Of travel company thomas cook. And evicted by penguins we look at australian attempts to empty an estate, to make room for a colony of little penguins. Good morning. Its 8am in singapore, 1am in london and 8 pm in new york where about 60 World Leaders have gathered for a special un Climate Summit amid signs of a distinct public shift over how to tackle Climate Change. The aim was to deliver a number of meaningful plans to dramatically reduce emissions during the next decade, reaching Carbon Neutrality by 2050. Nick bryant reports. A sweltering september scorcher in new york city not much sign of autumn here. And it hasntjust been a long summer, but north of the equator, the hottest ever on record. So, today at the riverside headquarters of the United Nations, an urgent Climate Action summit. This global body, once more, sounding the alarm. The world is losing the race against Climate Change. Applause. In this air conditioned auditorium, the heat came from the 16 year old swedish activi
Formal england coach. Former england coach. Tracey neville speaks to us about herjoy at becoming pregnant in her 40s, her decision to stand down from coaching the England Netball Team and how older mothers deserve more respect. We know i am 42 years old, so the risks are higher and it creates a real fea rful risks are higher and it creates a real fearful environment. Risks are higher and it creates a realfearful environment. If risks are higher and it creates a real fearful environment. If it was just a bit more positivity around it, like we do with our athletes. Gary lineker will be here to tell us about football, his finances and finding his political voice. Today will be fairly cloudy and wet for many parts of the uk. Envy and thunder in places. I have more details in 15 minutes. Good morning to you. Its tuesday the 24th of september. Our top story thousands more stranded thomas cook passengers will be brought back home today in the state funded rescue effort, 0peration matterhorn.
Announcer live from our studios in singapore and london. This is bbc world news. Its newsday. Good morning. Its 8am in singapore, 1am london and 2am in the french resort of biarritz, where the g7 summit of World Leaders has ended in an unexpectedly positive mood. French president Emmanuel Macron persuaded his colleagues to agree to help brazil fight the fires in the amazon. He also convinced President Trump to at least consider a meeting with irans president rouhani. And mr trump himself was upbeat about the resolution of another crisis he has initiated the trade war with china. I think they should make a deal, and i think if they dont make a deal, its going to be very bad for china. And i very much appreciate the fact they came out last night, very late last night, and they said they wanted to make a deal, they wanted it to be under calm circumstances. It was a little different kind of statement, i thought it was a beautiful statement. The us president stood beside emmanual macron as
Order. Good afternoon and welcome to this afternoons session of the washington history seminar. Historical perspective on international and national affairs. My name is eric, of George Washington university, and i am the cochair of the seminar, along with christian f. Ostermann who represents the wilson center. As you may see, we have cspan taping here today, so we would like to welcome those of you who are watching on your computers or on your television screens, and suggest that you visit our website to learn more about the Seminar Series and upcoming speakers here at the wilson center. The washington history seminar, is a collaborative effort of two organizations. The Woodrow Wilson International Center for scholars, and the American Historical Association National History center. We are now in our ninth year of programming, approaching our big decadelong celebration that will come next year. We meet weekly, mostly on monday afternoons, during the academic year. The seminar at wants
We start with the cost of borrowing, because the worlds most powerful central bank, the us Federal Reserve, has cut Interest Rates for the First Time Since the financial crisis more than a decade ago. The move disappointed financial markets, not to mention President Trump. They wanted a bigger cut or at least a clear signal that more cuts will come. But the move is part of a global trend of falling borrowing costs from europe to asia to south america as the Economic Outlook grows more uncertain. Lets show you the details. The fed cut its main Interest Rate by 0. 25 to a range of 2 2. 25 . Chairman Jerome Powell citing signs of a global slowdown. Last week European Central bank chief mario draghi made it clear it they are going the same way with markets expecting a rate cut in september along with more stimulus measures. Today its the turn of the bank of england. Its not expected to cut today, but markets are betting it will do so by december, amid rising risks of a no deal brexit. It w