I have lived in the city for years, but hong kong still makes me fall in love with it time and again. And now, bbc world news. This is bbc world news. Socalled Islamic State or daesh is committing genocide in iraq and syria, says the u. S. State department. But what was the declaration really change . Sec. Kerry daesh is genocidal by ideology and actions. What it says, what it believes, and what it does. Katty political turmoil in brazil. Former president lulas warning to be his successors chief of staff, but is probably suspending the government. Saving the art of afghanistan. One project is preserving the craft which has thrived there for centuries. Katty welcome to our viewers on Public Television and around the globe. The Islamic State is committing genocide against christian and other minorities in iraq and syria, according to the u. S. Secretary of state. This is only the second time the u. S. And ministries in made a designation during an ongoing conflict. It will do nothing to
Welcome. This is the pulse. We have breaking data across the bloomberg terminal. Mark, take it away. Mark pmi services, final estimate, 51 point 54. 2. Not as strong as initially forecast. The composite index, the amalgam of manufacturing and services, also weaker than the previous estimate. 54. 2. The earlier estimate was 54. 4. The survey by markets shows deflationary pressures persisted in november without price is declining for a second month. We did see the composite index rise less than initially reported, but its the prices that come into focus as the ecb prepares to announce probably more stimulus. Inflation pressures to the downside is the big headline from today. Manus mark, thank you very much. We are waiting to hear what the russian president s annual address will include. We have a close eye on him. We expect him to touch on all the areas, syria, terror, and turkey. Lets listen in. President putin i would like to start my annual message today by expressing my gratitude to
While the core was zipping, enforcement continues and the courts continued to receive cases. This was exacerbated by the border influx that began in the summer of last year. From july 2014 the time eior started tracking these Border Crossers until september 30th, 2015, more than 100 cases have been filed in the Immigration Courts nationwide. Were taking steps to increase our capacity to adjudicate the cases. Hiring judges is my first priority. Im pleased to report significant progress on this front and greatly appreciate congress providing the funding necessary. Over the past year 23 new Immigration Judges have entered on duty and as of this week the attorney general selected another 37 individual to serve as Immigration Judges after a thorough and rigorous hiring process within the department. The individuals are now undergoing the required background and security checks before they can hear the cases. Many other candidates are going through the final stages of the review department b
Of your policy making and the effectiveness on your policy may be really regarding some structural changes that may be occurring in the result of the fact the result of the majority has been stagnant. And it seems to be a disconnect from some of the policy or the theory i remember learning years ago in economics that normally when you have increases in productivity, that productivity translates into higher wage levels. We have not seen that in recent years. We have seen productivity has gone up significantly more than wage levels. And if youre looking at formulating Monetary Policy, youre looking at aggregate demand and how you get that demand is income in the economy and wages. You mention that consumers are 80plus percent of it. So the more money consumers have, the stronger the economy is. And yet if it is not growing from wages, then it has to grow from them taking on debt. And yet if we look at the fact that wages have been stagnant, were seeing consumers are starting to deleverag
Russian president Vladimir Putin delivered his annual state of the nation address to lawmakers in moscow. He spoke about the fight against terrorism and relations with turkey after the recent downing of a russian plane. Courtesy rt, this is an hour. Translator members of the third rags counsel, deputies of the do you meuma, citizens of r. First of all, i would like to thank russian servicemen who fight International Terrorism. Today, here in this georges hall, this historic hall for Russian Military glory, we have our pilots, our servicemen, participating in antiterrorist operation in syria. We have them present here with us. They lost their husbands in this war on terror. We are really grateful to you and to the parents of our heroes. Lets honor the memory of our servicemen who gave their lives to fulfill their duty, the memory of all russian citizens murdered at the hands of terrorists. Thank you. Colleagues, russia has long been fighting at the forefront of the war on terror. We are