And sun, sea but few signs of tourists. Sri lanka struggles to shrug off the impact of the Easter Sunday attacks. Live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news its newsday. Its 7am in singapore, midnight in london and 7 in the evening in washington, where theres been a dramatic escalation in the war of words between President Trump and his Democratic Party opponents, on the question of impeachment. The president has given a series of irate News Conferences. In one, he accused the leading democrat adam shiff whos chairman of the House Intelligence Committee of being a low life whod committed treason. In another, he said democrat president ial hopefuljoe biden and his son were stone cold crooked. More now from my colleague in washington laura trevelyan. It should have been a routine visit from the president of finland but with President Trump in the centre ofan with President Trump in the centre of an unfolding impeachment drama, there was nothing routine about to
Next week. The brexit drama. Boris johnson skipped a News Conference as his host says the u. K. Is not serious about talks. Shery lets get you started. We are seeing u. S. Futures slightly higher by. 1 . This after the s p 500 slumped the most in two weeks. Coming after President Trump announced an initial trade agreement with japan. When it comes to the safe haven moves we saw in the last session, we had wti crude higher, the biggest gain since february of 2009. Those are being reversed with gold futures getting pressure, down. 3 . Not to mention, wti holding above the 60 per barrel level but still under pressure, down 1. 5 , this after jumping 13 in the previous session, given the previous attacks on saudi arabia and Oil Facilities. Lets see how things are shaping up in the asian markets. Sophie there may be impetus for Risk Appetite after the mixed session we saw on monday when Energy Shares rallied while Financial Firms led declines. U. S. Japan lines on the trade deal being narrow
No clear winner in israels general election. Prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu hopes to form a coalition, but his main rival, benny gantz, says its time for change. The First Court Hearing in the prosecution of a former soldier over bloody sunday in londonderry in 1972 is due to get under way this morning. Hes facing two charges of murder and five of attempted murder. In sport, liverpool conceded two late goals as they began the defence of their Champions League title last night, with a 2 0 defeat against napoli. Coming up, the bbc publishes a series of in depth online guides. Todays edition focusses on energy, looking at what we can do in our homes to meet current climate pledges. Good morning and welcome to the bbc news at 9am. The Outgoing European Commission president , jean Claude Juncker, says there is a palpable chance of a no deal brexit. He said britain had come up with no concrete proposals to replace the backstop, the contingency plan to avoid a hard border in ireland. Polit
Shops actually open. Two people have been killed in a shooting outside a synagogue in eastern germany. Coming up on afternoon live, all the sport with jane dougall. Hi, simon. Scotland have kept their hopes of progressing in the Rugby World Cup alive with a nine try win over russia, they will hope to join wales who have officially qualified for the quarterfinals with a win over fiji. And nick miller has all the weather. Gusty winds and showers, we see it all behind you, and that is the picture across much of the uk at the moment. Are there any changes coming 7 how moment. Are there any changes coming up . How is that weekend shaping up . Answers for those questions later on. Some of us have just got to get through the next few hours, nick also coming up, the extraordinary operation to fix this teenagers jaw after it was split in two in a riding accident. Hello, everyone. This is afternoon live. Im simon mccoy. Were live in penzance in cornwall, where were continuing looking taking a lo
Half the stocks above their 200 day moving average. To 30 down about 20 depending on what you want to pick. Keep in mind the yom kippur holiday. Your 10 year yield. Taking up slightly. Not quite what i would call a huge selloff in treasuries but you are seeing some people reposition, some folks like citigroup saying this is more of a reset, more they correction until that bond rally resumes. Crude oil Holding Around the 53 level looking for the impetus out of the eia data. That seemed to be a negative but keep in mind a lot of the inventories actually went down way more than expected. A somewhat bullish signal. Most of the hedge fund very bearish lee positioned and take a look at the dollar. We can call this flat on the day. We are high on the dollar. , those we get a selloff Dollar Strength still in place dont let that fool you. Late stake you look at where we are in europe. That is the stoxx 600 over the last five days. We are getting a bit of a bounce today. But not by much and i wa