Was used all of the time and i think indeed it was asymmetrical but for very very Different Reasons taran was being strategic and political while trump was relying upon sanctions and the 3rd and and the demand that the United States be remain inside of iraq against the will of the people in government and parliament there that is what makes this all asymmetrical and i think you can draw different conclusions about as the media likes to do who won and who lost go ahead alex and well what is what i mean i think the fundamental difference is that the range to. Range of their assets together that that Foreign Policy that diplomats they bring to get their political aint is they be able to bring in their intelligence operatives manage to me people also their economic assets such as they are and they set themselves very clear objectives which they dont let themselves. It from and their objective is not clearly defined easy is to try to get the United States out of the middle east out of iraq
a investment. warm welcome to the programme. a warm welcome to the programme. good morning. sounds like a bit of a mess in germany in terms of trying to sort out the money matters so they can go ahead with much needed spending, your take? go ahead with much needed spending, yourtake? it is go ahead with much needed spending, your take?- spending, your take? it is a mess something spending, your take? it is a mess something that - spending, your take? it is a mess something that the i mess something that the introduction said is self imposed, this constitutional break supposed to be stopping undue spending and returning to balanced budget, it was introduced into 2009 at a time when germany thought it could beat off the rest of the world in terms of its own economic competitiveness, it ought then the euro crisis would not be something that would be hugely problematic for it. so it had built into the constitution its commitment, to have a balanced budget every year. and there
this is what a spokesperson for the israel defense forces had to say about the situation. we will rescue our hostages at all costs. it is our duty, it is our moral responsibility of the israel defense forces. it is why we fight and why we must keep on fighting until all our hostages are home. with more on the hostage release, here s our senior international correspondent orla guerin in tel aviv. inseparable and coming home tonight. emma and yuli, twin girls just three years old, released with their mother sharon. their father is still being held in gaza. they ll be picked up by military helicopter. like these boys, freed last night. the government here has been sharing footage of every release. israelis very invested in this and the prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, needs a victory even a partial one. already savouring her freedom, margalit moses, who is 78. she tells hospital staff in tel aviv they are amazing. so is she. freed from gaza on friday after almost 50 days
London. We have a little bit of data out of london. We understand by speaking to people familiar with the situation that goldman will review its commodities after the worst start in a decade. They are looking into why they were on the wrong side of a trade when it comes to oil and some of the other commodities. One of the commodities had to make a huge correction and lost three to four months. We will update you as soon as we have any more news. In the meantime, lets go straight to the data. I wanted to bring you the stoxx 600. They are rising in light trading. This was one of the longest winning streak of 2017. The dollar is strengthening after they were start to the year since 2006. The ruling party was defeated in tokyos elections and it is the first day of chinas bond link to the rest of the world. The yuan. 6. 7867. Lets get straight to the first word news. Reporter Philip Hammond will today use a speech organized by the confederation of british industry to tell Business Leaders t
Is involved in such a decision. It beggers belief, really. Good morning. Its february 24th. Welcome to bbc Newsroom Live. The conservatives have labelled their victory in the copeland by election a truly historic event. They took the seat from labour by more than two thousand votes The First Time a Governing Party has won a seat from another party in a by election for 35 years. The area has had a labour mp since the 1930s. For labour, the Shadow Chancellor John Mcconnell called the result disappointing. The party did hold on to the seat of stoke on Trent Central, in the other parliamentary by election result declared overnight. Labour finished two and a half thousand votes ahead of ukip leader paul nuttall. In the last hour the Labour Leader, Jeremy Corbyn has been giving his reaction to the by elections results. After his speech, he is taking questions now. Is defeated in copeland a disaster for the labour party . Its a disappointment. Im very sad about it. We campaign to win it back,