And manus cranny. French president hollande heads to russia today to enlist the help of president putin against Islamic State, a task made more complicated by turkeys downing of a russian jet. Hollande urged Angela Merkel to step up germanys government been to the cause. Ryan chilcote is in moscow for us. Things have changed a lot since hollande first planned his trip to russia. Update us. Russias spat with turkey is only growing. Russia today announcing new restrictions on turkish imports. There is some talk that they could go after food imports. It looks like they are going after industrial goods like detergent, some food imports. This after many russian tour operators canceled packages for russian tourists to turkey. Turkey is the biggest destination for russian tourists outside the former soviet union. This is a trade response, not a military response. If you look at the ruble today, you see something interesting. Thisuble down just a cad morning, but so is oil. You look at the las
Headquarters in london. France seen off today. What else have we got coming up for you today . Political powerhouse will join us this hour for a conversation. And bowie, does he become the olders winner of the brits . P. M. I. Data breaking for the eurozone as we speak. 62. 7. Later hour well dig into these numbers with an economist for deutsche bank. Were going to get his take on why the french data this morning is so disappointing. Lets begin with our top story this morning. Theave breaking news out of ukraine capital this morning. First off, the truce that the ukrainian president announced last night appears to be crumbling. Lashes have resumed at incidence square. A group has taken policeman hostage. They have captured them. Pictures show a priest leading police who have been captured. They have been brought to medical attention. Troops came under fire from what it says was a sniper position on a nearby rooftop. The ukrainian interior industry saying 20 of its police have been inju
Hello, welcome to countdown. Im mark barton. Edwards. Nna stay with bloomberg all morning because we have big interviews coming your way. The first door opening in dubai, the First International store. We will be speaking with the ceo , taking us through the decision, later on countdown. Exclusive interviews, u. S. Relations with the u. K. , and ,ollowing the latest earnings an exclusive conversation. States and the European Union have or although the list of russians targeted for further sanctions over crimea. Eu leaders met for the second day of a twoday summit in brussels. The possibility of more sanctions top the agenda. Ryan chilcote is in brussels with the latest. Good morning. Late last night, the eu expanded its blacklist of russian officials that will be subjected to asset freezes and travel bans based on short of economic sanctions. I followed her next mention of the United States blacklist. They expanded the number of officials they will expose to asset freezes, broadening i
To former u. S. Ambassador bar rain will join us to discuss the crisis in iraq. The joint effort between the u. S. And iran to tackle sunni extremist in the country. The Guardian Newspaper says news corp. Faces possible corporate charges related to phone hacking and bribery, according to prosecutors. Here with morris ryan chilcote. They may interview Rupert Murdoch as a suspect in the case. The u. K. Police. We also know now that prosecutors are considering corporate charges against news corp. It dealt. The fact that they are considering corporate charges is not new. In fact, it was revealed many times during the eight months trial. However, because of the u. K. Law that calls for national a doubt the groundwork for fair trials, reporters were not allowed to report until the trial ins. Rebekah brooks found not guilty, jurors are still deliberating over whether he should be convicted for bribery. We are getting a sense now is the trial wraps up where this could go. How likely is it that
Countdown hello welcome to hello. Welcome to countdown. At 11 00 a. M. London time, eu ministers will hold an extraordinary meeting in brussels. The deteriorating relationship with russia and the threat posed by islamist militants and iraq. International correspondent hans nichols is in brussels. They have a lot to discuss and just the first day. They have very little hard intelligence about what is happening on the ground in both of the situation. Iraq appears to be improving but on ukraine, theres a great deal of conclusion confusion so there will be an attempt to see clarity. Its unlikely there will be another round of sanctions according to an eu official. They will assess the impact of and thenimport ban they will try and figure out what is actually happening right now in the city of donetsk. Vladimir putin in crimea talking about a worsening crisis. There are reports from local of armored incursions into rebel held territory. We still do not know what will be happening with this