South africas eligibility july community. Your welcome to the program we start off. Reject that plans by the countrys military rulers to hold elections within 9 months that a clear ration of freedom and change forces Alliance Says it will keep up the campaign of civil disobedience to try to force the Transitional Military Council from pot. Suspended the unions with the army after yesterdays violence because of its outside the military headquarters in the doctors linked to the opposition see 35 people were killed in mondays crackdown. The army says that thats where the result of the botched attempts to clear the street and has promised an investigation so the military leader apologized but said all agreements with the opposition wear off accusing them of trying to sideline the armed forces. The military council has decided the following we have offered to cancel what has been agreed and negotiations with a declaration of freedom and change forces. Me to call general elections within a p
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Bbc news. We begin in westminster, where the Prime Minister is resisting pressure for the conservatives to return £10 million donated by the businessman frank hester who allegedly said the mp diane abbott made him want to hate All Black Women and should be shot. Rishi sunak told the commons that the alleged remarks were racist and wrong frank hester has apologised for making what he called rude comments about britains first black female mp. The row dominated Prime Ministers questions as labour has called on the conservatives to give the money back. Heres our Political Editor chris mason. Will you give the money back, Prime Minister . I the Big Questions ringing in the ears of rishi sunak today. Would the party take more money from mr hester . After a morning in which two senior conservatives answered these questions rather differently. I would think about the company i kept, and i would give that money back. I have to give you my view, rather than what the party should do, but ive tho
Tom good morning, this is bloomberg and i am Tom Mackenzie. An Holding Pattern ahead of inflation data. Jb dimon warns the u. S. Economy is not out of the woods adding the fed should wait before cutting Interest Rates and u. K. Data will be watched by the bank of england. It will stickiness move the dial for the boe . Lets check in on markets. After modest losses yesterday futures looking brighter as we lead up to wage data and the data print. Jay powell suggests they are getting closer to a point where they have confidence to cut rates. Will data get them closer today . Or cause fluctuations . European futures with gains after modest losses. Ftse futures are up as we look to the data, markets pricing in a cost cut in august. Back above the 5000 level after modest losses nasdaq pointing higher. Lets look cross asset, keeping our eye on currency. The pound in focus as we look ahead to labor and jobs data out of the u. K. 4. 09 and not a lot of movement so far. The pound at 128. We will
Mr putin and chinas president xijinping hav signed a joint declaration, stressing the importance of the two countries strategic partnership. The chinese president talked about the countries long shared history, saying the nations are deepening their support for one another. President xi also said that he and President Putin agreed on the need for a political solution to the ukraine conflict. President putin thanked china for a warm reception adding that the talks were also pragmatic. Our china correspondent, stephen mcdonell, has been telling us about the significance of the meeting. Well, the overall message is just all about the symbolism. I mean, the Biden Administration has already accused the Chinese Government of offering serious Material Support for vladimir putin s invasion of ukraine. So equipment which is not only helping russia, but also, according to the us government, helping russia to build more tanks, to build more drones. Direct Material Support from china. And now th