before. let s start this a half hour with the latest from sudan. so many through the course of the day let s start with the british nationals getting out because the foreign office said more than 300 british nationals have embarked on flights leaving sudan at the end of the date there will be eight flights. the airstrip being used in sudan, north of khartoum, is beginning to break up. that is what the bbc has been told, sparking fears over how long that runway will last. some of that detail has come from the most senior british commander in charge of that operation in sudan, brigadier dan reeves and had been talking to the bbc about so many different aspects of the operation from the runway to haul full the flights are to those questions around who actually gets on. it s here in the of that interview. some other countries have acted more quickly, some countries like france in particular have escorted his people out. people are terrified. is not the right thing to do? this peo
Is the market going to be right again . How divided is the e. C. B. s governing council on the exit from easing . 12 u. K. Meeting at time. Matt . Matt were less than half an hour away from the start of european trading. Happy thanksgiving by the way to you as well. Because the u. S. Markets are closed you may see a little bit less volume today and tomorrow nobody in his right mind is coming to work either in america. Be prepared for light volume that could mean a lot of more volatility than we typically expect. Here you see futures pointing down across the board. Take a look at bonds here. A three day chart of bonds on my screen. The yield on the german debt shot up yesterday to 38. It is back down now to 34. Were looking at bonds, bond buyers that are sellers again today in the german and european market. Guy . Guy lets talk about the big story over the last few hours. The cross alselloff we have seen coming colossal selloff coming through in china. I think the c. S. I. Could be 17 m
Higher by 0. 3 or greater. Look at the nasdaq. It has been a little more beatendown but today up more than 0. 5 . The best day from the nasdaq since november 30. Perhaps investors are feeling a little more certain around tax reform, d. C. Drama and more. One stock that is helping the indexes today we will be getting to in a moment. This seems to be a continuation of the trump trade. Here is this stock, General Electric is up nearly 0. 9 . This is after the Industrial Company announced they are cutting 12,000 jobs within their power unit. That is the biggest unit within their business, about 30 of the business. It is also the most troubled unit. The fact that they are flushing out the plan they gave back on november 13 to cut 1 billion in cost by cutting these jobs, investors seem to be cheering it to some degree thinking it is a solid first step in the turnaround plan. Shares on the year down more for theiron peak worst year since 2008. The industrial sector is the top on the day. Ge,
Between liverpool and hull. The government is providing nearly £6 million with planting planned over the next 25 years. England face another defeat in the final ashes test after australia once again dominated on the fourth day in sydney. And advice on how to stay secure online is just one of the highlights from clicks recent live show. Thats in half an hour here on bbc news. The Prime Minister has defended her governments record on the nhs, saying it was better prepared for a winter crisis than ever before. Thats despite the news earlier this week that all non urgent surgery was to be postponed for this month. In an interview with the Bbcs Andrew Marr show, she said she recognised peoples concerns over the nhs, but that extra funding was being put in to the service. Our Political Correspondent matt cole was listening to the interview, hes with me now. They pay mr at the beginning of a new year, trying to set out her stall. The Prime Minister. Minister ministers like to start the year
A body has been recovered from the scene of a collision between an oil tanker and a freighter. The french president emanuel micro set to meet with the chinese leader in just a few hours time well have a live report plus. Salvadoran immigrants in the u. S. Are given a deadline to meet or face deportation. North korea says it will send a delegation of athletes supporters and officials to next months winter Olympic Games in south korea kyung yang is holding its first high level talks with seoul since twenty fifteen south korea has also proposed to the two sides hold military talks to reduce tension on the peninsula. But is a number. We came to this meeting today with the serious and sincere attitude and with the thought of giving our brother and who have high hopes for this dialogue invaluable results of the first president of the year when the going to do so is our talks resume after the north and south korean ties have been severed for a long time but i believe the first step is half th