How will the Eu Commission look under its new leader . Well be tracking ursula von der leyens first 100 days as she prepares to take up the post in december. And major storms in the us are causing travel chaos ahead of the thanksgiving holidays. Even the iconic balloons at macys parade might not be cleared for takeoff. Hello and welcome im Christian Fraser in london and Michelle Fleury is in new york. Since the brexit referendum in 2016 the British Public has been told that one of the most valuable prizes for the uk, will be a future trade deal with the united states. But at what cost . Today the labour Leaderjeremy Corbyn claimed he had evidence that the National Health service will be on the table in those talks. At a News Conference this morning, he produced the minutes of six meetings, took place between 2017 and 18, in which us trade negotiators discussed drugs pricing and nhs contracts. Borisjohnson dismissed the claims as total nonsense and said he could give an absolute cast ir
The broader context is that Global Equities are headed for a third month of gains, so a fair amount of optimism priced in in terms of the prospects of a deal. Stock and bond markets were closed for thanksgiving and we trade for a half day today futures are lower in the 10 year yield is is no indication of sentiment. Oil on the back foot today but we are heading to a fourth week of gains ahead of opec plus a survey saying we are not likely to get a deepening of those cuts. Lets get first word news in new york. Breaking impartiality rules, that accusation launched against channel four news after the broadcaster used an Ice Sculpture to replace Boris Johnson. He failed to attend the live Climate Change debates featuring leaders from other parties. Donald made a surprise visit to afghanistan for thanksgiving he met with the president as well as u. S. Troops. He said peace stocks with the taliban have resumed amidst a push for a ceasefire to reduce u. S. Deployment in the region. Taliban wa
Now for an item of golf news and for golf fans and players alike its the comeback of the year so i go woods will be returning to complete to compete after a nine month stay away from the game the forty one year old with tee off at the hero challenge in the bahamas on thursday Justin Thomas who will be paired with woods has hinted that would seems to be in fine fettle after recovering from a back operation. A fourteen time major winner kept in the spotlight despite not playing last month he was arrested on charges of driving under the influence of medication and sentenced to twelve months off probation. Heres a recap of the top story that they are following for you us president dollar trump has reacted to the latest north korean test Missile Launch saying we will handle it china has voiced grave concern about the test the missile is thought to be north koreas most powerful to date. Youre watching the w. s come to live for more on a website thats the diary dot com ill be back in half an
Alignment is not the same as regulatory alignment in the future. Prebrexit mps will grow sour. It might depend on how much ambiguity there is. Ambiguity is the key, it is beautiful. It irish tea shop said himself. It means everyone can go back and claim victory. Phrase fromderful lloyd george, who created ambiguity in negotiations. Agreement signed back then. That was the whole point. Ambiguity,on and beautiful things that let you overcome a lot. Forink that is it from a us the moment. Lets see where these negotiations go. That. Thank you for Senior Investment manager at aberdeen standard investment. Manus lets get the first word news with juliette saly. Juliette the u. S. Congress is passed asap two week extension that ever take government shut down. Untilers now have december 22 to settle some larger issues on spending and legislation. At the same time, they will rush to finish work on tax legislation before leaving washington for the holidays. Germany has moved a step closer to a ne
December if we see a significant deterioration in economic data. We get the new jobless the new job claims tomorrow. And in the payroll will we see a third month . Were up 0. 3 in france. Later today will see how greece will handle it in two days. All eyes on the dollar. We saw the wall street journal coming up. That statement that he thinks there will only wait if there is a significant deterioration. We have seen gold continuing to selloff over the past few days and we do see no one being leeward into it no one being lured into it. Lets have a little look at oil and we are starting to see oil racking up a little bit. An interesting ceo interviewed by anna earlier. We are trading up some several percent over the past couple of days. Everyone is waiting to see where the u. S. Stockpiles go. Will we see them fall as many anticipate . We are seeing fivemonth lows when it comes to the prices to put them in perspective. We have had a number of earnings in the banking front. Member they see