Charity finds one in Saeed Mohammed Al Naboodah Group Trophy Handicap to have been bullied. And a light show and the Southern Hemisphere. Good morning. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. A huge car bomb in the Afghanistan Capital Kabul has killed at least 80 people and injured over 350. The huge explosion happened in the Diplomatic Quarter of the city near the French Embassy during morning rush hour. Our correspondent Harun Najafizada is at the scene and sent this report. This is the scene of the huge bombing which rocked the Afghan Capital kabul. Today we understand it was a water tanker or a lorry full of explosives which hated this strategic location right in the heart of kabul. It is very close to the german embassy, the indian embassy, the french and british embassies. It is also walking distance from the provincial palace. The police have cordoned off the area at the moment and we are not allowed to move further than this for several reasons. One of them is that there might be another
Shout out to President Trump with this, i guess. Im wilfred frost, good morning to you from me as well. Final trading day of may. Did break that sevenday winning streak yesterday for stocks. Still stocks are up for the month of may. The nasdaq is the clear winner up almost 2. 5 . The s p is up a little more than a percent. And the dow is up less than a percent. This is all monthly figures im giving you on this final trading session of the month. Dow futures down 6 points in early action. S s p and nasdaq up. Tech is up 4. 5 for the month as a whole. Tech as a defensive, tech, Consumer Staples and utilities are best groups. 7 out of 11 sectors are higher for the month. Br broadbased rally. The british pound, sterling taking a hit after the release of the late ef yst poll which s theresa may could lose the majority after next weeks election. Sterling down to 1. 2785. Yougov is not calling this a pot but a projection. They are staking a lot on the data, saying this is a possibility but we
We will have the latest, but first, lets check in on the markets with mark barton. Mark e. U. Go. Look at the right hand side of the chart. Look at the map. Tories 315. 326 is the number they need. They are not going to get that number. This is not a brexit type of exit. European stocks are rising. Ftse is gaining because of the weak pound. Biggest decline since june 27. Sterling two day chart. That is when the exit polls came out at 10 p. M. Last night. Wed be down as much as 2. 5 . Vote, the expectations were if we got a Hung Parliament, sterling could fall as much as 1. 20. The median forecast. The 10 before the Vote Deutsche Bank set if we get a labour victory, the 10 year goes up. If we get a tory, small majority we go down to 90 basis points. Fascinating times, but its ver y much a localized Market Reaction. Francine thank you so much. She promised strong and stable. But we have this morning is anything but. The snap election gamble has backfired. Losing seats rather than gaining
Theres a sweep of clouds coming through, thats not a big deal and were getting early sun. Temperatures are starting out cool, 47 degrees in allentown. 54 in philadelphia. 46 in millville. Low 50s around trenton. Mid 50s in wilmington. Winds not all that strong, it might be cool enough to throw a jacket on the kids, but man, they are not going to need it for long. Accuweather says 56 degrees and cool by 7 00 a. M. Noon, 77 degrees, 3 00 p. M. , 81 high of 84 around 4 00 p. M. By 7 00 p. M. Tonight, 79 if you ever plans to head out this evening, and do something out and about youre looking at a nice night for that. Pollen forecast medium for the next couple of days, as the heat and humidity rises well see the pollen leaves rise as well. Well talk about the heat coming in the seven day forecast just ahead. Reporter good morning, vinet expressway at the schuylkill expressway, no weat was shut don overnight for construction, but moving just fine right now. We have an issue in east falls rig
Aus north korea as a brutal regime after a us student that was imprisoned there guys. Stay hydrated, as the uk heatwave continues. Imprisoned there guys. Imprisoned there has died. Good morning. Its tuesday 20th june. Im annita mcveigh. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. The Serious Fraud office has charged barclays and four former executives including former chief Executivejohn Varley with fraud over the banks dealings with qatar at the height of the financial crisis. Barclays raised Emergency Funding from qatar in 2008 to avoid a government bail out. Now barclays has become the first bank to Face Criminal Charges for actions during the financial crisis. With me is ben thompson. The first Senior Executives to face charges over alleged activities in that period of the financial crisis. Tell us more period of the financial crisis. Tell us more about what the charges are. You have two turn the clock back to 2008, the height of the crisis. Three of the biggest banks said they we re three of th