurant and then the and has a right to decide how would get shared out.

tesco bank has apologised and refunded all losses to customers.l flights from uk airports earlier this year, has collapsed after 1a years of operating. the icelandic—owned airline said it had failed to secure long—term financing, meaning it had no choice but to file for bankruptcy. two flights to washington and new york due to leave stansted have been grounded. millions of small plastic pellets known as nurdles have been discovered on a beach near portsmouth. it isn't clear where the microplastics have come from, but experts warn they can release toxins with potentially devastating effects for marine life or indeed any creatures on land which consume them. a team of local volunteers has taken matters into its own hands, as our correspondent duncan kennedy reports from hayling island beach. they're called nurdles — tiny plastic pellets that are washed up in their thousands on hayling island. so many, in fact, that volunteers here collected more than 20 sacks full of them. ..millions of them, and we couldn't physically sit here and pick them all up.

interest in this story, tesco calling for an amazon tax, but a few weeks ago they we re amazon tax, butu can see the chancellor's point of view because he wants to get money from somewhere, and there have been commitment not increase fuel duty or do this or that, but how do you stop posterity at the same time? you have to get money from somewhere. i don't think a 2% tax. the trends we are seeing anyway, you are seeing the reinvention of the high street into a more experienced —based service rather than buying goods, which is happening increasingly online. let's just mention a couple of comments from viewers, because we asked you if you felt the change in the trading rules was of combating what people see as unfair competition, so we have a comment, high—street retailers should not cut prices but maybe bring up the quality of service, that kind of thing in their shops, free tea or coffee is one suggestion. sounds good to me. thank you for your company. hello. it was a relatively cool weekend from many of us, but things are going to walmart, especially by wednesday. temperatures expected

tesco bank says it has enhanced its security measures.ger who suffered an allergic reaction to a pret a manger baguette. the environment secretary, michael gove, said any change could be named natasha's law in tribute to the 15—year—old who collapsed on a flight to nice. today, her parents have been describing what happened to their daughter two years ago. her father, who was with her on the flight, said it all happened very quickly. her midriff, if you like, she lifted up her shirt in the flight and i saw, she was totally covered in what looked like very large jellyfish stings. big red welts all over her body. the last moment was in the toilet of the plane, when she... she said, "daddy, please, get the second pen, i can't "breathe, i can't breathe, daddy, help me." and those were her final words. he called me and he said, "she's going to go completely in the next minute, maybe two. "you have to say goodbye to her right now. "right now, quickly, say goodbye to her. "i'm putting the phone by her ear so she can hear you." i spoke to my moth

the guardian, in a related story, quotes the ceo of tesco — the uk's largest retailer — who has calledins from going to the wall. still with the guardian, and the news that the party is over for club 18 to 30 as thomas cook retires the brand. the group had put the name up for sale in the spring, but offers were disappointing. the mirror has a dire warning for the human race as it reports the continuing fall of sperm count worldwide. researchers have put the blame on chemicals, stress, smoking and obesity. finally the evening standard gives its verdict on doctor who, and the historic debut ofjode whittaker as the first ever female doctor. a departure that had some fans up in arms when it first was announced. in fa ct arms when it first was announced. in fact the fan base was completely divided so what do they think now? in fact the fan base was completely divided so what do they think now? so let's begin. with me is andrew tuck, editor of monocle, a global news and business magazine. we begin with the crisis on high street. financial times looks at the fa ct street. financial times look

the chief of tesco calling for a 2% amazon tax to ease high street woes.mazon tax to ease high street woes. a2% amazon tax to ease high street woes. a 2% tax on online sales to prevent high street chains from going to the wall. an interesting line from him. they have had to scale back its online offering hasn't it? when you look atjohn lewis, they say this would not be a solution. charlie mayfield earlier this year said that attacks will not sort out high street problems. they are very good at doing click and collect and very good online. other companies are slow on the uptake with online retail. he says that a tax will work. i don't think it will transform what is happening on high street but there are some ways it does seem unfair, this relationship between trading between online and off—line. for example, if you want to sell product on a sunday you can go online and buy it but if you are a high—street retailer you are restricted in the hours you can operate. so maybe there needs to be a little more... trading sunday trading law? as long as workers are h

