Alltime high, President Trump signed an interim trade deal ahead of that the agreement averts new tariffs on chinese goods that were due to kick in this weekend. It is 4 00 a. M. In the u. K. I am Tracy Alloway in hong kong. You are watching the pound this morning. As soon as we got the exit poll, that was six hours ago, suggested we would see a big majority for Boris Johnson. Everything we have seen seems to confirm we all we will see a big majority for Boris Johnson. The pound goes higher, up by 2. 4 . The euro falls against the pound. We have not just been covering the brexit ramifications. There is also the trade narrative, progress between the u. S. And china. That is having an impact on agricultural products. There are two walls crumbling friday. One is the redwall and the other is the proverbial wall of worries for investors. Look at the price of soybean futures, those are surging off the back of speculation that lots of add products will be bought by ag products will be bought
Are welcome to our International Live from moscow with me. Thanks for tuning in this hour police in the u. K. Have now identified the man suspected of fatally stabbing 2 people in london separately in the netherlands a man who hours later injured 3 people in a stabbing incident in the hague is still at large lets cross live to egos that off for the latest updates on these incidents eagle thanks for joining us what more do you know whats the latest information. Well done the Key Development that happened overnight is indeed as youve just said that the man the suspect the person who was killed in the attack at the London Bridge hes been identified has been identified as the 20 year old man and the key thing to know about that person is that not only had he been known to the Law Enforcement as an islamic extremist he also had a previous conviction for islamic terror. As well in fact he got only released from jail in december and he was still wearing his tracking device at the moment of th
Why is germany giving him and others like him such a hard time. Plus algeria is holding a president ial election to try to months of political turmoil but prodemocracy protesters say its a farce and are urging voters to boycott the poll and. From the streets itself main stage at glastonbury 1st storm z. Claims the crown as britains king of hip hop. Hello im terry barton good to have you with us people in the u. K. Are about to vote in whats being called the most important election in decades they will determine when how or if the country leaves the european union. Prime minister Boris Johnsons conservative party head looks set to be on track for an absolute majority but while recent polls show jeremy corcorans labor gaining ground meaning its now too close to call. Each of these at the Early Morning images Boris Johnson want to voters to see a Prime Minister turn to milk man dutifully delivering to the public. Thank you. For impressively come on the good morning person Prime Minister o
It again ireland the irish tiger you remember this phrase that was used at the time and we were looking at what was the secret to how did ireland manage to transform its economy from that was basically very much agriculture based into a completely modern one so we had the benefit of having of looking at that what were your portuguese then decisions were taken to invest heavily in the technology in the infrastructure in the day the use of data and ideas as fundamental Building Blocks in the meantime investing in our Human Resources to have the right people in the right place and there you have basically the form of our success what nice man dr collins were particularly like a story about the libyan gets landing at the airport lets have a look at that. I was at my office in castillo remember it was about 3 oclock in the afternoon or thereabouts anyway i got this telephone call from our airport officials there tell me Prime Minister weve got a problem i mean really unusual for somebody to
Pulled off in germany. But first, a possible thanksgiving truce on trade. The two deals on the table are moving closer to resolutions. As you can see the markets are happy. President trump saying the u. S. Is in the final throes of reaching a trade deal with china, while mexico says Speaker Pelosi will hold a usmca vote between thanksgiving and the end of november. Edward lawrence has the very latest on the tray front to capitol hill. Sounds likes mexico knows more about this than we do. Reporter david, not a vote. She says she will get the agreement between thanksgiving and the end of november but House Speaker nancy pelosi clearly feeling the pressure. She did release this statement now saying that, quote, we are within range of a substantially improved agreement for americas workers. Now we need to see progress in writing from u. S. Trade representative for final review, using the words, final review there. Mexicos chief negotiator was told by the House Speaker he says, that she sho