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and johanna konta leads the way for the women. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the us president donald trump and russia s vladimir putin have met face to face for the first time shaking hands at the start of the g20 summit in germany. it follows months of speculation about their relationship and allegations of russian intervention in the us presidential election. the two men are due to hold an official meeting at the summit in hamburg later. with issues like climate change on the agenda, protestors have brought police onto the streets once again today following yesterday s violence. we can go our deputy political editorjohn pienaar, who s in hamburg. before we get substance, we get to persist with body language when we see the first handshake. it will be fascinating to watch donald trump meeting flat in putin, due to happen in the next hour or so. meeting vladimir putin. just for the body language as much as anything else. vladimir putin is seen as a quietl ....
where heather watson is out she lost her third round tie to former world number one victoria akarenka while andy murray will take to centre court later. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the us president donald trump and russia s vladimir putin have met face to face for the first time shaking hands at the start of the g20 summit in germany. it follows months of speculation about their relationship and allegations of russian intervention in the us presidential election. the two men are due to hold an official meeting at the summit in hamburg later. with issues like climate change on the agenda, protestors have brought police onto the streets once again today following yesterday s violence. we can go our deputy political editorjohn pienaar, who s in hamburg. we are all becoming experts in body language at the moment, aren t we? these leaders finally came together for the hugely anticipated meeting here. the handshake was warm and the pleasantries were even war ....
welcome to bbc news. us president elect donald trump has described president vladimir putin as very smart after he announced russia would not yet be expelling any american diplomats following president 0bama s decision to send home 35 russians in a row about cyber espionage and hacking. mr 0bama had accused the russians of interfering in the us presidential election by hacking into democratic party e mails. the kremlin has a lwa ys party e mails. the kremlin has always denied any involvement and president putin said today he look forward to rebuilding links with america when donald trump became president. 0ur moscow correspondent steve rozenberg has the latest. near the kremlin tonight, they were putting on a seasonal show. ahead of the new year celebrations, there was song and dance and some musical theatre. but that was nothing compared to the political theatre being played out inside. first up on stage, the foreign minister who advised president putin to expel 35 us ....
the ten-year note yield let s take a look at where we stand right now in what has been of course one of the bigger stories towards the end of this year, but price moving up a tiny bit lately with the yield map 2.481. there you see wti. let s get to our roadmap this morning. and it starts with that geopolitical news. russia s holding off on retaliation. president vladimir putin responding to u.s. sanctions in the wake of alleged election hacking. futures indicating a higher open on this final trading day of 2016. we ll look back at the best and worst performers and talk strategy for the year ahead. plus, 2016 was a tough year for retailers. will the pressures ease in the new year? well, russia s president vladimir putin says he will not expel anyone after recommended deporting 35 american diplomats and closing two diplomatic facilities in retaliation for similar closures here. john harwood joins us now from washington with more on the story. john. david, vladimir ....
that is the one thing people will want to know on monday morning first thing. the dollar strengthening against the yen after the fed official added to the course of policymakers signaling they will keep raising interest rates. this is a picture for european markets. they are gaining some 0.3%. another currency pairing is new zealand dollar slipping some 1%. the kiwi dropping 1.7% last week after the central bank said on february 9 that it plans to keep arming costs at a record low. we have charles dallara. i want to show you the banks, gaining some 0.7%. let s get straight to the bloomberg first word news. here s nejra cehic. nejra: kraft heinz has pulled its bid for unilever two days after the approach became public. the company cited the target s reluctance to engage in talks. the decision came after 3g capital and berkshire hathaway, which own about half of kraft heinz am undecided they negative mergere made a impossible. japan posted a bigger than forecast trade def ....