This is the stoxx 600. We see a little bit of pressure, down from 0. 6 . We saw a mixed session in asia trading. And we have this pressure on bond yields. Around the world. This served the boj into action to keep rates from getting out of whack. We have a good interview from our tim ross yesterday. 223. E, 1. 4 coming up on bloomberg surveillance, the speakers to the chief Financial Officer as the danish lender unveils a 1. 7 billion buyback plan. A little later, its the brexit show. We areb ack on were back on track and we discussed trade. We also discuss jobs and growth with roubini. The bank of japan has announced the first unlimited fixedrate bond purchase operation since july, seeking to assert control over the nations yield. The central bank offered to purchase 10 year notes over a fixed rate of 0. 1 and expanded purchases at the regular operation for the second time this week. The boj target for the 10 year yield is around 0 . Lester they offered to purchase an unlimited amount
Look at yesterdays super blue moon, this picture taken from the richmond area looking over the london city skyline. Today we are going to keep largely clear skies, for a number of people some sunshine but showers will continue to affect northern and Western Areas and we have a clump of showers working down from the North York Moors where they could be sleet and a bit of snow over the tops, the clu b and a bit of snow over the tops, the club of showers working at east anglia through the afternoon. It feels colder this afternoon on account of the brisk and gusty north and north westerly winds, continuing to blow around coastal counties over night to night. We could see one or two icy patches developing overnight as the road temperatures dipped below freezing. But in the towns and cities we are looking at lows of 24d. Cities we are looking at lows of 2 4d. Tomorrow the winds will be a bit lighter but there will be plenty of sunshine around so it went the us chilly. They will be showers in
Tech giants in the us today pushed back against the idea that their platforms were used by russia to meddle in the brexit referendum. In the first ever hearing of a Parliamentary Select Committee outside the uk, british mps grilled the us companies about outside interference in the Brexit Campaign. The Tech Companies said they did have evidence of interference in the us 2016 president ial election but very little in the uks referendum on europe. The chair of the the digital, culture, media and sport committee, damien collins, has struggled to get information from the companies which is why they came to washington. Heres what the Committee Refers to as interference. Would you be prepared to conduct the same analysis which he did in the United States for the uk looking at potential russian interference in about the referendum 7 we are willing to cooperate into the investigation into whether there was any interference in the elections in the uk. We have conducted a thorough investigation
For two and a half minutes because of a protest by the home fans against the clubs ownership. Manchester city manager Pep Guardiola has been charged by the fa for wearing a Yellow Ribbon which shows his support for those imprisoned in the fight for catalunyan indepencence. He revealed in november that he wears it in a show of solidarity towards the politicians imprisoned in his native catalonia where he was born, played and managed. The football governing body said he was in breach of its kit and advertising regulations. Arsenal will face ac milan in the last 16 of the europa league. The first game will take place on march the 8th ahead of the return leg in london a week later. One piece of transfer news this evening, west ham have agreed to selljose around £5 million. A hasnt featured for the hammers since october. The man who exposed the russian doping scandal has given his first interview to the bbc. Evidence saw russia banned from the olympics. And forced him into hiding in fearfo
This is bbc news with lukwesa burak. Well be taking a look at tomorrow mornings papers in a moment. First, the headlines. Two of the three teenage boys killed after they were hit by a car in hayes in west london have been named locally as George Wilkinson and harry rice. A 28 year old man, who was in the vehicle, has been arrested. The attorney general has acknowledged that very serious mista kes over the disclosure of evidence by prosecutors have led to the collapse of recent trials in england and wales. A bomb hidden by the taliban in an ambulance in the Afghan Capital has killed at least 95 people and left more than 150 injured. It comes a week after an attack on a hotel in kabul killed more than 20 people. Paris is on high alert for flooding. Water levels are continuing to rise along the river seine, following some of the heaviest rain for a century. Hello, and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. With me are nigel nelson, whos the Political Ed