Publicly traded assets into one company into a massive 44 billion deal. Hi, everybody. Welcome to Worldwide Exchange. Very glad youre with us. We have two hours together, kicking off a fresh week on the back of closing out last week with some pretty hefty losses for the week for many of our European Equity markets. This morning, not so. We were called slightly higher after over the weekend we saw some leeway with regards to geopolitics and we saw what seems to be a little bit of a move towards, or in the right direction both with regards to russia and with regards to the middle east, too. Be aware, though, that things can change very quickly and it is still a volatile situation were looking at with regards to the geopolitical tensions. The main european markets, though, trading higher across the board at the moment. Were up by shy of 1 for the ftse and the cac, the xetra dax adding more than a percentage point and same for the ftse mib up 1. 4 . The dax looking at consolidation phases
At least 500 migrants have crossed from turkey to several greek islands on small boats after greek authorities said theyve stopped almost 10,000 others from entering the country. In the us, democrat president ial candidate joe biden wins his first primary in South Carolina boosting his chances of being his partys candidate to take on donald trump in novembers election. And in half an hour. Well be bringing you the best of this weeks interviews and reports from the Victoria Derbyshire programme. Good afternoon. Welcome to bbc news. 12 more people have tested positive for coronavirus in the uk, bringing the total number of cases in the uk to 35. The chief medical officer professor chris whitty released an update saying three patients were close contacts of a known case, one had no known contacts and the circumstances were being investigated further, while others had recently travelled from countries where the virus had been identified. Earlier, the Health Secretary, matt hancock, said th
At least 500 migrants have crossed from turkey to several greek islands on small boats, after greek authorities said theyve stopped almost 10,000 others from entering the country. In the us, democrat president ial candidate joe biden wins his first primary in South Carolina boosting his chances of being his partys candidate to take on donald trump in novembers election. And in half an hour well be bringing you a special Edition Edition of witness history, as razia iqbal visits the British Academy in london, to explore five extraordinary art stories that have shaped our world. Twelve more people have tested positive for coronavirus in the uk. The chief medical officer, chris whitty, gave an update on those cases. Saying that, three of the patients were close contacts of a previously known case. One of the patients had no known contacts. And the others travelled from countries where the virus had been identified. That means the total number of cases in the uk stands at 35. This morning,
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At least 500 migrants have crossed from turkey to several greek islands on small boats after greek authorities said theyve stopped almost 10,000 others from entering the country. In the us, democrat president ial candidate joe biden wins his first primary in South Carolina boosting his chances of being his partys candidate to take on donald trump in novembers election. How civil are our mps . 100 years on, who was the first women to speak in the house of commons . Join me in half an hour for the week in parliament. Good afternoon. We start with the news that 12 more people have tested positive for coronavirus in the uk, bringing the total number of cases in the uk to 35. The chief medical officer, professor chris whitty, gave the update within the last few minutes, saying three patients were close contacts of a known case, one had no known contacts and the circumstances were being investigated further, while others had recently travelled from countries where the virus had been identifi