Blames the tax on foreigners tight security as thousands take part in the Boston Marathon. Two years after a bomb attack at. Race. The European Unions Foreign Policy chief says Member States must act on the mediterranean migrant crisis as ships responded to distress calls from two more boats carrying about 400 people. They started bringing ashore victims killed in this weeks capsize. Only a handful of survivors have been found. As many as 950 people were on board. On monday a sailboat carrying migrants ran aground off the islands of greece. Greek coast guard says three people have drowned. At least 90 were rescued. European Union Foreign and defense ministers discussed a series of measures aimed at discussing migrants being exploited by traffickers. More on that in a moment. First, heres a report from sicily. Reporter being battered by waves, clinging to whats left of their boat a woman trying to protect a young child. Recent attention has been focused on migrants leaving north africa
Million euros in repayment for the imf. And thats just the start. Also, its known for its cigars and 1950s chevies. What does the opening up of cuba to the u. S. Market mean for the island . And of course, coming up in the program aarons here with the end to a huge case thats rocked india. David, its been described as indias enron. A 1 billion accounting scandal. Weve all seen this bloke the founder and ceo of stattian computers. Once a pioneer in that countrys outsourcing of india. Well go live to mumbai to get all the details and find out how many years he and the nine others involved will now have to spend in prison. Thanks for joining us. Its midday here in london, 75 a. M. In washington and 2 00 p. M. In london where air strikes have carried out more strikes, targeting houthi rebel pogs in northern southern, and central yemen. The houthis who are opposed to the yemeni president have taken large areas in the last few months. Theyre said to be supported by iran which is also said to
Demonstrate in athens over fears of more cuts. A change in fashion. Clothing sales rise for the first time in four years sending its shares to the top of the stoxx 600. Hello and good morning. The last trading day before easter. A lot of people already on the slopes if theres still some snow left in the alps. Exactly. I love how the skig season extends into april. In the u. S. It ends in february or march. Im going to italy to do hiking and sightseeing. What about yourself . Going to see family. Got to make time for that. Even though its a shortened trading week we have a lot of focus on whats going to happen tomorrow. That will give us more clarity as to whether the fed will hike rates in the month of june or perhaps even in september. The big question is the fed has a dual mandate. They need to see acceleration in jobs but also signs of inflation because of course that has been the big concern not just here in europe but also in the u. S. Expectations 295,000 jobs in the month of feb
Stories in india. And another disadvantage to being short. A study of dna has found that short people are at a higher risk of heart disease. Welcome to the program. Just when tensions between iran and the United States looked like they were easing, washington is warning tehran over another issue. The u. S. Secretary of state has cautioned iran over its support for antigovernment houthi fighters in the country. Mike wooldridge reports. Reporter the latest pictures of the fighting in the port city of aden. Stronghold of the saudibacked president , Abdrabbuh Mansour hadi. Here on the streets fighters loyal to the president. Opposing them are the houthi militia, backed by iran. And this the latest video released of the air viks being carried out by the saudiled coalition. Theyre targeting houthi positions in northern central, and southern yemen, trying to halt the rebels southward sweep over recent months. Today, irans president called for an end to the air strikes. Hassan rouhani said it
Mcdonalds joins walmart, gap and target announcing a wage hike for 90,000 employees. The ceo saying its all about the turnaround. Europe going big against google. Reports the eu is seeking a 6 billion fine. Does google in fact have an antitrust problem. Futures are mixed after the first trading day that q2 had. Saw losses on wall street. Oil prices pulling back as investors await the outcome of the ire ran Nuclear Talks. Jobless claims down last week from 20k to 268 near a postrecession low. Data coming out of tomorrows jobs report. Stock markets closed for good friday. A special edition of squawk box tomorrow from 7 00 to 9 00 a. M. Eastern time and of course theyll be all over the jobs number, which jim, after adp, some think might be disappointment, somewhere in the mid 100,000s but now claims. People playing name the number. They have to redo their name the number, right . Whatever they came in yesterday, they had to come and revise. These numbers are so in inconsistent they must d