Im Francine Lacqua in london. To our u. S. Viewers, happy thanksgiving. We still have a very packed show. In currencies, the dollar extending gains at its highest level in more than a decade as the stronger case for a fed rate hike ways on bonds, gold, and emergingmarket assets. U. S. Markets are closed for thanksgiving. We will keep you uptodate with the other market moves. The ecb has published its Financial Stability review. It goes through a little bit of what weve seen on the markets. They are looking at stability, saying the euro area banks have significant vulnerability. Ecb also saying there are sovereign debt concerns and they may return on Political Uncertainty. The ecb mentioning political instability and policy changes as increasing risk. They look at the things surveillance has also looked at. Monte dei paschi is meeting in siena. For more on the banks, we speak to the ecb Vice President , vitor constancio, in just over an hour. A meeting is underway at monte dei paschi. W
Mark have a look at where european equities are trading. We are 30 minutes to the end of the session. Stocks are rising for the third day. Here is the lefthand column. Germany stacks up by 1. 8 . Is gaining. The only major currency that has fallen against the dollar today is the pound. It is down by 6 10 of 1 . The euro is up by roughly 4 10 of 1 . Bonds deals are following are falling. We have the spanish 30 year low, the u. K. 10 year six basis points lower as well. And in your other column, lets have a look at some of the other big stories today. One of the stories we are focusing on, shares are unchanged. And is royal our homes dell this is the new name. It is going to plow money back into online. Its cash reserves are swelling following the merger between the belgian and the dutch retailers. They are aiming to double online sales by 2020. Free cash flows have increased to about a billion euros in 2017 from about 1. 3 billion. Fightmerged in july 2 heightened competition. Will lead
Speeds off. Good morning, welcome to Al Jazeera America. Im morgan radford. Secretary of state john kerry is calling on the International Community for help in the fight against the Islamic State group. He writes kerrys call comes as David Cameron upped the u. K. Threat level over concerns that british citizen fighting with the Islamic State could return and launch domestic attacks. The white house is weighing its next move. Reporter as britain razes alert levels. We respond with calmness and purpose. Reporter the United States is taking a different response. Theres no plans to change it. Reporter the white house not showing demands. This is a threat that is monitored. One we are focussed on. The strategy is evolving. Already its launched more than 100 air strikes, and the pentagon says the approach must go beyond military intervention. This shares the same sense of urgency over the situation in iraq, and the spread that i. S. I. L. Poses. The cure for depression. 3,000 have joined the
To remember victims of the countrys biggest earthquake in living memory. Im harry faucet in kathmandu and we will report on the very many and serious challenges of rebuilding nepal one month on. Celebrations in the streets of madrid after spains ruling party suffers a major defeat in local elections. We begin with breaking news from tunisia, a soldier has turned his gun on his colleagues. He killed a colonel and injured eight other soldiers at a military military barracks in tunis and shot and killed and we are live from tunis on more about what we know about this development. Reporter it happened at a camp which is right in the heart of tunis very close to the bardo museum where the incident happened in march where 22 were killed and close to the parliament. Details are quite sketchy at the moment but we understand that this man, basically opened fire on his colleagues in this very important barracks in the heart of tunis. At the time of the shooting a nearby mosque and a school were
Though the Welsh Government is asking people to stick to two households and a new National Lockdown will come into force there after the festive period. In scotland, the number of people within the bubble has been limited to eight but children under 12 do not count toward that number. And the Scottish Government is now recommending that people should meet other households for only one day during the five Day Christmas period. These measures will be in place for five days over the festive period, between the 23rd and 27th of december. Although people in Northern Ireland get an extra day either side for travel time. Our Political Correspondent Jonathan Blake is at westminster for us now. So much stronger advice but no change to the rules . The message has significantly shifted. We had this uk wide plan to allow up to three hassles meet indoors for the five days over christmas and that was taken last days over christmas and that was ta ken last month days over christmas and that was taken