Crystal blue caribbean sea. Nonstop flights are available from most major airports. More information for your vacation planning is available at aruba. Com. And now, bbc world news. Laura this is bbc world news america. Reporting from washington, i am laura trevelyan. Republicans unveil the final version of their tax overhaul as they draw closer to President Trumps first big legislative win. At the United Nations, the u. S. Urges north korea to stop weapons testing and earn the right to negotiate. And plans for deepsea mining are condemned by the worlds leading conservationist. Humanity should just plow on with no regard for the consequences, because they dont know what they are. Laura welcome to our viewers on Public Television in america and around the globe. Republicans have unveiled the final text of their ambitious tax overhaul, which would reduce the Corporate Tax rate to 21 . After lastminute changes seemed to win over wavering senators, a vote is expected next week. The Top Admi
Are three more chances for Elise Christie to claim this elusive medal. Chris has the weather. We will cast our nets further afield and bring you the very latest on what cyclone peter has done to tonga. Talk to you later, chris. Is it time to stop clowning around . Are pranksters and creepy clowns changing the face of an age old entertainer . Hello, everyone. This is afternoon live. Im simon mccoy. It isa im simon mccoy. It is a crisis hitting at the very heart of oxfams appeal, with questions raised by the government millions of individual donors about whether the charity deserves their money. The Charity Commission has taken the most serious action it can against oxfam, and begun a statutory inquiry into its procedures. It will investigate the handling of claims that oxfam staff used prostitutes as they carried out Disaster Relief in the aftermath of the earthquake in haiti in 2010. Matt cole reports. This crisis has already claimed one senior figure, 0xfams now former chief executive
Welcome to bloomberg daybreak europe. Its just gone in a cup a. M. In amsterdam 8 00 a. M. In amsterdam. Fullyear operating profit beat the highest estimate, this is a bank which runs most of its revenue which runs most of its revenue from the u. K. Economy. To buffers of , 17. 7 , the dutch win right in line with what the analysts expected. What does this mean for dividends . The capital remains intact. The final dividend comes in at 80 euro cents per share. From . Did it come lets talk about metals and miners. Anna lets have a look at what has been reported. Remember our conversation with from blackrock management. Tinto fullyear underlying profit 8. 63 billion. They are giving us details on their net income and theyve added a Share Buyback of one billion u. S. Dollars in rio tinto shares. He said of the sector that many investors have been very patient through recent turmoil. This is the worlds secondlargest mining company. Materials had a good year in 2017 because of stronger Globa
Customer. And sell them straight to the customer. A decade after the financial crisis, is the world ready to be taken off of financial and support . This is bloomberg surveillance and im Francine Lacqua in london. We go to a suburban paris, where six people have been hurt after a car rammed into them. Police are still searching for the driver and the car. This is according to police reports. Place aftere sentinel operation since n was declared to remain until it is no longer useful. This occurred in the northwestern suburb of levall ois. We will keep an eye on that. On to geopolitics and the impact on the market. We see a very clear movement into havens. This is what we are seeing the goldyen gaining on the tensions in north korea. European stocks, slumping following declines across most of asia. The vix is up. Does get straight to the bloomberg first word news. Reporter the South African rand has led declines among major currencies after president jacob zuma survived another bid to ou
Its about 40 minutes. Welcome back to the room where it happened. This was after a very exciting day yesterday we are hoping to focus on build. To welcomeyone everyone. This has three parts. It left its title behind a little bit. Its on fdr and on human rights. I will do Something Else with eleanor, im not sure. But the first part is a different origin story for this grand strategy project because everyone seemed to be so taken with personal narrative just today. The second part is a discussion inour roosevelt document 1941 Atlantic Charter. Although it was developed as aly with churchill grand strategy at a human rights instrument. Think, very briefly i the link between that document, the atlantic charger which was inspirational, to a specific policy debate in our particular context, namely the demise of formorgenthaler plan defeated germany that was being in the early fall of 1944. Paper, i discuss Atlantic Charter charter as a benchmark. And 45ond one is late after roosevelts death