of u.s./uk trait trade policy. it's an hour and 20 minutes. >>> good morning. welcome to the heritage foundation and our douglas and sara allison auditorium. we welcome those who are joining us on our heritage.org website. as well as c-span this morning. for those in-house we ask that courtesy that our cell phones and other mobile device have been silenced or turned off. and for all those watching online or on television you're welcome to send comments or questions at any time simply e-mailing speaker@heritage.org. hosting our program today is ted broman and the margaret thatcher center for freedom. he studies those relationships as well as u.s./british relations with europe in the europe union and international organization treaties as well. he joined heritage after a decade at yale university where he served as associate director of international security studies. he is also an adjunct professor in the strategic studies program in the john hopkins school for advanced international studies. please welcome me in welcoming ted broman. ted? >> thanks very much, john. welcome to

attack in the uk in over a decade. >>> uk prime minister theresa may is due to hold an emergency cabinet meeting shortly as authorities work to establish details. >> this time there is a most particular attack on the most vulnerable in our society. the intention was to sow fear, the insen shtention was to divit it will not succeed. >>> the stock market reaction to the incident is muted in early european trade, but uk travel and retail stocks underperform. >>> good morning. before we bring you more on the situation unfolding in manchester, just economic data in the form of may ifo business climate in germany rising in may. the climate index stands at 114.6 in the month of may versus a reuters consensus forecast for 113.1. so once again a bit better than expected. when it comes to the current conditions index, that's at 123.2 in may versus a forecast of 121. we saw this in the month of may. current conditions index once again, this is one of the highest levels ever. lost month in april we saw that at the second highest level reading. by in large conditions and confidence among the

brexit today? yes. the withdrawal of our neighbours, the uk, from the eu is potentially very damaging for the uk, for europe and for ireland. it certainly wasn't the result we expected or wanted. we're very disappointed, but we've got to deal with the cards as now played. this is potentially very damaging for the equilibrium of europe. the market of 550 million people, the great peace project of many years standing. and with ireland, as the nearest neighbours of the uk, in the event of there being adverse consequences, well then we're most likely here to suffer most. that must make you very angry, doesn't it? that here you are, unable, really, to have an influence over an event which could be catastrophic for you and your country? we're not so much angry as disappointed. that's why in the context of the negotiations that are about to begin, we are anxious to impress upon everybody, ourfriends in the uk, ourfamily in the eu, that this needs to be handled in an orderly manner. some of the preliminaryjousting has not been in that direction. that said, we have to look forward now

this is business life. brexit means what in the uk general election? the labour party unveils its manifesto, we will be weighing up the arguments. the leader of the uk's labour party has prioritised access to the single market— we'll speak to business leaders to get their view on the upcoming negotiations. and reports suggest ford could shed 10% of its workforce — europe is open — big day for data with uk inflation, and euro area gdp figures — we'll keep and eye on the numbers. and we'll be getting the inside track on the global shipping industry. it's faced some choppy waters in recent times — we'll ask whether the brexit negotiations can make for calmer seas. and what do you buy from vending machines? drinks, sweets, how about a supercar?! a "vending machine" in singapore is offering luxury vehicles including bentleys, ferraris and lamborghinis. today we want to know — what's the most surprising thing you've ever seen in a vending machine? let us know. just use the hashtag bbcbizlive. hello and welcome to business live. today, the uk's labour party will release its m

impact of brexit on the future of u.s.-uk trade policy. it was part of a discussion at the heritage foundation in washington, d.c. it's an hour and 20 minutes. >> good morning. welcome to the heritage foundation and our douglas and sarah allison auditorium. we welcome those who are joining us on our heritage.org website as well as c-span this morning. for those in house we'd ask kurtd si that our cell phones and other mobile devices have been silenced or turned off. and for all those can watching on line or on television, you're welcome to send questions or kmentsds vp comments tnt, simply e-mailing heritage.org. hosting today is ted vroman. he's our senior researcher. he studies those relationships as well as u.s.-british relations with europe and the european union, the u.s. role in the world, and national organization and treaties as well. he joined heritage after a decade at yale university where he served as associate director of international security studies. he is also an adjunct proffer of strategic studies in the strategic studies program at johns hopkins school of advance

between calais and the uk. that's a summary of the main stories. newsday is coming up at midnight — now it's time for newsnight. cheering. tough on marine le pen, so can he now be tough on the causes of marine le pen? here in france, they have a fresh start, but a lot of stale old problems to solve. much hope rests on president macron succeeding in reform where previous presidents have failed. it's the last bullet of the pro—globalisation forces. if it succeeds, both anti—system voting will decrease, the xenophobic one, marine le pen, and the alter—globalisation one, mr melenchon. but if it doesn't succeed, then the question will only be which anti—system voting will overthrow the system. and i hearfrom this former socialist candidate for president where this leaves the left. and does that mean the centre now back in vogue? what does macron‘s success mean for political movements outside france? in particular, what are the lessons for the british labour party? and we'rejoined by the poet, kate tempest. carcinogenic, epileptic, post—traumatic, bipolar and disaffected. atomised

