Voice emotional statements from the family members of victims of last years most shooting in new zealand at the gunmans sentencing hearing. And flash floods in parts of afghanistan and pakistan kill more than 200. 00 people dozens are still missing in. And around town how much with all the sporting clearing a record breaking night for the l. A. Clippers who are now just one win away up of the n. B. A. Western conference semifinals. All just serious investigative units is standing by its exclusive report which the government of saudi press is cohen propaganda the investigation focuses on a cache of confidence. Documents listing 2 and a half 1000 people whove purchased citizenship in cyprus some of those whove obtained cypriot passports or criminals or others are seeking a safe haven away from their own governments Deborah Davis has this report. A meeting of president s to discuss greater links between cyprus and china but away from the public glare hundreds of chinese have quietly paid
It has taken off around the world to become busiest time of the year for the Global Retail business. Lets just show you how big. In the us alone, 164 million shoppers are expected to shop this weekend. Thats over half the countrys population. Its a make or break time for retailers. 30 to 40 of their annual sales come between black friday and christmas. Today, shoppers here in the uk are expected to spend the equivalent of 2. 1; million per minute. An increasing share of that is being done not in stores, but on phones and tablets. On line spending today is predicted to be up 15 on last year, hitting 1. 5 billion. Its a trend thats also being seen in the us, as Samira Hussain reports from new york. It is 7am, and workers have already been here a while. Sorting box after box after box. This is the beginning of the busiest time of year for shipping Companies Like fedex as the Holiday Shopping season kicks off. You see more people in the stores on black friday, but every day after, heavy on
Zero. And fourteen here at aljazeera headquarters for the back to go welcome to. A nonbinding vote one known political and diplomatic consequences the u. N. General assembly is about to decide on a resolution condemning the u. S. Recognition of jerusalem as israels capital that time but ministration threaten to take down names and Financial Aid to countries that vote in favor of the text will get extensive coverage with reaction and analysis from new york washington jerusalem and ramallah. Monitoring how all of this is playing out online including the ways that americans are responding to the president s threats send us your thoughts and questions using the. Lead here with a news grid live on air and streaming online through. You tube Facebook Live and at aljazeera dot com thank you for joining us is one major story were focused on right now a vote by the United Nations General Assembly on whether to oppose the United States recognition of jerusalem as israels capital the resolution ha
2009, the General Assembly decided to suspend the session temporarily and override the president of the General Assembly at its most recent session to resume its member its meeting. I would like to draw the attention of the delegations to the following documents. S10769, which contains a letter dated 18 december 2017 from the permanent representatives of turkey and yemen to the United Nations. Requesting the resumption of the Emergency Special session. Es 10 771, which contains a letter dated 19 december 2017 on the from the permanent representative of venezuela to the United Nations also requesting the resumption of the 10th Emergency Special session. I intend to conduct the proceedings of this meeting in accordance with the rules of procedure of the General Assembly and past practice of the 10th Emergency Special session. 63accordance with the rule of the rules of procedure of the General Assembly, the president and Vice President s of the 72nd session shall serve in the same 10thity
Imf, and underlying all of this is what we are seeing in the markets. Tom the markets repricing with a handle on sterling and stephen king will join us here in a bit. But i agree, the topics in the hallways will shift. Taylor lets go to the bloomberg first word news. It was the Vice President ial candidates turn in the spotlight. Tim kaine fended off last night. At one point, the two sparred over reports that trump may have not pay federal taxes. When Hillary Clinton said he hasnt been paying taxes, he said was smart. So it is smart not to pay for veterans, the military and teachers . And those of us who do pay, i guess we are stupid . He faced tough times 20 years ago. His tact time showed that he went through a difficult time but he used the tax code the way it was supposed to be used and he did it really only. 48 say mike pence won the debate. 42 say tim kaine won. Hurricane matthew may threaten the coast of florida. At least 11 people have been killed and countless homes have been