Costanie because lawyers so much money. Lets get a check on the markets. Futures are positive. 24 points up on the dow. Up around four points. It is the oil majors leading the game and europe. You see wti on the screen up 2. 8 . We are at a sevenday losing at 1. 13. D the euro is lets go to vonnie quinn. Have a republicans will contested president ial Convention Ted Cruz succeeded over donald trump in the wisconsin primary. Ted cruz calls this a turning point and says republicans now have a real choice. We are winning because we are uniting the republican party. Hillary clinton, get ready. Here we come. Vonnie donald trump is still on top. 143 delegates for john kasich. Noovan donald trump made concessions beach, he issued a statement. Meanwhile, Bernie Sanders is on a hot streak. He beat Hillary Clinton in wisconsin and taking 57 of the vote. Now, he has is eyes on the next prize. The New York Primary is april 19. Helen clark will run for secretary general of the united nations. A wom
A warm welcome to the pulse, live from london. I manus cranny. Rwe and eon have soared in frankfurt street this morning as the German Economy minister says the countrys Utility Companies have enough funds to pay for the decommissioning of nuclear plants. Hunt nichols is standing by in berlin. Hans, this has been one of the theseppressive issues on for quite some time, so this is a relief. Hans it is a relief but it doesnt mean the utilities are out of the woods. Yes, you see the stocks up over 10 , but when you look at where they are on the year, eon is down 36 and rwe is down almost 36 . These stocks have taken a battering. What theyve learned today is that their provisions along with another three companies, the 38 billion they have set aside to decommission their power plants, is going to be sufficient. That is according to the economy minister, sigmar gabriel. Heres what he said in a statement moments ago. Considered scenarios of high provisions improbable. He was referencing a ran
Highw it hit a sevenmonth earlier in the week. This is the dollar index down almost 0. 3 . Weve got to take a look at the way commodities have reacted to this. This has been a big story this week. Starting with crude oil. Wti, becausenymex, yesterday, we saw a drop below 40 a barrel for the First Time Since august. Looking unchanged at the moment. It is above that 40 a barrel mark. Gold rebounding. We did see it trades stronger this week, but it has come generally under downward pressure. It is up 0. 5 . , butr trading pretty flat still near that sixyear low. Industrial metals have been punished this week. Just to highlight some of the stocks weve been watching too, looking at thyssenkrupp, the german steelmaker, it was proposed to increase its fouryear dividend by 36 as profit rose in the 12 months through september. Arcelor mittal, the worlds biggest steelmaker said it is facing challenges because of cheap steel from china. Thyssenkrupp shares coming under downward pressure today. Fi
Reef threatened by human destruction. But first, we start with breaking news out of nigeria. Thats where a female suicide bomber has blown herself up. The attack happened in a crowded market in borno state. Were working on getting more on that attack that took place in nigeria, and well bring it to you. An Egyptian Court has granted bail to two al jazeera journalists. Mohammed fahmy, and Baher Mohamed have been detained for 411 days in a cairo prison. They are accused of colluding with the outlawed muslim brotherhood. Charges they and al jazeera deny. Their colleague, australian peter greste was freed and deported on february 1st. And the trial will resume on february 23rdrd. Reporter this could be the beginning of the end of an ordeal that lasted for more than 400 days. Al jazeeras bureau chief, Mohammed Fahmy and producer Baher Mohamed, have been granted bail at the start of their retrial. [ applause ] reporter Mohammed Fahmy was asked to pay a security bond of around 33,000. Well ab
Two al jazeera journal listists are granted bail. And a break through on the ukrainian conflict as warring parties agree to a ceasefire. The u. N. Secretary general ban kimoon has appealed for urgent action. There is instability after Houthi Rebels officially seized power in a coup last week. Yemen is collapsing before our eyes. We cannot stand by and watch. The country is facing multiple challenges but dangerous political crisis continues in sanaa. The president , the Prime Minister and government ministers and other state officials must be granted freedom of movement. Im concerned about reports of excessive use of force to disperse peaceful demonstrators, and the use of arbitrary arrest and defense of Civil Society, activities and journalists. I call for the protection of human rights especially the rights of Peaceful Assembly and to freedom of expression. Crossing over to taizz in yemen, not only was bankky moon speaking at we also heard from the social advisor. He was highlighting