what is required to bolster the economy. basisx faces of tech of grilling. the biggest showdown with congress in 20 years. shery: let s get you started with a quick check up on how markets closed. the tuesday session in the u.s. that&p 500 halting five-day rally that we saw in the past week. we have the tech sector underperforming as we had more scrutiny on regulations from congress on some tech giants. the nasdaq fell .4%. energy producers were waiting on the s&p 500. we continue to see the oil selloff. we had great news when it came to a few earnings. goldman sachs jumping after the beat on their trading revenue. pretty solid bailout when it came to u.s. retail sales in june. let s see how we are setting up for asia. sophie: this wednesday, asian futures are pointing lower while stocks and wellington are not budging too much after a two-day decline. a rise in iron ore output. korean chip related stocks on view on reports that they are testing hydrogen fluoride from other
low. from what i understand, my sister is a great historian with our family history. she said it was one of the bloodiest battles. at the central point of that part of france today, all roads lead to saint low, apparently. but i just want to say, shout out to all veterans and families, because it was such a critical part of our history and i am so proud to have had a relative who was able to contribute to this incredible feat. host: thank you for the call. part of the normandy peninsula. some members from the d-day invasion and the month afterwards. allied troops that were landed on the day. 156,000 total. 73,000 of them, american troops. the allied armada consists of 6900 ships and landing craft. the d-day allied casualties included 10,000 of those killed, wounded, and missing. of the 10,000, 4000 died on d-day. campaign,ntire d-day the casualty list included 425,000 allied and german troops. onr thoughts on that battle that time and its place in history. gary, sterling, vir
# some days i can t say why i m feeling lonely. and rico s been talking to one of the states‘ biggest music stars, josh groban, about how he wants his music to bring people together. it s a privilege to be able to sing songs to bring people together and sing songs with messages the world needs right now. live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news it s newsday. glad you could join us. it s 8am in singapore, one am in london and 8pm in washington, where china s vice premier is due to arrive for two days of trade talks, despite president trump s threat to double tariffs on $200 billion worth of chinese goods. it had looked as if the talks might help resolve the longstanding us china trade war, until the trump administration accused china of backtracking on commitments. as a result, the dowjones stock market closed 473 points lower on monday, the second worst trading day in the us this year. earlier, i wasjoined by christine mcdaniel, senior researc
and rico s been talking to one of the states‘ biggest music stars, josh groban, about how he wants his music to bring people together. it isa it is a privilege to be able to sing songs and bring people together. live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news it s newsday. thanks forjoining us. it s 7am in singapore, midnight in london and 7pm in washington, where china s vice premier is due to arrive for two days of trade talks, despite president trump s threat to double tariffs on $200 billion worth of chinese goods. it had looked like the talks might help resolve the longstanding us china trade war, until the trump administration accused china of backtracking on commitments. as a result the dowjones stock market closed 473 points lower on monday, the second worst trading day in the us this year. earlier, i wasjoined by christine mcdaniel, senior research fellow at the mercatus center, who has also served as a trade economist and advisor in the us
thousands. the road ahead is rough. it has lost his crown as the most valuable u.s. carmaker. ramy: let s get a quick reminder of how u.s. stocks ended last week. they were clearly in the green. all gaining. the dow up by 1.4%. s&p almost as much. highs we have not seen in the past six weeks. december 6 was the last time we saw the indices at these levels. some optimism here was because china was saying listen, we are willing to actually put the trade deficit down to zero by 2024, but then the white house said we might do an executive order possibly against chinese telecoms. we will see how that goes into the asian trade day. sophie later on today in about three hours time, four hours, we are looking at chinese data coming out. sophie: that is the highlight of the date when it comes to the eco-agenda. seeing aay we could be start looking positive for asian stocks. we see a pop of 1.4% at the nikkei at the start. china offering to go on a six-year buying spree of u.s. goods, h