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world news, it s newsday. good morning. it is 7am in singapore, midnight in london and 7pm in washington, where the us house of representatives has narrowly passed a republican party proposal to repeal barack 0bama s affordable healthcare act. after suffering an embarrassing setback in march, president trump finally notched up his first major legislative victory. the vote in the house of representatives was tight, though. 217 to 213 with no democrats voting in favour. but quite how quickly this will become law is a very different matter, as it still faces a steep hurdle in the senate. he is our north america editorjon sopel the momentjust after 2pm in washington this afternoon when trumpcare washington this afternoon when trumpca re became a washington this afternoon when trumpcare became a thing. the bill is passed and without objection the motion to reconsider is laid upon the table. shame! outside, a rather different tune as protesters giant shame. this fight isn t o ....
this is bbc world news. it s newsday. good morning. it s 7am in singapore, midnight in london, and 7pm in washington, where the us house of representatives has narrowly passed a republican party proposal to repeal barack obama s affordable healthcare act. after suffering an embarrassing setback in march, president trump finally notched up his first major legislative victory. the vote in the house of representatives was tight. 217 to 213, with no democrats voting in favour. but quite how quickly this bill becomes law is a very different matter, as it still faces steep hurdles in the senate. here s our north america editor, jon sopel. the moment itjust after two o clock this afternoon in washington when trumpcare this afternoon in washington when trumpca re became a 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, sham ....
from the asia-pacific to new zealand we are seeing losses this hour. lower on that1% disappointing chinese data. retail sales. right now you re seeing a decline in about one third of 1%. also counting down to the openings in australia. futures are pointing to a slightly lower open. plus including being in the second cut from the royal bank of australia. dropping to record lows. after that chinese data over the weekend. let s get over to japan tracking futures trading at chicago. we are seeing signals pointing to a lower opening on monday. japanese yen is still range bound. watching out for producer prices for april. we will break that to you when it comes. is the story disappointing data from china over the weekend that highlights the challenge facing policymakers trying to reform the economy and cut overcapacity. how bad do things look? in march we saw a slew of positive data. some would say this is a corner has been turned. the reality is that industrial output and pr ....
and what s a bit of both? so hang on for a wild ride. for in nature, and in the world of animals, the truth is always stranger than fiction. just ask the kangaroo that lives in the tree or the dog with webbed feet or the bird that can look an elephant in the eye or the frog that looks like a tomato or any other astonishing animal you might meet. let s start with a startli statement. that s both so false and so true. confused? consider this. the river or nile hippopotamus, which is the great behemoth pachyderm most of us are familiar with, as well as the much smaller and much rarer pygmy hippopotamus, don t have true sweat glands. a thick red substance from their pores called, yes, blood sweat. okay, it s not blood, and its not sweat. but it does make the pygmy hippo shine. it even creates a foam behind the animal s ears. despite being thick-skinned, hippos have very sensitive skin that needs to be k kt wet most of the day, which is why, more often than not, if you happe ....
welcome to the jungle. we take you to the sin city where you can buy, sell, bet on about anything. also on the program, aaron joining us. also the economic impact of ebola which is growing. absolutely. two more airlines have suspended flights to different parts of africa. all of this in the wake of that virus outbreak. we re asking this question. if more airlines follow suit, what impact could that have on the broader african economy? it s midday here in london, 7:00 a.m. washington, 2:00 p.m. at mosul dam in iraq where state television is reporting that kurdish fighters and iraqi troops have retaken the country s largest dam from islamic state fighters. this dam was seized by islamic state militants two weeks ago. it s in a key area of iraq. a key resort for the country. it has huge strategic importance because not only does it control water supplies, there are also fears it could be used as a weapon. mosul dam sits on the river in northern iraq. it s structure h ....