mayor sadiq khan of london. thank you for joining us from austin. >>> two important issues for america and the world in our focus tonight. and that is it for our program. thanks for watching "amanpour" on pbs and join us again tomorrow night. >>> "amanpour" on pbs was made possible by the generous support of rosalind p. walter. ♪ katty: the british prime minister slams the russian government over the poisoning of a former spy. christian: theresa may says it is likely the kremlin was involved. what is she going to do about it? katty: the russian ambassador has been summoned to explain, and mrs. may says there can't be business as usual with moscow. >> this is attempted murder using a nerve agent in a british town. it is not just a crime. it was an indiscriminate and reckless act against the u.k. katty: radio silence from north korea on trump's offers of talks. there is still much to be agreed. christian:

hub and let's get to caroline hyde in london for more on how london is bringing in big tech. caroline: thank you very much, and i will speak to the man whose job is to do just that. he is the first of london's cheap officers effort. he is touring the west coast as he speaks and joins us now on "bloomberg technology." great to have you on "bloomberg technology." talk to us about how much trade and investment you are managing to her in from big tex into london. have you found any big deal is yet? >> we are here for two purposes. one is to bang the drum for the u.k. tech sector and particularly london's tech sector. london is a city of convergence with over 40 tech sectors located there from artificial intelligence to cleantech, financial capital, obviously of europe. secondly, we are here to discuss smart cities, how we use data to make london a more livable place and also open up opportunities for business. those two things together, we are over here supported by our team in london and partners which helps brings businesses to the u.k. and helps them start of their and deal wi

they were risky cases london bombers. they were risky cases that our government did not wa nt cases that our government did not want us to work with. who else is supposed to work with them? in this case we supposed to work with them? in this case we knew he was part of the programme and still plotting an attack? i have been putting this argument too many colleagues in the prevent field and civil servants and ministers. the current home secretary fully understood my concerns about the practitioners we have at the moment on the ground, but over the last five or six years, the level of expertise is appalling and aside from that, the level of risk averse this within government is also appalling. there are lessons to be learned. since 2006, we have had a number of different experts coming out with policies and ideas and strategies and we're still learning lessons. this is costing lives. this is absolutely ridiculous to come from the government, to say we are still learning lessons. how successful ca n we are still learning les

this week, glushkov was due to appear in court in london. the russian authorities were continuing to pursue him for more than £100 million of aeroflot‘s money. did his past make him a target? russia's sternest critics have no problem believing that. mr glushkov‘s death fits into a wider pattern of the last 12 years or so of kremlin opponents dropping dead across europe. the consequences for the kremlin of this were limited forfar too long. the uk response has recently been much stronger but there's still an awful lot more that we could do. but it's clear to take the strongest possible action britain will have to rely on the gathering of solid evidence. so the world watches another complex investigation unfold. an iraqi teenager who smuggled himself into britain on a lorry to seek asylum has been found guilty of the london tube bombing at parson's green. 18—year—old ahmed hassan left his bomb on a packed underground train during rush hour. the device only partially detonated, but injured 50 people. it's emerged that hassan was on the

this week, glushkov was due to appear in court in london. the russian authorities were continuing to pursue him for more than £100 million of aeroflot‘s money. did his past make him a target? russia's sternest critics have no problem believing that. mr glushkov‘s death fits into a wider pattern over the last 12 years or so of kremlin opponents dropping dead across europe. the consequences for the kremlin of this were limited forfar too long. the uk response has recently been much stronger, but there's still an awful lot more that we could do. but it's clear to take the strongest possible action britain will have to rely on the gathering of solid evidence. so the world watches another complex investigation unfold. the direct attack by britain's foreign secretary on the russian president has triggered a swift and angry response in return. borisjohnson says he believes it's "overwhelmingly likely" that president putin was personally responsible for directing the use of a nerve agent on the former spy sergei skripal and his daughter in sali

having had 14 in london yesterday! the number of hospital admissions due to older people falling is expected to rise to nearly 1000 a day by the end of the decade. that's according to figures obtained by the local government association. it's prompted calls for more funding for adult social care. the former deputy director of the fbi, andrew mccabe, has been fired just days before he was due to formally retire. andrew mccabe said his sacking had been politically motivated, and claimed it was part of a wider effort to taint the fbi. president trump tweeted it had been a "great day for democracy". sport now...and for a full round up from the bbc sport centre, here's john acres. it has been snowing at twickenham. we've reached the climax of this year's six nations championship, three matches today and a huge afternoon ahead at twickenham. ireland have already taken the title but they're looking to complete the grand slam with victory over england, who've yet to lose at twickenham under eddiejones. here's olly foster. jose

