Daybreak europe everybody, this is our flexion morning show from the city of london. I am anna edwards. Lets start to whether dollar has got to. The dollar index and the dollar the risk onyen and attitude coming through on markets, rebounding from the lowest in two years. Different than when we went into the weekend in europe when the conversation was on owning anything but the dollar. The two waiting on the currency lifted a bit, which has to do with Hurricane Irma and north korea. It is clearly deadly and very devastating to those affected, but not quite as powerful as has been feared and it spared miami, meaning some of the protections have been coming down. No missile tests from north korea yet, also lifting Risk Appetite a little bit. We are higher across the asian equity markets,surprise we see strength in the japanese markets, the weakness in the yen , a rest bite for japanese exports as the risk is coming through in Foreign Exchange markets. On the u. S. Markets, suggesting we
Week. And landmark discovery. A u. S. Research team says it has succeeded in detecting Gravitational Waves first predicted by einstein 100 years ago. Asian markets had another bad day. We go to gene otani for more. Thanks, james. Tokyo stocks slumped further. The nikkei dipped below the key 15,000 mark for the First Time Since october 2014. Machltu yoshiro reports from the board. On top of worries over Global Growth and Central Banks abilities to spur growth, fears are rising that the surging yen could squeeze earnings at Japanese Companies. Tokyo slipped for three sessions in a row. Friday the nikkei broke below 15,000 for the first time in a year and four months. The shares briefly showed losses on hopes for a yen intervention. The nikkei eventually closed with hefty losses of 4. 8 and the broader topix dropped 5. 4 at the close. The nikkei posted the worst week since october 2008. It dropped more than 11 from last year. Earlier this week we saw the yen hit a 15month high against the
16,000. They called for each member to take in their fair share of people. Germany and france strongly support the plan. The Czech Republic and slovakia oppose it. After the meeting, they called on nations to work together. Eu members will soon disclose the number of refugees they take in. The ministers will meet again on october 8th. People gathered outside the European Commission building demanding more assistance for refugees. Some wrote messages calling for increased aid on a wall. A painting of a drowned syrian boy was put on display. Images of his body washed up on the shores of turkey sent shock waves around the world. Please save those refugees. Do something. Find a solution. A demonstrator wore a mask reassembling the Hungarian Prime Minister and used barbed wire to show how some are being blocked. Public opinion in europe is split between people for and against accepting refugees. Greek rescue crews have discovered yet another tragedy involving migrants and refugees. A wooden
16,000. They called for each member to take in their fair share of people. Germany and france strongly support the plan. The Czech Republic and slovakia oppose it. After the meeting, they called on nations to work together. Eu members will soon disclose the number of refugees they take in. The ministers will meet again on october 8th. People gathered outside the European Commission building demanding more assistance for refugees. Some wrote messages calling for increased aid on a wall. A painting of a drowned syrian boy was put on display. Images of his body washed up on the shores of turkey sent shock waves around the world. Please save those refugees. Do something. Find a solution. A demonstrator wore a mask reassembling the Hungarian Prime Minister and used barbed wire to show how some are being blocked. Public opinion in europe is split between people for and against accepting refugees. Greek rescue crews have discovered yet another tragedy involving migrants and refugees. A wooden
Both sides have refused to recognize each others sovereignty since 1949. But taiwans relations with china have warmed since 2008 when ma came into power primarily on the economic front. He realized the first ministerial meeting with beijing in february last year. Ma leaves office in about six months. Voters will go to the polls in january to choose his successor. They believe ma wants to use the talks with xi to show how his government has strengthened ties with the mainland. Public sentiment turned against relations. Last year students occupied the Parliament Building to oppose the governments move to strengthen economic ties with the mainland. In washington, White House Press secretary josh earnest welcomed the planned meeting. We would certainly welcome steps that are taken on both sides of the Taiwan Strait to try to reduce tensions and improve crossstrait relations. But earnest also expressed caution. He said the u. S. Will have to wait and see what actually comes out of the meeti