Feet. Where the storm is now and where its headed next. Also ahead, veep stakes and the final countdown, Vice President Kamala Harris set to announce her Running Mate by tomorrow. What we know about her meetings over the weekend and plans for the week ahead. And later, the new group of republicans campaigning for harris. Ill talk to a former trump White House official whos backing the democratic Con Tender over Donald Trump. Its a busy monday. Were following Breaking News on Wall Street as a historic global Market Plunge now hits the u. S. The markets just opened here after investors watched japans benchmark Index Tally its worst day since 1987s black monday, and you can see whats happening right now. Driving this selloff here is concerns that the fed will spark a u. S. Slowdown by waiting too long to cut Interest Rates. Lets get right over to nbc News Business and Data Correspondent brian cheung. Brian, weve seen the markets dip as much as A Thousand points already this morning. Where
This is Bbc News, the headlines former us President Barack Obama endorses Kamala Harris in the race for the white house. The leader of mexicos Sinaloa Cartel One of the worlds s most powerful Drug Lords is arrested in texas. A remote stretch of Uk Bogland gets World Heritage Status after an almost a0 year campaign. Former us president , Barack Obama, has endorsed the Vice President Kamala Harris in the race for the white house. In a Phone Call Mr obama and his wife, michelle, said they would do everything to get her into the oval office. Kamala 0h, hi, youre both together oh, its good to hear you both. I cant have this Phone Call without saying to my girl, i kamala, i am proud of you. This is going to be historic. | we called to say michelle and i couldnt be prouder to endorse you and to do everything we can to get you through this election and into the oval office. Oh, my goodness. Michelle, barack, this means so much to me. I am looking forward to doing this with the two of you, doug
Now on Bbc News, its time for hardtalk. Welcome to hardtalk. Im stephen sackur. From John Lennon to bob marley, the Music Business has embraced songwriters who combine their beats with political activism. My guest has upheld that tradition with an energy which sets him apart. Serj tankian is best known as frontman of the heavy Metal Band System of a down. Hes also an Arch Advocate for his familys homeland, armenia. His passionate views on genocide, War And Corrupt Governance have won him millions of fans and numerous enemies too. Which matters more to him the politics or the music . Serj tankian in Los Angeles, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you, stephen. Thanks for having me on. Its a pleasure to have you on the show. I dont want to start in a downbeat way, but i Cant Help noticing that you recently described the last year as the worst of your life. I guess we can all imagine why that might be, butjust spell it out for me. Well, i mean, covid obviously is a huge part of it, but also i had
Problems to emerge since brexit its impact on Northern Ireland. Its over three months since britain left the eus single market. In an effort to honour the good Friday Peace accord, and keep an open Land Border between Northern Ireland and the republic of ireland, britain agreed to the Northern Ireland protocol. This effectively moved the relevant Customs Checks to the irish sea. However this has led to trade friction. Logistics uk, which represents the freight industry, calculates that since january around half of its members sending goods from great britain to Northern Ireland have had their exports delayed or cancelled due to the new border changes. Joining me now is roger pollen, head of fsb Northern Ireland how has this affected your members how bad is the situation . Weve just mentioned that one statistic from logistics uk. There is all sorted evidence to show how hard this transition has been. Show how hard this transition has been has been. Thats right, there is a lot of has bee
What are your Travel Plans . Do you hope to go overseas sometime soon . Lets start with international travel, because the industry has been at a standstill since lockdowns were introduced in many countries. People in england have been told they can start thinking about booking foreign holidays again this summer with the earliest possible Date 17th may. A Traffic Light System has been proposed with green countries safer to visit and red those with the highest risk from covid. The costs of tests before and after travel are seen as a big obstacle to foreign tourism resuming. Of what it makes of the plan. Joining me now is axel hefer, the Chief Executive of trivago. Welcome to the programme. I dont know if you have had a chance to look at the ideas in the uk about traffic like system, what are your thoughts . It is a complicated situation, honestly, because the uk is further ahead in the programme compared to continental europe. So the structure will help but the key thing that is holding