To the victims of the London Bridge terror attack. The Prime Minister, the labour leader and the mayor of london stood to remember saskia jones and jack merritt with a minutes 00 01 12,1000 00 01 14,236 silence. Bell tolls. The girlfriend of jack merritt, along with family and friends, attended a service in cambridge. Both victims were graduates of its university. Let us pray for all faithful muslims grieving at such acts taken in the name of their faith. The conservatives and labour have continued to exchange accusations about the circumstances of the attacker usman khans Early Release. Also this lunchtime. The point of no return on Climate Change is looming. The stark warning from the United Nations as leaders gather in madrid for talks. Monday morning misery for commuters on South Western Railway, at the start of a 27 day strike by rail workers. Thousands of people in falkirk endure a freezing night after a gas powerfailure, which could go on until the weekend. And a double century
Dominate the top pay tier. We will discuss why the chipmaker chose now to release the information. And automation transportation. A selfdriving semi makes its first crosscountry freight run. We will hear from the company who performed this feet. But first to our top story. Stocks barely moved on the day as investors continue to wait for news on the potential december 15 tariffs. On the year, it is a different picture. Joining me to talk about this years big gains for stocks and tech in particular is abigail doolittle. The tech sector up 40 this year. S p up only 25 or so. Why are traders looking past all the tech macro headwinds . Abigail great question. Maybe climbing that wall of worry. Those gains are simply extraordinary. The s p 500 up only 25 . But it pales in comparison relative to tech, up 40 as you mentioned. Hardware doing especially well. Since 2009. Sector that was coming out of the financial crisis. At that point, stocks were on a bargainbasement sale. That is the kind of
Five vigils for the victims of the London Bridge attack are held in london and cambridge. The Prime Minister, labour leader and the mayor of london remember the victims by observing a minutes silence. The girlfriend of jack merritt attends the service in cambridge, where both victims went to the university. Friends and colleagues have paid tribute. He was inspiring. He had a bright light in his eyes. And he was a young kid, but he was a cambridge grad, so he could have been anywhere, done anything. Well have more on the vigil and the political row over sentencing and the conditions under which offenders are released. Also this hour the American Woman who says she was brought to britain to have sex with Prince Andrew urges the British Public to stand beside her. He knows what happened, i know what happened, and theres only one of us telling the truth, and i know thats me. Released from Police Custody the paranoid schizopherenic who went on to kill three pensioners. The point of no retur
Points that key level broached 3100 for first time ever. The nasdaq is higher today all three of the major indices are on track for more record closier close closers. President trump said trade deals with china could happen. Eamon is there and has the details. Reporter thats right. The big question going into the speech today was would the president say anything specific about china give us any dates or locations any indication of where this signing ceremony might take place. The answer is no he didnt give us any specials. Here is what he did say. Were the ones that are deciding whether or not we want to make a deal were close. A significant trade one deal with china it would happy it could happen soon we will only accept a deal if its good for the yiet for our workers and great companies. A little vague there on the specifics. The president also really lashing out at some of his critics including democrats on capitol hill and the Federal Reserve. The president saying he wants to see n
A solution to that trade war at londons National Gallery. In business, mind the gap. Campaigners mark equal pay day as Research Shows women earn 13 less than men here in the uk and almost a third less around the world. A warm welcome to the Programme Briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. Also in the programme when it comes to the Festive Season how do you navigate family expectations . This as harry and meghan head to the us for christmas with meghans mum doria. Is there an etiquette . Tell us what you think just use bbcthebriefing. Donald tusk has told british voters not to give up on stopping brexit as the country gears up for a general election dominated by the issue. The outgoing president of the european council, said that while the process of leaving the eu was in extra time it could go to penalties. Gareth barlow reports. With the end of his tenure inside, donald tusk seems happy to say what he really feels about written and brexit. One of my e