Action. Stocks are higher across the board at this hour as the s p 500 flirts with new alltime highs. If the index is up more than 39. 42 points at the close, that will notch its 17th record close of 2024. Ooh right now the s p 500 is up more than 1 , up better than 56 points. We shall see. We are tracking that index for the next hour. Now, this index getting a boost from oracle which is hitting a record high. A. I. Demand, charles just talking about it, powering strong cloud growth for oracle. As you can see, theres the stock, it is up almost 12 right now. And big tech is also helping to propel the nasdaq higher as a you can see on your screen by 221 points. At one point we were down 26 points on the nasdaq. What a reversal we have had in this session. Right now the techheavy index can on pace to snap. A 2day losing streak. Now to the dow jones industrials. As a you can see right now on your screen, another strong performance, up 272 points. At one point the dow in this session was do
Have been so wet, already months worth of rainfall and we are not even through the first half of the month. So Rain Bearing Clouds over us might know particularly what today across parts of wales, the north west of england. For example snowdonia could see 100 millimetres of rain in the next couple of days but it is a narrow band. So here we have cloudy conditions but further north it is brighter but cooler. Across england and wales team is so quite mild. The forecast than for tonight shows a band of rain continuing across this North Western portion of england and were but then coming back to reach Northern Ireland and southern parts of scotland. To the south it is very mild might commit10 scotland. To the south it is very mild might commit 10 degrees in some spots. Calder across scotland at around three or 4 degrees. So an area of low pressure here, but the centre at somewhere around here. But Weather Front spreading north tomorrow and showery rain across this part of the country. If t
This is not a safe place to be of wanting to stay away as a wildfire in fun when the hawaiian on, and molly kills 36 feet. China accuses United States of putting off the joe biden signs in order to restrict us investments and Chinese Technology companies. Im trying to just go with the sports as we count sounds the womens welcome quotes of finals. The netherlands face fame for one of the players whose to stare and the build up saying shes glad what she calls the big mouth usa, alice and the toner. The, were getting this nice image where it splits really does have named an interim government 2 weeks off. They seized power, but announced 21 you minutes to is that half the size of the previous governments. By the way, no details on future offense. We appointments comm just hours before the west africans on echo us is set to hold an emergency meeting on the crisis. The group has previously threatened military intervention. If the post present mohammed position is not reinstated. Internation
The blaze devastates the city and surrounding areas. And speaking out against corruption and drug violence, it may have gotten killed. And even as its waging war in ukraine, russia is counting down to its First Moon Mission in half a century. Brent im brent goff. To our viewers watching on pbs in the United States and all of you around the world, welcome. Tonight, the possibility of a military conflict in niger remains very much on the table. The group of leaders of west african countries, known as ecowas, met today and ordered a Standby Force. The language is intentionally vague, but the message is intended to be clear if the military leaders do not reinstate the democratically elected president. It could put niger on a collision course with its neighbors. We have more now in this report. West African Leaders arrived in abuja to discuss their next move. This comes after the niger junta ignores orders to stand down after the power grab. All diplomatic efforts to resolve the crisis have
Also coming up, dozens of people die in a wildfire on the Hawaiian Island of maui. Blaze turns one of the islands, his store, towns to ashes, devastating the harbour and surrounding area the timeline would crop welcome to the program. West African Leaders have ordered military chiefs of echo was to put together an Intervention Force for possible deployment in the chair. They made the announcement at a meeting in nigeria at the conclusion of their summit on the crew in the chair. The leaders say they will prioritize using peaceful means, but nothing is off. The table is yours. Going to have ignored a 7 day deadline. Is that by echo was to reverse their military take over to go straight to debbies west avenue in corresponding month ill call you who is in night the measuring capital for that summit in boucher. The echo was we just heard is decided to activate a stand by force. What exactly does that mean . Oh, well, lets take a step backwards. Before we get to that, we would like to menti