Higher outperforming broader european equities investors await the feds latest Interest Rate decision as President Trump ratchets up the pressure on powell following the recent oil shock Uk Supreme Court prepares to hear claims that the Parliament Suspension is illegal. After a trip to luxemberg. Good morning and welcome to street signs. All the happenings around oil and Saudi Arabia Crude prices have eased. Brent posted its best day on record after an attack removed half of the kingdoms daily output President Trump said it looked like iran was behind the strike. U. S. Intelligences indicate the attack originated from iran. Officials say iranian weapons were used in the attack. They have denied involvement in the incident looking at oil stocks. We have seen oil majors and prices pulling back slightly bringing you comments we got just now out of the Energy Sector he said we are confident markets are well supplied. Remember, one of the original nam tweets refer to the possibility of the
Showed that chinas trade exports contracted for the month of august largely because entirely because of the trade war with china and the United States well hear more about that from eunice yoon in a moment. Look at whats happening with the european markets that are open and actively trading a in the point. Right now most of these markets are in the green ftse is the exception down by a quarter of a percentage point. Also f you check out the treasury market here in the United States, youll see the yields that we have been watching oh so closely as we get ready for fed next week and ecb this year, ten year under 1. 6 , 30 at 2. 07 . Some news out this morning saudi arabia now confirming it has removed its Energy Minister from the position over the weekend replacing him with the kings son and that move breaking with long time tradition and convention that members of the royal family are not appointed to that position and comes just days after al falih was removed from his role after chair
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Is slashing its workforce by 20 . A warm welcome to the programme, briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. And you can be part of the conversation. Summer is in full swing in the uk, and temperatures are rising. So today we want to know, is a strict dress code at work a good thing . Does what you wear make you more or less productive . Tell us what you think. Just use the hashtag bbcthebriefing. Greeces leftist Prime Minister, alexis tsipras, has conceded defeat in the countrys snap general election. With the results still coming in, the centre right Opposition Party new democracy has won, with current projections showing it is closing in on an absolute majority. Mr tsiprass syriza party seems to to have paid the price for failing to oppose austerity measures imposed by the eu in return for financial bailouts. Our correspondent mark lowen reports from athens. A victory cry for a change of guard greeces centre right new democracy cheering its new era, wi
My own home as reporters camped at john well come onto the show across the mens and womens singles today. The end of my road for two years. Courts in a second, but tell us we are awaiting an urgent question john watson is perched up coming up on afternoon what happened to the womens in the comments about that leaked high at the all england live all the sport. E mail. Sport now on afternoon live club surveying them all. A busy day at wimbledon. World number one. John lets start the womens draw. With ben, and weve got last 16 day for the men a 15 year old at wimbledon making us a couple of upsets today and the women. Yes Ashleigh Barty is out the won and jo konta hoping to cause already weve seen a shock another. The french open and was one of the with the world number one and top seed Ashleigh Barty dumped out favourites to lift the title in the feel very old. By american alison riske. Womens singles this year. She was yes indeed. She is the only on an unbeaten run of 15 matches. Jo kon