Nairobi, paris and new york. The other main stories on bbc news at 5. New brexit talks in brussels but is a deal any closer . The boyfriend ofjodie chesney tells a court of her last moments as she collapsed in his arms after being fatally stabbed. A race against time for thomas cook the holiday firm must find 200 Million Pounds to stay in business. And at 5 45 find out if Jason Solomons thinks brad pitts new astronaut film is out of this world that and more coming up in the film review. Its 5 oclock our main story is that children around the world have stayed away from school to take part in a global day of protests calling for action on Climate Change. Thousands of separate demonstrations are taking place in 150 countries, including the uk. The protestors are demanding more action from both governments and businesses to cut emissions. This is the scene in new york where more than a Million Students from 1,800 Public Schools have been allowed to skip school in order to protest. The env
Destabilize the middle east because america has bases across the region or at a i said but we have to leave it for the time being lets lets cross to tell of the where the leader of the blue and white center right Party Benny Gantz is about to speak in response to overtures made by the israeli Prime Minister and leader the likud party between netanyahu about forming a unity government we know that this was a call made by netanyahu yesterday and benny gantz is now clearly giving his response lets just listen to what the leader of the blue and white centrist party has to say. Shalom to people who do you got your. Journey and citizens of israel not just. Come from the ceremony for shimon peres. May his soul rest in peace i knew him personally he was a man of. Seeing the future and did everything for the future generations as everybody. He put everything before. Any thing else. The people of israel have gone to the ballots they have voted and they have voted clearly. The people have said th
Beneficial impact on the u. S. Market. Reporting good results. Reportinghomburger good results. Iance data systems the worst performer on the s p 500. Fed vicechairman Richard Clarida and John Williams reinforcing that the central bank could cut Interest Rates by as much as 0. 5 later this month. Esther, what did you and commerzbank make of the comments from the u. S. Federal reserve federal president this last time for hours . Did it make a difference to Market Pricing and what you believe . Esther while we sought Interest Rate expectations to decline further, we do not think it make a fundamental change. The fed has already indicated they intend to cap Interest Rates at their july meeting. The big question for the u. S. Market, will they continue to cut after the july meeting, or is it just a preemptive cut . To this extent, it did not give more insight. Act indicated they want to early, but whether there are further steps coming is unclear. Perhaps the more Immediate Impact on marke
Lets get a check in on the markets. European equities are pretty flat. The stoxx 600 struggling for direction. You heard and the headlines, three key things we heard. The dovish message from Jerome Powell reiterated and we got better than expected data in terms of retail sales and factory output, pushing the 10 year yield up. It also pushed the dollar higher and we hold on to those gains. The question as whether President Trump can have the weaker dollar at the same time as a strong economy. And can he have gains in stocks as the same time as a trade war continues . As you made those comments, the s p 500 took a hit, dropping for the first time in six sessions. Coming up, we speak to the oecd secretarygeneral. Dont miss that interview live. Lets get bloomberg first workers. Word news. The u. S. House voted to condemn comments from donald trump that are racist. Week, he tweeted for congresswoman should quote go back to where they came from. Trump says he is not racist and does not have
next two people wanting to fly, and over the next two weeks we are about to enter at the next two weeks we are about to enter at the peak next two weeks we are about to enter at the peak of the peak summer season politicians in sri lanka begin the process of choosing a new president, after mass protests drove ex president rajapaksa to resign and flee the country. and an unprecedented win ireland make history with their first ever series win in new zealand. good afternoon. welcome to the bbc news channel. a meeting of the government s emergency cobra committee has taken place this afternoon to discuss how to respond to the record temperatures that are expected to hit parts of the uk next week. a national emergency has been declared after a red extreme heat warning was issued for the first time, meaning there s a risk to life. jon donnison reports. at the bristol harbour festival this weekend, a cold shower more than welcome. and with potentially record temperatures fo