And london. This is bbc world news. Its newsday. Its 7am in singapore, pm in london and 7pm in washington dc, where the investigation into alleged russian interference in last years us president ial election has laid its first charges. Paul manafort, the Trump Campaigns former manager, was taken into custody, accused of Money Laundering and conspiracy against the United States. A former business associate of mr manafort has also been indicted, and a former adviser to mr trump has admitted lying to the fbi. Our north america editor, jon sopel, has this report from washington. Reporter mr manafort, are you turning yourself into federal authorities today . This wasnt how it was meant to be. Lawyer mr manafort has no comment. Over a year ago the multimillionaire Paul Manafort was Donald Trumps Campaign Chairman and a figure of huge influence. Today, hes been ordered to an Fbi Field Office to face the most grave charges. Normally talkative, today, much more tight lipped. The indictment runs
In powys in mid wales. Now on bbc news all the latest Business News live from singapore. Samsung electronics is bringing in the profits due to demand fred s smartphones in india and rising sales of its semiconductors. Singapore opens a new airport terminal which is highly motor highly automated. We take you there are on its opening day. Good morning, asia. Hello, world. Its tuesday. Welcome to this edition of Asia Business report. I am rico hizon in singapore. We start off with samsung and its memory chip sales are responsible for booking record quarterly numbers which came in at record quarterly numbers which came inata record quarterly numbers which came in at a whopping 10 billion for the three months until september. Smartphones that sales driving profitability higher, particularly indian demand which has overtaken america as the second largest market for smartphones after china. Samsung cell phone shipments to india are up 30 from the same last year. But chinese rivals are hot on
Our trip will take us from the deep south of the United States to the east coast. Majestic locomotives will power through diverse landscapes will meet local characters go from the sunni towns to the bustling metropolis. Well visit places of great importance in American History and discover small events that shape everyday life thanks the main character of our american adventure is the train that makes its data from the gulf of mexico to the atlantic get ready to climb aboard the passenger. The as far as i. Knew orleans the birthplace of jazz its a vibrant city on the mississippi delta with something for everybody. The president meets the past. With its population of around four hundred thousand new orleans is not a notch city by american standards but its vibrant and loud. Loud Freight Trains with a hundred or more cars along right along the riverbank they take several minutes to pass through. But the wait is worth it. Get back to. The. Do. You. Love us yet were just. Going. In now tha
Well get into that with senator round in just a second in order to advance the ball a little bit on tax cuts. Separately we have been following this other scenario from janet yellen kind of single hand he hadly propelled this market forward. If you think about it, the fed brought us a long bull market. Given added boom by donald trump. She seems to give indication in capitol hill testimony, the rate hikes people are fearing, might not be that much more of them if any. Maybe dovish Federal Reserve conducive to keeping rates where they are, not a sharp spike in those rates. They could be wrong. In and out of record territory as we speak. Meantime we were telling you a little bit yesterday how the house seems to be swallowing a little bit what the senate is cooking up when its comes to the health care rework, one that will keep some key taxes in place. Want you to take peek at this. One of the plans senate is cooking up, keeping 3. 8 surtax on upper income and 9. 5 1 2 surtax for upper in
1859 and in one hours time, now slightly less than one hour, we bring you the final time big ben will chime on a daily basis, it will come back for remembrance sunday and new years eve and the like, but on a daily basis the final time it chimes for possibly as many as four mac years as they start undertaking repairs. That is at the palace of westminster. This is bbc news, and these are the top stories developing at 11. 00. The hunt for the driver suspected of killing 13 people in last weeks attack in barcelona is extended across europe. Ten american sailors are missing after a us destroyer and an oil tanker collided, in seas to the east of singapore. Rescue teams from three countries are searching for survivors. The ship did sustain some serious damage on the port side, including to the areas of the crews sleeping quarters and some Communications Equipment also damaged. Also, hate crimes committed online should be treated as seriously as offences carried out face to face. Thats accordi