India had a chance but they choked. They choked live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news. Its newsday. Its seven in the morning in singapore, midnight in london, and seven in the evening in washington where britains ambassador to the United States, Sir Kim Darroch, has resigned, after a row about leaked memos critical of the Trump Administration. Sir kim said he felt no longer able to do his job after being frozen out and insulted by mr trump whose administation he described as radiating insecurity in confidential assessments leaked to a newspaper. Our Diplomatic Correspondent James Landale has the story. Sir kim darroch, 42 years a loyal public servant, the boy from the Council Estate who advised Prime Ministers and, until this morning, her majestys ambassador to the United States. He resigned, he said, because his leaked remarks, critical of donald trump, had made it impossible for him to carry out his role. At westminster, there was anger and support in
Its newsday. Its eight in the morning in singapore, one am in london, and eight in the evening in washington where britains ambassador to the United States, sir kim darroch, has resigned, after a row about leaked memos critical of the Trump Administration. Sir kim said he felt no longer able to do his job after being frozen out and insulted by mr trump whose administation he described as radiating insecurity in confidential assessments leaked to a newspaper. Our Diplomatic Correspondent James Landale has the story. Sir kim darroch, 42 years a loyal public servant, the boy from the Council Estate who advised Prime Ministers and, until this morning, her majestys ambassador to the United States. He resigned, he said, because his leaked remarks, critical of donald trump, had made it impossible for him to carry out his role. At westminster, there was anger and support in equal measure. Sir kim has given a lifetime of service to the United Kingdom and we owe him an enormous debt of gratitude
Some breaking news this hour five boats believed to belong to the Iranian Revolutionary guards have approached a British Oil Tanker in the gulf, asking it to stop in iranian waters but reportedly withdrew after a british frigate trained its guns on them and warned them over radio. The incident happened in the strait of hormuz that strategically very important stretch of water between the persian gulf and the gulf of oman, bordered by iran and the united arab emirates. Peter bowes is watching the situation from the us. As we understand it this tanker, this British Heritage tanker was passing through the area, it was just about to cross the strait of hormuz, when it was, at least there was an attempt to intercept it by these five iranian boats who were ordering it to change its direction but the boat, the british warship that was escorting the tanker, then trained its guns on the iranian boats and ordered them to back off, and they heeded that order, they did indeed back off, no shots we
Territory for the fourth day in a row. Energy stocks leading the advance as oil surges to a threeweek high, closing up more than 5 , marking its biggest gain of the year. A lot of news to get to. Im Melissa Francis in new york. This is after the bell. Connell im Connell Mcshane live once again in beijing and today were getting a firsthand look at the view from china. Speaking to folks here on the ground what they really think about the trade war with the United States and the perception of American Companies, especially apple. As the tech giant considers moving some of its production out of china. Melissa. Melissa first we begin with breaking news and fox Business Team coverage. Gerri willis is on the floor of the new york stock exchange, blake burman at the white house, and Edward Lawrence is at the Canadian Embassy in d. C. Lets star with blake. Go ahead. Reporter melissa there is a pretty big meeting going on right now not only in the white house but inside the situation room to be
Rates. With the tax announcement and the new fed chair news, investors anticipating a bumpy ride. What is priced in and ahead of super thursday. The nikkei in the driving seat. High whilea 99week nickel propels the metal markets. With nickel back, the real news coming from the copper market. Lets talk about where we are and where we are going. Futures are pricing in a strong start relative to where we have been for european equities this morning. The fair value calculations on your bloomberg look like this. Stocks 50 up by around. 6 . London to open higher, as is paris. Germany is playing catchup. The dax looks to open up a whole percent up this morning. Watch the telecoms story and the stocks will be opening stronger. A solid performance coming through from the asian markets. Lets show you what the gmm looks like this morning. Is new zealand story interesting. The new Zealand Dollar propels higher this morning, driving the market down. But the nikkei is the strong story. Japanese equi