The pullback overblown . A change at disney. Bob chapek becomes ceo immediately. Bob iger will remain chair and continue to direct creative endeavors. Another bloody day in the markets on the back of more bad news on the coronavirus. Watching the edge of another cliff. No surprises for how we are set up for this wednesday trading day. New zealand already off by almost 2 futures. Here in sydney, poised for another drop. Asx off this week. A couple of things to watch out for when we do get going, Virgin Australia announced a firsthalf loss of 97 million. We are also expecting rio tinto earnings after the close. Nikkei futures off about 1 5 of 1 . A quick look at the currencies. The aussie dollar did briefly dip below . 66. It is just holding on above that level them. The yen continuing to strengthen. A little bit of a rebound but not much in the 10 year as well. The u. S. Centers for Disease Control and prevention is warning americans to prepare for the coronaVirus Outbreak at home. It i
Live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news. Its newsday. Good morning. Its 8 am in singapore, 1 am in london and eight oclock in the evening in washington where the us secretary of state, mike pompeo, says the government plans to start withdrawing troops from afghanistan before next years president ial election. Our north america correspondent, peter bowes, has more details on Donald Trumps reaction to this long war. I think this shows that President Trump is becoming increasingly frustrated over afghanistan. Relatively little progress over the last few years. He once referred to his gut instincts which would have been to probably pull troops out of afghanistan some time ago. And now with mr pompeo being asked a specific question about whether it was the intention of the United States to withdraw troops by the next president ial election, which is november of next year. He said that that was the specific directive from the president. Inserting into that phras
temperature north to south this morning. in the south we have rain but as it bumps into cold air especially in north wales and northern england it will turn to snow, disruptive on higher routes. in sport, england captain harry kane is on a mission to get young people thinking about, and prioritising their mental health. and prince william has a famous wingman as he returns to public engagements following the king s cancer diagnosis and his wife s surgery. it s thursday, 8th of february. labour is abandoning its promise to spend £28 billion a year on environmental projects if it wins the next election. prime minister rishi sunak is facing calls to apologise for comments he made about the labour leader s position on transgender people. he was speaking during prime minister s questions, when the mother of murdered transgender teenager brianna ghey was visiting the house of commons. let s get the latest from chief political correspondent henry zeffman. two party leaders under pr
What one county supervisor wants to do. And they have to process the kits more quickly. Cindy chavez recommended the District Attorneys Office take steps to process all Sexual Assault kits within 30 days of receiving them. When someone reports they are a victim of Sexual Assault or rape. They have to do through an exam with a Sexual Assault nurse. The evidence is part of a Sexual Assault kit and is turned over to investigators. We have women and children who are victims of this horrific crime and anything we can do to alleviate their suffering we should absolutely do. There are 270 kits and last year it took 94 days for a kit to be processed. Sippedy chavez says the timeline must improve. Were hoping to get every kit processed in 30 days. We want to make sure we have zero backlog. Reporter representatives from the Rape Crisis Centers expressed their support. Carla flores has worked directly. The when somebody has the courage to report, thats just the beginning of the journey. And it se
Oprah winfrey with her next book selection. The author joins us live. Your world in 90 seconds. It would be so great if the republicans and democrats could get together and wrap their heads around it. Washington struggles to find common ground. I would like to delay this thing. Senator johnson is right. Theres no way on earth this bill should be passed this week. Why does it have to be meanspirited . President trump sobama said going to harm americans. Its mean. Extremely dry weather is fueling a wave of dry weather in the west. You can see behind me the fire. Crews are missing after a ferry sank in colombia. None of the passengers were wearing life vests. A terrifying scene at an Amusement Park in upstate new york, a girl dangs from a six flags ride. A deadly oil tanker exploded in eastern pakistan. They tried to collect the leaking oil. Terrifying moments on board a flight from australia to malaysia after it caused was great. That is phenomenal. That was a calculated move. The irish