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asia for the latest. here, the markets lower slightly, we talk you through the winners and the losers. and we ll be getting festive with fortnums. the boss of iconic food & drink retailer fortnum and mason will be here to give us the inside track on the busiest time of the year. and new research says using facebook and twitter at christmas will make you more miserable than merry. so we want to know are you taking a break from social media this holiday period? if so, don t do it yet! let us know. just use the hashtag bbcbizlive. welcome to the programme. don t panic, it is december 20 seconds today, i said 23rd and i got worried because i have got so much to do! worried because i have got so much to do! we start on wall street, where it seems this chap has made an appearance because the grinch has, temporarily at least, stolen christmas. they have been calling it a santa rally and after a week of record closes, investors were expecting to celebrate the dowjones ind ....
army is claiming it has completely reta ken army is claiming it has completely reta ke n a army is claiming it has completely reta ken a level, army is claiming it has completely retaken a level, the last comboy of rebel fighters and civilians has been evacuated, that leaves the city and the full control of the government the first time in almost four years, we are being told by the red cross in syria that more than 34,000 red cross in syria that more than 3a,000 people have been evacuated from the city in the last seven days, most of them have gone to the neighbouring province of idlib, primarily controlled by the rebels. one of those to leave a level aleppo is a seven year old girl which a mother her mother used to send tweets on account, it has thousands of followers. they were evacuated to turkey and they have been speaking with the bbc‘s reporter. hello, i am seven years old, i reporter. hello, i am seven years old, lam reporter. hello, i am seven years old ....
world. the prince of wales warns of the growing danger comparing it to the dark days of the 1930s. and we meet the seven year old syrian girl who longs to return to herformer life, in the city of aleppo. and coming up on sportsday on bbc news: alan pardew is sacked, with sam allardyce primed to take over at selhurst park. good evening. donald trump, who ll be sworn in as us president in a months time, has called for america s nuclear weapons capability to be greatly strengthened and expanded . he made the call in another of his messages on social media. mr trump warned that expansion would be needed until the world came to its senses regarding nuclear weapons. his advisers said he was warning about the dangers of terrorist organizations and unstable regimes getting hold of nuclear weapons. our defence correspondent, jonathan beale, has more details. america and russia still hold more than 90% of the world s nuclear stock piles. both able to deliver destruction on a m ....
in aleppo, after the last rebel fighters and civilians leave the eastern half of the city. and we speak to a seven year old girl whose plight has moved people around the world with her descriptions on social media of life under siege in aleppo. and we will look at tomorrow s front pages. the daily express warns that the uk faces christmas storms, with 90 mph gales and torrential rain. good evening and welcome to bbc news. german police say there is clear evidence linking their main suspect a tunisian man, anis amri, to the attack on a christmas market in berlin. his fingerprints have been found in the lorry that was driven into shoppers on monday, killing 12 people. speaking at the family home in tunisia, amri s brother called on him to give himself up. chancellor merkel said today she was proud of the calm way in which germans had responded to the attack, as our europe correspondent damian grammaticas reports. it is new footage that hasjust emerged. the scene immedi ....
business news live from singapore. 2016 was the year of surprises, so what s in store for the global economy in 2017? we get some predictions. and got milk? we visit an indian dairy of looking to pump out healthier products. good morning, asia. hello, world. happy holidays, everyone. glad you could join us for this friday edition of asia business report, i m rico hizon. if there s anything we can learn from 2016 it might be to expect the unexpected. the uk voted to leave the eu and the election of donald trump as us president certainly defied expectations of many forecasters, but both events could have a large effect on the coming year. so what storms could be on the radarfor coming year. so what storms could be on the radar for 2017? coming year. so what storms could be on the radarfor 2017? earlier i asked simon littlewood from the asia now consultancy group. there might no one agrees but there are three scenarios for global growth, one is a slow recovery, two is a fa ....