Friends of the french and the english . Israelis Prime Minister is in jordan for talks aimed at easing tension with palestinians. Hell meet u. S. Secretary of state john kerry and jordans king. The u. S. Has criticized israels decision to build 200 more settlements which are illegal under International Law. President abbas is also in jordan but it is not clear if he will be involved in the talks. The relationship has been strained israelis decision to close the alaqsa mosque. And palestinians are blaming jewish settlers for an attack on a mosque. Were joined by our correspondents. How are we to read this. On the one hand you have the israeli Prime Minister travelling to jordan. On the other the announcement of further homes to be built in occupied East Jerusalem. Its all very complicated, but also extremely significant as well. We only have to look at the timing and the context and we only have to consider the fact that, here we are, with the israeli Prime Minister, benjamin netenyahu,
World cup to the winter. Well have the latest from zurich. At least 94 people have drowned after a boat carrying migrants sank off the southern ital lan island of lampedusa. It was carrying hundreds of people trying to reach europe from africa. Many jumped into the water. Ita italys coast guard is looking for at least 250 people, 150 others have been rescued. Lampedusa is a major route for migrants trying to get into europe. The tiny island lies 113 kilometers from the coast of tunisia. We have more from the italian capital of rome. Reporter a devastating scene was described by the may r o of lampedusa who claimed the situation on land was so chaotic he was struggled to find a place to put the dead bodies pulled from the sea and where to find a place for the survivors to be care of. Theyre very traumatized following this horrific incident. It appears that the incident occurred in the early hours of thursday morning. A boat carries what is expected to be about 500 people on board suffer
Case to the American People about the federal government shutdown. Here are the latest headlines. Plt participate spoke a short time ago. He blamed the shutdown on a republican obsession with repealing his Health Care Reform law. The house and senate are back in session. House republicans plan to keep submitting bills to restart popular programs. We have two reports on the latest developments. Libby casey is live on capitol hill, but we begin with Mike Viqueira at the white house. Mic, yesterday the president brought out bankers, said he saw him speak from a construction plant. What is his message. Well, there are 800,000 federal employees out of work, and this Construction Business goes has some business that goes away because of the shutdown. That has an effect on all of the businesses that support it in the surrounding area. But he was really there to blast john boehner saying time and time again if he could just bring democrats into this process, then the bill would pass. There is
Supporting rebels fighting to overturn him. A car chase in washington, d. C. Turns deadly. First, drivers are continuing to search for over 200 african migrants missing. 127 people are now declared dead and that somebody is expected to rise. The boat set sail and almost completed its journey when it went down. Italys coast guard has released this video after a boat carrying migrants sank off of the coast of lapaduska on friday. After the vessel started taking on water, someone lit a fire to get the attention of passing ships. But the flames spread and passengers surged to one side causing the boat to capsize. A fisherman described what he saw. Translator at dawn it seemed i could hear screams. He thought it was sea gulls, but my friend said he need to go out to see, so we started sailing out and the scene was dramatically. All of these people crying with their arms raised calling for help. We picked up 47 of the people. Drivers have seen many bodies trapped in the vessel and scattered
It is 6 00 here in london. Bloomberg reporters are standing by across the world, ready to deliver the stories that will drive your day. Caroline has the details on the insider who may be taking the helm at microsoft. Hans nichols is environment with different earnings reports from google and amazon. He is also looking at the pricey ads for the super bowl. Hannah kearney has more on the rebound in revenue at lvmh. Ryan chilcote lookahead to a meeting. He tells us why a couple of beers could breathe life into europes industry. John ferro is sizing up competition ahead of bt earnings. Plus, the Lunar New Year kicks off today. We are taking a look at where in the world an estimated 100 million Chinese Tourists are taking their spending power for the weeklong holiday. We talk to the founders of the Hotel Booking site, mr. And mrs. Smith. Com next hour. Microsofts fivemonth long ceo search may finally be coming to an end. The board is said to be making Satya Nadella the new chief. He is the