Interest. We get the view from europe on his performance and whether he was playing to the right audience. And the english Language School in hot water over this advert in croatia. The first lady has threatened to sue. Welcome to the United Nations in new york, Christian Fraser is in london. If anyone thought donald trump would go timidly to the un, they were wrong. This was a robust repudiation of much of what the global body stands for and his speech was met by stony silent. He stressed strength and sovereignty but said he would no longer accept a world where america is taken advantage of. This was Foreign Policy in populist terms. For too long, said the president , the middle classes in america had been failed by multinational trade deals in global bureaucracies. He called the deal with iran and harassment, one of the worst transactions in history. His strongest threat was reserved for north korea. No one has shown more contempt for other nations and for the well being of their own
Earthquake in mexico tops 200 people as the quiake topples dozens of buildings. Good morning its fed day we havea lot to get through. Lets get to one of our top stories on the corporate front shares in thyssenkrupp are trading sharply higher in early trade, this after the german metals group and tata steel agree to merge their european operations in a 50 50 joint venture. Gemma has the details. This deal i dont think comes as a surprise to anybody what were seeing here is its been widely expected for a long time, about 4,000 job losses expected, 2,000 from each company. Looking at Pro Forma Revenues of 15 billion euro. These talks have been ongoing for 18 months. Been waiting for the news we had earlier this month of tata steel being able to dispose of 15 billion pounds worth of pension liability, which means this was able go ahead. Still a few hurdles. Still need both boards to approve it still need the European Commission to approve it need support from the unions support has been te
To tuesday in parliament. Our round up of the day at westminster. Coming up in the next half hour ministers pledge to try to save jobs as defence manufacuturer, bae announces that nearly 2,000 workers could be under threat. The government will continue to work with bae systems to make sure that compulsory redundancies are kept to a minimum. Meanwhile labour accuses the government of failing to act over the plight of workers in belfast whose jobs are at risk because of a trade dispute with the us. I fear that bombardier and everyone that depends on the firm is considered a fair price to deal for a post specs and deal with President Trump. Also on the programme the Parcel Delivery firm, hermes, defends the way it employs its drivers. And a new mp wades into a row over parliamentary procedure. I didnt expect my new rule to be reduced to be a member of a talking shop. But first britains leading defence manufacturer, bae systems, has announced plans to cut almost 2,000 jobs across england.
At a slightest you can get on the markets. The opening arc for 1. Five. The election more about that in a moment we see Companies Reporting state side and in europe as well lets take a look at the markets one by one i the eye beks is performing off by 0. 6 . The foots see off by 0. 1 . Interesting referendum news there. The cac 40 is eking out a modest win of 1. 7 . Now lets go back to our top stories. Spanish banks are leading it spain has called on catalans to accept a move to accept the success net leaders. Tens of thousands of demonstrators took to the streets of barcelona to protest the actions. Speaking to the bbc foreign minister, madrid hoped to reinstate legal order in catalon catalonia. We are going to establish the authorities who are going to rule the daytoday affairs of catalonia hoping, as i said, from the catalan laws and what we are trying to do is restore normalcy, to restore togetherness for the sake of all catalans with disregard and i hope everyone will disregard wh
And counting. Now its shares have hit a new record high after it revealed a big jump in profits and forecast strong sales for the all important holiday season. Lets show you the details. Apple made a profit of 10. 7 billion in the three months to the end of september up around 19 on the same time last year and well above what investors were expecting. At the heart of it all is the iphone apple sold over 46 million of them across the world in the three month period up 2. 6 on last year. It says sales growth was in double digits in many emerging markets. But its the next quarter that has investors really excited because of this. The new iphone x is released today. Apple has said demand has been off the charts and is forecasting record revenues for the holiday season. The big problem is making enough of them. Waiting times are currently up to six weeks, but apple says it will reduce that in the coming days. For many people though a big concern will be the price atjust under 1000. I think