Terrorists. Thats from britains science chief as he slams u. S. Tech company for turning a blind eye to misuse of their services. And u. S. Voters head to the polls today with the key Midterm Elections deciding which Party Controls congress and whether there will be two more years of political gridlock in washington. Youre watching Worldwide Exchange, bringing you Business News from around the globe. And we have to kick off with our top story, which is oil today. Of course, its down 27 since it peaked in 2014. June and down over 10 since the start of october, down 1. 6 , as you can see so far today. Really, quite an astonishing move yesterday. In fact, it was up at the start of day when the saudis announced they were going to be increasing the price to the far east and then they announced they would be cutting to price to the u. S. Seeing a sharp selloff as we went through the course of the day. Even though i think theres a bit of complacency in the longterm oil price, in the shortterm
Deployed early. You are very welcome. A warm welcome to the second hour of the program. Ryanair says a slowdown in europe might even be a good thing for the airline. Ryanair is raising its profit and 700 70etween 750 million euros. Here to talk about it is Michael Oleary. Thank you for coming to spend time with us. Tell us what underlines this conflict with some of the european airlines. Reflection ofis a what we started 12 months ago. Much stronger forward bookings. Always Getting Better Customer Service improvements is a dream. As we expand across europe, the airports are becoming more desperate for our traffic growth. Time whenanding at a business is booming. Those airports you are talking to, who are you having the strongest conversations with, and who is hungry for your business . Lufthansa, you have transactions. We announced alone that will open in march. We have just opened a new base in glasgow, where they are even flat either flat or cut capacity. Youre going to give Signific
To this question, who is responsible for what i call the civilian front. We have to realize in israel, my term of what we call home front is the civilian front. Because in israel, we have two fronts. We have the military front, which is nicely orchestrated. We have clarity of hierarchy. Everything is clear. How the orders go. But when we come to the issues of the civilian front, which is much more complex, much more complex, nobody knows what who is responsible for what . We dont have this whole issue of accountability, authority and responsibility. Israel is excuse me for using french, primitive. Its primitive. And we cannot come and bring ourselves to structure it in accordance with my logics, politics is a major obstacle, major obstacle in this respect. I dont want to end with grim prospect. But we have several major issues that still have to be dealt with. You know, very basic ones, not just tactical ones. Very basic ones. Number one, who is responsible for the population in terms
Voting is now underway in americas midterm elections. Republicans are expected to make big gains. Polls show they could wrest control of the senate from the democrats and they are also expected to increase the majority in the house of representatives. While support for president barack obama and his policies has waned during his second term. His popularity has hit a new low. Although his name is not on the ballot, it may as well be. Todays vote is seen by many as a referendum on his performance in office. Voters lining up to cast their ballots in new hampshire. This is one of the states that will be watched closely as a result come in. Most agree that if democrats lose here, their prospects of holding onto the senate will diminish. Many think it could go down to the wire. I think its going to be a very tight race, but i think this is what its all about, to be able to vote and have a voice and hopefully select people that you think are going to represent the state the most appropriately
Baseball. Announcer from abc news, this week with George Stephanopoulos begins now. Good morning. Its an image sparking hope and fear for many americans. Christian missionary and ebola patient dr. Kent brantley back in the u. S. Walking into Emory University hospital saturday. Then reuniting with his wife through a glass wall. Bazi kanani starts us off. With the latest on this extraordinary operation to bring bra brantly home. Reporter dr. Kent brantly arriving saturday, the first ebola patient on u. S. Soil, whisked through atlanta by balance. Then, thats him on the right in a full bio suit, walking, with assistance, into a special Isolation Unit at Emory University. A 5,000mile journey from liberia on a jet modified with a tent to prevent contact with bodily fluids, which is how the disease is spread. Officials say theyre confident his treatment and that of his colleague, nancy, who will arrive in a few days wont put the public at risk. We do not believe any health care worker, any o