Dedicated to ideas that never took off. The museum of failure. Good morning. Its june 8th. Iam i am annita mcveigh. Welcome to bbc Newsroom Live. Polling stations are open across the country as millions of people go to cast their votes in the general election. Theyll close at 10pm this evening, with the first results due before midnight. Police say therell be increased security at some Polling Stations with Armed Officers in some areas. Joining me now from westminster is our Political Correspondent alicia mccarthy. And intensive seven Week Campaign and now people get to go and cast their votes, tech as to what has been happening. 50 days since mps voted to hold the selection and finally, today is the day. Polling stations will be open for another 11 hours. We have seen theresa may, tim farron, nicola sturgeon, jeremy corbyn, they have all been out to vote so far. We are electing 650 mps. We have got 3301 candidates standing in the selection. 986 of those women. The polls dont close unt
I am 100 willing to testify. The words of President Donald Trump repaired to respond undergrowth about his conversations with former fbi director james comey. And dw reporters prepare to take the countrys pulls on a nationwide road trip. Im sarah harmon, welcome to the show. Its good to have you with us. British Prime Minister theresa may is resisting stepping down and says she will form a minority government after the snap election that she called in hopes of strengthening her mandate. Conservatives losing their majority in parliament. She plans to work with Northern Irelands democratic Unionist Party. This is hardly the way she imagined things. There were no smiles as may made the traditional journey to Buckingham Palace for the queens go ahead to form a government. She insist only her conservatives have that mandate. Though they will need some help. What this country needs more than ever is certainty. Having secured the largest number of votes in the greatest number of seats in the
I am 100 willing to testify. The words of President Donald Trump repaired to respond undergrowth about his conversations with former fbi director james comey. And dw reporters prepare to take the countrys pulls on a nationwide road trip. Im sarah harmon, welcome to the show. Its good to have you with us. British Prime Minister theresa may is resisting stepping down and says she will form a minority government after the snap election that she called in hopes of strengthening her mandate. Conservatives losing their majority in parliament. She plans to work with northern irirelands democratic Unionist Party. This is hardly the way she imagined things. There were no smiles as may made the traditional journey to Buckingham Palace for the queens go ahead to form a government. She insist only her conservatives have that mandate. Though they will need some help. What this country needs more than ever is certainty. Having secured the largest number of votes in the greatest number of seats in th
The lowest level since the end of april in the stocks. Led down by technology companies. ,overeign bond yields are your final two columns. Sterling fell by 1. 6 , which boosted the ftse 100, the more domesticcentric. All three indices are falling ponder thevestors a, primary search recent may, and b, of a, Prime Minister theresa may, and b, the path of brexit. They need to pay a premium of roughly 105 basis points. On friday, the premium reached as wide as 194 basis points before closing at 130. Sterling is lower. Option traders are less bearish. This is certainly one of the chart of the day. 9292. Ptimism plunging a survey of Business Leaders showed 67 pessimistic about the prospects of britains economy. 43 of executives were voting for when brexit. 92 were worried about the makeup of the government and the impact on the economy. They were most worried about the ability to secure a trade deal with the e. U. How are Tech Companies faring now . Julie still selling off, but it is abating
Stockske a look at how are doing your the end of this tuesday session. Stocks are rising for the second day. Yesterday, Technology Stocks rebounding. Sterling is rebounding today as well as commodities. This is the euro against the pound. Yesterday, the euro reached a sevenmonth high against the pound. Were looking at this eightmonth traini trading phase. This was the post exit high after october of less year of last year. Dropsts has forecasted a in the fourth quarter. Hsbc is forecasting parity. The high for the euro against on december was 97 the 30th 2008. We have some data today. We have german Investor Confidence expected to be dropping in june. It was a sign of exaggerated optimism. Europes biggest economy is beginning to fluctuate. Analyst expectations predict economic development. Economists were estimating 21. 7. Business confidence at the highest level since 1991. Manufacturers, service is, Providers Services and promoting strong economic fundamentals. This is a nice, little