We start the week with a sell off lets begin with the news that the huge strike planned by Heathrow Airport workers for today has been called off. Further talks between airport officials and the unite union which is representing the workers will continue throughout the day, to prevent industrial action now planned for tuesday. The airport which is britains busiest was facing some 2,500 workers striking over a pay dispute. This comes after unite said its members had rejected the offer of an extra £3. 75 per day offered by the airport. As a result, the airport cancelled 177 flights roughly one in seven departures. However one of the affected airlines, British Airways, now says it will now reinstate flights from heathrow on monday. Other airlines including air canada, aer lingus and Etihad Airways say they will also be operational from the airport today. Our Senior Reporter Ramzan Karmali joins us now. You have been looking at the detailed. Can you tell us more about what is happening to
On this friday, june 21st as Worldwide Exchange begins right now. Good morning, good afternoon, good evening wherever in the world you are im Brian Sullivan the record rally is back the s p 500 hitting a new alltime high yesterday. Much more on that coming up. Dow futures are down fractionally a major developing story President Trump reportedly approving military air strikes against iran overnight then he called them off. According to reports, planes were in the air, boats were in position when the word came to stand down we have full Team Coverage hadley gamble is in abu dhabi. Lets begin with the latest out of washington, d. C. With nbcs craig boswell. Good morning. A dramatic escalation of tensions between the u. S. And iran as you mentioned the New York Times reporting that President Trump ordering military strikes on iran and abruptly pulling them back. This was hours after we saw President Trump in the oval office saying iran made a big mistake shooting down a u. S. Drone. That u
Was in relatiation for an air strike two weeks ago on one of its consulates in damascus, widely thought to have been carried out by israel. Speaking on Iranian State tv, the armed forces Chief Of Staff warned israel of a larger attack on its territory should it retaliate against the overnight drone and missile attack. Lets bring you up to date with the latest. Lets take a look at how events unfolded. Sirens. What you can hear is the air raid sirens injerusalem. What you can see is israels Air Defence System, the iron dome, in Operation Flashes in thejerusalem sky as drones and missiles are shot down. A coalition of israels allies, including the us and uk has helped shoot down some iranian drones and missiles before they reached israeli territory. This is footage of that happening overjordan. Similarly, this video is from the Skies Over Damascus in syria. You can see objects being hit in the sky. And again, in the skies over iraq. More drones and missiles being intercepted as they trave
rishi sunak sacked his home secretary, suella braverman, and kickstarted a major cabinet reshuffle that saw david cameron accepting a peerage to hold one of britain s great offices of state. david cameron, now lord cameron, is of course well known on the global stage. and he s now beginning to speak to his new counterparts, including us secretary of state, antony blinken. according to a social media post from his new office, they discussed the israel gaza war, including, israel s right to self defence and the need for humanitarian pauses to allow the safe passage of aid into gaza . they also expressed their support for ukraine and reiterated the strength and depth of the relationship between the uk and the us . france s foreign minister, catherine colonna, tweeted congratulations and welcome , and added theirtwo countries must join forces during this unique time in global affairs. and his german counterpart, annalena baerbrock, extolled the importance of the close par
welcome to our look at the top business stories. i m lukwesa burak. today, global markets will be watching the latest us inflation data for clues as to whether the federal reserve might move again on interest rates. inflation was 3.7% over the 12 months to september which is the same rate recorded for august. while inflation has cooled significantly from last year, it remains higher than the 2% target. this month, the us central bank held its key interest rate at its current 22 year high as it seeks to stabilise price rises, which had recently reached near record levels. joining me now is steven blitz, chief us economist, ts lombard. hello and welcome to the programme. hello and welcome to the programme- hello and welcome to the - programme. what are programme. thank you. what are ou programme. thank you. what are you expecting programme. thank you. what are you expecting later programme. thank you. what are you expecting later today? - programme. thank you. what are