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people think that london is the thin tech hub in london, you are betting on dublin, wife? dublin has been our european headquarters from day one. if a few reasons for that. it is in the eu. also, dublin is increasing its phenomenal talent market. where you have this melting pot effect. it reminds me of what you get in the valley and what you get in london, people coming from all over europe to work in dublin. we are using dublin as a hub for which to serve europe, the middle east, and africa. what is the threat to the —— what is the threat brexit has on london as the tech hub?l to the —— what is the threat brexit has on london as the tech hub? a big one. it is twofold. firstly, in actuality, it'll get harder to have actuality, it'll get harder to have a talent hub here where people from across europe, especially, are coming to work. we are seeing this in the us right now where it has already proven the case that people are already proven the case that people a re less already proven the case that people are less willing to move to the us. they don't even want to en

they should get out now and ta ke london. they should get out now and take their families and be gone immediately. that sounds like an invitation, or are you saying that he would take steps to force them out? i am saying that we should make it absolutely clear that their wealth is not acceptable here, we should be using unexplained wealth orders to freeze the assets and seize their goods and should be robust. but there are lawful and legal and honourable people who have come from russia, who have fled the brutality of the putin regime and you're living in exile, sadly, in london, and they are welcome here and have a place because the bond between our two people are very, very close. you only need to get postcards of sore neck of the second standing next to george v to realise that ourfamilies standing next to george v to realise that our families are very close. —— of these are standing next to george v. the links between scientists and research and cosmologists and i points to a depth of connection between the united kin

when lit within couple of day in london it was the same situation and still we hear no. results of that investigation so we will wait. someone will find. the results and. if we hear from any. relation to it we'll take measures but even so i mean it's terms are saying i'm sorry if i just may interrupt you for a second this is an army grade nerve agent that was well made in russia so there is some link there is there somebody else who manufactures this type of talks it. these never guess maybe one hundred chips in any country because. as we know the formula is well known it is present in the internet. and we have no stockpiles of chemical weapons in our country so we reject these accusations ok that's very clear barbara want to go to you in london moscow asked london to back up its claim with evidence why are british authorities so reluctant to share the proof. because it is going to take quite a while and people here are experts who even speak of some months where until they really can be sort of like a trail of evidence that is presented police is still working on how th

meanwhile, the teenage bomber left london and went on the run. the year before he declared it was his duty to hate britain because his father had been killed by coalition forces in iraq. at the time of his attack he was on the government's de—radicalisation programme, prevent, aimed at turning people away from terrorism. he was very cunning and devious and, on the face of it, hassan was engaged on the programme but coming back to his devious nature, he kept it very secretive in relation to what he was doing, what he was planning, and nobody around him actually knew what his plot was. 2a hours on from the attack, firearms officers were surrounding hassan's house in sunbury in surrey. inside were his petrified elderly foster pa rents, penny and ron jones. this was a couple who had received mbes from the queen for fostering hundreds of children. ahmed hassan repaid them for giving him a home by secretly building a bomb in their kitchen. and it came out in court that the teenager staying in their spare bedroom had told immigration officials he had

we were working in london. and we we re we were working in london. and we were completing a project by the end of the year. a few days before completion of the project we were coming back with my wife from london and we came to waterloo station and near waterloo station is the russian shop where russian food is being sold, and of course as usual you can't find original russian but from former soviet republics. it is run not by a russian but by an afghan quy not by a russian but by an afghan guy who speaks russian. what became there there was a man who was buying different stuff also there, and we recognised each other because we had once met in russia but frankly speaking i recognised only that i know the face. but he had better memory maybe but also because of my articles and might story with kremlin and conflict i was the only one who accused kremlin of corruption and started official criminal prosecution, and because of my story the head of the service lost hisjob, the my story the head of the service lost his job, the deputy lost his job, everybo

