And foreign ministries. South africas Ruling African National congress is fighting for its future according to the party leader and the nations president jacob zuma the party is meeting to elect his successor the race to replace the scandal plagued zuma has caused deep divisions in the end see observers say its in danger of splitting apart. In india raul gandhi has taken over as the leader of the Main Opposition Congress party the forty seven year old becomes the sixth member of the narrow gandy dynasty to head the party gandhi faces the tough task of leading congress back from its worst ever election showing in twenty fourteen. The wildfire in Southern California has been declared the third biggest in the state since nine hundred thirty two winds and dry conditions are helping the blaze spread there been new evacuation orders in Santa Barbara county a more than eight thousand firefighters are battling the inferno. Bankrupt air berlin subsidiary nikky was granted this week when love to
And foreign ministries. South africas Ruling African National congress is fighting for its future according to the party leader and the nations president jacob zuma the party is meeting to elect his successor the race to replace the scandal plagued zuma has caused deep divisions in the end see observers say its in danger of splitting apart. In india raul gandhi has taken over as the leader of the Main Opposition Congress party the forty seven year old becomes the sixth member of the narrow gandy dynasty to head the party candy faces the tough task of leading congress back from its worst every election showing in twenty fourteen. Chile has declared a disaster zone at the site of a small village destroyed by a mudslide five people died after a night of tarantula downpours rescue workers are continuing to search of the daybreak for at least fifteen people who are missing. Bankrupt air berlin subsidiary nikky was grounded this week when love tons of dropped its bid for the Austrian Airline
A rare show of defiance against the regime also coming up. Tight security measures are being put in place here in berlin and other german cities ahead of new years eve celebrations after the mass sexual assaults of two thousand and fifteen we asked women if they feel safe. Plus unusually low temperatures are making life difficult in many parts of the United States and forcing some to put their new years plans on ice. And. To the program clashes are reported to have broken out at antigovernment protests in iran social media footage shows demonstrators confronting police and attacking government buildings in the capital tehran Security Forces are also reported to have shot dead two demonstrators in the western part of the country the protests are the largest in the Islamic Republic since two thousand and nine. Protests against unemployment inflation and corruption went into the third day in several cities across iran the capital tehran saw burning bins on a burning building. Of the gates
A rare show of defiance against the regime also coming up. Tight security measures are being put in place here in berlin and other german cities ahead of new years eve celebrations after the mass Sexual Assault of two thousand and fifteen we asked women if they feel safe. Plus unusually low temperatures are making life difficult in many parts of the United States and forcing some to put their new years plans on ice. And. To the program clashes are reported to have broken out at antigovernment protests in iran social media footage shows demonstrators confronting police and attacking government buildings in the capital tehran Security Forces are also reported to have shot dead two demonstrators in the western part of the country the protests are the largest in the Islamic Republic since two thousand and nine. Protests against unemployment inflation and corruption went into the third day in several cities across iran the capital tehran saw burning bins on a burning building. At the gates
And south korea offers talks with the north a day after the north Korean Leader, kim jongun says he is open to dialogue with seoul, despite telling the u. S. That the Nuclear Button is always on his desk good morning, everyone it is the first trading day of the year i want to alert your attention we have the final manufacturing pmi numbers for the eurozone they came out at 60. 6, in line with the flash this is the strongest pace of expansion in the Manufacturing Sector since the series began in june 199 7 thats two standard deviations above the long run average extremely strong numbers out of europe bringing in our first guest, i have Derek Halpenny on the phone with us. It appears as though europe is off to a great start, in line with the momentum we saw in december i also want to point out that Euro Currency is up through 1. 20, and it appears the currency has lagged this morning. What have you pencilled in for the currency from here we think that the euro can gain further, but 2018