live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. it s 8am in singapore and 7pm in the evening in washington, where president biden has placed more than 8,000 us based troops on a heightened state of alert, as russia continues to mass soldiers near its border with ukraine. the pentagon spokesman said that, if deployed, the troops would be sent to bolster nato s presence in eastern europe. mr biden has been holding talks with key european allies over a common strategy towards russia over ukraine. moscow denies planning to invade. 0ur correspondent gabriel gatehouse sent this report from the ukrainian capital kyiv. bell rings this is a country in limbo, waiting for an invasion that looks more likely with every passing day but may yet never come. to the east, 100,000 russian troops are massed, but the kremlin says talk of an invasion is hysteria. facing them are ukrainian soldiers who hear western leaders sounding the alarm in ever starker tones. and stuck in be
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this is the company we are keeping an eye on. we understand that net income acmcame in better than expected. we are trying to figure out exactly what they do next, but results seem to be pretty good, well ahead of estimates. i am looking at many things, but overall, global stocks are extending declines and we are seeing this risk reversal permeating through a lot of the asset classes. gold, up a patch. then, you have the euro-dollar at 1.1841. the topix, in asia, it s retreating for a fifth day. let s get to the bloomberg first word news. revivingslowdown is fears over a glut in raw materials. the bloomberg commodity index extended declines. the fall has been exacerbated by concern that demand will weaken a china bounceback amid a pledge by president xi jinping to focus on the quality of expansion, rather than the pace. nickel, iron ore dropped. zimbabwe, mnangawa is stepping down and negotiating for his wife to leave the country. in a televised address, major general says he
i am trace gallagher and the news starts now. the pentagon planning to keep some u.s. troops in northeastern syria to protect oilfields from isis terrorists and the kurdish military leader tells fox news turkey is continuing to attack in violation of a cease-fire. all this is hundreds of u.s. troops are making their way from syria into neighboring iraq after president trump order their withdrawal. the kurds, the main allies in the fight against isis, calling it a betrayal. kurdish professors pelting u.s. army vehicles with shoes, rocks, rotten fruit. president trump repeated his call to bring u.s. troops home from syria. more on that in a moment but first defense secretary defense secretary mark esper said the majority of american troops in northeastern syria would be going to western iraq, not returning home. lucas tomlinson reporting live from the pentagon. president trump says he s under no obligation to protect the syrian kurds. earlier today in afghanistan his defense
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