The dow industrials up just a few points at the opening bell, 11, maybe, but look at that level. Back to 28,000. Modest small loss, small loss for the s p and also for the nasdaq. So look, everybody, sit back, you are going to watch financial history. History being made in hong kong, too. Sure looks like open rebellion. The street fighting has escalated. Police besieged one of the Main University campuses which they say was being used to make weapons. A Police Officer was hit by an arrow. Ominously, the Peoples Liberation army, chinese troops, in plain clothes, appeared on the streets on saturday. That was taken as a grave warning. Add all this up, it is beijing versus the people of hong kong, communism versus democracy. It is a bloody fight and it is not over. In the United States, the democrats want to remove this president from office because of a phone call. Varney company is about to begin. Stuart okay. Lets talk stock market, shall we . Dow closed in record territory friday, abov
Week price premier will lead negotiations for china is telling dignitaries his offer to the u. S. Will not include commitments on reforming chinas industrial policy. These are some of the big demands the Trump Administration has been making in the trade talks. Update now on the crisis in hong kong. The city is struggling to recover after a night of violent clashes. Protesters defied government threats with Wearing Masks and were met with tear gas they were threatened with a year in prison for hiding their faces. Police arrested dozens of protesters and bussed them away under new emergency laws chinas military threatened to arrest protesters who aimed laser lights more protests planned for tonight. Some grocery stores, other businesses have reopened after closing early yesterday. The metro is only partially functioni ining hooch of serious and in the just dont tweet about anything anymore section of our news today, also making news the general manager of the Houston Rockets of the nba h
But generally speaking not bad. Some decent spells of sunshine. If you catch a shower they will be fleeting but they could be heavy, with squally showers, sam hail and maybe sleet and snow above 200 metres. Its windy as well. Northern england, northern ireland, not too bad afternoon. And improving picture into wales. Getting colder, yes, but the weather front will sit across east anglia, down through the m4 corridor by the end of the afternoon. Its miles, 14 15, if you keep some sunshine for the end of the day. The front clears through during the early evening. High pressure builds from the west. Like winds across england and wales. Temperatures will fall sharply. We keep the wind and the showers in the far north. Not quite as cold here. Tomorrow morning, a shock to the system, we could see lows of around 4 or minus five degrees across england and where is, a cold, frosty start in rural spots. They could be Early Morning mist and fog and after the frosty start some decent spells of sun
Also russias presence at next years Winter Olympics is in doubt. The World Anti Doping Agency maintain its suspension, saying russia is still failing to comply with its rules. 400 million is the bed and the piece is sold. The highest ever price paid for a work of art a painting by Leonardo Da Vinci fetches over £340 million. Good morning. Its thursday 16th november. Im annita mcveigh. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. The future of zimbabwes long time leader, Robert Mugabe, remains unclear after he was placed under house arrest by the countrys military. Two envoys from south africa have arrived in the capital, harare, to try to hold talks with the 93 year old and zimbabwes generals, who deny theres been a coup. The armys intervention is being seen by many as an attempt to prevent mr mugabes wife, grace, from succeeding him. Laura westbrook reports. What would have been unthinkable only a few weeks ago has happened Robert Mugabe, the worlds oldest leader, has lost control of the country he
Are desperate, he says. Politics, donald trump is all in with protectionism and reverse 50 years of trade policy and import duties he says for america. And hes catching up with hillary in the polls. The benghazi report says she knew it was a terror attack and publicly blamed it on a video. Money, politics, terrorism, and months to a new president. Varney company is about to begin. They probably think were weak, were stupid, we dont know what were doing. We have no leadership. You know, you have to fight fire with fire. We have people out there who are so vicious and smart. Stuart donald trump talking tough on terrorism right after the attack on the airport in istanbul, turkey. He says its time to take the fight to them. More on that in just a moment. First, take a look at this. Another higher open for stocks this morning, dare i say the markets are kind of slugging off the british exit and the istanbul bombing . Well be up 128 points in 20 minutes time. How about the s p indicator . Th