Upper 106 level before u. S. Retail sales and trade talks are planned for the weekend. We are seeing dollar weakness in recent days. Gold futures at 1946. It is above 1900, a wild ride for the metal after surging 30 this year. We saw the plunge below 1900 tuesday. Gold is still an of the bestperforming commodities of 2020. 66. 22. 10 year yield at lets flip the page and look at where we are in terms of the chinese shares ahead of a slew of data for july on friday, including Industrial Production and retail sales. The csi 300 is in negative territory, down. 4 . The yuan is at 6. 93. The hang seng is getting some gains. Center, infront and negative territory right now even as it the highest estimate. Tencent also played down the Trump Administration as we check been. Ban wechat the kospi is up on a 52week high. Look at southeast asia, this is asias worst performer this year, correctly up. 5 . It may rise to between 6500 to 7000 this year, driven by pretty much the government stimulus pac
Heavy monsoon rains. As we count down to the moon landing 50 years ago, we talk live to a former nasa astronaut. Whats it really like to be up in space . Announcer live from our studios in london and singapore. This is bbc world news. Its newsday. Hello and a warm welcome. Its 1am in the morning here in london, 8am in singapore and 8pm in washington, where the four Democratic Congress women told to go back to where from they came from by President Trump have accused him of violating his oaths and american values. The four women said mr trump had been openly racist towards them and that his attacks were the agenda of white nationalists. Despite the occupant of the white houses attempts to marginalise us and to silence us, please know that we are more than four people. We ran on a mandate to advocate for and represent those ignored, left out and left behind. Our squad is big. Our squad includes any person committed to build a more equitable and just world, and that is the world we want t
This is the scene live in hong kong. Tens of thousands of demonstrators are now on the streets in the latest challenge to beijing. Iran hoists its flag on the masthead of the captured uk registered tanker in the gulf. Irish golfer shane lowry is on the verge of claiming victory at the open at royal portrush. Full details coming up in sportsday at 6 30pm. The chancellor of the exchequer, Philip Hammond, says hell resign this week if borisjohnson becomes the new conservative leader and Prime Minister. Mr hammond says he doesnt agree with mrjohnson over brexit and thinks its unlikely britain will get a deal agreed with the eu by the current leaving date of october 31st. Heres our Political Correspondent nick eardley. If theres one thing these two can agree on, its that delivering brexit has not been an easy ride. Have you got the green light . I havent got a green light. Oh, the story of my life. Borisjohnson is odds on to become the Prime Minister on wednesday, but the chancellor cant si
And the finish line before the unified state exam. Rosubornadzor gave answers to the questions most interesting to graduates. Is it possible for graduates of previous years to take the unified state exam and what rules will apply to ninthgraders and eleventhgraders in sevastopol. So, at these moments , a Memorial Ceremony for the deceased president ibrahim raisi is taking place in iranian tabriz. The bodies of other members of the delegation who died as a result of a Helicopter Crash were also brought to the city. Tomorrow is the funeral. We will find out more details right now from our correspondent in the region, leila alnazarova. Leila, welcome, please tell us what known by this moment . Georgy, natalya, greetings. The iranian government held an emergency meeting and issued a statement after the death of president risi and other government officials of the country. The cabinet of ministers expressed condolences over the incident and emphasized that there would be no disruptions in t
Hello, your Favorite Program 60 minutes is live. Lets start with breaking news. Iran officially announced the death of president ibrahim raisiya as a result of a Helicopter Crash. The statement was announced today at the imam arriza mosque in the presence of thousands of believers. Two more helicopters were flying with the russian president , but they arrived safely at their destination airport. What happened to air force one is still unknown. A photo from the crash site was published by the isna agency; it was also reported that the helicopter after the crash completely burned out. The Tasnim News Agency reported that the procedure for identifying the bodies of the victims of the plane crash had begun. A total of nine people were on board the crashed helicopter. The bodies of the victims will be delivered to tabriz, the search is completed, the head of the red crescent said. Forecasters say there was thermal depression in the area of the Helicopter Crash. First vicepresident moh