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national regional parliament needs to approve a trade deal with singapore. will it make brexit harder or easier?easyjet first-quarter numbers , worse than expected. is this as bad as it gets? this is the question we will put to the ceo, carolyn mccall. she joins us at 8:30. matt: less than a half hour away from the open. take a look at where futures are pointing for european equity indexes. we have a next trade, but almost no movement on futures. it almost feels like we have crested and are just hanging at the top. global stocks yesterday rose to a record high on the promise of more spending out of china to boost global infrastructure. we saw at one point s&p rising to its highest level. we saw at one point asian stocks, the nikkei touching 20,000. things are coming off from their, but still relatively high levels, and we see futures hanging right now in the air. take a look at the bund trade. let me zoom in so you can get a sense of what s happened just in the past 10 ....
bbc news. president trump has arrived in saudi arabia this morning, but he leaves behind more controversy in washington. the us media is reporting that he told senior russian officials that the fbi director, james comey, was a nutjob whose sacking had relieved great pressure on him. the claim not denied by the white house came as he set off for his first foreign trip since taking office. our washington correspondent, laura bicker, reports. a red carpet welcome for president trump, who s touched down in saudi arabia. he was met by the king, on his first foreign visit since taking office. he tweeted that he will be strongly protecting american interests, that s what i like to do. but he might be glad to leave washington for a while, after the week he s had. it started with the accusation that he d leaked classified information to the russians. then reports of a memo which claimed president trump asked the fbi director to drop an investigation into his former natio ....
shares a strong antipathy towards iran. despite the sensitivities of this leg of the trip, this may well be the easiest part. donald trump is amongst friends here in riyadh but he leaves behind him are gathering political storm in washington. the questions over what he told the russians won t go away. it s emerged he disparaged the head of the fbi to them just one day after firing him. according to a document seen by the new york times, the president said, i had just fired the head of the fbi. he was crazy. a real nutjob that head was investable investigating possible links with russia. the president said it relieved great pressure on him and that not under investigation. relieved great pressure on him and that not under investigationm seems like we are learning disturbing new allegations about president trump not just disturbing new allegations about president trump notjust every day, but ladies and gentlemen, every hour. here in saudi arabia he has three summit i ....
has described the blast as a barbaric act. police say they are working to establish exactly what happened. we are currently treating this as a terrorist incident, until we have further information. this is clearly a very concerning time for everyone. on breakfast this morning, we will bring you the latest from the scene, and reaction to what could be the uk s worst terror attack since the 7/7 london bombings. good morning, it is tuesday 23 may. the news we are waking up to this morning: an explosion at a concert venue in manchester, packed full of children and families, has claimed the lives of at least 19 people. theresa may has paid tribute to the victims, and will chair a meeting of the government s emergency committee later this morning. the metro mayor of manchester, andy burnham, has called it a terrible night for our great city. we will be getting a further statement from andy burnham at around 7:30am this morning. we will be live with louise at the scene in a mo ....
will the manchester terror attacks put you off going to any major events this weekend or argue determined to carry on as normal? do get in touch on all the stories we re talking about this morning. use the hashtag #victorialive. if you text, you will be charged at the standard network rate. the labour leaderjeremy corbyn will give a major speech today, as election campaigning resumes after the terror attack in manchester. he s expected to link british military action abroad to terrorism in the uk, and call for a change to foreign policy. let s talk to our political guru norman smith about this. tell us a bit more about whatjeremy corbyn is going to say? mr corbyn will set out what he thinks are some of the key drivers of terrorism. he will say that he is not seeking to excuse terrorists, they are the ones who are guilty and they are the ones who are guilty and they alone are guilty for the acts they alone are guilty for the acts they carry out. but he will suggest that ....