test-forward to 2023, a record 906 the u.k. - 906,000 enter to the u.k. minister said the government was lding a one hyphenation experiment o open borders. chs mason has more. chris: who arrives in the u.k. and who goes? who is welcome and who is not? the politics of immigration over the last ticket is a catalog of failure when you compare the numbers with the words. net migration to the control be in the orders of tens of thousands, no ifs, no buts. >> it is important we have net migration in sustainable numbers. >> the numbers will come down because we will be able to control the system. >> i'm committed to bringing those numbers down. chris: for now at least, the prime minister can and does blame his predecessors. prime min. starmer: this happened by design, not accident. policies were reformed deliberately to liberalize immigration. brexit was used for that purpose, to turn britain into a one hyphenation experiment in chris: he says they are working on a plan to cut the numbers of illegal migrantss with a crackdown on visa abuse and better training so

you are in the u.k. in london, what is the investability of the u.k.sus pre-election, what are your members saying, was that an antigrowth budget we saw from the u.k. chancellor? what is the investment appetite? cracks in the past few days i met with a number of u.k. officials in the knupp -- the message i'm getting is we want growth, we want businesses to come to the u.k., what can we do to reform our markets to make them more attractive? thanks like changing the securitization rules, looking to promote new policies like allowing shortselling and making the shortselling changes to markets. it makes it more attractive for our members to come and do business in the u.k. we are optimistic that the chancellor and her team will follow through on a number of these initiatives. tom: you expect to see more initiatives? you are hearing the right sounds? >> as they look at the pension reform and the ability of pension schemes to invest more in private funds is a good thing. tom: thank you very much. we appreciate it. the president and ceo of the managed funds a

u.k.does the prime minister keep washington on the side? also tonight, joe biden finally relents. ukraine gets the go-ahead to use longer-range missiles inside russia. the un security council will meet as hour to discuss ukraine. we will take you live to new york with a foreign secretary david lame presiding. and we have a security breach to discuss the implications oall that. you are very welcome to the program. world leaders have gathered at the g 20 in brazil, with the war in ukraine top of the agenda. president putin is not in rio, subject as he is to an international arrest warrant, but the kremlin has reacted seriously today to a change in u.s. policy that means ukraine will in the future use u.s. long-rangeissiles to hit targets inside russia. president putin has yet to, directly on a decision, but he says it will pour oil on the fire. james lander is in rio and has this report. james: a relentless bombardment on a war almost 1000 days old. one that could be better resisted, now tha

in a speech in the city of london shortly, he will say the u.k.opportunities to rebuild relations with the european union. our economics editor tells us more about what mr. bailey is expected to say. >> he will say there have been consequences to brexit that have affected us, and britain must be alert to and welcome the to rebuild relations with the european union. now, in a way, that is a statement of what is the government policy, but this comes at an extraordinary time in world trade diplomacy. obviously the election of donald trump as president of the u.s. has raised fears and concerns about the application, trade tariffs on all trade into the u.s., and there is a scenario, i herded myself from donald trump advisors over the last few years, that a country like the united kingdom has to sort of choose whether it wants to be closer to the u.s. or closer to the eu. that is some of the context in the background of all of this. annita: we can speak now to vicki price, chief economic advisor at the center for economics and business research. good to

christian: u.k.s said this past week that ukraine will get the support they need for as long as they need it. does that mean that france does not support a negotiation that would be forced on ukraine? amb. de riviere: yes. i think we are here to help ukraine to defend its sovereignty, its territorial integrity, and its independence. that is what the u.n. charter is about. christian: would you support them indefinitely if they decide not to sit down with russia? amb. de riviere: it is 40 ukraine to decide to negotiate when they want to negotiate. we will not let them down. it is very clear. we will not force them to negotiate and to give up their territory. christian: in which case, you presume vladimir putin will want to negotiate. he may not appear that poses a seismic question for france, for the u.k., and for the eu at large. are we prepared to finance this war without u.s. support, and if we are, how are we going to do that? amb. de riviere: i think the question will be asked next year, of course

