Were watching japans real tailors as earnings season kicks off. Both beating expectations. We knew it would last forever. Not a losst gains, yet for the s p until this most recent session. Down for the first time in 2018. Not helped by a report out of china suggesting u. S. Treasuries are losing their appeal for chinese investment. All of this creating a little pullback when it comes to the u. S. Session. Having said that, we see some defending of the lows. Correction a steep we are talking about when it comes to these recognized. Record highs. Take a look at the chart. Hong kongs benchmark index 12 straight sessions now. The longest run of gains since it was birthed in 1969. Tencent has been the biggest heavyweight driving that rally. From december 20. We are verythat, much in overbought territory. Is assigned the market is starting to overheat. Shanghai securities in particular say it would be a healthier rally if we had corrections along the way. Hard to continue pushing these gains
And it is day six of the Winter Olympics. There are hopes that the british skeleton racer, don parsons could secure a medal. Good morning. Its the 15th february. Im annita mcveigh. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. The district of parkland just over an hours drive north of miami was named floridas safest city last year. Now, a former pupil armed with a semi automatic rifle has opened fire at the south florida school, killing pupils and teachers. At least 17 people are known to have died in the attack at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. It started at 2. 30 in the afternoon just before the end of the school day. It is the worst School Shooting since sandy hook in connecticut in 2012 and is the sixth School Shooting in 2018 that has either wounded or killed students. There have already been a total 18 School Shootings in the United States so far this year. President trump tweeted his condolences saying there has been no mention of gun control or whether donald trump is considering any ch
The International Film festival begins with a bad movie saving with an animated feature set in the future well bring you the latest from the building ali a reaction to the may to campaign. Hard for gail welcome to the Program South africa has a new president several rather person as election comes a day after jacob zuma stepped down after his party and say ordered him to resign or face a parliamentary no confidence vote a short while ago from a post that was sworn in by chief justice but when. I. Hear he was met with a standing ovation and dancing and pollards the countrys legislative a capital character on the. Countrys new president has addressed the legislature. That and many of you have spoken about unity youre spoken about for sure tism youve spoken largely about how we can all Work Together to improve the lives of five people that has a great deal of resonance with i believe in and what it tends to do. Well they w a correspondent christine has been following this story a force we
Detention. Of a preliminary hearing on palestinian girl who kicked theeli soldiers is over in west bank. How long electrical goods will last a move to cut down on waste. All that and more in our business update. Thousands of performers have been parading in Rio De Janeiro for carnival. Not everyone is happy about the event. The mayor wants to slash funding. All of that coming up from our correspondents. But first, our top story. In south africa, according to media reports, the rulining anc party is to formally ask president jacob zuma to stand down after he refused to resign. The reported move comes after lengthy talks with the powerful National Executive committee, amid undramatic power struggle. Five days of discussions between president zuma and Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa failed. If zuma refuses to step down, he will likely be ousted by a noconfidence vote within dates. Nick has details in this next report. Well, our International Affairs joins usor rob parsons in studio. It i
Next hour. We will have the latest from the picket line. Scientists say theyve settled one of medicines biggest debates. A huge Study Concludes that anti depressants do work, afterfinding common anti depressants were all more effective at reducing symptoms of depression than dummy pills. And at the Winter Olympics russian curler aleksander krushelnitski is stripped of his bronze medal after admitting to doping. Good morning. It is thursday, 22nd of february, i am rachel schofield. Welcome to bbc newsroom life. Theresa may is due to host a lengthy meeting with senior ministers today to try and hammer out the cabinets position on future relations with the eu. The meeting will take place at chequers, the Prime Ministers country retreat. One of the main issues on the table is how closely the uk should follow eu rules after it leaves. Our assistant Political Editor norman smith is in westminster. Norman. Thank you very much. A key meeting and probably a marathon meeting today which some say