But it turns out that may not be the case. In the big banks launch a earnings season with a bang. Jp morgan reports of most profitable year ever for any u. S. Lender. News from south korea, were the jobless numbers for the month of december. Writings coming in at 3. 8 , which is higher than estimated and higher than the previous month of november. The jobless rate has been creeping up since the month of august and now we are seeing it shoot up to 3. 8 . Although it is worth mentioning that the economy still added 516,000 jobs in december, which is 200,000 more than in the month of november. Conflicting signals right there, but we have seen the government has tried to create jobs, they have tried to support the economy, but we continue to see declines in the manufacturing and retail sectors. Now the jobless rate coming in at higher than expected 3. 8 . Austrian markets have now open for trade. Lets turn to sophie for what to watch. Sydney a flat open in after a fresh record on tuesday.
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Welcome to newsday. Im kasia madera in london. The headlines Queen Elizabeth agrees to harry and meghans plans to step back from being senior royals, but theres still a lot to work out. The bbc is given access to al asad in iraq, one of the american airbases ta rgetted by iranian missiles last week. This is the crater from one of five missile barrages. Look at the enormous blast, enough to force over these concrete barriers. Im mariko oi in singapore. Also on the programme these are images of lightning swirling around a volcano in the philippines, which has started spewing lava, triggering a mass evacution from the area. And the nominations for this Years Academy awards are in. Joker is leading the pack, but could a film from south korea also capture the limelight . Announcer live from out studios in london and singapre. This is bbc world news. Its newsday. Its 9am in singapore and 1am in the uk, where whats been dubbed as the sandringham summit has taken place. During which Queen Eliz
Welcome to newsday. Im kasia madera, in london. The headlines Queen Elizabeth agrees to harry and meghans plans, to step back from being senior royals. But theres still a lot to work out. The bbc is given access to al asad in iraq, one of the american airbases ta rgetted by iranian missiles last week. This is the crater from one of five missile barrages. Look at the enormous blast, enough to force over these concrete barriers. Im mariko oi, in singapore. Also on the programme. More people flee the philippines volcano, amid fears of an imminent explosion. This is the scene live there,
this morning. And the nominations for this Years Academy awards are in joker, is leading the pack but could a film from south korea also capture the limelight . Live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news its newsday. Its 8am in singapore and midnight in the uk where whats been dubbed as the sandringham summit has taken place, during which Queen Elizabeth met with her grandson, pr