For months. And deplate gate. The disputes over under inflated footballs goes to court. Secretary o general ban kimoon speak today. The u. N. Peace keeper forced to signs after allegations of rape. This is very strong language, isnt it. It growing scandal really has caught the attention of the u. N. s top diplomat. He used the words angered iowa shamed when reacting to the alleged rape of a 12yearold girl in Central African republ republic, the killing of an elderly man and his teenage son. This scandal has caught the attention of ban kimoon. It caused the firing of the head of the u. N. Peacekeeping mission there, and he spoke of a meeting to be held tomorrow or thursday, and ban kimoon will be holding a Video Conference call with all force commanders in peacekeeping missions around the world that the u. N. Governs. This is a look at a broader problem than just the central republic. Lets listen to what general secretary ban kimoon had to say. Every allegation must be thoroughly invest
Chemical blast climbs to 112. Theres fears toxic chemicals are leaking into the area. Plus. Im in india, where the government pledged to construct separate toilets for girls in government schools. Coming up. Well see how the production is going, and why its important for Girls Education we start with a breaking news story. We are getting reports that an indonesian plane with 54 people on board has gone missing. Officials say it lost contact with air traffic control. Lets speak to our correspondent on the phone from jakarta. What more are we hearing about this plane, and the people on board . Well, the plane was supposed to land four hours ago, and there was no report of the game. It was on the way to a town, a small town through to the Papua New Guinea border, and this is in a remote part of indonesia. It lost contact 15 minutes before, in a mountainous area, officials in the region say the weather was very bad. Theres no report of the plane landing in any other small airport in that p
Proofs. Of them my names peter tell me youre watching aljazeera live from my headquarters here in doha also coming up catalonia remains defiant insisting sundays independence referendum will go ahead despite spain declaring the vote illegal. A verdict is expected shortly in lebanon in the trial of a sunni cleric cling to a shoot out in which sixty people died plus. Iraq but pride in tokyo at the opening of a museum to one of japans most important Living Artists eighty eight years old and still as prolific as ever. We begin with the latest on the fallout from mondays secession referendum in the code. This region of Northern Iraq initial results say ninety two percent of the people there voted yes to secede but pressure on kurdish leaders is increasing iraq is demanding the vote be an old the countrys parliament has called on the Prime Minister to deploy troops to the disputed areas including the oil rich city of kirkuk that area is controlled by Kurdish Military units but officially gov
The standout story is what is happening in catalonia this morning. What else are we watching . Manus how a Civil Servants going to react to that declaration . The European Growth story is a story of amazing growth. An amazing growth. Growth. Azing a 14 premium. Out with exalted. Axalta. After axalta to cr to million beast. Italian news the on friday, that is adding to that sentiment. This is sterling. Is will mark carney deliver in terms of a rate hike . We have a guest say he was a major surprise if the bank did not hike this week given the recent signals. If there is one central bank that is not bothered about the concern, it is the bank of england. What kind of rate hike is priced and seems to be one and done. We can calculate the battery that sterling has taken. The brexit secretary, the complexion of the cabinets, what is going to happen in terms of the political benches in parliament. These are december futures. Pretty much unchanged. It will be down to what the bank of england d
What is making headlines outside the business world. Taylor david, the first charges may be announced today in that investigation of russian involvement in last years u. S. Election. According to multiple reports, the grand jury associated with special Counsel Robert Mueller as approved the first indictments. President trump called the investigation a witchhunt that is bad for the country. Puerto rico plans to cancel a controversial 300 Million Contract to rebuild the islands power grid after it was devastated by the hurricane. The contract went to a tiny Company Based in whitefish, montana, the hometown of interior secretary ryan zinke. Whitefish energy had two employees before winning the nobid contracts. President of the catalan republic failed to show after being fired by the Spanish Government over the declaration of independence in the region. News 24 hours per day powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. Im taylor riggs. Jonathan thank you v