Troops. How many more sparks can this powder keg take. Welcome to the lead. Im jake tapper. We start with the politics lead. It is official, secretary of state mike pompeo will meet with the president of ukraine this week in kiev. Arriving after the top diplomat there, bill taylor who testified in the impeachment inquiry was encouraged to leave his post. And as we learn new details about the white house efforts to withhold hundreds of millions of dollars of military aid to ukraine to at least in part push ukraine to commence an investigation that might help President Trump political has admitted in emails obtained by the New York Times mulvaney asked about with holding the aid nearly a month before that now Infamous Trump ukraine conversation and only to be cautioned by one to say expect congress to become unhinged and a known meeting with top Security Officials trying to convince him to release the aid arguing it was in the best interest of the United States, ome only to be rebuffed b
Warn residents in some areas that its too dangerous to flee advancing flames Emergency Services struggle to contain blazes all over the country. And libyas embattled government could soon receive military help from turkey is lining up support to sends troops into the north african country but there are warnings that such a move could further deeks stabilize the region. Im phil gayle welcome to the program. Have condemned u. S. Airstrikes against iraqi militias sported by iran iran says the struggle violated softened so that it will not review relations with washington u. S. Forces hit 5 targets belonging to a group called type hezbollah to retaliate for a rocket attack that killed a u. S. Civilian contractor at an american base. And this hezbollah base near the border between iraq and syria was one of 5 targets of u. S. Fighter jets they destroyed the iran backed militias weapons caches and command and control centers in iraq and syria the strikes are retaliation for fridays killing of
It is a really. We will continue to watch the things that we have watched, which is china trade. Something we have been talking gave us some muted volatility. About for a long time. Sending an invitation, and alltime highs. And we are just going to beijing has accepted it. Continue to watch that. We have heard on numerous if we think that phase two is occasions that in less you hear from bob, dont believe it. Coming, i foresee that investors still, anything is possible. Are not going to want to sell the signing of a deal would mark ahead of that news. The feds are really clear that they will support the market. This between the Worlds Largest charles here is the great news with the feds. Economies. Boosting global markets, the two bears, the two hawks in increasing gloomy economic outlooks for the year. So it begs the question why does the fat are out. They dont vote next year. It all going to happen . Here is peter navarro. They dont get a vote, and the we will probably have a signing
For spurring her into action. At ten oclock, reeta chakrabati will be here with a full round up of the days news stories. First on bbc news, one of the highlights of 2019 from our world. Last month, our undercover investigation exposed how people in kuwait had been breaking local and International Laws on modern slavery, including a woman offering a 16 year old child for sale. Jess kelly has the story. In kuwait, 90 of households employ a Domestic Worker. Bbc news arabic and our world go undercover in kuwait to reveal a disturbing illegal online trade in Domestic Workers. Its been called an online slave market. And this trade is taking place on apps hosted by some of the worlds biggest tech giants. What theyre doing is illegal. If google, apple, facebook or any other company is promoting apps like these, they are promoting an online slave market. There are more than 700,000 Domestic Workers in kuwait. In 2015, the government here passed a new law giving Domestic Workers more rights, an
Nasdaq also in the red but still Top Performing index of the year. Of course weve got you covered from washington to wall street. Blake burman live in d. C. Deirdre bolton on floor of new york stock exchange. But blake, first to you. Reporter ashley, the South China Morning Post kicked off speculation when it said chinas vice premier liu he would be coming to washington this weekend and would be a signatory to the phrase one trade deal. President trumps top trade advisor Peter Navarro would not say if the chinas top negotiator is headed to d. C. Navarro would match the timeline. He said the phase one deal could be signed in the beginning part of january. Listen here. Well probably have a signing on that within the next week or so were waiting for translation. As quickly as possible, if, i had my way, would have been out right away. Basically you need to get it translated into the chinese and doublechecked so both versions match. Reporter ashley of note. Navarre very said the u. S. Vers