I am haidi stroudwatts in sydney. Annabelle i am Annabelle Droulers in hong kong and the top stories this hour. Stocks set for a positive start. Investors hoping mainland markets follow the bullish lead when they reopen after a holiday. The yen vulnerable to any hawkish fed commentary this week. Haidi westpacs firsthalf profits slide in line with analyst estimates as it boosts a buyback by a one billion aussie dollars. Annabelle the chinese president touches down in paris to begin a three nation European Tour with trade tensions on the rise. Haidi lets get you straight to how we are setting up when it comes to the start of trading in asia. This monday morning, we are looking like a pretty positive lead, china coming back online, to see where chinese equities will be gearing up to bridge the gap with hong kong counterparts. The hang seng jumping on friday, the longest winning streak since 2018. Before we get to the china open, we are seeing quite a bit of upside when it comes to futures
An employee pushed the wrong button. Charlie cook on the Midterm Elections and the threat we face from north korea. The gop and the 2018 Midterm Elections. Should republicans maintain control of congress . Join in on the conversation. Democrats 2027488000. Republicans 2027488001. Independents 2027488002. Good sunday morning. Front page of the Washington Post has this story from hawaii. Some harrowing 38 minutes as a missile scare engulfed the state of hawaii. A lag in correcting the erroneous alarm is the reason. This is what it sounded like yesterday morning hawaii time. The u. S. Pacific command has detected a missile threat to hawaii. A missile may impact on land or sea within minutes. This is not a drill. If you are indoors stay indoors. If you are outdoors seek immediate shelter in a building. Remain indoors well away from windows. If youre driving safely to the side of a road or seek shelter in a building and lay on the floor. We will announce when the threat has ended. This is n
Of the finery. Furniture, pottery, wooden coffins. Its only the beginning. Hello, and welcome to world news today. After days of delays, the United Nations Security Council has unanimously agreed on a ceasefire in syria. The hope is the resolution will allow some respite for civilians in the rebel enclave of eastern ghouta, who have been bombed by russian backed syrian forces. The resolution calls for the ceasefire to last 30 days and begin without delay, but we are already hearing reports from activists that jets are still overhead and air raids are continuing. More than 500 people have been killed in the last seven days in eastern ghouta. There is a desperate need for humanitarian assistance. Heres Us Ambassador to the un, nikki haley. The Syrian People should not have to die waiting for russia to organise their instructions from moscow. Or to discuss it with the syrians. And why did the council allow this . There is no good reason we shouldnt have done this wednesday, or thursday, o
Expected to still be a top priority. Kevin corke ahead of the president live for us already in tokyo with more on this important trip. Kevin . Reporter hey, guys, youre right about that. North korea and Security Cooperation clearly the headlines here, and as far as north korea is concerned, listen, the administration recognizes they would love to have consensus on what to do about the problem pyongyang, but i think a best Case Scenario at least according to white house officials is to just at least acknowledge the fact that we recognize theres a problem and the u. S. Would agree not to act in a proactive or provocative manner toward pyongyang without at least considering the feelings, if nothing else, and certainly consultation with its partners here in the peninsula. The president is enroute here to asia, longest trip in about a quarter century for an american president on this continent. He left hawaii not terribly long ago, an important stop as he makes his way over this way. Before
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