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lacqua in london. bonds marketsd are closed for this martin luther king day. for our american viewers, happy holidays. a little pressure coming from some of the earnings. without a doubt, these data points come from china. which is why i am looking at the chinese data, filtering to the y uan. euro-dollar, 1.2230. euro strength, dollar weakness. will that continue and when will it hurt european exports? $60.25. brent, $70. airbus joins us in 30 minutes. they could check on the a38 if there are no orders from emir ates. ofs, the vice chair blackstone group joins us. and of course, tom keene is in town for the week. let s get to the bloomberg first word news. nejra: donald trump is an asteroid of awfulness according to the u.k. shadow foreign secretary. trump on the ut at bbc. he is an asteroid of awfulness that has fallen on this world. ithink he is a danger and think he is a risk. i don t want him to come to the country. i don t think he should have been given the invi ....
behind some of cinema s most iconic movies including blade runner, the italian job and the deer hunter about his career, the latest blade runner film and the culture in hollywood. do get in touch on all the stories we re talking about this morning use the hashtag #victorialive and if you text, you will be charged at the standard network rate. our top story today, an inquiry into e cigarettes has been announced by mps, amid concerns there are significant gaps in what is known about them. everything from their impact on human health to how their consumption affects the nhs and economy will be examined. our health correspondent, nick triggle, reports. the popularity of e cigarettes has soared in recent years. nearly 3 million people in the uk now use them, according to the office for national statistics a fourfold increase since 2012. this year they were even used in the annual stoptober campaign for the first time. despite this, they are not officially prescribed ....
theresa may says she wants views and ideas from other parties as she tries to reset her brexit stance after last month s election loss. this is bloomberg surveillance and i m mark barton in london. we are one hour into the equity session. stocks have opened, gaining for the first day. rising for the first week in five. stoxx 600, up by 1/3 of 1%. kuroda, the boj governor, reissuing the boj remains ready to adjust policy as they did following the intervention last week to cap rising yields. the german 10 year yield is down by a couple basis points today. in the last couple weeks, we have had the 10 year yield rise i-30 basis points. we have seen a 30 basis point moved to the upside following hawkishs from the likes of president draghi. oil falling price, 4% last week. kuwait saying libya and nigeria might be after capping supply to rebalance the market. listed to the bloomberg first word news. reporter: donald trump s eldest son met last year with a russian woman who ....
american intelligence officials have given a stark warning about the threat posed by russian cyber attacks. the outgoing us national intelligence director, james clapper, told a senate hearing he hasn t come across a more aggressive campaign to interfere with an american election than russia s actions in last year s race for the white house. mr clapper, who will brief donald trump about his findings tomorrow, said the hacking of democratic party emails had been ordered by the kremlin. here s our north america correspondent nick bryant. washington is investigating what could be the biggest political break in since watergate. in the ‘70s, it was the building belonging to the democratic national committee that was burgled. in 2016, it was the computer system at the party s present headquarters. a robbery in cyberspace, rather than in person. and us intelligence believes it was orchestrated by vladimir putin, from the kremlin, to help donald trump win the election. i want ....
resignation and harsh words about the government s muddled thinking over the brexit negotiations. but what about the other side of the negotiating table? is there clarity there? until last week, jonathan faull was britain s top man in the european commission, who worked closely with the eu s chief negotiator michel barnier he s been speaking to our political editor nick watt. what s he been saying? jonathan faull has been an eu lifer until retirement and he has put some questions over the uk core calculations for the brexit negotiations. as we were hearing, he has said he doesn t believe uk can buy privileged access to the single market. we reported a few months ago that senior whitehall officials were eyeing this idea because the uk cannot accept the core principles of the single market which is accepting free movement of people and the jurisdiction of the european court ofjustice. whatjonathan faull is saying, you are either a member of the single market, in which c ....