Will allow us to master this challenge while delivering First Quarter profit slumps at hsbc and the bank warns that the coronavirus will have an impact the cfo says the outlook is improving for one key market caller we are beginning to see signs of recovery in china in particular, lesser extent in hong kong. We do think Economic Activity in q1, we do expect to see a recovery going into the Second Quarter. Novartis beats expectations as the swiss pharma giant be benefits but says potential treatment needs more time. Bp says environment is brutal and unprecedented we are very, very focused on driving that base even down and getting it to less than 35 a barrel next year and beyond if possible President Trump says china could have stopped the coronavirus from spreading adding his administration is probing what happened and warning beijing of consequences. There are a lot of ways you can hold them accountable. We are doing very serious investigations, as you know. We are not happy with chin
Rose above the scandal becoming Prime Minister twice until her assassination in december 2007 i would have a son and chosen as still a teenager zardari returned to meet her Pakistan Peoples Party and won the peoples vote. He lasted the full 5 year term the 1st president to do so controversially supporting the us in its effort to win the war in afghanistan and helping former president barack obama launch an assault on the taliban inside pakistan but Domestic Support eroded as a tax increase and after the severe floods of 2010 zardari chose not to run for reelection 2013th leaving office with words of reconciliation for his rival Prime Minister nawaz sharif. We will support you in the fight against the forces which are trying to weaken pakistan and who dont support democracy and want to politics of guns rather than vote. The pakistani government led by imran khan has made fighting corruption a priority former Prime Minister now as sharif has already been indicted on corruption charges da
How and from where we got all this brandnew information, because there is a lot more where this story came from. For that, joining me now is chief Foreign Correspondent Richard Engel who helped break the story. Richard. Good to join you. Its a busy news day. Let me try to lay out the reporting we have, how we got it, and its implications. We have been given access to what some people call the paradise papers. They are an enormous pile, 7 million pages in all, of files and emails that somehow leaked out of a law firm in bermuda called appleby. The papers were originally obtained by a german newspaper, and then passed on to the International Consortium of investigative journalists who has done a great deal of work on this. They have been organizing and cross referencing the documents, looking at the people and companies who are the clients of this law firm. Generally, the kind of people who hire a highend offshore law firm like appleby have two things in common. They have lots of money,
Fire on Palestinian Protesters killing at least five people and injuring hundreds more and out on bail catalonia separatist leader walks free from a german jail a Court Refuses to extradite karlas put your hands on rebellion charges and releases him on bail. Way iraq is a pleasure to have you with us all right we start off with the escalating diplomatic standoff between russia and the west in the latest twist the u. S. Has now struck at the very heart of russian president Vladimir Putins inner circle imposing some of its strongest sanctions yet on seven of russias most influential oligarchy washington has also singled out a number of senior Russian Companies and government officials accusing them of malign ect. Around the world well the sanctions target most notably three very close allies of putin to start off with his son in law carol sham aloft who you see here right behind me he is married to president putins youngest daughter catarina and he also happens to be the Vice President o
Targets Vladimir Putins inner circle with sanctions its washingtons stiffest response yet to what it calls a brazen pattern of activity. And showdown at the gaza border israeli troops again use live fire on Palestinian Protesters killing at least seven people injuring hundreds more. Its good to have you with us tonight brazil is on tenterhooks as the countrys hugely popular former president the reason officer of the silva defies a court order to turn himself into police his legal team is reportedly negotiating with police right now hunkered down at a trade Union Building in sao paolo a crowds of. His supporters have gathered outside and were looking at live pictures of that scene the Supreme Court has ordered luka to begin serving a prison sentence for corruption while he appeals the conviction is a porter say its a ploy to stop him from running in this years president ial election where he remains the clear front runner. Artless go now to sao paolo joining us is journalist sam county