earlier this week business was found dead in london on monday police have confirmed the cause of death was compression to the neck was a close associate of prominent bhushan opponent boris berezovsky who was found dead in the u.k. in two thousand and thirteen tens of thousands of slovak ins have turned out in the capital bratislava to demand early elections they are angry at the failure of political leaders to address high level corruption slovakia's prime minister abbott feet so resigned on thursday following the killing of journalist young could siac that's it for myself and the team here in london counting the cost is next. al jazeera. where ever you. alone has a secret this is counting the cost on al-jazeera your weekly look at the world of business and economics this week are all knowing russians getting all they bargained for as putin heads for reelection. also this week saudi aramco puts its i.p.o. on ice and keeps the financial world guessing about the fate of the world's biggest stock market listing. plus open for business the push to revive zimbabwe's economy . well he is on

leave the russian embassy in london and head back to moscow. also coming up europe's human rights court condemns turkey over the jailing of two journalists it's of course first such ruling in connection with turkey's crackdown on anyone suspected of having links to a failed coup attempt two years ago. also coming up a sad day for conservationists the world's last mail northern white rhino dies in kenya only two females remain can anything be done to stop the species from going extinct. and facebook under fire over its links to the controversial political consultant the cambridge analytics it's alleged to have illegally obtained a data from more than fifteen million facebook accounts so what can you do to protect yourself from. the last. place. i'm sumi so much kind of good to have you with us diplomats expelled by the u.k. have. after russia's london embassy headed back to moscow this as international weapons inspectors have begun analyzing the talks and used to poison a former russian spy and his daughter in the city of salzburg russia has hit

were joining me now from london is timothy ash a senior emerging markets sovereign strategist with blue bay asset management thanks very much for being with us so is russia under putin's leadership equipped to deal with the current economic challenges. well a difficult few years i mean we had sanctions and lower all prices from twenty fourteen onwards the russian authorities kind of put the barricades up we saw we've had a very tight fiscal and monetary policy since and it's been about building barricades and defenses and you know that's worked in some respects it's created financial stability exchange rates been pretty stable inflation is drops the problem is they haven't had a growth i mean growth has been very weak and very disappointing arguably fiscal and monetary policy has been too tight too aggressive because of concerns about the political challenges facing russia and putin is also held back from you know structure of forms of the russian economy is in dire need of deep her deep structural forms things like business environment fighting corruption is lots of demographic problem

we are already seeing talent we would naturally come to to london immediately after their studies on hesitating and so they might move to barcelona or berlin or london is an expensive city as well so it's kind of slowly losing traction the u.k. benefits hugely from london's reputation as a hub for creativity creative industries amount almost ten percent of all u.k. exports creative workers are in high demand there are already skill shortages creative industries are amongst the fastest growing sectors of the u.k. economy industry leaders want the government to recognise that asking for example first special visa system the brics it. the majority of staff at nexus are freelance highly specialized artists because. they are often hired only with a few days' notice. the great thing at the moment is that i can call someone up in france they can hop on the or start coming there are any issues or traffic issues that we have to deal with my worry is that that won't be able to happen and that will definitely affect us and it will affect how quickly we can assemble a team here in order to quali

of what happened in london with alexander litvinenko this other perilous being drawn somebody kremlin critic who was poisoned here here in london and at this point in time there is no official of official analogy or the police are not saying that it's got anything to do with russia or you know the that is something that they could link the kremlin to but of course this is what people will be wanting to find out more about you know people are speculating indeed berkut erin coming to you we saw a report a little bit about this former russian agent but what more can you tell us about. well you know paul is that he was actually over the course of thirty years in agent for the g.r.u. that's the russian military intelligence service in two thousand and four he was arrested in that used to being a double agent for the british secret intelligence services and those were allegations he actually admitted to it seems that seriously paul had become a double agent sometime in the ninety's he admitted to taking money in exchange for turning over information that expose the identity of several dozen

