Reprieve for hundreds of thousands of young immigrants in the u. S. The Supreme Court rejects President Trumps plan to end the program that protects them and we hear from coronavirus survivors in the democratic republic of congo who say theyre being ostracized. Thank you for joining us 2 canadians detained in china have been formally charged with espionage former diplomat michael called drake and businessman Michael Spada or have been hell since 2018 their arrest has been seen as a tit for tat response by beijing after a candid arrested while executive. She is facing proceedings that could see her extradited to the United States on fraud charges as bring in katrina you in beijing for us secretary to tell us 1st about these charges and what happens next in the case of these 2 canadians. So as we understand it fully the cases of michael covert and michael spade will have now been handed over to chinese prosecutors is in beijing and the Northeastern State Northeastern Province of leon ng
Stepping down after 10 years at the helm apples tim cook defending his decision to pull an app from the iphone Worldwide Exchange begins right now. Good morning. Welcome. Im Contessa Brewer in for Brian Sullivan crude prices as a result of news an oil tanker has caught fire. Well go live now to tehran. What news are you getting here who is behind it reporter good morning, contessa we dont know who is behind it right now. But the National Iranian company says that vessel that belongs to them has sustained damage to its hull after it was hit by two explosions within a half hour. Iranians are saying that this was an act of terrorism. They suspect the damage was caused by missile strikes. They say the ship was about 60 miles off the port city when the attack happened. Iranians are denying any serious damage they say two store rooms had been hit it has been contained now. Also that the crew on board are safe they are working to stabilize the ship there were reports that the ship was on fire
Good morning, everyone. Good afternoon if you are watching from asia. This is bloomberg surveillance. I am in italy for the ember city ambrosetti forum. Lot to do with the economy, the trade war, with no end in sight. Although the two sides did decide to meet her we go back to our wall of worry. What im looking at. European stocks were up at the open a touch, now they are down. 1 . A lot will have to with the number we get from u. S. Jobs. Looking at treasuries, they are slowing some of the declines we saw yesterday and we shot a sharp selloff. Im also looking at gold. It is probably the perfect litmus test when comes to risk on or risk off. And wti, there is little change their. There. So we will get back to the markets and great interviews, but first, lets get straight to london and first word news. Hong kongs Credit Rating has that is as months of persistent protests and violence continue. Fitch says it is testing the framework that governs the relationship with china. Carrie lam sa
Recordtying sixth u. S. All around title if that does not impress you, just think about this, she did a double twisting, double summer salt dismount from a balance beam unreal its monday, august 12th and Worldwide Exchange begins right now. Good morning, good afternoon or good evening and welcome from wherever in the world you may be watching im brian sullivan. Happy monday well, at least for now we are seeing a little of the craziness for the recent market moves take a break to start the week, although li will say this, futures are now down they were down 50 points just about 15 minutes ago then we had the headlines about all flights being cancelled out of hong kongs airport and saw futures take a leg down. We lost 75 points like that. You never know whats going to happen the rest of the day in the bond market, bond yields remaining a little steady. The bond yield still on the ten year very, very low at 1. 685 again, this is what you want to watch, 1. 59, 1. 65, the twoten spread that
Headquarters here in new york. Good to be with you. Im annemarie green. Well, today millions of americans will celebrate our nations 243rd birthday, but for the first time a sitting u. S. President is breaking with tradition and holding a splashy event on Independence Day. Hes ordered tanks across washington. He has dubbed this years fourth of july event a salute to america, but critics are calling this event a tax for america make america great. Mark liver man has more. The president is promising the biggest fireworks ever. All the talk of pomp and circumstance is being marred by scrutiny and controversy. The u. S. Capitol is getting ready for an Independence Day celebration unlike any other. President trumps salute to america will take place this evening on the national mall. Its expected to be a show of strength with the military playing a starring role alongside mr. Trump. Warplanes will conduct a flyover of the capitol joined by aircraft from the president ial fleet. The problem i