Investigation into alleged meddling in the 2016 poll. President trump has, again, insisted his Campaign Team did nothing wrong. Our north america editor jon sopel reports. Theres probably not a person anywhere in the world who doesnt know who won the 2016 president ial election. But how it was won and who influenced the result is still the subject of rancorous dispute. Today, in a dramatic development, charges were brought against a number of russians for their efforts to affect the outcome. The defendants allegedly conducted what they called Information Warfare against the united states. With the stated goal of spreading distrust towards the candidates and the political system in general. They used stolen or fictitious american identities, Fraudulent Bank accounts and false identification documents. The indictment says they had a strategic goal to sow discord in the us political system, including the 2016 us president ial election. It says operations included supporting the president
Meddling in the 2016 poll. President trump has, again, insisted his Campaign Team did nothing wrong. Our north america editor jon sopel reports. Theres probably not a person anywhere in the world who doesnt know who won the 2016 president ial election. But how it was won and who influenced the result is still the subject of rancorous dispute. Today, in a dramatic development, charges were brought against a number of russians for their efforts to affect the outcome. The defendants allegedly conducted what they called information wa rfa re against the united states. With the stated goal of spreading distrust towards the candidates and the political system in general. They used stolen or fictitious american identities, Fraudulent Bank accounts and false identification documents. The indictment says they had a strategic goal to sow discord in the us political system, including the 2016 us president ial election. It says operations included supporting the president ial campaign of then cand
First annual home market revenue rise in anyone years. And headwinds for iberdrola. The stock sees red after fullyear earnings miss expectations failing to offset a proposed Dividend Increase i will speak with the chairman at 11 00 cet all right. It is pmi extravaganza this morning. We already had pmi numbers out of germany an france both were disappointing. Just getting in the flash composite pmi numbers. Lets look and see where those came in. The february composite flash pmi came in at 57. 5. The forecast was 58. 5. We have another miss here coming in its not that surprising after what we saw coming out of germany and france a bit earlier. So definitely the numbers have begun to drop a bit. Were seeing that in services and in manufacturing as well a little bit disappointing there. The euro has come off a bit on those news lets look at how european yields are doing the currency dropped a bit i would expect there to be movement in fixed income as well, particularly as the bund was trad
Are. Highs of 7 iid. Dry and bright. This is bbc news, our latest headlines commentator Lizzie Yarnold goes to the front Lizzy Yarnold becomes the first british winter athlete to defend an olympic title after winning gold in the womens skeleton laura deas took bronze. Earlier izzy atkin won bronze in the womens ski slopestyle, a first ever medal for britain on skis. Theresa may warns European Union leaders not to put lives at risk by blocking a security deal after brexit. The Prime Minister said britain would no longer be able to help europol, as it does, or extradite suspects quickly. Ukip members are to vote on whether to back or sack henry bolton as party leader. The Partys National executive committee backed a vote of no confidence in him last month, after his former girlfriend had sent a series of racist messages. The president of haiti says the sex scandal involving some 0xfam workers may be just the tip of the iceberg. Jovenel moise says hes concerned that medecins sans frontier
Social responsibility. Should they take the lead on possible gun control power lunch starts right now and welcome to power lunch, im Michelle Carusocabrera and stocks are carving out accident gain ahead of the fed minutes but that could change in less than an hour. Yields on the twoyear note hitting the highest level since the beginning of the financial crisis and watch the fiveyear because results of an auction moments away Home Building stocks are rallying today tripoint and kd home and pulte are leading the way and fueled by advanced auto parts, stocks are up doubledigits on the back of the earnings. We have eamon javers with breaking news at the white house. Reporter weve been watching this student protest in front of the white house this afternoon protesting against gun violence. Weve seen the president has a meeting later on today with a number of students who have been affected by gun violence and i spoke to a white house official who signaled new flexibility on the part of the