and had of asylum here in london he was poisoned in central london. not very far from where i am at the moment and he died in two thousand and six of university college hospital which is also just around the corner were now in which which was at the time the seed of a huge media interest from all over the world there was an inquiry held into his death. and that found out that the most likely vladimir putin was to be held responsible for his death which was caused by polonium at the time and indeed there was a trail of polonium all over london and this is something that a lot of london as i think can still remember our data is very good masa with the latest from london thank you becker. now some other stories making news around the world uncertainty is mounting in italy after sunday's election failed to establish a majority for any single party leaders of both the euro skeptic five star movement and the anti immigrant league are now buying to rule the country there are unlikely coalition partners in forming a government could take weeks of negotiations

meanwhile, the teenage bomber left london and went on the run. the year before he declared it was his duty to hate britain because his father had been killed by coalition forces in iraq. at the time of his attack he was on the government's de—radicalisation programme, prevent, aimed at turning people away from terrorism. he was very cunning and devious and, on the face of it, hassan was engaged on the programme but coming back to his devious nature, he kept it very secretive in relation to what he was doing, what he was planning, and nobody around him actually knew what his plot was. 2a hours on from the attack, firearms officers were surrounding hassan‘s house in sunbury in surrey. inside were his petrified elderly foster pa rents, penny and ron jones. this was a couple who had received mbes from the queen for fostering hundreds of children. ahmed hassan repaid them for giving him a home by secretly building a bomb in their kitchen. and it came out in court that the teenager staying in their spare bedroom had told immigration officials he ha

just standing outside here of the london headquarters the c.e.o. paul polman said that it was really more to do with the streamlining of the company to make it more focused more efficient and that it was simply the corporate of that would be rebalanced over to. that the majority of those seven thousand three hundred jobs that are based in this country would remain here he also went on to say that the company has invested in manufacturing and research here in this in this country that it wouldn't do so if it had been thinking about sort of pulling out all together so really looking at some more of that streamlining effect having it and more to do with the legal headquarters being based out of holland thereby instead of making it a jewel headed company just making a single entity in that respect but it may have something to do with the fact that over the twelve year review it did have a hostile takeover bid from the u.s. food giant croft times trying to make a bid for that that was unsuccessful but if it continues to remain in the u.k. the u.k. has l

emily: caroline hyde in london. new york wants a bigger piece of wantsoming toronto office to occupy 20 locations in toronto by 2020. offices in toronto were 90% occupied and wework is benefiting off of global shared offices and freelance contracts. apple is making another big push in video and it is not by acquiring netflix. all the details next. this is bloomberg. ♪ emily: tesla temporarily suspended election of the model three sedan for a week in late february. it was a plan that ultimately will help increase output of the closely watched vehicle and model three production was i don't and the production rate has been a source of fascination i fans and investors alike and the work has developed a tool to estimate output. february, the tracker indicated the weekly production rate had plunged. cheap at sxsw suggest that apple isn't interested in buying netflix or disney and instead will build out its own original video content. the tech giant is wide a digital magazine for in undisclosed amount. it will boost effo

emily: that was london mayor sadiq khan. investors are lapping up the labor and's entry -- lapping up blue apron's entry into brick-and-mortar. no word yet on how much the meals will cost in stores, but the kits will be available by the end of the year. shares have dropped more than 75% since the ipl last june. coming up, the emily: a former equifax executive is facing charges. federal prosecutors announced wednesday that a grand jury has indicted her for selling $1 million of equifax stock before the stock was announced. the company did not disclose the breach until september 7. ceo elizabeth holmes was accused, in addition to the ban she was serving for operating blood testing labs. they live for years about their technology and used the publicity to get investors to fork over more than $700 million. tech company recalled it -- claimed it could run multiple tests on a drop of blood for a fraction of the cost. we have the detailed from gadfly and bloomberg tech. just a fascinating story here and fascinating filing that was

south london has been affected. ministers have been urged to launch a public enquiry into the situation. six months after controversially being introduced into several london boroughs, nearly 75% of council tenants who claim "universal credit" are now behind with their rent. it was supposed to simplify the benefits system, but critics say the credit has delayed payments, which pushes some of london's poorest people into debt. that is 12 weeks without money, 12 weeks without paying my rent every weeks without paying my rent every week 12 weeks without paying my licence, because all i could borrow money for was food and gas. i could not taken my friends and that, pay for my bank loan, pay for my tv licence. so, itjust mounted and mounted. -- say to my friends. the government says it's taken seven days off the wait time and offered an extra fortnight of housing benefit to help ease the situation for new claimants. pushing ahead with universal credit, it says, will help people get back into work. a theatre group is help

