Studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news. Its newsday. Its 7am in singapore, Midnight In London and 1 am in the german city of hamburg, where World Leaders have arrived for a summit of major global economies. Although its not officially started, President Trump has already grabbed the spotlight. Speaking in poland just before the summit hes said Western Civilization needs to defend itself. And ahead of his meeting with President Putin, hes called on russia to stop destabilising other countries. Jon sopel reports from hamburg. The famous port of hamburg, tonights disembarkation point for anarchists, anti capitalists, anti globalisation protesters and the leaders of the worlds 20 richest nations. The protesters stones and fireworks were met by Police Teargas water cannon. No such hostility when the president ventured out in warsaw this morning. Not everywhere in europe would they chant Donald Trumps name so loudly or so approvingly. But with its populist anti immigration g
White house. We expect that service to end just before 10 00 this morning. Then its off to the white house for coffee and tea with president and mrs. Obama and the joint Congressional Committee on inaugural ceremonies. Guys, back home it truly is a hallmark of our democracy and it will be on full display this morning. Very much so. Just kind of the peaceful transition that we all expect even though its been such an unexpected election year. Doesnt look like theres anything different, carl, from what ive seen from all the other inaugurations which is a new president comes in, old president s there and it just transitions. Do you feel that are people saying, no, this ones going to be different this time . I think the general take down here this morning is that as different and nontraditional as the campaign was, trump is demonstrating real respect for the traditions of the inauguration. Going through the traditions of, for instance, this Service Today at st. Johns. That goes back to fdr.
Asia daybreak coming to you live from bloombergs u. S. And asian headquarters. In hong kong its just past 8 00 a. M. And just past 7 00 p. M. Here in new york. Yvonne, the news keeps pouring out of the white house. Just last hour we got breaking news out about the u. S. Looking to impose now sanctions on iran over their Ballistic Missile testing. We got that warning from President Trump on his twitter earlier. It just shows you sort of how headlinedriven it seems the markets are. Yvonne yeah. What about the fed . What about the jobs report . It seems like all that is just buried from the macro and all the headlines coming out from capitol hill. Here, though, were not getting much leadin after wall street traded really flat. Lets see how asia is shaping up on this friday morning. Dave right. So, i mean, i was going to say that it was going to be a cautious start to the trading session but then we got a little bit of movement in the yen and there we go. Were looking at gains across the r
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Come down pretty decently once we get into it, witches just about momentarily. More rain will flow and overnight and tomorrow. We will talk much more about the whole weekend coming up. At fenway park, it is going to be nasty, so dress accordingly. Ben all right, thank you. Boston ready to celebrate a legend. Big papi set to take the field final regular season homestand of his career. His city is alive with excitement tonight. Jc were expecting to hear from david ortiz live any moment but fans are already getting the Party Started at the ballpark, and thats where newscenter 5s Jorge Quiroga joins us live. How is it . Jorge ive got my coat on just for the weather but definitely big papi is the biggest tourist about number 34. But fans have come from all over. Pouring into fenway park. Priceless. I probably will be screaming a lot. Jorge and loading up on big papi souvenirs. Carolina ortiz, no relation, but like number 34, a native of the dominican republic. He is a great role model and a