I am certainly hoping these receiveelated budgets some of that attention. Francine that was bill gates, talking to manus cranny. This is bloomberg surveillance. We have some great guests who will talk about the markets, Foreign Policy, and the snap elections. First, to your markets. This is where we stand. European shares rising attach. A touch as commodity producers rebound. Metal prices, chinese equities leading asian stocks higher. That index gaming 1. 1 . I want to show you the pound. The vote in parliament a little bit later about snap elections on june 8. The vix index down quite significantly today, at 15. 85. Those are your markets. First, lets get straight to the bloomberg first word news. U. S. Vice president mike pence has called north korea the most dangerous and urgent threat to the peace and security of the asiapacific region. Addressing military personnel on the uss ronald reagan, hence also spoke of the overwhelming response available to protect japan against north kore
Alone small children. The border. Questions to the Prime Minister. Mr. Alistair carmichael. Thank you mr. Speaker. The whole housework and join in condemning the horrific terrorist attacks. Thoughts and prayers that those killed, injured and their families. As yet there are no reports of u. K. Casualties, but working urgently with authorities to establish. I spoke to president to express condolences and our persistence. Details still emerging that we stand one entered the time against barbaric acts they had this week marks the battle of islam and theres a national twominute silence on the morning. The tea party memorial near the battlefield and pause to remember the sacrifices of all those who fought and lost their lives in the conflict. The speaker had meetings with colleagues another is in addition to make it a fetish for for their meeting later today. Office in fact istanbul. Can i also have my [inaudible] he is not done it alone and its right we should technology from the famous an
I do not think shes trying to distance herself, i think she would say she is. Decisions that were made when she was secretary of state into the things that we have done now, it is a fairly natural thing. What is notable is given the very highly charged primary campaign the two ran against each other, only six years ago, it is notable how close the relationship is, how close they have been on core issues and their loyalty to each other. Thank you for doing this. We appreciate it very much. [laughter] thank you. Are you having a good time . Did you do anything fun . I had dinner with [indiscernible]. How fun. Heres a look at her primetime schedule on this hes been better on our cspan networks. Coming up, another chance to see dan pfeiffer talking about the agenda. On cspan two, virginia congressman Scott Russell discusses relations with russia. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] today secretary of state john kerry, just back from a trip to the middle east, will give a sp
From those Referendum Campaign because the one thing that came out on the doorsteps was the utter cynicism there is about politics and politicians and the lack of trust. And that needs to be repaired. And actually this campaign, whichever way the result turns, i think is an opportunity for people to think very carefully about what that means to the organization of our constitution in the future. How does a Political Class rebuild or regain trust . Well, i think i mean, i was against devolution because i thought it would lead to this. But you cant have whatever its going to be, 46 or 47 of the people in scotland not being satisfied with the present arrangement and not make a radical changes which go well beyond the cobbled together vow. Well pause there, michael. Because i think were going to orkney. The Scottish Independence referendum in the Orkney Islands area is 14,907. The turnout is 83. 7 . The total number of votes cast in relation to each answer in the referendum question in thi
It is about 2 30am. You are up to date on the headlines. Now on bbc news tuesday in parliament. Hello again, and welcome to tuesday in parliament, as thejustice secretary defends plans to make some terrorists serve longer injail. We are introducing emergency legislation is not a step that the government would ever take lightly but the law was not working and we had a responsibility to act. The dilemma facing some war widows. Whos only course of action today, my lords, if they want their pension reinstated, is to divorce and remarry their present partners. How bonkers is that, my lords . And after the floods, wales calls for help from the Prime Minister. This is not a time to walk on by on the other side when people are facing such hardship and distress or in the case of boris johnson, simply not to turn up at all, of course. All that to come and more, but first, an emergency bill to block the automatic Early Release of people convicted of terrorist offences is due to become law during