and the u.k. will continue work together to protect our shared values of freedom and democracy. having had dinner with president-elect trump just a few weeks ago, i look forward to working with him in the years to come. may i also welcome the leader of the opposition. my fourth in foreign a half years. [laughter] i look forward to working with her in the interest of the bridge public. mr. speaker, this weekend's remembrances and i, and people across the country will come together to pay solemn tribute to those who made the ultimate sacrifice defending the values of freedoms that we enjoy today. and i'm sure the entire house will join me in paying tribute to them. this morning i had meetings with ministerial colleagues and others. i shall have a for the such meetings later today. >> thank you, mr. speaker. my constituent is going to miss out on her mental fuel allowance -- winter fuel allowance. as well as vital money to keep her house warm, she does not get the home discount, she doesn't get the 1

the u.k.ent is downplaying the significance, but for putin and those around him, it marks a significant shift. he has warned consistently that if british missiles were fired inside russia, they would be considered a full participant in the war. >> we as a nation and a government are doubling down on our support for ukraine, and deteined to do more. i've discussed this with a fellow minister in a call yesterday, where he talked about the robust response that ukraine is making two recent russian escalations. that is the escalation in the attacks on ukrainian cities and children, the escalation in attacks on their energy system, and the escalation with deploying 10,000 north korean troops in combat positions on the front line. we discussed our plans as the u.k. to support them throughout 2025. i remain committed to keeping parliament as fully informed as possible. the honorable gentleman of the house will understand the reasons why at this point, i am not able to go into any further operational d

the u.k.n the united states. more on that dynamic, next. this is bloomberg. ♪ kriti: americans are big buyers of british exports like land rovers and a string of blockbuster pharmaceuticals. how can donald trump steer of threats impact the u.k. economy? bloomberg's u.k. reporter has delved into that very issue. i'm sure you are far more awake than im. walk us through how exposed the u.k. economy really is. >> the u.k. economy is more exposed to potential trump tariffs than we think it is. the u.k. likes to think of itself as this consultation nation, superpower which it is because two thirds of its trade with the u.s. is in services. as you mentioned, americans love lots of british goods. they are the top buyers for land rovers and farm products. if you look at the 15 manufacturing sectors, the top 15 manufacturing sectors in the u.k., nine of them has the u.s. as the main buyer. in germany, all these sectors have the u.s. as their top client. in france, there's only one. that leaves us more e

the u.k.nce will support ukraine for as long as necessary to quote, fort russia's war of aggression. that was the message from emmanuel macron and secure starmer. also on the program, the archbishop of canterbury comes under increasing pressure to resign over accusations of a cover-up involving a prolific child abuser associated with the church. the u.s. climate envoy told the cop 25 summit that work to fight global warming will continue at the united states despite the election of donald trump, a known climate change denier. secure star has been meeting with french president emmanuel macron to discuss ukraine amid deep uncertainty whether the unit it states will continue to support them after donald trump's electoral victory. it is the first time a british prime minister has stood alongside his french counterpart on armistice day. they stood side-by-side at the tomb of the unknown soldier before meeting veterans. as well as the flicking on the past, they discuss the future of the conflict in

but last week's u.k. budget and donald trump's election have cast new uncertainty over future policy using in the u.k. joining for a review is our correspondent lizzy burden. what do we expect? >> we have inflation back below the bank of england's 2% target, so it is nailed on this quarter-point cut today, so the focus is on the path ahead but you have spanners thrown into the works, rachel reeves' budget and the gilt market, the biggest loosening to slow the pace of rate cuts in the u.k., on the other hand, donald trump's victory also prompting a repricing of beer we cuts because of the impact to growth from tariffs. goldman sachs changing their forecast for the u.k. yesterday cutting it. he saw the pound up against the euro but down against the dollar. markets think the u.k. will be less hit than the rest of europe. we had j.p. morgan asset management's karen ward weighing in saying the fiscal response from europe could be inflationary, so it will be interesting how the bank of england process is that,