this was tesco goes along with yesterday's dive. yesterday it dropped 800 points. >>> we talked about currency fluctuations. we have talks about -- talked about tariffs and oil prices. these are reasons to pull out of the market. >> another major concern for investors, signals from the federal reserve of additional interest rate hikes. many people are cashing out. the unemployment rate is at 3.7%, the lowest since 1969.>>> another breaking story, the california public utilities commission voted to poa $1 million fine on bart. it is the largest ever on a public agency. >>> there's >> reporter: the state dropped the hammer on bart. a 1.348 million dollar fine. 2 workers back in 2013. you may remember bart engineer, christopher sheppard and lawrence daniel were checking part of the track when they were hit and killed by a train in october 2013. a trainee was at the controls of the train with the supervisor riding along on the public killed -- utility commission. the trainer was on a cell phone and not properly supervising the trainee.

tesco bank fined {16.4 million by the regulator after a cyber—attack targetting customers two years agothousands of plastic pellets have been washed up on the south coast of england — it's not clear where they've come from. in a moment it will be time for sportsday but first a look at what else is coming up this evening on bbc news... we'll be live in birmingham at eight o'clock for the very latest from the conservative party conference — including reaction to the chancellor philip hammond's prediction of a brexit bounce if a deal can be agreed by the uk and eu. at 8.15 we'll be getting reaction to a claim by a senior scientist that physics was invented and built by men — and that male scientists were now being discriminated against. it's fair to say it's caused something of an uproar. and at 10.40 and 11.30 we'll take a look at tomorrow's papers withjess brammar — head of news at huff post uk and the business journalistjohn crowley. that's all ahead on bbc news. now on bbc news it's time for sportsday. hello, i'm 0lly foster, here's what's coming up for you this evening. bjorn lifts th

nejra: let me bring you more lines out of tesco. interim dividend per share, 1.67 pence. what we are getting from tesco. firmly on track to deliver medium-term ambitions. profit number, a miss on the estimate of 992. that brings us to the european futures. yesterday, we saw stocks close lower. the ftse underperforming. it did pullback to close lower. we cannot show you those futures . we can show you what is happening with the ftse and dax. could be a fixed session covered futures looking flat. futures. a bit of struggling is what we could get. with get the first news juliette saly in singapore. >> the chairman of the federal reserve has welcomed recent increases in american wages while expressing confidence low unemployment will spur a take off in prices. speaking in boston, jerome powell said he expects to stick with the central bank half of interest rate hikes well monitoring a state of risks presented by low unemployment. historically rare pairing of inflation and low unemployment is a testament to the fact we remain in extraord

tesco down by 4.8%. they beat estimates, but you can pick holes in the margin data. a first word news updates. >> the euro has snapped five days of losses, according to the courier, italy's populist government will bow to european itsn pressure to reduce budget deficit to 2% gdp in 2021. as recently as yesterday, the deputy prime minister said the administration would stick to its plan for a deficit ceiling of 2.4% to fund an election pledges to cut taxes, create a minimum income for the poor and lower the retirement age. in the u.s., the chairman of the federal reserve has welcomed recent increases in america's wages while expressing confidence that low unemployment won't spur a takeoff and prices that would force him to hike interest rates aggressively. in boston, jerome powell says he expects to stick with the central bank's current path of gradual interest-rate hikes while monitoring a set of risks presented by low unemployment and low inflation. >> this historically rare pairing of steady low inflation and very low unemployment is a testament to the fact that we

tesco have just account of this issue around food waste. uk. how exactly does it that work? when do you get the food and what happens then? most of it has never reached supermarkets, so the big food waste is further back in the supply chain. those big anonymous buildings at the motorwayjunctions, the distribution centres, the factories and right back to the farm gate. and at the same time, in a parallel universe, there are lots and lots of charities, domestic violence charities, homeless refuges, etc, etc, that are having to buy food and are struggling to balance their books. so what we do at fareshare is we try and use a social solution to an environmental problem by saying come on, food industry. work with us, divert your services, and we will get them through an amazing army of volu nteers through an amazing army of volunteers from aberdeen down to brighton, we will get the food out to those charities, and we currently save £30 million. presumably if it goes to plan and the food waste is cut out, then you are not going to have the suppli

