That youve got to hear about. And softbank playing hardball with wework the Japanese Company reportedly set to take a drastic measure to protect its investment it is monday, october 14th, and Worldwide Exchange begins right now. Good morning, good evening and welcome from wherever you may be watching. Im Brian Sullivan thanks for being the with us to start your week. Its columbus day here in the United States so the bond market is closed. Stocks are trading but a lot of people off, their kids are off so theyre staying home. When bonds are closed, we tend to see lighter volume in the equity markets but remember, light volume can often translate into larger price swings simply due to lack of liquidity dow futures are in the green but well call them flat you can see here not the same story in asia the optimism we had here last week, it trickle ed over to sta their week in asia shanghai or japan or south korea up more than 1 . Not translating into the european trade this morning where we h
Im kasia madera in london. Also in the programme the us military publishes the first images of the raid in which the leader of the Islamic State group was killed. Raging wildfires in california as a new blaze in the south of the state threatens the Ronald Reagan president ial library. Good morning. It is 8 00am in singapore and midnight in london. Twitter has announced a global ban on all political advertising on its site. The social Media Company says it wants to prevent potential problems with unchecked information and fake news. The policy comes in on 22 november, so it will affect the uk general election and next years us election. Our media editor amol rajan has this assessment of how the fight for voters attention is increasingly being waged online. Recognise any of these . In the coming weeks, brace yourself for a further onslaught of adverts in your social media feed. Elections used to be all about the ground war and air war, leaflets through the letterbox or Party Political br
Also in the programme the us military publishes the first images of the raid in which the leader of the Islamic State group was killed. Raging wildfires in california as a new blaze in the south of the state threatens the Ronald Reagan president ial library. Voiceover live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news. Its newsday. Good morning. Its 9am in singapore and 1am in london. Twitter has announced a global ban on all political advertising on its site. The social Media Company says it wants to prevent potential problems with unchecked information and fake news. The policy comes in on 22 november, so affects the uk general election and next years us election. Our media editor amol rajan has this assessment of how the fight for voters attention is increasingly being waged online. Recognise any of these . In the coming weeks, brace yourself for a further onslaught of adverts in your social media feed. Elections used to be all about the ground war and air war, le
The Trump Administration called on turkey for an immediate ceasefire in syria as it confirms sanctions on three senior turkish officials. Shery the u. K. Government pushes ahead with brexit, although the current eu government says theres no chance of a deal this week. Haidi markets have just open for trade. Lets get straight to the market action. Sophie we are seeing aussie. Hares moved to the downside Morgan Stanley warned against jumping into stocks with u. S. China partial agreement seen as more of a truce that a deal of notable significance. Elsewhere, we are seeing gains and we could see an event in tokyo with markets reopening in japan. Head of cash treasuries zooming trade, flipping the board. Futures staying about 10 tix higher on the session after paring overnight gains. Looking steady now, minimal reaction to the new york feds manufacturing index. So far this morning, aussie and bonds slightly higher with yields ticking above 1 . Haidi thank you. Lets get to first word news n
The highest ranking executive to leave amidst the 737 max crashes. China isreport saying planning to replace embattled chief executive carrie lam. Australian markets back online. Thats turn to sophie for what to watch and markets. Little australian stocks changed after a twoday gain. Plenty of corporate updates. A potential earnings downgrade looming. They maintained their fiscal guidance in the face of two reports from short seller J Capital Research. On itsnstruments slumped weaker than expected forecast, warning that customers are more cautious in cutting orders. It is back online after the enthronement ceremony. Stocks falling 1. 7 and wellington, led lower by power providers. Rio tinto reviewing options for its aluminum smelter i. The deficit narrowed more than forecast. A quick check on bonds this morning, aussie and he read 10year notes reversing course after a fiveday decline. Treasury futures slightly higher after cash treasuries rallied overnight on brexit uncertainty, which