israel. mobile ag connection in the uk varies wildly — according to new research by the consumer group, which. and it very much depends where you are in the country. with me is hamish macleod, director of mobile uk — the trade association for mobile phone operators in the uk. good evening to you. good evening. i think everybody‘s aware of this, why are we in this situation? i read somewhere we have less reliable phone connection than people in peru? well, that report, to be fair, also put the uk ahead of france, it put it ahead of italy and germany. but the situation is not static, the mobile operators are investing about £2 billion a year, in improving mobile 4g coverage, in adding to the capacity of the network and improving the footprint in the uk. so that by the end of 2017, a 4g signal will be available in 98% of premises. from at least one operators and the availability of the signal is one thing but the quality is what is important. there are many factors that determine these things, there is the availability of the sites, the ability to get sight sites through planning per

, a plan to create publicly owned energy companies in every region of the uk plus the introduction of price caps, and there's a commitment to abolish tuition fees as well as £8 billion for social care. this is an extremely modern, progressive, progressive set of proposals. and it's looking to the long—term future and most people are extremely excited at what they have seen. was it you? it certainly wasn't. the details might be out but the manifesto is not yet finalised. we are here to decide the final version, i am sure it will be an exciting programme that can attract as many voters as possible to the labour party. it's being agreed by seniorfigures at an already planned meeting in central london today. are you responsible for the leak? don't be silly. they are hoping their decisions will help the party win over the public. ordinary labour voters want an increase in the minimium wage, the abolition of zero hour contracts, agency workers dealt with, investment in our industry, nationalisation of the railways. so what did people at coventry station make of the plans? it's a good

the uk. before then, dry weather over the uk with huge contrasts again. a fair bit of cloud in central and eastern areas, slowly melting away and further west, sonny. further east under the cloud it is pretty grey but it is dry virtually everywhere. we're going to see some brighter conditions. it will be dry and not as windy as it has been. northern scotla nd as windy as it has been. northern scotland seeing thick cloud and a bit of rain. most of scotland doing very well, a lot of sunshine. northern england will be brightening up northern england will be brightening up over the next few hours. northern ireland should do well, 16 degrees, sunshine. some patchy cloud in the south—west. this is the main area of cloud, towards eastern england. it is dry underneath. the wins will be much lighter than they have been and it should feel better. later we will see the cloud melting away, the wind will be quite light, temperatures dropping away, some rain in northern scotla nd dropping away, some rain in northern scotland but most of us bye and dry. single digit temperatures in major towns and

a supply business could simply supplied regional areas in the uk. what is more problematic is that even assuming you set this business up and have the wherewithal to do so, you have the problem of how you get customers away from the existing supply businesses and into this new vehicle. because the key problem in the industry at the moment is it is not as though there are not cheap deals, are. but no—one is switching to them. the blunt truth is that if customers want better value in their energy bills, they have to do something about it, in your view, and cannot rely on government. absolutely. it is difficult for a government entities to decide, by, we're going to provide better deals, and to exaggerate only provided to? how do they identify the customers and extra ct they identify the customers and extract them from existing suppliers? it is very difficult to be impartial with nationalisation. either you nationalise the whole thing, and there are lots of issues around that, or you cannot do what they are trying to do at a diesel level. we're having some slight difficulties with y

less than a quarter of the pace of the uk economy. it could be on the brink of recession. don't you think you should end your obsession with independence and start generating some growth in scotland? let me take the facts and figures on the economy. we have seen growth as a whole. you are way behind the uk. we've also had the issues and problems with north sea oil and gas which has fed through the scottish supply chain, but if you look at the gd performance in scotla nd you look at the gd performance in scotland and the recovery, the recovery has been stronger than the uk. the unemployment is now lower than in the uk and we have seen productivity increase at a faster rate than the rest of the uk. as an education and health, i'm not sitting here in saying there's not a big job of work for the snp to do, but your assessment that in everything you want to point to their is no progress is flatly wrong. it was mr bell who pointed to that, not me. on the scottish economy, last year the uk economy overall grew by almost 2%, but the scottish economy grew by less than half a percent. that's

. the uk general election is two weeks on thursday. those are pictures of donald trump, apologies, ididn't mean pictures of donald trump, apologies, i didn't mean you to see those as i was talking about the election! team may has spoken to bbc news about the party, the conservative party's shift in approach to social care. we will get into that. we have not rewritten the manifesto. the principles on which we have based our social care policy remain the same. and in sport we will be looking across a number of the big football leagues, with winners in italy, england, scotland and spain. so, it's just over two weeks until election day here in the uk. and in the build—up to june election day here in the uk. and in the build—up tojune eight, andrew neil is interviewing each party leader, five interviews across the week. today he spoke to prime minister team may. she has had a challenging day. —— theresa may. she had to add a cap to the amount of money one individual could be asked to pay. there has been sharp criticism from some quarters. here is some of theresa may's interview

