Israel and hamas agree to an unconstitutional unconditional 72 hour ceasefire. Welcome to countdown. From frances secondbiggest bank. It looks like secondquarter earnings have beaten estimates. Thanks to a 7. 8 decline in provisions. Net income rising. It is the highest quarterly. Evel since mid2010 stocks return on equity, which is a key measure of infitability, reaching 8. 8 the Second Quarter, up from 8. 8 from 8. 4 a year earlier. A returnis to receive of at least 10 by 2016. This comes a day after the biggest bank posted a four points read billion euro quarterly loss yesterday after the record penalty for doing business with sudan and other lacks like listed listed by the United States. Caroline joins us from paris. This is one of the most exposed banks to russia. Yes, the numbers are better than expected. They had a 24 decline in provisions for risky loans. They did take 200 million euro litigationor known risks. They have a big retail presence. Of rosebank. I asked what exactly
Now. President obama cut short his holiday vacation and returned to the white house to work on a deal to avoid the fiscal cliff. Before flying home from hawaii, the president called congressional leaders nancy pelosi, john boehner, Mitch Mcconnell and harry reid to reach agreements before tax hikes and spending cuts kick in january 1. We have been asking the president and the democrats to work with us on a bipartisan agreement for months. I dont know time wise how it can happen now. Reporter the Senate Majority leader wants House Republicans to return from their vacations to approve a Democratic Senate plan that extends tax cuts for families making less than 250,000 a year. Thats the only option that is viable escape route. Reporter but Republican Leaders say its up to democrats who control the senate and white house to avert the fiscal cliff. Republicans arent about to write a blank check for anything Senate Democrats put forward just because we find ourselves at the edge of the cliff
Of wales as Northern Ireland introduces a curfew. Boris johnson will update the public later. Could Energy Going Green costjobs . As shell moves from oil to renewable sources and assesses the impact of covid could more redundancies be on the way . A dramatic penalty shootout with tottenham coming out on top. Chelsea miss the last spot kick to put spurs through to the league cup quarterfinals, increasing their fixture pile up. A yawning rabbit, goat in a hammock dog that can walk on water. The contenders fighting for top place at the comedy pet photography awards. From the temperate house and two gardens, the state of the worlds plant infungi gardens, the state of the worlds plant in fungi report is released showing extinction rates might be higher. We will have more stats through the programme but for the forecast is for wet and windy weather in the north west spreading east through the course of the day. More details in ten minutes. Its wednesday september 30th. Our top story. The us
London Custody Centre on friday morning. An investigation is under way into how the handcuffed suspect who is in hospital with a bullet wound was able to take the weapon inside. Acting Deputy Commissioner of the metropolitan police, stuart cundy, gave this update. Yesterday, one of my colleagues, matt, was murdered. And my thoughts are with his partner, his family, his friends, his colleagues, both here and across the world. And, as well as remembering that, over the last two days, we have been working round the clock on our Murder Investigation. At this time, the suspect remains in hospital in a Critical Condition and due to his state, we are not yet able to speak to him. We have teams of specialist investigators who are investigating matts murder. We have four major crime scenes, each of which is being painstakingly searched and will be subject to a detailed and painstaking forensic examination. We have recovered the gun from the custody suite where matt was shot and that gun is bein
Views on abortion that most worry liberals. She has called abortion immoral, and some believe her appointment could imperil the landmark roe versus wade ruling back in 1973 which legalised abortion here nationwide. Asked about his reported choice, President Trump was giving little away ahead of the formal announcement later today. Youll find out tomorrow. Shes very. Look, they are all great. It could be anyone of them. But hes made clear he would like to see his nominee confirmed before the president ial election in november. That could prove significant because as well as issues such as abortion, the Supreme Court might also be called upon to adjudicate the outcome of the election itself, should the result be disputed, as there now seems every chance it will be. Now its time for a look at the weather with darren. It is rather chilly out there. Not yourfault but. Good im pleased you clarified we have northerly wind so it feels chilly at quite a mixture of weather across the uk and you