A flatlining economy plus. Trillions of children will take a sneak peek at 2 critically acclaimed movies at the Berlin Film Festival. Top story Syrian Government strikes have killed 2 turkish soldiers near the town of it live province the. Syrian rebels backed by turkey say theyve regained control of the town is their 1st significant victory since losing ground to a russian backed Army Offensive the town sits on the junction of 2 major highways it live province and parts of neighboring aleppo and hama provinces are the only major opposition held areas left in syria. Government forces and their allies have been making gains to taking what they say is full control of southern italy in charlotte dallas. Syrian troops on the move it live province is the holdout the one place president Bashar Al Assad is yet to claim that village by village its coming within reach. On towards more villages of months are we are we are still in action stores are in spite of the took a support to our enemies u
Of the affected city energies people to stay indoors after a spike in cases. You know what do you do go out and did you know that qatar is going to return in the world im stepping back or on up toward north west coast work on that story coming up. For the shooting deaths of at least 9 people is being investigated in germany as a far right attack a lone gunman opened fire on 2 sheesha cafes in the western city of hung out near frankfurt on wednesday night some of the victims are reportedly kurdish the 43 year old suspect was later found dead in his home police say theyve also found the body of the suspects mother at his house all right lets go live now to berlin and our correspondent dominic kane and take us through the sequence of events and dominick. What happened at least this is what the author of his believe happened is that the perpetrator drove his car to the 1st of 2 shisha bars to places where members of the Kurdish Community were known well known to frequent these 2 places thi
Of peaceful protest same as pivotal in toppling the dictatorship in the form a stalemate on this day in 1989 some 70000 people turned out for marches in the city of lifes ish it was a decisive moment in a chain of events that led to the collapse of east german communism and the fall of the bone and more people held candles and pace fully demanded more freedom and democracy despite the threat of a heavy government crackdown the demonstrations my motto was the people. Well lymans from now german president frank volta on my is due to give a speech commemorating those events lets cross now to leipzig where ceremonies are already underway kate brady is standing by there for us i believe can we hear you kate. Ok 2. I have been listening to good stuff manas symphony number one that to mark the commemoration of the 30th anniversary of the protests that really began the end of east germanys political regime and to tell us a bit more ive got simon young data correspondent with me in the studio s
Welcome to bloomberg surveillance. I am anna edwards in the city of london. Lets start with a check on the markets. This is how we are doing on the stoxx 600. We did either side of the flat line trading and we are losing around. 1 . A little of performance coming through in the london market as you might expect when you have Oil Prices Going higher by 2. 2 because of the tensions between the u. K. And around in the strait of hormuz. That is the focus for oil traders and they are pushing out some of the oil related businesses listed in london. S p futures point higher. We are a little range bound on these Global Equity markets looking for guidance, looking for the continuation of the equity story. That will come later on this week. Earnings reports from the baking sector. Going to be a lot to talk about. We will be looking for the ecb and the Interest Rate decisions have to make. A little bit later on, mervyn king is going to be joining the bloomberg team. Dont miss that conversation. A
These are your markets, the stocks europe 600 is down 0. 3 . Of course, what that means for easing against the backdrop of threats to Global Growth. Ignore this, it is the wrong number. If you look at oil, its up a touch, but definitely not at 9. 74. Will get an update shortly. There you go, american crude at 58 and . 85. Coming up that we speak to the Democratic National Committee Chair howard dean as the democratic debate takes place tonight in miami. Ahead of that government lets get straight to bloomberg first word news. Special Counsel Robert Mueller agreed to testify on capitol hill, setting up a dramatic confrontation over the trump presidency. In his report, he said he could not conclude whether Donald Trumps campaign conspired with russia the also said he could not exonerate the president from obstruction of justice. , that is whatorce President Trump threatened iran with if they attack the u. S. Tensions continue to flare with the president warning republic of quote obliterat