so that's the magic of london city if you want to follow his progress how much smarter can he make london you can follow him on twitter at city caught. from a city of the future to the future of journalism and storytelling virtual reality is an immersive experience and although into reality is a way to make the user part of an experience taking them into an enhanced version of their world that may even transcend space and time it allows a voyeurism and full immersion i have a three sixty camera used to make a r. and b. our experience is set up right here on the desk and it showing you our view right there i'm joined by gabo aurora he's professor of immersive storytelling at johns hopkins university and the director of zucker a superior bible see clips about during the show and had austin with. phil she is from genesis three sixty eight a sentence laura how do you describe what you do so journalism three sixty is a program that helps journalist tell better stories using an arse of technology nicely done. welcome to the stream c.e.o. and founder of emblematic group which does what so we're

i was living in london a couple of months before 9/11 happened. it is perhaps a reason i didn't go back after a year as i initially had planned to do. it was the george bush, the second george w bush administration and a lot of wars were starting and london felt very conducive as this kind of international hub of thinking, writing, people protesting the iraq war. i felt culturally, politically, in a sense, more at home in london in those days. and yet in the end, your life decision was to go back to pakistan which brings us back to where we began this conversation, with questions of identity and belonging. it is very interesting to me that despite everything you've said about the universality of the human experience and values, you, in the end, did what so many people want to do — you went home. absolutely, and i think what's important is i'm not somebody who is, in that sense, a rootless mongrel wandering the earth. although i think being such a person is a potentially wonderful person to be. no worse or better than any other kind of person. bu

we have had 29 people knifed to death just in london alone so far this year. a succession of mayors of london saying they will get a grip on the level of in particular knife violence but also the gun crime you we re violence but also the gun crime you were talking about. there will be those i suppose who will be a bit sceptical and see this as the police just finding sceptical and see this as the police justfinding an sceptical and see this as the police just finding an excuse for their inability to crack down on these crimes? no, i don't think she would see the whole thing is caused by social media. what she is saying and i agree with, that it amplifies the intensity of the offence. if you only have 1a0 characters or text fired off, and you don't have to be in the same room where at least possibly you could have some mediator, so in gang wars, for example, the insults that are traded, the mock videos, the use of social media, and you mirror member there was a terrible killing of a homeless person —— you may remember, just on the south bank. it was immedia

i am excited, as part of the london marathon and this isa part of the london marathon and this is a great opportunity to see where iam and is a great opportunity to see where i am and if anything needs checking, we can work on it. is this very much seen as a warm up for we can work on it. is this very much seen as a warm up for the london marathon? it is a warm up. it is a warm up. most runners who are taking pa rt warm up. most runners who are taking part in the big major marathon like to test themselves and this is another test for me, but, this is my home town, so it comes with a bit of pressure. so for farah the aim to ta ke pressure. so for farah the aim to take what he learns this weekend into next month's london marathon, for the organiserser to see if a new event for the organiserser to see if a new eve nt ca n for the organiserser to see if a new event can become a regular part of the sporting calendar. the current windy and wintry conditions here in london are hardly ideal either for the 1500 -- 15,000 london are hardly ideal either for the 1500 ——15,000 runners starting on

we have a talented population in london. we are investing in the next generation to have the skills for tomorrow. second is access to capital. london has cultural capital in the country, political capital, and financial capital. thirdly, our ecosystem. the proximity to culture, tack, -- culture, tech politics, , politicians, regulators. it explains why 40% of the world's companies have european headquarters in london. 40%. number two, by the way, is paris with 8%. and so london is a great city to start a business. to come if you are a big company. it is going to stay that way while i am there. and we've seen the likes of google and facebook investing in london as well. uber has been the one under fire under your administration. when it comes to their license getting revoked. what do you need to see from the company for them to continue to operate in the city of london? mayor khan: uber is a very popular service around the world. the idea of linking an app to a taxi is popular. but my message to uber and everyone, no matter h

