three gambling businesses owned by william hill are to pay a 19 million pound penalty for weak money laundering controls. we start in mexico where at least 39 people have died in a fire at a migrant centre near the border with the united states. the blaze broke out at an immigration facility in ciudad juarez which is next to the stanton international bridge that links the city to el paso, texas. this was the scene outside the building overnight, with the emergency services in attendance. it s not yet clear what caused the fire. many of the victims are thought to be migrants who had been arrested in the city the day before, with some reports suggesting they had been detained in locked rooms. the bbc s william marquez is following the story closely. just bring us up to date with what we know at this stage. we know at this stage. there is not much we can we know at this stage. there is not much we can add we know at this stage. there is not much we can add to we know
The wikileaks founder has been held in Belmarsh Prison In London for five years. Our washington correspondent Gary Odonoghue had this update following joe biden s comment. Well, this was pretty much an off the cuff comment that he made as he was sort of walking through the colonnade at the white house and a reporter shouted to him, you know, will you consider australias request . Because of course australia, Julian Assange is australian and the Australian Parliament has passed a motion asking him to be returned to australia, saying would you consider ending the prosecution . He didnt seem to hear the question at first, but it was repeated and he said were considering it now. That would be a huge change, given that the us has been pursuing the extradition ofJulian Assange from the uk for years and the thing is still winding its way through the courts. The Home Secretary signed the extradition back in 2022, but theres been Court Challenges to that and the high court is still waiting for
Good morning welcome to Worldwide Exchange on cnbc. Im seema mody in for sara eisen. Im dominic chu in for wilfred frost. A lot of Christmas Music throughout the course of todays show if you like it, youll love it if not, bear with us even though im not a fan, this is a classic. It is a great song. We have quite a few things that could be driving the trading action looking at the u. S. Futures picture, were seeing stable markets. Weve seen this theme developing, we have not seen major moves in the premarket futures at least ahead of the opening bell right now the s p 500 looking like it will open up by 4 points the dow up by 19 the nasdaq up by 5 as for the treasury yield side of thing, the tenyear note yield is falling a bit we saw that 2 1 2 mark yesterday. About 2. 48 there. The run up in yields is pulling back just a bit in this early friday trade lets look at asia and how stocks closed there for the week the japanese nikkei did end the week higher. Hang seng higher by 0. 7 shangha
Ill have the all the details. In sport, its transfer deadline day. And an early deal should see confirmation of alex 0xlade chamberlains move from arsenal to liverpool. And carol has the weather. Good morning. It is a bright start for many. Chilly as well. Show is in the west. Through the day, they will develop widely. Showers. I will have more in 15 minutes. Good morning. First, our main story. Theresa may says she wants to lead the conservatives into the next general election saying shes in it for the long term. The foreign secretary, borisjohnson, has given his support, but backbench conservative mps have told the bbc theyre sceptical shell be able to serve the full term. The Prime Minister is currently on a three day trip to japan. There has been an awful lot of speculation about my future which has no basis whatsoever in it. I am in this for the long term. There is a realjob to be done in the united kingdom. It is about getting brexit done right and getting a Proper Partnership wi
Are squeezing out rain before the month is done. Today is the last month is done. Today is the last month of what meteorologists call summer, so month of what meteorologists call summer, so provisional statistics show some overall has been wetter than average. Its been a cool august. But then again, june was quite warm. They are a bit offset. Overall it wood looks like summer will turn out to be slightly warmer than average but more mediocre than marvellous memories of summer 2017. Today, we are dodging the downpours. We are certainly seeing some really heavy thundery downpours out there, slow moving and light winds. They tend to stick around. Some fairly warm sunny tend to stick around. Some fairly warm sunny spells in between. As we go through the afternoon, Late Afternoon and evening, or western scotla nd afternoon and evening, or western scotland and Northern Ireland, most showers will start to fade. Some hefty ones in north east england at the moment, some will continue. Theyve ea