embarrassing this country and throwing the election of donald trump. let s make a deal. vw shares get a boost after report that german automaker could be nearing a deal with the u.s. justice department and shares of lufthansa over challenges to earnings growth. good morning everybody. and welcome to the show. very glad to be back and glad you re all with us for this hour. still a new year for many of us. the stock share of 600 opening to slightly mix hadded this morning as you would have seen edging just a little bit lower despite the positive data from germany. a 2.2% rise in the year to november. a 5.6% rise in exports as well. that was quite a bit better than anticipated. in europe we re still just moving a little bit lower. when it examines to some of the sectors and our main markets that trend is reflected in the markets. autos bucking the trend. with regards to some of the auto sales figures looking quite perky. basic resources higher and telecoms off by right aro
triple b from a warning the banking sector remains weak amid a fragile economy. and in currency, sterling gets a pounding as investors predict the prime minister will be announcing plans to break away from the eu s common markets. good morning everybedsody. what s happening? we got a whole bunch on the agenda, not just with the it economic data, more so with the happenings. full coverage out of cnbc the entire week. stoxx up a little built lowe re we ver had speculation about teresa may s speech. that could be interesting whether or not we re going to say goodbye to the single market. we ll have full coverage of that as well. janet yellen speaks on wednesday and thursday, the fed chair and friday, trump s inauguration. so a super, super busy week. so hang on to your hats. most of our european equity markets are trading lower. apart from denmark bucking a trend. cac 40 up shy off a percent. and given we re seeing a weakness in the italian banks after the down grade. you
their children on holiday during term time is facing a new legal test, this time at the supreme court. good evening, and welcome to bbc news. theresa may has ordered the foreign secretary and home secretary to try to obtain assurances from the trump administration on how its travel ban on people from seven mainly muslim countries will affect british citizens with dual nationality. sir mo farah is among those who fear they will be affected, and politicians from different parties have been calling for president trump s invitation for a state visit to britain to be rescinded. eleanor ghani with this ghani rescinded. eleanor ghani with this ghani with this on the row. it was all going so well, and then just hours after theresa may left washington, donald trump enacted what many think is one of the most extreme of his campaign policies. by then, the prime minister was in turkey for trade talks, where she avoided condemning the travel ban. the united states is responsible for
public. challenging stereo types. we meet south korea s female body builders. also muscling in with business, aaron is here with a shuffling of government in france. it is all change at the government to try to fix an economy that has no growth record unemployment. the question is can the new team turn that around? hello. it s midday london, 2:00 p.m. kiev also 12:00 noon in the democratic republic of congo there. health officials say 13 people have already died in the province. now tests on two more people have confirmed the disease. they say the virus appears to be a different strain from that in west africa. in a separate development on the ebola story, japan said it s prepared to provide an antiinfluenza drug scientists have developed as a treatment for the ebola outbreak. here s the chief cabinet secretary. if there s a request from the world health organization rgs our nation is prepared to offer the drug and cooperate with companies. however in cases of emerg
the 17 point uptick. can it be sustained? . will be back with more you have got futures just an inch lower, but what do we? dictated byng to be confidence. i think we see overall divergence. european markets just coming back ever so slightly. they say to sell the euro and by asian currencies. global equities, let me take you quickly around the world. up from 2007 when it was worth $63 trillion. has risen by 3.8%. all spending their day rising. the question is about sustainability. ussia is talking to the u.k. israel and gaza declaring a truce. nobody can really question whether the overall momentum continues. key drugs given fda approval for a anemia. we ran the numbers. revenues are up. that supersedes the previous four quarters. double-digit sales. special dividend. transaction volumes were slow. telefonica, are they preparing to up their bid? a could be getting ready to go to 8 billion euros to blow telecom italia out of the water. it is suggested telefonica has a bit mo