, but as we go through the week, look what happens. high pressure builds right across the uk. so when you see that, you though things are settling down. it's becoming dry for most, warm, sunny down. it's becoming dry for most, warm, sunny spells but it's later this week, as the high pressure judges away to the east, it's a —— nudges away to the east, it's later to the week we drag in on that flow something warmer and hotter from the continent. higher humidity too. today we have got some pleasant sunny spells to be had. here is one view to the east of the pennines. hazy sunshine mind you. to the west, more cloud around. in the lake district it's been a bit damp in places. we have had some outbreaks of rain and heavy showers going to move through as we go through the rest of the afternoon into the evening. leaving the bulk of england and wales dry, some sunny spells, especially across southern england ah glorious week for the chelsea flower show. more cloud for north wales. the odd shower, north—west england, as we have seen, northern ireland and scotland, some brighter break

last monday. the uk police have released new footage. the leaders of the uk's two main political parties are facing a live television audience, as the lead up to the general election continues. new zealander scott dixon had a lucky escape after his car did this yesterday in the indy 500. he managed to walk away with no serious injuries. don't forget, you can get in touch with the programme by tweeting @bbcos. welcome to outside source. let's turn to manchester now and the ongoing invesigation after last week's terror attack. new cctv footage has been given to the bbc of salman abedi's movements the day before the attack. this footage shows him shopping at a convenience store, casually walking among the aisles searching for something before he goes to the counter to buy some goods. he then walks out of the shop with a carrier bag. his till receipt shows he spent £8.74 and bought almonds, tuna, scouring pads and air freshners. the store is close to the flat where abedi was just hours before he detonated a suicide bomb at the manchester arena which killed 22 people. here'sjune kell

liberals admire has a 22% corporate tax rate. ryan will discuss that the uk has chopped its corporate tax rate to just 19% today. so, you know, what are we doing here? our 40% tax rate makes absolutely no sense. looking at the individual income tax, again, rates have fallen around the world over the last couple decades. back in the mid '80s, the average top oecd individual rate was 64%. back then our top individual rate was 55%. so we had -- we had an advantage on that for a while. so we cut our individual rate back in '86, but other countries started cutting, as well, but we kept our advantage in individual income tax rates for most of the last three decades up until 2013. the deal that ended part of the bush tax cuts pushed our top individual rate back up again, and our rate now with state taxes is about 46%, which is above the oecd average. we're a high income tax country. this is a problem. high rates at the top end really matter, because they punish the most productive people in the u.s. economy. entrepreneurs and brain surgeons and venture capitalists, people like that, are very res

threats. she said that talks would be tough and the position of the uk had been represented the standards of the european commission hardened. the prime minister returned to downing street after meeting with the queen and had strong words with watching referred to the bureaucrats of brussels saying some eu officials wa nted of brussels saying some eu officials wanted the talks to fail. it comes on the day that the chief negotiator of the eu want that the uk must honour its obligations as it leaves the eu and their departure would be complex and not pay less. a report in the financial times has suggested the uk could be asked to pay as much as 100 billion euros when it leaves the eu. 15 days after theresa may shocked westminster by calling a snap election, today it became a reality. just before three o'clock this afternoon she arrived at the palace to meet the queen to mark the dissolution of parliament. 0ur politicians are no longer mps and many are preparing to fight again for their seat. a lot earlier than they had expected. back in downing street the prime minister took many

like this are still pretty new in the uk. how much can they influence what happens at the ballot box?m how much can they influence what happens at the ballot box? if you look at it this way, we are in the middle of manifesto season, the parties are putting out lists of policies. if you like, the election at one level is about voters choosing from those list of policies. that is a tick box, like ordering a book online. elections and politics are about far more than that. they are about the unforeseen, the unexpected and coping with the unforeseen and unexpected. that ta kes unforeseen and unexpected. that takes leadership and character. in a way, tv debates get to the root of that, the offer of character and the offer of leadership, the offer of confidence that those politicians and parties are able to cope with. what they can't foresee but what might arise. how will the politicians have prepared? in two ways, attack and defence. defending what they might expect their opponents will see as weak points in their own armoury, weaknesses in their own armoury, weaknesses in their polic

mirror also claims to have had access to the labour manifesto. the i says the uk is facing a huge rise in stroke cases. the daily express says a heatwave is about to hit the uk. and they say it means britain is heading for a drought. the times talks about a spat between the chancellor philip hammond and theresa may's aides. and the daily mail describes the leaked labour manifesto as the most left—wing in decades. right, let's start. martin, would you set us up? jeremy corbyn, the ma nifesto you set us up? jeremy corbyn, the manifesto seems to have been exclusively in several papers, which i know it's a bit strange. let's start with the daily mirror headline, which says it pretty well. it does. it leads into a peek inside spread as well, detailing this lea ked spread as well, detailing this leaked draft, setting out a very extensive range of policies which the mirror builds very favourably, the mirror builds very favourably, the other papers we will come to our obviously much less favourable. this says he will fix rip—off britain, boost nhs schools and scrap tuition fees. talki

