Honor to cross the line. And goodbye g20 and time for summer davos. We are live at the World Economic forum at this hour. Shery lets get you started with a quick check of the markets. U. S. Futures rallying about 1 at the moment, this, after the s p 500 saw its best month since january. We have optimism over potential easing trade tensions between china and the u. S. , not to mention the huge photo op President Trump got at the dmz meeting with kim jongun. Take a look at asian futures. We are continuing to see a risk on moves ahead of trading. If we can switch up the boards, futures, nikkei futures up 1. 5 as we get the japanese yen weakening for a fourth consecutive session. Great asets not doing we get risk on sentiment. As korea starts trading on socalled peace dogs as we saw that unprecedented meeting at the dmz. Hyundai engineering and other stocks like korea gas and so forth. Also keep an eye on chipmakers, especially samsung, as we saw President Trump giving some relief to huawe
And, scotland are out of the womens world cup. There was penalty drama as they let a 3 0 lead against argentina slip, whilst england beat japan. Good morning, and welcome to the bbc news at 9. The tory race to become the next Prime Minister continues today, as mps decide which two candidates will face a members vote. Former foreign secretary Boris Johnson looks certain to make the final pair. He topped the ballot in the first three rounds of voting. Last night, he secured the support of 143 out of 313 conservative mps. But the race to join him remains too close to call. Jeremy hunt, michael gove and sajid javid are all in the contest after fellow candidate rory stewart was knocked out last night. Lets look at how the process works. Conservative mps will begin voting for who they wish to be the next Prime Minister in a secret ballot this morning, with the results expected ataboutipm. The candidate with the fewest votes is knocked out, leaving three candidates remaining. There will then
Catherine to join us today. She served as the European Unions first high representative for, Foreign Affairs and Security Policy from. 2009 to 2014, she earned praise as a negotiator leading the p5 plus one talks on Irans Nuclear program and galvanizing agreement on between serbia and kosovo. Before she served as the first woman commissioner for trade at the european commission, cathy is Wilson Centers Slater Family distinguish fellow. We are delighted to talk to her today about her new book titled and then what inside stories of 21st century diplomacy . Also joining us to talk with kathy is ambassador phil reeker, who is partner and lead of the europe and eurasia practice at Albright Group here at wilson. He is the chair of our global europe, now retired from state department. Ambassador reeker was charge daffaires at the u. S. Embassy in the United Kingdom and was acting assistant secretary of state for europe eurasia. Before that, before he retired from the foreign service, he was s
She served as the European Unions first high representative for, Foreign Affairs and Security Policy from. 2009 to 2014, she earned praise as a negotiator leading the p5 plus one talks on Irans Nuclear program and galvanizing agreement on between serbia and kosovo. Before she served as the first woman commissioner for trade at the european commission, cathy is Wilson Centers Slater Family distinguish fellow. We are delighted to talk to her today about her new book titled and then what inside stories of 21st century diplomacy . Also joining us to talk with kathy is ambassador phil reeker, who is partner and lead of the europe and eurasia practice at Albright Group here at wilson. He is the chair of our global europe, now retired from state department. Ambassador reeker was charge daffaires at the u. S. Embassy in the United Kingdom and was acting assistant secretary of state for europe eurasia. Before that, before he retired from the foreign service, he was secretary blinkens Senior Adv
We delighted to welcome the honorable perez baroness catherine to join us today. She served as the European Unions first high representative for, Foreign Affairs and Security Policy from. 2009 to 2014, she earned praise as a negotiator leading the p5 plus one talks on Irans Nuclear program and galvanizing agreement on between serbia and kosovo. Before she served as the first woman commissioner for trade at the european commission, cathy is Wilson Centers Slater Family distinguish fellow. We are delighted to talk to her today about her new book titled and then what inside stories of 21st century diplomacy . Also joining us to talk with kathy is ambassador phil reeker, who is partner and lead of the europe and eurasia practice at Albright Group here at wilson. He is the chair of our global europe, now retired from state department. Ambassador reeker was charge daffaires at the u. S. Embassy in the United Kingdom and was acting assistant secretary of state for europe eurasia. Before that,