The moment by the other big stories, the dow, wall Street Holding four days of declines on hopes of a trade breakthrough. S p 500 for the best month since january. With8 candidates past dachshund only real surprise, drs jumping after but ive going his own way, apple will be one of his own clients. Look at how markets closed. Stocks were higher with the s p 500 reversing four sessions of losses. Getting track for the best banks and real estate leading those gains, the dow down by boeing after the the faa revealed new risks related to the 737 max 8 not to mention Energy Shares weighing on the s p 500 and wti falling. U. S. Futures gaining. 2 as we go to the g20 in osaka. Patient futures pointing to a mixed start with g20 kicking off today. It is like a be 20 with the are just the emphasis shinzo abe trying to deflect the threat of auto tariffs this week. The yen below 108, goldman saying it remains cheap. We are waiting on jobs data from japan. South korea will post trade numbers. Also f
Tories to stand down include former Pm Theresa May and former Health Secretary matt hancock. Health secretary matt hancock. Rishi sunak has been greeted by a group of pro Palestine Protesters as he visited a college in the West Midlands this afternoon. The situation was described as tense as the pm arrived at south Staffordshire College in cannock. The last stop on his uk tour. College in cannock. The last stop on his uk tour. Police stop on his uk tour. Police officers formed a guard for mr sunak as his entry to the college was delayed and he was quickly ushered into the building as the crowd surged around him. Whilst inside , around him. Whilst inside, activists with banners and flags chanted free palestine labour chanted free palestine labour has ruled out any deals with the snp after the election , even in snp after the election, even in the event of a hung parliament. Sir keir starmer has been campaigning in the east of glasgow today. Thats one of the seats hes hoping to take from
Is on the way. To fall out over those topics and many more, tonights friday a team top political author and commentator jo anne a team top political author and commentatorJo Anne Nadler radio commentator Jo Anne Nadler radio and fleet street icon mike porky parry, and a man who will always get my vote. The highly electable sports broadcaster and journalist. Vote for me. Aidan journalist. Vote for me. Aidan magee qpr fun ring to it. It rhymes. Great magee qpr fun ring to it. It rhymes. Great things are destined for you. My first on air reaction to news of a snap election and what it means for you after the News Headlines and ray anderson. Ray anderson. Thanks, mark. Our top stories tonight. And as weve just been hearing, michael gove has become the 77th tory mp to announce that he will not stand at the general election, saying its time for a new generation to lead the housing secretary published a letter on social media saying there comes a moment when you know its time to leave. The fo
Last year, facebook said that it plans to boost its team of moderators by more than 3,000. And google says itll increase the number of people monitoring content to a total of ten thousand. Meanwhile twitter has already removed around a million accounts related to terrorism. Its a pressing issue for governments around the world for example germany can now Fine Companies over 60 Million Dollars if they fail to take down extremist material. Elsewhere in the uk, senior ministers have suggested the tech giants could face punitive taxes if they fail to do more in the fight against terrorism. With me is mike weston, founder of radiate b2b good morning. It is a very tricky one, isnt it, there is no clear right or wrong here on how to monitor and remove material is it enough when facebook, twitter, youtube say they are boosting the numbers of those monitoring . youtube say they are boosting the numbers of those monitoring . I think it is very difficult to determine what constitutes an offer. Ho
During their National Anthem, protesting against racism in the us. Donald trump says theyre unpatriotic. And an exhilirating 53 ball century from moeen ali inspires englands cricketers to a comfortable win over west indies in the Third One Day International in bristol. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. Exit polls in germany suggest Angela Merkels party will once again be the largest in parliament after nationwide elections. That means she looks set for a fourth term as chancellor. Her christian democrats came out ahead of the second placed social democratic party, but with a significantly reduced level of support. Perhaps the shock of the day was the success of alternative for germany, now on course to become the first far right movement to enter the bundestag, since the second world war. Our berlin correspondent jenny hill is in the german capital for us tonight. Angela merkel knew shed win this election, but its not the victory shed hoped for. Exit polls suggest support for her p