It. Is a sign from the u. S. Point of view that countries like the u. S. And brazil are not doing enough, in their mind to combat Climate Change,. David there are a lot of side negotiations reported. I will talk to you in a little bit about resident rouhani of iran. For now, we go to Wendy Benjamin down in washington. The week has been consumed as to whether or not President Trump did or did not intervene with the ukraine. Today, we heard him say he had a conversation with the head of ukraine. Wendy he acknowledges ringing up the case of joe biden, the Democratic Front runner, and his business dealings with the ukraine. He at the ledges bringing it up. He big question is, did overtly suggest that u. S. Aid was a factor in the decision of the ukrainians to investigate biden . Isid and on this one, it not just the he said she said, it appears theres is a record of that conversation, so if it were revealed, we would know the answer to that question. Wendy that is exactly right, but were n
Is out. China removes another obstacle to Foreign Investors. It is that time of year again. We have the highlights from apples new Product Launch, including a fifth generation of the watch. News out ofing south korea. The august jobless rates coming in at 3. 1 . Way belowy, estimates. Analysts expected it to come in at 4 , which would have been the fourth consecutive month of the Unemployment Rates coming in at 4 , but surprising the markets, 3. 1 , the lowest since 2013. South koreas august adjusted rate at 3. 1 , adding 450 2000 more jobs in august versus 452,000 more jobs in august. We have the passage of an extra 452,000budget in early august t could have lent some additional support, but still, the lowest Unemployment Rate since 2013 reallyin at 3. 1 is interesting, given the fact that we have seen some private Sector Employment weakness with the ongoing trade tensions between the u. S. And china, not to mention south koreas own issues with japan. A surprising Unemployment Rate fo
Children, 100,000 children. And, as sadly so often is the case, children who are on free school meals, the poorest children, and children with special Educational Needs fare the worst in the situation. And excitment builds as the Rugby World Cup gets underway in japan. Good morning. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. Large numbers of british schoolchildren are joining millions of people in a worldwide protest against Climate Change. Around 5,000 demonstrations are planned across 150 countries. Many will involve young people staying away from school, university or work. Those involved are calling for more urgent action from governments to halt global warming. The demonstrations come ahead of a un summit on Climate Change in new york on monday. This was the scene outside westminster where thousands are expected to gather for one of the strikes getting under way shortly. The first protest began in the Pacific Island of vanuatu where rising sea levels threaten communities. In dehli, children an
Selassie. Gretasamberg tells says the future has been stolen by greed and arrogance. It is the monday trading which has concluded in the u. S. Lets get a quick reminder of how stocks ended the session. It was a welcome conclusion to see the stocks pretty much flat after a bit of a slump on friday. You can see the s p 500. 0. 1 , butu call down pretty much flat across the board. 2 gain, six points. Lets get things going. This market was a lot about numbers. U. S. , the services indexed stayed pretty good. It was in europe where germanys manufacturing purchasing inagers index went to 41 september, way below 50, in contraction territory. A lot of economists saying that is a recession signal. Indexro Bloomberg Euro is at its lowest since 2017. If you have been watching that as well, what about helping asian markets as they get underway . Sophie we will be hearing from a lot of policymakers across the region. Ahead of that, futures are looking mixed. Kiwi stocks swung to losses and hinting
Good morning, from berlin i am pretty impressed that allany, france, and u. K. Band together with such an explicit statement blaming iran for the attacks on saudi arabia. Absolutely, the geopolitics is something we will focus on in this hour. A really interesting story on the bloomberg today talking about how central bankers are getting more concerned about the impacts on growth or Climate Change, another theme with the yuan General Assembly getting underway. Speaking of growth, what a painful set of pmi did yesterday impacting markets. Absolutely, especially here in germany we have a rating of 41. 1 on the manufacturing pmi, the lowest level in at least one decade and we are going to get the Business Confidence numbers out in just a few hours from now, throughout from now. Definitely something to Pay Attention to appear lets take a look at what stocks are doing now. We do not have real red arrows across asia. In fact for the most part you can see the msci here is up. 1 for asian stock