We start in asia, where the british pound has fallen sharply, amid investorfears over a no deal brexit. Its now at a 28 month low against the us dollar. It comes as the uk Prime Minister, borisjohnson, has toughened his rhetoric on brexit. Michael gove, who is in charge of planning for a no deal exit from the eu, says britain is currently, working on the assumption of that outcome. Lets take a look now at where sterling is against the us dollar. Currently it stands at 1. 126. The bbcs Sharanjit Leyl has been monitoring trade across asia from our business hub in singapore. Bring us up to date on what the pound has been doing against the major basket of currencies overnight. While that is right, as you said, it continues to slide and has been sliding here in asia, lurking at the more than two year low against the us dollar that you just read out. Trading lower than it was in the initial plunge brought on by the brexit vote in 2016. To set it all into context, it hasnt been this low since
Vladimir putin, via videoconference , launched the construction of a Highspeed Railway between moscow and st. Petersburg, the first in russia. Trains there will accelerate to 400 km h. So far, the maximum speed of sapsanov, which runs between the two capitals, is 250 km h. The fastest of them now covers the route in almost 4 hours, with the advent of the new road the travel time is expected to be halved. After moscow and petersburg. Highspeed lines are planned to be laid in other regions , the president also took part in another solemn ceremony, also via video link, at the Leningrad Nuclear Power plant today they began pouring concrete into the base of the seventh power unit, this is the largest station in russia in terms of power, it provides more than half of the Energy Consumption of st. Petersburg and the leningradskaya areas. These two objects are very important for the economy, industry, and expansion. Energy technologies, by the way, we have 90 , 99 of our technologies here appl
Sunday august 6th, 7 00 as we take this look outside. Sunny but easy in san jose ahead of what should be a hot sunday. The first sunday of the month. We thank you so much for setting it with us. Im kira klapper. We have a look at the microclimate forecast. You were up late last night. Waking up this morning. The views are beautiful this morning. Got clear skies around much of the bay area. There is a view of San Francisco, no fog at the moment. Into the south bay around fremont, 57 right now. Fremont festival of the arts, 10 00 to 6 00 today. 70s as things open up around 10 00 a. M. To look at the temperature trend in fremont, upper 80s as afternoon. Thats about 7 degrees warmer than the highs yesterday. The warming trend will play out across the bay area with 70s and 80s bayside b look at the inland temperatures. East bay area, south of san jose, as hot as 104 degrees in clearfield. We will talk about when changes are coming to the forecast at about 10 minutes. We begin with breaking
At a spa. We have the latest on the investigation and the action the Health Department is taking right now. Plus, a peninsula diner facing eviction after the owner was one day late paying rent. Hear from the owner whos fighting to keep his business open. And a Community Comes together after the city agrees to save the geese. Latest milestone in the battle to protect those birds. The news at 5 00 starts right now. Thanks for joining us. We begin with that breaking news, a richmond spa is under investigation for a potential outbreak of legionnaires disease linked to two deaths. Contra costa health says its closed zen day spa on san pablo avenue. The closure came after the deaths were reported separately to the agency. Investigators say both people had reportedly been at the spa just days before they started showing symptoms. A third person was also infected after using the spas jacuzzi in june but has since recovered. Health Officials Say they dont have any records showing the spa was ev
We learned one about, and in the second one friday morning. And friday afternoon, is when we were with the link, so in this facility. It is extremely rare for someone who would be exposed with the legionnaires, here, at a facility, to spread it to anyone else. Health Officials Say they do not have the records. Investigators have taken samples of the spas water to be tested. This is a very crucial element here, the health apartment is asking anyone who visit that spot, especially if youre using the jacuzzi area to get checked out by the doctor, if youre showing symptoms. Coughing chest pains, if you have those symptoms, you may very well have this bacteria in you. And if you could be coming down with legionnaires disease. You are asking to be go to a doctor immediately. We are allies, nbc a very news. Switching gears, we are going to have a live look outside at downtown san jose. Mikey worn now, its about to get hardy. We did see damages climbing into the mid and upper 90s. San jose not