today at five, the us pop star ariana grande will return to the uk on sunday for a benefit concert for the victims of the manchester bombing. she is topping a star—studded line—up including justin bieber, coldplay and katy perry. the 22 people who died in a bombing were attending a performance by ariana grande last week at the manchester arena. we'll have the latest on the announcement today. the other main stories today. jeremy corbyn stumbles over the cost of labour's free childcare plans, in an interview on the bbc‘s woman's hour. how much will it cost?” 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. you have announced a major policy and do not know how much it will cost? can i give you the figure in a minute? theresa may says with brexit negotiations due to start days after the election, only she is prepared to lead the uk out of the eu. nicola sturgeon launches the snp manifesto — calling for a second scottish independence referendum "at the end of the brexit process". rolf harris says he's "relieved

pacing and monitoring of the online space and also prosecuting uk—based djabi is that go out into the battlefield abroad. i think leadership matters and blu ntly i think leadership matters and bluntly as i can and this kind of the as i can, i do not think if you compare the leadership theresa may offers, five years as home secretary, can the grass defence of oui’ secretary, can the grass defence of our security with jeremy corbyn, who has had a political lifetime supporting the ira. in 2009 he described hezbollah members as his friends. i do not think a man who is event of carers is the man to us against terrorists. emily thornberry speaks for the labour party. he has been associated in the past but gerry adams. that is a problem for his leadership, isn't it? jeremy corbyn's approach is a clear one and thatis corbyn's approach is a clear one and that is that we need to talk to people when possible. that is in order to find common ground in order to try and find a way forward. did you accept his associations... do you accept his associations... do you accept his associations... do yo

. now it's time for world business report. brexit means what in the uk general election? the labour party unveils its manifesto — we weigh up the arguments. and is this the doctor's surgery of the future? we'll be visiting a californian start—up which says it has the recipe for preventative healthcare. welcome to world business report. i'm sally bundock lots more in the programme including news from ford of significantjob losses. today the uk's labour party will release its manifesto ahead of next month's general election. although the formal announcement is expected in a few hours time, last week a leaked copy of the document revealed labour's plans to scrap the government's existing white paper on brexit negotiations. the conservative manifesto is expected in the next few days. so where do the two parties stand on brexit? the labour party favours managed migration, but will stop short of committing to specific immigration targets, unlike the conservatives which has pledged to limit net migration to the "tens of thousands". jeremy corbyn‘s labour party says it wants to retain

22 percent corporate tax rate. ryan will discuss that the uk has dropped its corporate tax rate to 19 percent today. what are we doing here jason fichtner our 40 percent tax rate makes absolutely no sense. looking at the individual income tax and again rates are falling around the world over the last couple of decades. back in the mid-80s the average top oecd individual rate was 64 percent. back then our top individual rate was 65 percent. so we had an advantage on that for a while. we cut our individual rate back and she's sick. but other country started cutting as well. but we kept our advantage in individual tax rates for most of the last three decades up until 2013. the deal that ended part of the bush tax cuts pushed our top individual rate back up again. and our rate now with state taxes about 46 percent which is above the oecd average of 44 percent. so we are not a low income tax country anymore. we are a high income tax country. this is a problem. high rates of the top and really matter. does it punish the most productive people in the us economy. entrepreneurs and brain su

. also in the programme: we'll hear from the young tech entrepreneur behind the uk's latest billion dollar business. it's been a long week for barclays‘ ceo jes staley and it ends with him fooled into replying to an email he thought was sent by the bank's chairman but was actually from a prankster. we'll tell you what he wrote later, but first we want to know have you ever sent an email to the wrong person? just use #bbcbizlive. hello and welcome to business live. we start in europe's economic powerhouse, because in the last half hour germany has released gdp figures for the first three months of the year, and they show an economy that's accelerating. it grew 0.6% on the previous quarter. that translates to an annual rate of 1.7%. it's being fuelled by global demand for the country's exports, like cars and machinery. but it's not all cause for celebration. let me show you why. last year germany clocked up its biggest ever trade surplus, that's how much more it exports than it imports. at $275 billion, germany has one of the biggest trade surpluses in the world. it's a source of te