for the u.k.ou will understand services access is a key part of free trade, there are ways we can improve on business, how easy it is, we believe we can do more in future. you got to complementary economies, further opportunities in the future. the prize is real. huge amount of activity, what a positive story when the world is retreating into protectionism. jennifer: is there potential for politics to get in the way? we saw with the transport secretary some friction. is there potential to derail this? >> this is a strong relationship and there will be a need for dialogue. we don't conduct explicit policy but this is about more than just strong commercial relationship. trade is a force for good, brings places and communities together and we should seek a world with strong trade and seeking to open those up. one big change in the u.k. is returned to a country open toward the world with the eu for like i'm doing with this visit so we should focus on commercial opportunities, never dodged difficult qu

the u.k. is clean -- is keen to make its presence stealth -- its presence felt.wants to show he is serious. he announced ambitious new targets to cut emissions and made tackling -- and claims tackling this issue can bring opportunity. >> very important to show leadership on the climate challenge. it is a very important challenge of our time. i have long believed it is the single biggest opportunity for the next generation of jobs. reporter: you don't have to look far to see why there is concern from the recent devastations. fears about the impact of extreme weather. for some, the promises made are simply not enough. >> misplaced idea that their country somehow will be immune. the fallacy that their short-term interests are worth the destruction on their doorstep. and that they will escape without blame. reporter: the summits are all about getting international agreement and the often result in high-level targets or ambitious goals. you speak to many people here and they will tell you what really matters is not assessing the targets, it is meeting them. there plen

tom: we are still haunted by that liz truss moment in the u.k. the analysis around what we are seeing around the avenues again. -- around the japanese yen. staying on france, marine le pen's national rally is demanding further changes to france's government and the budget bill. further concessions are being demanded from the kingmaker around this issue after the prime minister dropped plans to raise taxes on electricity in a key concession to the far right. let's get more with bloomberg's julia. where do we stand with the concessions with marine le pen and how much more the prime minister is willing to give up to get the budget across the line? >> as you said there was a relief rally yesterday on the assumption it was a breakthrough. now as we stand friday morning, it is not clear how much more they will have to give in or whether or not marine le pen is ready to make demand that are acceptable. at the moment we really do not know what is going to happen next week. will the government fall or not? there are a few votes in parliament that will dec

samantha: the u.k.lor rachel reeves acknowledges her tax raising but it may affect pay for workers. deadly rocket attacks continue across lebanon and northern israel as u.s. envoy's push for a possible cease-fire deal between the israelis and hezbollah. a lebanese mp tells us she is very skeptical about prospects for peace in the region. also coming up on the world today, hope of breaking a ghoulish guinness world record in dorset with the largest gathering of ghosts to mark halloween. welcome to the world today, an hour of international news from the bbc. 158 people have been confirmed dead after flooding hit parts of spain on tuesday. spain's interior ministers said dozens of people remain missing. king felipe held a minutes silence for the victims today with many residents still being told to stay at home because of rising waters and the prospects of more rain. the valencia region was devastated when torrential rain caused flash floods and swollen rivers in the mountains flowed down to the coast, for

u.k.e on the opening trade, 45 minutes after they will have started trading, so tune in for that. waiting for earnings coming from hanover ray. that has come through. they have raised their profit target for 2024 so it's a different story for the insurer versus the auto parts maker. let's get back to the markets and the macro picture is this. s&p market -- the s&p 500 closing into that 6000 level, futures in your appointing higher after stocks ended in -- in your appointing higher after stocks ended in negative territory. s&p futures looking to build above the 6000 level after a fresh record high friday. nasdaq futures looking to add 58 points. it is veterans day in the u.s. so no trading at treasuries but the stock market will be open. euro-dollar at 1.07. brent trading at $74 a barrel, up .1%. pressure coming through from iron ore partly linked to some investor disappointment around the fiscal stimulus response out of china, so we will watch that at the open. bitcoin back above $81,000,

