Performing sectors investors search for safety following the attack seeking safe haven assets like gold and yen. Hitting record highs on the first trading day of the year. Good morning and welcome to street signs. Our top story today, the pentagon confirmed irans top leader Qassim Soleimani was killed he was the head of the quds force. The generals death marks an escalation in tensions between tehran and washington following the u. S. Attacbeing attacked at embassy. We are seeing brent up to 68. 44 you can see about 3. 3 wti, 63 now up equal amounts about 3 . Looking at some Major Oil Companies as well. You can see a lot of those are positioned in the uk you can see bp Royal Dutch Shell up about 3 . On the flip side, weve got travel Companies Trading deeply in negative territory. France air down. Higher oil price not a good thing for the Airline Industry lets talk a little more about the politics and ramifications here lets get out to our correspondent who is in l. A. Today. Talk us mo
Topics panel on the appeasement of President Trump. Coleman, andancis i will be your moderator. We have a distinguish set of panelists who will discuss the impeachment of President Trump from a political and diplomatic perspective. We have a video presentation. I will begin with a short introduction of our panelists. Each will speak for 10 to 15 minutes after each has spoken, we will open it up so they can have reaction to each others presentation, and then we will open it up to questions from the audience. We have professor frank bowman, who is the Floyd R Gibson endowed professor of law at the university of missouri. He is also the author of a recent book, high crimes and misdemeanors a history of impeachment before mr. Trump. He is also the author of a blog, Impeachable Offenses. We have dr. Monica f injured. As an anthropologist of model, her extension of work on private property and ukraine is book,sis for her current property and oligarchy. She works in the u. S. , ukraine, and o
Extensive fieldwork on the creation of privacy and post soviet ukraine is the basis for her current work on property and al arche. Teaching and other jurisdictional, property theory, diplomacy, property law and the law of four. Working with ukraine on ukrainian issues for 25 years started before she became a legal scholar. During her time which included a two or of duty at the u. S. Embassy. He is the executive editor of above the law. A frequent commentator. We are looking forward to a very exciting panel with divergent views and takes on the impeachment process. Our first panelist will be from the professor. Constitutionally sufficient charges. Greetings to everyone in washington. I am frank. Circumstances are such that unfortunately i could not be with you in washington today. The organizers of this panel were kind enough to submit this short film in lieu of a personal appearance. Here are some thoughts on impeachment. Sometime in the next few weeks the effort to impeach and remove
The british empire. And england play montenegro tonight needing just one point to take them to the euros next summer, but theyll have to do it without star player Raheem Sterling who was dropped after his bust up with liverpoolsjoe gomez. Good morning and welcome to the bbc news at 9. The army is preparing fresh defences for flood stricken parts of South Yorkshire as more heavy rain is forecast across the uk. Forecasters are warning there could be a danger to life in the village of fishlake near doncaster where hundreds have been forced to leave their homes and businesses. A yellow weather warning for rain is now in force around sheffield, doncaster and nottingham, and will last until the early hours of friday morning. Tim muffett reports. The floodwaters are dispersing, but more heavy rain is expected here, so soldiers from the light dragoons cavalry regiment have been building barriers to try and protect fishlake. Youve got sandbags here. Yep. You have barriers as well. How does it w
Reduction. 100 flood warnings in place across england tonight as the met office warns that up to five more centimetres of rain could fall. Articial speech ever since i got this voice it was amazing. And the little boy whos been given a new voice thanks to advances in technology. And coming up on sportsday late in the hour on bbc news. England prepare for their ioooth game, the match at wembley against montenegro scould also see them qualify for the euros. Against montenegro should also see them qualify for the euros. Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. Accident and Emergency Departments in england have recorded their worst performance since current records began in 200a. One in six patients waited longer than the four hour target in october and the target for starting Cancer Treatment was missed for the 46th month in a row. The total number of people waiting for routine operations is now nearly 4. 5 million. The labour leader Jeremy Corbyn described the figures as disgrace