holiday resort in portugal, we speak to the first man named as a suspect. and why the uk's last killer whales are under threat. and coming up in the sport on bbc news. after announcing her retirement, 11—time british javelin champion goldie sayers says she leaves athletics feeling a "deep sense of injustice". good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. the european union's chief brexit negotiator has been setting out his priorities for the talks, warning that they will be complex and not painless. michel barnier insisted that the uk would not be punished for leaving but said that the accounts had to be settled. it came after reports that the uk could be asked to pay up to 100 billion euros to leave the eu. mr barnier said the top priority was to establish the rights of eu citizens living the in the uk and of britons in the eu. here's our political correspondent ben wright. in the tories‘s sights this morning, jeremy corbyn‘s tax plans. the conservatives claim there is a huge hole and his sons, a charge labour strongly denies. but what about the cost of brexit? there

uk, with public control of the transmission and distribution grids as well as an immediate emergency price cap to ensure the average duel fuel household energy bill remains below £1,000 per year. and despitejeremy corbyn‘s previous suggestions — the document promises support for the renewal of the trident submarine system. john mcdonnell has described the lea k of john mcdonnell has described the leak of the manifesto is disappointing, but says it is a modern set of proposals. he was speaking to reporters this morning. do you know who leaked your manifesto, mr mcdonnell? no, we don't. disappointing, though, but there you are. we'll have the clause v meeting today and that will decide the final manifesto. you are working through it. do you recognise these policies? do you want to nationalise the railways and the energy companies? we'll see what comes out of the clause v meeting. we have a democratic process in the party, it will be the clause v meeting that will decide it. and then we'll have the launch on tuesday. do you really think you can get... i've got to catch my bus. ..th

. now the social network says it's doing everything it can to tackle the problem in the uk. with these newspaper adverts part of that effort. facebook says it is to bring up the battle against fake news. it is giving its users a guide to spotting what it calls false news, it is closing tens of thousands of fake uk accounts which might spread misinformation, and it is working with fact checking organisations during the election campaign. so, what happens if a friend shares what you think is a fake news story with you? well, it's not blindingly obvious but you go here, go down to report post, i think it shouldn't be on facebook is the choice here, you continue, then you get the option at the bottom of it's a fake news story. and once you have done that you should end up with an independent fact checking organisation. one of those organisations thinks the social network needs to do more. there is a responsibility for facebook to look at how do we change facebook itself to make it easier for people to spot the sites that are not what they are cracked up to be on things that need to be chec

street dinner, among suggestions that the uk would have to pay 100 billion as we leave the eu. some have created the illusion that brexit would have no material impact on our lives, or that negotiations can be concluded quickly and painlessly. this is not the case. more cryptically, less diplomatically, he said: just like when hill walking, you have to learn the rules, or accidents happen. the government didn't start the day with a subtle message. the tories were eager to make disputed claims about labour's plan for tax. butforget that, every question was about the possible bill from brussels, and rather than ramp up the row, those two had tried to turn it down. can i ask you both not to hide behind the fact that there will be negotiations? in this election, don't voters deserve to know how much of that taxpayers cash they may be asked to stump up? is that figure closer to zero or 100 billion? the public want one thing. they want a good outcome to this negotiation, the best possible outcome. we do that in the negotiating room, not by negotiating with a megaphone. i am not surprised

terrorist attacks in europe in the wake of that manchester attack. we also know that uk government has been particularly piqued with the u.s. government in recent days. they feel that leaks are coming out of the u.s. government related to this investigation. theresa may will be here today, so there may be a conversation with her and president donald trump regarding that. a couple other issues on the agenda -- president trump is still weighing whether to send thousands of troops to afghanistan, so he will have an opportunity to talk to some of our allies here to get their input and to see if they would be willing to offer military support for that. and again, we just can't hammer home this intelligence issue enough. it's not just a question of what's going on with the investigation related to what happened in manchester, but there also could be some allies who are eyeing president trump pretty wearily after he had that meeting in the oval office with russian officials and shared highly classified information that came from some of our intelligence partners, in this case, partly from isr

. officials briefed on the investigation into this say that authorities in the uk suspect that this incident was conducted by a suicide bomber. this happened at about 10:30 local time at the manchester arena. this is a huge arena. there was an ariana grande concert on there, you know, big draw for young fans. would have been a full stadium. holds 18 to 20,000 people. at the end of the concert, witnesses report hearing a loud bang. they say it sounded like an explosion and they ran for the exits. now, what has transpired since we've gotten a number of emergency vehicles there. we're starting to see pictures on social media of some of the kids coming out with injuries, some teenagers who presume teenagers with ripped jeans, bandages around their legs, adults with similar kind of injuries being helped by first responders. some witnesses say they saw people with cuts on their head. but really unclear how many of these people were injured by some sort of explosion or by just the rush to get out of this stadium. at this point, the manchester police cordoned off a large area here in industrial -- t