he was the big winner of the last election in the u.k.y spectacular man, very highly respected, nigel farage. [applause] rajini: that is donald trump president-elect at his last rally in pennsylvania giving a spectacular shout out to mr. faraj who of course was a key campaigner for brexit. the mp played a part in donald trump's 2016 campaign and he was in florida with donald trump as he delivered his victory speech. he is still there now and we can cross live to west palm beach and speak to nigel farage. quite the introduction from donald trump. you were in west palm beach last night as that victory speech was delivered. you had a front row seat i noticed. just tell us, have you had any conversations with donald trump since he delivered the victory speech, since he won, and what has he said to you? nigel: i spoke to him on monday at some length, spoke to him briefllast night. i have not bothered him today because as you rightly said a moment ago, today is the day for him to speak to world leaders including our prime minister sir keir star

to the u.k. were rachel reeves says the u.k.l legislate to paul 1.3 trillion pounds of pension savings into a series of mega funds to boost private investment and economic growth. the chancellor spoke to bloomberg's lizzy burden ahead of her mansion house address tonight. >> i think it would be wrong to speculate what an incoming u.s. administration would do. but we benefit and so does the united states from trade worth more than 300 billion pounds a year. that trade is growing. it's important for the prosperity of both the united kingdom and the united states and we will continue to make representations for free and open trade that benefits our nations. >> when it comes to harnessing pension money to boost growth, what will you offer in terms of reform that your conservative predecessors didn't? >> what we don't have is mega pension funds. that's why the interim report that we are publishing looks at having a minimum size of 25 or 50 billion pounds, similar to what you have in canada and the united states. those sorts of mega f

kriti: lizzy burden walking us through the story in the u.k..o on to something that will impact the united kingdom and other countries to come. it is the future of artificial intelligence. the nvidia ceo was in hong kong where he spoke with annabelle droulers about how his firm with handle the change in the u.s. president. >> i don't know what is going to happen with the new administration, but whatever happens, our wealth will balance simultaneously in compliance with laws and policies, continue to advance our technology and serve customers all over the world. we will continue to do that and we will do that just fine. kriti: the past two years, nvidia has become the main supplier of the hardware that enables generative ai, making the company the world's largest by market value. some of the chipmaker's biggest customers, amazon, microsoft, google are cooking up their own so it -- their own silicon. olivia solon joins us on set. good morning. walk us through this move from amazon. they are making their own ai chips. that is a costly venture. why?

we start in the u.k.aken a historic step towards legalizing assisted dying in england and wales. there were five hours of highly impassioned and emotiol debate among mp's and parliament. the result could mark on the biggest social changes the country has seen for decades. 330 in favor of the bill, 275 against. a majority of 55 represent the first step in giving terminally ill people the right to choose to end their own life. in recognition of the magnitude of their decision, the result was met by mp's not with cheers of approval but with complete silence. it was a free vote, meaning they can vote with their conscious as opposed to following party orders. vicki young reports now. >> our voice, our choice. >> they came to have their say. to make their final plea stampede -- pleas to mp's. powerful voices and personally spent is on both sides of this debate. >> county this. it is the wrong way to do. they are playing roulette with our lives and the future and they should stop. >> for others it's about choosi

the u.k. and the u.s.more involved in terms of supplying long-range missiles last week for ukraine to use within russian territory, which makes the nato allies more of a target potentially. how worried do you think g-7 leaders and others are? >> about the situation in ukraine, they are worried. the foreign minister is meeting, useful and valuable for them to have talks, but there is something slightly strange of them having it when we all know the trump administration will be in office from the 20th of january and they may take a different position. whatever positions are taken at this g-7 meeting, they don't necessarily last a very long. ukraine is in its toughest position since the war started in 2022. they are losing may be a few hundred meters every day. russians are making huge -- suffering huge losses, 1200 a day wounded, making ground, but ukraine is under more pressure than ever before. that is why there is so much pressure from zelenskyy to use these long-range weapons. as we have seen, when you u

