Figaro and other newspapers. Thousands in the street. Some people saying 300,000, some saying 900,000. The people describing themselves as the silent majority, the people who wa nt the silent majority, the people who want to stay in spain. At this crucial moment, possibly 24 hours away from it a declaration of independence. It may not be a 50 50 split, but on the other hand, you can tell there is quite a fracture. Evenif can tell there is quite a fracture. Even if it is 40 in favour of leaving, that will cause serious issues. In the financialtimes, Wolfgang Schauble makes an important point that the damage done by even a declaration of independence is damaging and even worse than brexit if it does go through. It could cause Major Economic damage. What is the best Case Scenario. We have all been assessing the worse Case Scenario for about a week now. Been assessing the worse Case Scenario for about a week nowm been assessing the worse Case Scenario for about a week now. It is about comp
Bilic is sacked. He said he was expecting it, and there is no hard feelings. And the weather, it was cold. Yes, we woke up to a widespread frost. If it was too cold for you, be careful what you wish for because tomorrow its all cloud and rain, i will have details later. Also coming up one of the 4,000 drivers in england caught committing offences over the last two years by Traffic Police driving an unmarked hgv. Hello everyone this is afternoon live. A british man who was kidnapped with three other people in nigeria in mid october has been killed. The three other hostages have returned home safely. 0ur correspondent is in lagos. Stephanie, for a lot of people, news of their kidnap has not been released, so tell us what happened . What we know so far is that these four men were taken from a rural area in Nigerias Delta area. They went to assess people for cataract surgery went to assess people for cataract surgery and they perform hundreds of surgeries forfree. Surgery and they perform
President trump expected to announce a quarter trillion dollars worth of deals on this trip. Warrior,another trade saying the president is good for business. Up vietnam. Leaning business and political leaders had for weekend talks. We will be live in denying. Ang. N dan rishaad other things are happening in china. It is business as usual when it comes to the statistics. Here,look at this chart this is a look at what is coming up in just under a half hour. For ppi to age down to 6. 6 year on year. It was a surprise blowout in september it would be consistent with the drop in the input and in thece indices latter dropping to 55. 2. Metal and Energy Prices in october, it all suggests while it might be coming down a tad, with prices dropping back a little bit toward the end of reading,a lower ppi which would mean there is Pricing Power and industrial profits as well, certainly in the pipeline. So the economic momentum continues there in china. I suppose were looking for just hits as we got
Roundtable with tomand trend locked together. Daschle and trent lott. Jonathan very quickly, a big print in the eurozone, core inflation a fouryear high. , up. 6 . Gh on the euro treasuries on offer at the margin. Of the Market Action. Lets get you up to speed on the top stories. Here is emma chandra. Emma President Trump warned there could be a major conflict with north korea if diplomacy fails, telling reuters the u. S. Would love to solve the issue peacefully, but said it is very difficult. At the United Nations Security Council today, secretary tillerson will try to showed north korea the world is against it. In france, the president ial election is a week from sunday. At a rally and nice, Marine Le Pen did not mention her plan to pull out of the euro, but said macron lacked french fry use. Tell thes are ready to u. K. They are united when it comes to brexit. There will be a summit in brussels to discuss the uks departure from the block. They will warned the u. K. Against trying to
Thank you for being here, andin the strange times a strong journalism and good books and challenging ideas are critical. That is what the Los Angeles Times in this book festival aspire to and try to provide. After this will gladly take your questions and look for your insight to will have a Panel Discussion in about ten or 15 minutes after. Just as a housekeeping note, please also phones off. Therell be a book signing withs our authors after a area one. No personal recordings of the session please. Now, i would like to introduce the panel, christopher phillipsh is senior lecturer in the International Relations at Queen Mary University of london. For several years in syria and often returns to the middle east for research. Ndhe he is an associate fellow at middle east and north africa program. He has written many publications and has appeared on the bbc, al jazeera, and cnn. His just published his second book, the battle for syria, International Rivalry in the middle new middle east whi