Us treasury secretary janet yellen called the downgrade arbitrary and said Economic Conditions had improved under the biden administration. The news of the downgrade came after the close of trade on wall street but in asia investors have been pulling out of equities in reaction. Lets look at markets now in asia. Japan is currently down by over 2 . Hong kong not that far behind. This was off the back of yesterday, and most of this week we have seen the sharemarket, certainly wall street and asia having a strong session but this is certainly spooked sentiment. Lets discuss this with tom stevenson, whos an Investment Director at fidelity. Good morning. Janet woody allen saying this is arbitrary. I have her statement janet yellen and she said she strongly disagrees and says it is based on outdated data. That is based on outdated data. That is riuht. Is based on outdated data. That is right it is based on outdated data. That is right. It seems is based on outdated data. That is right. It s
amnesty international demands fifa should pay hundreds of millions of dollars to compensate migrant workers abused during world cup preparations in qatar. as india and pakistan face blistering temperatures of 50 degrees celsius, experts warn such heatwaves are now 100 times more likely because of climate change. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news, it is newsday. it s 8:00 in the morning in singapore, and 4:30am in afghanistan, where the number of restrictions imposed on women, under taliban rule, is growing. the ministry for preventing vice and promoting virtue, has been behind a raft of new, hard line laws, and among them, ordering afghan women to wear the islamic face veil. our correspondent, secunder kermani, has been given exclusive access to a team of inspectors, from the ministry and begins our programme. meet the inspectors of the ministry of vice and virtue. with branches across the country, they are remoulding afghanistan to fit in with the taliban s
of the europa league, breaking scottish hearts. hello and welcome. the impact of the war in ukraine is being felt around the world, with the un secretary general warning it could lead to years of mass hunger in poorer countries, and increase the risk of a global food shortage. the bbc s azadeh moshiri has more on his stark warning. realising the war in his country is unlikely to end any time soon, president zelensky has asked ukraine lawmakers to extend martial law for another 90 days full. extend martial law for another 90 days full- 90 days full. how long will this last? 90 days full. how long will this last? only 90 days full. how long will this last? only the - 90 days full. how long willl this last? only the situation on the battlefield will give the answer to this question. but the extent the effects of the extended battle are being found around the world with the un secretary general says it could cause a global food shortages unless russia lets out grain store
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