There in brussels to you foreign minister so how is that being seen where you are. Whats different being followed carefully something that seen as a potential demotes demonstration of support a symbolic gesture yes the sanctions will be significant but they wont be able to. Cause this regime to suddenly engage with protestors this regime has been under sanctions time time again and has survived them but i think this is now about the gesture is about the symbolism showing that europe is watching closely hasnt lost interest in this and beyond that i think the future of these protests and of this democratic. Attempt is a Democratic Change of power that will be starting on streets mintz going to pushy not with the help of western europe that is unfortunately reality russia has all the cards in this russia has the money on the table and has offered on the ground or europe can provide support to better russian exiles people who have to leave the country but a book but beyond that you can jus
Chinas exports expanded in august but imports tell a different story as shares of the chipmaker, smic dive. And u. K. Officials are said to designed toa law override the brexit agreement. It has just gone 6 00 a. M. And that in london and dubai. M. In will Christine Lagarde said quietly on friday . Squarely back is on the agenda. Good morning. It certainly is back on the agenda. Look at cable trading this morning. As you say, Boris Johnson playing hardball and the u. K. May introduce the bill that may dilute the agreement that they have come up with which will more complicated. Im interested in the hurdles state aid and fisheries eight hours dedicated to each of those pocket topics this week. The question is about the repositioning on tech. Andill dig into that whether or not the market is beginning to turn order is it going to bifurcate more profoundly . Today. Markets are closed but the nasdaq 100 futures softer this morning down more than 1 after a selloff. As a my see down 18 in ho
Ground. In the fact that this square in front of Government House in minsk is empty now in the rain is no indication that these protests are losing their dynamism their momentum from the beginning this has been very diffuse protests spread across and then spread across the whole country and people have been coming out for events in the evenings going back to work and theyve really made a conscious decision not to set up a central part of the government then surround and clear arresting people even from where im standing now i can see people walking with flags on the side of the road drivers beeping their horns in support of those protesters so its a very fast moving very diffuse situation here but things looking good for president. You get a sense of people theyve lost their fear of challenging the government out in the open i think that something will be very difficult for the regime here to dial back even if these protests words die out there are stories of policemen who are just ref
A new Constitutional Court in mali to try to end the political crisis that irans foreign minister calls the stronger ties with iraq on his 1st visit since the u. S. Killed a top iranian general earlier this year and reviving hollywood how covert 19 will mean higher costs along the production times for the movie making business. And in sport Lewis Hamilton wednesday hung gary in the formula one prays for the 8 time in his career his latest victories mean the british driver top of the World Championship standings. Well its a little after 8 pm in brussels the end of the 3rd day of European Union talks which still seem to have found no consensus leaders have been trying to agree on how to fund europes recovery from the coronavirus demick and finding the money is not necessarily the issue look at this number 2. 00 trillion dollars that is the. European union budget it is unprecedented at this level and within that number weve got this 157000000000. 00 another not insignificant amount that h
Week on the hole for global stocks. Lets get a first word news update. Heres leighann gerrans. Leighann president macron of france has appointed a new Prime Minister. Macron is preparing to reshuffle his government in the widely expected relaunch of his presidency for the final two years of his term. North Korean Leader kim jongun urging people to stay alert of coronavirus. He warned that complacency could lead to unimaginable and irreversible crisis or get despite the warning, he has reaffirmed north koreas claim to not have had a single case of covid19. This is widely doubted by Global Health officials. European president christine crisiss signature fighting tool is becoming the focus of disagreement among policymakers. Governing councilmembers face a potential risk over how much their emergency Bond Purchase Program should stay weighted toward weaker countries such as italy. That is according to multiple conversations with central bank officials. And hong kong, police have charged a