Good morning, welcome to bbc news. At least 12 people have died, after a passenger plane crashed in kazakhstan. The bek air flight had just taken off from the countrys biggest city, almaty, and was travelling to the capital, nur sultan, when it crashed into a building. 60 others were injured in the crash. 98 people were onboard the flight, including five crew. 0ur moscow correspondent Sarah Rainsford gave us this update. The latest that we are getting here are the extraordinary account of the people who have survived this crash. A couple of people have been telling their story to local media and even describing how they managed to walk away from the wreckage of this plane. One man, a businessman, who was flying up to the countrys capital, nur sultan for business meetings today, he was sitting in the 15th row of the plane, just over the wing. If you look at the wreckage, its the front part of the plane in front of the wing that was the most badly destroyed as the plane ploughed into tha
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Wenzler in the gb newsroom. Your top story this hour. The uk and western allies are calling for de escalation in the middle east after reports that israel launched air strikes against iran. State media says three drones were shot down with explosions heard at an airbase near the city of isfahan. No damage or injuries have been reported in the latest exchange. The strike is thought to be in response to last weekends attack, when iran fired a barrage of drones and missiles at israel. Labour leader keir starmer has added to calls for a straight as the best way forward. Im deeply concerned about the prospect of escalation, escalation of the conflict in the middle east is in nobodys interest it and so its very, very important, therefore, that everybody urges restraint on all sides. More everybody urges restraint on all sides. More than that, we everybody urges restraint on all sides. More than that, we really sides. More than that, we really need that ceasefire in gaza now, straight away. S
Eurodollar. We are seeing a little bit more of dollar strength. We did hear from the European Central bank. One of its Board Members saying it should adjust its policy guide before the summer. It shouldnt have any problems in the inside of the asset purchases. Thats got the moves a little bit jittery. Its having an impact on eurodollar. Seeing a little bit of movement on those german bonds. , we have information from trumps first year. Later on, we get a view on trade in the global economy. Still to come, jim oneill. He talks emerging markets. To the firstaight word news. Nejra brent crude has gone through 70 for the first time in three years. Closing level yesterday. Hedge funds hit bullish bests. A view that opec and its partners will end their supply cuts early is spreading. All predicting a wind that will start from the middle of the year. Offeringgovernment is a proposal to bring on the taps. According to three people with knowledge, they are considering a plan to raise expenditur
Eurodollar, 1. 20 two. A lot of the conversations today will focus on the dollar. Im looking at gold for a second day, down a touch. Coming up on bloomberg surveillance, we talked doing business in italy and natural gas. Later on, we also speak with margaret from the World Economic forum. She joins us to talk global risks. Plus, janet henry talks trumps first year with us. She the global chief economist there. Lets get to the bloomberg first word news. Heres nejra cehic. Nejra the u. S. Secretary of state offered a sobering assessment about the possibility of war with north korea. Madeillerson said advances the situation very tenuous. He was speaking in vancouver, where top diplomats gathered to explore new ways to enforce sanctions. North koreans know our channels are open, and they know where to find us. But a sustained cessation of threatening behavior is necessary indicator of whether the regime is truly ready to pursue a peaceful diplomatic resolution to the Security Threat it has