Condemnation. Emergency in china is story floods forced more than 100000 people from their homes and threaten an ancient statue of the good. And sport byron munich of set up the Champions League final with. The german champions beat lee all 3 nil to reach the biggest game in European Club football. Welcome to the program our top story protesters in baton rouge have defied the governments warnings of a tough crackdown on dissent Alexander Lukashenko has told Law Enforcement agencies to restore order on the streets but protesters in minsk are piling on the pressure accusing the president of rigging use election victory earlier this month and demanding he step down stuff a state run chemical plants have walked off the job joining other factory workers who typically was his supporters in the past but on now calling for a nationwide general strike the protestors have found support with the European Union which has announced a new raft of sanctions and says it wont recognize the Election Res
Jerusalem as the palestinian capital well take you live to turkey and israel. A stunning victory for u. S. Democrats as doug jones claims victory in alabama a special election im a just set back for the Republican Party that could alter the balance of power in the us. Also on the program the Central African republic traumatized children goes inside one of the countrys refugee camps to hundreds of thousands of people displaced and one of the worlds most overlooked conflicts. And in the bundesliga cologne face a near impossible challenge stuff on the route and backside is on the box of they havent won a big match this season and they visit the german champions munich tonight. Im phil gayle welcome to the program. Germanys chancellor is launching a second attempt to form a new government following septembers elections im glad michaels previous bit collapsed after three democrats pulled out of talks with the conservatives in the green party a social democrat conference recently gave Party
We will look at chinas been on north korea and coal. We breakdown chinas trade data as soon as it comes in. And singapore looking ahead with budget announcement to do later on. From sydney we break down the latest attorneys from the minors in australia. In new york world we will be discussing krafts surprise withdraw from a merger with unilever. And a deal for bank of americas boss. 20 million for Brian Moynihan. Coming daybreak asia from the u. S. And asian headquarters, im betty liu in new york where it is just after 6 p. M. It is just after 7 a. M. In hong kong. A pretty mixed day for markets it seems on this monday. Japan trades will be the one to watch at this hour. And they will be focusing on global trade in the next two hours today. With two former trade negotiators joining us. Betty it is interesting we are talking about all of this at a time when trumps lieutenants call them are out and about in europe and asia trying to appease everyones concerns about what exactly the u. S.
Lets look at how all of this is playing out. Getting is up to speed is david. Good morning. We are watching these things today. You can take a look at what is happening and some of these markets are getting way now. This will change with the regional benchmark. There is not a lot for people to trade at this point in time. We have the developments on the weekend from the summit. There are a few things i want to mention. There are trades in singapore that have the government increasing duties on tobacco. They may be too early to lift restrictions there. Has copied prices and home prices come out in 30 minutes from now. Will we continue to see the . Ains in property prices stay tuned for that one. Inflation is the biggest threat to economies. That is one thing i want to mention. As far as currencies are concerned, a little change. Not really doing a lot at this point in time. Aussie dollar, there we go. I want to show you that the and what we saw was the biggest oneweek decline in its. In