The rocket bears a korean word, the name of the alleged satellite. Observers say north koreas leaders likely had two motives for showing the video. They wanted to hail the launch as a historic success, and they wanted to dissuade the u. N. Security council from adopting new sanctions. South korean leaders are imposing sanctions on the north because of the rocket launch and an earlier nuclear test. They said they would halt a business complex the koreans run together. Now south korean businesses are pulling out. The keson complex lies in the north. People who run south korean firms there have been trucking out their equipment. The complex opened 12 years ago as a symbol of cooperation. This is the first time the south has halted operations. The Industrial Complex has enabled north korea to earn foreign currency. Still officials in pyongyang say theyll shut it down altogether. The North Koreans say theyll put the zone under military control. They called the souths shutdown of operations
Is on the way. Heather and there is the commute, so it will be tricky. Harvey i think boston sneaks in. It is snowing more steadily in hartford, and this is heavy snow across connecticut and part of rhode island, and that is where the visibility is reduced the most, mild visibility in new london, connecticut. This is still very light snow at this point. Here is a wider view. The potential for snow does not exist because the rain is very close by, and eventually, the deeper purple, this is the significant band of snow, so it does overspreads the boston between 6 00 and 8 00 tonight, and it could snow steadily, and then it changes over, and that continues to move northward. Morning, temperatures may still be at or just below freezing, so some freezing drizzle could be occurring there, but before we get to that, one to three inches of snow, a coating to an inch possible along the water. Fairly mild. We will have much more on the heavy wind and rain. Ed we are learning more about the two u
Ancient center destroyed by months of fighting. First, the renewed fighting between azerbaijan. The Defence Ministry says there are more attacks by sunday. Dozens will be killed saturday. The worst day of fighting in 20 years. Armenia reported 18 are dead. Both say there have been civilian casualties. The u. N. And russia called for calm. The region is marked in yellow, its at the heart of a ter tore yool dispute territorial dispute. It was put under control of azerbaijan during the soviet era. It was then taken away and the territory has been run by local leaders. That was when a ceasefire took hold, ending the six year war in which 30,000 people were killed. The shaded area is the buffer zone chromed by armenia, claimed by azerbaijan. The government is accusing azerbaijan of violating the ceasefire. It was a violation of the ceasefire. Because whatever officially they have done in the zone, it was a conspicuous manifestation of terrorist and policy. Well, meanwhile the turkish presid
The diplomatic spat between saudi arabia and iran, and the fact that they did not find an agreement. Pullback, widely expected. But you really wonder where they go from here. I do not have a handle on what the next next is for opec. Tom we know who is in charge now certainly when it comes to oil policy, the prince of saudi arabia, and we know that opec a second. Nice bow tie. Francine i wore it tom i wore it for the queen. Francine lets go to the bloomberg first word news. Voted in the congress favor of impeaching recess. Now it is up to the brazilian senate. They say it will be difficult eff to win to rous the vote. The death toll is rising due to the earthquake in ecuador. At least 272 people were killed and at least 500 were injured. Some coastal towns were devastated and many people were trapped in collapsed buildings. In japan, the series of earthquakes that has struck the island since thursday are the nations worst in five years. More than 110,000 have lost their homes. Beth kore
3 . Down about its already at volume low, down futures down about 2 . 2 . Features here are taking their cue from there. The dax in germany relatively unchanged. Deal, so theno ruble is weakening today. Yenstors are fleeing to the , although now we are at. 4 weaker dollar versus the end. Three pointoil down 32 . 3. 32 . Stanley is actually down about 20 . 8 . We are seeing some good numbers out of Morgan Stanley, but we are also seeing a couple of numbers where people are needing a moment to digest. John . John its been a while since ive been here, im getting a bit more control. Where was the big story in the last 24 hours, the biggest producers failed to reach a deal over the weekend. Saudi arabia refused to freeze out commitments from other producers, joining us now is libbyergs javier blas and joins us on the phone. The market has to work something out, the rally since mid february was about anticipating a deal. Javier there were several factors. Production in the u. S. Is coming do