Probe makingrussia itself felt across the world. Have a look at gold. This is chart 6129. Fridayback into gold when the news came out that thatel flynn will testify President Donald Trump instructed him to reach out to the russians. We are under 30 minutes away from the open. Lets find out more from sophie. Could berustrating , today looking like. Afternoon,ndia this but looking at the moves in singapore, taipei, lets take a look at the open. A fairly mixed a session so far. For singapore, but some pressure for stocks. I want to show you this chart. This is one of the big moves so far this morning. Chart 6173, tax concerns outweighing the Michael Flynn drama. The 10 year treasury yield is climbing up of 2. 4 this morning. Even as the dollar is rising, we are seeing bearish dollar positions rising again despite the positive economic actual for the united states. Holding a the kospi threeday drop with the korean won under pressure. ,his is the yen is slipping 112. 78, and the aussie unde
Space, berkshire results and the letter tonight and tomorrow. Europe is pretty mixed in the tenyear below 289 begins with stock futurer pointing to a better open. Investors continue to digest the potential impact of higher inflations and rates on equities, three weeks since the selloff began. General mills bets on pets. The cereal maker agreeing to buy natural pelt food company blue for a billion dollars. And on the heels of historic tax reform, turbotax maker intuit delivering but weaker than expected guidance ceo joins us exclusively later this hour. Stocks are poised to open higher, three major indices on pace for third negative week in four First Time Since november of 2006 the nas ended in the red. S p and the dow about 6 below alltime high. After another session which couldnt hold the interday highs. It has happened four days in a row. I think theres scepticism of investors being willing to wade back the flow of shows as of the weekending february 21st still major outflows of dom
Committed against people around the world today based on their faith. We are in these days witnesses to some of the most glaring and brutal attacks on this universal right of religious freedom in all of our history. Islamic state, the cancer spreading throughout the middle east and north africa is targeting christians and other religious minorities and communities for extincton. The world has watched this terror unfold day by day for over a year. More than 407 days have have past since the city of most you will fell into the hands mosul fell into the hands of the islamic state. They drove them out of the land of their spiritual heritage which dates back for nearly 2,000 years. Nearly one year has past since the attack on a community where thousands were slaughtered. 5,000 young women and young girls were taken captive. 1,000 boys were captured and forced into isis training camps. Mr. Speaker, there is no room for the selfproclaimed caliphate. Innocent men, women and children are forced
And the unmistakeable voice of football for 50 years, john motson, says hes hanging up his sheepskin coat and retiring next year. I did my first ever commentary for bbc tv from this very gantry and in those days, nobody had heard of the internet, although i can vouch i did say at the time its in the net. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. One of the most powerful storms ever recorded in the atlantic has been battering the caribbean islands of antigua, barbuda and anguilla causing major damage. The category 5 storm, with sustained winds of 185 mph and gusts of up to 225mph, is now heading towards the British Virgin islands, puerto rico and then may hit florida by the end of the week. Airports have closed on several islands and people have flocked to shops for food, water, and emergency supplies before taking shelter. French ministers says its already caused major damage in french run saint martin and st ba rts. In st martin, government buildings, the most sturdy there, have been de
High pressure isnt moving. So we are going to see our heat continue through the end of the week. By the time we get to the weekend, expect some cooling at the beaches. Heres a look now. Concord just bumped up to 60 degrees. Oakland 58 at the moment. Livermore 55 degrees. So a lot of cities broke some records yesterday and today, well be very, very close. A couple of degrees cooler than yesterday at least. So near recordbreaking for inland areas. Sunny and dry across the bay, temperatures in the mid80s today. And then even 80s at the beaches. We are starting off with a deadly crash, rough start to the wednesday morning commute. Northbound 101, two lanes closed approaching 12 in the north bay the connector ramp to highway 12 shut down as well, emergency crews on scene. As you can see, the speed limit speeds are going around 55 Miles Per Hour at this time. A bit slower than usual but not much of a backup. Bay bridge toll plaza, heres a live look, 880 580, the maze and you can see no major