a bit similar to tesco back home.ulation in japan is decreasing, the working population, so fewer people able to work in stores. so, our shop assistant at the top will knock us up a salad according to our allergies or our health concerns, she will know those automatically in the future. and in a few years' time, lawson would like to introduce these cooking robots, to cook us something live in store as we shop. today, dumplings are on the menu. now, another thing that may be of interest to japan's ageing population are these. they may look like normal glasses, but if i press the touch sensor on the side, you may have seen a little flash, and what that was was liquid crystals inside the glasses shifting orientation and changing the focus, meaning it's easier to see things close up, just like bifocals. now, the upside to these is you can then turn them off and it goes back to your regular prescription. so, how are we gonna decide who's found the best tech this year? let's ask the creepy rabbit cum shop assistant to make

retelling food stores like marks and spencers tesco sainsbury's also burbery that's a clothing manufacturing company and whitbread which is a food conglomerate a hosting company and then you also have rolls royce and royal bank of i think it's royal bank of scotland one of the robotics yeah those were pretty make those are a little cookies are you going to be one of the many things that they manufacture yes actually you have to talk about those are the future hilary forward mark thank you for helping us out on footy sure appreciate it my pleasure thank you. and time now for a quick break but hang in here because when we return a centric electric car c.e.o. elon musk can't leave well enough alone as he takes a swipe at the u.s. securities and exchange commission the car coach lauren fix joins the discuss and other new auto news was the. moberg helps us think through the winners and losers of the new trade agreement between the us mexico and canada it's not a done deal yet it is a go to break here the daily us numbers at the closing bell beckon apply to. those who don't accept the slow drivers

tesco's share price has fallen though, sharply, after the company reported disappointing profits.the group posted its latest trading update. sales were up 1.2% in the 13 weeks to september. the firm has attributed this to its ‘outperformance' of the market and ongoing turnaround strategy. the pound slightly higher against the dollar and the pound. that's all the business news. the winner of the royal institute of british architects' most prestigious award, the riba stirling prize, will be announced next week. the nominations to become britain's best new building include a student housing development, a cemetery, and a nursery school. we'll look at each building in the shortlist over the next few days and today it's the turn of the sultan nazrin shah centre at worcester college in oxford by neal mclaughlin architects which is a floating auditorium crafted from classic oxford stone and natural oak designed to blend into the established landscape of the college. what the client was looking to achieve was a space for lectures and performances for the whole community of the college to

if you are tesco or walmart may be can predict 80—90% of your ship is that you still have 10-20% notant price quote for that. take the smaller importers and exporters and you add the spot rates we re exporters and you add the spot rates were the big companies that is a huge industry to go after. is it just ocean shipping or do you do airfreight as well stop we do ocean and air, a lot more good school by ocean because it's cheaper but when you look at the spend, areas, smaller amount of goods, the amount of spend a substantial, $18 billion a year, we do both. one of the big advantages for an importer is that we get them both rates side by side, they can make a choice whether they wa nt to they can make a choice whether they want to spend extra by a or save money and wait the extra time for ocean. i was cut off mid sentence. in my prime. cut off by myself, i'm not quite sure what that says. jane has rejoined us to talk about some of the stories in the papers. an interesting one, the number of ta keaway interesting one, the number of takeaway is on the high street of why 34% over the pa

rates and the bond market and all the stuff like who's going to be the hardware of last resort for tesco shares or for apple shares or for whatever the assets are and why would they be those horrors of last resort i mean talk a little bit about something warren buffett said recently which i think applies here he said comparing him with bill gates he said that people overestimate the difficulty of what bill gates and they underestimate the difficulty of what i do warren buffett because he is of course the hadal or. best known hodler his holding period being forever yeah he has said which is similar to mine right and so you've applied this in so just once again to review the seven network effects number one is the hoglan number one if you're holding big going it's not being inactive you're participating in something extremely poor in the space correct and then the other six are again i mean it's all built on the hardware you know because that's the speculation the man and then you've got transactional man but let's look at the scoreboard you've got bill gates and you've got warren buffett.

