Happen sooner than anyone thinks. Progress on a deal with japan. A limited agreement signed after washington withdrew the threat of imminent auto tariffs. The threat of impeachment hangs over the president. He releases the ukraine transcript which you thought had been cleared by the mueller report. Be hearing from plenty of big names from the Bloomberg Global Business Forum including michael corbat, steve schwarzman, and colombian president. Lets get a check of how markets are trading at the moment. We are seeing futures gaining. 3 after they had fallen towards that 56 a barrel level. We heard from saudi arabia that they are going to be ahead of schedule. The drone attacks on saudi arabia and facilities taking out 5 of global supply. We are seeing futures unchanged at the moment after the s p 500 ,ained ground on this session halting three sessions of declines. We saw optimism over trade deals. President trump being more positive over eight potential a potential trade deal with china,
The german tenyear 32 basis points. What is that going to do at the end of the day if they rethink that inflation target . David and what does it mean . Peggy collins pointed out the u. S. Is taking a look at the same thing because Central Banks are saying we had this to ,rcent, it is not this 2 it is not working out. Do we have to take a different approach . Phillip morris the latest earnings coming out. It really highlights those that can take this environment and deliver to boost their forecast, and those that just cant and dont have the Pricing Power like netflix. David then you have honeywell somewhere in between. It beat on earningspershare, a little soft on revenue. It does seem to be weathering the storm of trade uncertainty at the moment. Alix in the market, lets look at how that push and pull is playing out. Netflix well off the lows of the session. Eurodollar taking a steep leg lower on the news about that reflation rethink that inflation rethink by the ecb. Money flowing in
To fight corruption. In the us, a high speed passenger train has de railed. Some passengers died, dozens of others were injured. And in an ever ageing world, we visit california, to see how theyre embracing the challenge of active life in old age. And coming up on sportsday on bbc news, well bring you highlights of tonights only premier league game everton against bottom side swansea. Good evening. President trump has outlined a new National Security strategy focusing on economic stability identifying russia and china as competitors, bent on challenging americas influence and wealth. He said washington had no choice but to deal with the challenge posed by north koreas weapons programme. But he broke with tradition by not mentioning the threat posed to the us by Climate Change, as our north america editor, jon sopel, reports. For two years now, donald trump has talked incessantly about america first. Today, in unveiling his National Security strategy, he gave a slogan, flesh and bones.
Briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. And you can be part of the conversation. Police in china have started using sunglasses featuring facial Recognition Technology it allows officers to scan crowds looking for suspects. A modern tool in the fight against crime . Or does it smack of big brother surveillance . Tell us what you think just use the hashtag bbc the briefing. The recent apparent thaw in relations between north and south korea looks to be taking a backwards step. The North Koreans have now said they have no intention of using the Winter Olympics as a chance to meet american delegates and they are also preparing a huge parade of their military prowess. But the us Vice President mike pence reiterated that all options are on the table. In a speech at a us air base injapan he said his country and its allies were striving to peacefully dismantle north Koreas Nuclear programme and alleviate the suffering of its people. Hes already said the us will
Preparing a huge parade of their military prowess. Us Vice President has reiterated all options are still on the table, he said the us and the allies were striving to dismantle north Koreas Nuclear programme and alleviate the suffering of its people. He has already said the us will institute the uss toughest ever sanctions against north korea. Well, here at pyeongchang, there was hope that it was possible that this high level delegation from the United States and north korea, given that theyre here at the games, might actually sit down and talk to one another. But weve heard from the north korean side that that delegation has, quote, no intention whatsoever of meeting with the us delegation. Were getting this from north koreas official, state run media, which said in an editorial, weve never begged for dialogue with the us in the past, and we dont intend to in the future. And all this as the north prepares a massive display of its military might. Yes, i mean, just as north korea is abo