its spread all over london now. one of the headlines this morning has been about unilever moving their headquarters out of london and at the same time you are moving your headquarters and choosing to stay in london. is brexiter concern for you? it's a concern because we hire the best of the best from europe. but london is an ecosystem, and ecosystems are very important and the creative industries are very powerful and work of each other in london. with brexit, you are used to hiring people from across the eu and to some extent you might be hamstrung. i hope david davis will give me some clarity because at the moment we hire people from uk universities and european universities. that's very important for us, the flow of graduates is important and i hope it will not be disrupted. a clarion call for clarity, we have heard that a few times. your focus is on the us and asia. you would see that is partly the way that you avoid the issue. in the uk, in europe and america, there are less than 1 billion consumers for what we

good morning from bbc london news. around 12,000 londoners are waking up without water this morning: thames water say they've been working through the night and have now completed the repairs ona pipe and have now completed the repairs on a pipe in the strait area. yesterday people were launched to use what are carefully. we have seen a high demand for water yesterday, driven by the lakes. we will see another increase on monday morning, as the working week starts. it is important that we work over the next four hours to get above that. and customers do their part as well. the metropolitan police has defended the intelligence database it uses to map criminal gangs — describing it as a vital tool in the fight against violent crime. an foi request has revealed, according to the gangs matrix, the met believe 80% of all gang members are black. the met saying its methodology is thorough and it identifies victims as well as perpetrators. if you are a young black man in london you can be the subject of violence and be in a g

with my right honorable friend agree with me at the london mayor in london boroughs should be providing more homes so london palace can be looked after by them instead of placing the burden of care on hard-pressed council taxpayers in can't? >> can i say to my honorable friend that his right to speak up on behalf of his constituents on this issue. london authorities must secure content break accommodation as far as it is reasonably practical but we've also changed the loss of the council must take into account the impact of changing location would have on a household. he's absolute right we do want to see the london mayor and london boroughs been able to build more homes. the london mayor has had money provided to him to build affordable homes. it's a pity he has been billed as many as we would like to see. >> thank you, mr. speaker. school cuts under this government were reached 3.39 by 2019 it needs classes of being start of resources they need including textbooks and basic stationary. at the same time are proximally 40,000 children in the south east are relying on food banks. if the

reports from london. mohamed bin sun man started off his u.k. trip with a visit to the queen who hosted the young prince at buckingham palace a sign of just how eager the u.k. used to bolster its ties with the saudi kingdom children from the saudi king crab academy work busking to cheer on the palm prince a continuation of the massive p.r. campaign that included huge adverts across london announcing bin sandman's visits human rights groups however chose to focus on children by highlighting the killing of thousands in yemen by the saudi military an army under the direct command of m.p.'s as he's known but eleven million children in yemen who are dependent on humanitarian aid that's the entire population of belgian this is the world's worst humanitarian disaster so the trade deals for the nice things we have to remember that saudi arabia is a key player in this conflict the crown prince's visit is a very controversial one in parliament the leader of the main opposition party question the prime minister what message she would be can bring to my mac

without any evidence and not even presenting any concrete scenario of what's happened london accused russia of poisoning its own citizens. about the chemical substance never used in russia and organize an extensive political and media campaign it inspired the baseless expulsion of russian diplomats from a number of countries and international organizations and a range of other sanctions are lawful requests to provide samples of the substance used there were ignored we discussed the slide show presented by britain with political commentator and journalist john white and the evidence in this dodgy dossier two point four is over tapes authentic that it would not be sufficient to convict a man of stealing a loaf of bread out of a supermarket it is based on nothing more than speculation and supposition there government in the u.k. nor that this evidence is then with regards to its claim that russia was a sponsible for the poisoning of sergei scruple and his daughter yulia this is why it's included in a store see a catalogue of alleged other infractions committed by the russian state. the

i'm on the in central london, we have a few white rooftops around london but up and down the country really it is a similar pick, a lot of snow and ice around. today i think we will see an improvement in the weather so it will be a most lieb dry day. a return to some sunshine. ice will be a problem because what we will see it is some of the snowfall will ring out during the day and then re— freezing once the sun goes down. some pretty tricky conditions over the next few days, disruption also likely. through the course of this week, things will start to change and feel a little more springlike. after the cold and the dry start, temperatures bradley on the rise. but reform gradually. —— gradually. but reform gradually. —— gradually. but across the country, we have got a largely dry day. a little more cloud in the far south in one or two flurries of snow hanging on down towards the channel isles. the cloud wolf dean and break up. much of the country a dry day and return to some fairly feeling sunshine. this afternoon across southern england and wales, still a cold north—east