>>> good morning. a suicide bomber hits a concert in the uk killing 22, injuring dozens of others, we're live on the scene with the latest. >>> a developing story, president trump meeting with palestinian leader abbas today. the latest from the middle east coming up. >>> and live from washington, the white house sends its budget proposal to congress. it's tuesday, may 23, 2017. "worldwide exchange" begins right now. >>> good morning. welcome to a busy "worldwide exchange" on cnbc. i'm sara eisen here with mike santoli. thank you for being here. wilfred frost off this morning. we'll begin with that breaking news out of manchester, england. a suicide bomber struck an ariana grande concert overnight killing 22 people and injuring 59 others. a live report from the uk in just a moment. we want to check in on the markets. it did add to cautious mood overnight for stocks. u.s. equity futures have turned around and bounced higher. dow futures up 48 points, the nasdaq up 12 and the s&p up 4. let's show you europe and what's happening to stocks there. also saw some early weakness which has

obamacare. the new york times asks did uk tabloid newspapers help in persuading the british public to vote brexit? the paper says as the uk prepares to cut ties with europe many uk politicians are courting the tabloids out of fear they'll turn against them. the south china morning post says a war of words has escalated between north korea and china. the row, the paper says has been prompted by beijing working more closely with the united states. and finally the telegraph has a picture of the duke of edinburgh on the front cover. prince philip, it is announced will be retiring from public life and will no longer carry out royal engagements from the autumn, by which time he will be 96. probably time for you to retire, similarage? probably time for you to retire, similar age? laughter with me is alpesh patel who's ceo at praefinium partners ifill 91. you look much younger, i promise. --i feel 91. emmanuel macron and marine le pen. can he do it? the polls and the journalists say he is in the league so get ready for a huge upset. the kiss of death. i cannot tell you what the french polls d

been covering. and that is the explosion at the manchester arena tonight in the uk. more video is coming on to social media. and as the night draws on, i'm sure we'll get more imagery. but you've probably become familiar by now with this. one of the first clips of video we saw. it happened just after the lights went up, just after the last note. and ariana grande went backstage. that's when people heard and felt a concussion outside. still, some discussion as to whether or not there was just one or more explosions. we've been what, three hours of coverage with sporadic reports, including by this network that this was a suicide bomber, outside on a kind of level that connects the train station to the venue. let's go first to the police briefing. manchester police department. someone has just stepped to the microphones. >> around 10:33 p.m., we received reports of an explosion at manchester arena in the city center. this was at the conclusion of ariana grande concert. currently we have 19 people confirmed to have lost their lives in the explosion, and around 50 casualties that have

new users. also in the programme: bt, the uk's biggest telecoms group, says it will cut 4,000 jobs worldwide over the next two years in a major restructuring. all eyes on the bank of england as it unveils its quarterly economic update later. interest rates are set to stay on hold of a record low of 0.25%. and the company that created photoshop, we'll be speaking to the boss of the software firm adobe, shantanu narayen. today we want to know, do you use snapchat? what do you use it for? let us know. just use the hashtag #bbcbizlive. i know that tanya is a user of snapchat, i have seen the selfies! and we start with snap, the company behind the messaging app snapchat. it lets you send photo messages that disappear after a few seconds. but it seems the confidence of investors has gone missing almost as fast. snap‘s shares plunged in after—hours trading on its first set of financial results since that huge flotation back in march. snap lost $2.21 billion in the first three months of the year. that's way more than the same time last year. why? well, mostly because of huge pay—outs

most recent comments he's made in the last few days. what the uk is experiencing is precisely the fact that brexit is not a walk in the park. that's extremely complicated on a financial basis and that's extremely complicated in terms of organisation and consequences. but don't forget that brexit is not at the top of his list of priorities. he's vowed to reform france and if possible in partnership with germany to reform the eu, plenty to be getting on with. then of course there will be a french parliamentary election injune, so he will be paying far more attention to that than to the start of negotiations on brexit. but he will campaign for the rights of french citizens in the uk. he would like financial firms to move from london to paris. and one other issue he's talked about, a reform of the le touquet agreement, this is the deal under which british immigration checks take place in calais on french soil. now, it's not an eu agreement, it's a bilateral one. but it will play into the brexit debate and the prime minister has been talking about it this morning. and as for the le tou

to it? —— do. loveit love it or hate it. this is one institution in the uk is remaining injune institution in the uk is remaining in june europe. institution in the uk is remaining injune europe. the eurovision song contest. it is the final this saturday in kiev. the uk flag is being flown by lucy saturday in kiev. the uk flag is being flown by luchones. but will britain meet its waterloo? it has been hard enough for the uk to get points from european neighbours even when on speaking terms. but now that we are leaving the eu, will that condemn us to lose eternally? theresa may has warned brexit could scupper the uk's eurovision party. is the prime minister a fan of eurovision? i cannot imagine her watching with her little flag. brexit is out of my control, whatever happens. for the eu, brexit strikes a bum note, but the signs are that europe has not fallen out of love with britain. we have discovered that even the french love having the uk in eurovision, so long as france does not come last. being happy is what eurovision is all about. it is not the winning that counts. just as

