Welcome to countdown. Im guy johnson. Anna is down in brighton. We will be with her shortly. Let me tell you whats happening on the markets. U. S. Futures are a little softer at the moment. Over the last half hour, they have started to firm a little bit. When i was in this morning, the s p was called down by 0. 5 . As london traders start to make their voices heard, maybe we will see that continue. At the moment, u. S. Futures are looking a little softer. In around an hour, we will find out what the european picture is. In terms of the news at the moment, market still feels very jittery. This is quarter to date. This is the japanese yen continuing to massively outperform its peers. The market is looking for a safe haven. The japanese yen is where it is looking. Big moves into the yen continuing. That is a quarter to date figure. An interview in a french paper, Christine Lagarde talking about maybe cutting global growth. Again, this going back to the heart of the issue, this concern abo
[cheering and applause] welcome to the report. Good to have you with us. Nation, i dont know what it is, but tonight i feel ten years younger. It might be the summer sun or the smell of barbecue or the chaos in iraq. [laughter] jim . Militants on the move in iraq conquering city after city. Theyve now taken mosul, iraqs second largest city, tikrit, saddam husseins hometown, baiji, an iraqi oil refinery town, and today they are taking direct aim at baghdad. The countrys government and military is literally disintegrating before our eyes. The situation is growing more urgent as American Contractors are forced to evacuate and militants continue their march towards baghdad. Happening now, iraq 2. 0. Stephen yes, its iraq 2. 0, and like any upgrade, its faster, once in a while everything crashes, and you get the error message 404 government not found. [applause] because, folks, the news is iraq is being rapidly overrun by a terrorist group out of syria isis, the Islamic State in iraq and sy
The smell of barbecue or the chaos in iraq. [laughter] jim . Militants on the move in iraq conquering city after city. Theyve now taken mosul, iraqs second largest city, tikrit, saddam husseins hometown, baiji, an iraqi oil refinery town, and today they are taking direct aim at baghdad. The countrys government and military is literally disintegrating before our eyes. The situation is growing more urgent as American Contractors are forced to evacuate and militants continue their march towards baghdad. Happening now, iraq 2. 0. Stephen yes, its iraq 2. 0, and like any upgrade, its faster, once in a while everything crashes, and you get the error message 404 government not found. [applause] because, folks, the news is iraq is being rapidly overrun by a terrorist group out of syria isis, the Islamic State in iraq and syria. These are some bad hombres. Isis has been described as better arms than the National Armies of syria and iraq, partly because iraqi soldiers are handing over their weap
Is being rapidly overrun by a terrorist group out of syria isis, the Islamic State in iraq and syria. These are some bad hombres. Isis has been described as better arms than the National Armies of syria and iraq, partly because iraqi soldiers are handing over their weapons and uniforms peacefully. Its no surprise iraqi soldiers are shiiting the bed here. Jim . Weve already seen just how ruthless they are. The militants claim they have killed 1,700 iraqis in just the last day. Theyre brutal. Very radical, very militant, very draconian. Steep how draconian . Theyve been announced by such International Terrorist groups as al qaeda, who has now officially changed their motto to death to the infidels, but, you know, tasteful. Who so who has got the balls and his enemys balls to make al qaeda seem kind of chill . Its none other than abu bakr albaghdadi, a shadowy figure known as the invisible sheikh seen here being visible. [laughter] albaghdadi has a growing army, recruiting fighters from o
Nation, i dont know what it is, but tonight i feel ten years younger. It might be the summer sun or the smell of barbecue or the chaos in iraq. [laughter] jim . Militants on the move in iraq conquering city after city. Theyve now taken mosul, iraqs second largest city, tikrit, saddam husseins hometown, baiji, an iraqi oil refinery town, and today they are taking direct aim at baghdad. The countrys government and military is literally disintegrating before our eyes. The situation is growing more urgent as American Contractors are forced to evacuate and militants continue their march towards baghdad. Happening now, iraq 2. 0. Stephen yes, its iraq 2. 0, and like any upgrade, its faster, once in a while everything crashes, and you get the error message 404 government not found. [applause] because, folks, the news is iraq is being rapidly overrun by a terrorist group out of syria isis, the Islamic State in iraq and syria. These are some bad hombres. Isis has been described as better arms t