Oil on the decline. Welcome to the program. The extended version of countdown as the euro hangs in the balance. Iamb anna edwards. I i am anna edwards. I am Ryan Chilcote. We start with the equity markets. This is where we are. This is where the euro is trading. I have context and show you that we are up of the levels we were trading at. So, if you are looking for chaos, it is not evident right now. The euroyen slipped. It did not raise the gains on friday. We are not seeing anything that looks like panic right now. How are equity markets digesting the latest . Were seeing things move higher and plenty of others around china that we need to get to and it moves things around. That is the picture across european currency markets. Lets talk about the latest. The emergency summit has failed to secure the future of greece and the talks continued throughout the night. A Sticking Point is a proposal to put assets into privatization. Lets go to who had been up all night. Good morning to you. Y
Their hose down putting their hoes down. And Alexis Tsipras walking a new tie rope over greeces bailout bid. The dream pipe the greek Prime Minister is looking to his political opponents for support. His own party shows increasing signs of turning against him. It is 1 00 p. M. In paris. Thanks very much for your company. Also coming up across the next hour, find out how lobbyists in washington d. C. Are deploying their latest weapons, fine dining, winning the battles of hearts and minds in the nuclear deal with iran. Has the shine gone off apple . Billions have been wiped off the value of the iphone maker as the latest sales figures disappoint. More on that coming up. First up, lets take you to turkey. Plenty of news coming out today. Two policeman have been killed two policeman have been killed new the syrian border. That is coming to us from the regional governor. He has been speaking to turkish tv. Turkeys leaders are meeting today to discuss how to her almost 1000 kilometers of bor
, chanting we are racist and that is the way we like it. We are live from paris. Also coming up, nigerias president in the u. S. Promising to crack down on boko haram and corruption. And a manuscript of the koran dating back to the early seventh century, close to the time of the prophet mohammed himself now languishing at a Birmingham University in the u. K. Stuart so we are making every effort to ensure we have fewer dissenters the quotation from the great Health Minister as the series of 20 tries to ensure that the 39 deputies the vote is closely watched to see if the greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras loses more support or not. It covers rules for dealing with failed banks and spitting up the justice system. A new process is being held tonight in athens against the new measures to thousands and thousands of people once again on the streets to make their voices heard. It has been very peaceful so far. Joining me is a Greek Society expert from the department of sociology at the unive
Shirley ballas has been named as the new head judge on strictly come dancing, replacing len goodman. Good morning, its tuesday the 9th of may. Im rachel schofield, welcome to bbc Newsroom Live. The conservatives have vowed to cap Energy Prices if they win the General Election. Under the plans theresa may would give powers to the industry regulator, ofgem, to set a limit for people on standard variable rates. Under the new plans, new powers would be given to ofgem to set a limit for people on standard variable rates. Elsewhere labour leader Jeremy Corbyn is due to formally launch his partys general Election Campaign, where hes expected to say that the issue of Whether Brexit happens has been settled. The uks highest electorate campaigning on the nhs, and the green party is on the Isle Of Wight the uks highest electorate campaigning on the nhs, promising to end what it calls the privatisation experiment. Well be live In Manchester ahead of labours Campaign Launch shortly but first more o
As you know, Emmanuel Macron will be the next president of france. Francois hollande represents the Socialist Party. But if you want a measure how things are getting for the socialists have a listen to the former french Prime Minister manuel valls on french radio. Translation this Socialist Party is dead. It is behind us, not its history and values, but it has to move on. At times others, one has to be capable of moving on. Forget the bitterness and personal issues. Something interests me above all others, it is france, the republic and the success of the presidency. I am not forgetting the fight against the far right will continue and eve iyo ne the far right will continue and Everyone Needs to be vigilant in the parliamentary elections. Often political defections are carefully choreographed. Not in this case. Officials from Emmanuel Macrons party say mr valls hasnt even formally put his name forward yet. Heres one saying, he should have applied like everyone else because the rules ar