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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 valua...

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 new...

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 a...

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 ...

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 leew...

We start in texas where President Trump has arrived to assess the damage left in the wake of hurricane, now Tropical Storm, harvey. This update has just reached us, from a Global Chemical company, they said they are evacuating remaining workers from their Chemical Plant in south east texas amidst the risk of an explosion. The storm continues to wreak havoc. Our north america correspondent, james cook, is there. In the chaos, some order, at last. The boats have come from all over the United State...

Its tuesday october the 17th im ben brown. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. Inflation has risen to its highest level in more than five years. The rate of inflation, as measured by the Consumer Prices index, increased to 3 last month, up from 2. 9 in august. The figure is significant because the government uses data from september to set pension and benefit increases. Our Business Correspondent ben bland is here. You are here to chew over these latest figures. What is behind this rise . When we talk...

Flowing water on the red planet. U. S. Military planes have hit taliban fighters on the outskirts of kunduz, it was to eliminate a threat to Coalition Troops and Afghan Forces, taliban fighters seized the city after an Early Morning rate on monday. Afghan special forces are advancing to the city. Local hospitals have received 16 dead bodies and treated 172 172 wounded people. Joining me live from the Afghan Capital s how the fight going by the special forces . Are they making progress and taking...

Welcome to the pulse, live from london. Nikkei hasns recorded its biggest oneday gain since 2008. That came as asian stocks rose across the board amid optimism that chinese policymakers will succeed in stabilizing the mainland equity markets. Francine the chinese premier will address an evening session of the World Economic forum and discuss the state of chinas economy later this morning. To round up all the market moves, lets get to mark barton. Mark what is going on today , then . The asia pac...

We find out about the leader of boko haram from some of those who claim to know him. Also, not worth the gamble. Sponsors of luis suarez say theyre ending the relationship after hes banned from the world cup after biting an opponent. Hello. It is the biggest trade in political deal the European Union has ever agreed with any other country. Ukraines president Petro Poroshenko signs the Association Agreement in brussels. Here he is. So, in fact, did the leaders of georgia and moldova. They had the...