Turning up the heat qatars Credit Rating is cut amid a growing political crisis. Plus hes cut ties with his Business Empire but a lawsuit claims President Trump is still flouting the us constitution. He has until tomorrow to respond welcome to World Business report. Im sally bundock. Also coming up chinas trade figures surge in may, they are surging, cheering investors but spelling more controversy in the us. Concerns are growing about economic fallout after fellow arab states cut ties with qatar over their links with alleged terrorist groups. Standard and poors has cut their rating, the stock market is down 10 in the currency is at 11 year low. Qatar is a tiny nation but a very important one business terms. It has one of the Worlds Largest reserves of natural gas it has seen exports of its Liquefied Natural Gas or lng soar in recent years. Thats made the state phenomenally wealthy it has built up one of the worlds biggest Sovereign Wealth Funds, worth around 335 billion. Its used that
He didnt play great tennis, but he beat Kei Nishikori to reach the semi finals of the french open for the fourth year in a row. From Colgate Lasagne to green ketchup, well look at the ill conceived products that have been consigned to the first ever museum of failure. And matt is in rochester with the weather. A bit ofa a bit of a fail as well. In morning. We are failing to know our wildflowers. I am we are failing to know our wildflowers. Iam in we are failing to know our wildflowers. I am in kent to find out more. What we do know is there is rain this week. I will have all the details coming up. Thank you. Good morning. First, our main story. In just one hour, Polling Stations will open for millions of people to cast their vote in the general election. Police forces say therell be increased security in some areas following the recent Terror Attacks in manchester and london. The first Election Results are expected at around midnight. Gary 0donoghue reports. Election day 2017, just two
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Dedicated to ideas that never took off. The museum of failure. Good morning. Its june 8th. Iam i am annita mcveigh. Welcome to bbc Newsroom Live. Polling stations are open across the country as millions of people go to cast their votes in the general election. Theyll close at 10pm this evening, with the first results due before midnight. Police say therell be increased security at some Polling Stations with Armed Officers in some areas. Joining me now from westminster is our Political Correspondent alicia mccarthy. And intensive seven Week Campaign and now people get to go and cast their votes, tech as to what has been happening. 50 days since mps voted to hold the selection and finally, today is the day. Polling stations will be open for another 11 hours. We have seen theresa may, tim farron, nicola sturgeon, jeremy corbyn, they have all been out to vote so far. We are electing 650 mps. We have got 3301 candidates standing in the selection. 986 of those women. The polls dont close unt