Followed. It will amount to a declaration of complication war and it will warn a response with economic means, political means and, if necessary, other means. Our american friends should understanding that now, that threat follows this weeks announced u. S. Sanctions on moscow for its use of a nerve agent to target a former russian spy on british soil. Those sanctions, by the way, which could ratchet up even more in 90 days just the latest blow to the russian economy and, in particular, its currency. I dont have to tell you this, you know. This but for the folks at home who are unaware, the president s Dollar Diplomacy sent the ruble plummeting. Their currency is down 7 for the week. Its worst week in over three years. It is absolutely cratering. As for the state department. Here is what Heather Nauert had to say. She said Secretary Pompeo spoke with russian counter part sergey lavrov. Secretary pompeo reiterated the u. S. Seeks an improved
the 10year Treasury Yield settled lowest leve
Global Business Leaders begin reassessing their ties to saudi arabia stoking pressure on the gulf kingdom to explain what happened to missing journalists Jamal Khashoggi also coming up mixed emotions on Global Financial markets turbulence made its way back on to the Trading Floor this week the dow managed to bounce back a little bit still closes down around four percent for the week. They say is your Business Update on how to humphrey in berlin glad you could join me some high profile Business Leaders are reviewing ties with saudi arabia over missing journalist. The head of the biz pulled out of an Investor Conference in the Saudi Capital Riyadh this month and british billionaire Richard Branson says hes suspending two directorships Links To Tourism Projects in saudi arabia hes also putting talks to invest in a Saudi Space Program on hold. While a senior u. S. Official has told reuters that major u. S. Defense contractors had expressed concern to the trumpet administration that nor mak
reporter: climate specialist rick tomen helped write the annual arctic report card the 16th released by the u.s. government s national oceanic and atmospheric administration. even if some records were broken, we did have in part of the arctic, the warmest fall, 2020. the theme is really continued disruption in the arctic. reporter: disruption, he says, to the lives of arctic animals and people. the changes have already occurred. they can t be undone in short order. reporter: even wildfires are scorching land that was once permanently frozen in siberia, which the u.n. says hit a record high of around 100 degrees fahrenheit in 2020. the heat that we saw in siberia in 2020 would have been almost impossible without climate change. reporter: the report warns if we don t curb greenhouse gas emissions, the changes in the arctic could unfold elsewhere
Transcripts for BBCNEWS BBC News 20220210 15:14:15 archive.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from archive.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
it or you think it s only in the bigger hospitals. but this is happening everywhere. new figures show the pressure facing hospitals in england. last week a fifth of ambulances had to queue for at least 30 minutes before discharging their patients. the number of people who then had to wait to be moved on to a hospital ward has hit a record high. last month, 120,000 patients were held in a&e for four hours before that transfer with more than 16,000 waiting for more than 12 hours. these figures represent tremendous pressures throughout the whole system, from primary care and ambulance services to the emergency department, to our general wards and to patients then being discharged back to the community. and in each of these fields, colleagues are struggling to give timely and high quality care to patients. the nhs says it has been dealing with record numbers of 999 calls, at the same time as high levels of staff sickness caused by covid.