surveillance. i am francine lacqua in london. we start with data. it is eurozone pmi figures. they are just below expectations. when you look at the euro area in january, services pmi fell to 53 .6. economists were forecasting 53.8. when you look at the manufacturing pmi, it rises to 55.1. pointrecast was that 54 eight. anything above 50 indicates an expansion. services a little bit below manufacturingbut better than expectations. let s get straight to the markets to see whether there is a bit of dollar-euro movement. the is my picture for markets. watch out, as always, for the dollar. it has been erasing some of the earlier losses. emerging stocks are gaining. this is the picture for the european stocks, putting much flat. 1.2502.d currently a lot of weakness on the turkish lira. the msci world index overall a touch up. we will have plenty more from the markets. first, let s get to the first word news. here is nejra cehic. nejra: donald trump has pulled the u.s. from the tr
nigeria s agriculture minister, audu ogbeh. when president buhari came to power 18 months ago, he raised hopes that he would reform the country. instead, nigeria is involved in its worst recession for 20 years. there is widespread food insecurity in the north and growing unrest. why can t this oil rich nation with plenty of farmland feed its own people and enjoy greater stability? minister audu ogbeh, welcome to hardtalk. thank you very much for inviting me here. we ve seen 2 million people displaced by boko haram in the north of nigeria. terrible food insecurity there now. the un humanitarian office is warning of severe food shortages. nearly half a million children face acute malnutrition and that people will die if aid is not given. are you managing to get these people some food to eat? we are managing to get them some food. my ministry sent over 10,000 tonnes of grain, about four months ago. on a regular basis the national emergency management authority sends anything up
of the delegates of the annual world economic forum nigeria s agriculture minister, audu ogbeh. when president buhari came to power 18 months ago, he raised hopes that he would reform the country. instead, nigeria is involved in its worst recession for 20 years. there is widespread food insecurity in the north and growing unrest. why can t this oil rich nation with plenty of farmland feed its own people and enjoy greater stability? minister audu ogbeh, welcome to hardtalk. thank you very much for inviting me here. we ve seen 2 million people displaced by boko haram in the north of nigeria. terrible food insecurity there now. the un humanitarian office is warning of severe food shortages. nearly half a million children face acute malnutrition and that people will die if aid is not given. are you managing to get these people some food to eat? we are managing to get them some food. my ministry sent over 10,000 tonnes of grain, about four months ago. on a regular basis the nati
access pipeline? that s the demand by thousands of activists who took to the streets across the country tuesday from los angeles to just outside the white house where senator bernie sanders unexpectedly joined the rally. we beg president obama in any way you possibly can, stop the pipeline. amy: we will air bernie sander speech outside the white house, then speak to his former advisor economist, jeffrey sachs, as well as tara houska of honor the earth and first nations leader kevin hart. all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i m amy goodman. we are broadcasting from marrakesh, morocco, the u.n. climate summit. actions were held in hundreds of cities worldwide tuesday to protest the $3.8 billion dakota access pipeline, which would carry crude from the bakken oilfields of north dakota, through south dakota, iowa, and illinois. the project has faced months of resistance from the standing rock sioux tribe, represent
secretary of state john kerry vows the obama administration will continue to battle the climate crisis in the remaining two months before donald trump takes office. but will obama stop the dakota access pipeline? that s the demand by thousands of activists who took to the streets across the country tuesday from los angeles to just outside the white house where senator bernie sanders unexpectedly joined the rally. we beg president obama in any way you possibly can, stop the pipeline. amy: we will air bernie sander speech outside the white house, then speak to his former advisor economist, jeffrey sachs, as well as tara houska of honor the earth and first nations leader kevin hart. all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i m amy goodman. we are broadcasting from marrakesh, morocco, the u.n. climate summit. actions were held in hundreds of cities worldwide tuesday to protest the $3.8 billion dakota access pipeline, w