Downgraded see its rating downgraded . Matt. Matt we are just 30 minutes away from the start of cash trading in europe. Volume yesterday because the u. S. Was closed. It was only open half a day today, because most people take friday off as well as a bridge the into a longer inks giving weekend. Longer thanksgiving weekend. Yesterday was a mixed trade. We had the tech down half a percent. The ftse and the dark unchanged. The ftse and the dax unchanged. Bunds. Look as well at i have the threeday trade. We see yields rising a little bit now, as investors have sold off german debt a little bit. Maybe they will use that cash to buy stocks. Maybe today will be a good day for equities. It feels like i like volume kind of a day. Chinese stocks stable easing overnight. Stocks stabilizing overnight. Have a legacynt story to deal with in europe this morning. Currently, risk off. Sorry, risk on. The japanese yen is down. 2 . In my mind continues to be what is happening in the crude story. On what
Thousand homes are under mandatory evacuation. Frances biggest rock star Johnny Hallyday has died after a battle with lung cancer. Good morning. Its wednesday the 6th of december and im ben brown. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. The Prime Minister has just been speaking on the phone to the leader of the Democratic Unionist Party in northern irealand to try and salvage a deal on the future of the irish border. But Arlene Foster has also said in a newspaper interview her dup party will not be rushed, even though the deadline is looming if the uk wants to move on to crucial trade talks with the eu. Meanwhile, the government has admitted that it has not carried out so called Impact Assessments of how leaving the eu might affect the british economy. Appearing before the Brexit Committee this morning, david davis claimed it would be hard to predict the economic effects of brexit, but said officials would do the work at some stage. Our assistant Political Editor norman smith is in westminster.
Times up campaign, saying they have had enough of harassment and abuse. In sport, good news for british sportsman down under. Englands cricketers win the one day series. The british tennis number to it through to the quarterfinals of the australian open. Kyle edmund beat italian Andreas Seppi to reach his first grand slam quarterfinal. And how Predictive Analytics can help in emergencies. Thats all in click in half an hour, here on bbc news. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. Afghan Security Forces have seized control of a luxury hotel in kabul, 12 hours after it was stormed by militants. Fierce battles raged through the night as special forces fought the gunmen as they moved around the six storey Intercontinental Hotel. Six civilians were killed, as were all the militants. 160 guests and staff were rescued, including 41 foreigners. The taliban has now claimed responsibility for the attack. Andrew plant reports. The Intercontinental Hotel in kabul at dawn on sunday morning, blacke
And in a bbc news special, the french president Emmanuel Macron talks to andrew marr about brexit and frances relationship with the uk. hats at 11. 30. Good morning and welcome to bbc news. Afghan Security Forces have seized control of a luxury hotel in kabul, 12 hours after it was stormed by militants. Fierce battles raged through the night as special forces fought the gunmen as they moved around the six storey Intercontinental Hotel. Six civilians were killed, as were all the militants. 160 guests and staff were rescued, including 41 foreigners. The taliban has now claimed responsibility for the attack. Andrew plant reports. The Intercontinental Hotel in kabul at dawn on sunday morning, blackened and smoking after an 11 hour siege that has seen at least five People Killed and several more wounded. The shooting started after nightfall on saturday, several gunmen armed with grenades and automatic weapons. Translation at first, i heard some gunfire and then, after 15 minutes, a worker f