Welcome to countdown. I am anna edwards. Manus i am manus cranny. It is a big day for the bank. Hsbc profit falls 545 . We have seen the stock open portrayed in hong kong. They are planning a 2. 5 billion buyback. The removed the timetable. The headline, pretax trough it 3. 61 billion. Last year it was 6. 6 billion and the estimates were for 3. 9 billion. A recession potentially in the u. K. Impacting hsbc. If you want to think about it on this scale, since 2011 they slashed 87,000 jobs. That is a bank in restructuring. Downng in hong kong, 0. 75 . Anna this is from the thirdlargest bank. Net profit for the Second Quarter is 1. 1 6 billion euros. That is above the estimate of 994 million euros. The bank also telling us the gain they have made on the sale of euro state. That bank went deal went through. Many banks booked a gain on that. They are all but facing headwinds from the low Interest Rate environment. What will be key as we go through these numbers is the bread and butter of ban
In geneva plus why ethiopias Largest Community is protesting against the government. We begin with the latest in the investigation into tuesdays attacks in brussels. Several people have been arrested in a series of police raids in the forest suburb of the capitol on friday morning, earlier six people were arrested in raids in other parts of the city, the suburb was on lock down as police searched an apartment and boxes of evidence were seized as part of the probe into the i. S. I. L. Suicide bombers that killed at least 31 people and wounded hundreds and people found access to their homes blocked. Translator i was coming back from school and found the entire area locked so i couldnt get home and i asked and said police have to do work here and i dont know what is going on. I live close to here, next to number 20 where they searched the house. Reporter meanwhile najim laachraoul the brother of one of the suicide bombers has spoken out about his shock and sadness after the attacks and sa
Have targeted the main isil person responsible for recruiting new isil fighters as well. Well go back to this News Conference and get a real sense of what they feel they have achieved. Were not reluctant jennifer. What we track is the number that are in our force management level. Thats 3800. But this is nothing inconsistent with what has been going on for 15 years. Those have not been counted in other words there is a consistency that have has going on for the last 15 years. When units rotate, for example, we dont double count those numbers. So if a unit of 200 is being replaced by a unit of 200, we dont count those as 400. Were not denying there are more than 3800. But in terms with the number we count, the 3800 was what is in the mission. I didnt say 5,000 was accurate. I said 3800 and some number above that on any given day as a result of people in other categories. Jim . Reporter i would like to follow up on the questions about the marines and that fire base. Unlike the previous u
Corruption. Two prominent turkish journalists on trial charged with revealing state secrets. Rocking and rolling in cuba, the stones take to the stage in havhavana where their music was once banned. We begin in belgium where the Police Arrested a total of seven suspect in raids across the capital linked to tuesdays attacks. Were getting word there is a Police Operation currently underway. This is the u. S. Secretary of state john kerry met the belgian foreign minister and offered his countrys support with the investigation and vowed to continue fighting terrorism. Dominic cain reports now from brussels. Another late night police raid in the belgian capital. Officers comb the property looking for clues. People living in the area were kept back from the scene. I was coming back from school and i found the entire area locked so i couldnt get home. I asked and they said the police had to do some work here, but i dont know whats going on exactly. That feeling of uncertainty has permeated th
To camps, but many dont want to go. And its all over for pakistani cricket. The champions beaten by australia mean they cant now reach the semifinals. Hello there. There have been raids in belgium and france as police try to break up the network behind recent attacks in brussels and paris. Belgium Police Arrested three men in several parts of the capitol. Two were shot in the leg during the raids. Frances interior minister says an imminent attack was foiled in a paris suburb. And the identities of the 31 people of the people who died in tuesdays attack is still being established. Reporter police move in to apprehend a suspect. The man had refused to comply with their requests to remove his sack, and so they shot him. Afterwards a robot was sent in to investigate. The man was wounded and arrested. Those who witnessed the incident gave their reactions. Translator we heard a boom. We thought it might be a car accident. We then heard a second boom and saw heavily armed police. When we trie