Northern ireland could have a very tough play off draw tomorrow. And all eyes are on todays weather. Ican hear and all eyes are on todays weather. I can hear in kent. This area was devastated during the storm is 30 yea rs devastated during the storm is 30 years ago. I will be talking about the weather today and also looking back at what happened 30 years ago. More details throughout the afternoon. More details throughout the afternoon. Thanks. Coming up on afternoon live we stay with that theme. If youre being affected by 0phelia, then tweet us your stories and pictures. And lets also have your memories of the great storm 30 years ago. Hello, everyone, this is afternoon live. Ireland has been battered by storm 0phelia. One woman has died, thousands of people are without power, and hundreds of schools have been forced to close. Whats described as a violent and destructive storm with winds of 100 miles an hour is now heading for Northern Ireland, parts of scotland, and west wales. In the
Gap with its peer group . Unfair and punitive. That is what Canadas Foreign Affairs ministers calling the lumber levy. Matt very much looking forward to that conversation considering how hot this story is right now. You look at futures. We are looking at slight gains, the price looks better on the wti screen. After little gains yesterday, they jump on monday. We are looking for gains again today. Check out the bund spread from treasuries. 96 going back to 1999. If you zoom in since then, you can see that we have come down substantially and we are now down below 2 again for the second time. The spread is getting thinner between buns and treasuries. Guy whether we will see that tighten up significantly, it is something we will watch carefully. Money is flying into European Assets right now but mainly equities. We will talk about on throughout the program. New zealand up nicely overnight. The nikkei up 1. 1 in asia. Many of the European Markets strongly bid. Off itsnese yen is highs. Why
More actors beginning to mumble . We investigate complaints about the sound quality on some tv programmes. It is either too quickly spoken or they dont speak clear enough. Good morning. Its tuesday 11th april. Im annita mcveigh. Welcome to bbc Newsroom Live. In the last half an hour it has been announced Foreign Ministers meeting at the g 7 summit have not been able to agree on imposing sanctions on russia. They have discussed what options to take after a Chemical Attack killed 89 syrians last week. Us Secretary Of State rex deveson will be in moscow later to face the russians over their continued support for president Bashar Al Assad. They call it the family photo and its a family that used to include russia before it was expelled in 2014 when the g8 became the g7. The kremlin may not be represented at this summit, but its continued support for the Syrian Regime dominates conversation. These Foreign Ministers have been working out the precise message us Secretary Of State Rex Tillerso
Do better when we all do better. And i still believe thats true today and so do my colleagues who join me. We need to be focused on how we can help more women share in our Economic Growth and share in the american dream. I ask my colleagues to support and pass the paycheck fairness act. Thank you. I yield the floor. A senator mr. President . The presiding officer the senator from washington. A senator mr. President , i ask unanimous consent to speak up to five minutes. The presiding officer without objection. A senator thank you, mr. President. I come to the floor with my colleagues, the senator from minnesota and my colleague senator murray from washington along with the other women who have been here to talk about this important issue of paycheck fairness. It is truly shameful this kind of discrimination still exists and youve heard the statistics by my colleagues what the pay gap means but literally over someones career, over a 40year career in my state, a woman could lose as much a
Future of the European Union. A group of analysts debate the pro and it euroskeptic positions. The potential for european cultural integration, and the prospects for the uks withdrawal from the eu. The twohour event was hosted by the hudson institute. Mr. Fonte what is the future of the European Union . Thats what well be talking about today. What does is it mean to say the European Union has a democracy deficit . Are they compatible with democratic selfgovernance . Will britain leave the eu in june . If so, what does this mean for the european project . Will germany pull back from the jury of the European Political Union . Will the cultural and political challenges of radical islam both within europe and abroad, strengthen or weaken the eu . sat effect is Vladimir Putin russia have an effect of the eu. . . What does the future of the eu mean for the United States and the Transatlantic Alliance . We will be trying to answer some of these questions this morning. E have an outstanding pa