Looking at numbers fifteen to eleven so lets get a sneak peek at three of the stories. Looking good the latest fashion creations for the carnival season. Paperwork creative pops by designer peter dominic. Show time such musician on the way for you and his show stopping ensemble. Ranking at Number Fifteen was all reports on carnival at the beginning of the year this is gemmas that abrasion has been going on in the city of cologne for centuries the official organized carnival started two hundred years ago and it held just before the christian fasting period called lent nowadays regardless of its origin economy the tracks of thousands of people who want nothing more than to dress up in costume and have a good time. Party time in cologne. Around one and a half million revelers took part in this years st Carnival Celebration this year and as always their costumes were bursting with colors and amidst this rainbow a very familiar shade of orange could be made out instantly donald trump dressi
2018 . I have a commodity for my chart of the morning. It is not oil or copper. I also wanted to highlight gold because gold is near 1300 an ounce. It has been a stealthy rally into the end of the year. David youve got to admit it. I was doing golden 2008. David lets get headlines outside the business world. Worst doingemma its york cits fire in more than a quarter century. It went through a bronx killing 12uilding, people. The fire began on the first floor and spread it to the building within minutes. 170 firefighters were called to the scene. Is withoutgedy question historic and its magnitude. Our hearts go out to every family that lost a loved one here. Emma because the fire is under investigation. In india, at least 14 people were killed in a fire. The bamboo ceiling in the restaurant burned quickly and collapsed with people trying to escape. The police of fired case of culpable homicide against the restaurant owner. Transferea will hold a to a north korean vessel. That would amoun
Latest also coming up a brewing conflict in the middle east saudi arabias newly powerful crown prince is on a mission to boost the oil kingdoms prominence but could help setting the delicate balance of power push the entire region into conflict. And a vehicle attack outside a school in the french city of toulouse a man deliberately rammed his car into a group of students and during three of them. Im sara harmon welcome to the show its good to have you with us. The European Union is stepping up pressure on britain over brocks it the news chief parks and negotiator Michel Barnier has given london a two week also made up to make clear how much it pant excuse me plans to pay when it leaves the bloc he says that these to be agreed upon before any trade talks can start differences also remain on issues with the irish border as well as a use Citizens Rights. To date news of progress and consensus from the projected brechts of negotiations has been thin on the ground all the more surprising th
Rishaad asia stocks under pressure, but Global Equities are at record highs. Lets bring up chart 5892. Ly is all amid this extreme low volatility. It is the worlds best regional rally in turquoise. The 60 day volatility in the white line has dropped 5. 9 to the lowest since 1988. In line with u. S. And europe, and the vix markets hitting new lows. The calm, but no storm, at least for the time being. Pause. May be a muted at lofty highs when it comes to emerging markets in asia, japan in particular. I dont think you can blame investors for taking a breather. Lets get it over to sophie with 30 market reaction. Sophie we have corporate earnings perhaps giving impetus to profit taking for japanese investors given those highs. Leadingei 225 benchmarks in asia lower here it asian stocks falling for a second session. I want to highlight the currencies space. The korean won leading losses as importers why dollars. B. N. P. Paribas says it is better late than never to buy the currency as cyclic
Its 7am in singapore, midnight in london and 8am in seoul, where the head of the us military, generaljoseph dunford, is getting ready for talks on north Koreas Nuclear and missile threats. Hes to meet president moonjae in and south koreas defence minister. Afterwards hell go on to china and japan. The bbcs Richard Galpin reports. On the Pacific Island of guam, people turned out in large numbers on sunday to pray for peace. They are now potentially in the firing line as the stand off between the us and north korea continues. Pyongyang has threatened to fire missiles toward this island which is home to major us military bases. Were here to pray for the leaders of those countries to remain calm and think about the people and the lives of the people we have here. In japan, anti Aircraft Systems were deployed at the weekend to shoot down any north korean missiles aimed at guam. This area of Southern Japan would lie on the flight path. This is the most serious crisis in the region since the