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program and rates unchanged. delivered this message to investors. incoming data since our meeting in early march confirms that the cyclical recovery of the euro area economy is becoming increasingly solid. risks havewnside diminished. let s get to matt miller in frankfurt. we are always talking about degrees of dovishness. was this a slightly less dovish draghi? matt: absolutely. slightly less dovish than last month. they said the risk to the downside have diminished further. they kept the nod to the downside in and they allowed themselves to increase stimulus if they like in size and also in maturity if they want to continue buying bonds past december. asre are more and more hawks the european economy continues to improve on the governing council. they got their claws in a little bit today. mark: they discussed whether to alter their assessment of growth , which now isn t balanced. does that suggest we are just a month away from draghi altering his forward guidance? ....
carrying a knife near the houses of parliament has been arrested on terrorism suspicions. the 27 year old was stopped on parliament street close to whitehall. us president donald trump has come to the end of his first 100 days in office. we take a look at what he has achieved on the economic front. and profits jump at google‘s parent company alphabet as a search engine continues to dominate digital advertising. welcome to asian business report. saturday marks the 100 days of donald trump s presidency. 0n the campaign trail, he made bold promises of what he would do in his first 100 days in office. but, being the president turns out to be quite different than getting elected. and very little of mr trump s plan has been carried out. on the economy, much of what it wa nts to out. on the economy, much of what it wants to do relies on getting congress to work with the white house and that is proving difficult. we have more from new york. asa as a candidate, donald trump ha ....
the pentagon is investigating payments to president trump s former national security advisor michael flynn, including one to attend a gala dinner in russia where he sat on a table with president putin. general flynn made headlines when he was fired by mr trump afterjust21i days in office, it emerged he d misled vice president mike pence about his dealings with the russian ambassador. let s speak to the bbc‘s laura bicker, whojoins us live from washington. laura, what is the latest on this? we know the pentagon is investigating this $45,000 payment that was made to michael flynn for an appearance at a gala in moscow. when it comes to those payments, the reason this is all under scrutiny is because it s not allowed, both under the constitution and under guidelines. when asked about it, certainly michael flynn s lawyer went ahead and said that he had asked permission. that is allowed if he has asked for permission but the pentagon said so far there s no evidence of this. ....
out with north korea over its nuclear and missile programmes. he said he would prefer a diplomatic outcome to the dispute but that would be very difficult to achieve. as he prepares to mark his first 100 days in office this weekend he says that north korea is his biggest global worry. well, there s a chance that we could end up having a major, major conflict with north korea absolutely. let s speak to laura bicker in washington. we should balance this with the more moderate tone coming from the secretary of state. that is correct. rex tillotson also gave a very rare interview to fox news just a little bit earlier. he spoke about the difficult diplomatic strategy followed by the administration. this is ahead of, in a few hours time, a un security council meeting where rex tillerson will urge members to enforce tougher sanctions. not new ones, ones that are already on the table in part of an accord that has already agreed. but he wants them agreed and pushed to the f ....
president trump has again claimed that a major conflict could break out with north korea over its nuclear and missile programmes. he said he would prefer a diplomatic outcome to persuade pyongyang to abandon the weapons but said that would be very difficult to achieve. as he reaches the end of his first 100 days in office he s confirmed as barack obama famously warned him when they first met in the oval office that north korea is his biggest global worry. well, there s a chance that we could end up having a major, major conflict with north korea absolutely. earlier our correspondent laura bicker in washington explained how the us secretary of state is also lending his weight to the diplomatic pressure bearing down on north korea. rex tillerson also gave a very rare interview to fox news just a little bit earlier. he spoke about the difficult diplomatic strategy followed by the administration. this is ahead of, in a few hours time, a un security council meeting ....