To ukraine from these taxes. Here in belgium, we have Income Taxation from those frozen russian assets. Last year , it became obvious to us that income taxes on those assets should be 100 directed to help the ukrainian people. We do. We did it last year and will do it again this year, antiaircraft guns ukraine will receive the terahawk paladin from great britain, according to the statement of the minister of defense of the united kingdom. These antiaircraft guns will improve antiaircraft defense, as they are able to automatically engage and detect targets. The installations will be part of a new aid package from britain in the amount of 122 Million Dollars. Also, there will be equipment for demining and protection of critical infrastructure. A third of the territory of ukraine is mined. This is like three squares of croatia said Prime Minister denys shmegal during a speech at the International Conference of donors on demining currently, 40 countries have agreed to join the Internationa
With another rate hike likely. He is prepared for higher oil and gas prices and rates. As a matter of being prepared, the geopolitical situation is most concerning. The shine comes from luxury stocks as disappointing sales growth in china leads to a series of downgrades for the sector. Asmi shares drop after the chipmaker raises the top line target, but falls short of expectations from the street. Good morning. Lets get a check of the markets. You see the early hours of trading is a lot of red on the heat map. You coulcould say markets are grappling with the news from the Central Banks last week. Namely most of them are done with the rate hiking cycle the, but higher rates are here to stay with us. It has been a difficult couple days for the indices. We have china concerns and real estate sector down for another session. Concerns of evergrande and concerns of the auto strikes in the u. S. And a new one. The potential u. S. Shutdown as well. All of those things together is not making fo
Its missile capability without seeking permission from the International Community. One report says the country unveiled a new Ballistic Missile capable of carrying several warheads a live report coming up in a moment. Joining us now lets do it right now, joining us on the squa squawk news line from tehran is ali arouzi. Good morning reporter good morning. President rouhani after returning from the u. N. General assembly attended a massive military parade in tehran where he said iran will strengthen its missile capabilities they wont seek permission from any country to do so that is a reference to u. S. Demands that iran curb its Missile Program and to reinforce the statement the revolutionary guard during that military parade unveiled a new Ballistic Missile, which they say has a range of 1,200 miles its capable of carrying multiple warheads. As you guys are well aware, President Trump has accused iran of playing a destabilizing role in the region. But rouhani in his speech this morni
Weve seen since the election. The nasdaq is indicated up by 8. 5 points. Well talk to the nasdaqs ceo later this morning. Look at what happened overnight in asia. The nikkei was up by 1. 1 . Markets in china also closed higher with the hang seng up by a half percentage point. In europe this morning, in the early trading thats taking place, you can see things are relatively flat. Across the board. The ftse, the cac, and the dax all sitting within points of where they closed yet. Its been a big couple of days for markets there. Pepsico just out with earnings. The number is a core earnings of 94 cents a share. That Beat Estimates by two cents. Revenue also coming in a little above expectations. Talking about what happened with this quarter, she said they achieved solid Revenue Growth in the First Quarter, underpinned by global volume growth. Despite what she calls a challenging food and Beverage Industry thats been trading conditions in north america and continued volatility in developing
Massive bomb exploded in the capital killing 90 and wounding more than 450. Funeral processions took place throughout couple on thursday. Throughout kabul on thursday. James the suspense is building over which way donald trump will go. Rightset to announce, about now, his position on the Paris Climate Accord and the decision will be read as a further indicator of Donald Trumps vision of americas role in the world. The white house has signaled withdrawal is likely but Top White House aides have been divided. Donald trumps vision may not be entirely clearcutut. Abandoning the pacact was one of his princicipal campaign p pleds but allies have expressed alarm about the likely consequences. I b believe that t god has a special place. Marieare joined on set by , our environment editor. We are expecting donald trump to accord, and we dont know which way hes going to go. We had heard a report from reuters that said he would withdraw from the Paris Agreement. Some said he would withdraw from th