britain — but the uk must honour its commitments. there is no punishment. there is no brexit bell. the financial settle m e nt brexit bell. the financial settlement is only about settling of the accords. whilst we will meet our international obligations, we mean that the legal ones, not the best guesses and wishes of the commission. labour dismisses conservative claims that its spending pledges don't add up. the shadow chancellor accuses the tories of ‘lies‘. the other news at 11. smartphone users only get access to the ag signal about two thirds of the time — and coverage varies wildly across the country. ten years since the disappearance of madeleine mccann, portuguese detectives say they don't believe the theory she was taken in a botched burglary. and scientists say they found "shocking" levels of a toxic chemical in the body of one of the uk's few killer whales. good morning, i'mjane hill reporting live from westminster on the day the general election campaign officially gets underway. at midnight last night parliament was officially dissolved, meaning that from today o

walsh and her lawyer have been in london to give evidence at an hearing of the uk media regulator ofcom that's looking at the proposed sky deal. the head of 21st century fox is rupert murdoch. he declined interview requests from the bbc, so our media editor amol rajan decided to go to new york to take a more direct approach. this is what happened. you can find a blog post about that encounter on the bbc news app right now. and this is wendy walsh along with her lawyer talking to the bbc. every chance, since 2004, the murdochs have had an opportunity to comply with the law, respecting women's rights, respecting the rights of people of colour, or standing by a profitable man that makes money, they have chosen the latter. even the latest statement you showed us, it is a real slap in the face to wendy walsh and all the other women and the african—american employees that say they have a toxic culture at work. that is appalling, to say that all he cares about is ratings. high ratings means nothing else matters. the people of the uk value women's rights, that is why we are here. if you follo

only attracted to brexiters? leading the uk naked in the negotiating chamber. nicola sturgeon launched the snp ma nifesto nicola sturgeon launched the snp manifesto calling for a second scottish independence referendum at the end of the brexit process. the sdlp in northern ireland launched their manifesto with a focus on fighting hard brexit and hard border. its leader said their party would stand up against borders, division and cruel and crippling cuts. as we face new challenges we must be mindful of protections but europe as gifted us and remind others of a situation that is unique and more challenging and deeply deserving of special status. to do that we need strong voices taking a stand against the tories at the heart of the action. welcome to the programme. laura hughes and jason are here. jeremy corbyn a failure of memory, a bit like diane abbott earlier in the campaign? it is not great, you would have thought he would have had a briefing before going to interview on the date that you're launching a manifesto policy, you're launching a manifesto policy, you should know

across the uk watching on the bbc news channel. this is where we'll be spending the next 90 minutes, testing the pledges and ambitions of five political parties in wales. as voters prepare to visit the polling stations on thursday of next week, we'll be exploring some of the biggest issues featuring in this campaign, from the challenges of the brexit process ahead to the questions raised by the terrible events in manchester last week. we asked the five main parties in wales to nominate a leading representative to take part in tonight's debate. joining us tonight here in cardiff for labour we have first minister carwynjones. for plaid cymru we have their leader leanne wood. for the conservatives we have the welsh assembly member darren millar, and we're grateful to him for appearing as the leader of the welsh conservatives, andrew rt davies, and the secretary of state, alun cairns, didn't feel able to take part. for the welsh liberal democrats we have their leader mark williams. and for ukip we have their leader in the national assembly, neil hamilton. please give them a warm welcome

the latest reaction to the election of emanuel macron and we'll asking what does this mean for the uk and it's brexit negotiations. theresa may suggests the conservatives will — again — promise to cut net migration to the "tens of thousands" in their election manifesto. labour targets children's health — and says it will ban alljunk food tv adverts before the 9pm watershed. facebook places adverts in british newspapers with tips on how to spot fake news in the run—up to the the general election. and turning the tide — an irish beach that was washed away by a storm over 30 years ago reappears almost overnight emmanuel macron has attended his first official event as president elect of france — less than 2a hours after the polls closed. he joined president hollande at a world war two commemoration in paris. monsieur macron beat marine le pen convincingly in yesterday's presidential run off vote — but in his victory speech last night said he wanted to unite the country. that's got to the french capital and aiming dramatic asjoins us now from paris. good afternoon. emmanuel m

. karen blackett 0be is chairwoman of mediacom uk, the largest media agency in the uk. jon wright who co—founded innocent drinks in may 1999 and is now a co—founder off of jamjar. and cat gazzoli, the founder of piccolo, which produces mediterranean baby food. let's start off with you if we can. that has a very specific brand identity. when you're looking at taking it somewhere, irrespective of where it is, how do you pick the elements of that apart and say "we are going to work out which bits work and which bits don't?" well, first, because piccolo is founded on the mediterranean approach, a diet known around the world, we have had a lot of inbound interest when we launched in the uk. in terms of distributors and retailers saying we would love to have you. we think it is a message understood by the public here. it is looking at the inbound. it is also about looking at what other players are in the market and do our existing partners in the uk already have a relationship with that market? thinking in terms of the brand, your brand had a specific profile, jon. perhaps you didn't see i

