A risk more than 60000000 packages were taken off store shelves last month because they apparently contained wheat gluten that was tainted with the chemical melamine veterinarian offices are getting flooded with phone calls from concerned that oh in the people on the other end of the phone sound more and yes very very yes no official estimates on exactly how many have died so far but hundreds of cats have suffered my strong belief is that they were intentionally delaying the recall happened because they thought they were purchasing a certain protein product called wheat gluten that has actually a pretty high protein count when in fact they were buying wheat flour that had been laced with sign your it acid and melamine in order to pass it off as weak with the way they test Protein Sources is to do this to touch at the level of hydrogen in it and both sign erik acid and melamine have high levels of hydrogen so they just would inject the wheat flour with this these poisons and then. Passe
Nations is facing criticism over its response to the press. Im susan whats going to thank you for joining us on the news asia today we begin with a high stakes summit starting today chinese president xi jinping is meeting north Koreas Kim Jong un in pyongyang now she was greeted with a lavish ceremony at the airport this is the 1st visit by a chinese president to north korea in 14 years and it comes at a very important time north koreas negotiations with the u. S. Over did nuclearization have stalled and president xi will meet with leaders of the other g. 20 nations next week a lot to talk about and pyongyang lets take a look at where things stand between the 2 allies. Its been less than 6 months since his handshake kim jong un has visited china north koreas closest foreign ally many times over the years. She jinping on the other hand is the 1st chinese leader to travel to pyongyang and well over a decade. We are ready to work with the d. P. R. K. To continue to Carry Forward the fine
The first time a chinese president has been there for 14 years. And then there were two. Borisjohnson will facejeremy then there were two. Borisjohnson will face jeremy hunt in then there were two. Borisjohnson will facejeremy hunt in the battle to be writtens next Prime Minister. Britains next Prime Minister. Glad you could join us. It is 7am in singapore, midnight in london and 7pm in the evening in washington, dc, where President Trump reacted angrily to the news that errani and forces shot down a us drone over the straits of hormuz. He said iran had made a very bad mistake iranian. Iran insisted the aircraft was flying over its territory and it has now retrieved parts of the drone from its territorial waters. Gary donahue has the details from washington. The us and iran agree on one thing, that an american drone was shot down by iran. What they disagree on is where it happened. This pentagon footage aims to show it was over International Waters, 21 miles of irans post. The iranians
Hello and welcome to bbc news. The European Union and the south American Economic bloc, mercosur have agreed a huge free trade deal after two decades of talks. The agreement with argentina, brazil, paraguay and uruguay creates a market for goods and Services Covering almost eight hundred million people. Heres our south America Business correspondent, daniel gallas. All attention is about trade tensions between china and the United States, the news of brexit being negotiated, so were seeing politicians saying that the best way to create jobs is to lower tariffs and reduce protectionism. Its not a view that everyone shares in south america and europe, and politicians will still have the trouble to make their point at home with their member states, but it is quite significant that a deal that has been negotiated for over 20 years has been struck at this moment. What you think the biggest benefits will be that people in south america will see out of all of this . Well, the people of south
Fbn a. M. Starts right now. Wake me up before you go, go,. Dont leave me hanging on like a yoyo. Wake me up before you go, go. Dont want to miss it when you hit that lauren wake up is right. Welcome to fbn a. M. Im lauren simonetti. Cheryl good morning. Im cheryl casone. Lauren lets take a look at how your money is moving today. U. S. Stocks retreating from record highs, dow futures down a modest 40 points, nasdaq down 20. Cheryl taking a look at the yield on the 10 year treasury. Were watching this with r regards to Interest Rates, up 2 basis points, 2. 03 . Lauren data on tap today, a auto sales, and on friday the june jobs report. Cheryl as tensions in iran continue to play out, oil is down 22cents. The contract is up more than 1 yesterday. Lauren stocks in asia, hong kong opening today for the first time this week despite the riots there. The hang seng up 1. 1 , shanghai composite down fractionally. Cheryl taking a look at europe, those markets are mixed. The ftse slightly higher,