Markets. Stocks are hovering slightly, a mixed bag. Dow is slightly higher, up. 2 s p 500 is down. 2 , and had nasdaq down by. 6 its the defensive sectors leading the way today. Real estate, health care, consumer staples, which by the way, hit a fresh alltime high today. Tyler. Thank you very much, melissa. The big story were watching is what will the fed do and how will the markets react we have been talking about it for weeks, maybe months now. Were less than 48 hours away from one of the most anticipated fed meetings maybe ever. Steve liesman will be there to bring us the news, but hes here now to bring us some analysis. Steve. I think the context for what youre saying, tyler, is the fed is meeting under extraordinary circumstances with markets screaming for a rate cut, and unprecedented political pressure from the president of the United States in fact, with the fed on the verge of giving the president the rate cut hes campaigned for for months, the president tweeting out this morn
As a man opens fire killing four people including two children. Informers will be shot, say signs in londonderry. Three months afterjournalist leera mckey was killed no one has been charged with her murder. And, up to his neck in water the dramatic resuce of a father who became trapped in the rocks on a norfolk beach. Borisjohnson has said he is very confident a new brexit deal can be reached with the eu. Speaking on his first trip to scotland as Prime Minister where leaving without an agreement is widely opposed mrjohnson said theresa mays Withdrawal Agreement was dead. But he insisted there was scope for a new plan, provided there was goodwill and common sense. After their meeting, first minister Nicola Sturgeon said she believed he was pursuing a dangerous path to no deal. Our scotland editor sarah smith reports. For Boris Johnson, coming here to the Scottish First minister official residence in edinburgh days after becoming Prime Minister is a capitally choreographed piece of diplo
Of the us booing. Debate. Coming up in the its not an easy visit next half hour after getting booed by protestors going into bute house, another change in the trump mrjohnson left by the back door. Administration as the director of National Intelligence the Prime Minister promises announces his departure, a bright new future for britain another change in the trump but the top business lobby says administration as the director noone is prepared he didnt always see eye to eye for a with the president. Fortnite just divided up 30 million in its world cup, no deal brexit. The biggest e sports prize in the growing gaming world. President trump the us director of national attacks to intelligence has become the latest high profile figure to leave democratic politicians, putting race back at the top of the white house. The debate. Dan coats is out in august also on the programme and mr trump will nominate texan two Million People streamed congressman John Ratcliffe the fortnite world cup to re
Economy about to lift . Borisjohnson is in scotland where hes met with first minister Nicola Sturgeon and scottish conservative leader Ruth Davidson who are both against a no deal brexit. Here he is with Nicola Sturgeon. One times journalist has captioned that image for us. When someone says we should catch up soon and then they actually follow through. Heres the close up view. And heres what that meeting sounded like lots of booing as borisjohnson arrived. Well, we cant know what was going through Nicola Sturgeons head but this is what she said after the meeting. Behind on the bluff and bluster, this government and the path its perceiving is dangerous, its clear to me this government and the Prime Minister has said the uk on an inevitable path to know del brexit, the position its taken makes it difficult to see how any deal could be struck with the eu and i think its catastrophic for scotland and the whole uk. I made it clear to borisjohnson at my opposition at brexit and no deal brex
Live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news. Its newsday. Good morning. Its 8 am in singapore, 1 am in london and eight oclock in the evening in washington where the us secretary of state, mike pompeo, says the government plans to start withdrawing troops from afghanistan before next years president ial election. Our north america correspondent, peter bowes, has more details on Donald Trumps reaction to this long war. I think this shows that President Trump is becoming increasingly frustrated over afghanistan. Relatively little progress over the last few years. He once referred to his gut instincts which would have been to probably pull troops out of afghanistan some time ago. And now with mr pompeo being asked a specific question about whether it was the intention of the United States to withdraw troops by the next president ial election, which is november of next year. He said that that was the specific directive from the president. Inserting into that phras