was hit pretty hard. this was something that happened, you saw the yen was going to its highest level as the riskier assets took on hammering ahead of the key central bank. it is not just the u.s. central bank meeting this week but the bank of japan, the bank of england and the swiss national bank. take a look at shanghai composite down by 3%. the hang seng down by 2.5%. in germany this morning, the dax is down by 1% with similar declines at the cac and france. and we ll look at crude oil, this morning s crude oil down by 1% to 48.57. ice, brent crude, down by 50 cents to $50.14. back to the top story, terror in orlando. 50 people are dead and 53 injured in the worst shooting in u.s. history. authorities in orlando have identified 21 victims so far. the gunman is 29-year-old omar mate mateen, a u.s. citizen. we ll go to eamon javers with more on this investigation going on. reporter: good morning. an absolutely devastating tragedy here in orlando, florida, yesterday. we a
500 take record highs once again yesterday. the nasdaq closing at the highest level of 2016. overnight in asia, you ll see the japanese market was higher by about .6%. you can see there has been some pressure on stocks. this has come again as this terrorism story unfolds in france the cac is down by about.6%. the ftse in london is down by.25%. we ve also been tracking currencies. as the bank of england failed to lower rates as expected yesterday. we have seen a little bit of that play out in the currency markets. today is dollars is down against the euro trading at 1.11. down against the pound. take a look at what s been happening with crude oil. it zetd ld by about 2%. it s giving back some of that this morning. all right. here are some of the otherle stories we re watching today. presumptive donald trump postponing the announcement of the running mate. trump said he has not made his time decision. we ll go inside the race for the white house at the bottom of the hour. c
cooling trade winds, and the crystal blue caribbean sea. nonstop flights are available from most major airports. more information for your vacation plans, available at aruba.com. and now, bbc world news america. this is bbc world news america reporting from washington. the families of the 49 people killed in the orlando massacre grieved their losses while survivors relived the harrowing cene inside that night club. another ammunition. i could just smell the ammo in the air and like this is not fireworks. this is a gun. we need to leave. the gunman pledged allegiance to islamic state but president obama says there is no evidence yet of a larger conspiracy. there is no evidence so far that he was in fact directed by them and also no direct evidence he was part of a larger plot. and the u.s. presidential candidates were quick to respond to the orlando shooting with arguments that they should be the next commander-in-chief. welcome to our viewers on public televis
cooling trade winds, and the crystal blue caribbean sea. nonstop flights are available from most major airports. more information for your vacation plans, available at aruba.com. and now, bbc world news america. this is bbc world news america reporting from washington. the families of the 49 people killed in the orlando massacre grieved their losses while survivors relived the harrowing cene inside that night club. another ammunition. i could just smell the ammo in the air and like this is not fireworks. this is a gun. we need to leave. the gunman pledged allegiance to islamic state but president obama says there is no evidence yet of a larger conspiracy. there is no evidence so far that he was in fact directed by them and also no direct evidence he was part of a larger plot. and the u.s. presidential candidates were quick to respond to the orlando shooting with arguments that they should be the next commander-in-chief. welcome to our viewers on public televis
children at a park. a political faction of taliban claiming responsibility. the park was crowded with christians on an easter sunday outing. a spokesman said the attack deliberately targeted the christian community. many muslim among the dead as well. the explosion injured more than 300 people. among today s top stories we had a couple of things. microsoft reportedly in preliminary talks with private equity firms to help finance a bid to buy yahoo!. this is according to several reports. executives from private equity firms approached microsoft to gauge its interests. after it s auctioning off its core business. microsoft has had a partnership with yahoo! for quite some time. take a look at shares right now up marginally. yahoo! shares as well. second time around. this will be the second time around, you ll call when steve ballmer, they had meeting in airport hangars. what a mess that was. dell is now selling its i.t. services unit to ntt data corp. part of efforts to