to help female entrepreneurs in developing countries. she says the money is to enable women take advantage of the vast opportunities of global trade. but easier said than done that trade is currently facing a great deal of pressure against a backdrop of war and growing economic divisions, not least between the us and china, who are already in something of a war of words. the us accusing china of closed trade practices. china countering calling out hegemonic us behaviour. our middle east business correspondent sameer hashmi is in abu dhabi at the wto meeting for us. it s kicking off, tell us more. that s right, in a few minutes, the opening session is going to kick start behind me in this hall, ministers from all over the world assembled to discuss the world assembled to discuss the key trade issues over the next few days. you mention tension between the us and china, that s going to be one of the issues inside that room that going to play out over the next four days. this c
vulnerable in our society. the intention was to sow fear, the insen shtention was to divit it will not succeed. the stock market reaction to the incident is muted in early european trade, but uk travel and retail stocks underperform. good morning. before we bring you more on the situation unfolding in manchester, just economic data in the form of may ifo business climate in germany rising in may. the climate index stands at 114.6 in the month of may versus a reuters consensus forecast for 113.1. so once again a bit better than expected. when it comes to the current conditions index, that s at 123.2 in may versus a forecast of 121. we saw this in the month of may. current conditions index once again, this is one of the highest levels ever. lost month in april we saw that at the second highest level reading. by in large conditions and confidence among the companies and investors in germany very upbeat. let s bring you in conjunction, let s bring you what the eurozone pmis w
good. no real problems 95 north. just the building volume getting into woodbridge heading to springfield as you merge toward the beltway. 395 has been a good pace through landmark, past the pentagon and to the 14th street bridge. the outer loop of the beltway just building volume west of new hampshire avenue off and on past university boulevard and over to georgia avenue. one accident northbound if you re traveling out of burke near route 4 and 408 in waysons corner. initially it was the northbound right side of the roadway that was blocked with that. our next check of time saver traffic comes up at 6:10. new this morning. the boy taken from a prince george s county school has been found. he s alive and well. he was found on the other side of the country in reno, nevada. delia goncalves is live outside prince george s county police headquarters really with a bizarre story. delia? reporter: absolutely, mike. based on the amber alert that police issued last night, it appe
it is a foggy start to the day. there had been haze out there as well. it is already like summer time on this friday, march 16. not even really spring yet. i know. it is so weird. good morning, everybody. i m tony perkens. i m allison seymour. glad you re with us on friday. and tucker barnes is at rfk stadium where everybody, well not everybody, because i m not, because other folks are getting ready for the rock and roll marathon. go, tucker go. i m starting to get nervous about this event. but let s talk about the weather first and we will talk about how exciting it is to be down here for the rock and roll marathon that gets under way later this afternoon. events later today. more on that coming up. weather right now, it is cloudy and kind of cool out here. our temperatures at the moment in the low 50s. and looking at our satellite radar. we have a lot of clouds. and mostly cloudy day and a decent chance of some showers and maybe a thunderstorm this be afternoon. s
avenue things are moving well here as well from the times building to the third street tunnel. next stop, virginia s 395, nice quiet commute past duke street to the pentagon and the 14th street bridge and 95 before that no delays to report at this time out of fredericksburg to the mixing bowl. back to you. well, investigators try to piece together the events leading up to the murder of a university of virginia student athlete. classmates held a candle light vigil last night in memory of yeardley love. 9 news now reporter kristin fisher has more from the satellite center. good morning, kristin. it had been three days since yeardley love was found dead in her charlotteville apartment. last night s candle light vigil was really the first time that we heard how the uva community was handling the murder of one of their own, and not to mention a murder that was allegedly committed by a fellow student. now, just days before exactly one day before final exams to set to start, clo