u.k. time.bit of a breather in terms of the run-up, looking for more detail in terms of what the trumpet ministration might do to support the crypto space. down. brent taking a hit down 1%. set for another week of losses for oil on concerns about a glut in that market, now to the macroeconomic picture with a focus on europe and the impacts of potential tariffs coming from the u.s.. new forecast from germany say the economy will grow by 0.4% in the next year do to underline problems and cyclical weakness. donald trump threatened tariffs could derail germany's recovery even though germany was looking at a recovery. let's discuss this with senior europe economist at pantheon macroeconomics. thank you for joining us. we have that around a potential 1% of gdp out of germany on tariffs out of the u.s.. has yet to know what those tariffs will look like but a 10% tariff from the u.s. on european imports into the market, what is your modeling suggesting about the potential for economic hits of trump tari

u.k. time.f we look at what's been pricing the volatility market these are the last market catalysts for the year even bigger for the fed meeting. that being said there's a lot of optimism, kriti. we saw a 50% jump. that's the biggest jump in over two months on very little news. all optimism heading into the earnings results released later tonight if we come pair the nvidia stock to the wider chip market, a lot of pressure is on this stock. it is trading very close to all. time highs. you can compare that to the wider chip market which is down 30% since the peak in july. it's not just this share price but with the e.p.s. goliath nvidia can boost the market with. if you check out the e.p.s. growth in the wider chip market if you strip out nvidia, the e.p.s. growth for the chip market is very minute all the. 3.8%. you add nvidia in. it's nearly 32%. for the wired s & p500, nvidia is going to drive a quarter oil a lot of pressure on the results tonight. i want to flip on and see how it can be a cat

and i guess in the u.k. as well in terms of devising and enforcing these sanctions and then maybe bring us up-to-date, also, with something that you mentioned before, which is the situation now that involves the frozen russian assets because there's been a lot of discussion and controversy about this, both in the u.s. and also in europe, particularly in the european union. where do we stand with that now? >> right, so you've seen the u.k. in particular, stand up the regime quickly and impose sanctions more quickly without as many-- under an urgent procedure. the added, you know, almost triple staff, you know, to go through sanctions designations, and so, they -- particularly because there was so much rush sh un russian monday in london, they've stepped up the attack and more recently set up a body to impose-- to enforce trade restrictions. now, that's been the other front in the economic war, that the expert controls that were imposed on russia to try to deny russia and its defense industry access to western

u.k. futures also flat after that 52nd record high for u.s. stocks yesterday, back above the 6000 level. nasdaq 100 futures pointing lower. let's flip the boards and lacrosse asset. a bit of moves -- and look cross asset. a bit of moves, we do have some positions when it comes to the options market, suggesting some in the trading community are betting on higher yields in the weeks ahead. 4.23 at the front and on the two -year. we continue to watch the budget details out of france. brent, $72.89. we look ahead to opec-plus, that's a factor for the oil markets. bitcoin, 93,000, well below these highs we reached a week ago or so. let's get to the middle east and what has transpired over the last 24 hours or so. israel and lebanon's hezbollah have started that 60 day cease-fire. it is now underway after reaching a deal following weeks of u.s. mediated talks. president biden says the deal is a major step to ending the conflict in the middle east. pres. biden: this is designed to be a permanent

