From their homes. And in sport Dustin Johnson is leading the pga championship, the final major tournament of the year and rory mcel roy is back to defend. The explosion tore through a crowded market in a mainly shia muslim area killing at least 55 people, 200 more are injured. Mohamed reports now from the iraqi capitol. Reporter in the blink of an eye the scene turned from mundane to murder as a truck packed with explosives blew up in a crowded Vegetable Market in the city. The predominately shia muslim neighborhood in eastern baghdad is one of the capitols most densely populated. As some searched for survivors others found the dead. Because the Early Morning attack was apparently planned to maximize civilian casualties many knew this would be the work of i. S. I. L. It was the third attack by the group in as many days. Under scoring just how tenuous the security situation here is. On tuesday i. S. I. L. Attacked two other areas where many shia muslims live and dozens were killed and d
David right, a big week for markets. Japan is closed. Have a look at where we are. We talked about 2500 on the s p 500. Asian shares are at a 10 year high. Where does that take us . Have a look at this chart. You the ups and downs of momentum. Might haveare that pushed it below trendline in early july. Rsi almost dipping below 40, but rebounded nicely. This shows you that the bull market remains intact. Japan is shut, some not a lot of updates. It is still risk on. Not a lot of appetite for haven at the moment your it could at the moment. It could change this week. Lets get you to the open up markets. Sophie is tracking all the moves monday morning. Sophie the flavor this morning is risk on. Singapore joining the upswing along with the taiex. The malaysian ftse down. Haven assets, the yen and gold on the back foot. The dollar rebounding from the drop on friday. The yen is down. 3 . This could be the unwinding of positions. We are seeing liquidity given it is a holiday. The key data poi
Colleague ros atkins in berlin for a special Coverage Programme of the general elections. Stay tuned. German elections. Hello, im rosa hoskins. Welcome to berlin and a bbc news special on the german election. In the next five minutes the polls will close, moments later well get an exit poll which has a track record of being accurate. Itll be the first indication of whether Angela Merkel will govern germany for a fourth term and whether she will continue as one of the worlds most influential leaders. The result is certainly not going to be the end of the matter. Unless polling has been wrong, no party will gain a majority, so this minute exit poll will fire the starting gun on detailed and Difficult Coalition negotiations. Angela merkel voted earlier in berlin, shes focused the effo rts earlier in berlin, shes focused the efforts of her Christian Democratic Party on families, a pledge to avoid tax increases and the importance of increasing german security. Above everything, though, the
Road map begins. Stocks still on the high despite hiccups. Donald trump blast the nfl. Its having huge ripple effects and could have a large corporate impact. Facebook settling a lawsuit with investors but its trouble far from over. Revelations about what the company did and did not know when it comes to russian interference in the u. S. Election. Futures are moving lower have a positive week for stocks despite the dow being in the midst of a two session losing streak. Global markets reacting to developments out of germany. Merkel wins. The far right party will Enter Parliament for the first time, one of the cofounders says she will not sit in the caucus in the boon to stocks. Theyve got internal politics to work out over there. What a weekend of news, jim . Yeah, this european news i felt is collaring our markets much more than people realize. Why are these markets not reacting negatively . I think the more nationalists win, the more the parties in power feel like they have to spend,
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