What is described in the west as a russian invasion of crimea is a fact the presence of russian soldiers in crimea can you clarify that. They were could do would have barely spoken of a quote but the most of the most go full of the below. As long ago as 1804 sevastopol the naval base became the main military port of the russian empire on the black sea. During the 2nd world war the heroic defense of sevastopol lasted almost a year and took hundreds of thousands of lives. Therefore the naval base in crimea has a legacy of historical pride for the Russian Black Sea fleet as well as being of huge strategic importance. Those of us alive back then remember when there were soviet missiles put into cuba how frightened americans were and how angry and how we almost went to a Nuclear Confrontation over having weapons of that kind of destruction placed that close to the United States. Just so if the United States considers cuba to be in its backyard. Then crimea lays at russias doorstep. The cons
Is theail sales number only surprise i suppose. Juliette that is quite interesting given this had been this consumer driven recovery and the positive numbers we have seen and domestic travel. Gold is a miss. Still seeing the incredible strength coming through in offshore youuan. Onhave been seeing a risk momentum coming through in equities across the region. Signing havinghe a positive boost to markets. We are seeing momentum on the asiapacific index. It is going to close at a record high. When we look specifically at Chinese Markets themselves, we did have the csi 300 already near the fiveyear high. The csi 300 a little weaker, down by a 10th of 1 . Korean airlines coming out and saying they are going to to buy. 8 trillion yuan an airline. Raising 2. 5ng to be trillion. That is a bit of corporate breaking news. Lets get over to julia. She is at jp morgan. Thank you for joining us. What was your main takeaway . Controls glance have been maintained. Still looks like their recovery is pr
Sunday, 15 countries agreed to forge the worlds biggest Free Trade Agreement, including 30 percent of the global population, almost a 3rd of worldwide g. D. P. The pact is set to deliver huge tariff cuts to its and specific rim signatories, the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership r c. E. P involves the temp Member States of the association of Southeast Asian nations block, or ozzy on which are written i, cambodia, indonesia, laos, malaysia, myanmar, the philippines, singapore, thailand and vietnam and 5 of their partners, australia, china, japan, you zealand and south korea. The trade volume of all of these members is around 11 trillion u. S. Dollars. Almost one 3rd of all trade. Nearly a decade in the making. The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership for c. B. P. Is historic. Many in asia hope it will help speed up recovery from the shocks of the coronavirus pandemic. By lowering tariffs, exports of member countries are expected to grow by more than 10 percent by 2025. A
Abandoned the district ceded to azerbaijan as part of a cease fire agreements, many of torching their homes to leave nothing behind and formula ones 1st and only black driver makes history a turkish run free. In the west since treacherous conditions, Lewis Hamilton fights his way to victory from behind securing his sevens formula. One world title including michael schumacher. Historic time out of as well come to the program, germany could soon impose stricter coronavirus restrictions. Chancellor Angela Merkel is due to meet leaders of the countrys 16 states. Don measures were introduced only 2 weeks ago, closing bars, restaurants, and museums. Despite this new cases have not dropped significantly. According to the German Public Health authority, new infections rose by nearly 11000 on monday. Joining me now for more is the chief political what can we expect from todays meeting there . What we can definitely expect tighter meses. Weve had access to the draft document and there it states
Were looking at a sharp selloff for the nasdaq, down 271 points right now, the s p and nasdaq snapped a winning streak on friday. The markets are down across the board. Large labor day parties raising concerns about a coronavirus spike. Creating a futuristic Fan Experience at the u. S. Open. Watson using Artificial Intelligence to allow fan interaction, even with empty stands. Mornings with maria is live right now. Global markets this morning are under pressure, take a look at european indices, markets are under pressure as concerns grow over a no deal brexit. The cac is down 63 and the dax is lower by 108. Germany is showing signs of a slow recovery. Exports rising 4. 7 in the month of july, imports were up just over 1 . That was far below prepandemic levels. Checking asian markets this morning, take a look at what happened overnight, green across the board in asia, best performer as you can see japan, nikkei average up three quarters of a percent, same situation with the shanghai com