so, london is a great city to start up a business. course, we have seen the likes of google and facebook investing in some big european headquarters in london as well. uber has been the big headlight in terms of being under fire with your administration when it comes to their license being revoked. what do you need to see from the company here for them to continue to operate in the city of london? uber is a very popular service around the world. uber, and my message to everyone, no matter how many lawyers you employ or p.r. experts, he will play by the rules. the rules are there for everyone and if you play by the rules, of course you can do business in london. i want london to be a place where disruptive companies come, where tech companies come, but you have got to play by the rules. time, theews, of the new ceo of uber has a very when comparedtude fro with the previous ceo. and this bodes well for over. emily: london mayor sadiq khan there. this is bloomberg. deborah: it is 11:29 in hong kong. china has announced plans for $43 tril

dropping down a little bit after a letter open in london. -- after a later open in london. we do see the fair values on the bloomberg pointing to a positive session. we are waiting for the fed. mark cudmore will join us. .e is pretty unimpressed he doesn't think the anticipation is really worth it. yesterday.traded up euro stoxx up .5%. bowe bergdahl indexes trading down by .2% -- bloomberg index is trading down by .2%. the facebook story. we will have plenty of analysis on that. we'll have the tax story develop from the eu. we are anticipating that numbers. let's get the bloomberg first word news update. here is juliette saly. juliette: the u.s. majority leader has praised robert mueller and said he should be allowed to finish his job. separately, gop senator says sacking mueller without cause be an impeachable offense. a texas, please investigating string of explosions and austin say a new incident may not be linked to the others. that comes after a package exploding yesterday at a fedex shipping center near san antonio causing minor injuries to a worker. hours after that

firstly, banging the drum for investment in london, explaining why london is a place to come to if you are a disruptive to money, an innovator, a tech company. we have seen apples, googles, amazons expanding into london, also startups and scale out. as we embark in this forced industrial -- this tech revolution, the pace is exponential. too longave seen for in the recent past is the pitchrs vacating and assuming tech companies will act responsibly and offensively. technology is fantastic. all of us use social media to meet friends, go on a date and fall in love with people, or to poor creativity on social media. we have to recognize that sometimes social media can be used negatively. terrorists, far right group radicalizing people to become extremists. politicians,s policymakers and tech companies work together to grapple with these issues, don't be surprised if people start putting pressure on politicians and consumers put pressure on tech companies to take action. mayor, there are still people saying that brexit is just one year way that perhaps the city of london or the u.k. is more

as the first nonstop flight from australia to london touches down we look at the growth of ultra long routes world one. i'll always start with some breaking news the former president of the catalonia region in spain has been detained in germany called a sponge a month left catalonia after it's a session bid in october an international arrest warrant issued for put you want and six other cattle and leaders who went abroad who was visiting finland on saturday to get the latest on this now from paul brennan who joins us live from london so paul what more do we know about this. well quite a fast moving story and you'll know the background in fact you've given some of the background their colors praised him on the form of cattle and president has been living in brussels in belgium since last november after he fled spanish justice. spanish would almost certainly have imprisoned him denied him bail as part of their investigation into that independence referendum that took place last october several of his colleagues in the council and parliaments have been put behind bars as priest a man and

has the details from london. well the british prime minister has said that russia is culpable of attempted murder and among the measures that the u.k. is now taking is the expulsion of twenty three russian diplomats they are suspending high level contacts between the two countries the russian foreign minister's visit to the u.k. has been cancelled and no british officials including members of the world family will be present at the world cup in russia taking place this summer may has said that russia's response to the deadline that was given by midnight last night was a distain given the gravity of that unraveled mr speaker it was right to offer russia the opportunity to provide an explanation but their response has demonstrated complete disdain for the gravity of these events. they have provided no credible explanation that they could suggest they don't control the agent no explanation as to how this agent came to be used in the united kingdom no explanation as to why russia has an undeclared chemical weapons pr

