Deal tesco hales a strong start to the year but uk sales slow in the latest quarter and a calmer day in hong kong after massive protests against the extradition bill turned violent forcing the closure of government offices while beijing looks to allay investor concerns about the unrest good morning its been a relatively strong start for the day across europe you can see the ftse is 0. 15 higher dax in germany trading 0. 40 higher in paris, the cac 40 is slightly above the flat line. In italy, the ftse mib trading about a quarter percent higher lets look at the sectors behind those numbers to see where the positive signs are coming from the healthcare sector up almost three quarters of a percent. Telecoms trading twothirds of a percent higher real estate a half percent up on the day. The bank stocks, you can see across europe, they are trading lower as are Household Goods and some of those media companies. A huge focus of the media space in europe over havent days. That will be somethin
A reporter travels to the Florida Panhandle to see firsthand the devastation to Hurricane Michael splashed into the coastal. Welcome to the program did an apple watch record the death of Jamal Khashoggi thats what media are claiming following the disappearance of the dissident journalist over a week ago in the saudi call in Istanbul Turkish officials accuse saudi arabia of torturing and killing inside the complex and say they have audio and Video Evidence and u. S. President donald trump has now pledged to punish the saudis if they are responsible saudi arabia calls the allegations baseless lies. This is the last public footage of jim out. Walking into the saudi consulate in istanbul on october the second the Washington Post where she is a columnist says secret audio and video footage shows the journalist was detained inside by a Saudi Security team who tortured and killed him and dismembered his body. A turkish newspaper now claims the killing was recorded on the journalists apple wat
Another day, another high level resignation at the white house. A day after President Trump named a pick for his new chief of staff, he hopped on to twitter to announce the resignation of his interior secretary. Ryan zinke has faced multiple ethics investigations and was reportedly under pressure to step down. The Washington Post reports he was given an ultimatum to either leave by the end of the year or to be fired. Zinke joins a long list of top officials to leave the administration. You see the list of names and faces there, all people who have been shown the door. His exit comes as democrats are set to gain control of the House Committee on Natural Resources in charge of oversight of the interior. Cnns Boris Sanchez picks it up from here. Reporter we can tell you the white house was closely watching ryan zinkes departure. Hes been accused of misusing Agency Resources to advance his own personal finances. There are more than 15 different inquiries opened by the inspector general. Qu
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