In singapore and london. This is bbc world news. Its newsday. Good morning. Its 7am in singapore, midnight in london and 2am In Moscow where thousands of russians have been taking part in Anti Corruption rallies across the country in defiance of the kremlin. The biggest protests were in the russian capital, where police say 500 people have been detained. They included the Opposition Leader, Alexei Navalny, whod called for the demonstrations. The rallies are the biggest seen in russia for at least five years. From moscow heres our correspondent steve rosenberg. There were moments today when moscow resembled a battlefield. Russian riot police broke up an Anti Government protest, on what was a day of demonstrations across russia. In moscow, they detained more than 500 people. Earlier, police had poured into the city centre, warning that the protest was illegal. Still, thousands of people packed into pushkin square, to accuse the russian government of corruption. The level of corruption is
Providing clarity off of Janet Yellens fumble . Markettelegraphed to the that the rates are going up and he did not. The fmoc meeting and everyone is doing it. Those goggles are weird but theyre cool. We will get a snapshot later on. ,mba Mortgage Applications, 8 30 a. M. Durable goods orders and capital goods orders at 9 45 a. M. That is the Market Services pmi, purchasing managers index, Art Companies spending money . No earnings to speak of today. However, king digital will start trading this morning. These are the guys who make candy crash crush. 22. 50 which falls in the range. This will be trading about 10x earnings. We will interview the ceo of zacconi,tal, ricardo the man of the hour today. How about a data check . Currencies,onds, commodities euro dollar was at 138. The ruble continues its strength. Theyear yield Australian Dollar continues to show some strength which is a back story to the week. The president is set to speak in brussels. Russian weakness, ruble weakness, the
Abdullah for formal meetings and then a dinner later tonight. University of Michigan Confidence is at 9 55 a. M. We have blackberry earnings today. We will be joined by john chen, the man who runs blackberry. He will be joining us on market makers. It is more than curiosity. How is this Company Possibly going to survive . It loses money every quarter. The moneymaker for blackberry is going to be the enterprise customer. The fact that you have the value and cash on the balance. They are burning through it. Earnings at 7 00 a. M. Lets do a data check right now. Stocks, bonds, currencies, commodities. It is a backandforth week. Screen. Second i dont, cows know what 138 means. 138 per dollars pound . That affects everyones food prices. Lets go to this chart on spain. Inflation in spain. The financial crisis. Get over it. We got over it. Thank you, mario draghi. Off we go. Under the zero line. It may force some unconventional options as well. It is not greece, it is not italy. Significant d
Governments next legislative program amid it the traditional pomp and ceremony. Hello. Thanks for joining us on bbc world news. President obama has met is the president elect of ukraine Petro Poroshenko on the second day of his trip to poland. He said they discussed a plan for reducing ukraines Energy Dependence on russia and how the u. S. Can help train the Ukrainian Security forces. This all comes ahead of a major speech that mr. Obama is due to make in the next few minutes, in fact, as part of a ceremony to mark 25 years since the end of communism in poland. This is the stage setting. Come rove ski, polands president speaking now, cataloging polands move, transition from the communist ear rat which ended precisely 25 years ago to today when it can count itself among the market democracies showing huge signs of stability over the course of the last 25 years. It is a timely moment for president obama to be in Eastern Europe, given the travails that have faced ukraine in the last few m
In the winter of 1984, Taiwanese martial artist John Liu Chung-liang, famed for his high-kicking roles in Hong Kong movies like Secret Rivals and The Invincible Armour, travelled to New York, where he planned to write, direct and star in a modern-day action spectacular, New York Ninja. But after weeks of shooting, something happened, and the film was never completed….