All, he is his watch. Hello. Welcome to newswatch with me, samira ahmed. Viewers say they want policy information, not personal insults. But has the bbcs General Election coverage already got mired in mudslinging mostly against Jeremy Corbyn . And criticisms too about how both french president ial candidates have been described on air. Although the general Election Campaign still hasnt officially started, there was no doubt this week about where the focus of politicians and broadcasters lay. All the Party Leaders were out on the stump and facing questions on a wide variety of subjects. After some pressure on the issue, tim farron of the Liberal Democrats told the bbcs Eleanor Garnier that he did not believe gay sex was a sin. I was asked the question early on and i didnt want to get into a series of questions, unpicking the theology of the bible. Isnt itjust that its your christian belief and you didnt want to admit it . No, thats not the case. What i want is to make sure that we deal
That is not at all relevant to the current election campaign. His views on homosexuality have clearly not impacted his policies. He is absolutely not in favour of any person of any orientation, sexually, being discriminated against. So he should not be pressurised into saying something that conflicts with his personal beliefs. But most of our correspondence this week has been about the treatment of the labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn. Last friday, deputy Political Editor john pienaar was on his tail. He stood by what is called the Triple Lock Pensions up every year by inflation, or average earnings, or 2. 5 . Can labour afford this, along with other promises . He hopes he can win this argument. Sorry, im not quite sure where im going. The use of that comment from Jeremy Corbyn was picked up by some viewers who considered it an example of an insidious tendency to snipe at the labour leader. One anonymous caller left us this telephone message. You make it a cheap shot on corbyn, just little
Matt well see what markets think of Donald Trumps speech and more importantly the fed speakers and we have a slew of fed speakers coming up this week. A lot of action could be driving these prices. You see futures up about half a per sent here in germany. Almost a full percent in paris and only about. 1 in london. Quite the spread there. Take a look at the bund trade here. U have investors driving off german debt. 0. 23 for lending your money to germany for 10 years, so yields are coming back up after hitting lows last week. Guy . Guy lets talk about whats happening in so many ways it was all about the fed last night and not about donald trump. The dollar index is up. That is dragging all the other paris down. Look at the pairs down. The yen is trading lower. The nikkei is trading higher. Going to be interesting to see how the European Markets get going. Look, the big story really, it is summed up in one shot. Let me move you over to it. This is whether or not march is live. You can se
Investigators still trying to determine why a son would allegedly attack his own mother here. Officers happened to be on the scene after 7 00 this morning. They were responding to an unrelated call. When police arrived, they found the suspects mom injured and her son holding an ax. Police say to prevent more injuries and possibly death to the victim, commanders here say the officers fired their guns. Both the mother and son are at area hospitals, expected to survive. Their condition is stable at this point. The officers who fired their guns are at Police Headquarters right now being questioned. One of the commanders on scene says its hard to explain the family on Family Violence over the last couple of weeks. Its a little frightening to see some of the violence thats occurring within the family situation. Its unfortunate. Well be out there doing the best we can. Reporter as in all officerinvolved shootings, the d. A. s office was also here on scene earlier this morning to document what
Im martha maccallum. Im here in the americas newsroom. Im eric shawn in for bill hemmer today. Secretary of state john kerry in paris as World Leaders there appear to be united in the face of the brutality of isis. The Islamic Radical terrorist group executing as you know, another western hostage, the third this time. Beheading david haines. He was a brittish aid worker trying to help people in syria. He was kidnapped a year ago. British Prime Minister David Cameron calling it a pure act of evil. Amy kellogg live in london with the very latest. Amy . Reporter eric there, is sadness and outrage across the United Kingdom to the Prime Minister, to man on the street and muslim groups spoken out. David camerons turn of phrase got the most traction. These are not muslims. These are monsters. The fact that there was that familiar british accent behind the murderous mask once again halves sent out a real sense of chills and anger across the United Kingdom. People across this country, would hav