Then, in business briefing, Christine Lagarde steps down as the head of the International Monetary fund. But, after a succesful eight year reign, who will replace her . A warm welcome to the programme, briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. Also in the programme love them or hate them, it is world emoji day. To mark the event, apple has released previews of 20 new ones. So we would like to know, are you a fan of emojis . Are they are useful communication tool, or do they cause misunderstanding . Which one do you use the most . Get in touch. Just use the hashtag bbcthebriefing. The us house of representatives has voted to condemn as racist president trumps attack on four congresswomen. It is a symbolic resolution in a chamber controlled by the opposition democrats, and has no force in law, but it is unprecedented. Earlier, mr trump renewed his attack on the politicians, all from minority backgrounds and us citizens, but insisted he doesnt have a racist
As saying that adding more ethanol to the uks fuel mix would cut carbon by as much as taking 700,000 cars off the roads. The same mps say that adding e10, a mixture of 10 ethanol with 90 petrol, could also boost the biofuel industry. And ending with arguably our favourite character on our phones emojis. Forbes points out that today is world emoji day. The paper says that apple has released 20 new emojis on occassion of the day, with more to follow in autumn. Many of you have been in touch about your favourite emojis or the fact that you dont like them at all. With me is michaela bergman, principal social specialist at the Asian Infrastructure investment bank. Lets get stuck in. You are based in beijing, but of course, you are a brit born and bred, and i guess you are keeping a close eye on this story from china, are you . Political wranglings in the uk. Im trying to explain it to people who are not british, that is even more complicated, because it is hard to explain what is going on.
There. Plus President Trump turns up accusingon china, beijing a reneging on deals in the g20. Shery a quick check of the market close. The thursday session in the u. S. , major indices closing at record highs with the dow exceeding 20,000 in the s p 500 close to the 3000 level. This despite the fact we had a tweet from President Trump complaining about how china was letting us down. Still the s p 500 was led higher by industrials. Again on chair powell testifying in congress one more time. This time on a Senate Banking committee talking about how the fed had room to ease, given the tide between inflation and unemployment seems to have broken down. The 10 year yield to spiking to a one month high after higher Inflation Numbers. We are seeing u. S. Futures unchanged. Lets see how we are setting up for the asian markets. Paul lets get a quick check on how markets are shaping up in the asian pacific. Take a look at futures in japan. Currently looking like this. They are kind of flat right
Investors await the final pricing for the asia operation. They hope the Chinese Market will help drive down debt. Shery lets get you started with the quick check of the markets. Close of the thursday session. Reaching record highs with the doubt surpassing 27,000. S p 500 very close to the 3000 level. We have financials and industrials leading the gains. We got the tweet earlier in the session from President Trump saying china is letting us down. Bit. Took markets a little they were able to recover as we are focused on chair powells second day of testimony talking about the fed having room to ease and ties between the Unemployment Rate and inflation. Yields have 10 year reaching one month high as we got u. S. Inflation numbers coming in the hotter than expected. This friday we are facing a modest retreat in asian stocks after a two day gain. Hares flipping at the closing chinese trade headlines the agenda which comes after trump complained. Malaysia,e gdp plus japan, and india. Theill
Getting your reaction to this meeting, the president s trip to asia, and more. The president will return to washington today. Epublicans 202 7488000 republicans 202 7488001 democrats 202 7488000 and independence call 202 7488002. Lots to talk about with the president returning to washington following the meeting of the g20 in japan. And aover in south korea historic brief visit in north korea. Esident trump tweeting leaving south korea after a wonderful meeting with chairman am jongun. Important statement for alln and great progress. President trump becomes the first sitting president to set trump into north korea. The meeting with kim came four months after the breakdown of a second summit in hanoi. The president argued that the meeting was a success because his relationship with kim jongun deepened. History was made as trump and kim walked up to the demarcation line and shook hands. Kim invited trump to walk into north korea, they stayed for a few minutes then walked into south korea