Purge in the countrys leadership. 11 princes, four current ministers and dozens of former ministers have been detained in a campaign to stamp out corruption. Crown Prince Mohammed bin salman, whos in charge of the new Anti Corruption committee, appears to have sidelined powerful rivals. It seems the heads of the Saudi National guard and navy have been replaced. Staying in saudi arabia, state media there says the military has shot down a missile over the capital, riyadh. Officials believe the weapon was fired from yemen, where houthi rebels, backed by iran, are fighting the saudi backed government. Mohamed taha from bbc arabic says its clear the houthis intended to cause major damage. It couldnt be denied because, as you said, whether the missile or part of it hit the airport or a building in the airport, whether it has been intercepted or not, but you know, at the end of the day, there is a fire, there is explosion in parts of the airport. Im sure what happened tonight will have a very
1 of merkels conservatives. A new study finds he would beat the chancellor in a vote. President trump prepares to talk trade with trudeau as white house seeks to rewrite controversial immigration order after a setback in the courts. Good morning, everybody. Happy monday. Guess what week it is this week . Valentines. Yes. I knew you would say that. Celebrating love all this week. I think weve got some special valentines segments tomorrow. Looking forward to it. Treats. The chocolates. Our European Equity markets this morning opening on a slightly higher note. Were looking at some of the smaller market trading in negative territory. By and large, regional half percentage point puts 100 behind that. If we glance at our main sectors out there and where some of the money is flowing to the upside chemicals, autos, bake Resources Trading higher by more than a third percent at the moment. Copper hitting the highest level since may 2015 after a strike at the worlds biggest copper mine. Support
For donald trump. In the last few hours he met withjordans King Abdullah ii. Thats the two of them with their wives in the oval office. Its a big deal, but its overshadowed on thursday. Chinas president xijinping. He is visiting. That will happen at the president s Golf Resort Maralago in florida. He has been plenty of times taking office. It could be awkward. This is a private members club, the New York Times is telling us about this man, this businessman who is a staunch critic of the Chinese Government and also a member at the golf club. He might bump into the leaders. Remember this photo . This was mr trump and Japanese Pm Shinzo Abe being briefed after a north Korean Missile launch. Both men were briefed in front of the members of the club. The photo was taken by a member of the resort. Unusual environment. Rajini vaidyanathan joins us from washington. It is fairto it is fair to say that xi jinping has not done much diplomacy in an environment like this . If we talk about the dipl
For donald trump. In the last few hours he met withjordans King Abdullah ii. Thats the two of them with their wives in the oval office. Its a big deal, but its overshadowed on thursday. Chinas president xijinping. He is visiting. That will happen at the president s Golf Resort Maralago in florida. He has been plenty of times taking office. It could be awkward. This is a private members club, the New York Times is telling us about this man, this businessman who is a staunch critic of the Chinese Government and also a member at the golf club. He might bump into the leaders. Remember this photo . This was mr trump and Japanese Pm Shinzo Abe being briefed after a north Korean Missile launch. Both men were briefed in front of the members of the club. The photo was taken by a member of the resort. Unusual environment. Rajini vaidyanathan joins us from washington. It is fairto it is fair to say that xi jinping has not done much diplomacy in an environment like this . If we talk about the dipl
Another 832 people have died of the virus in spain in the past 2a hours thats the highest number the country has recorded in a single day since the start of the pandemic. China loosens the lockdown in wuhan as Officials Say all new cases were brought into the country. Hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. Were covering all the latest coronavirus developments here in britain and globally. More than 600,000 cases have now been confirmed worldwide. In england, the government begins testing front line nhs staff this weekend. Its following days of criticism that Health Workers with symptoms have been unable to treat patients. Wales began testing critical healthworkers last week. Three new temporary hospitals in birmingham, manchesterand cardiff will be set up to help cope with the coronavirus crisis. Another hospital is being set up in Londons Excel Centre will be available for use next week. The city where the coronavirus pandemic began, wuhan in china, has partial