Over the weekend. For many there will be some sunny spells but i have the black wind arrows on here to give you an idea that it is unusually windy, guts potentially up to 50 mph, particularly on sunday. Goodbye. Hello, this is business live from bbc news with victoria fritz and sally bundock. Retail titans alibaba and walmart get ready to unveil their their latest numbers amid the shadow of the trade showdown between us and china. Live from london, thats our top story on thursday the 15th of august. Are the titans feeling the burn . Retail giants alibaba and walmart get set to reveal the fortunes of retailing in china and the us. Also in the programme. Market turmoil recession fears spark a big sell off on wall street but asia pares back earlier losses. This is what we are looking at the start of the trading day in europe. You can see it is pretty flat but equity sliding a little the red. Into the red. Also, the street food explosion vendors and food trucks are one of the trendiest way
Percent. That percentage drop is almost identical to the nasdaq, down by almost 100 point. Down by almost 4 full Percentage Points. Indexes are headed for the worst day of the year and fallen 5 from the record high set last month. We will check stocks through this year, the markets close at 1 00. We go to a story we continue to follow out of the south bay. A 72yearold woman died in a house fire and a young girl is in the hospital. The fire started before 7 30 on green morin san jose. First responders say they rescued two people from the burning home. The grandmother was pronounced dead at the scene. A 10yearold girl is being treated at the hospital for critical injuries. A 22 year old man who was the womans grandson jumped out of a first floor window but suffered only minor injuries and cleared after checked at the scene. Firefighters say when they arrived the home was engulfed in flames and very heavy smoke which fire Officials Say can leave victims helpless. A lot of times what happe
Im frank somerville. A combined 29 people were killed in weekend. There was a huge vigil in el paso, texas, tonight where the death toll remains at 20. 26 others were wounded. The gunman opened fire inside a Walmart Store and Shopping Mall yesterday morning. The u. S. Attorney for the Western District of texas says it will be classified as a case of domestic terrorism and prosecutors say they plan to seek the death penalty. The mayor of el paso has sought a local Emergency Declaration and the fbi said they are confident there are not any accomplices. Just after 1 a. M. In dayton, ohio, a gunman opened fire in a popular Entertainment District killing nine people including his sister. 27 were left injured. Authorities say the shooter wore a bulletproof vest, mask, Hearing Protection and was carrying at least 100 rounds. Police shot the gunman less than a minute after the shooting started. Amazing grace how sweet the sound. A nation in mourning over yet another senseless attack on innocen
Spray painted an expletive on the plinth at the kelvingrove gallery and museum in glasgow. Gallery and museum in glasgow. The pair, from the Campaign Group this is rigged, reportedly glued themselves to the bust. The group says it carried out the vandalism to protest against increasing food insecurity. Increasing food insecurity. Donald trump could take another step towards a november election rematch with joe biden later. A voting is underway in washington dc , with mr trump hoping to dc, with mr trump hoping to continue his clean sweep of states in the race to become the republican partys president ial candidate. Hes now won six states after victories in missouri, michigan and idaho. Last night. However, he made a number of false claims at Campaign Events , including Campaign Events, including allegations that joe biden is smuggling people across the border. And smuggling people across the border. And he again confused the current president with barack obama. Let me get the barack ob
Who preach racism, intimidation or incite violence. It follows a warning from the Prime Minister on friday that democracy is being threatened by a rise in extremism. The seven year old extremism. The seven Year Old Girl has died after a migrant boat carrying 16 people capsized in the english channel. She had been travelling with her pregnant mother, her father and three siblings when the boat got into difficulty in the early hours of this morning. Videos hours of this morning. Videos filmed inside prisons are to be banned as the government moves to crack down on harmful content being posted online. The move will close a loophole in which its only a crime for inmates to post prison footage. The new laws would criminalise the posting of video, photos and audio recordings taken in jail. Filming of staff will also be banned, as well as content captured by drones. Anyone found breaching the laws could be liable for an unlimited fine. Liable for an unlimited fine. Two women have been charged