Hundreds westernmost all western ,pmosul. Hundreds of thousands of civilians are trapped in the fighting. Im brent goff. Good to have you with us. It sounded good, but is it better not to believe . That is the question here in europe. The u. S. Vice president , mike pratt mike pence, spending the day in brussels, seeking to reassure eu leaders and allies of washingtons commitment of working together. First, he said that the United States will always be europes greatest ally and he told nato that it was time for its members to pay their full share of the cost of the alliance. We will have analysis on that and a moment, but first this report on his visit to the European Unions headquarters. [ [chanting] not a particularly warm welcome to his visit, but a protesters camped outside, eu leaders had long been looking forward to his visit. Let me first of all thank you for this meeting. We all truly needed it. After all, there was much to discuss in his First Official visit to the European Un
We are seeing a bit of the diversions in asia. Aisasian stocks were higher. Europe a little bit slack. Above 50. At what it points to is the imbalances we saw in the oil markets being ironed out sooner than expected. Sooner than the iea was thinking. Now lets get straight to the bloomberg first word news. 2. 9 trillion investment industry may lose. Dayays the industry faces a shrinkage. The ecommerce giant is being investigated by the sec. At datalator is looking reported from the Company Single day promotion, the biggest shopping day, and how the firm consolidates results from affiliated companies. Alibaba declined to comment. Hillary clintons of a private email system did violate state department rules. That is the conclusion of report by the Inspector General who republicans an additional line of attack against the front runner as the Election Campaign gets underway. Businesses have warned of economic damage if protests in france continue. Strikes of the countrys refineries and rail
Focus now is on her political ambitions. Laura first, fuel shortages and now fears of power cuts here in france as well. Workers and Nuclear Power plants are joining a National Strike starting tonight. The government has already dipped into Emergency Fuel reserves and this is the latest in protests of government plans to overhaul labor laws. Reporter the First Nuclear plant to enter the labor reform friday. Some of the employees here have started a strike. Reactors will slow down and so will the production of electricity. And a total shutdown is even being considered by the cgt union, looking to make an impact. Isnt enoughing anymore. We are not being heard. So were going to start using bigger weapons and we are all going to fight to tell the government that enough is enough. Reporter at the call of the cgt union, all of frances 19 Nuclear Sites have voted to join the strike on thursday. The organization carries a lot of clout, the most popular Workers Union in 17 of these sites. One o
Ofstiution with the wishes president recep erdogan. We begin with the latest on a fuel crisis in fran ce. 1 5 of stations are low as workers strike. Ppolice used a water cannon to break up a blockade. Unions are protesting labor reforms. Stuck in the middle, consumers, increasingly frustrated. Reporter a moment drivers have been waiting for, a tanker arriving for motorists. If i drive further i will break down. Reporter around paris, motorists raced to fill tanks. This is the only station i found open. Reporter the shortage could put jobs at risk. Anive been waiting 3 4 of hour for gas. Reporter in some places the crisis has been easing. Big. He queues are still so we are obliged to control traffic because people get angry. Doorter employees next hand out drinks. Only Southern France appears to havebeen spared the fuel shortage. Laura as oil and trasport workers strike, unions and leaders blame each other. President hollande has no intention of backing down. Reporter as strikes intensi
Francis. Nepal first of all this news hour, at least one dead and others injured following violent protests in the country, coinciding with the ratification of a new constitution. We are going live to kathmandu for a report on whats happened today. The country just ratified the new constitution. Behind me are crowds shouting in jubilation, in stark contrast to whats happening. [ fireworks ] at least one person has died. More people have been injured. Nepals first new constitution has been announced and protests have already started. These people representing a Splinter Group of former rebels reject this new constitution. There will be two constitutions in the country, our constitution and their constitution. Well have the peoples constitution and in the near future, in sorex will show which is the countrys constitution. There 44 people including 10 policemen have been killed across the country. Rights groups are accusing them of using Excessive Force especially where many of the people