Well take you live as impeachment proceedings, of course, continue in the house. And a china trade deal hangs in the balance. Welcome to closing bell, everyone, on this big day. Im wilfred frost. And im Morgan Brennan in for sara eisen phase one trade deal may not be completed this year. Retail is recovering with target and lows shooting higher on strong earnings and fed minutes just out officials seeing little need for further rate cuts. Joining us for the hour, josh brown, ceo for Wealth Management. Whats happening . The president stepping off the plane. Yeah. Look at this. Dow is down 142 points, s p is lower, too. Trade, is trade once again dictating the action again today . At the margins. I dont think the majority of Market Participants are making big changes in what theyre buying and elling. Even if theres resolution on, quote, unquote, phase one, will be with us for the duration. If you are somebody who was going to make a radical change to portfolio based on trade, youve had t
Now, more than 100 people have had to be rescued by Emergency Services as parts of the midlands were hit by more flooding and drivers were caught out by rapidly rising water. There are more than 100 flood warnings currently in place in parts of england and wales. 0ur midlands correspondence reports where the river avon burst its banks. So would you like us to bring you out of the property, because of the water . You would like to be evacuated . Rescue boats have been launched throughout the day in evesham, as water levels on the avon continue to rise. Its been quite a protracted incident for us. Theres been a number of incidents across the county, and this is just one of many that our crews are dealing with currently. The river has reached its highest level since 2007, with only one road through evesham left open. This is one of the main routes through evesham, but half a mile is currently submerged beneath the floodwater. Its meant that many people havent been able to get through to t
Hello, this is bbc news with shaun ley. The headlines Prince Andrew speaks publicly for the first time about his friendship with the convicted sex offender, jeffrey epstein. In an exclusive interview with bbc newsnight, the duke says it was wrong to stay at epsteins house and admits he let the side down. Thats the bit that, that, that, erm, as it were, i kick myself for on a daily basis, cos it was not something that was becoming of a member of the royal family. Prince andrew also said he had no recollection of meeting Virginia Roberts who claims she was forced to have sex with him when she was 17 after being groomed by epstein. He denies any inappropriate conduct. In other news Scotland Yard is investigating claims of electoral fraud after the brexit party said its candidates had been offered inducements by conservatives to stand down. Two people have been hurt in a large fire at a Student Accommodation building in bolton more than 200 firefighters were brought in to tackle the blaze.
Go when the consulate was set on file all the right police in their job and the Security Forces started firing and as if we were burning iraq as a whole the right police fired tear gas canisters intensively on the Security Forces rangers heavily with live bullets. Protesters say iran is exerting too much power in iraq and they want their Iraqi Government to take action to limit it. According to analysts its not just this attack that significant but also the symbolism of where it took place this is the city where the Ayatollah Khomeini used to live its considered to be you know the heart of the shia muslim world and iran thought that it had the population the iraqi shia population on its side in terms of its you know regional policies clearly thats not the case of the this is the 2nd time this month that an iranian consulate in a shiite majority city has been targeted by iraq the demonstrators 3 weeks ago Security Forces killed 4 demonstrators who stormed the consulate in the city of ka
Bloodiest days of violence since the antigovernment protests erupted in early october it was just over a year ago that abdul mahdi was appointed Prime Minister as a consensus candidate between iraq political blogs. Throughout the streets on friday cheering singing even dancing optimism on full display oh shut up to dave iraqi people are happy but we only consider this as a 1st step we demand the resignation of all lawmakers and we call on the judiciary to put them on trial immediately. The protesters making it clear that cosmetic changes will not suffice they are after a complete overhaul of the political system in iraq the mood here a dire square has turned celebrates worry but all around us there are stronger reminders of those who have lost their lives during these protests here you see people who are praying for the memories of antigovernment demonstrators who were killed by Security Forces most College Students told me he and his fellow protesters are more encouraged than ever to