Against the Islamic State group has been killed in northern syria. Also in the next hour. More than two hours are wasted per day in nhs operating theatres, because of inefficiencies. A new study finds hundred of thousands more non Emergency Operations could be carried out every year in england, if operating schedules were better organised. Xijinping consolidates his control of china as the communist party enshrines his name and ideology into its constitution. And a collection of portraits by the french master paul cezanne go on display this week in london. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. The European Council president donald tusk has urged members of the European Parliament to stick together, or, as he put it, face defeat. Brexit, he said is the eus toughest stress test, and the eu must not be divided at any cost. Mr tusk also said the outcome of the brexit talks is up to london, and that abandoning the decision to leave the eu is still an option for the uk. Our europe correspond
Good morning. Welcome to Worldwide Exchange. Im sara eisen. Im wilfred frost. What is that song . You know this song. I do not know that song. More importantly, welcome back. Thank you. Nice couple days off . Missed you. Glad to be back. Good. Good. Great to have you back. Lets get into the market action. Yesterday we saw some softness around about half a percent down for the dow and s p, a quarter percent for the nasdaq. Only financials outperforming. Banks leading the way up around 1 . It was the regional banks that did best of all. Equities expecting a positive open, but only fractionally about points higher for the dow. Lets look at the tenyear note. Thats a big fact tore watch over the past couple of days. Yields have ticked up significantly. 1. 68 . Just four or five trading days ago we were down 1. 5 . Lots of factors being cited, partly rising european yields, talks of tapers on ecb trading. I cant believe i leave and we get a historic move in the british pound. We have not eve
Ground. Wti still above 48 trading at 48. 43. Other top stories were watching, currency markets. Sterling dropping to the weakest level against the dollar since june of 1985. Now the plunge in the currency after uk Prime Minister theresa may said shes going to trigger the start of brexit by the end of march. Also a little bit of corporate news. Shares of Deutsche Bank rising in german trading. Remember markets in germany were closed for a Public Holiday yesterday. Big question, of course, will a Justice Department settlement be favorable to the bank or not . Deutsche bank getting a strong vote confidence from a big name and competitor on wall street. Heres jpmorgans ceo and chairman jamie dimon that believes the german lender will be just fine. Theres no reason that Deutsche Bank shouldnt get over its problems. They have plenty of capital and play liquidity. We want these banks to get through. Its better for everybody that we move on and help do our jobs. More on Deutsche Bank coming u