And what should people be bracing for . The typhoon affect the the Northern Areas of the philippines. The typhoons are not too rare but it was the strongest typhoon on record to hit the philippines on record. But it moved over the south of luzon on Christmas Day as a very strong tide, the second high highest category on a typhoon scale. The system moved toward the west, and it was near manila today. It has weakened slightly packing winds of 180 kilometers per hour. The good news is the system is starting to pull away from the country but still strong winds are blowing over parts of luzon. The next start is going to be the south of vietnam as we go into later this week. In fact the system couould get very clolose to the country y a tropical depression by thursday afternoon local time. As it does its goining to have nortrtheasterly flow. That means strong winds and heavy rain is expected for the central portions of vietnam which has been continuing with flooding over the past couple of m
To south korea. An independent prosecutor had asked interpol to put chois daughter on the wanted list. The prosecutor suspects a university in seoul gave chois daughter favorable treatment regarding her admission and grades. The scandal has expanded to include a horse bought by the daughter who competes s in equeuestrian events. Its belieieved the money came from the money contributed by samsung elelectronics. To a firm set up in germany by the daughter. The arrest in denmark comes a day after park spoke about the scandal after a month of silence. She apologized but denied any involvement in the alleged corruption. The prosecutor is expected to ask the daughter whether the allegations are true. He also wants to know whether she was involved in the Corruption Scandal that led to her mothers arrest. Turkish security authorities are rushing to identify and track down the istanbul nightclub attacker. The Prime Minister says the assailant left a gun inside the venue. The gunman went on a ra
Amounts of money and wealth from the u. S. In trade but wont help with north korea. Trump has long criticized the u. S. Trade deficit with china. He also denounced beijing for building islands in the south china sea. An expert on the u. S. Presidency says its hard to predict what trumps policies will be. The president elects tweets offers the only clues, but he warns that that can cause confusion. Gene healy says trumps use of twitter r doesnt seem prudent wise. Someone should tell the president elect to put down his phone and back slowly away from it because you do not want International Tensions ratcheted up and longstanding policies changed at a whim as the president elect announces these things on twitter. He also referred to trumps habit at firing back at the media. He says the u. S. Is a free and democratatic country that allow criticism and investigation of those in power. Turkish police have detained eight people in connection with a deadly new years nightclub shooting. The Isl
Further into their private enclaves. May make aw settlement over its emissions seeking scandal at 4. 3 will dollars, that would push vw over its current position. A very warm welcome to bloomberg daybreak europe, our flagship show in london. Back at the obama administration, looking ahead to what donald trump means with his relationship with russia. Wishart start the show with this chart that puts it in context. The highs and lows of the obama administration, poverty with ted brents headwinds around gdp. Preserving hes legacy and the attention will be on donald trump and a confirmation hearings of some of his key appointments. But that in mind, the story around russia the very heart of rings today. What does russia know about donald trump and what did donald trump know that russia was collecting on him if anything . Donald trumps News Conference later on today. Lets put up the risk radar. Rookie keeping a close eye on what is happening to russian assets as result of this. How in from t
Reporter Chinese State television issuing a strong message to th u. S. A abo the region. The country senent out warships includuding its first Aircraft Carrier on military exercises in late december. The ships route included waters around the taiwan strait, and the disputed South China Sea. The reaction from the taiwanese . Reporter some of the drills coincided with taiwan president s tsai ingwens meeting with republican lawmakers in the United States. Tensions started to rise back in december. President elect donald trump took a phone call from prededent tsai after his election win. It was the first such phone call since 1979, the year the u. S. Switched diplomatic recognition from taiwan to china and started to follow the onechina principle. It acknowledges taiwan is part of china. An asiapacific region expert says chinas military drills show the country is concerned. Although the Aircraft Carrier cannot be used in the real operation, its a training ship. But china must set their fig