Trumps only regret is not raising tariffs higher. Amid calls for calm escalation. Pricing in more pain. Stocks take a hit across the world. 10 year treasury yields fall to the lowest since 2016. In violent weekend in hong kong seeing equities on a slide the most this year. Watch for luxury stocks at the european open. Matt thank goodness you are back. So good to see you, even if it is via satellite. Pictureing at a 30 day of treasury yields. You can see starting on friday when the trade war was escalating, the chinese put tariffs on 75 billion dollars worth of goods and donald trump came back with more. We saw investors run to treasuries, buying the paper and pushing the yield down. Far away from the one spot 31 eight, which is the alltime low. Take a look at futures. You are not trading in great britain. You have a bank holiday for no reason at all. Just a bank holiday. You do see everywhere else, futures down. Cac futures down. What do you see on the gmm . Anna a pleasure to be back.
Hello and welcome to the week in parliament a few historic, extraordinary, tumultuous days filled with government defeats, party expulsions, defections and resignations. On this programme mps back a bill demanding the pm ask for a brexit extension and push no deal off the table. Borisjohnson says it puts the eu in charge. There is only one way to describe this deal. It isjeremy corbyns surrender bill. His is a government with no mandate, no morals, and as of today, no majority. The Prime Minister tries and fails to call a general election. The motion has not obtained the majority required under the fixed term parliaments act 2011. Unlock. Also on this programme mps react to the news that the pms brother is to quit as a minister and mp. Applause in the commons for a labour backbencher after he tears into borisjohnson over his comments on muslim women. And in what would normally be the weeks big parliamentary event the chancellor sets out his Spending Plans to a frosty reception from opp
Morning from hampton pull in south west london on what is going to be the hottest Late August Bank Holiday on record, about 400 people are about to start a triathlon here. I guess on a day like this you want to start early, but do it quick. Thats the plan, anyway. All of your weather is coming up. Good morning. Its monday the 26th of august. Our top story a new plan to tackle huge wildfires in the amazon rainforest is expected to be agreed at the g7 summit of World Leaders today. Brazilian warplanes have already been dumping water on the burning woodland. This morning, borisjohnson has pledged £10 million in funding to help replace lost trees. Heres our Diplomatic Correspondent James Landale. The fires raging across the amazon in recent weeks have been devastating not just for those who live there, but also potentially for the global environment. For president macron in france, they are a crisis the g7 was designed to fix a Common Threat that requires collective action by the worlds m
Begins right now good morning, good afternoon or good evening and welcome from wherever in the world that you may be watching im Brian Sullivan and happy to be back with you on what will no doubt be a very busy monday. Here is how your money and the Global Markets are setting up their day coming off that. Friday, 623 point drop another wild session last week now futures right now if youre waking up, dow, that is not a misread on the screen. We are solidly higher. Dow futures are up 281 points. What makes this even more remarkable is that just about two hours ago they were down more than 100 points, but they made more than a 300point swing higher in the last couple hours. All that as President Trump said that china is ready to come back to the trade negotiating table look at that, that was about 3 00 a. M. In the morning when our hardworking staff is already here, by the way, futures making a big turn up and this is where we stand right now. What a turn. President speaking on the sideli
On the heroics of ben stokes after that historic innings at headingley yesterday. The women using facebook to name and shame the men who have abused them. Thats in the Victoria Derbyshire review in half an hour, here on bbc news. A new plan to tackle huge wildfires in the amazon rainforest is expected to be agreed at the g7 summit of World Leaders today. Brazilian warplanes have already been dumping water on the burning woodland. This morning, borisjohnson has pledged £10 million in funding to help replace lost trees. Ros atkins is in biarritz now. The agenda of the g7 in biarritz has been many months in the making. It is extremely long. President macron is extremely long. President macron is being ambitious in the issues they are taking on. At one thing that was not on the agenda as it was worked up in the last few weeks ahead of everyone coming here was fires in the amazon. But that has come to be one of the dominant issue is playing out across the weekend and into this monday morni