Our Ireland Correspondent Sara Girvin reports. After years of strained relations, this was the Moment Sir Keir starmer was given A Hundred Thousand welcomes to dublin. There were smiles and handshakes as he and his irish counterpart were presented with football jerseys. This will be proudly worn in north london before too long. Both leaders said this was an opportunity to renew and deepen the friendship between britain and ireland. I know as two new leaders of our respective countries, we both said we wish to really place British Irish Relations on a new path, and i really appreciate the time that youve given to that since taking office. Its really important to me and to my government, and i think it is the moment for reset, and its when we put meaning behind those words. International matters took Centre Stage following a roundtable business discussion. We have to be clear in the face of russian aggression, we have to stand together to coordinate, stand with our allies and give ukrain
Bigger. Astrazeneca approaches gilead for what would be the Largest Health care deal in history. A joint company would be worth almost . 25 trillion. Cheaters. Brents eightday streak is the longest since february as opecplus seals a deal to extend output cuts but worries persist that some nations may not to the line. Payrolls rebound. On employment in america declined. The surprise jobs bounceback does not apply to black americans. Colin powell turns against trumps threat to use troops against protesters. Lets take a look at what is going on in futures. European futures are not pointing higher right now. We get german industrial output following more than expected. 17. 9 month over month, extending a 16. 5 drop. But even before this news which is just breaking right now on the german economy, we have european futures down. Not seeing the same kind of gains that the u. S. Markets saw after those jobs numbers came out, so not catching up to the u. S. Market. That said, european stocks ha
Walking in lockstep as the ecb ramps up with Pandemic Purchase Program and germany injects big money into its economy. Asian stocks and futures throw caution to the wind, setting up for a positive end to the week here in europe. The euro holds flat on its longest run since 2004. Lufthansa is set to be kicked out of the dax after a 32 years day. It will be replaced by deutsches on the 22nd of june. Just under one hour away from the start of cash equity trading in europe. Lets take a look at how futures are trading. If we do have gains today, it is going to be four out of five. Euro stoxx 50s up one point 1. 2 5 . Ftse futures gaining 1 this morning. Take a look at what is going on in terms of u. S. Trade. We see on the s p, the dow, and the nasdaq, all gains. Just about 1 for dow jones futures. The leader among the three benchmarks. What do you see on the gmm . Anna let me just tell you what is coming through in terms of breaking news this hour. Just while you are talking, we have a hea
without crashing the economy. the gdp figures have been seized upon by president biden, who is battling for re election. he s been suffering poor approval ratings for his handling of the economy, as american households feel the impact of higher prices on their finances. from new york, here s michelle fleury. foran for an economy many said was headed for recession, the us continues to defy expectations. in the final three months of last year the kit american economy grew faster than predicted, expanding at an annual rate of 3.3% while inflation fell. goes for the entire you re also exhilarated, even as the federal reserve was involved in the highest rates hike in recent years. the economic rates hike in recent years. the economic growth rates hike in recent years. the economic growth is rates hike in recent years. iie: economic growth is stronger rates hike in recent years. iig; economic growth is stronger than we had during the trump administration. thanks to the amer
which cost nearly £40 billion but mps says hasn t had a clear impact . and the fallout from the royal interview continues. the tv presenter piers morgan says he stands by his criticism of meghan markle after he quit his own tv show due to thousands of complaints. we begin in the us, where the house of representatives, the lower house of congress, is expected to pass a major stimulus package. it is worth $1.9 trillion. the plan was approved in the senate on saturday despite every republican voting against. here are the pictures from the house of representatives. it very much locate will pass on party lines. before the vote, there was a debate for several hours. this is what we heard from one democratic congresswoman. this is a historic day. it is the beginning of the end of the great covid depression. it also marks the end of a decades long successful battle by big corporations and the super rich in this country for trickle down economics. the idea that the rich getting ri