Youre watching deprecation coming to you live from new york, sydney and hong kong. Counting down to asias major market opens. Australia has just open for trade, the top stories this hour. Asian shares poised open higher after that this comes from fed officials, oil and gold Holding Gains in the aftermath of attacks on israel. Benjamin netanyahu says that retaliation has started against hamas as militants are warned they are prepared to kill hostages. Plus, xi jinping meets u. S. Congressional leaders facing criticism for chinas stance on the middle east conflict. Look at how u. S. Futures are trading in the Asian Session, not a lot of movement after we saw the s p 500 gained ground in the new york session. We did have Energy Companies really leading today given that oil prices were higher in the new york session. We are holding at 86 per barrel and they jumped more than 5 . We continue to watch the implications of a wider conflict in the middle east. Although the u. S. Has said that it
Not strikingly negative in the 8 00 hour on msnbc, and hats off to you for that, my friend. Strikingly positive. Have a great weekend. Put that in your pipe. Thanks to you at home for joining me this evening. Do you remember how President Trump had a thing about strongmen and dictators . He could not get enough of them. Most famously, there is the very questionable and very public friendship between trump and putin. But there were other examples too. They were his love letters to north korean dictator kim jongun. There was his reported willingness to protect Saudi Crown Prince mohammed bin salman, aka mbs, even after mbs ordered the killing of an american journalist. And then there was the former president of the philippines, rodrigo duterte. During the trump administration, president duterte went on a brutal extrajudicial killing spree. He ordered the mortar of thousands of people he claimed were suspected drug dealers without any trial, without any due process. And duterte was right
Whether by role, road, rail or nl. A scheme offering shopping vouchers to new mothers could help them breast feed their babies. Good morning. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. The latest inflation figures out this morning show the rate has risen to its highest level in nearly six years, suggesting that the squeeze on what households can afford, continues. The office for National Statistics said that airfares and Computer Games contributed to the increase. Our business correspondent, ben bland, is here. The governor has to write a letter to the chancellor. Debbie remind people what we are talking about. These are the average increases in prices in november compared with the vendor last year. On average how much they have changed. The figure is 3. 1 . That is the average increase in prices. For everything from food to fuel, hotels the hairdressers, the lot. There is variation within that. But as you say, the governor of the bank of england, one of his mainjob is to get inflation to hit 2 . I
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For offering his condolences for the horrible tragedy in parkland, florida. Americans are grateful for the support of our australian friends, and friends they are. As our entire nation grieves, the loss of 17 precious lives and all of the horribly injured, the United States and australia are honoring 100 years of mateship, a term you use very beautifully, mr. Prime minister. A century has passed since americans and brave australians fought together in world war i. Ar partnership has thrived as bulwark of freedom, security, and democracy. Last spring, the Prime Minister and i celebrated the 100 year milestone during an extraordinary evening on the uss intrepid. Some of my friends who are in the room today hello folks. Up,d up, greg, stand anthony. Where is anthony . That was a great evening. You. I am pleased to announce we will name combat ship 30 the uss you. Crews whof australian lost lives serving along the u. S. Navy in world war ii. Chosen theecretary has minister of defense to be