Hello richard gives birth in europe the listening post here are some of the media stories weve been tracking this week elections are coming up in egypt and hungary given what president elsisi and Prime Minister or a band have done to the media in their countries they dont have to worry about the way theyre being covered subliminal messages and life sentences six journalists convicted in turkey for allegedly plotting against the government the aftermath of the School Shootings in florida is reverberating throughout the u. S. News media. And amidst the fun in games to celebrate Chinese New Year one particular sketch on television about africans that the producers probably want to take back. If youre a journalist covering the upcoming election in egypt your contacts in the Security Services may prove more useful than those you have in parliament there have been more arrests than manifestos and the candidates are dropping like flies take abdul more name for example he decided not to run ag
I know i Maryam Namazie in london youre watching aljazeera also coming up nigeria says its deploying more troops to search for more than one hundred schoolgirls seized by boko haram in northern nigeria. The. Protests across italy as tensions rise in the run up to next weekends election immigration is a key issue. And power to the people the fight for Economic Justice in America Fifty years since it was ignited by a civil rights icon. Welcome to the program our top story the u. N. Security council has unanimously adopted a resolution demanding a thirty day truce in syria to allow for aid access this follows days of negotiations at the u. N. Over the wording of the document five hundred people have been killed in seven days of Syrian Government attacks on rebel held east and thousands of people are trapped in underground shelters many of which are providing little protection against syrian and russian rockets and bombs. A Little Village mom. The adoption of the resolution today you know
The normal meetings, or they . Are they . Anna the meetings in vienna are getting a good deal of profile. Vienna is going to be the place to be. A lot still on the radar. We have opec tomorrow, the ecb, and the jobs report on friday. Tom now we have photos from japan. I believe video from japan as the Prime Minister, this is a retract, folks, he will a National Sales tax. Much of this was foreshadowed when he was with the president and leaders in g7 and hiroshima where he made very clear he was playing to a domestic audience. Some of this today is the delay of a National Sales tax and really a quite a blood abrupt blow to the fiscal side. To the bloomberg first word news. Vonnie in japan, Prime Minister shinzo avenue a is delaying Prime Minister shinzo abe is delaying the increase in sales tax until 2019. It would make it tougher for the japanese government to deal with the Worlds Largest debt burden. Another sign that chinas economy is stabilizing, for a third month the official facto
European equities on that historic day for the uk. We were just talking about this, the ftse 100 almost 6700. This index has recaptured its prebrexit highs and then some. The german dax still lagging. Italys might s mib is lower. Spains i bex is higher. There has been so much action lately. The euro hanging in there about 1. 10. The yen has been weakening again of course after the elections and bernankes trip and whether or not theres going to be helicopter money. Finally a check on crude oil. Yesterday the rally did the traders on the floor contribute to the rally we saw in stocks broadly. Energy one of the best performers. Today its moving the other way. Wti and brent lower. Which is by the way the best performer of the year. Up nearly 1 again at 2. 75. Todays economic agenda. Followed by the monthly federal budget and beige book. Kaplan and harker are speaking today as well. Young brands report earnings. Two prominent members of the fed making comments. Neel kashkari saying it isnt
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