Business has come to the u. S. Has labeled china a currency manipulator cranking up trade tensions between the worlds 2 biggest economies the decision rattled investors on International Stock markets Donald Trumps decision follows the sharp weakening of chinas you one currency which breached the closely watched barrier of 7 against the dollar busy the u. S. Treasury said its labels china a currency manipulator because it has devalued its currency to quote gain an unfair competitive advantage in the worst sell off of the year the dow jones lost close to 3 percent on monday shanghai composite shares 2. 4 percent asian markets later ted those losses. Lets go straight to our Financial Markets correspondent who is in frankfurt only it seems like the trade war has and hit a new round and new arena tell us what does it mean when the u. S. Calls a country a currency manipulator. Well when you manipulate your currency youre doing that in order to get an advantage in trade and donald trump is sa
So for about 2 years or so but because youve given so much money, the richest man is jeff bezos. If do you think that if you had stayed in college to get a degree a sign that i havent given away money fast enough to drop out of top 10 and the market has been wrong. [applause] actually market has been strong. Microsoft is up 35 this year. To what do you attribute that . The 5 most powerful companies in the world are the Technology Companies, microsoft has a god share of that, i get to spend about a sixth of my time over at microsoft, so so recently you said that the biggest mistake youve made professionally was that microsoft should have had the android technology, why was that the biggest mistake . Well, when youre in a field and youre doing what was called windows mobile, remised being the mobile operating by very tinny amount, tough trial, we didnt assign the best people to do the work. Biggest mistake i made and clearly the company that that should have achieved that and we didnt an
By australia at lords. It is a result which leaves their hopes of reaching the semi finals in the balance. Bathed in sunshine. France, germany and italy prepare for a heatwave, as temperatures are set to soar to above a0 degrees. And the source of that heat is coming up from north africa. It is coming up from north africa. It is coming our way as well. Some of us will have temperatures into the high 20s or low 30s by the time we get to the end of this week. Today it is a fairly cloudy, murky start, but they will be some sunshine, and i will tell you where in 15 minutes. It is wednesday 26 june. The families of three children with special Educational Needs and disabilities will challenge the government in the High Court Today over what they say is inadequate funding. Their lawyers will argue the government is leaving councils in england unable to fulfil their legal duties to give these children the support they need. Breakfasts Jayne Mccubbin reports. This is the little girl who is taki
Broken across europe as an early summer heatwave sweeps across the continent. San francisco becomes the first us city to ban sales of e cigarettes until the Health Effects are clearer. Oh, im so sorry. And a newborn baby is found alive inside a plastic bag left in woods in the us state of georgia. Good morning. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. Im joanna gosling. A bbc investigation has found that the moors murderer ian brady, who tortured, sexually assaulted and murdered five children between 1963 and 1965, was allowed to mix with vulnerable young prisoners for more than five years during his lifelong sentence. It happened at wormwood scrubs prison in the 1970s and 1980s. Newly released home office files reveal that even after one young prisoner alleged that brady had had sex with him, no action was taken for several months. Sanchia berg has this exclusive report. Ian brady was, for decades, one of britains most notorious prisoners. With myra hindley, hed tortured and murdered five childr
By the senior tory mp tobias ellwood. Soaring energy bills. A large part of the rise in the cost of living. Well look at where help is being provided. Schools not out in wales, with a trial to lengthen the school day by five hours a week. And the start of the Winter Olympics torch relay heralding the official start of the games in two days time. And coming up on the Bbc News Channel how green is your club . How tottenham and liverpool find themselves top of footballs sustainability table. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. The government is this lunchtime announcing its plans to close the gap between rich and poor areas of the country, as part of its so called levelling up agenda. The policy, which the Prime Minister has described as a defining mission, will take until 2030 to deliver, and aims to tackle regional inequalities and help overlooked communities. There are 12 missions or targets which include. Increasing regional devolution with plans to create more mayors w