December 2008. Brent had its best day since collecting data. You are still looking at wti at 61. 81 and present at 65. 85 in asia, the knnikkei up about 3 points this morning, some early trading in europe, fairly muted there. Ftse slightly higher in france, the cac slightly down, so is the dax. Check out treasury yields, the soyear is now yielding 1. 833 the 30 year a little lower but well above what weve seen in recent months. Lets talk about the corporate story of the morning wework now delaying its ipo. Surprise but says it will still go public by the end of the year the company has been prepared for its investor road show which was supposed to take place today. But made the decision last night to stand down. This reportedly over concerns that there is not enough stock mark et investors. Work reporting they will not go public until at least october at the earliest adam neumann wants to get through the jewish holidays before he considers the next steps. Because that is what is keepin
Is slashing its workforce by 20 . A warm welcome to the programme, briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. And you can be part of the conversation. Summer is in full swing in the uk, and temperatures are rising. So today we want to know, is a strict dress code at work a good thing . Does what you wear make you more or less productive . Tell us what you think. Just use the hashtag bbcthebriefing. Greeces leftist Prime Minister, alexis tsipras, has conceded defeat in the countrys snap general election. With the results still coming in, the centre right Opposition Party new democracy has won, with current projections showing it is closing in on an absolute majority. Mr tsiprass syriza party seems to to have paid the price for failing to oppose austerity measures imposed by the eu in return for financial bailouts. Our correspondent mark lowen reports from athens. A victory cry for a change of guard greeces centre right new democracy cheering its new era, wi
Around the world. Coming up, we are broadcasting live from halifax, from the Adult Eating Disorder Service of West Yorkshire and harrogate. We are going to meet doctors and patients including a woman whos had anorexia for a0 yea rs. Woman whos had anorexia for a0 years. Shes been in hospital 15 times. Also, former emmerdale actor gemma 0aten who was diagnosed with anorexia aged ten. She nearly died four times but has now recovered after yea rs of four times but has now recovered after years of treatment. Music the locomotion. Performers from this years Glastonbury Festival including Kylie Minogue have donated items of clothing to 0xfam, to campaign against cheap throwaway fashion. And coming up in sport, a big day at wimbledon with 15 year old coco gauff, facing her biggest challenge yet, in former world number one simona halep. Good morning and welcome to the bbc news at 9. British airways is facing a fine of £183 million after data belonging to hundreds of thousands of its customers
German Lender Deutsche Bank announces a massive restructuring. A fifth of its workforce face the axe, many in london. A masterpiece of human creative genius. High praise indeed from unesco for jodrell genius. High praise indeed from unesco forjodrell bank as it is awarded World Heritage status. Here at wimbledon its another manic monday, with britainsjohanna konta bidding to reach the quarter finals, along with 15 year old coco gauff, who faces her biggest challenge yet in former world number one simona halep. And it is only a chance of a shower at wimbledon today. Mostly dry, with at wimbledon today. Mostly dry, with afair bit at wimbledon today. Mostly dry, with a fair bit of sunshine. But we do have some rain across the northern half of the country. We will have more details about that and the sport later. It is monday 8july. Our top story President Trump has criticised britains ambassador in washington after e mails were leaked in which he called the white house dysfunctional and i
The truth behind them. We start in brazil and a crucial summit to protect the amazon rain forest. The leaders of eight South American countries that share the amazon are gathering the first time in 45 years theres been a meeting like this. Scientists are concerned that deforestation in the amazon may be approaching an irreversible Tipping Point. Brazils president Lula Da Silva is hoping for a co ordinated regional approach, to tackle illegal mining and logging as well as other environmental crimes. The amazon rainforest, is a crucial buffer against Climate Change and 60 of it is located in brazil. It acts as a major carbon sink absorbing Carbon Dioxide emissions. President lula has already promised to end deforestation by 2030. Rainforest destruction had surged under his predecessor, jair bolsonaro. And it appears some progress is already being made. Injuly of this year, 500 Square Kilometres of rainforest was cleared in brazil 66 less than injuly of last year. The rainforest is home