u.k.time, euro area cpi so inflation data out of the euro area and to what extent it ties into expectations around the ecb expected by market participant's to continue and expectations you get back below 2% by around the second half of next year. and at 12 p.m. u.k. time the u.s. consumer and we will break earnings as well given the size and scope of that business and the touch point across the consumer and we will get canadian cpi as well so the inflation trajectory out of the u.s.'s northern neighbor. a roundup of the stories you need to know to get your day going on daybreak. terminal subscribers can go to d.a. why bigo for those stories been we are leading on that google and alphabet story. we will be joined by rick mcconnell, ceo of dyna trace and we will be talking ai, automation and more at 6:30 a.m. u.k. time. hong kong has sentenced 45 pro-democracy protesters to jail time, including a 10 year term for a prominent activist. more details next. this is bloomberg. ♪ just stop calling

and she wants to see her son again and come back to the u.k. she has not received the assistance that she, or i, or our community expect. can i ask the prime minister to engage in that issue and ask the foreign secretary to assist my constituent in her earnest desire to see her 3-year-old son again. >> i thank the right honorable gentleman for raising this case and for all he's doing for katherine and david. it is, i know, a complex and difficult situation but of course i will make sure that the relevant meetings are set up with the relevant ministers to ensure that he gets the answer he is needs on behalf of his constituents. >> my constituent city is the home of u.k. brewing and has the best pubs in the country. the prime minister is welcome to join me for a pint in sampling the very best beer in the world. as this government looks to report business rates and consult on the changes, will the prime minister commit to ensuring that pubs and hospitality have a seat at the table? >> mr. speaker, last time i went by my friend's constituency, i go

>> if you look at the likes of the u.k.a situation where the swedish are cutting their apd and we have the hungarians cutting back and the italians cutting back on municipal taxes and at the same time we are seeing increases so that cannot be good for the u.k.. we have pulled capacity out of germany. if you have got less capacity we have more airports than we have capacity to fill that. >> you are talking about the budget. >> correct. >> it was a negative stat. >> you are considering cutting some routes or some flights in the u.k. as a result of that? >> there's a high chance we will. >> other regions will suffer more than london. you will see it in parts of scotland or middle u.k.. i think it was a backward step for a government that said we are trying to stimulate growth and tourism to do that in the budget last week. that's just one of a number of regions which are not stimulating growth. we have lots of countries stimulating growth and we are happy to grow there. >> what is happening with the certification of them asked

and she wants to see her son again and come back to the u.k. she has not received the assistance that she, or i, or our community expect. can i ask the prime minister to engage in that issue and ask the foreign secretary to assist my constituent in her earnest desire to see her 3-year-old son again. >> i thank the right honorable gentleman for raising this case and for all he's doing for katherine and david. it is, i know, a complex and difficult situation but of course i will make sure that the relevant meetings are set up with the relevant ministers to ensure that he gets the answer he is needs on behalf of his constituents. >> my constituent city is the home of u.k. brewing and has the best pubs in the country. the prime minister is welcome to join me for a pint in sampling the very best beer in the world. as this government looks to report business rates and consult on the changes, will the prime minister commit to ensuring that pubs and hospitality have a seat at the table? >> mr. speaker, last time i went by my friend's constituency, i go

the u.k. and singapore, founding members running the policy track. we did our first coordinated counter ransomware policy statement last year. felicity will talk about the open scale of policy efforts she and her team are leading. felicity: we have been grateful for israel and the ui you to set up a platform enabling countries to share indicators of compromise, to work together in the midst of a cyber attack and help each other with the goal of making it riskier, costlier, and harder for hackers having to design a new attack each time. deeply appreciative of the row in australia leading the international counter ransomware task force with lithuania establishing a platform for countries to ask for help from each other. one country has already reached out for help and the united states is announcing a fund administered by usa to help with that work. finally, our colleagues in canada are meeting private-sector outreach as well. thank you to the u.s. the founding members of cri and the individuals

