You have to say the banks now have a difficult situation on the one hand, they are asked to come forward with loans to enterprises in difficulties. On the other hand, they have to do their Due Diligence wirecard plunges to the bottom of the stoxx 600 as the German Payment Company becomes the first dchl ever to file for insolvency im not going to use any of the alphabet soup we hear about. Vw, nike whatever the recovery is going to be a complicated matter adds that the world has crossed the lowest point of the crisis Government Council member says central bank has taken the right action. Happy friday, this is how we are now shaping up across the market as we move across the session. An hour transpired a risk at the start and a little give back throughout the trading day. Green has given evidence on the screen close to. 07 we are looking at right now. A bit of a volatile week investors doing repositioning for the quarter and end of the first half after this recovery trade that has splash
Hey, edward. Reporter we do have some reduction in tariffs so 25 on 250 billion worth of tariffs and then 7. 5 on 120 billion worth of tariffs and those december 15 tariffs do not go forward. The president just speaking about this china trade deal saying that hes using those tariffs as negotiating points for the phase ii agreement to make sure china still comes to the table and the phase ii talks china wanted them to start immediately. The man who led the negotiating team here, u. S. Trade representative Robert Lighthizer released this statement today. He says, President Trump is focused on concluding a phase i agreement that achieves meaningful, fullyenforceable structural changes and begins rebalancing the u. S. China trade relationship. The chinese say that the phase i deal is in nine chapters, and those chapters include these are some of the big points here, protections for intellectual property, ending the forced transfer of technology, expanding access to financial markets, buyin
Welcome to the program a protest votes come through loud and clear in hong kong prodemocracy candidates have won an overwhelming majority in Council Elections that are successful as months of demonstrations against increasing chinese influence but its prompted chief executive kerry lamb to promise that shell listen humbly sarah clarke begins our coverage. As dawn broke hong kong went to a new Political Landscape more than 70 percent of voters cast their ballots in sundays district Council Elections the prodemocracy party secured a Record Number of seats a lot of people actually sacrificed a lot of suffering but they suffered a lot in the last 6 months to to actually get this result and i think people are very. Theyre so united and they are so together to try to actually try to win something joshua one was disqualified for running but his party claimed victory in his electorate unseating the incumbent post councilor remarkable achievement in that this election is the efforts of callers
It comes as china puts on a huge display of military hardware in beijing to mark the 70th anniversary of communist party rule. Clashes in hong kong a pro democracy is reportedly shot in the chest by police during protest. 15 people have been taken to hospital with one in a critical condition. If you look at the amount of tear gas that has been fired, itjust gives you an idea of how things are escalating today. No red alert experts conclude theres little evidence that eating red meat increases the risk of cancer. Mo farahs former coach, Alberto Salazar, has been banned from athletics for four years, after being found guilty of doping violations. Coming up how a treadmill and a large screen might be the key to helping victims of post Traumatic Stress disorder heal their mental scars. Good morning. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. The Prime Minister, borisjohnson, has denied overnight reports that a string of customs posts could be set up just a few miles from the irish border to avoid the b
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