Well have more on the days events in just a few moments. Also tonight. We report on the plight of Young Rohingya girls forced into the sex industry, as refugees in bangladesh. In syria, Government Forces are pounding one of the last rebel held strongholds, with devastating consequences for the civilian population. Two major pharmaceutical firms say theyll invest more than a billion pounds in the uk, creating nearly 2000 jobs. And in the ashes series, england trail australia following a heavy defeat in brisbane. And coming up on sportsday on bbc news. It was andy murrays last year but who will take home the crown for 2017 . We look at this years nominees for Sports Personality of the year. Good evening. Prince harry and the american actress, Meghan Markle, have announced their engagement, and theyll be married in the spring. As fifth in line to the throne, prince harry had to obtain her majestys permission to marry, and Buckingham Palace said today that the queen and the duke of edinbur
Now on bbc news all the latest Business News live from singapore with rico and Asia Business report. Soaring to new heights cormac bitcoin is fast approaching the 10,000 mark. Heights bitcoin. And the dreams of turning ho chi minh in two as start up capital. Into. Glad you could join us Asia Business report. I am rico hizon. The queen has done it again. Even though many have warned it was a asset bubble about to burst, it soaring to new heights. It is an asset bubble. It has climbed to 8,200, and gone further to 9,700. It is now approaching 10,000 us. Keepin it is now approaching 10,000 us. Keep in mind that in 2010, one bitcoin user famously traded 10,000 bitcoin user famously traded 10,000 bitcoin for two pizzas, which was then roughly 25. If he had those in bitcoin is, he would be a millionaire by now. Earlier, i asked cedricjensen from bitspread if it would hit the milestones on. cedricjensen from bitspread if it would hit the milestones on. If you look at facebook, where pete mark
Yea rs take off in next hour. And it is 100 years since women first got the right to vote but only if they were over 30 and owners of property. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. Former executives at the failed construction and services giant carillion have apologised for the compa nys collapse. But they denied claims by mps that they were asleep at the wheel. The firm which employed 20,000 people in the uk went into liquidation last month. Today the companys former directors faced a committee of mps to explain what theyd known about its financial position. Our Business Editor simonjack reports. Summoned to westminster carillions top brass. Philip green was chairman of the board when the company collapsed, and he started with an apology. I would say i am deeply sorry for the impact that the collapse of the company had on employees, pensioners, customers, suppliers and all stakeholders. So what went wrong . Xhaka khan was finance director and said that hundreds of millions was owed b
Seventh straight session. Dropping triple digits today. For the year the dow is actually down the better part of 3 . S p 500 is still positive for 2015. But its broken a technical level, slipping below the 200day moving average. Twice in the summer it has bounced on that. Will it do that from here . The dollar hit highs not seen since april, but if im looking at the screen to the right of me correctly, it is raised those gains and now in negative territory for the session overall. Despite that, Oil Continues to be under pressure. Prices down about 5 1 2 percent for the week. Oil light sweet crude is just trading above 44 a barrel. If we break that it will be significant. Check out the yields on the benchmark 10year treasury notes. Yields down to 2. 18 . Despite the view that the fed might be hiking on this payroll data in september. Vrm the nasdaq is the biggest loser right now. Kate rogers is following the action. It is not quite as ugly as it was here yesterday. We are less than by t
Are on the table. Diplomatic and financial leveraged willie backed up by a willingness to cou ntera ct willie backed up by a willingness to counteract north korean aggression with Military Action. And, an Unlikely Group of misfits are back together in the outer reaches of the universe. Find out what Jason Solomons made of Guardians Of The Galaxy volume 2, and the rest of the weeks cinema releases, in the film review. Its five oclock. Our main story a Breast Surgeon has been convicted of 17 counts of wounding with intent, and three of unlawful wounding, after carrying out a series of unnecessary operations. Nottingham crown court heard that ian paterson lied to patients, and exaggerated or invented the risk of cancer, to convince them to go under the knife. The 59 year old did so for what the jury was told were Obscure Motives which may have included a desire to earn extra money. Our first report is from our Health Correspondent dominic hughes. Surgeon ian paterson. Well liked and trust