of £30, if there's any age restricted items like algol, you must go to a tail. 0ther supermarkets, tescohe cotswolds one injanuary similar schemes. the cotswolds one in january as well. is this coming from customers or competitors? competitors. in one word, it's coming from amazon. as to whether or not this is the future, it depends you speak to, some of the richest retailers like waitrose, morrisons, asda, nothing from them —— other british retailers. what is interesting is the question of whether this is the end of the supermarket checkout. amazon has launched five stores in america so file called amazon goes. supporters say it easy—to—use them. you scan your mobile phone on your way into the store, you and you pick things off the shelf. you don't have discount bar codes and you walk out. —— don't have discount bar codes. i will read the details. to use this, they use computer vision, deep learning algorithms and sensor fusion. sensor fusion? what that means do people like you and me is there a lot of high—tech video camera. they track what you take off the shelf, what you put back on

tesco i don't think so. it's always hard to do magic on efficiency when it comes to spectrum. the way i described it before it is spectrum uses a three-dimensional object. you have to consider the frequency domain. you have to consider the geographic domain in the time domain on three different axes. and when you look at the way ntia does assignments for government users, they're pretty efficient. the government is pretty good at finding ways to maximize the use across each of those different domains so we meet the needs of each of our spectrum users. it is very difficult to paint single spectrum users with a single brush. some are fixed, some are nautical, some are terrestrial. trying to say we have one specific way of saying yes that's efficient isn't realistic. instead we try to look at the whole picture and say is this some rain that is using build the spectrum it needs? is it in a band where it's appropriate and is it something that is mission critical? when you say those things are happening you got a pretty efficient use of spectrum. >> you mention bidirectional. that's

tesco, sainsbury‘s and asda all saw their share of the grocery market fall in the three months to octoberose from 6.8% to 7.6% and lidl rose from 5.2% to 5.6%. paddy power betfair has been fined £2.2m for failing to stop stolen money being gambled through its website and for failing to protect customers showing signs of problem gambling. the regulator says this is "simply not acceptable". the firm has now apologised. european stock markets mostly rose tuesday but london dropped as oil prices pulled back from a recent surge. share prices of heavyweight energy companies, including shelland bp, declined by about 1.5% as crude oil lost more than half a dollar. that's all the business news. self—harm is an issue that's normally associated with teenagers and young adults but there are concerns that it goes largely unnoticed in the over 655. that's the conclusion of new research published in the lancet this morning. the doctor behind it has told bbc news that the issue deserves more attention, as john maguire reports. for more than 20 years, jane used to hurt herself deliberately. i was raped wh

. >>> shares of tesco sinking after they reported weakness in overseas markets astin martin, the first car maker to go public in decades saw a tepid debut on the london stock exchange >>> on the foreign policy front, russia and india expected to sign a $5 billion missile deal during president putin's visit to new delhi the move will likely not go down well in washington they did sanction china recently for acquiring a similar missile system from russia that will be something to watch this week. carl, back to you. >>> let's get a news update this morning. we'll go over to sue herera at hq. >> good morning, everyone. here's what's happening at this hour it's a busy news day a high-level meeting is under way at the state department between secretary of state mike pompeo and german foreign minist minister they are discussing syria, the iran nuclear deal and relations with russia. >>> fireeye reporting north korean hackers are stealing hundreds of millions of dollars from banks all over the world. fire eye says they originate from a state-linked group that poses an active global threat. nor

tesco bank said all the money had been refunded to account holders.theresa may on monday. high street chains will be forced to pass on all service charges to workers. the move follows a public outcry over the practice by some restaurants of skimming off a share of tips. some welcome words from business secretary greg clark for retail buisnesses. he told a fringe event at the tory party conference that the treasury is conducting a review of business rates. some experts believe the rise of online retailing, increasing staff costs and rising business rates have created a "perfect storm" for the high street. joining me now is mike cherry, chairman of the federation of small businesses how they hurt bizniz what do u think of this? we are proposing a 2—year freeze on business rates to provide much welcome relief in challenging times, together with a targeted high streets discount of £1,000 and a reformed appeals process."> there were almost based by the valuation office. once that has been set then it is legally required of the local authority to actually c

tesco is down nearly 9%, after the latest update.ps tiles doing well after a positive update. keeping an eye on currencies, not moving a huge amount. the pound is up slightly against the euro, and just a shade against the euro, and just a shade against the euro, and just a shade against the dollar. the presenter and dj zoe ball will become the first woman to host bbc radio 2‘s breakfast show when she takes over from chris evans injanuary. with 9 million listeners a week, it‘s the uk‘s most listened—to breakfast show. this morning, zoe ball said she was thrilled but said she didn‘t underestimate the challenge. here‘s our entertainment correspondent lizo mzimba. your brand—new host of the radio 2 breakfast show is zoe ball! good morning, zoe. hello, chris. this is bonkers! the moment millions of listeners found out who will take over one of the biggestjobs in broadcasting. it feels wonderful, i feel so privileged and honoured to be asked and to be the woman that they've asked to do it. i really hope they've given me the job because the

