Nasdaq leading gains but european equities hold near the flat line and oil outperforms. Shares of altice soar after news of the buy out of the giant and delist the shares. Rio tinto ceo resigns after destruction of two aboriginal sites and unrest at the miners fallout. Welcome to street signs. Happy friday lets take a look at european markets and how we are trading we have a little mixed picture now. The dax down 0. 2 . The cac around flat line, the ftse mib down. Yesterday, we saw european markets retreat. We did miss that big drop off in the u. S. Session that took place after european markets closed. A little momentum coming off the lower wall street session yesterday. Lets look at the sector weve got Household Goods up. 7 health care, real estate tell come and food and bef a bit of a defensive tilt. In contrast, oil and gas down 1 the worst performing part of the market 5 , insurance, industrials sterling has come under pressure as stalling negotiations erodes trust out of europe a
Hello, im anita mcveigh, welcome to verified live. There have been dramatic Political Developments in edinburgh, where scotlands First Minister, humza yousaf, has announced that hes resigning. Hes been under growing pressure after he ripped up a Power Sharing Deal with the scottish green party. As a result, he was facing two separate votes of no confidence. In an emotional statement earlier today, mr yousaf said he was not willing to trade his values and principles, simply to hold on to power. Lets take a listen to the moment he announced his resignation. I am not willing to trade my values and principles or do deals with whomever simply for retaining power. Therefore, after spending the weekend reflecting on what is best for my party, for the government, and for the country i lead, i have concluded that repairing our relationship across the political divide can only be done with someone else at the helm. I have therefore informed the snps National Secretary of my intention to stand do
Hope you had a cracking weekend. What a weekend its been because its a long time in politics. 48 hours humza yousaf on friday at close of play said i vow to fight on now hes had it. Hes history. Hes history. Hes history. Hes stepping down. Finally face the music. What next for scotland . Will they ditch at last . The trans politics, the hate crime stuff and the net zero zealotry . Or is that too much to hear for get in touch all the usual ways, and theres a new way to do that. Send your views and post your comments by visiting gbnews. Com yoursay. Ive just logged in. Youll see my ugly mush. Leave some replies, keep them clean. Ill leave and ill them clean. Ill leave and ill read out a few before the end of the show. Loads of gets stuck into. But first its time for your latest News Headlines. Very good afternoon to you. Its just after 3 00 and we start with the latest developments in our top story this afternoon, that a contest for a new snp leader will now take place, after the Scottis
Offences in 2020. The new York State Court of appeals ruled that the original trial made a mistake by Hearing Evidence from women who claimed they had been assaulted, even though their allegations were not part of the charges being heard. He was jailed for 23 years. The judges have ordered that a new trial be held. He has also been sentenced in california to 16 years in prison for raping an actress in los angeles, and that conviction is not directly affected by this ruling. Lets speak to our North America correspondent nomia iqbal is not going to be walking out of jail because of the other conviction in los angeles, but talk is through the 2020 case that was so huge in terms of the Metoo Movement. The harve terms of the Metoo Movement. Tue Harvey Weinstein terms of the Metoo Movement. Tte Harvey Weinstein conviction case was almost the founding case of the metoo, one of the most important social media movements in modern American History where people spoke out against Sexual Violence a
Man in Stafford County is accused of killing his own mother. Christopher ellis is charged with firstdegree murder deputies were called out to his house at about 5 00 this morning. They say ellis was screaming and assaulted a deputy in the backyard. They found his mother, Elizabeth Ellis dead. Right now, ellis is in jail. Right now, Police Investigating a deadly crash on the inner loop of the beltway. One person died earlier this morning. Another person has lifethreatening injuries. Delays stretched as long as 7 miles at one time. Right now, were working to learn more about a crash in silver spring. Somebody hit a pedestrian on New Hampshire avenue this morning near the intersection with oakview drive. The last we heard was that traffic was moving by in both directions, but the road wasnt totally open. We dont know how seriously the pedestrian was hurt. Were monitoring for an announcement right now in prince georges county. The police chief may be about to announce to the public that he