Good morning glad youre with us. Lets take you to the markets. The stoxx 600 roughly one hour into the trading session, its slightly underwater. Off by just a smidge, to the tune of 0. 1 seems like were treading water ahead of that fed meeting where we expect the first clues when it comes to the reduction of the Balance Sheet. We have financials doing better today when it comes to the sectors. Before we get to those sectors, let me show you the indices one by one the ftse 100 is up by 0. 1 this is an inverse movement to what the currency is doing well get to the currency in a second we had quite a roller coaster ride for pound sterling over the last couple of days in response to the hawkishness, the dialing back of the hawkishness coming from mr. Carney. The xetra dax is up by 0. 1 . The cac 40 is off by 3. 5 points. Now we talk about the sectors. There you go you have autos, oil, gas, banks, some finals doing better in anticipation of more tightening by the Central Banks food and beve
And 50 years after pink floyds debut album the new exhibition at londons victoria and Albert Museum celebrating one of the worlds most famous rock bands. And coming up in the sport on bbc news england are handed a tough draw for the 2019 rugby world cup. Theyll play france and argentina in the tournament in 2019. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. President trump has defended his decision to sack the head of the fbi without warning, saying hed lost the confidence of almost everyone in washington. James comey learnt of his fate last night when he was handed a note as he briefed fbi agents in los angeles. Mr comey had been leading an investigation into alleged links between mr trumps Election Campaign last year and russia. But the white house insists he was dismissed for mishandling an inquiry into Hillary Clintons emails last year. From washington, heres aleem maqbool. Absolutely explosive news out of washington tonight. This is a fox news alert. Fbi Directorjames Comey
Charges and tonight jasmyne and Adam Alexander are in the principle William County Adult Detention Center under 10,000 bond. 21yearold jasmyne and Adam Alexander were arrested at their nokesville home last night. Theyre charged with felony child neglect in the wake of their baby daughters death. The couple called 911 last sunday afternoon around 12 30 when they checked on the 9monthold and found her you been unresponsive. Police say they carried the baby out of the house to meet the emergency crews as they arrived. They tried to do cpr, but the child was already dead. The Police Investigation that followed revealed the baby had been left alone, unattended in her crib for 16 hours. Court documents show she was laid facedown in her bed at 8 30 saturday night. Her mother came home from work just before midnight. The Court Documents say jasmyne and adam then began drinking and later went to sleep. It wasnt until after noon sunday they looked in on her. Whats more, detectives learn the baby
Reporter the Nebraska Medical Center says ashoka mukpos condition is slightly improved. He is being treated with an experimental drug and received a blood transfusion from an ebola survivor. He contracted ebola in liberia where he was working for nbc news. In an interview with the christian broadcasting network, the president of liberia said she is cautiously optimistic things are Getting Better for nations hardest hit with the ebola virus. Were more equipped. And that we now see light at the end of the tunnel. We are happy about that. Reporter but that optimism isnt shared by many u. S. Health officials. New cases of ebola are doubling every three weeks in africa. Meanwhile, back in this country, the family of ebola victim Thomas Eric Duncan is mourning his loss. Duncan died wednesday in dallas after traveling last month from liberia. They agreed over the fact they were not able to give him a decent burial, but had to be cremated the same day of his death. Reporter the cdc says more r
County courthouse returned an indictment charging jesse leroy matthew, jr. , 32 years of age of charlottesville, virginia with three felony counts in connection with the Sexual Assault of a 26yearold woman which occurred on september 24th of 2005 here in the city of fairfax. Weve already known about a potential forensic link to that 2005 link. Weve also reported about a potential forensic link to the body of morgan harrington. Shes is a Virginia Tech student found murdered in 2009. Back to whats going on here in charlottesville with the Hannah Graham disappearance. Certainly we want to know whats going on and weve been talking to lots of people. Human remains were found 10 miles from here. Today people are keeping tightlipped. Reporter police chief tim longo, the sympathetic voice in this storm, isnt talking. His office says the investigation is now in the hands of albemarle pd. They say they will not be answering any questions. The leader in this search is not considering interviews u