tesco has announced another rise in half yearly profits in the uk and ireland. million which a rise of 2.2% on the same period last year. the supermarket has faced competition from the like of lidl and aldi recently but last month launched its own budget brand, jack's. the authorities in indonesia say bulk supplies of urgently needed food and water have begun to reach people on the island of sulawesi. at least 11100 people are now known to have died in last friday's earthquake and tsunami. a british aircraft filled with aid is due to arrive tomorrow. it follows seven cargo planes that landed at palu airport this morning. the city is one of the worst affected, as jenny the city is one of the worst affected, asjenny kumar reports. the quake and landslide, met people in palu were stranded for hours. the disrupted region is delaying the delivery of aid. after days without food, the arrival of supplies is a desperately welcome sight at this camp in donggala. indonesians have been quick to rally to the cause, donations pouring in from across the country. some voluntee

brands which are fighting on price and it is a shame because kleenex extra—large will compete with tescol slip because it does not have that essential difference in consumers minds. does not have that essential difference in consumers mindslj suppose difference in consumers minds.” suppose we are becoming more difference in consumers minds.” suppose we are becoming more aware suppose we are becoming more aware of counterfeit items and if you don't recognise them straightaway you will wonder. thank you so much for that, my till from nottingham. you are watching bbc news. let's catch up with the weather with thomas. the weekend is looming. catch up with the weather with thomas. the weekend is loomingm is, isn't it. you say that as if there is something that on the way. the weather is looking pretty good. we have clear, calm weather on the way. i say clear for most of us, there's a bit of fog on the way so i will talk about the ineffective. tonight is clear and quite chilly as well, particularly in the north, north of england temperatures close to freezing first thing friday. but in the nor

career on the iron curtain but the second armored cavalry regiment well serving of the east german and tesco for hockey and -- and czechoslovakian orders. later to be deployed to iraq for operation desert storm. he served for four years and nato headquarters in germany previous deployed three times to afghanistan. colonel mastriano later served on the faculty of the united states army war college, from which he is now retired. a military historian, he led the efforts to locate the spot where -- where alvin york proceeded to perform the actions from which he was awarded the medal of honor in 1918. it is truly an incredible story. he also led a planned and organized the construction of a historic trail that features monuments and historic markers in the argonne forest where all visitors can walk where sergeant york fought. tonight mastriano will address the rich and complicated life and story of sergeant alvin york. ladies and gentlemen, we please -- will you please join me in welcoming colonel douglas mastriano. [applause] >> it is truly an honor to be here with you. thank you for coming out

tesco falling today.t posted second-quarter earnings that missed estimates because of weakness in its asian and eastern european business. u.k. sales rose more than expected. the company said it is on track to reach a profit margin of as much as 4% within two years. of j.c. penney are higher in premarket trading. firstain has named a new female ceo. chief executive of john stores since 2015. the job has been vacant since may. forecasts a much wider loss for the current year. that is your bloomberg business flash. italian assets breathing a sigh of relief after the government agreed to restructure . now looking attitude percent deficit -- 2% deficit. joining us now is our guest. what this brings to of forefront in addition theresa may and her tory party conference is how you price and regional political risks that could have big ramifications if. >> we are seeing the repricing of money led by the fed began in 2016, and the repricing of geopolitical risks amid late cycle dynamics of higher interest rates an

tesco, sainsbury‘s and asda all saw their share of the grocery market fall in the three months to octoberer betfair has been fined £2.2 million for failing to stop stolen money being gambled through its website and for failing to protect customers showing signs of problem gambling. the regulator says this is "simply not acceptable". the firm has now apologised. a quick look at the markets. paddy power, despite that fine, its shares up 2%. brent is back to about $80. shares up 2%. brent is back to about $80, but remember that tension with iran and saudi arabia putting pressure on the price. and tomorrow uk inflation figures and that is susceptible to move as brexit negotiations continue. thank you. in a moment the weather, but first let's look at some of the most striking images of the day. how about this — a robot which can do parkour. developed by the tech firm boston dynamics, the humanoid has been taught several skills during its development, including how to run, jump over objects and perform backflips. the company has suggested atlas may one day be used in search and rescue operation

