In singapore and london. This is bbc world news. Its newsday. Good morning. Its 7am in singapore, midnight in london and 2am In Moscow where thousands of russians have been taking part in Anti Corruption rallies across the country in defiance of the kremlin. The biggest protests were in the russian capital, where police say 500 people have been detained. They included the Opposition Leader, Alexei Navalny, whod called for the demonstrations. The rallies are the biggest seen in russia for at least five years. From moscow heres our correspondent steve rosenberg. There were moments today when moscow resembled a battlefield. Russian riot police broke up an Anti Government protest, on what was a day of demonstrations across russia. In moscow, they detained more than 500 people. Earlier, police had poured into the city centre, warning that the protest was illegal. Still, thousands of people packed into pushkin square, to accuse the russian government of corruption. The level of corruption is
The ice for the World Championship next week in michigan. Remember, you can get in touch at bbc 05. Talks to bring about a Global Nuclear arms ban are under way at the United Nations in new york, but most of the worlds Nuclear Powers are refusing to take part. The Us Ambassador to the un explained why the United States wont be signing this treaty. Is there anyone that believes that north korea would agree to a ban on Nuclear Weapons . So what you would see is the General Assembly would go through, in good faith, trying to do something, but north korea would be the one cheering, and all of us and the one cheering, and all of us and the people that we represent would be the ones at risk. And so weve a lwa ys be the ones at risk. And so weve always said that the United States thinks its important to defend the citizens of our country, butjust as important to defend our friends, citizens of our country, butjust as important to defend ourfriends, our allies and the rest of the countries tha
The ice for the World Championship next week in michigan. Remember, you can get in touch at bbc 05. Talks to bring about a Global Nuclear arms ban are under way at the United Nations in new york, but most of the worlds Nuclear Powers are refusing to take part. The Us Ambassador to the un explained why the United States wont be signing this treaty. Is there anyone that believes that north korea would agree to a ban on Nuclear Weapons . So what you would see is the General Assembly would go through, in good faith, trying to do something, but north korea would be the one cheering, and all of us and the one cheering, and all of us and the people that we represent would be the ones at risk. And so weve a lwa ys be the ones at risk. And so weve always said that the United States thinks its important to defend the citizens of our country, butjust as important to defend our friends, citizens of our country, butjust as important to defend ourfriends, our allies and the rest of the countries tha
Remains weaker. Is the party over for the british consumer . Tillersons mission to moscow. The secretary of state arrives later today as the Trump White House steps up warnings on syria. Russian equities continue to weaken. How real is the risk of further sanctions . Matt less than a half an hour from the european open. Lets take a look at where futures are pointing, slightly weaker over the course of this morning. 4 ,stocks futures down led down by dax future almost off by down by. 4 . Ftse and tax still doing better but firmly in the red. The bund trade is at two day chart. Last nights trade and this morning. Investors are buying booms bunds but the trend is off. 0. 0 0. 025 . Guy the german 10 year being the center of gravity right now for the global bond market rather than the u. S. Treasury. Its talk about the gmm and around the world. To be honest, these markets are a sense of direction. Doesnt seem to be much to drive things at this stage. A few things we can pull out. Lets talk
In dresden was toxic. The question we are asking today is this east and west how united is germany . To discuss, im joined in the studio by three seasoned commentators and analysts, beginning with author and academic johannes staemmler, who says germany is united, but only on the surface. Also joining us is andreas kluth, germany correspondent of the economist magazine. East and west, he believes, are growing slowly together economically but growing further apart in psychopolitical cultures. A warm welcome to Anna Sauerbrey of der tagesspiegel, who also writes for the International New york times. She says recent abuse and attacks have brought back the ugly east. Johannes, we begin with you. You were born in dresden, which has been the focus of a lot of attention. People have been talking about the troubling events. What do you make of it all . Johannes it really hurts to see the pictures from dresden. Intellectually, i do not find it so hard to understand that people are aggravated, t