Lewis hamilton says it feels surreal to have a six formula 1 world title. It moves the driver to just one behind Michael Schumachers all time record of seven. Thanks, jane. And louise has the weather outlook. Plenty of rainbow pictures coming in they can shower this afternoon. All they can shower this afternoon. All the details, coming up shortly. Thanks louise. Also coming up. Once one of the two most powerful people in the world, well hear from the former soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, who, in a bbc interview, warns that current tension between russia and the west is putting the world in colossal danger due to the threat from Nuclear Weapons. Translation automation should declare. All nations. Nuclear weapons must be destroyed. To save ourselves, and our planet. Hello, everyone, this is afternoon live. Health Service Leaders in england are warning politicians not to use the nhs as a weapon in the general Election Campaign. Nhs providers, which represents hospitals and other health
Earnings from nvidia delivering on the Monetary Policy front. We saw how the fomc minutes came in more hawkish perhaps more than powell led on during his speech and that is bringing a resurgence in the dollar and putting pressure on asian currencies, particularly on the chinese yen. Pboc seems to be leaning in. They said that six at the weakest level since january, allowing declines. We see the korean won under pressure no thanks to the strengthen the dollar but it mostly held steady after the bok kept rates unchanged as expected. Yen has been moving up towards 156. 9 earlier the session, i want to highlight what we see in chinese equities, it declines on a day where other counterparts are gaining. There also concerns about geopolitical tensions. Hang seng leading declines dragging the index down. Csi three hundred, material stocks but as you say it is about nvidia and about how even though there was a high bar, it really delivered on what we hear from the ceo, it sounds like more is t
Support for limited gunshots in the wake of the Florida School massacre. Ramy good morning to you and to all watching around the world. Markets, close because of the president s day holiday. Not much moving except the dixie. It has been moving slightly to the upside. Lot of investors have been expecting this to fall farther down. The last time it hit that mark was three years ago. To ask be looking ahead some forex analysts what they expect in terms of that trend looking ahead. The interester rate differentials matter when it comes to the dollar. Really thin volumes. Liquidity in shortage given u. S. Markets are closed. We are seeing some markets come back after the Chinese New Year holiday. Hong kong still and holiday mode. We are seeing new zealand stocks flat, currency as well. Big earnings day for australia. We are looking ahead to the hp earnings. Bhp. To the earnings season not too shabby so far. The aussie he much trading water ahead of rba minutes this morning. The aussie 10 ye
Nepal has a new constitution ratified by the president and meant to unite the country. There has been opposition. In one southern town, police fired into a crowd of demonstrators, killing one person. We have a report from kathmandu. The new constitution has just been announced and protests have already started. These people representing a Splinter Group of maoist former rebels say they reject the new constitution. There will be two constitutioning in this country, ours and theirs. Well have the peoples constitution and in the near future, insurrection will show which is stronger. The new constitution is being officially ratified on sunday. Some call it a black day, a day of mourning. There have been protests calling for a more inclusive constitution and different federal boundaries. Many of them have turned violent. 44 people, have been killed. Rights groups accuse the authorities of using Excessive Force especially in the countrys southern plains, where many of the people died. Around