to be fair, like, i came out of big brother, and it was like, you go and work in tesco or in a normaljobust your body off to these people, who are going to pay £10 a month just to see a little bit of nip, you know. is it pornography? i don't think i would class myself as doing it as pornography, purely for the fact you know you can call it whatever you want, if you want to call it pornography you can, i don't really ca re pornography you can, i don't really care because i am still going to be going to the bahamas at the end of the money using the money for it. how much do you earn a month? so, between about 3 and 4 grand maybe a monthjust from between about 3 and 4 grand maybe a month just from that but i have other sites as well, but, i mean if people want to see it, i'm going to show them it. this is the earliest just fyi i have got up in year, in the cab my eyes were hurting me from the cab my eyes were hurting me from the sun. ok. well, obviously we are honoured, bex. i mean we are showing a couple of images we can show at this time of day. because if we allowed them to run on, it is

even more share from the big supermarkets, the discount supermarkets continuing to pull away from tesco the world. i remember it when it was dvds. you used to send off for them in the post, 2007 it's turns to online. one other thing, you can pay £10,000, should anyone have that money, to have john lewis to yourself. yeah, so have john lewis to yourself. yeah, so customers have john lewis to yourself. yeah, so customers can have john lewis to yourself. yeah, so customers can pay £10,000, and you get the whole store to sell. but you get the whole store to sell. but you don't get free products. only at night or something? between six and eight, but there we are. why would...? why would you want to have it to yourself? i like bumping into people in the shop, having a little chat. do you?! unless you could do the supermarket sweep thing... where you run around looking for bananas? that is me! i don't have time. i know we are nearly out of time, but i want to show you this, the men's and women's rugby sevens training centre in teddington, they train together, the facility is completely shared

the robbery at a branch of tesco express in horsham, west sussex, was caught on cctv.run. police investigating the deaths and illnesses of babies at a number of hospitals have charged a pharmaceutical company. the babies were being fed through drips in neonatal intensive care units. in a statement the metropolitan police said: "ith pharma ltd, based at premier park, has been charged with seven counts of supplying a medicinal product which was not of the nature or quality specified in the prescription on 27 may 2014." "it has also been charged with failing to take all reasonably practicable steps to ensure that patients were not infected by contaminants, in breach of the health and safety at work act, between one august 2009 and onejune 2014." ith pharma says it will vigorously defend the charges. our health corresponent catherine burns told us how this story first came about in 2014. several babies at a number of hospitals became ill. they got a bacterial infection and it was thought that was from a suspected contaminated hospitalfeed. police have been investigating, a

then other organisations including tesco's has said, a tax would be quite useful because they don't playouses on the outskirts of town. thank you. let's ta ke let's take you to the other side of the world now. the duke and duchess of sussex have spent much of their official tour of australia looking at the social, economic, and environmental challenges faced by their host nation. this morning they have been walkabout on the beach. our sydney correspondent hywel griffith can tell us more about what they've been up to. this was a couple of hours ago. yes, the day started with a walkabout, where they met hundreds, if not over 1000 people in the botanic gardens, some had queued for hours, some took the day off school, i am sure with permission, and after that they went to see an exhibition of sport, then they took a tram down here to the beach, south melbourne beach, to ta ke beach, south melbourne beach, to take part in a cleanup. let's speak to some of the people involved. terry, ramona and ross. hundreds came here hoping for a brush with royalty. you wanted to see the royalty. you wanted

ted baker down over 3% and dfs furniture is down and tesco is down after it gave disappointing profitsaper straw machines and try and get rid of the plastic straws that you find on all the beaches and in the streets and the gutters and the rest of it. that is what we did. we started with one machine, we did know how to work it but now we are at four machines. it is still small scale at the moment but these machines are churning out1 million straws a week. there is a growing list of orders as customers in hotels, cafes and pubs are demanding change. we do find people are deliberately asking not to have a straw in their drink. it's not until we tell them we do have paper straws then they will accept it anyway. so people are worried about having a plastic straw? yes. have you seen a big change? yes, people do not acce pt big change? yes, people do not a cce pt wa nt big change? yes, people do not accept want in their drink at all. i suppose that is worthy the effort is coming from, both customer and business, it is organically happening at the same time. with bars, restaurants and cafes s