bitter campaign. the final run—off takes place this sunday. as the uk gears up for its own election, the gloves are off over brexit talks. threats against britain have been issued by european politicians and officials. all of these acts have been deliberately timed to affect the result of the general election that will take place onjune eighth. the fbi director has defended his decision to make public the re—opening of an investigation into hillary clinton's emails less than two weeks before the us election. everybody who disagrees with me has to come back to october 28th with me and stare at this and tell me what you would do. would you speak or would you conceal? we'll talk to anthony zurcher in washington about that and we'll hear from barbara plett—usher about the palestinian president's visit to the white house. that's all coming up on outside source. french presidential candidates marine le pen and emmanuel macron have just begun a live televised debate ahead of sunday's second and final round of voting in the presidential election. let's ta ke let's take a look at what is happ

around the globe. here's our top stories: more raids and arrests in the uk as police confirm their belief. a network of accomplices helped the manchester bomber. salman abedi's father and brother have been detained in libya. they deny allegations of any connection to extremist groups. leaked photos from the scene of the bombing are published in the new york times. british investigators have expressed "fury" and "astonishment. " more tributes for the victims. so far, 1a have been named. police say they know the identities of everyone who was killed. hello, and welcome. the investigation into monday night's bombing in manchester is moving fast. police say they are looking, notjust at the bomber salman abedi, but a "network" of people. there has been more arrests around manchester and in other uk cities. our chief correspondent, gavin hewitt, starts our coverage. late morning, central manchester, and a raid on a block of flats, part of a huge operation to discover the network of the manchester bomber. police believe he stayed there as recently as 7pm on monday evening of the night of

. ‘facebook must pay to police the internet‘. that's also in the daily telegraph, which has a uk parliamentary committee criticising social media firms for how they address offensive online material. the committee looks at fines for companies that don't censor illegal posts quickly. and it's a case of writer's block in la la land, in the financial times. hollywood is bracing for a possible writers‘ strike, as they seek a new deal with big studios. the last strike, in 2008, cost the california economy an estimated $2.5 billion. so, let's delve into those stories. we have nina with us from the wall streetjournal. let's start with this final week of campaigning in france. there is danger that some people are being turned off by both candidates. which is, i guess, a striking development to see that in the end you could see candidates not making votes with young voters on both sides. we have seen marine le pen being attractive to many photos but for many years voters in many suburbs, in parisien suburbs that are not doing that well we have seen people saying that they will not vote

are absolutely vast. $224 trillion is a figure he afful is not looking at some of the uk companies folding, because of one pension pot. when you look at nudging 100 years average age. the careful older people all these things become huge weight on an economy. this is the right to be talked about. it probably does not go far enough. government are dealing with pensions but also the health—care issue and that is a real expense. let's just finished health—care issue and that is a real expense. let'sjust finished with this, a very interesting piece. the world bank chief economist said we need to sort out the way we write reports, they are too wordy and also the use of the word "and". he is probably not wrong in that. let's look at the headline, world bank in turmoil over semantics, i think we have a problem. when you read this story bit further it comes to the increasingly woolly style this guy is identifying and he is saying let's have more clarity. but the idea of putting percentages on what words people can use is a bit scary. i quite like that. in turmoil over these! time is up

hello. you're watching bbc news. the headlines this hour: the uk terror threat level has been raised to critical following the manchester concert attack that left 22 people dead and many injured. britain's prime minister theresa may has warned that a further terror attack could be imminent. she also announced that soldiers will be deployed to protect key sites. the suicide bomber has been named as salman abedi, a 22—year—old born in manchester. he was of libyan origin and was a student at the nearby university of salford. the islamic state group has published a statement on social media saying one of its supporters carried out the attack. thousands of people have gathered for a vigil in manchester's city centre in memory of those who died. a minute's silence was held as crowds spilled out on to nearby roads. greater manchester chief constable ian hopkins thanked "the rest of the world for holding us in their thoughts". now it's time for world business report. as the uk prime minister ups the security personnel across the country, we assess the cost of keeping britain safe.

injured and the staff treating them. a minutes silence across the uk — as hundreds gathered in manchester — remembering the 22 victims of the concert bombing. also this hour — a noisy return to election campaigning. don't you understand english? please, please, please, let's be respectul. it comes as ukip says theresa may has some responsibility for the manchester bombing. and — net migration to the uk falls by 84,000 — most of those leaving the country were eu citizens. good evening and welcome to bbc news. a major international row has erupted after key images from the investigation into the manchester arena terror attack were leaked to the new york times by us intelligence officials. police here condemned the leak, which could have damaged the investigation. and said they would now limit the amount of information they're willing to share with counterparts in america. today, president trump promised to root out the source of the leak, which he called "deeply troubling". in other developments, officers investigating the attack have described the arrests made so far as