Weekend election. Down. Come to count lets tell you what is coming up on the program. In under 20 minutes we will hear from the ceo of the hotel accord. We willon bloomberg. Talk about the companys recent agreement to buy more than 1 billion worth of european hotels. Live from kiev with the foreign minister. Alexa smithkline is facing another criminal investigation. It is accused of bribing doctors and hospitals in china. Caroline hyde the details. What exactly do we know . A statement was put out yesterday stating that glaxosmithkline had received an open formal criminal investigation into the commercial practices. That is what the office in the u. K. Has told them. This is amid bribery case is being handled by the Chinese Police to glaxosmithkline in china. Ofthis is a month investigation. Two of them coming together. Much wider than that. In china, mark riley who led the , it is alleged he offered bribes to doctors and return to for using glaxosmithkline drugs. , it is alleged he of
A sixyear high on the stoxx 100. Alltime high over on the dax in germany. 9 00 supply data it out at u. K. Time. General german unemployment expected to stay at 6. 7 . Compared germany to everyone else. Lets bring you you market open on your morning. Down just a touch. That flat across most of europe with the exception of the footsie which voices pushes higher by one quarter of the present. You are looking for retail times sales a, at 11 00 take him 11 00 a. M. U. K. Time. Inflation is too low. We have to do something about it. We need to stay committed to that 2 inflation target. What is the risk of underperforming . They have got to do more. That is the big debate. Indeed, we do or they do, jon. The battle for alstrom that continues. Meeting witht is french president Francois Hollande as well as siemens. Each of them made their case to the french lawmakers last night. Joins us. Onnan it was a head to head battle last night between the usg and the french head of siemens. It is all in
We begin with breaking news about what looks like a new International Push to end the fighting in Eastern Ukraine. There are reports that ukrainian and Russian Foreign ministers will hold talks on wednesday here in berlin with their french and german counterparts. At least thats according to french diplomatic sources and has yet to be confirmed. This comes after Ukrainian Tanks and aircraft resume their assault on cities held by prorussian separatist. The number of civilian a number of civilian casualties have been reported. The violence continues to escalate in Eastern Ukraine. The shaky 10day truce has expired, and kiev has resumed military operations against prokremlin separatists. Russian president Vladimir Putin blames his ukrainian counterpart for the failure to extend the ceasefire. Unfortunately, president poroshenko decided to resume his military operation. We were not able i mean myself and my european colleagues we failed to convince him that the war is not the way to establ
Taking part in a demonstration begin their appeal. Flowers for the father of a face the latest from south africa as people celebrate the life of Nelson Mandela. It has been almost 20 years trying to bring about a global trade deal. The World Trade Organization has come up with an agreement said to be worth 18 trillion for the international economy. It is so agreed. The deal was made in bali and indonesia, aimed at increasing Global Commerce and making it easier for poorer countries to do trade. For the first time in our history we have truly delivered. We have achieved something significant. People all around the world will benefit from the package delivered here today. Here is what is it could mean. Its claimed it will create 21 million jobs, 18 million in developing countries and cut red removing the need for many taxes and bribes. The w. T. O. Is trying to remove all subsidies. The deal means that some developing countries can keep them in they are needed to feed the poor. The resul