Correspondent orla guerin is in the ukrainian capital, kyiv tonight, and joins us now. Is the counteroffensive intensifying . Is the counteroffensive intensifying . Is the Counteroffensive Intensi Inc . ~ ,. , intensifying . Well, it has been a bus da , intensifying . Well, it has been a busy day, sophie. Intensifying . Well, it has been a busy day, sophie. From intensifying . Well, it has been a | busy day, sophie. From ukraines point of view, a successful one. It has managed to hit the headquarters of russias Black Sea Fleet in the Crimean Peninsula with a missile. We know there is damage to the building. We are not sure how much. One ukrainian spokesman has said on social media, we wanted a bigger hole. But undoubtedly, ukraine could hardly have picked a more symbolic target. Its a headline grabbing attack, it is a showy attack. It is not the first time that ukraine has struck at Russian Military and the structure in premier. As ukraine faces into the second winter of war, we know i
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Is 23 without loss. Sailors from the royal navy prepare to take on the job of guarding Buckingham Palace for the first time. And ben has the weather. Good morning. A chilly weekend of weather continues. A cold and frosty start. Sunshine and showers. Clouding over in the west. Thank you. Good morning. First, our main story. People who fly drones will be required to take Safety Awareness tests as part of a government clampdown on rogue operators. Owners will be banned from flying them near airports, while the police will be given new powers to seize the machines. They are part of plans to crack down on criminal and unsafe use of drones, which have been used for smuggling, and have been involved in near misses with aeroplanes. Heres our business correspondent, joe lynam. They are getting bigger and like. They are getting bigger and like. They can carry items and can go in water and out again. The government wa nts to ta p water and out again. The government wants to tap into these new tec
Finance miniature says minister says he sees the oil economy rebounding. Europes top court is set to a company or a tax platform. Where less than half an hour from the european open. Lets look at how things are shaping up in markets. We have the futures box ticked and that means we can see the percent missed price. If can see that for the ftse. We are looking at a negative open although very slight. As far as the continental indexes we could open up this morning. A lot of it has to do with the tax cut bill and we will see how it comes through. Take a look at the gmm screen. You will see some interesting as its moving on this screen. It shows us the biggest movers and different columns. Equity indexes, you can see the rop. Stocks eurostoxx d switzerland was a big one and the s p down. It is from an alltime high. The drop from an alltime high. As far as forex, these are assets that are trading right now. The yen down. 1 of 1 . The dollar down against the yen. The canadian dollar, Swedish
The european markets were down a couple minutes ago. They are pretty much back up. It seems the feel good factor in u. S. Stocks have now petered out somewhat. Im looking at u. S. 10 year treasury yields, pretty much a picture of stability. The dollar off the trade bound. The dollar, gaining a touch. Coming up on bloomberg surveillance, we sit down with luca paolini, the chief strategist at Pictet Asset Management. Thewe will also break down saudi budget with the director of Economic Research at the Gulf Research center. First, lets get straight to the bloomberg first word news. Sebastian uber has lost the battle as it differs from traditional taxes. The car hailing app should be regulated. The eu court of justice ruling, think of the president sentting. British officials fear spain will threaten to veto, if negotiatey fails to with madrid. It has been in british hands since, 1713 but spain could make a claim over the land. To the u. N. Assador nikki haley is pressing other countries n