to reassure their tech start up sectors after the collapse of one of the main sources of funding, the silicon valley bank. the stars are gathering on the champagne coloured carpet at the oscars. we ll have the latest on hollywood s biggest night of the year. hello and welcome to bbc news. talks between the bbc and its highest paid presenter gary lineker are said to be moving in the right direction after a second day of scheduling disruption following his removal from the match of the day programme. bbc news understands there are hopes of a resolution soon but not all issues are fully resolved at this stage. the bbc had forced gary lineker to step back from his duties, after he posted a tweet criticising the government s language on migrants. our media correspondent, david sillito, has been looking at the weekend s events. have you spoken to tim davie yet, mr lineker? i i m going to walk my dog and i m going to do my shopping, so would you mind letting me do it on my o
Defiant and says there is no way back, and he cannot condemn the people to more pain. Russia indicates president Vladimir Putin is headed for peace talks in minsk today and a deal to negotiate a ceasefire is likely. Meanwhile officials a ringling over the degree of autonomy to give rebelheld eastern regions after nearly 10 months of fighting. French president for his wall lined and german chancellor Angela Merkel spoke earlier today and said they hope to attend a summit. President obama spoke on tuesday and hope to reaffirm ukraines territorial integrity. Brendan president obama is set to ask the congress of a for formal authorization to battle Islamic State. He wants the use of enduring Ground Forces and engagement would be limited to three years. Lawmakers of both parties are skeptical to the approach of fighting extremist militants. A bill drafted by the House Armed Services chairman would allow the credit on to spend 1 billion to help ukraines military. It would supply logistics an
This is the Business Briefing. Im sally bundock. As tensions over a us china trade war are easing, will the next trade battleground be europe. The smartwatch is no threat to switzerlands luxury watch makers. We hearfrom the president of the most prestigeous of them all, patek philippe. Financial markets have started a brand new year. Well japan is closed for a public holiday, elsewhere you can see there are gains. Well go to our Asia Business hub shortly for the reasons why. We begin with the us china trade war because the biggest Business News story of 2019 is set dominate at least the start of this year. Thats as donald trump has said he will sign a long awaited trade agreement with beijing this month. The so called phase one deal, is expected to reduce tensions between the worlds two biggest economies. But its not all about the us and china. The new eu trade commissioner is expected to meet with us trade representative Robert Lighthizer this month to resolve the various trade issues
This program is live captioned by red bee media. This is the Business Briefing. Im Samantha Simmonds the sell off continues. Asian shares fall sharply after the dow racks up its biggest points loss on record. Plus out of office. Is coronavirus forcing the worlds biggest ever experiment in working from home . And here are those market numbers. Those sharp losses continuing in asia after us shares lost more than 4 on thursday. Its shaping up to be the worst week on the markets since the financial crisis more than a decade ago. We start with those markets because the sell off on wall street has gathered pace as fears grow about the economic damage from the coronavirus outbreak. And the selling has continued in asia well update you on that in a moment. It has been the worst day on wall street for almost a decade. The Dow Jones Industrial average lost more than 1,100 points its biggest points drop on record. All major us indices lost more than 4 . Investors were particularly spooked by a wa
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