Scandal that has already brought down the president. This is the second hour of daybreak asia. Im in hong kong and is just after 8 00. Betty it is just after 7 00 in new york. We are jumping to 24 hours from now when President Trump will be addressing congress. The has the congress best the markets excited. We just got retail production numbers out of japan. We are looking to see if any more stimulus is affecting the economy. We did not get those results in january. A stall in terms of industrial output for january. We are expecting three straight months of gains, but we saw it fall. 08 . Take a look at the breakdown. It seems like what weight on the month of january was mining and manufacturing. That fell. 08 . Manufacturing of business machinery falling 0. 2 percent. We do get the weaker number when it comes to exports in the month of january. Not a whole lot of reaction with dollaryen after that news. But lets look with sophie. Sophie as you mentioned, not much reaction in the yen f
Up, Frances National prosecutor accuses former athletics chief of leading systemic corruption. Russias president ordered the suspension of all flights to egypt as suspicion mounts that saturdays plane crash was caused by a bomb in the bold. Vladimir putin asked his government to find a way to bring home the 45,000 russians currently on holiday in egypt. Theres chaos and confusion president airport as the u. K. Tries to bring its stranded citizens back home. 29 british planes were supposed to pick them up, but egypt only allowed eight, saying the number of flights was limited by the airports capacity. They sent the military to boost security. This is a review of security. There is as major exodus underway from Sharm Elsheikh. 20,000 departing britons will be joined by 40,000 russian tourists. Russia and europe previously described the u. K. s flight suspension as premature. The question is what changed the kremlins mind. The british said their decision was based on intelligence, which m
Wreckage from the airasia flight say they may have spotted the tail section where the black box flight recorders are located. A campaign promised to restore sport to the heart of fifa. The Vice President of world footballs governing body says hell stand against. Hello, and welcome to the program. Spacex is attempting to revolutionize commercial rocket launches with its latest unmanned Cargo Mission to the International Space station. But this time its not the takeoff that has space fans waiting with baited breath its the landing. The 14story booster will soar about 240 kilometers high before flying down back and attempting to settle upright on a footballsized pitch floating in the atlantic ocean. Now, just off the coast of florida, this is no mean feat. Spacex admits the odds of success are not great, maybe around 50 at best. Lets get all of this in perspective. The bbcs science correspondent Jonathan Amos is here for us. This is a footballsized platform that this enormous rocket has t
In western myanmar where the governments plan to cancel temporary i. D. Cards threaten saysessto leave hundreds of thousand of people in bill low. Hello, the president of footballs governing body sepp blatter has cancelled a speaking engagement in zurich. 24 hours after seven top fifa officials were arrested. They are among 14 indicted by the u. S. Accused of corruption. Criminal proceedings have also been opened relating to the awarding of a the world cup tournament to russia and qatar in 2018 and 2022. Blatter, who has been named in either investigation has said such misconduct has no place in football of the european body you ive a will meet later on thursday to decide whether to boycott the fifa president ial vote which was widely expected to grant sepp blatter a fifth term, key response ors have expressed serious concern over corruption scandal. Coca cola saying the investigation has tarnished the reputation of the world cup. Fifas chief medical officer has just addressed that con
Plus. Reporter i am Florence Looi in western myanmar where the governments plan to cancel temporary i. D. Cards threatens to leave hundreds of thousands of people in limbo. The president of footballs governing god I Sepp Blatter is expect today to deliver a speech in hour following a dramatic 24 hours for fifa. Seven top officials were arrested in zurich, among 14 indicted by the u. S. Accused of corruption. Criminal proceedings have also been opened relating to the awarding of the world cup tournaments to russia and qatar in 2018 and 2022. Well blatter who has not been named in either investigation has said such misconduct has no plays in football. The european body uefa will meet later on thursday to decide whether to boycott the fifa president ial vote which is widely expected to grant sepp blatter a fifth term. Key sponsors have expressed serious concern over the scandal. Cocacola saying the investigation has quote tarnished the reputation of the world cup. Crossing over to lawrenc