Protest zone that following deadly shootings and repeated violence. Are broadcasting live direct from our studios in moscow this is r. T. International im sean thomas certainly glad to have you with us as we recap our weeks top stories now russia has overhauled the constitution came into effect on saturday following a previous week long vote a hefty majority of the public endorsed of the changes with over 3 quarters in favor from a turnout of around 60 percent taylor kept tabs on the final day of polling for us. Now this really was a vote of us the fos time people were in mosques and gloves the time they were using disposable pattons wilson through temperature sconce focusing on law and facade as for the voting process itself while that was the situation west security footage allegedly caught a woman stuffing the ballots now but counting in that area of moscow has been suspended pending an investigation otherwise the central Editorial Commission says that it found no irregularities tha
We saw a stronger fix, some signs of trying to anchor the moves we have seen. Watching the likes of indonesia coming online. We are looking at another day of gains for jakarta. Hang seng, slightly under pressure as we wait for the npc to vote on that National Security legislation this afternoon. Former,ei is the upper seeing a fourth day of gains for Japanese Equities on the reopening. Currencies, hong kong dollar is the focus. You look at pokechecked seeing 775 but speculators are out there. The korean won seeing weakness. And then going lower after the bok cut rates for the record low. Lashed their growth outlook. You look at the weakness in the renminbi, that is not really translated. It is pretty much unchanged for some time. We are watching the euro as well after we saw some fiscal stimulus plan, it should be a big deal for the currency, the euro hitting the strongest level in two months. Watching oil which did extent losses, saw a surprise jump in the u. S. Crude stockpiles with
By 2015 nuclear deal after the killing of its top general. President trump threatens disproportionate u. S. Retaliation should tehran take military action. Aboveextends its search 70 a barrel after the u. S. State Department Warns of missile attacks near military bases and Energy Facilities. Plus, riskoff rules as global stocks trade to the downside, gold searches to the highest level in more than six years. As i said, just under one hour away not from the start of cash equity trading in europe. Futureske a look at this morning after the first couple of days of the year traded in different directions. We are now headed firmly down in terms of sentiment. Clearly, over the weekend, after the attack that we reported on friday, you can see cac and dax. 75 . S down take a look at u. S. Futures. You also see losses there, about three or 4 10 of 1 . To a veryinting riskoff open. What do you see on the gmm . Anna the gmm giving us the same riskoff picture. As you point out, we see futures sugg
Just after 11 am and. 8 pm and. 4 in the afternoon right here in moscow this friday. To ease you into the weekend this is our international. A member of the populist of turning to for a Germany Party said extremists have threatened to a sauce and eat her jew to her political beliefs christina bomb urge the media and other Political Parties to stop in her words their hate campaign against the party lets not cross live to the German Council and to our teas of angelo. Some rather unsavory props used in this alleged thread tell us more about the story. You know will christie know about the if the politician posted on social media a picture of the cross that had a number of insults all written on it but also a various a very serious threat towards her the politician found the cross her office near her office where she works as a dentist on wednesday evening the police do not know who the perpetrators are but since this is a threat towards a politician the investigation has been passed on to
3 in the afternoon here in. November the 23rd a very warm welcome to our international my names you know and then well. See he wants a trial for the u. S. House of representatives move to formally take the impeachment inquiry to the next level the president laid into rival democrats after a week of testimony which he describes as a hoax they looked like proceedings now ahead to the Republican Controlled Senate mr trump says the whole affair has actually united his party behind. We had a tremendous week with the whole you know the great hoax the because of the impeachment hopes and thats really worked out. Incredibly well and we have tremendous support i think rogers around here is known for his i dont think ive ever seen support in the Republican Party like we do right now weve never had this guy who supported the host Judiciary Committee chairman hits republican claims the testimonies have been here so yeah and upsurge several crowds of them shifts also didnt rule out holding these mo