Year in dubai and it looks like those celebrations are going off. Thousands of people were expected to gather, as we can see there are still crowds of people just a few blocks away from what was the sight of this fire, horrific images that really broke out two hours before the new year celebration. We saw them here on cnbc, we saw them across social media, people tweeting these pictures. Something to see. And very dramatic to happen just a few hours before and admitted a new years of tension in some parts of the world, it was the celebration canceled in brussels because of some threats there. Tensions for obvious reasons in paris, some in singapore and now we have this, the first thought always turns to thoughts of terrorism when you see a fire like this on new years eve, but to this point the government is saying thats not the case. It was simply a fire that broke out on the 20th floor of that hotel there in Downtown Dubai and the celebration apparently continuing off. Sue, do you hav
Angela merkel among the well wisher for World Champion f1 Michael Schumacher following his operation on a serious brain injury. And a fiery train collision in the United States forces the evacuation in a small town. The latest in a string of concerns about oil by rail traffic. And a warm welcome to the last trading day of 2013. And investors, certainly stock investors might be sorry to say goodbye to this year. Its been quite a stellar year. This wont be the most important trading day of the year, probably the least important trading day of the year. Some markets some closinged. Japan closed yesterday. Germany, switzerland, ireland, athens closed yesterday, as well. Right now on the stoxx 600, premature, advancers outpace decliners around 6 to 4. This is where we stand at the moment. The ftse 100 is up 18 points. If you look at the annual figures in a few moments, the cac 40 is up 0. 2 . The ibex is fairly flat. This is what asia markets have done today. The nikkei closed yesterday, as
Breaking this morning, the nypd on a manhunt. Its crazy. I live here and i i no he two cops getting shot . Its ridiculous. Police scouring new york city for two male suspects who allegedly shot two plainclothes nypd officers overnight. Surveillance video shows one of the suspects at a shop window and turning and a the suspect fire as gun. The officers responding to a robbery at a Grocery Store in the bronx near the end of their shift. As two of the officers approached the male. The other suspect inside the store came out and fired on the officers. The officers returned fire and during the exchange two anticrime officers was wounded. One of the ostsers, a 30yearold male is in critical but stable condition after suffering gunshot wounds to his arm and lower back. The other, a 38yearold shot in the chest and arm, also in stable condition. Its getting dangerous out here. New York Police Commissioner said the suspects fled the scene in a van later found abandoned. Shortly after the shooting