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no early christmas present on wall street as the dow s rally fizzles just short of 20,000. plus, an expensive day in court a brazilian firm agrees to pay around $3 billion to settle corruption charges, the biggest bribery fine in history. welcome to world business report. i m sally bundock. also in the programme, we look at the man who will head a newly formed white house national trade council and what that means for china. but first, we start on wall street, where it seems this chap has made an appearance. because the grinch has, temporarily at least, stolen christmas. they ve been calling it a ‘santa rally,‘ and after a week of record closes investors were expecting to celebrate the dow jones industrial average hitting 20,000 points for the first time on wednesday. instead they got this the dow closed down 32 points at 19,941.96. it got within 15 points of 20,000 before falling back. market watchers say investors have been cashing in their profits after what has be ....
look at the possible causes. good morning from durham police headquarters. we are here as part of a series on policing britain. i live in the call centre where they are dealing with the 999 called this morning. more on that a bit later on. in the sport, head injuries in by on. in the sport, head injuries in rugby union must be taken more seriously, according to a review into an incident involving wales international george north, which has made nine recommendations to change the way concussions are handled. and carol has the weather. this morning across england and wales we have some patchy fog and some frost. some of that will be slow to clear but most will see a dry day with some sunshine and just a few showers. scotland and northern ireland, still very windy, especially across scotland, with some showers, some of which will be wintry. more in 15 minutes. 0ur our main story: german security services are facing questions about why they ended a surveillance operation on ....
to the internet hundreds of thousands of rural homes are to get faster broadband. and coming up in the sport on bbc news. wales will end the year above england in the fifa world rankings their impressive displays at euro 2016 means they remain 12th. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. the owner of a haulage firm and one of his mechanics have been found guilty of manslaughter, after one of their trucks crashed last year, killing four people, including a four year old girl. the court had heard that the brakes had failed on the 32 tonne truck, and it careered along a village road near bath, causing what the prosecution described as absolute devastation . matthew gordon and peter wood will be sentenced next month. the truck driver, phillip potter, was cleared of all charges. jon kay is at bristol crown court. the boss of grittenham haulage and the mechanic now inside this court building, waiting to be taken to prison. they have been remanded in custody o ....
to help treat an inherited form of blindness. also: a rise in violent crime committed by the over 65s. offences ranging from minor assault to murder have increased by nearly 80% since 2012. good morning and welcome to bbc news. german security services face growing questions about why they ended a surveillance operation on a suspect who s now the subject of a europe wide manhunt for the berlin lorry attack. anis amri was known to have ties to a radical islamist group. a big police operation has been going on this morning near the dutch border, where agents from special units have been searching a refugee centre amri stayed in. let s go to berlin now. and robert hall is following events for us. what is the latest about the search for anis amri? good morning. what you see behind me is that search continues is an indication of the level of concern gci’oss indication of the level of concern across germany now. the workers from the civil defence team putting concrete barri ....
welcome to bbc news. german police have carried out raids across the country in the search for anis amri, the tunisian man suspected of carrying out the deadly lorry attack in berlin. attention has focused so far on addresses in dortmund, berlin and a refugee centre near the dutch border. we can cross to robert, who is in berlin. good morning from the market around kaiser wilhelm church, the target of monday night s attack, crowded with passers by. stalls still closed, at least many of them, i think stallholders conscious of the fact they still want to maintain a level of respect for those who died and who remain injured. away from here, as you have been indicating, that police operation is spreading, aided by pictures of the man they are now referring to as the prime suspect, which are on social media and have been circulated to police forces and security forces around europe. so, what do we know about annis amri? wet spring ourselves up to speed as to what we do now. ....