Scotland face a must win game against russia to keep their hopes alive while wales can qualify for the quarter finals if they beat fiji. Good morning. And it is another day of sunshine and showers. Some of those showers are merging to give longer spells of rain, heavy with hailand longer spells of rain, heavy with hail and thunder, but they will be blown along quite quickly on gusty winds. They will have more in 15 minutes. Good morning. Its wednesday the 9th of october. Our top story the irish Prime Minister has warned it will be very difficult for the uk and the eu to reach an agreement on brexit before the deadline of october the 31st. Leo varadkars comments come as european leaders accused the government of turning the brexit negotiations into a stupid blame game. Our Political Correspondent nick eardley is in downing street for us this morning. Nick, what next for brexit . The tone of the conversation has really ta ke n the tone of the conversation has really ta ken a the tone of
Life from bloombergs European Headquarters here in london. Im Francine Lacqua. Lets get straight to the board and to the market. Here is the picture for european stocks. We did see a reversal a little bit. A lot of these asian equities, the euro stoxx 600 getting down to 0. 5 . I want to focus on german bonds, the 10 year at a new fresh record low. Pulling off 50 a barrel. The japanese 10 year bond yield sinking to a year sinking to a low. Caroline francine, thank you. Chinas export exports stabilized in may. Overseas shipments fell in dollar terms. Imports slipped just north of. 4 . Meanwhile the pboc has kept its 2016 growth forecast unchanged. It provides that cpi forecast up from 1. 7 . Japans economy grew slightly more than reported in the first quarter, helped by revisions and private consumption. Gdp expanded 1. 9 giving some relief to shinzo abe. The british Prime Minister and leader of the u. K. Have argued each side of the exit issue in a tv special of the brexit issue in a t
Where julie hyman have the latest. U. S. Markets just keep going up and are very resilient, as we as we have frequent talked about. Trading higher, where we are right now that is the record so we are indeed closing in on that record level. A little further from their record closes but nonetheless moving higher today. Look at the s p 500. Since last may, that is the decline we are seeing. We will be seeing the s p can make up the gap. And reach a new record in the coming days. Once again, a commodity led rally, a broad rally. Tech are the Top Performing groups here. Oil inventories coming up in about 30 minutes. Last night, the epr reported there is a drawdown of about 3. 5 million barrels. We will see of the government numbers match that. The dollar decline in copper futures are coming back after yesterday passes losses. Economic data has been supporting. Percentage movers, companies that make this stuff, that produce the various commodities. Chesapeake energy up by almost 10 . And an
The missing billions the bank of england is urged to investigate where 50 billion pounds in banknotes is being kept. Thunder rumbles. Also coming up this hour. The phenomenon of this is bbc news. Thundersnow hits scotland. Residents in edinburgh are woken the headlines. In the middle of the night with time fast running out before by thunder and lightning combining with a heavy snowstorm. Current trade rules end on the 31st of december talks continue on a post brexit trade deal. An important day. Determination. We are in a difficult phase. There is no denying that. There are a number of tricky issues that have to be resolved. Americas top Infectious Disease expert apologises for suggesting that the uks s medical regulator had cut corners in giving speedy approval of the Coronavirus Vaccine. From this evening, pubs, bars and restaurants in wales will have to shut by six oclock and wont be allowed to sell alcohol other than ta ke aways. The uk will aim to cut its carbon good morning and w
Sir Tony Blair wants Labour to reset relations with the European Union as Sir Keir Starmer faces calls to explain how his party would take advantage of Brexit s benefits if it wins the next election.