high commissioner for refugees and in london vava tampa founder of save the congo a london based campaign for human rights in the democratic republic of congo thanks for joining us it's actually start with claude so here is a statement i got from the u.n. security council there talking about thirteen point one million people in need of aid seven point seven severely food insecurity are the numbers wrong for. a contest something directly since like that there is a kind of dangerous mist mixture what you're doing expressly. as you start talking about. shaping power refusing to step down and so and so on then you. have to talk about. humanitarian crisis if you are suggesting that there is a kind of. clarify so we didn't actually use the words refusing to step down we did explain a bit of the background of the history of what's been going on in the you know. if you want to stay in the right now or beyond the ten. factual actually that humanitarian crisis has nothing to do a free election not with politics as you know. you. in. the story you can. see that it's all community you two. two two tw

it would be awful to have a total attack on all russians in london. it is wonderful that we have this expatriate russian committee, the political parties should be careful and government should be careful and government should be careful and government should be very careful about who it does business with and take money from. people are saying there is a trouble with jeremy corbyn's judgement about russia. is that the only problem with british politics and russian influence? it has got to be said that the conservative party has been very rash in some of its, who it has taken money from, who would have done business with, and new labour who is currently on the war path againstjeremy corbyn has all kinds of questions to answer. but russian money has washed around the corridors of power in london for perhaps too long. the question is will be nerve agents poisonings in salisbury change anything, or will it continue to be rubles as usual? we might pick up 12 of those things shortly, but the country has not just been talking about russia this week, we have

samuel green director of the russia institute at king's college london thank you all for being with us today's inside story bill let's start with you what's your take on the script poisoning who might be responsible how was it done what was the motive well let's look at the facts as we know them so far we have the mr scrip always an enemy of russia he was considered to be a traitor by putin after becoming a double agent to the u.k. he he has been felled along with his his thirty three year old daughter with a poison the poison has been determined to be some type of chemical weapon a nerve agent. so what does what what what can we conclude from this we can conclude that that an enemy of russia has been has been poisoned with a nerve agent that only a state could get his hands on and therefore i would conclude on the basis of this information that the the highest likelihood candidate for having done this is the russian federation and lattimer putin sort of i'm saying that the highest probability theory is that vladimir putin is behind this all right bill you say the highest the highes

that london industry is now going to close. that is what we want the message to be, and we are going to do steps to take the money off you if we can't get you as well, and only last week, evan, britain went up in the rankings of least corrupt countries. we are now eighth in the world. i would like to see that go higher. it does say, by the way, the chemical weapons convention, it does back up one russian point on all of this — it is article nine, paragraph two, for all it matters. where a complaint is made, the country against whom it's made has ten days to respond. should we have given them the ten days? should we have stuck to the form of the letter of the law, just so no one can mock us or laugh at us on the basis that we haven't stuck to that? i think we've already gone a long way. we took our time and we've done a thorough job, and that is... and the reason for that is, you know, consequences flow from it. i wanted the public to realise that we are not cooking this up. it's not some dodgy dossier. this is a genuine appra

the london rate has gone up. that is serious and bad. but the important bit is new york has gone down so much. a lot of this is knife crime. cressida dig said in her view the internet fires this, because rows between gangs of kids on the internet spiral more easily and quickly. here is a question - how do you get the message across when it's old wrinklies like trying to tell young people and often none white young people and often none white young people and often none white young people about their reality. do young people about their reality. do you think the message will get across. no, but sadiq khan has done good work with former gang members who are the sort of people who can get the message across. are you sure? the essential part is the number killings in london has been quite alarming.

from london and new york. the number one mail that i am getting from our viewers and listeners is about it fully employed america. nobody agrees with that statement. number two item is that there is no inflation out there. bring up the single best chart, if you would. it is really simple. the inflation the everybody feels as up here at 3%, service inflation. which inflation matters? >> both inflation matters, but the difference is in it goods inflation in the next few infla. months. it is a broadly defined goods inflation. we are starting to see some additional pressures. the president adding tariffs on steel will add to the pressure. january changed the narrative with average hourly earnings rising. february they were steady, but as the labor market gets tighter, labor is the biggest input cost to service businesses. tom: is this margin compression? is that where we are headed? brian: so far. we are talking about 36 years of no inflation. we need to see a longer-term turn in inflation. let's focus more on gro