A wedding celebration by mistake well our correspondent rob mcbride has more now from kabul. This seems to have been a Major Military operation in the mussa color district of Helmand Province this is a known taliban stronghold involving both it seems Ground Forces and also an airstrike now the ministry of defense here in kabul is talking about this in terms of being a successful military operation saying a number of foreign taliban fighters as it describes them were killed in this attack others were captured and a large cache of taliban weaponry was seized but it does seem according to various reports coming from Helmand Province including the governors office. Number of civilians were also caught up in this attack particularly from a Wedding Party that was happening nearby that was caught in this airstrike now the number of civilian casualties varies the taliban has issued a statement saying tens of people have been killed others injured other figures differ to that but what we do kno
Missiledefense system, China Threatens to court hurt corporate korea. Welcome to Bloomberg Markets middle east. Shery ahn joins us. Yes out of a very windy and chilly day. Out of are seeing is south korean headlines. That is the reason i am here. We have a thing called the trial of the century. Into court today. We also have the impeachment motion decision for the constitutional courts coming in tomorrow. North korean tensions are all around. That is being tested this week. Take a look at the korea won that is taking a hit because of everything that is happening. We are seeing this losing. Have moreling that pressure. The japanese yen is also weakening, we are also seeing the decline. The is still giving this topic boost. All of this happening across asia. It has been a big few hours before crude oil. It is up five. 6 . We got that data rum the eia. For show a another record their inventory. 11 out of 12 games for the week so far. Look at the chart i put together for you. We are lookin
Monte paschi get more time to complete its Capital Increase . And finally, when court and Qatar Sovereign Wealth Fund join forces to purchase an 11 billion stake in rosnet. Is Ivan Glasenberg back in deal mode, matt . Matt absolutely fascinating story, that. Of course, Global Markets are going to be captivated by mario draghi, but it what deals are going on in oil. At 1 45 p. M. Local time in frank for and at 2 30, when he holds his press conference. The three main things to Pay Attention to from draghi will be number one, how long does he qe program and how much will he spend . Will the hold out 80 billion euros a month . How will he buy bonds in countries where he has already reached the limit . He will hit the limit in germany by midsummer at this pace, which he will if he extends at the rate he has been buying so far. Number three will be, how will he taper . When is it going to start . How will the pasth be, shallow or steep . Investors will be looking at all of that very closely.
Tourism groups fullyear core Earnings Growth gives the shares a boost in early trade. The gamble doesnt pay off for uk betting firms as the stocks sell off on a report that mps will demand stricter controls over certain betting machines. Good morning, everybody. Welcome. Were being told today is the most important day of all time for the ecb. Its always the most important day. Exactly. European equity markets gearing up for the most important ecb meeting with a slightly higher attitude. Up by a quarter percentage point on stoxx 600. Asia gaining overnight. A wall street rally. Europe higher for the fourth straight day in a row. Looking at the main European Equity markets with the main europe europeans trading in positive territory. Somewhere in the region of a half percent or so. The sectors, just briefly showing you whats going on. Media, autos and telecoms trading higher. Oil and gas, insurance, healthcare all a bit lower. People are talking about theres some doubts about the outputs
This morning. I said it earlier, we were up in italy 8 . We were up in spain 4 . To italian stocks, Telecom Italia trying to bolster sales. Plus, a jump in chinese exports, but as beijing leaders gather for their policy meeting, just how strongly will they push ahead with economic reform . Announcer youre watching Worldwide Exchange, bringing you Business News from around the globe. Hello. Weve got a full bumper show to end the week, but if that wasnt enough weve got jobs friday coming up and the impact of the Government Shutdown, as well. So on todays show, as they gather in beijing, some of the big question is whether they will agree on any Major Economic reforms. The anticipated meeting happens behind closed doors, but eunice will give us a preview at 10 15 cet. In a bid to boost finances and dial into the brazilian market, our guest says people might be overlooking the fact that there is still quite a lot of potential in italy. Thats coming up in half an hour. Plus, could shale gas