The winners of the Nobel Peace Prize and this year, the award goes to the International Campaign to abolish Nuclear Weapons. Two women from very different generations who have worked tirelessly for nuclear disarmament. They believe they have embarked on a campaign which will ultimately lead to the elimination of all the worlds Nuclear Weapons. But are they changemakers or wishful thinkers . Beatrice fihn and Setsuko Thurlow, many congratulations on winning the Nobel Peace Prize. Of course, welcome to hardtalk. Beatrice fihn and Setsuko Thurlow, many congratulations on winning the Nobel Peace Prize. Of course, welcome to hardtalk. I want to begin by asking both of you how you felt when you heard this news is that you had won the Nobel Peace Prize. You are the executive director of ican, the International Campaign to abolish Nuclear Weapons. Did you expect it . Thank you for having me here. We did not expect it at all. We have been so preoccupied with the treaty and having it concluded i
In global news, business and sport. And you can be part of the conversation. As we get the first big freeze this winter in europe, should we be marvelling at our Winter Wonderland, or raging at how the weather make our lives and our travel such a misery . Tell us what you think just use the hashtag bbc the briefing. Will you get to work today . Well, much of Northern Europe has been paying the price of snow blizzards, freezing temperatures as low as 10 celsius, and winds gusting up to 140 kilometres an hour, nearly 90 miles an hour. Tens of thousands of air passengers were stranded over the weekend as airports were closed or flights diverted. Sarah corker has the latest. Heavy snow and seriously low temperatures have grounded hundreds of flight across Northern Europe. Germanys busiest airport, frankfurt, was one of the worst affected. Despite efforts to clear the runways and de ice aircraft, 330 flights were cancelled, stranding hundreds of passengers. In france, 75 mph winds were the
Must be treated equally sparking outrage among consumers and in the tech industry. So far everyones been equal on the internet superhighway websites from smaller providers didnt need to compete with the likes of Facebook Netflix or other web giants at least when it came to connection speed but abandoning Net Neutrality means internet providers can demand money for sending Companies Data faster imagine it like a fast lane for websites who stump up the cash those who cant afford it will be stuck in first gear. Or a lot of people go for free mostly to do like relax and its more like its become more like t. V. Shows t. V. Providers pay for packages and stuff and im really upset about it i think that one thing is like a large majority of people were polled are for Net Neutrality i have a Small Business i write the websites for the right stuff and it seems like thats just going to get way in the face of the small people critics say scrapping Net Neutrality will limit what the internet can of
Day on wall street. Stocks rose, and rose, and rose some more. The blue chip dow index closed above 26,000 for the first time ever, marking the fastest 1,000point move in history. Recall, it was just on january 4th that the dow first closed before 25,000. The rally today was broad, with all 11 sectors posting gapes and all of the major indexes finishing at records. As one strategist said, there is just no reason to sell, which come the think of it, may be a reason to sell. But not today. The Dow Jones Industrial average climbed 322 points to 26,115. Nasdaq added 74. The Standard Poors was up a sporty 26. If you need ooef even more evidence of the enthusiasm for equitiesw sur puts stock market optimism among profession inves at a 32year high. What tends to happen when we see an acceleration like this . Mike anatolia takes a look. Repor has the stock market rally begun to overshoot . There is no full definition of a bull market overshoot. Its not the same as a market bubble. Not a mere s
A month. We begin with stocks largely shutting off dc uncertainty. Wall street on its positive week plus, count down to a shutdown the senator appears on track to reject the spending bill shares of ibm. Its first gain of the 20 quarters stocks are showing some resilience despite of a shutdown of the government. Yesterday the dow hit the all time high before soliciting blik to the territory i got to tell you of the little take up which some people want to magnify on a percentages bases. I dont know how to reverse it caterpillar and boeing, great industrials. You can perhaps come up with a thesis at a certain point and you want the dividend. There is so much money this is too good. Lets touch on the shutdown the house passes the funding bill last night, 231197 republicans have 51. We talk about markets not really behaving dramatically in a shutdown unless a debt limit is a factor which is it is further off. You perfectly summed it up. It is not about the s p, it is about guys trying to f