Hello and welcome to countdown. A warm welcome to the program. It is 6 a. M. On monday in london this tuesday morning. Is in berlin with the details of apples new software. We have a breakdown of chinas manufacturing data from hong kong and as president obama kicks off his European Tour ryan more. Nextll tell us hour on countdown. Of the ukraine crisis on investing in russia with the cfo of royal dutch shell. Commodities and other exclusive compensation with the chief executive of rio tinto. Later this evening Goldman Sachs chief executive lloyd link find and Michael Bloomberg said down for an exclusive conversation. Do not miss that interview at 6 30 p. M. London time. To our topt back story. Apple wants to help you control your health and her home. They introduced new software for the iphone and the ipad edits annual developer on france and san francisco. To talkhols joins us tech. Where is apple leading and where are they playing catchup . Rex i think that is an accurate way to look
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Up shortly. And well bring it to you live. Secretary of state john kerry is in europe speaking to europe piano leaders about the need to take action begins syria. Both expressed urgency in response to the chemical attack in damascus. Were keeping up with these pretty fastbreaking developments. What did secretary kerry and the foreign minister say during the joint press conference . What are some of the highlights . Well, richelle, this has been different from what we saw earlier today. This is a little more proactive trying to explain why it is that the french and the white house are onare on this position, trying to get support within both of their populations for some sort of military action in syria. And john kerry, you know, has been saying the reasons why people should care, what evidence they have, what information they have. As you mentioned there, urging the u. N. To act and act quickly, richelle. So this is unusually. When asked about lack of support from the american public,
Putins man to be mayor of moscow, but has he got a chance . And coming up in sports, we know whose been awarded the 2020 Olympic Games. Waiting to find out which of these three sports will join the party in tokyo. John kerry has been meeting members of arab league looking for their support. In the past two minutes the u. S. Secretary of state acknowledged theres only a political solution to syrias war and not a military ju one. The u. S. Is looking at frances suggestion of returning to the u. N. Security council. As we discussed today, all of us agreed that assads deplorable use of chemical weapons, which we know killed hundreds of innocent people, including at least 426 children on this occasion, this one occasion, this crosses an international, global red line. We agree that the regimes blatant disregard for the institutional norms that the Global Community has abided by for nearly a century, it is critical that those be upheld. Lets go live in paris. Hello, nate. I guess that was th
Are held hostage and thousands forced to flee as armed muslim rebels and Government Troops face off in intense fighting. In boulder, colorado, at least two people have been killed and flash flooding overnight has caused evacuations including five students from a nearby university told to get out. We have the latest. Dozens of people were rescued from their homes as floodwaters rose overnight. Water gushed down these steps and passage ways in boulder, where torrential rains caused major flashed floods. If that retaining wall comes down, were in trouble. A mandatory evacuation is in effect for jamestown where a number of homes collapsed. Colorado university, boulder will be closed today, the school sent students Text Messages to alert them of the floods. Ive seen roommates getting more nervous because of all the sirens and alerts. Studentsing living near a creek were told to head to higher ground. Maybe theres an inch between the foundation and actual ground level where our floor starts,