Pulled out of the Australian Open because of this long term hip problem. He is contemplating surgery now. What effect could it have on his future career . We will talk to you later. In the weather, darren, its been wet and windy and now its going to get cold. Yeah, we are going to get cold. Yeah, we are going to get cold. Yeah, we are going to look at the extreme weather we have been seeing in north america in the next hour. Here at home we are going to replace the cloudy wet and windy weather with something much colder as the weekend goes on. More later on. Thank you very much. Also coming up. The real italian job, a multiMillion Pound heist at the doges palace in venice. Thieves made off with several treasures owned by a member of the qatari royal family. Hello, this is afternoon live. I am simon mccoy. No change for five years thats the message to britains farmers many of whom were getting increasingly worried about what brexit will mean for them. The environment secretary michael g
Snooker championship 2015 to today being banned for six months for betting breaches. It is estimated he spent £35,000 in the past seven yea rs spent £35,000 in the past seven years betting on matches. More on that later. And the weather with chris. Cloudy and mild here, but i will be casting my mind to the alps with the Early Arrival of winter. More from me in the next half hour. Also coming up, a string and a prayer the moment 2115 people simultaneously bungee jumped off a 30 foot high bridge in brazil. Well tell you why. Hello, everyone. This is afternoon live, im simon mccoy. The European Council president , donald tusk, has urged members of the European Parliament to stick together or face defeat. Brexit, he said, was the eus toughest stress test, and it must not be divided at any costs. Mr tusk also said the outcome of the brexit talks is up to london, and that abandoning the decision to leave the eu is still an option for the uk. 0ur europe correspondent Damian Grammaticas repo
For china . The bond market is ebbing. Fed signal a letter ate . Flattter r matt we see the ftsi as the as futuresner as far are concerned. The dax little changed and the cap pointing to a slight gain,. 1 of 1 . As far as the bund tray goes, investors continue to buy bunds, slashing down the yield. Maybe it is a risk off kind of day. Yields going down, prices going up, that seems to indicate that the reflation trade is fading and animal spirits may be back in their box. Nothing is happening at least in the first couple of columns. You see all that great theyre telling you you are not getting a lot of movement. Switzerland not doing anything, british pound, not on the move. The rc is on the move. Youre not seeing a great deal of action in the form the exchange market. It feels like markets are little asleep today. Where we are seeing action is the commodity space. Youre seeing a better big command to the oil trade. Bid coming into the oil trade. Rent crude trading up by around. 6 of 1 .
Bank of greece governor. And a Swiss Company a Johnson Johnson takeover target. In athens guy lets talk about why we are here. Be speaking tos the governor of the bank of greece. He sits in the ecb as well. We need to have a conversation about what is happening on the ground in greece, which talking to ceos, they sound positive. A big rally in greek assets. Then we come to the ecb. Thinking about the big questions. The meeting on the eight. What is it ultimately going to deliver. That is what we are building up to. The ecb, a lot to think about at the moment. Anna a lot to talk about. Lets have a look at where we are expecting to open. Half an hour until the start of the European Equity trading. Asian session has been decent. Indian equities up. Movement,ting contrary to the direction of travel. Since the victory of donald trump, the story has been of the strong dollar. The euro, up 0. 4 . The ecb story factoring in. With this story, we are watching what is happening on the bond market
Everybody. Im anna edwards. Lets update you on australia. Getting a few headlines coming through and if you market moves as a result of a reduced inflation forecast. Ive got a chart here. Inflation going down under. This is the headwinds, the challenge that faces the rba, like many Central Banks, hit by this global disinflation. This chart goes back to the 1990s. As a result, you saw the aussie on the move. Lets have a look at the risk radar. Real weakness coming through in the aussie as a result of this move. Yields on bonds lower. Threeyear yields hitting a record low in australia. Eightweek low on the australian currency. The big question, whether the central bank will do more to sperry inflation. Ive got the dollar index pretty flatness hour, but it is of course jobs day in the u. S. Headed for its biggest weekly increase in six months. The yen increasing against all major peers. Wti at 43. 84. Lets get to Arcelor Mittal, getting numbers from the steelmaker. This is the Worlds Larg