We will take you to the frankfurt auto show. And anticipating apple. The worlds most valuable company is set to unveil look at be his most important Product Launch in years, the iphone x. But will the price point be too high . We will discuss it. Lets take you first of all to the frankfurt motor show. Matt miller, what are we going to be taking away . What will be the big theme . Does it involve batteries . Matt i think for the first time in years, we are seeing a major change, a major, multibilliondollar change from all the automakers globally. Volkswagen is talking about losing capex to create more electric cars, putting out orders for 50 billion worth of gear. We are hearing about cost cuts at mercedes that are going to be about 5 billion. Huge shift as this industry moves from diesel powertrains to electric powertrains, and that is all we are hearing from almost everyone we speak to. I have already spoken to a number of ceos, we will hear later from the ceo is lamborghini a bit of
Tropical air mixed in as wealth to enhance the rain. Saturday looks like the driest day of the weekend for many of us and it has certainly been a soggy start to the day today for many of us but i am glad to say it is brightening up from the west, this was belfast an hour ago. It was still raining at that stage in guernsey but that rain is clearing from here and from southampton for the one day match. You can see how extensive has been and how bright it is to the west but there are some showers coming in behind so not all fine and right and there is a near gale forced wind blowing those shelves in the western scotland the most of us end the day on a bright note. It is quite warm but although the showers continue tonight on the coast we will get down to single figures and it will be a chilly start to saturday morning with the odd pocket of rural fog and even some grass frost these goddess glens but otherwise the better day of the weekend because of this High Pressure for the next band of
From cardiff, were caught when rocks tumbled down the face of el capitan. New evidence is unveiled which suggests the drawing on the right could be a sketch for da vincis famous enigmatic masterpiece. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. The governor of the bank of england, mark carney, has given another strong hint that Interest Rates will rise this autumn for the first time in a decade. The base rate was cut to the Current Record low of a quarter of i after the eu referendum. The bank has since been under mounting pressure to raise rates to help curb inflation. Mr carney told the bbc that they are likely to rise in the relatively near term. Our correspondent Simon Gompertz reports. It looks like the cost of money, the Interest Rate on the cash we borrow, is about to go up, because this man, the canadian mark carney who runs the bank of england, has wasted no opportunity to ram home, like he did again this moring, that the banks base Interest Rate is on the rise. What we have said
On the run, a massive search for this prisoner who escaped from guards in jessu p. Jonathan his name is david watson. He was serving a 100 year sentence. He broke out of a Psychiatric Hospital and has not been seen since. The authorities are releasing pictures of his distinctive tattoos in the hopes that somebody will spot him. Alison tom roussey is live with the search going on in jessup. Accused of is also trying to shoot into Police Officers home in maryland. Guards tooko county into a parking lot, when he got out of the vehicle, he shoved one of them and ran into the woods. Although they have been close to catching him, nothing has panned out. This is video of Howard County police in jessup. Initially he was handcuffed and had a chain around his waist. Somehow he was able to break free. If anybody sees him, they should know right away. He not only has a tattoo on his face but also a distinctive tattoo on his arm and on the back of his neck it says evil. There are some homes within
Pick amid tensions. Rishaad there we go. Talking about apple. Nasdaq,ows how the which hit another record high has been powered up by apple to some extent. You can see that with apple included in nasdaqs total , but if you growth remove apple, just shy of 160 . Important apple is as a retains its status as the worlds most valuable company. You have been taking a look at the yen, i believe. Haidi thats right. The two stories, apple and the , not much in terms of reaction on the equitys story. Equity story. Japanese markets not getting a chance to react to this yen weakness. , technicalsat this when it comes to where they again is at now, still above that 112 level. The dollar is at a shortterm peak. We do have a call from rbc saying it should be easy to get but japanese markets are off until monday, some not getting a chance to get the boost from a weaker yen. We are 30 minutes away from the open. Singapore, taiwan, and malaysia rey. Ing the trading fo sophie not much in the way of dire