Is planning to buy some of those apartments, relax the rules on Mortgage Borrowing and step in to put the finishing touches on unfinished units. Separately, one of those big developers, Country Garden holdings, was today given another four weeks by the high court in hong kong to sort out its 190 billion of debts before hearing a petition from debtors to wind the company up. Duncan wrigley, Chief China Economist at Pantheon Macroeconomics joins us. What do you make of what weve heard today . Is it enough to contain the chinese Property Crisis . Yes, i think what weve heard today is from various officials, its helpful, but its probably not a panacea. So, you are right, there are moves to boost Housing Demand through easing mortgage terms, allowing people to borrow more, lowering Interest Rates and that should boost Housing Demand but a lot of that will go into the second hand Housing Market where there is a big overhang. The second big policy is allowing governments, especially local gov
Delayed tee times have been delayed. We wait to see whether or not it will be possible for the world number one, the masters champion, to continue playing in this tournament. So the second round at valhalla is under way after the delay, heres how it looks Xander Schauffele will tee off with a three shot lead later after a record breaking opening round of 62, with a trio of americans that includes tony finau behind him. Rory mcilroy and Robert Macintyre are well placed as well, a shot behind that trio. We understand scheffler is now on the course, he is due to tee off in the next hour, we will of course keep you up to date with that here on bbc news. Police have charged three players from australian footballs a league from australian footballs a league on suspicion of betting corruption after allegedly manipulating yellow cards in matches last year. They havent named the players arrested but say they belong to a south sydney club. Football australia has in the last few hours have issued
Hours, any isolated daytime show as fade away and our attention turned to the east where the sea fog rolls in from the north sea across parts of eastern england, Eastern Scotland. Also cloud across the north of scotland and into Northern Ireland as well. Some clear spells, but mist and fog patches almost anywhere. But reasonably mild as we kick off the weekend. Saturdays weather not looking too bad, but we have this feature, this warm front pushing along the south coast of england and that could bring early rain to parts of south east england. Sitting across the Channel Islands for a good part of the day. Elsewhere, early mist and sea fog around northern and eastern coasts, that should gradually burn back. Sunny spells, a few showers and the parts of wales and perhaps the south west of england, the Odd Thunderstorm in mix. Showers are fairly few and far between and top temperatures doing quite well, 18 to 23 degrees. Coolest weather again across northern and Eastern Scotland and around
Welcome to bbc news. Let turn to our main headlines. The un once the maritime call is not a replacement. The Prime Minister remains in a critical but stable condition after an Assassination Attempt. He has just undergone a two hour operation. After the deadly flash floods in afghanistan that have killed more than 300 people, we get the latest on the search for hundreds who are still missing. And the threat to indias 4 billion spice trade over concerns with contamination from two popular brands. Now with all the latest sport heres adam wild. Hello from the bbc sport centre, im adam wild. Hello, well start in kentucky in the united states, where an extraordinary story has been developing. World number one Scottie Scheffler was earlier detained by Police Outside the Valhalla Golf Club before the second round of the us Pga Championship after what they say was a misunderstanding with traffic flow. 0ur Golf Correspondent iain carter is in kentucky. Some flashing images. What we do know is th
Sailing an the suez, welcoming the first vessels on the suez canal. Bowled out for just 60, a record breaking eight wickets felled by england poised to regain the ashes. Fighters from Islamic State of iraq and the levant claimed responsibility for suicide talks an security personnel in saudi arabia. 15 were killed in the attack in a town close to the border with yemen. At least nine soldiers were injured and are being treated in local hospitals while isil is becoming increasingly active in saudi arabia, they claim responsibility for a Suicide Attack in may at a mosque. We have this report. This is where the attack took place. A suicide bomber managed to get into this mosque in the Southern City bloke himself up and killing police trainees. The governor of the province i. V. Ed the injured in a nearby hospital. Fighters from Islamic State of iraq and the levant claimed responsibility for this attack. 25 worshipers were killed in the heartland of saudi arabias shia minority. Last month P