Added to studying the feasibility of a megamerger. Of helping understate a pay packet of carlos ghosn. We had a wave of dealmaking creating positive sentiment. We had a rebound from last week, one of the worst weeks for u. S. Stocks since march. Tech stocks taking a breather from the selloff. Asset futures trading modestly. Watchl continue to trading when it comes to japan. Potential takeover for Prime Minister the middle of next week, futures are looking flat after the yen starts to gain in the monday session. We will watch for details about the cabinet and what it means for policy continuity playing in two sentiment for the japanese markets. Dollaryen holding steady. Modest dollar weakness overnight. That is set to continue. At 37. 40. Trading opec joining a chorus of voices suggesting the era of oil demand is deteriorating. Demand forecast for each quarter as we continue to see shortselling in the oil market. To a series ofrn deals we have seen. Oracle is bidding for tiktok u. S. Op
Its back, and the good news is that the protests, which were tangible, premuch remain calm. It was the most historic day of protests i have ever seen in new york, happening right outside my house, to be honest. There was a helicopter propped over my bedroom for a good 30 minutes as thousands of protesters went by come up madison avenue and up 3rd avenue as well. That wakes upca to a most difficult labor economy. We have had three days of labor the friday eagerly anticipated jobs report. Francine we have a lot of time to talk about america and the protests. To start us off with bloomberg first word news in london is dani burger. Dani as you said, thousands of people took to the street again across america, to protest police brutality. But there appeared to be less violence than there had been for several nights before. Curfews went into effect to stem unrest over the killing of george floyd, a black man in police custody. The pentagon is distancing itself from President Trumps warning t
London, this is bbc world news. Its newsday. Its 8am in singapore and midnight in london and 7pm in washington, as the transatlantic rift between britain and the us over President Trumps sharing of anti muslim tweets has deepened. Speaking on a visit tojordan, the Prime Minister theresa may said donald trump was wrong to share the images from a british far right organisation. Mr trump responded with a tweet, effectively telling her to mind her her own business. She insists the special relationship continues, but britains ambassador to the us has visited the white house to raise concerns about the president s tweets. Our correspondent alex forsyth reports. This was a trip focused on building relationships around the world. But while theresa may was meeting kings and ministers injordan, a major diplomatic row was brewing elsewhere. President trump had been personally rebuked by downing street for sharing far right videos online. His response to theresa may, on twitter, of course madame P
Im stephen sackur. Is there a single russian who doesnt expect Vladimir Putin to contest next springs president ial election and win it easily . Mr putin has yet to declare his intentions, but his desire to prolong his dominance of russia is surely not in doubt. Less certain is whether the president will face a credible opponent. My guest has declared her intention to run. Ksenia sobchak has one big advantage almost universal name recognition thanks to her tv career but is her candidacy anything more than a fig leaf for the kremlin . Ksenia sobchak welcome to hardtalk. Thank you. You have a very big ambition. So what do you think it takes . What are the qualities, the assets needed to be president of russia . First of all, in modern russia, the quality which is needed to challenge putin and to challenge him for a change is to be brave, because elections in russia now are not elections in belgium. It is not like trying to become a Prime Minister in not very big european country. Here, w
In london, and 8 00pm in washington. The transatlantic rift between britain and the us has deepened. The british Prime Minister insists she will never be afraid to criticise the us and say when it gets something wrong. Theresa may made her comments on a visit tojordan, as she condemned President Trump, for retweeting anti Muslim Videos posted by a british far right group. 0ur correspondent alex forsyth has more. This was a trip focused on building relationships around the world. But, while theresa may was meeting kings and ministers injordan, a major diplomatic row was brewing elsewhere. President trump had been personally rebuked by downing street for sharing far right videos online. His response to theresa may, on twitter, of course madame Prime Minister. Her tour of the middle east suddenly required diplomacy of a different kind. The fact that we Work Together does not mean that were afraid to say when we think the United States have got it wrong, and to be very clear with them, and