Now playing Next Nature Euroviews. Starmer must put nature at the heart of Labour's economic plans Starmer now has a window of opportunity to take action to show that the country is fully in the game as a climate and biodiversity leader. Without such leadership, businesses will remain stuck between a rock and a hard place, Lindsay Hooper writes. 19/07/2024
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Now playing Next Healthcare Von der Leyen confirms Critical Medicines, Biotech Acts in pipeline Two key legislative frameworks aimed at reducing dependencies on critical drugs and boosting the EU’s life science sector were included in the political guidelines of newly re-elected Commission President Ursula von der Leyen. 19/07/2024
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Now playing Next Markets European stocks extend losing streak as IT outage disrupts key sectors European stocks extended their losses on Friday as a global tech outage disrupted banks, airlines, and sectors globally, marking the longest losing streak since October 2023. 19/07/2024
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Now playing Next Europe News European leaders meet in UK and reaffirm support for Ukraine European leaders, including Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, met in the UK for the EPC summit to discuss the ongoing war in Ukraine, migration and the state of democracy. 19/07/2024
Now playing Next Markets Markets recap: Sharp retreat amid global tech wreck Major global stock markets head for a negative close for the week as blue chips fell amid sector rotations, while the semiconductor stocks were hit by expectations of the US renewed chip export curbs on China. 19/07/2024
Now playing Next Israel Yemen's Houthi rebels claim drone strike on Tel Avi that leaves 1 dead At least ten others are said to have been injured in the strike near the United States Embassy. 19/07/2024
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