Than six weeks away the two koreas move towards talks. A new israeli law makes it harder for any future government to compromise with the palestinians over jerusalem. Pakistan stops charities banned by the u. N. Security council from collecting funds. Irans Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei eyes accusing the countrys enemies of fueling antigovernment protests state media say nine people have been killed on monday night taking the total during five days of unrest to twenty three rob matheson has more. Gunshots in the city of persia on monday night. Demonstrators defying a Government Social media blackout posting these pictures from cities across a row. On of damaged cars frightened crowds and burning buildings. Just hours earlier in the capital tehran there was little sign of the turmoil which is engulfed parts of the country but the issues which have sparked the protests such as iran stuttering economy after years of sanctions and the fear of unemployment are serious concerns for p
Move towards talks that could ease tensions raise them. A new israeli law makes it harder for any future government to compromise with the palestinians over jerusalem. Also this hour pakistan stops charities banned by the u. N. Security council from collecting funds. State media and iran says nine people have been killed in the latest antigovernment protests overnight that takes the total during five days of unrest to twenty three the president Hassan Rouhani is calling for calm and warns anyone breaking the law will be confronted rob matheson as more. Gunshots in the city of persia on monday night. Demonstrators defy a Government Social media blackout posting these pictures from cities across iran of damaged cars frightened crowds and burning buildings. Just hours earlier in the capital tehran there was little sign of the turmoil which is engulfed parts of the country but the issues which have sparked the protests such as iran stuttering economy after years of sanctions and the fear o
The Israeli Parliament has passed a law making it harder to give up any part of jerusalem to the palestinians. Pakistan stops charities which are banned by the u. N. Security council from collecting money. Also this hour lets meet next tuesday south korea agrees to talks with the north about the olympics but says Nuclear Missile concerns are a top priority and is for Roger Federer is looking good ahead of the defense. Of his Australian Open title even a record crowd watching federer is the latest win of the hopman cup in. Lets get going to iran where the Supreme Leader has spoken out for the first time about antigovernment protests that have spread across the country since thursday. He is blaming foreign intelligence agencies for a spike in violence state media says eight people were killed overnight taking the total number of dead so far to twenty two more than five hundred others have been arrested the protests began over a weak economy but the demands of since grown with chants cert
Im nejra cehic. Still seeing a little reaction from the fomc meeting. Ive got the stoxx 600. We were seeing stronger gains. It softened a little bit. We are still up 0. 2 . Stronger dollar against most major peers. Bloomberg dollar index up 0. 1 . It did gain more than that in yesterdays session. The 10year yield rising two basis points. We are at 2. 27 . Pretty steady right now. Also keeping an eye on crude oil. We are a little lower in todays session. 50. 52 dollars a barrel. Weve also got breaking news for you. Leaving its key rate unchanged at 0. 5 . Lets get the bloomberg first word news. Sebastian the bank of japan kept its monetary stimulus unchanged, but a dovish board member opposes the decision. He argued there was little chance of reaching the banks inflation target and the effects of the current yield curve program werent strong enough. That was an unexpected dissension on a board chosen by Prime Minister shinzo abe. The u. S. Secretary of state has told european allies the
In a few minutes time, it will be time to have a look at the international press. International. Now, its time for World Business report. Chinas premier hails the opportunties of economic globalisation but warns against the dangers of unfair growth leaving some behind. Its 50 years since the worlds first cash machine sprung up in a london suburb but does the atm have a future . Welcome to World Business report. Im rachel horne. In the last hour or so, chinas premier li keqiang has been hailing the benefits of economic globalisation, saying it brings unpredencented opportunity for all. But he also warned the World Economic forum in the north east chinese City Of Dalian that fairness is essential, or else people will feel left behind by the rapid changes the world is facing. But its not necessarily that straight forward, because many countries are caught in a wave of political populism, which means their leaders put their own interest first. For instance, the hosts china have their work