President trump warns germany over dependence on russian gas and threatens sanctions over the nordstream 2 project to bring more of it to europe. A warm welcome to the Programme Briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. Also in the programme the Us House Intelligence Committee today holds a hearing on the rise of so called deep fakes online, fake videos of people saying or doing something that never happened. How concerned are you about this . How can it be policed, if at all . Send us your comments, bbcthebriefing. Authorities in hong kong are shutting most government offices in the financial district for the rest of the week, after days of protests against an extradition bill that would allow people to be sent to Mainland China for trial. The bill has triggered the biggest street rallies since hong kong was handed back to china by the british in 1997. Police fired tear gas and rubber bullets in running battles with the demonstrators. Joining me now is t
By the British Charity regulator for mishandling allegations of Sexual Misconduct by its staff in haiti. And botswanas high court has decriminalised homosexuality its the latest country to overturn laws on sexuality from the colonial era. Yesterday, we talked about the public outcry in russia over the arrest of an Investigative Reporter called ivan golu nov. Well this is russias interior minister today. Translation the decision was made to drop the charges against mr. Golunov, because his relation to the crime was not proven. Today he will be released from under house arrest. And here he is a short while ago being released from house arrest. All charges dropped. And the two Police Officers who carried out the arrest have been suspended. That arrest was in moscow last week. Ivan golu nov accused of trying to sell a drug that he was carrying. His lawyer says the drugs were planted and that this was in an attempt to silence him. Plenty of people might want to. Mr golu nov investigates hig
Following the worst violence in the city for decades. A Photo Exhibition by the wife of one of chinas most famous dissidents, gives a rare insight into her life. Live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news. Its newsday. Good morning. Its 7am in singapore, midnight in london and 3am in the gulf of oman, where two oil tankers were hit by explosions on thursday. The us secretary of state mike pompeo has accused iran of carrying out the attacks. A Us Navy Destroyer is now heading to the scene. Tehran has denied having anything to do with the incidents. Heres our chief International Correspondent lyse doucet. This morning in the gulf, a First Oil Tanker set ablaze, ignited by an explosion. Crew members on this norwegian vessel were rescued by a passing cargo ship. These scenes filmed by irans navy. An hour later, another tanker, japanese owned, also hit by an explosion. Its still not clear what caused these latest attacks in one of the worlds busiest shipping lanes
In the city for decades. Especially into the western isles, a Photo Exhibition by the wife of one of chinas most famous one or two showers elsewhere, dissidents, gives a rare but where you have got the clear skies and here insight into her life into northern ireland, too, your temperature could be around the mid single figures live from our studios as the day first starts. In singapore and london, but you can see the outbreaks this is bbc world news. Its newsday. Of rain from northern england, the midlands into wales, perhaps affecting parts of south west england, good morning. Perhaps the odd showery burst its 8am in singapore, 1 oclock in the morning in london towards the south east. And 4am in the gulf of oman, where two oil tankers were hit by explosions on thursday. But the further south east you are, the us secretary of state mike pompeo has accused iran of carrying out the attacks. May well be seeing some sunshine a Us Navy Destroyer is now heading to the scene. As the day begin
vote. reports suggest cyber monday in the u.s., sales hit a new record, clipping $2 billion for the first time. announcer: you re watching worldwide exchange, bringing you business news from around the globe. hello. welcome to today s program. we re just over an hour into the trading session here in europe. we are down once again. decliners being outpaced by advancers by a ratio of around about 7 to the on the dow jones stoxx 600. the if it is ft. yesterday was down from 55 points. you can see at the moment, down 0.3%. take a look at where we stand on some of the individual sectors, as well. no sectors at the moment in positive territory. basic resources once again. it s been a year of underperformance for the resource sector. spot gold, bouncing off after hitting near those five-month lows at 1222. copper is a little lower. the spread between west texas and brent now getting ever wider. there seems to be more u.s. supply coming on board. the question is whether the wea