Off the meeting as fake news. And revelations of hundreds of cases of child abuse at a renowned Catholic School in germany. The outcome of a sevenyear investigation provoking more questions. It is 1 00 p. M. In paris and berlin. Also coming up, we cross the next hour of life news and analysis from suicidal robots to football. We have the most eyecatching stories from the National Papers in our press review. And making the most of the Tour De France. How sponsors cash in on a worldwide audience of billions. Well have the details on that in our business update. This is life in paris. We begin here in france where the head of the military has resigned. This for the first time in the history of the modern french state. Fought villers leslie with the president over plans to cut the military budget by 850 Million Euros this year. In a statement the highly regarded general said he no longer felt able to guarantee the robust Defense Force to guarantee the safety of france and the french people
Group are now living in europe although most authorities are unaware of their past. Its believed at least 2,000 children received military training. Now its time for World Business report. President Trump Disbands his Business Councils, as American Business leaders abandon him over his comments on the charlotteville protests. The worst deal ever. Thats how donald trump has described the north American Free trade agreement, a pact between the us, canada and mexico. Welcome to World Business report. Im jamie robertson. Also in the programme, rico will talk us through some surprisingly strong Economic Data from some asian economies. But first, us President Donald Trump has closed down two white house Business Councils. This comes as several Business Leaders started walking away from the groups, in a reaction against the preisdents response president s response to the deadly protests in charlottesville, virginia. Despite belatedly condemning the white supremacist and neo nazi groups that r
A border wall with mexico. I dont think a Government Shutdown is necessary. I dont think most people want to see a Government Shutdown ourselves included airline asset. Lufthansa reportedly submits a letter of intent for airline air berlins niki unit, as the german carrier looks to expand its spanish routes good morning it is thursday, and the stoxx 600 is not doing too much. It is inching higher up by 0. 2 . Still a cautious mode here as we head into the jackson hole symposium in wyoming, and we are getting the mario draghi at 8 00 p. M. Uk time on friday we will look at european markets one by one the ftse 100 is up by 0. 25 . The big story today, dixons down by roughly 30 well get to that story. The xetra dax is flat. And the cac 40 is up by 0. 2 by in large some small moves here to the upside when it comes to the sectors, the picture is retail off by 0. 6 travel and leisure off by 0. 25 . Construction utilities eking out modest games back to the corporate story i told you about Dix
Tower of power were on their way to play at yoshis in oakland. Leslie brinkley has the latest. Reporter thats right, ama and dan. Tower of power had played ten out of the 12 shows they were scheduled to play at yoshis when this tragic accident occurred last night. Amtrak says the two musicians were not in a legitimate Railroad Crossing when this amtrak train came through and struck them at about 25 miles an hour. There are two train crossings by yoshis jazz club for pedestrians and for cars. Even a pedestrian bridge over the tracks. But two members of the tower of power band ran out of their hotel just before their 8 00 show was ready to start thursday night and apparently tried to jaywalk over the train tracks along with several others. A Freight Train passed. Then they ran out and were struck by another oncoming amtrak train. The drummer was rushed to Highland Hospital with face and head injuries according to a Facebook Post who also said a fillin bassist made it through surgery for
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