Alonso mocks decision by the International Criminal court to open an investigation into alleged war crimes in the occupied palestinian territory israel expresses outrage and says the court has no jurisdiction so will there be a full investigation and what can it achieve this is inside story. And welcome to the program back to bowl after nearly 5 years of preliminary examinations the International Criminal court has announced there is enough evidence to investigate alleged war crimes committed in the west bank. And the gaza strip by both israelis and palestinians palestine referred the case shortly after joining the courting 2015 it cited issues including israels building of illegal settlements and its military operations in gaza the i. C. C. As chief prosecutor fattah bensouda as 1st judges for confirmation on what territory areas under occupation the court could cover but she added that all the criteria to open an investigation has been met i am satisfied one that war crimes have been
Youre in the United States, we are seeing stocks come off their highs. The s p up 0. 1 . Apple contributing big, up 0. 5 on a positive note. Tesla is down about 0. 3 . Lets get straight to someone who can tell us more about all of that. Joining us from dallas is Burns Mckinney, Allianz Global Investors managing director and Portfolio Manager. We are seeing a mill top in the stock market a melt up in the market through christmas. Nothing major, but we didnt really make any losses. We didnt lose anything we gain through the year. Tot you attribute that what do you attribute that . Burns volumes are very low this time of year, so it doesnt take a lot to drive markets up. This is probably just a bit of a continuation of the early Christmas Gift that the markets got in middecember, where they resolved several geopolitical issues that had been weighing on uncertainty. Namely, the resolution or the detente in the u. S. China trade relations, as well as brexit, and establishment that the fed d
Well move higher at 2020 were not going to be up by 34 for the nasdac, as we were in 2019, but perhaps, 5 is in reach, and of course, thats what i said last year were up 34 , a lot of people said that. Connell its been surprising this run in terms of how long its continued as i said i dont know, by the way the mets won the world series in october of 86 so id love for the comparisons to be true. They defeated my beloved ed red sox, i had this moment where they walk out of the subway entrance, in october was it for that celebration the mets were having. Connell oh, yeah the parade . I could never forget it, it was so downhearted. Connell ons let me fast forward because the comparisons are more that 90s and more people are around in trading environments, or covering it or whatever and they say boy, are we in an area like that, but i mean, i know the nasdac has been up a lot but this isnt exactly 1999 again isnt it . This market is valued without a doubt but we dont have the gross overvalu
Iraqs president has rejected the nominee for Prime Minister he says his lawyers quit someone rejected by the testers were demanding an independent candidate so whats the way forward for iraq this is inside story. Thanks alex thank you. Thank. All of them will come to the program im dead for months now iraqis have been voicing their anger and demanding a change in their Political Leadership they say they are fed up with corruption unemployment and a lack of basic services hundreds of people have been killed the Prime Minister resigned in november and now many are rejecting the nominee to replace him they say. Only help iran extend its influence in iraq and president but he says he will resign rather than appointed but the main Political Blog about picked an identity is refusing to back down well bring in our panel in just a moment but 1st this update from in baghdads. A political maneuver with potentially far reaching consequences iraqs president has sent his Resignation Letter to Parli
Still a bigger club than reigning champions manchester city. There has been a dramatic escalation of violence in iraq in what is of course already been a chaotic 2 months of antigovernment wrist 1st an attack by unidentified gunmen on protesters in baghdad that killed at least 23 people and of course raise new security concerns they stormed past one of the main protest sites in Killarney Square on friday night no less than 24 hours after that gunfire is again been heard in the capital on saturday sending people running for cover and in what appears to be a related event sources close to the prominent shia cleric thought there say a drone dropped a bomb on his home in jaffna his party says he wasnt there at the time he has been back over all of the antigovernment protests which have swept across the country lets check in with hes in baghdad for us on this news 1st of all the attack on his house is there any new information coming out. Well we heard from a source close to the influential