Few days and you can see some bits and pieces of cloud working their way eastwards and this is where indeed we have seen one or 2 showers now through sunday we still have the chance that you cross into the northern sections of iran but also across into turkey and at times we could see some heavy thunderstorms certainly by monday and those shows like you do what the weather the east was tom which is not too bad 34 celsius across into baghdad and 23 across into kabul now further to the south again temperatures here they have been coming down slowly the humidity has been improving slightly as well were going to temperature of 30 in muscat on sunday and temperatures in the mid thirtys really for doha 35 as you can see there on monday and 35 across into to riyadh further to the south down into Southern Africa again weve had some eastern areas of madagascar mostly dry sunday as you can see there but wanted to show is likely into cape town 22 so feeling a little bit cooler temperatures about
Joy for amazon after poorly profit falls for the first time in more than two years. Shery mike pence sends messages of support to hong kong protesters. Check of theuick markets. Australia has open. Sophie . Sophie we are headed for mixed start with aussie stocks nudging higher by. 1 . Set 45th day of gains. Looking for the 6700 level. Those companies have reported with more due today. We are watching Samsung Electronics on the vice chairmans retrials for his bribery case. The south korean government is announcing this morning at the country will give up its withoping nations status the wto. Checking in on aussie bonds. The 10 year yield a creeping back toward 1 . Pimco snapping up australian state debt. Of the as speculation are present and rba have to follow the fed and have quantitative easing. Euro, slipping to a oneweek low. Advance. Ed its early pmi, split, on the thought of whether a boost in the pound would result from brexit. Shery we have breaking news. Budweiser brewing for a
Trade deal with the japanese but talked extensively about a trade deal between the United States and china given negotiations are kicking back up this week. The president was asked if he would accept a smaller deal rather than waiting for that grand big deal that hes been pushing for. Heres what he said. I think that we just have to see what happens i would much prefer a big deal thats what were shooting for can something happen maybe. In guess its probably unlikely reporter i also asked the president whether or not he told xi jinping as has been reported he would remain quiet about the hong kong protest during the course of these china trade negotiation. The president said no i didnt he said were new yorkgotiating. Politically it would be very tough. The president going on at some length here about the protests in hong kong and admiring the american flags, the trump signs he sees in the crowd and admiring pro democracy protesters but ultimately saying that the protests in hong kong an
Think, is anyone actually hearing me . Tits a terrifying positi be in, to feel like you can cry the stand, that you cou yell a statement, and people still donhear you. Brangham all that and more on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has feen provided by life wellplanned. Learn more at raymondjames. Com. When it comes to wireless, Consumer Cellular gives itsch customers the ce. Our nocontract plans give you as much, or as little, talk, text and data as you want, and our u. S. Based customer servic team is on hand to help. To learn more, go to consumercellular. Tv bnsf railway. Nd with the ongoing support of these institutis this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to ur pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Rangham questions of impeachment are growing tonight around psident trump. The speaker of the house says the house is moving forward with ir official impeachment in thats after a whistleblower alleg
The speaker of the house of representatives has told President Trump he is not above the law. But the white house has confirmed it will not co operate with the impeachment inquiry. An official letter to Democratic Party leaders claims the process is constitutionally illegitimate, and accuses them of seeking to rewrite the 2016 election. Mr trump has blocked one key witness, the Us Ambassador to the european union, from giving evidence to congress, and democrats have now issued a subpoena to try to force him. More legal wrangles are likely. This from our reporter peter bowes. A clash at the heart of american government. The white house flexing its muscle and refusing to have anything to do with the democrats impeachment enquiry in the house of representatives. In an 8 page letter, the president s lawyer says the enquiry violates fundamental fairness, and lacks any legitimate constitutional foundation. It accuses the democrats of seeking to overturn the results of the 2016 election, and