A lot of red on that board. These are modest moves. Market turmoil. Someone tweeted me that. Futures arent up a half percentage point pull out the market turmoil boards several headlines out of beijing overnight. Chinas exports rose imports are higher than expected chinas trade delegation arrived. We are learning more about the purchased targets that china would agree to at the phase one trade deal signing telling us china will commit to increase purchases from 32 billion over two years china will also pledge to buy an additional 80 billion 53 billion in Energy Supplies and 35 billion of u. S. Services over a twoyear period but will only only cost them half as much they are no longer a currency. You missed the other piece of information. They are allowed to no longer a currency manipulator. They arent going to do that was there a quid pro quo there has to be not a coincidence. Treasury secretary Steven Mnuchin said yesterday, china has made enforceable commitments to refrain from the c
Homelessness is a big issue in many parts of the uk and is particularly poignant, at this time year. Well, londons city hall has now decided to open its doors for a festive celebration for some of those sleeping rough an initiative backed by the mayor and charities in the capital. A recent report found that london is the worst place in the country for homelessness. Alpa patel reports. Smoked salmon or ham . The mayor of london, serving food to just some of the 100 homeless people, invited for christmas lunch. Its the first time an event like this has been held in city hall. As well as food, people are offered haircuts and eye check ups, too. Claire became homeless when she wasjust 13. She spent the next 30 years either on the streets, or in prison. Id be a lot more careful. I mean if you know people that is fair enough but you have to be very careful where you sleep. Be careful, you cant leave your stuff any more. Its got a lot harder as well, especially with everything going on. With
Chinas state broadcaster has cancelled the screening of an arsenal match after one of clubs star players, mesut ozil, made comments online criticising the chinese governments treatment of uighur muslims. At 10 oclock, Martine Croxall will be here with a full round up of the days news. First, our world is in finland to see how a small place in northern finland managed to become europe s most eco friendly town. Ii has slashed its co2 emissions by 80 and is producing ten times more Renewable Energy than it consumes. This Community Project could be an inspiration for us all, but such rapid change is not without opposition. As the push to save the planet gets even more urgent, one town has already cut its Carbon Emissions by 80 . We have been not waiting for the world to tackle Climate Change. We want to do it ourselves. Ii, in northern finland, is one of the greenest towns in europe. Powered by 100 Renewable Energy. The towns children already play a role in Energy Saving ways of living. Pe
Two biggest economies. Hydropower accounts for the other the United Nations has accused two thirds. And the investment the police and army in chile of committing serious Human Rights Violations in their response in Renewable Energy has to recent Anti Government demonstrations, in which nearly paid off. Ii 30 people produces ten times more clean energy thanit produces ten times more clean energy than it consumes. It sells the were killed. Surplus energy to the grid and gla says its own authorities are generates 2 Million Euros in revenue for the town. And there investigating police. Are more financial benefits. More now on the election. So, labour suffered its worst election defeat since 1935. Not only that, it lost seats in its traditional heartlands former labour strongholds in the midlands, wales and the north of england that had never returned conservative mps before. Our Political Correspondent alex forsyth reports from stoke on Trent Central, which voted to leave the eu in 2016, a
As the countrys bushfire crisis continues, forcing hundreds of families to spend the holidays in emergency shelters. A bakery in cheshire is claiming to be the first in the country to make bread out of insects. Each of the loaves at roberts bakery contains more than 300 crickets mixed into the flour. In a recent report the un claimed eating insects can help boost nutrition and reduce pollution. Peter marshall reports. Theyre still making the usual bread at roberts bakery. But there is a new batch in production where the key ingredient is this. Crickets. The bakery claims to be the first in the uk to make insect bread, the crunchy cricket loaf. We really want consumers to think about their food and where it comes from. And also about the impact that food is having on the environment and the world. This is our little way of saying to consumers, take the challenge. Try one of our loaves and see if you like cricket bread. Its not as unusual as you might think. The un estimates last year ar