Agreement in belfast on restoring the devolved government at stormont. A special report on the people, including thousands of children, fleeing the violence in the democratic republic of congo. Its a perilous journey from the congolese border to the ugandan side. Some of these people are using vessels that are not very safe and in some cases the lake is rough. And, team gbs aimee fullerfeels the force of the weather at the Winter Olympics in south korea. And coming up on sportsday on bbc news, could chelsea end their two game losing streak in the premier league with a win against bottom Club West Brom . Good evening. Within the past few hours, the Charity Commission has launched a statutory inquiry into oxfam, citing concerns that the charity might not have fully and frankly disclosed, all the details about some of its workers in haiti in 2011. Earlier today, 0xfams deputy chief executive resigned following allegations of Sexual Misconduct involving some of its staff. Penny lawrence sa
Earlier, oxfams deputy chief executive, penny lawrence, resigned. Now on bbc news all the latest Business News live from singapore. Wall street closes higher, but our investors nervous about what comes next . We will hear from a large fund manager. And how companies are helping clean up the oceans by cutting down on plastic waste. Good morning, asia, hello world. It isa good morning, asia, hello world. It is a tuesday. Glad you could join us for another exciting addition for Asia Business report. Im rico hizon. We kick off with the markets. We saw wall street closing higher overnight with the dowjones adding 1. 796 overnight with the dowjones adding 1. 7 and the broader s p 500 hired by1. 4 . 1. 7 and the broader s p 500 hired by 1. 4 . That mackay by. We have seen by 1. 4 . That mackay by. We have seen one by 1. 4 . That mackay by. We have seen one of the wildest runs in us stock market history. In asia, markets followed wall street moved, it is that make it sell trade. The nikkei and
In the u. S. , which we had to reduce our tax asset, reducing completely our tax level in the u. S. , with Significant Growth of our net profit. Swiss re says it is considering a partnership with softbank after better than expected profits and returning more cash to shareholders. We feel comfortable that we have the ability to return funds to share hoholders. And a number of negative earnings limit cap gains in europe as James Bullard tells cnbc that rates should not go up too quickly. The idea that we have to go 100 basis points in 2018, that seems like a lot to me thats price for perfection. Everything would have to go just right. The economy would have to surprise on the upside a bunch of times in the year im not sure thats a good way to think about 2018. Good morning flat open so far across europe the stoxx 600 slightly into negative territory, but not by a massive, massive margin. Its down less than 0. 1 we look at the individual markets, you can see its a bit of a mixed picture t
North Koreas Nuclear programme poses what the us director of National Intelligence calls an existential threat to the United States. They said china is trying to access sensitive us technologies and intellectual property. But it was russia that they all agreed on they were unanimous in saying that russian attempts to meddle in us politics were continuing. Heres dan coats on that threat. Frankly, the United States is under attack, under attack by entities that are using cyber to penetrate virtually every major action that ta kes pla ce virtually every major action that takes place in the United States, persistent and disruptive Cyber Operations will continue against the United States and our european allies, using elections as opportunities to undermine democracy, sowed discord, and undermine our values. My colleague katty kay was following this briefing in washington heres how she viewed this briefing. So there you had it, three hours long, repeated questions about russia, and at one p
Skeptical congress and American Public. Not yet winning over his critics. We take up the hard sell on the iranian deal with fox news strategic analyst Lieutenant Colonel ralph peters and foundation for defense of democracy senior counselor, john hannah. Congress taking first steps to rid the country of socalled sanctuary cities for Illegal Immigrants. The Senate Judiciary committee began Holding Hearings on sanctuary cities today. Those lawmakers appear determined to crack down on cities that give sanctuary to Illegal Immigrants and violate federal immigration law. Well have a full report for you. Well be talking as well to Milwaukee County sheriff, david clark. And Ohio Governor john kasich tonight is number 16. He officially entered the race today for the gop president ial nomination. That brings the field to 16. But most of the tension today, well, as it seems to almost every day went to donald trump. A senator learning why you shouldnt call people names. Why would any senator call