To break trump has yet the stimulus long gem. Softbank backs the virus handed record losses in may at a drop of the value, some may change with earnings later. Lets get a quick check of how the markets are trading. We are seeing u. S. Futures under a little bit of pressure, down 1 10 of 1 . We have President Trumps executive actions on stimulus measures boosting sentiment. That weighed in indices. The s p 500 saw the highest close in sixmonth in the longest winning streak since 2017. Aska futures at the moment japan comes back from mountain day holiday. I mentioned softbank earnings coming back later. The japanese yen Holding Around the weakest in more than two weeks. The bloomberg dollar index unchanged at the moment. This after it touched a oneweek high. Watch out for some data this morning. We are getting south koreas 10 day trade data. We are getting japan numbers, not to mention singapores final gdp numbers. Crude headed towards 42 a barrel after gaining the most in a week after s
The British Engineering firm cancels plans to make an electric car. Its the era of the influencer and not just celebs with massive followings. Well get the inside track on Influencer Marketing, which is attracting billions from brands. And as hmv today opens the worlds Biggest Record store the size of 12 Tennis Courts were asking can a record store survive in the digital age . When did you last buy a vinyl lp or cd . Let us know just use the hashtag bbcworklife. Hello and a warm welcome to worklife, our new business show, and we start with the gender pay 93p its no secret that a gulf remains in many parts of the world, between men and women on pay and career progression. Today marks the uns International Day of the girl which aims to highlight challenges faced by girls around the world and promote ways in which they can become more empowered. One area that clearly needs addressing is the imbalance between what men and women earn. Its estimated that the worlds gender pay gap last year w
Well have the latest from ukraine, where the party of comedian turned politician president Volodymyr Zelensky is on course for a decisive victory in parliamentary elections. And liftoff in india which has launched its Second Mission to the moon. Irans seizure of a british flagged tanker has been described as an act of state piracy. Heres uk foreign secretary jeremy hunt. If iran continues on this dangerous path, they must accept the price will be a larger western military presence in the waters along the coastline, not because we wish to increase tensions, but simply because freedom of navigation is a principle which britain and its allies will always defend. That statement came after the uk government held an emergency meeting over the escalating International Crisis in the gulf. Its called for the release of the stena impero tanker which the uk says was seized here in omani waters. Lets take a listen to how it unfolded. Heres the Radio Exchange between iranian guards, the tanker and
To the hospital with general body overheating , the head of the Regional Military of the administration of Oleksandr Prokudin in total, last day the enemy fired 99 shells in the kherson region, the russians hit the village of podoli in the Kharkiv Region with a guided aerial bomb, an elderly woman died, her husband was hospitalized with serious injuries, two more people were injured due to enemy shelling of the village of putnikova in kupyansk, the occupiers injured a young man about it informs the head of the Regional Military administration, oleg synogubov. He added that yesterday morning the invaders fired at kharkiv with c300 rockets , and the building of a civilian enterprise was damaged there at the same time, in the villages of petropavlivka, kucherivka and cherneshchyna, due to enemy attacks, private houses and farms were destroyed by raiders, and in dnipropetrovsk region, this night the russians launched a rocket attack in the posinelnyk district of the region , a fire broke o
Dozen governors, heads of state banks and state companies. There are many planned events, both public and private. Well, during the conversation , xi jinping said that he has met with putin more than 40 times, which is twice as many as with any other world leader. In particular, putin visited beijing before the fullscale invasion, when they signed a declaration of friendship without borders. Well, it is interesting that before how to meet with putin this time. Pin traveled to europe, met, in particular, with french president macron and talked about the war in ukraine. So, how did the current meeting between the chinese and russian leaders take place . The bbcs beijing correspondent Steve Mcdonald is following the visit. This trip gives putin moral support. He is isolated in the international arena, he cannot go to many countries, for fear that he will be arrested and sent to the International Criminal court. Here he received a magnificent reception and has. An ordinary international le