good saturday morning, everyone. and welcome to cnn this morning. i m amara walker. and i m boris sanchez. all eyes on the sky this morning as a chinese spy balloon continues drifting over the united states. where it is expected to go and why the white house has not ruled out shooting it down. and a brutal blast of dangerously cold air sweeping across the northeast. in some places it will feel like 50 to 60 degrees below zero. where we re seeing the cold air and when things will start to warm up. plus new developments in the tyre nichols case, why another officer is out of a job and why some first responders are now losing their licenses. plus important new testimony in the alex murdaugh trial, twists in the case and what it could mean for murdaugh s defense, coming up on cnn this morning . hi, everyone. if you are not keeping track, it is saturday. not time to go to work for most of you. february 4. thanks for waking up with us. i m amara walker in atlanta. an
Sisi, he has done a fantasticjob and a very difficult situation. Also today there will be no Armada Heading to gibraltar. The british Prime Minister restores some calm, laughing off the diplomatic row over the rock, which would always be resolved through dialogue. Jared kushner arrives in iraq. The president s envoy and son in law is quickly becoming one of the president most trusted lieutenants. Im katty kay in washington, Christian Fraser is in london. Today we start in russia, ten people have been killed in an explosion between two underground stations in St Petersburg. President Vladimir Putin said all causes, especially terrorism, were being investigated. The head of russias National Anti terrorist Committee Says another explosive device was later found and made safe at Ploshchad Vosstaniya station. St petersburg metro system sees more than two million passengers travel on the system each day this is the first time its been targeted. Richard galpin has the latest. In the immediate
Ruling country of the ruling party of the country for a very long time the party that ruled the country for forty years he has been holding various ministers positions under former dictator mugabe and last year when god was forced to resign by the military he finally took over as the president and he changed his image completely he suddenly portrayed himself as the reformer he opened up the country to investors and he also allowed more freedom more Freedom Of Speech and this electoral process for him was another sign that he wanted to give to the world that hes opening up the country hes been talking a lot about the electoral process that its been free and fair and according to him also observers said so but the reality is not really like this yes there has been tremendous amount of improvement compared to previous elections in zimbabwe which were not free at all but also a lot of people say there was intimidation here and the process was not as fair as he thinks it was yeah the leader
It is on the rise on the side of. Business asia indeed of your self as well. The World Trade Organization says that worlds trade growth is slowing at an alarming rate for the dickel instability and the persisting Trade Conflict between the world the worlds two biggest economies are taking their toll britains increasingly chaotic Divorce Proceedings from the make things worse than previously expected Global Growth could slow even more dramatic increase but no deal breaker said which looks increasingly likely for the World Trade Organization says global trade is expected to grow at a much slower pace this year than previously thought w. T. Your analysts have lowered their Growth Forecasts for twenty nineteen to only two point six percent from three point seven percent the World Trade Organizations General Secretary who best as if they had all said this should come as no surprise to anyone. In twenty seventeen global trade in goods and Services Roles and by four
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I phone sales continue to slide apple reports sales of its smartphone fell 12 percent in the recent quarter but says its Services Revenue is making up for it. Also on the show chinese tech giant huawei points to strong sales in the 1st half year despite being blacklisted by washington is that the full picture of its business. And a beer Bottle Bottleneck is leaving belgian brewers high and dry well give you the details. This is your Business Report from Stephen Beers in berlin thanks for watching we start the show with a mixed bag of Apple Earnings results the i phone maker saw its profits slide 13 percent to 10000000000. 00 in the last quarter but it appears that the companys attempts to grow its Services Business are Bearing Fruit Services Revenue grew to a new record of close to 12000000000. 00 the figures feat analyst expectations. And for more on this lets check in now with our financial correspondent in new york jose luis de haro it was a nice as always to see you so whats the Ma