Hell drive down costs. With ceo ben then burden shortly. The r. B. I. Governor will not be drawn. This after leaving rates on hold today. We are less than half an hour away from the European Equity market open. It looks like a fairly fairly stolid a fairly solid start to the day. This is what you want to look out here. This is the percentage risk price. The ftse is liking a little bit. European isor looking up a little bit. A solid start for european stocks. We have solid gains across the board in asia. I am showing you only the nikkei and the hang seng. Some of the smaller indexes, especially in china overnight were negative and have now turned positive. Games and equity in asia, games and currency as well. The centralollar as Bank Leaves Rates Unchanged but gets a little bit more dovish and it leaves its main benchmark rate unchanged. It gets a little bit more dovish because it is not seeing the inflation that it would like to see. The pound up 1. 5 because of thin liquidity and high
Robin adams here with the sport. Another night of Champions League football is on the cards. Also coming up, chinas football continues as former player signs a multi milliondollar deal with a super league club. We begin with breaking news coming to us from turkey. Five people have been killed by an explosion in the capital of ankara. The blast appears caused by a car bomb attack on a vehicle that was carrying military personnel. It happened close to the turkish parliament, government buildings and the military headquarters. Turkish Prime Minister has canceled a trip to brussels following that explosion. We can now speak to zaina holder. What more are you hearing . We just heard that the turkish president erdogan has called for an emergency meaning in ankara, and we understand that security has been tightened in the turkish capital. The target military personnel whpersonnelthey believe that the explosion was called by a car bomb. We dop not final confirmation, but this is what they beli
I am robin adams with the sport in doha. More fa quarter finals and we have already had our first shock on sunday. Arsenal are out. Instead its watford that was celebrating a trip to wembley for the semifinals. Details coming up. We begin with breaking news out of turkey this hour. A massive explosion in the turkish capital ankara. A major tourist area. At least 15 people have been killed. The cause of the blast is not clear. Lets get the latest on this now from istanbul. Mohamed jamjoon joins us, what more do we know about the circumstances surrounding this . Reporter maryam officials here are not giving too many details at this hour. We have heard from eyewitnesses on the scene saying there was a loud explosion close to a bus station. To give you some idea, this is a very hayleypopulated area in the certainty of ankara, a lot of people there at any given time. Just very densely populated. So the fear at this hour is that the casualty toll could grow higher. Official, interior ministr
Angela merkels refugee policy is put to the test. We begin with breaking news out of turkey. There has been a massive explosion in the capital in a major tourist area. At least 28 people have been killed. The cause of the blat is not yet clear blast is not yet clear. Reporter mounting concern about the overall security situation in turkey right now. After this explosion that ripped through a very popular and densely populated neighborhood in the capital. Eyewitnesses say the explosion went off close to a bus stop in that neighborhood, but there were many people around. The government has instituted a media blackout at this hour. So no official figures so far as the casualties, but there are concerns that casualty figures could grow throughout the evening. There are forensic teams on the scene now trying to figure out what happened. No group has yet claimed responsibility for the attack and the government has not yet blamed any particular group or individual for this attack. This is of
And safety of passengers should come before a germanwings pilots right to privacy good to have your company. 30 have been killed after a bomb blast hit a key transport hub. 125 people have been injured, 19 seriously. The interior minister said civilians were targeted. Turkey will release the name of the Organization Behind the attack on monday. The bombers hit an area comprising a bus station and garden. It was time to strike at the crowds. In a statement. It was said that the blast was caused by a car bomb. Others suggest it was a suicide attack. The Prime Minister convened a security meeting. A fleet of ambulances were brought in. And fire crews brought in to deal with the mangled vehicles. A woman was sitting behind me. Her seat blew away, something hit me here. Five or six died in the bus, the neck of one was severed. Something pierced me here, i have one in my arm. Reporter turkey has been hit by a spate of attacks since last year. Last year 29 were killed in a Group Calling thems