Over an arabic writing assignment. All the days sport including moving on and chelseas players prepare for the first match in the English Premier League after the controversial managers sacking. But first world powers at the u. N. Agreed on a roadmap for peace in syria. The Security Council unanimously backed a plan for talks between the Syrian Government and the opposition along with a ceasefire but questions remain over just who will be taking part in these talks as well as over the future of Bashar Alassad and his diplomatic editor james base. Reporter unanimous vote by the u. N. Security council endorsing a clear and ambitious timeline for political transition in syria with facetoface talks and possibly a ceasefire in just a matter of weeks. But this resolution was the result of very lastminute negotiations, its a demonstration of the difficulty of the task ahead that ministers were arriving in new york talks were still underway. Diplomates ultimately reporting to the Russian Forei
A look of what else we are dropping. 82 year low. Currencies, what we have seen is a move towards the safe haven. Yen strengthening against the dollar. The swiss franc is strengthening against the dollar. What we have seen as the euro becomes a safe haven. The correlation between the euro yen act of the highest since 2007. That is the currency. I cannot get back to you until i have a look at oil. I want to look at wti first. A three day bull rally up and three days. The biggest threeday gain in 25 years coming off of the now a little bit. Samestore for brent crude. Last week, we saw brent drop below 45 a barrel for the First Time Since 2009. It is now 54 a barrel. Back to you. Jonathan . Early rules. The ftse 100, the city getting back to work. Is down by over one percentage point. Big moves and asia. Not in japan and not in china but japan. Reporter i wish i had better news but a down day across of the region. What looks to be a volatile september. Disappointing data from china drivin
If you agree raise your hands. Those were the words of the palestinian leadership as they signed a treaty applying to join the International Criminal court. It was one of over 20 treaties signed by Mahmood Abbas following the rejection of the draft resolution for an end to israeli occupation. In a moment well have reaction from editor james bays. What has been the reaction there . Well, a bold move after a very disappointing day. Several international treesies, including the rome statute. This is very significant because it effectively starts the palestinians down the road of joining the International Criminal court. Thats something that they suggested for years now that they wanted to do. Now predictbly theville are very angry at it. Benjamin netanyahu saying, quote, the palestinians have more to fear from the icc than the israelis do. This is significant. The icc would effectively allow the palestinians to press war crime charges against the israelis. The israeli Prime Minister sayin
Has been done. Im live in manila, where the authorities are bracing themselves for heavy flooding and possibly landslides as hagupit sweeps in. At this warehouse, theyre preparing emergency Food Supplies for thousands of families who may be in need. L. A. Galaxy win a record fifth Major League Soccer title, but will the american clubs ever be able to rival the worlds best in europe . Also on the program, aaron joins us, and theres conflict here in europe over budgets at the moment. St. Louis, the greek government has passed its budget even though its International Lenders all say they are not happy. In fact, they say the greek numbers are too optimistic. So yes, were going to go live to brussels to find out whos going to win this budget battle. Its midday here in london, 7 00 a. M. In washington, and 2 00 p. M. In cape town, where a judge has dismissed charges against a british businessman, accused of paying for his wife to be murdered on their honeymoon. Shrien dewani was in cape town
Seven weeks ahead of the general election, we look at the politics at play. Mark welcome to countdown. Anna i am anna edwards. Manus i am manus cranny. A poll shows Business Leaders could live without netanyahu as Prime Minister. We go live to tel aviv. Anna 6 00 in london. Lets kick off with the price of oil. West texas intermediate fell. It is the lowest level in six years. The plunge comes after the International Aid agency says international output could strain storage capacity. Mark american production and stockpiles are at the highest level in three decades. The drilling rigs are at a record pace. We will keep an eye on the oil price throughout the morning. Manus the stocks are at a fiveyear high. Li has the National Peoples congress vowing to press ahead with Structural Reforms and support the economy. There are some really there was some really graphic language used. Talk us through what he said and meant. Yvonne eloquent statement yesterday. He talked about the message of the