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We start in the us, where President Trump has raised the prospect of a global currency war just days after he agreed a truce in the trade battle with china. Hes taken to twitter to call for the us to force down the value of the dollar to better compete with china and europe a move that could have huge implications for economies around the world. In the tweet he accuses china and europe of playing a big currency manipulation game and pumping money into their system in order to compete with usa. A...

And is the us treasury about to intervene to weaken the dollar . Also in the programme the trade disupte betweenjapan and south korea that could have wide ranging implications for the Global Technology industry. Markets in europe have started the day, most headed upwards, but only just, we will talk you through the reason why. And well be getting the inside track on how to find the time to start a business while still doing the dayjob. Well be talking to one of the founders of a watch making fir...

Its newsday. Good morning. Its 8am in singapore, midnight in london and 4pm in los angeles, where the film awards season gets under way in an hours time with the 75th Golden Globes. This will be no ordinary showbiz gathering. Its the first major awards ceremony since hollywood was hit by a succession of Sexual Harassment scandals involving some of the most powerful people in the industry. Many are determined to highlight the issue by wearing black on the red carpet, in a show of support for vict...

Welcome to bbc news, im mike embley. Our top stories tens of thousands of germans attend vigils for the nine people murdered by a far right extremist. Donald trumps former adviser gets a three year sentence for lying to congress, but the president is already talking about a pardon. An exclusive report, how a prisoner and her guard fled north korea. They tell us about their remarkable escape. And we speak to the actor Daniel Radcliffe about his new film, based on a true story of Political Prisone...

Tens of thousands of germans have attended vigils for the 9 people murdered by a far right extremist on wednesday. Authorities are treating the shootings in the western town of hanau as a terror attack. Many of those who died were members of the pix many of those who died were members of the citys turkish community, who were at two local smoking cafes. One was romanian. Its believed the gunman then killed his mother, before taking his own life. Our europe correspondent gavin lee is in hanau. The...

Tens of thousands of germans have attended vigils for the 9 people murdered by a far right extremist on wednesday. Authorities are treating the shootings in the western town of hanau as a terror attack. Many of those who died were members of the citys turkish community, who were at two local smoking cafes. One was romanian. Its believed the gunman then killed his mother, before taking his own life. Our europe correspondent gavin lee is in hanau. The aftermath of what now looks to have been a pre...

Gradually came round. The man found guilty of murdering the british backpacker Grace Millane in new zealand, has been sentenced to life in prison. And jockeys could face tougher penalties for breaching rules on the use of the whip. And coming up on sportsday on bbc news, Anthony Martial scores a crucial away goal for Manchester United at bruges in one of five Europa League ties involving british sides. Good evening. The authorities in germany say theyre treating the killing of nine people in the...

Live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news. Its newsday. Good morning. Its 9am here in singapore, 1am in london and also 9am in north korea where we start our programme with a rare insight into one of the most secretive countries on earth. Every year, over 1,000 people flee north korea. We spoke to an unusual pair of defectors one of them was a prison guard who escaped with one of his detainees. The bbc koreans Hyung Eun Kim has their story. Rare pictures smuggled out ...

Live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news its newsday. Good morning. Its 8 00am in singapore, midnight in london, and we start our programme with a rare insight into one of the most secretive countries on earth. Every year, over 1,000 people flee north korea. We spoke to an unusual pair of defectors one of them was a prison guard who escaped with one of his detainees. Bbc koreans Hyung Eun Kim has their story. Rare pictures smuggled out of north korea. Footage kim jon...

Mr trump accuses the jurys foreperson of being tainted and claims roger stone has a good chance of exoneration. And Michael Bloomberg had a night to remember in las vegas. He took a political beating in the latest democratic debate. Well go live to washington. German prosecutors say the suspect in the shootings near frankfurt that killed 10 people had a deeply racist mentality. The attack happened in hanau on wednesday evening. The first target was a shisha bar. He then drove to another shisha b...