according to the u.k. and other parts of the world.er military officer is working hit -- risking his life to speak to us. he's tried three times to make the perilous journey out of afghanistan. >> i keep trying to flee, even if i lose my life. our circumstances are such that we are dying every moment. >> we drove to get to where the officer started his journey. for which he sold his home and his wife's jewelry to pay the nearly $4000 charge. >> it is from this bus stop many of the people we have spoken to have told us they've taken buses to the western border with iran, where they met up with smugglers. from there on at each point, they pass from one people smugglers to another as they try and make their way from iran to europe. this is one of the main routes out of the country. afghans waiting to slip into iran on foot. a crossing that has become particularly dangerous. a month ago, iran was accused of discriminant lease shooting afghan migrants. this video verified by the bbc. of the injured and dead. if they make it through iran, mi

-u.k. relationship. why would i say that? the political stability in japan , notwithstanding prime minister's changing with sometimes stunning regularity. military strength, which japan has, which great britain doesn't have. the anecdote that ambassador emmanuel told about japan calling folks to get them on board with the resolution of the u.n.. could the u.k. do that? no, they couldn't today. i think what we wrote in 2000 has been far surpassed today. chris: i want to ask a personal question, then i will open up to the audience for a question or two before we close this portion. to go back to what you said at the beginning, ambassador kato, you both began to assume international positions in the alliance at the same time. you became a director in the north american affairs bureau in 1981. rich, you were a deputy assistant secretary for east asia in the same year. did you meet at that time? talk a little about your relationship at that time, how you began to work together, and what the major issues of the day were beyond what

you can watch live coverage of the results on bbc 1 in the u.k. next tuesday.ng you a special program from washington, d.c. with our team of experts and correspondents. a teenage boy who talked and killed his 15-year-old former girlfriend has been jailed for at least 17 years. logan mcfail was 16 when he foowed holly for an alley before stabbing her to death in north cumberland last year. the report contains distressing details. >> these are the moments holly newton was last seen alive. the 15-year-old had repeatedly told logan mcfail, seen here walking into an alleyway, that their relationship was over. holly, who was 15, hesitates but eventually her killer lures her to him. mctail fail, 16 at the time. launched an attack on her so brutal and sustained that the knife he was using broke. a boy who heard holly's screams and tried to save her was also stabbed. today mcfail was sentenced to jail and are at least 17 years for her murder. >> holly was a child. although you were not an adult, she was no match for you armed with a knife. she had severe injuries as she

>> he knows that he can look to the u.k., for example. this would be the position that u.k.lomats would take, that there is a government here with a big majority that's going to be in power during the same period that trump will be in office. they will play on the fact that the u.k. is the only sort of global partner that can have the same sort of military reach and to project its power. no other partner europe can do that. so they will play on that and the special relationship. but i don't think trump is very likely to look at the u.k. as having the whole of europe. i think this is a moment where trump can see that the policies that he wants , not only again is an opportunity at home to push them through, but internationally there will be less opposition. >> nick, thank you very much. for more let's turn to berlin. we are joined by matthew, the chief correspondent for politico. matthew, thank you for joining us. we just heard from nick that trump will be looking with the current vacuum in europe for opportunities. where do you think the greatest anxiety within your applies

you mentioned the relationship between the u.k. and china.saw a meeting between keir starmer, who flew here from london, with president xi jinping from china. it is the first time the u.k. prime minister has spoken to the chinese permissions 2013. you saw keir starmer try to navigate new territory, being on the global stage in a moment when orders were in the room and he began talking about taiwan and human rights, clearly unpalatable to the chinese staff. he is having to navigate that another new face, claudia sheinbaum, the new president of mexico, is another. she is being treated with a level of fascination in part because she is new and not as well-known. she is having a string of bilateral meetings, 8 of them in total. she is only in town for one and then she is in this unique position. she is so front and center when it comes to, the bluster the rhetoric i mentioned from donald trump. he has made no secret of his animosity toward the economic relationship between the united states and mexico, and then there is the immigration picture as

