Have been win to become a light dusting of snow here. Through the rest of the afternoon the rain is going to ease away from the south east corner and well see sunny spells but it wont be very warm. Highest values through the afternoon around 5 7d and a brisk north westerly wind making it feel cool on exposed coasts. Through the evening train arrives to the west, a real west east to divide. As it bumps into cold air in scotland and Northern Ireland, a spell of snow for a time. Here and in sheltered eastern areas we will see the lowest values, blue tone suggesting temperatures will be below freezing first thing tomorrow morning. Snow could be an issue during the early hours of saturday. 5 10 centimetres, maybe nine. Icy stretches with the combination of rain and snow moving into the east. Snow showers across the Lake District, rain through wales and South West England, and thatis that is going to drift steadily east. For many across england and wales, not shaping up to be a particularly
The first half of the year and hikes its dividend. The ceo says the move is driven through growth in the global indices. Our Financial Performance warrants returning a little more money to shareholders as we now have the financial strength of a Company Operating across all the major continents generating a lot of cash. And shares tumble as the cable business sheds customer. This despite hits like the avengers. Welcome everyone to the show im seema mody with euro zone manufacturing and services numbers. Data breaking right now. July final euro zone composite at 53. 9. Services number coming in at 54 versus the forecast of 53. 8. We have been hearing from various countries across the euro zone. Mixed data so far. That service is coming in at 53. 8 while in italy their Services Sector is slowing down in the month of july. French Services Manufacturing activity in july hitting a three month low. What does this mean for the currency market . Well, you can see the euro trading at 108 against
Sees them delivering on labor reforms despite a drop in the polls. Confident that this is the team we need for france, for the business, for the economic recovery. Anna a warm welcome to bloomberg daybreak europe. Were here in the city of london. Manus the europeans are dealing with one problem which is a strong euro. Whole otherve a problem to deal with, a decline in the value of the euro. , back tot back in time october 2016. This is when mark carney last noted that the bank of england is not indifferent to the Exchange Rate. Weve had a rising clack of voices calling for parity. Saying sterling is looking for catalyst to bring the negative trait value of the pound and as you can see, were gravitating back to this critical level for mark carney and the bank of england. Were not the target of the Exchange Rate mark carney said in october that were not indifferent to the level of Exchange Rate. Putting the move in the market in the pound very much in context. Orther its going to draw al
And london, this is bbc world news. Its newsday. Its 8am in singapore, midnight in london, and 8pm in new york where police say a man who drove into cyclists and pedestrians on tuesday, killing eight people, had been planning the attack for several weeks and was influenced by so called Islamic State. The suspect an immigrant from uzbekistan has appeared in court in a wheelchair, after being shot by police. President trump wants tougher vetting of immigrants to prevent attacks on us soil. Our correspondent nick bryant has the latest from new york. This is the kind of scene that preys on the minds of new yorkers, one that recalls the trauma of 9 11, one that reveals how this city is vulnerable to new forms of terror. A rented pick up truck that became weaponised. A mode of attack thats common in europe, but now used to deadly effect on american soil, and just yards from ground zero, the site of the september 11th attacks. The antenna on the new world trade centre, bathed in red, white an
Halt their efforts to find any more survivors of sundays deadly quake tehran the claires a day of National Mourning for the some four hundred people who died in the disaster. And for the first time in six decades italy will not be at the world cup coach gigi befall and his team are in tears after they failed to beat underdogs sweden in their qualifying playoff. Im brian thomas welcome to the show u. S. President donald trump is returning to washington after a twelve day tour of asia it has been a packed visit that took in japan south korea China Vietnam and the philippines heres a look at the hits and misses of the president s asian charm offensive. Donald trump may have written the art of the deal but the art of diplomacy hasnt always come easy so this was going to be an ambitious two by any measure he was there to rally u. S. Troops put it on. Confront pyongyangs provocations north korea is a worldwide threat that requires worldwide action and do some deals. Trouble to bed to shore u