The future of peace talks in afghanistan has been thrown into doubt by a change in leadership. They have confirmed the death of spiritual leader mullah omar. Talks between the taliban and the Afghan Government on friday will not go ahead. Jennifer glass on the death of mullah omar. Reporter its unclear what changes well see under the new taliban leader. The taliban sources telling al jazeera that mansour has been involved in making political decisions over the last few years. There are obviously two different areas of the taliban. You have the political side and the military side. The fighting has been serious in this spring fighting season and over the last couple of weeks, in the last couple of days taliban has taken dozens of villages in the district in the north and south as taliban fighters continue to fight across the battlefield. Peace talks between taliban representatives and the government scheduled for friday have been put on hold. The african government hopes theyll be resch
Is no plan b. Is daybreak asia coming to you live from bloombergs u. S. And asia headquarters. The week and asia was too short, missing you already. Bit of a jolt to wake up asia, but also centralbank decisions, heads speaking this week. Lets take a look at asia, slow going on this monday morning. X 50. On the nz austria, counting down to the open in sydney, seoul, korea, and tokyo. 43, so couldve be a boost for equities. Slightly higher when it comes tospi 500 futures. Spi 500 futures. We could be seeing equities , a 40 point loss at the open in tokyo, so still looking pretty quiet. Today. Markets closed singapore,in malaysia, indonesia, philippines, and india. Thats right. Looks in thesia early going. We continue to watch headlines ,oming out about takata deciding to file for bankruptcy today in a tokyo district court. Far, no comments from the company, but we will be watching more detailsy and on this bankruptcy. Lets get to first word news. Haslinda south korea has joined nations b
Numbers from germany higher than atected, Business Confidence 115. 1, estimated 114. 5. Global stocks advancing. Nestle is the one we are watching. It did spark a rally in european dan loeb looking at the company. The other one im looking out for is intesa. Lets get straight to bloomberg first word news. The u. K. Prime minister due to meet the leader of dup. Also, theresa will publish details how she intends to protect European Union nationals living in britain. David davis has said that in said britain will fight any demands. Are secretary of tate says qat will find it difficult to meet demands from of the Rex Tillerson said they could be a basis for talks. The list of demands includes shutting al jazeera, cutting back ties with iran, and ending turkeys military presence. Pakistan, more than 150 killed after a tanker exploded. Officials said dozens more are in critical condition. Villagers had gathered to collect leaking fuel. The final round of election showed a resurgence in for fo
A big week is ahead on economic data. Coming up at 10 a. M. Eastern time, construction spending, tuesday, u. S. Markets will be closed for the fourth of july. Then wednesday at 2 p. M. We get the fomc minutes from their june meeting and thursday at 815 in the morning eastern time it is employment data. That is ahead of the jobs report in the United States. Forecasts,for data will be out on friday. Leadersfriday, the g20 will be meeting in hamburg. At the top of the agenda will be havingith Angela Merkel a premeeting with President Trump on the eve of the summit. She is urging everyone to seek a winwin as she puts it. With us is Bloomberg International economic and policy correspondent mike mckee. What are the chances . Low. As long as they can play to a draw, maybe they would be happy. They will have an enormous amount of problems there. It is not just the agenda. A big problem obviously because of the United States and what has been going on. It is not just the u. S. Take a look at th
Others hope for peace. Just feet away. From a charred and collapsing gas station. Tamesha russell is giving away free cupcakes and hugs. Shes showing her young son. You dont perpetuate violence its been a very, very positive response. Weve got a lot of hugs and a lot of people, a lot of smiles and thats the goal of it all. After two nights of violence in the area surrounding sherman park. The Sheriffs Office closes the park early. At 6 pm. The crowd leaves without incident. As deputies unroll an orange fence around the parks perimeter. Starting monday. The city of milwaukee is enforcing a 10 pm curfew. For anyone under 18 yearsold. I think they dialogue with the young people. I dont know what was on their mind. The owner of clarks liquor store. Shows us his Surveillance Footage from saturday night. To see the number of young people i mean its all young kids. It shows his store being looted by teens. Whom he believes are from outside the neighborhood. Broken glass and soda and juice as