He will testify on possible links between russia and President Trump associates. Nato has confirmed the assassination of a leading politician and is calling on serbia and kosovo to return to associations in brussels. Negotiations in brussels. A conservative political leader was shot to death by unknown attackers in northern kosovo. The Trump Administration is cutting 65 million in funding from the United Nations relief and work agency, a social service body for palestinian refugees. That is less than half of its expected contribution. Global news 24 hours a day powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. Im alisa parenti. This is bloomberg and Bloomberg Technology is next. Emily im emily chang and this is Bloomberg Technology. Coming up, bitcoins tumble. The cryptocurrency sees its 2015. Ailey declined since will we see more selling in days to come . Plus, we catch up with arianna huffington. What she has to say about current ideal plans and the me to
, journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. Im Alisa Parenti. This is bloomberg. Bloomberg technology is next. Caroline im Caroline Hyde from london, in for emily chang. This is Bloomberg Technology. Coming up, a change in ownership. We will analyze a u. S. Rivals deal. Plus, alibaba enters the ring as the fight to dominate the Smart Speaker market intensifies. How it stacks up against its rivals. Prepareseslas model3 to hit the road, a speed bump for the electric car giant. While teslas sales shifted down a gear. First, a massive deal in the Digital Payments ace payment space. This comes after j. P. Morgan showed interest, but ultimately backed away from the takeover offer. They hope to gain greater exposure to ecommerce retailers and Small Businesses through the acquisition. For more, we are joined by bloombergs editor at large, cory johnson. With me for the hour as guest host is Martin Mignot. Now, i want to kick off with cory first. Give us the background of this deal. B