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president trump has finally notched up a major legislative victory, the first stage in repealing barack obama s signature achievement the affordable care act. the us house of representatives has narrowly passed the republican replacement for obamacare. but how quickly the new bill becomes law, whether it does at all, is a whole other question. it will face a very tight vote in the senate. here s our north america editor, jon sopel. the moment at just after two o clock this afternoon in washington, when trumpcare became a thing. the ayes are 217. the nays are 213. the bill is passed. without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid upon the table. shame, shame, shame, shame. but outside, a rather different scene, as protesters chant, shame. this fight isn t over yet. getting the measure through the senate is going to be every bit as tough. because, as today s debate showed, this is a deeply divisive issue. so, i ask you, my colleagues, does trumpcare lower health co ....
my guest today, fikile mbalula, was made police minister in a recent controversial cabinet sha keup. as the scandals pile up, are we witnessing the slow death of the anc? fikile mbalula, in cape town, welcome to hardtalk. let s begin with a simple question, there is no doubt the anc government is in crisis, who do you believe has the responsibility for that crisis? well, i wouldn t say it is a crisis. i would say we are undergoing some challenges in relation to what is happening now. and i think it is a test of time, which has happened not only now, over a period of time anc has been tested. it has emerged victorious at each turning point in terms of its history. well, you call it a challenge, i call it a crisis. i don t know what other word you could use when even the vice president suggests that the actions taken by his boss, the president, jacob zuma, have been unacceptable. well, the deputy president can express those views but we must understand the president has h ....
britain, spain, russia, the us and china. in the uk the public system has been affected. the attack involved ransomware, has been affected. the attack involved ra nsomwa re, it has been affected. the attack involved ransomware, it encrypts data and locks out the user. it looked at first like an attack just on hospitals in the uk, but it is now becoming clear that this malicious software has run riot around the world. russia, the united states and many points in between have been hit by what is now a common form of cybercrime. ransomware is becoming the tool of choice for an awful lot of criminals, simply because it is very easy to make money very quickly. you can buy ransomware online for as little as $39. it s quite cheap. at the top end of the market it comes with support and payment systems to help you get your money. so how does ransomware work? it often arrives in the form of an innocuous looking e mail. when you click on that link the malicious software is downloa ....
protesters torched government buildings. is the market already starting to price in his departure? less than half an hour away from the european open and i am not sure if we will see ripples from brazil although that story is important and fascinating. take a look at futures, up across the board here. this is after we had new records in the u.s. yesterday, gains in youn stocks as well and so see european futures gaining here. also take a look at the bund trade. we have the yield coming off fairly substantially so investors are buying german debt right now i m a pushing the 0.8. down to zero blowing out the u.s. german spread. pretty ridiculous, our guests said as the german yields need to come up. that is definitely not happening today. the li na. that is something to talk about having an impact on the euro rates as well. greece is on offer. look at the greek stock market down 2%. you ve equities broadly bid. the bloomberg dollar index is down by .2 of 1% and the yen ....
we speak with the prime minister later in the program. , wherehello, from sydney it is just past 6:00 a.m. trading at the start of a brand-new week. betty: we have a short trading week in the u.s., sunday evening just past 6:00 p.m. the markets are closed for memorial day. we will take all of the action on friday. look at how it will affect the asia-pacific trading day and the u.s. and in particular the big jobs report. that is something to watch. the fed meeting as well, u.s. pretty closed on friday much mixed. no one taking any big positions ahead of the long weekend holiday. bit,o wake us up a little we had reports of another missile being fired by north korea. that happened at 5:40 a.m. local time, launching a missile that zone.nto japan s economic this is according to the japanese officials, also confirmed by south korea. in the meantime, south korean officials are convening a national security council meeting at 7:30 a.m.. we have seen this and reaction to multipl ....