Fierce. About 90 miles east of daytona is where it sits right now after really devastating the bahamas. David i dont think we still understand the extent of it. It is really tragic what happened in the bahamas. Theres a lot of rain and water coming. The storm surge they are worried about up and down the coast. Alix in the markets we are paying attention to the broader political sphere. 8 10 upres up by by 0. 8 . The cable rate up over 1 . Yields in the u. S. Now up by three basis points. Commodities, buy everything but the u. S. Dollar. Time now for the global exchange. Joining us in hong kong is bloombergs chief north asia correspondent stephen engle. From outside westminster is bloombergs anna edwards, and from new york is bloombergs michael mckee. First we want to start with hong kong, where leader carrie lam announced the government will formerly will formally withdraw the extradition bill. M the government will fully withdraw the bill in order to relay consent. Alix can we say the
Futures started dipping down. They are worried carrie lam is not going far enough. One opposition lawmaker, says. Oo little, too late another says the protests will continue because there are still four more demands. She had already suspended the extradition bill two and a half months ago. She stated steadfast in her demand of not officially withdrawing it. Why withdraw it now . We are getting much closer to the october verse day holiday in china and xi jinping does not want anything like this on the streets of hong kong marring their 70th birthday party. David terribly important. One of the demands there be an independent investigation into the situation. Where is carrie lam on that issue . Stephen that is another reason the activists have dismissed todays statements. She rejected those calls for an independent commission or an independent and query into what the activists say was Excessive Police brutality. She has already put in a framework, a panel led by the police and she says th
Countries in south america. Ijust i just stay at home with a fan on ijust stay at home with a fan on in the most anticipated game so far the windows close. There are fewer people. Of the womens football world cup at 11am there is nobody about. The United States are ahead the last time france broke records more than a in their match against 00 01 11,753 4294966103 13 29,430 the hosts france. Decade ago it was august, what makes this unusual is that its notjust the high temperatures, but how early the Health Ministry has published a video showing people how to keep cool video showing people how to keep cool. The Prime Minister has asked for his safety announcements in both french and english. But some of the key is the government of acting like a nanny state, and despite the discomfort, these few days of hot weather art expected to spark the kind of Health Crisis france has seenin kind of Health Crisis france has seen in the past. What they have is a show of state vigilance and perhaps a
World business report. Off limits to foreigners . Chinas government considers plans to open up its Financial Sector to more overseas investment. So who is interested . Burgers and sandwiches unite a filipino fast food chain eyes a takeover bid for British Chain pret a manger. Welcome to World Business report. Im sally bundock. Also in the programme, shares in mattel and hasbro sink on rumours toys r us is about to go bankrupt. Details in a moment. But first, china is the worlds second biggest economy, trailing only the United States, and could well become number one in the next decade. But as it stands, large chunks of it are off limits to foreigners because of restrictions over what they are allowed to own. But that is changing with the Chinese Government looking at how it can attract more investment from overseas and that is whats behind an important meeting of Chinas Central Bank which is taking place today. That meeting of the peoples bank of china is looking at the Financial Servi
Who will the uk government be negotiating with . We report from brussels on the eus brexit negotiators. The eus Trade Commissioner warns donald trump against protectionist measures and promises to push for fair trade. We take a look at how the eu is responding to president trump. Do you think we should have new legislation for robots . Why not . And, should we be worried about the rise of the robots . Why members of the European Parliament are demanding new regulations to protect humans from artificial intelligence. So, all that to come and more in the next half hour. First, our guide to the latest from europe in just 60 seconds. Mps overwhelmingly agreed to let the government begin the uks departure from the eu as they voted for the brexit bill. The ayes to the right, 494. The noes to the left, 122. Romanias Prime Minister insisted he wont resign, despite mass protest calling for him and his cabinet to step down over a now abandoned corruption measure, with many saying they have lost