I will always put America First, just like the leaders of other countries should put their Country First also. But America First does not mean america alone. When the United States grows, so does the world. But at the end of a week in which the us imposed extra charges on some imported goods from china, he played down talk of a trade war. Nevertheless, there was a warning. We cannot have free and open trade if some countries exploit the system at the expense of others. We support free trade, but it needs to be fair, and it needs to be reciprocal. Because in the end, unfair trade undermines us all. Some stood to applaud, but it wasnt the ovation given to president xi of china last year. This hasnt been a complete meeting of minds, but then again it was never going to be. That said, donald trump has been more conciliatory than many would have expected, and the audience have reacted more warmly. It may be that davos 2018 turns out to be a win win. And the president was in conciliatory, al
Scored 423 in their first innings, but with england 50 runs behind, every iu n but with england 50 runs behind, every run will be crucial when the rain relents. Joe wilson, bbc news, at lords. Lets find out about that. Matt has rejoined me. Low pressure is nearby, so expect to see more scenes like this. There are some gaps between the clouds. The cloud across the south is bringing longer spells of rain this afternoon. Heavy rain, too. North and west of that, some sunshine between the showers. Always a bit more cloud in Northern Ireland and southern scotland. Temperature wise, disappointing for an early september. Barely getting into the high teens. The rain in the south east corner cleared away tonight. Showers continue in Western Areas tonight, with the breeze. Central parts drier, but also cooler, temperatures down into single figures. You might get to see scenes like this across the northern half of the uk. Into the weekend, it sta rts half of the uk. Into the weekend, it starts on
Young offenders from ethnic minorities will become the next generation of criminals unless the Justice System is reformed, a new reports says. And a 13 Year Old Girl who died from a brain aneurysm has helped eight different people through Organ Donation thats a record number. Good morning. Its friday 8th september. Im annita mcveigh. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. A state of emergency has been declared in the British Virgin islands after the devastation caused by Hurricane Irma. High winds and storm surges are continuing to ravage the caribbean, with dozens known to have died and buildings destroyed. Aid agencies are warning of spreading disease after the break down of water and sanitation services. Later, a military plane carrying relief will take off from raf brize norton in oxfordshire a royal navy ship, the rfa mounts bay, is already in the caribbean. She has already delivered assistance to anguilla, and is now on her way to the British Virgin islands. Lets ta ke lets take a look at
Done to rescue the worlds oldest bank. Caroline caution ahead of the market open. Futures signaling a down day. Caution about the north korean missile, caution about Monetary Policy. Is the party over . We are down 0. 2 on the euro stoxx 50. Guy lets figure out what is happening. Daybreak is pretty good. This is what we are looking at around the world. The dollar is down. Theres a bunch of things going on. We need to figure out what it means. Are Central Banks outside the fed beginning to run out of bullets . Theres a really interesting fed note that has been highlighted. Then youve got the speech monday, plus draghi, plus the japanese as well. It really feels as if we could be at an inflection point. The euro is trading at 1. 1277. The japanese yen reacting to what happened in north korea overnight. Lets get the bloomberg first word news. Heres christine harvey. Christine thank you, guys. Be a lotte gasquet ceo has agreed to step down. He leads the bank in the midst of a plan to bolst
In the midst of allegations of corruption. Welcome to countdown. A warm welcome to the program. Japanese shares are on the tear. We are joined from hong kong with the latest. The market didnt get everything done on friday, did it . It is getting the job done. It has been rising. It reached a six year high closing 3 higher. Brokerages and consumer lenders led the game along with exporters. It was more than twice the 30 day average and it was closing 3. 3 higher. Itone point during the day, surged above 17,000 for the First Time Since the financial crisis. It closed out the best twoday gain in six years. It could not get the job done. Holidayy was a public in japan so we were seeing a lot of movement today. Saying itecurities was such a big impact from that additional easing that the that not everything could be priced in during one gain. The fact that japan raised its target for annual purchases of japanese government bonds to ¥80 trillion while tripling its purchases of real estate. T