The way they take care of the elderly who had been left to fiend for themselves. So the leaders of u. S. And russia have held facetoface talks at the u. N. General assembly in new york over thousand best solve the conflict inner is ye. They had their first formal meeting in two years they agreed that a coordinated strategy was needed to fight the threat pose booed isil. Obama says the u. S. Is prepared to work with russia and iran there ha can be had no longterm solution for bazar alassad. Piewt i can said its a mistake not to work with a sueds forces and risk the collapse of the syrian state. James bays our diplomatic editor has this from new york. Reporter russias president normally avoids this annual gathering of World Leaders at the u. N. Being but he came here planning not even to spend a night in new york. The center piece of his speech the grind coalition against isil. Translator we propose discussing whether its possible to agree on a resolution aimed at coordinating the action
About it, we own up to it and podle like presidenapology liked in this case. Solving overcrowding, freeing thousands of federal inmates, a closer look at a controversial statistician. Plus, sphiefer survivor story,. Rapists cause rape. We talk to aspen maddis about the journey that changed her life. First came the attack and air strike on the Doctors Without Borders hospital in afghanistan. Then an admission by a top american commander that the United States carried out the strike. Then an apology by president obama. Who ordered it . Who is accountable . Mike viqueria is in washington. Mike. John in the days following attack, five days since the attack president obama and the white house insisted they were going to wait for results of a pentagon investigation before casting any blame. But the day after his Top Commander in afghanistan accepted blame before a senate panel on tuesday president obama picked up the phone and made a rare gesture. Five days after an attack from a u. S. War p
London. Let us talk about janet yellen, the message she had to give to the market yesterday. I have here a dollar index, we have a bit of a bounce going on in terms of the reaction we are seeing. The big message from janet yellen last night, along with the hawkish voices heard in recent days, she was confirming the 2015 is when the majority think we will see a liftoff and Interest Rates. Barring any big surprises, of course. That gave the dollar of those. It did not post expectations of a rate rise, if you look at what the fed fund futures are saying, theyre talking about the 47. 5 chance of an increase in december. It did move some of the yields, though. If you look at twoyear treasuries, a muted reaction a big drop you see was last week around the fed rate decision. Can we just see the muted reaction . As well as talking about the 2015, not being a can of liftoff, she was also talking about gradualism how important it was to be gradual to allow the markets to heal. Let us put that in
On guy johnson. Butill focus on the brexit first, up to speed with what is happening in the market story. Ahn we are seeing the selloff continue in asia today. The benchmark index at the lowest level it has been in a month. Betweentually slung gains and losses be and losses throughout the day. We have data this morning showing that japan recorded a trade surplus for the 15th consecutive month in september. Were seeing a lack of clear direction as there are concerns of the rate hike next month, the possibility of that happening, not to mention a deepening slowdown in china. 4 10 of a percent lower today. We had data this morning showing that home loans grew 2 month on month, which was more than expected. Estimates were that it would remain flat. Expanded losses, down 1. 4 . Now down for the fourth consecutive session led by utilities and health care. We saw some choppy trading in china. The shanghai composite is currently down 3 10 of a percent. Four consecutive days of rallies in china
Both sides have refused to recognize each others sovereignty since 1949. But taiwans relations with china have warmed since 2008 when ma came into power primarily on the economic front. He realized the first ministerial meeting with beijing in february last year. Ma leaves office in about six months. Voters will go to the polls in january to choose his successor. They believe ma wants to use the talks with xi to show how his government has strengthened ties with the mainland. Public sentiment turned against relations. Last year students occupied the Parliament Building to oppose the governments move to strengthen economic ties with the mainland. In washington, White House Press secretary josh earnest welcomed the planned meeting. We would certainly welcome steps that are taken on both sides of the Taiwan Strait to try to reduce tensions and improve crossstrait relations. But earnest also expressed caution. He said the u. S. Will have to wait and see what actually comes out of the meeti