questioning and release of the former first minister of scotland, nicola sturgeon, in connection with the investigation into the finances of the scottish national party. mrs sturgeon says her arrest was a shock and she is innocent of any wrongdoing. she s been released without charge pending further investigation. our scotland editor james cook reports. nicola sturgeon, for so long, front and centre in scottish politics, was arrested well away from the cameras, just after 10am. detectives questioned her as a suspect, before releasing her without charge seven hours and 15 minutes later. this evening, ms sturgeon issued a statement which was raw, blunt and defiant. i am certain i have committed no offence, she said, describing the situation as both a shock and deeply distressing. she thanked her supporters, saying they appreciated she would never do anything to harm either the snp or the country, and she insisted in the strongest possible terms that i am in fact innocent o
speak to a chinese economist at oxford economics. we are in expansionary territory but still quite, we are looking at perhaps quite a week set of data going to the end of the year. week set of data going to the end of the year. what does this tell us about end of the year. what does this tell us about the end of the year. what does this tell us about the broader - tell us about the broader chinese economy? it tell us about the broader chinese economy? it affirms to us we are chinese economy? it affirms to us we are family chinese economy? it affirms to us we are family on chinese economy? it affirms to us we are family on a chinese economy? it affirms to | us we are family on a bottoming out process. in this bottoming out process. in this bottoming out as always going to be volatile there will be slight ups and slight downs but chinese policymakers will look at the data from today and think this is the second month of contraction, we definitely need more stimulus
amount of coal they burned but a commitment on oil and gas use remains elusive. at the same time a meeting is also due to take those between the biggest oil producers and their allies, collectively known as opec plus of which the host, uae is a member. against that backdrop i have been speaking to david schlossberg, director of the sydney environment institute to remain sceptical about the of this year s climate talks. i think there are two clear problems. the first is the capture of the process by the fossil fuel industry and the second is the process itself. that is just the way it works. it means that petro states or countries that would captured by the fossil fuel industry can object to language and undermine real and strong changes. on the power of the fossil fuel industry, for this meeting we may be disappointed. we have the head of an oil state company setting the agenda and to me, that isjust an illustration of capture. he says it will be good to have the fossil fuel
as well as future business conditions, the country is facing an economic slump as we have been reporting and unemployment has a consumer spending as well. to understand more let s speak to a chinese economist at oxford economics. thank you forjoining us on asia business report. what is your reaction to the readings we are seeing? your reaction to the readings we are seeing? generally we are disappointed. we are seeing? generally we are disappointed, we we are seeing? generally we are disappointed, we had we are seeing? generally we are disappointed, we had expected i we are seeing? generally we are| disappointed, we had expected a contraction in this activity but not to the extent but we have to recognise these are diffusion industries more helpful in telling us the direction in which things are going stop i would say that on the manufacturing side what jumps out at us as this is effectively driven by if you look at the subcomponents this is driven by to a large extent