Ahead of his News Conference there later today. And samsung shares rise as the Company Beats on Quarterly Earnings. Memory chip prices finally begin to climb out of a persistent downturn. It is 8 00 a. M. Across the emirates, 12 00 midday in hong kong. This is bloomberg daybreak middle east. Im tracy alloway. The middle east never has a shortage of news that this morning with iran announcing a seriesf missile strikes on u. S. Bases in iraq, the First Response to the killing of general soleimani, as i mentioned. Reporters are on standby to walk us through the latest developments. What are we seeing in terms of the reaction from the u. S. . So far, u. S. Reaction has been muted. The u. S. Did not release numbers for casualties, and basically, they are still assessing. President trump says all is well. Basically saying so far all is good. Meantime, meanwhile, we are looking at a response from the iranians where the foreign minister kind of hinted there might be actually a deescalation bec
This massive pileup involving nearly 70 vehicles on an interstate in virginia yesterday. Fog and black ice caused drivers to lose control, crashing into each other. Most of the injuries were minor, but two people are in critical condition. It was a rough night for travelers in denver. A United Airlines flight made a hard landing at Denver International airport. One passenger described hearing a lot clunk and seeing sparks on the left side of the plane. United says there was a mechanical issue. No one was hurt. The biggest storm threat, rain and flooding in the west, and tornadoes in the south. Weather forecaster olga aspina from kcbs is tracking the forecast. Good monday morning to you. It is christmas week, and this is going to be a very busy week for traveling. However, if you are on the west coast or traveling from or to the west coast, be aware of a storm system that is passing through that area. That is going to be leading into christmas. And then another storm that will start on
The 40th annual american book awards. I say it is very appropriate that we are holding this ceremony on the day of the dead. In San Francisco. And in california, and at the end of the west. Not just geographically mind you, you go any further west, you are in the east. Far east. So just this last month, afghanistan turned 18. I say its you say is going to vote . Congressional budget for every 24 hours the war cost hundred and 74 million. So in a city named for st. Francis, who city fathers and mothers now treated citizens as if they were merely detritus of capitalism, is trying these big two. And if state named for a black lesbian amazon clean of the islamic faith took up on that, but these are just the names that we know right now. Because there are monday names for this place became long before any of us were here and there will be monday names to come. In fact the origin of those names came from a group of people who arrived from youre up are increasingly starting to up here within
Police investigating the death of pc Andrew Harper can charge a 20 year old man with murder. Jed foster from reading is 20 year old man with murder. Jed fosterfrom reading is accused of killing the man and stealing a quad bike. His widow has written an open letter paying tribute to him saying he was one of the most kind, selfless people you will ever meet. Our correspondence Daniel Sanford has this. At the crossroads where pc Andrew Harper died close colleagues and members of the Roads Policing Team that he was part of hello there. Struggling to control their emotion. The last two weeks have been pretty a team in deep mourning for a much unsettled across the uk, quite a lot of rain around, strong, loved fellow officer. Tonight his wife lissie released unseasonable winds too. But there are signs, a tribute to her husband ofjust 28 as this week continues to wear on, days describing him as brave, pressure will begin to build, things will turn drier and warmer, funny, kind and selfless. An
Now on bbc news Zeinab Badawi is in khartoum with hardtalk. Welcome to hardtalk, with me, Zeinab Badawi, from the president ial palace in khartoum. Many here are talking about the new sudan, after the signing of that historic agreement between the military and civilians. My guest in this exclusive interview, his first in the western media, is the man who signed on behalf of the military, and has been described as the most powerful person in sudan. He is general hemeti, leader of the heavily armed, well equipped Rapid Support forces. Now, they have been accused of killing or injuring hundreds of civilians during protests in june and july. Can he and the military be trusted to stick to the power sharing deal . General hemeti, welcome to hardtalk. As one of the most senior members of the sudanese military, can you guarantee that this historic power sharing agreement will be implemented now and in the future . Let me tell you what the american secretary of state, mike pompeo, said on the 1