Sound of rocks falling. Then a tree came crashing down. They only had seconds to react. It was just loose debris which fell on me. I got out of it. Her boyfriend yelling back, letting her know he was okay. There was no sound coming from her brother. I noticed his shoe. My brother. And then i knew that something was very wrong. He unfortunately happened to be at the wrong place at the wrong time. She looks at the last pictures taken of her brother on tuesday. She is having trouble believing there could be anything wrong with a walk through Muir Woods National park during the holiday. She would like to see park officials post warning signs. Are there any precautionary measures taken after rains or something because there were no warnings or nothing. The area where the tree fell is now closed to the public but the rest of the park is now open. Park Officials Say muir woods sees about a million visitor s year. And this tragic event is rare and may be the result of recent winter storms. He
A warm welcome to the programme, briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. And you can be part of the conversation. Get in touch about the stories we are covering or tell us what youre spotting where you. Just use the hashtag bbcthebriefing. Five women who accuse the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein of abusing them are calling on Prince Andrew to testify in their cases. Their lawyer told bbc panorama he plans to serve subpoenas asking the duke to give evidence. The programme included an interview with the woman who says she was forced to have sex with the prince when she was 17. He categorically denies any such relationship. Darragh macintyre reports. The allegations made by Virginia Giuffre about Prince Andrew have raised questions that wont go away. The lawyer for five ofJeffrey Epsteins accusers says he wants Prince Andrew to testify as a witness in their court cases. The women say the prince witnessed how epstein and his guests were given m
We will be asking if the company can find a way back. Sophie and economists say we may be entering a period of peak dovishness. Posse shares opening flat after following the most on wednesday. We are keeping an eye on a weak Earnings Report as well as Oil Companies with brent extending declines and opec not pushing for deeper supply cuts. The chairman spoke of caution in the short term with capex below 8 million u. S. Dollars for 2020 and 2021. Checking on the aussie dollar, treading water near a oneweek low while aussie bonds are gaining ground on a possible delay to a u. S. China trade pact being signed. Futures pointing lower after japanese shares ended wednesday flat amid signs of overheating. Breaking news crossing the bloomberg on google, google said to be mulling changes to political ad policy, this coming on the back of twitter saying it is voluntarily suspending political adverts on its platform. Facebook on the other hand really more embracing it. Google now said to be mullin
Which would take us towards more record levels as investors eye in the beginning trading about a third of a percent. We did have an unexpected bounce in chinese Manufacturing Activity this is helping some of the asian markets. Some of the data has been showing a fairly bleak picture in contrast to the numbers today. Add in a bit of a risk investors might be caution across the european trading session. At the start of the session is banks at the bottom. Basic resources. We look at the banks a number are reporting from the sector today insurance and profits crossing over the course of this week the sector trade tie almost a third of a percent it is a sweep into the green at the start of this session. Health care which has been stunning through many of this through october. Up by. 2 telco is up. 2 . We waited out a phase one trade deal to be inked in coming weeks. Oil and gas bounce half a percent. The china story seems to be supportive for these two areas of the stock market today. Lets
Were the u. S. And china were expected to sign a partial trade deal. Alltimeks hit an high. Apple, lift, and facebook, all top earnings estimates. The start of trading begins in asia. The start of training in sydney trickling online. Trading has already been underway in new zealand. Weekve policy stocks in from the of it. New zealand trading flat at the moment. The kiwi dollar has been on the move. Higher after 1 west bank said the rmb would pause from november from cutting rates. Centralbank action is the name of the game as investors and asia decide for the meaning of what fed chair powell said overnight. It was a hawkish cut, saying things would stay on hold until the material changes to the Economic Outlook. In his press conference, suggesting inflation is key as to whether they would be any hikes down the road. That does not look likely at the moment. As wes looking positive go into a bank of japan decision day. Shery we have south koreas Industrial Production numbers jumping 2 af