In south london. A Police Investigation is under way and a 17 year old boy is being questioned by police. The victim has been named as 15 year old Elianne Andam. Herfamily has provided photos of her, and said her dreams have been shattered. Flowers and cards are being left near the scene of the stabbing. Of all the homicides in england and wales in the year to march last year, 69 of the victims were teenagers aged 13 to 19. 0f year, 69 of the victims were teenagers aged 13 to 19. Of that age group in 74 of cases, the weapon was a knife or sharp instrument. 0ur Correspondence sent us this update from croydon. The shock and sadness in croydon really is palpable, with people questioning how a 15 Year Old Girl making her way to school at 8 30am could have been knifed to death. Shes been named as Elianne Andam and described as being much loved. Within the past hour, her family have released a statement. I will read those words to you. They say that their hearts are broken by the senseless d
As they move from primary to secondary school, englands childrens commissioner says. The leader of the council in windsor calls for police to take action against what he called aggressive begging before the Royal Wedding in may. And Britains Andy Murray withdraws from the Australian Open after failing to recover from an ongoing hip injury. He hasnt played a competitive match since wimbledon. Donald trumps lawyers have threatened his former chief of staff steve bannon with legal action for speaking about his time on the Election Campaign to the author of an explosive new book about the president. The book by the journalist Michael Wolff makes many bold claims including that donald trump was unprepared for the job and his wife melania cried when he won the race to the white house. Mr bannon was quoted as describing the president s son donald junior as treasonous and unpatriotic for meeting russians during the campaign. Mr trump hit back, accusing his former strategist of losing his mind,
Figure in focus as investors search for clues about the next fed rate hike. With the u. K. Election less than a week away, we speak to iain duncan smith. Good morning. This is bloomberg surveillance. Im Francine Lacqua here in london. Theres a lot of news today and that has loads of implications for all the data across the board. Lets get straight to it. Global stocks are up. The nikkei 225 stock average topped 20,000 points for the 2015. Time since this is mainly as private american hiring data bolstered confidence in the economy. We have to wait for that jobs data today coming through. This is what were seeing for pound, weakening a touch. Look out for pound. We are just seven days until that election, june 8. Yen, im seeing a little movement. 111. 56. Crude oil, we will be speaking to the opec secretarygeneral shortly. Lets get straight to the bloomberg first word news. Nejra we start in the u. S. The Trump Administration has asked the u. S. Supreme court to reinstate its travel ban
We have a lot of news to go through and we are looking at the 10 year treasury yield, of course, the markets, and the implications of a divided u. K. , brexit talks, and the macron win. First, lets quickly get onto your data. It is one thing that markets are looking at to see whether there are any tensions or not. Global equities are rising and that is filtering through to europe. We saw stocks in hong kong gaining, as Technology Stocks are beginning after their biggest weekly selloff last week. The yen is falling. Oil is down, and we see little bit of pressure on gold. More on that, but first the bloomberg first word news. Nejra theresa may is to chair an emergency meeting of the countrys Security Response team this morning, as police are investigating a potential terrorist attack after a van plowed into pedestrians outside i a north London Mosque. At least one person died and eight people were injured when a van was driven into Finsbury Park. A forest fire triggered by thunderstorms
And iraq. And at wimbledon, the elimination of kyle edmund means there are four british players in the last 32. Its 5pm. Our main story President Trump has arrived in germany, ahead of a two day g20 summit. This afternoon Air Force One touched down in hamburg. Security has been stepped up in the city as thousands of people are expected to demonstrate at numerous events across the city on issues including Climate Change. Its not overstating things to say this summit could shape how the world responds to its most pressing issues for years to come. This is why, on the issue of Climate Change which Angela Merkel has chosen as the central theme, well, the United States and its president are out of sync with the vast majority of the world and how to respond. He is pulling america out of the paris Climate Change accord. Well start to understand what that will mean in practical terms as the rest of the world pushes on. Then there is globalisation, a surprising amount of agreement whether you a