And People Living near some rivers in western japan fear an animal is robbing the water of shellfish. Japanese officials are working against a looming deadline trying to bring freelance journalist kenji goto back home. Militants claiming to be with Islamic State have posted a new video online. It says they will kill goto and Jordanian Air force pilot Moaz Kasasbeh if an imprisoned female jihadist is not released in the next 24 hours. The video includes an image of goto holding a photo of kasasbeh, the voice of a man claiming to be japanese journalist relays the demands. He says the jordanian government has been obstructing his freedom by failing to hand over sagida al rishawi. She is currently on death row for her role in a 2005 terrorist attack. She called on the japanese government to put pressure on jordan. He said that he had only 24 hours left to live and kasasbeh had even less time. Jordanian leaders are considering a swap of rishawi for the pilot. Its not clear when the deadline
A killing . We hear from the officers mother. I just hope god takes care of everybody involved. I know theyre grieving like im grieving. North and south american leaders gather for a summit in panama. U. S. cuban relations are warming up, but will barack obama reach out to venezuela. Also, politics between america and venezuela and the damaging effect its having on the local population and the economy. And also in the program, jamie is here keeping a close watch on business. But stephen, not much business in watches. At least in macau, where the jewelry and watch fair there has been called off, because the Chinese Governments anticorruption drive has made such a huge dent in its customer base. Well explain more in half an hour. Hour. A very warm welcome to gmt. Its 12 00 noon here in london 7 00 a. M. In washington, d. C. And 4 00 in the afternoon in Rawalpindi Pakistan where prison officials have confirmed that they have freed the alleged mastermind of the 2008 mumbai terror attacks o
Australian commentator and former cricket captain, Richie Benaud. Hello, thanks for joining us. The summit of the americas gets underway in the coming hours, at a time of great transformation huge challenges and also many opportunities for the region that really are worthy of history. Lets just take the headline act. President obama expected to meet the cuban leader raul castro. When john kerry held his talks with his cuban counterpart, Bruno Rodriguez, in the course of thursday night, that was already the highest level meeting in more than half a century. Have a look at these two. This is the last comparable meeting. Fidel castro meeting the then Vice President richard nixon, in 1959. Just a year after that that diplomatic relations were broken off, as cuba nationalized all american businesses. Fast forward to 1982 and the u. S. Then added cuba to its list of state sponsors of terrorism. That was for offering sanctuary to separatist and colombian rebels. Now the state department has r
U. S. But europe playing catch up to yesterdays rally. The gains over there, about 1 . Pmis looked pretty good too. Oil settling back after rising 9 of the past 11 days. Tip years around 1. 91. The first rate hike shouldnt come until the second half of next year. The deal in delivery space. Fedex buying tnt express for 4. 8 billion. Thats a deal that u. P. S. Failed at just two years ago. We do have the ceo of fedex coming up in a couple of minutes. Speaking of deals, also the largest lbo of the year informatica taken private, 5. 3 billion. Samsung sees profits plunging 30 but still better than what the street was expecting, as apple ramps up the release of the apple watch coming in the next few weeks. First up fedex make ago move to boost its presence in europe. The company agreeing to acquire dutch Package Delivery firm tnt express for 4. 8. The deal comes two years after u. P. S. attempt was blocked by european regulators. Well talk with fedex chairman and ceo fred smith this hour.
Hello. Welcome to countdown. I mark barton. Edwards. We have bloomberg reporter standing by ready to deliver your stories. Hong kong, watching for sony earnings to break. Those are just crossing into bloomberg. Hans nichols has the details. We are digging into the recall of more than 17,000 luxury cars. The scene for the right decision. And Caroline Hyde is looking at results from vodafone. She will focus on emerging markets. Is coming up, big interviews today on bloomberg, focused on earnings. We will be talking to the head of low, the the head of volvo. Also, the man in charge at time daimler and we will bring you the reactions of Credit Suisse. Reactions from switzerlands secondbiggest bank. We are joined on the phone from zurich by manas. It is a mess. The market was looking for a number just under 400. Behind the miss were provisions in two key areas. They have an Ongoing Investigation with the u. S. Tax authority. They have taken a revision of 175 million swiss francs. This is a