Jill saward who was the first rape victim to waive her right to anonymity has died at the age of 51. She was assaulted during a burglary at herfathers vicarage in ealing in west london in 1986. At the trial, the judge caused controversy when he said her suffering had been not so great. Jill saward went on to campaign on behalf of victims of Sexual Violence as well as help to train Police Officers and judges. Tonight the attorney Generaljeremy Wright said her tireless campaigning had helped ensure victims were now at the heart of the criminal justice system. Phil mackie looks back at her life. It is part of my past now, and when i talk about rape, it doesnt hurt me. The victim of what became known as the Ealing Vicarage rape, jill saward was just 21 when she was attacked by burglars, who broke into herfathers vicarage in ealing in west london. Tv newsreader the hunt for the vicarage rapists. The case was the focus of Massive Media attention, not least because the perpetrators of the rap
In europe. And then finally a quick look at crude before we get to a couple of the big stories of the morning. Wti at 46. 57. That would have been a good move around the 40 handle couple of days ago. Here are the big stories were watching today. Amazon crushing earnings estimate, posting most profitable quarter ever. We asked yesterday are they still sewing . Or starting to reap . Looks like the reaping has been. Cloud computing business. I thought they sold books. No. They have changed apparently. Side things. Other things in the last few years. Helped the Online Retail giant pull off the beat and stock took off. Jeff bezos net worth went up estimated 6 billion dollars based on how much stock he owns. And other stocks on the move this morning as we check into earnings central. Pandora reporting a wider First Quarter loss. Although it wasnt as bad as analysts expect. The streaming Music Service is raising full year outlook thanks to higher ad sales. And baidu fell to lowest level. Chin
Lets get you up to speed with the bloomberg first word news. Aroline thank you asian stocks are trading higher ahead of the crucial Rate Decision. They are downplaying concerns over oil and highyield bonds wil. Hang seng snapped his longest losing streak since 1984 stop. Congressional leaders agreed on a fiscal plan that will lift the ban on crude exports. Paul ryan unveiled the plan that will also avert the government shutdown. Party arekels expecting growing dismay at the prospect of a british exit for the eu. Leaders are preparing to discuss their call for reform at us on it in brussels tomorrow. When german lawmakers as the referendum over eu membership is an exit stencil risk for europe. Guy less than half an hour away from the european open. Lets get a sense of where we will go. Quite a day yesterday a great session. Today looks like we will be opening softer than where we closed but still in positive territory. Crawled up by 1 10 of 1 , a similar story on the dax. As insatiable,
Lets go to the back, please. Kyle with the brain corporation. In regards to the technological sophistication you touched on, social media campaign, have you considered given attention to crip toe currencies as a mean crypto currencies as a meens of financing. Yes. Just kidding. Absolutely. You know, were much like much like matt talked about a moment ago about prepaid card, the cryptocurrency, we as the United States government are starting to really take a look at the crypto currencies. I wont say starting to take a look, but were taking a look. Any source of fund, isil or any other terrorism group, whether its a criminal Organization International or domestic, we want to see how theyre funding, and any avenues whether its a cash courier or traditional financial institutions, as well as the cryptocurrencies. Crypto currencies allow a great avenue to transfer funds internationally with little or no oversight in many cases. So we are aware of that. Were tracking that. Any support that a
Situation. This is private industry that is out there. This is private industry drilling or fracking that helped that. There are some people saying that probably two months from now well see an even more supply that is coming online at that point well be filled up in terms of the storage we have and that excess capacity would go straight to the open market. Some people predicting that could put extreme pressure on prices. Did we roll over the contract . It was down at 42. Youre right. Thats a may contract. Expiring may 15. Thats down about 2. 5 percent. I like the idea. Were a cartel. Weve been, you know pillaging and plundering the world for 25 years but now were out of control. Will you other nonoutput guys come with us . Thats their way of saying its never going to happen. They know the United States is its not fair. Its not fair if the nonopec members arent cut uing. United states is a bigger producer than saudi arabia at this point. I love seeing them. Pay back big time. Hopefully