Leagues world cup for the first time lies in the balance. And england struggle to take hold of the opening day of the second test in adelaide, the first day night match in the history of the ashes. And in half an hour here on bbc news the travel show goes to the usa to meet competitors in a unique international championship. Good morning and welcome to bbc news. The us senate has approved a sweeping tax reform bill, putting President Trump on course for his first major legislative achievement since he took office. These changes are the biggest tax overhaul since the 1980s and would see a sharp cut in Corporation Tax bringing it down from 35 to 20 . The democrats voted against the plans, but the republicans won a narrow victory, by 51 votes to 49. Mr trumps legislative success comes just hours after us media reported that his former National Security adviser is prepared to give testimony that implicates the president s son in law, jared kushner. The white house says mr flynn has implica
Santoli. Thank you for being here. Wilfred frost off this morning. Well begin with that breaking news out of manchester, england. A suicide bomber struck an Ariana Grande concert overnight killing 22 people and injuring 59 others. A live report from the uk in just a moment. We want to check in on the markets. It did add to cautious mood overnight for stocks. U. S. Equity futures have turned around and bounced higher. Dow futures up 48 points, the nasdaq up 12 and the s p up 4. Lets show you europe and whats happening to stocks there. Also saw some early weakness which has turned around and yielded some strength with the dax up 0. 3 . France up 0. 71 . In germany, Business Confidence surged to a record hire. As for the british pound, thats where you saw the immediate reaction, weaker against the u. S. Dollar. The weakness continues. Some of that Market Reaction wearing off. The pound sits just below 130. Lets get to willem marx live in manchest manchester, england with what we know abou
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