Hello and welcome to world news today. We begin in syria where, according to the United Nations, air strikes by the governments armed forces and its allies have killed at least a hundred people in the last ten days. 26 of them were children. The uns human rights chief, michelle bachelet, has accused the International Community of treating the violence with, as she puts it, apparent indifference. The fighting has been taking place in idlib provice, in the north west of syria, which is one of the last strongholds of the rebel groups which rose up against president bashir. Imogen foulkes reports. Five year old, trying to desperately save her baby sister from an air strike. Hours later, maria jett died from injuries. This is the last area of the serious deliverable hands, also tell him to millions of civilians. United nations has warned for months that a battle here would come at a huge cost to civilian life. The area is supposed to be a de escalation zone. But in recent weeks, Syrian Forc
For a no deal brexit. Now on bbc news, live to singapore for Asia Business report. A cutting response. The fed lowers its Interest Rates for the first time in more than a decade, but the us president and Investors Show their disappointment. Indias Smartphone App economy. How young social media stars can earn more than engineers and lawyers. Smartphone economy. Hello and welcome to Asia Business report, im sharanjit leyl. We start with the us, because the Federal Reserve has cut its main Interest Rate for the First Time Since the financial crisis. The 0. 25 cut had been widely expected by investors, but as Michelle Fleury is reporting, you can see how the markets reacted, you can see investors expressing their disappointment and donald trump also expressing his disappointment after chairmanjerome expressing his disappointment after chairman Jerome Powell called expressing his disappointment after chairmanJerome Powell called the move a midcycle adjustment rather than a turning point in
The u. S. Federal reserve cuts Interest Rates for the first time in over a decade. President trump tweets his t spleasure it doesn far enough for him. The first night of democratic debate in detroit was a battle for the direction of the democratic party. Now it is time for round 2. Sen. Warren i dont understandd why angoes to the trouble of running for the president of the United States ju to talk about what we cant do and shouldnfor. Laura plus, an unlikely Tourist Destination is pulling in the crowds. Whywn is one ton the austrian alps suddenly so popular . Laura for those watching on pbs and around the globe, welcome td wews america. The u. S. Federal reserve has cut Interest Rates for the First Time Since the financial crisis of 2008. Fed chairman Jerome Powell says the quarter of a point reduction was designed to keep the economy growing for as long possible he start of a longterm cycle of cuts. That has drawn the ire of President Trump, who tweeted, powell t us down. Michelle fle
Big tech is under the spotlight today, with leading firms summoned to the white house for a meeting on curbing violent online extremism. It comes just days after two Mass Shootings in the us, which left 31 people dead. The suspect in the texas shooting posted material on the controversial 8chan online message board before the attack. Pressure was already mounting on tech firms after the christchurch shootings in new zealand, which were livestreamed on facebook. 51 people perished in the attack. The Global Internet forum to counter terrorism, set up by firms like facebook and twitter, have already pledged to do more to identify and remove extremist content and says its rolled out a Cross Platform counter violent extremist toolkit. The forum has also promised to do more to block offensive content as violent events actually unfold. But that may not be enough for white house officials. Donald trump says he wants the tech firms to develop tools that can detect mass shooters before they stri
Economy about to lift . Borisjohnson is in scotland where hes met with first minister Nicola Sturgeon and scottish conservative leader Ruth Davidson who are both against a no deal brexit. Here he is with Nicola Sturgeon. One times journalist has captioned that image for us. When someone says we should catch up soon and then they actually follow through. Heres the close up view. And heres what that meeting sounded like lots of booing as borisjohnson arrived. Well, we cant know what was going through Nicola Sturgeons head but this is what she said after the meeting. Behind on the bluff and bluster, this government and the path its perceiving is dangerous, its clear to me this government and the Prime Minister has said the uk on an inevitable path to know del brexit, the position its taken makes it difficult to see how any deal could be struck with the eu and i think its catastrophic for scotland and the whole uk. I made it clear to borisjohnson at my opposition at brexit and no deal brex