Its newsday. Good morning. Its 8 00 am in singapore, midnight in london and 7 00 in the evening in washington, on a day when there have been some sharp falls in Global Stock Markets. They were reacting to doubts about an easing of the trade war between the United States and china. And the concerns were aggravated by news of the arrest in canada, at the request of the us, of a senior chinese telecoms executive. All three main wall street indexes fell more than 2 , though they regained some ground later in the session. At one point, the dowjones index was down by 3 . It later recovered, ending down by 0. 3 . Falls on european markets were sharper, with paris and frankfurt both shedding almost 3. 5 . And the ftse index in london fell 3. 2 , its worst performance since june 2016, when britons voted to leave the european union. Our Business Correspondent in new york Michelle Fleury has been following the markets this comes at the beginning of the week you saw the market jump this comes at t
There have been sharp falls in global stock markets. They were reacting to doubts about an easing of the trade war between the United States and china. Those concerns were aggravated by news of the arrest of a Top Executive from the chinese telecoms giant, huawei. Meng wanzhou is the chief Financial Officer and also the founders daughter. She was detained at vancouver airport on saturday on an extradition request from the us. All three main wall street indexes fell more than 2 , though they did regain some ground later in the session. At one point, the dow jones index was down by 3 . It later recovered, ending down by 0. 3 . Falls on european markets were sharper, with paris and frankfurt both shedding almost 3. 5 . And the ftse index in london fell 3. 2 its worst performance since june 2016, thats when british people voted to leave the european union. Lets have a bit of a closer look at all of this now. China says Meng Wanzhous arrest is a violation of her human rights, and is demandi
There have been sharp falls in global stock markets. They were reacting to doubts about an easing of the trade war between the United States and china. The concerns were aggravated by news of the arrest of a Top Executive from the chinese telecoms giant, huawei. Meng wanzhou is the chief Financial Officer and the founders daughter. She was detained at vancouver airport on saturday on an extradition request from the us. Our china correspondent Steven Mcdonnell reports. Chinese tech giant huawei is today at the forefront of global trade tensions, and the drama will play out in canada in the coming hours when the Senior Executive appears in court. Chief Financial Officer meng wanzhou was arrested in vancouver while in transit and reportedly faces extradition to the United States following alleged breaches of washingtons sanctions against sales of technical equipment to iran. If this is the reason for her to be taken into this is the reason for her to be ta ken into custody, this is the re
The concerns were aggravated by news of the arrest of a Top Executive from the chinese telecoms giant huawei. Meng wanzhou is the chief Financial Officer and the founders daughter. She was detained at vancouver airport on saturday on an extradition request from the us. China correspondent Steven Mcdonnell reports. The Chinese Technology giant, it will play out in court later. The Financial Officer was arrested in vancouver while in transit and reportedly faces extradition to the United States following alleged breaches of washington sanctions against sales of technical equipment to iran. This is the reason for her to iran. This is the reason for her to be taken into custody, the Chinese Government says it is still being given no explanation to have dashed for it. Translation being given no explanation to have dashed for it. Translationzli being given no explanation to have dashed for it. Translation i can discuss the details of this case here, but what i can tell you is that after lear
Surroundings of lincoln cathedral. Severe gales across parts of scotla nd severe gales across parts of scotland and western uk. Things turn colder this weekend, plus what you do make one of these as a child . I will be talking about their significance here on breakfast. Good morning. Its friday the 7th of december. Our top story at the end of one of the most turbulent weeks of her premiership, theresa may has sent out 30 of her senior ministers to schools, hospitals and businesses across the uk, to try and garner last minute support for her brexit deal. The pm has just a few days left to convince reluctant mps to back her Withdrawal Agreement before a vote on tuesday. 0ur Political Correspondent Jonathan Blake is in westminster this morning. We arejust over we are just over halfway of these five days of debate, leading up to tuesday. How do you see it going . Lookout for a government minister in eu today. The Prime Minister has despatched 30 or so ministers across the uk in a last minu