we will ensure that every corner of the u.k., and that services will improve for them. i will make sure that he gets a meeting with the relevant minister to discuss in detail how plymouth can capitalise on that. >> the town of cheshunt in my constituency has no banks or building societies, and we have been told that we are not eligible for a banking hub. we have been told that we are not eligible for a banking hub. does the deputy prime minister agree that every town that wants a banking hub should be eligible for one, so that my residents have access to their hard-earned cash? >> we have committed to 350 banking hubs through this parliament. i am sure that the minister will be happy to meet the honorable member on that point. i hope he will thankful for the levelling-up fund round 2 money that we secured, with £14.3 million going to waltham cross renaissance project, to regenerate the town centre for his constituents. >> jonathan hinder. >> i know better than most that, under the last tory government, neighbourhood policing was

lizzy burden, our u.k. correspondent, breaking down what we heard from the bank of england governor andrew bailey contending with a more challenging backdrop than he had expected a week ago. talking of the ecb, german politics plays into that. germany and delved into that political crisis, as parties argue over a limb election day in that country, following the collapse of the governing coalition. we are live in frankfurt with the latest. this is bloomberg. ♪ tom: welcome back to "bloomberg daybreak europe." breaking lines on the politics of germany. we will get details in the next couple seconds. the german opposition leader merz is talking to the dlf radio station giving an interview saying scholz the chancellor and the bid to delay that election until march is irresponsible. that is the line from the german opposition leader speaking to german radio. as olaf scholz pushes back on pressure from those competing parties to call an election earlier. scholz trying to push that back to early next year. opposit

netanyahu could be arrested if he travels to the u.k. after firing a new hypersonic missile into ukraine, president putin says russia has a stockpile of powerful new missiles ready to be used. and a new york judge indefinitely delays president elect donald trump's sentencing in his cminal hush money case. ♪ welcome to world news america. good to have you with us. downing street has indicated that israeli prime minister netanyahu could face arrest if he travels to the u.k. after the icc issued a warrant on thursday. the government spokesperson refused to comment directly on the case, but said the u.k. will fulfill its legal obligations. mr. netanyahu was accused of committing war crimes in gaza, but has blasted the icc's allegations. meanwhile, the un says that 2024 is the deadliest year on record for humanitarian aid workers operating in conflict zones. e agency's office for the coordination of humanitarian affairs says the wars raging in the middle east account for most of the 281 deaths recorded this year. in gaza, the agency says huma

just like u.k.ii, it would not have won without american weapons, but it did win with the partners and weapons. we do have the most professional army in europe. we are willing to fight. people have proved that many times. all they need is the weapons. helena: the cease-fire in lebanon appears to be holding for a second day, though there have been violations. israel has imposed a curfew on southern lebanon after fire at border settlements in what was seen as a warning for people to not return to their homes. frank is in jerusalem and has the latest. correspondent: it is only day two of a 60 day cease-fire, and so far it is largely holding up. neither side is looking to have backed out, but it would be an exaggeration to say this has been a perfect cease-fire so far. it has not. because the israeli military, their trains have -- their tanks have fired several rounds toward lebanese villages and towns in the south of lebanon, they say to ward off villagers who are coming back too soon. aid no overnight

cities and towns across europe and the u.k.lent today to mark the 106th armistice day, commemorating the truce between the allies and germany at the end of world war i. british prime minister keir starmer attended commemorations in paris with his french counterpart emmanuel macron. they observed two minutes of silence side-by-side before visiting the tomb of the unknown soldier. the two leaders held talks before commemorations as a show of european unity. that is our program today. you can always find more on all of the day's news on our website, bbc news.com/news. do check us out on your favorite social media site. you can see our lead article on the climate fight. you can find all of this also on our bbc app. just download that to get the latest news and analysis from our correspondents around the world. for all of us, thank you for watching world news america and st with bbc. announcer: funding for presentation of this program is provided by... financial services firm, raymond james. announcer: funding was also provided by,