Goldman says the coronavirus will hit prospects for copper, as Chinese Industrial action is in significantly below capacity. Anglo american starts a busy week for commodities earnings today. The curse of monsanto. In the midst of the roundup scandal, bayer faces a potential multibilliondollar lawsuit over a second weedkiller it inherited in the 2018 chemicals megadeal. Just under an hour away from the start of cash Equities Trading across europe. We will take a look at futures this morning. Acrossseeing gains europe and u. S. Futures. We still have a wild to go until the u. S. Opens, but we have decent gains in europe. Dax of more than one third of a percent, ftse futures up. 25 this morning. We also seeing gains in the u. S. , although we have solid a seven a solid seven hours until he open up over there. And dows p, nasdaq, jones futures all gaining this morning. We have breaking news on china. China is delaying its annual npc npcing according to chinas going to review the possibilit
Health charity, mind. Regardless of who the biggest band in the world is, you will have to realise that youre going to be polishing ed sheerans boots. In a world exclusive, Coldplays Chris Martin speaks to the bbc about why hes taking the band off the road to save the planet. And england make a promising start to the first test in new zealand. Theyre 241 4 at close with ben stokes 67 not out. Good morning, and welcome to the bbc news at 9. Lawyers for women who say they were sexually assaulted by the convicted paedophile, Jeffrey Epstein, have urged the duke of york to give a sworn legal statement about his links to the american financier. Prince andrew said yesterday he was willing to help investigations into epstein if required. Hes also withdrawing from public duties because of what he called his ill judged association with epstein, who killed himself injail. 0ur royal correspondent Nicholas Witchell reports. He and Buckingham Palace accepted his position had become unsustainable. I
Plus, tackling Climate Change and the critics. We catch up with coldplays chris martin. In business car clash gm sues Fiat Chrysler for racketeering accusing its rival of bribing unions. Fiat calls the lawsuit astonishing. A warm welcome to the Programme Briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. As always on the programme, you can be part of the conversation a new bbc survey suggests that 40 of adults in the uk would fake a sickie if they needed to take a day off at short notice. Is it everjustified . Have you been caught out . Tell us what you think just use the hashtag bbcthebriefing. Lawyers for alleged victims of the us sex offender, jeffrey epstein, have welcomed a statement from Prince Andrew that he will cooperate with Law Enforcement agencies. They say he should go to the states immediately to speak to police. The prince has stepped back from royal duties because of his links with epstein, who killed himself injail. Our royal correspondent, nichol
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Northern and Western Scotland and Northern Ireland, the odd bit for western england and wales on Higher Ground but most areas will state largely dry. The breeze picks up in the north light in the south, and temperatures are pretty high for this time of year overnight, 7 9. 8 mild and cloudy start tomorrow, some spots open drizzle in northern and western areas. It might push into Northern England and wales but im hopeful of more breaks in the cloud to allow for more sunny spells in the afternoon but change is afoot further north and west of scotland, also in Northern Ireland with a cold front moving down, bringing wetter and windier weather, Gale Force Winds in excess of 50 mph in the far north west but a blustery day for all of us tomorrow. Double figure values across the board, turning colder behind this front as it suggests that the cold air sinks southwards across the country on thursday night and by friday morning it will be across the south east of england a wet start at times. Yo