The detention of muslim uighurs. Voiceover live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news. Its newsday. Good morning. Its 8am in singapore, midnight in london, and 6pm in chicago, where the aircraft manufacturer boeing has announced it will temporarily halt production of its 737 max aircraft, which has been the subject of intense scrutiny following two fatal crashes. The move which will cost the company billions of dollars was made by the company at a Board Meeting in chicago in the last few hours. The best selling boeing aircraft has been grounded since march after two crashes in indonesia and ethiopia, which killed 346 people, costing the plane manufacturer more than 8 billion in charges so far. Our Business Reporter Samira Hussain has the latest on boeings decision. Well, it was not a decision that anyone was expecting a few weeks ago. But certainly there were rumours swirling for the last few days that perhaps the plane maker would ultimately have to make thi
She prepares his new years address. Is set to be ghosn in lebanon. One source tells us he fled japan ahead of a trial and financial misconduct charges. Markets in asia are winding down for the year. Australias equity market closes early this new year. Sophie has a final session how is the final session of the year looking . Sophie some pressure coming through. The aussie share market off 1. 2 , trimming the yeartodate gain but still set for the best year since 2009. Eminis little changed. Nikkei futures in singapore off by 1 and the bloomberg dollar index extending declines for a fourth straight session as the greenback is set for the Fourth Annual drop since 2010. Let switch out the board to check in on what markets are closed this new years eve. Indonesia, the philippines, and china closing along with south korea and japan entering a sixday new year holiday. We will be waiting to see whether we have yen like we saw earlier this year. Paul. Paul thanks very much, sophie. Breaking news
Federal prosecutors in the us are investigating six pharmaceutical companies for potential criminal charges in connection with shipping big quantities of opioid painkillers that contributed to a healthcare crisis, according to official documents. Its being reported that five of the companies have received subpoenas from the Us Attorneys Office in the Eastern District of new york as part of the investigation. Vivienne nunis has more from new york. According more from new york. To reports, federal prosecutors according to reports, federal prosecutors are trying to find out whether pharmaceutical companies here violated the controlled su bsta nces here violated the controlled substances act. This law requires the pharmaceutical industry to closely monitor commonly abused drugs and report suspicious audits. Drug manufacturers, distributors and pharmacies have all been widely criticised for fuelling the Opioid Crisis by turning a blind eye to suspiciously large orders. The epidemic has kill
To sell their home again, and you have no idea what it costs. The metropolitan police is to pay the former mp Harvey Proctor £900,000 in compensation and legal costs he was wrongly accused of being part of a westminster paedophile ring. A manuscript written by elizabeth i is discovered a translation of a book praising the monarchy, complete with her distinctive messy handwriting. Unai emery is sacked as arsenal manager after 18 months in charge. Good morning. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. The energy firm npower is set to cut up to 4,500 jobs in the uk as it plans to restructure to make itself more profitable. Unions have called the move a cruel blow for workers. The company, which is german owned, described the uk market as particularly challenging. Npower has a uk workforce of around 5,700 staff. They announced plans injanuary to cut 900 jobs. Npowers owners, e. 0n said that profit for the first nine months of its Financial Year fell 27 to two billion pounds. Lets get more from our B
A reluctant lee requested by the Prime Minister westminster c o a deal. To. Come up. And we have 3 breaths that watchers with us here on to the point to help us penetrate the fog emanating from london it works for the irish times and he says Boris Johnson and his breakfast brothers have paralyzed europe for 3 years now there is a huge departure has become a deal or no deal game show but it can always get worse and it will. And its a pleasure to welcome john werth he is a british blogger living here in berlin he says a general election before christmas is now Boris Johnsons only way out of his selfinflicted mess. And were very happy to have ventilation from a great job. She works for the british magazine the economist and she says and hes are kicking the can down the road which means brecks it is less and less likely. And the money. So derek you say that johnson and his brothers in your words have paralyzed europe but arent we in fact seeing at least a little bit of movement now at leas