And we meet the 97 year old former Fighter Pilot taking to the skies to mark battle of britain day. Good morning. Its 6am in singapore, pm in london. And 6 in the morning in hong kong, where clashes between police and protesters continued into the night, after protests during the day that saw several people seriously injured. Violence broke out between pro democracy and pro china demonstrators in the north point neighbourhood. Thousands defied a ban to attend the rally, and in Response Police fired tear gas and Water Cannons. Nick beake reports from hong kong we have now seen 99 days of this. Violence the authorities just cant extinguish. Hardcore pro democracy activists are not backing down, in what is a chinese city, even setting alight the polices latest weapon to try to wash away this protest movement. The police have decided enough is enough. Theyre making use of water cannon as well as the tear gas. Its worked for a time, but weve just seen that these hard core of protesters just
And we meet the 97 year old former Fighter Pilot taking to the skies to mark battle of britain day. Good morning. Its 8am in singapore, and 1am in london. Oil prices have soared at the opening of the markets in asia following saturdays drone attacks on two Key Facilities in saudi arabia. The cost of brent crude rose by the most on record, after half the kingdoms output was taken out that accounts for roughly 5 of the worlds oil supply. Iran has dismissed us allegations that it was behind the strikes and accused washington of being deceitful. With me is bob mcnally, president of Rapidan Energy group in washington. He served in the Bush Administration as its top energy advisor. Hejoins me now. Thank you so much forjoining us. Firstly, the us says that this was an unprecedented attack and indeed there has been a very significant market movement. How significant is this, in your view . Well, it is justified. Crude oil now in asia is trading 10 or more. That is justified. The folks who atta
Imports at a time where other countries are rejecting them. This is v. W. Business im joined on in berlin welcome we start with the latest escalations in the straits of hormuz where 2 oil tankers were attacked earlier on thursday or Oil Prices Spiked in the aftermath with brant crude hitting over 62. 00 a barrel immediately after news of the incident broke the strait of hormuz as one of the worlds most strategically important choke points along the coast of iran almost a 3rd of all liquefied natural gas and almost 20 percent of Global Oil Production has to squeeze through here to exit the persian gulf and get out into the world. Our markets correspondent joins us now good to see the end whats been the reaction there to these attacks on wall street. Initially we saw the oil prices popping by about 3 and a half per cent but then by the end of the session we settled at around. 2 per cent and that after oil prices dropped by a good 20 percent in the month in may so at this point actually d
Its newsday. Its 6am in singapore, pm in london and 6 30am in pyongyang, where north korea has said tough new un sanctions will not stop it from developing its Nuclear Arsenal after it angrily rejected proposals for negotiations. The sanctions aim to reduce vital north korean export revenues bya third. Speaking to reporters at a summit in manila, a spokesman placed the blame for rising tensions firmly on the us. Translation is our nuclear possession a threat to the world or just a threat to the United States . We wa nt just a threat to the United States . We want to make it clear that the worsening situation on the Korean Peninsular as well as other Nuclear Issues were caused by the United States. We re issues were caused by the United States. Were firm that well never place our nuclear and Ballistic Missile programme on the Negotiating Table and wont budge an inch on strengthening our nuclear armaments. Since north koreas last missile test, the United States has been Flying Spy Missio
Its newsday. Its 6am in singapore, pm in london and 6 30am in pyongyang, where north korea has said tough new un sanctions will not stop it from developing its Nuclear Arsenal after it angrily rejected proposals for negotiations. The sanctions aim to reduce vital north korean export revenues bya third. Speaking to reporters at a summit in manila, a spokesman placed the blame for rising tensions firmly on the us. Translation is our nuclear possession a threat to the world or just a threat to the United States . We wa nt just a threat to the United States . We want to make it clear that the worsening situation on the Korean Peninsular as well as other Nuclear Issues were caused by the United States. We re issues were caused by the United States. Were firm that well never place our nuclear and Ballistic Missile programme on the Negotiating Table and wont budge an inch on strengthening our nuclear armaments. Since north koreas last missile test, the United States has been Flying Spy Missio