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meeting much more important. i know we re going to do that in a minute. basically, the journal article suggests that what carl weinberg will has talked about maybe finally happened. we will talk about that. francine: we have been reporting this for a couple of weeks. it s something i addressed. they have been asking for some time and debt relief. they have done this veiled threat that if they don t get that relief, they may not participate. news.get to the the u.s. is backing libya s request to find islamic state. john kerry is in vienna where he met with russia s foreign minister as well is the bromance from other countries. they ruled out the use of u.s. troops. the majority of britons want to remain in the european union. 55% of those surveyed what the u.k. to stay. that s up slightly. 40% want to leave. the referendum is june 23. in france, the french president will try to head off strikes. last week, demonstrators in paris announced the plan that he forced to th ....
is a huge search and rescue operation off of some of the greek islands where we have lost atck of the egypt airplane 2:30 local time last night. is very fluid. we are watching for the aggregation of headlines. we will have a map soon. i know we are going to cairo soon. it is a nation that has seen too many of these accidents. francine: let s get to the bloomberg first word news. here is nejra cehic with more on egypt. jetliner fromtian paris to cairo has disappeared over the mediterranean. egypt s prime minister says he cannot rule out the possibility of a terror attack. flight eight 04 was lost on radar at 170 miles from the egyptian coast. it was an airbus 823. andtian military aircraft ships are searching for debris. we will have more in a moment. iran has launched a charm offensive for europe s elite. their meeting with their european counterparts. they re trying to break a deadlock in investments caused by the few remaining u.s. sanctions. credit suisse says the br ....
in four months, accounting practices are coming under scrutiny. an informationof request should not be seen as an indication that laws have been broken. think onow what you twitter @rishaadtv, don t forget to include #trendingbusiness. china markets under way in 30 minutes. singapore, taiwan, and malaysia coming online. we have a look at what is happening so far. seven-week lows, now two week highs. it is a lot more positive momentum coming through across most markets in our region. malaysia down by a 10th of 1%. the ringgit stronger against the dollar. singapore, up by 7/10 of 1%. the regional index supported by gains in japan despite a rebound from the yen. the regional index holding a two-week high. back of the fed expectations that we could see a rate hike early as next month. members all can assure overnight, signaling we could see 2-3 rate hikes later this year. australia down to tens of 1%. new zealand up by a third of 1%. i want to show you a story weighing on ....
tom keene in new york. at g-7 will focus be china. tom: the president with those comments. what i find remarkable is how all of these leaders seem to be speaking to their homes, but it is not a g-7 meeting but it is people talking to america, to canada, etc. francine: especially japan where you see shinzo abe trying to get out of the increase. let s get straight to the bloomberg first word news. nejra: starting with the g-7, angola merkel does not have much support when it comes to austerity. the debate over stimulus versus belt-tightening has shifted. canada s new prime minister had shifted his country s focus to infrastructure spending and cash. david cameron joins markel as a champion of fiscal restraint. just a few minutes from now, president obama holds a news conference at the summit. in france, strikes at oil refineries may spread today. workers at six of eight refineries have walked out. the strike is protesting the president s proposed labor reforms that makes ....
becoming the newest stock exchange in the united states. first, jon has a check of the markets. jon: global risk assets rallying across the board. check out the mood. here we are, if you hire the united states across the board. you re a-dollar at the moment at around 1.1328. equities pushing higher with the ftse pushing up, 86 points. it is a strong pound equity rally. let s go around the world and check in with our bloomberg team for an in-depth coverage of our top story spirit nejra cehic is in london on the latest brexit poll. guy johnson has details on the pound rally. and on janet yellen testifying later this week. let s check in with the london guests. nejra cehic begins team coverage with a shift in the polls. a shift in the polls break it down for me. nejra: we had a couple of polls out over the weekend. the main one the markets are focusing on is this poll showing a three percentage point lead for remain. there was also another poll from the sunday times, s ....