Head of channel 4 television says theres no evidence to suggest its management were told of serious allegations concerning russell brand. That concerning russell brand. That comes after the bbc announced a review of the comedians time at the corporation and the metropolitan Police Yesterday confirmed it had received reports of an alleged assault , reports of an alleged assault, but due to have taken place in 2003, four other allegations of rape or Sexual Assault were published as part of a joint investigation by the sunday times and channel 4 for mr brand denies all allegations. As now denies all allegations. As now emergency measures are being put in place and commissioners will be appointed to take over the day to day running of Birmingham City council. Therell also be city council. Therell also be a local inquiry into the authority after it was declared effectively bankrupt. Its now facing a growing equal pay liability of around £1 billion and an £87 million financial gap. The and
Around the clock across the world this is r. T. International my names you dont know me welcome to the program the u. K. High court house and the british troops were in breach of human rights conventions abusing civilians during the iraq war including taking turns to drive over there but. More on todays ruling. Specifically we have seen four iraqi citizens being awarded damages in cases against the actions of the ministry of defense during the iraq war in the way these people were detained now the court has decided that these four iraqi citizens are going to be awarded eighty four thousand pounds with thirty thousand going to just one of those men and the reason for this is the judge has ruled that the actions of british troops in the way they were detaining these people were in violation of geneva conventions as well as the human rights act citing cruel and Inhumane Treatment as well as unlawful detention the judge has said that these assaults quote involved the gratuitous infliction
Cheer as the cryptocurrency heads to a bigger wall street stage. Hello from sydney where it is just past 9 00 a. M. Im haidi lun. We are in our out from the open of asias first major market. Kathleen im Kathleen Hays. Sometimes we say monday night, sunday morning in the u. S. A quiet recap. Between Bitcoin Futures getting ready to launch and the tax plan on friday, i think we have got to wait to see how much this does not just rock the u. S. Economy, how much it rocks asian markets as well. Haidi absolutely. With the comments, marco rubio throwing a stunner into the works and getting more pessimistic about tax reform. All of that seems to have changed. We could get the crucial vote before christmas. As you say, bitcoin mania again making headlines yet again. The thing to remind ourselves of is that this could be a much bigger deal given that there are expected to be much more players involved. Kathleen the cme is a much bigger stage. If we look at the cbd launch as a curtain raise, a p
Welcome to daybreak asia, im haidi lun. Kathleen im Kathleen Hays at bloombergs Global Headquarters in new york. We are on the verge of Bitcoin Futures starting to trade. The cme group in chicago, a much bigger stage then the cboe, were trading started one week ago where trading started one week ago. Its a next big step for this bitcoin market, the bitcoin world. Haidi derivative contracts that started trading last week seen a opposed, this is certainly massive milestone in terms of the volumes we are expected to see. Volume, ag 55 times bigger stage for Bitcoin Trading in terms of mainstream and institutional investors. Optimism over the tax fall bill, can we get this time tax hall bill President Trump has been wanting. It is driving sentiment in asia ahead of the opens. Take a look at how trading in new zealand is faring. We are seeing downside when it x50. To that and we are at a session low, down about 2 10 of 1 . A monumental week last week, trading at 6997, one jump over 2 in abo
Exchange, but regulation of their trip to currency is demanded. This is Bloomberg Markets middle east. I am yousef gamal eldin in dubai. Coming up, we speak to Scott Morrison after the government in australia forecast a never arrower budget deficit. Some headlines out of india, the index down 1 . The indian rupee down. 1 . That would be risk for the reforms the Prime Minister wants. The rest of the picture is largely positive. The handoff from the u. S. At record highs. Midweek boats and the house and ate and plans for folks senate. The new Zealand Dollar is firmer. The metals space, take a look at that, copper leading gains. Other key asset classes, brent crude looking to updates on a pipeline. Not the extent so much, but a possible restart date. Watch out for that. Downdownside pressure,. 1 , 60 doing a historical volatility the low since 2001. A big week in emerging markets with dollar rand on the downside there. Key here is the votes of the ruling party, the leadership votes schedu