Hello, welcome to the pulse, live here in london. Im mark barton. This is our market board for today. Stocks are marginally lower. The stoxx europe 600 down by. 25 . Up by 2. 2 this week. The worstperforming industry group, travel and leisure stocks down in the wake of the attack in the south of france overnight. Easyjet, thomas cook, air france, klm among the biggest decline is. The euro is up against the dollar today, the best run since may. The yield on the french 10year is up by a basis point bond yields rising in germany and the u. K. Stocks and bonds are lower. Yields are rising this week in france after falling for three consecutive weeks. The record low for the 10year,. 73 . Right, lets get to bloomberg first word news. Nic nejra chinas economy stabilize. Gdp jumped 6. 7 from a year earlier. Industrial output and retail sales could Beat Estimates while investment slow. The credit surge has been a prop to growth. May will visit edinburgh on her First Official appointment outside
Chapo guzman, and a secret meeting with a hollywood celebrity that may have led to the drug lords arrest. After years of planning, Actor Sean Penn secured a confidential meeting with the drug kingpin at an undisclosed location in mexico to write a featurelength article for rolliRolling Stone magazi magazine. The meeting between these two men happened last october. Rolling stone also obtained a twominute video believed to be guzmans first recorded interview in decades. Penns meeting was made possible by a mutual connection, this woman, mexican actress kate dell castillo. Now mexican authorities want to question both actors. It is unclear if there will be any legal fallout with their meeting with a known fugitive. In penns piece for Rolling Stone, he write, i take no pride in secrets that may be perceived as protecting criminals. As an american citizen, im drawn to explore what may be inconsistent with the portrayals our government and media brand upon their declared enemies. Lets get to
Lefthand side of the screen. What you could see was a woman clinging by her fingertips to a ledge. There she is again. You see her just there right there. Shes hanging from the window ledge. Someone eventually pulls her up. And you see someone standing on the ledge, as well. They were there because they were trying to escape the gunfire inside. Absolutely terrifying. People hanging on for dear life. At least seven attackers strapped to a suicide belt and equipped with automatic weapons assaulted six locations in coordinated attacks in paris. A french politician has identified one of the suicide bombers as ismail many whom are in hospital tonight, fighting for their lives. The french president is vowing a ruthless response to what he called an act of car. He declared three days of mourning. Lets get more now from Fred Pleitgen. He is live in paris. We know the names, but were learning more about the identities of the attackers who were involved in this terrorist attack in paris on frida
Hello again and thanks so much for joining me. Im fredricka whitfield. So we begin with breaking news in the paris terror attacks. An investigation and growing concerns across europe. One suspect has been arrested in belgium with suspected ties the to isis. And right now there is a serious and possible imminent threat for attacks in multiple locations in brussels. Belgium is raising the terror alert there to the highest level. Belgiums Prime Minister is closing the capitals city metro for the weekend and is warning people to avoid large crowds. The manhunt is still underway there for leading paris suspect, salah abdeslam, who was last seen driving towards the belgium border. Meantime, officials have arrested three new suspects in turkey, with suspected ties to isis. One of them, accused of scouting the paris venues, targeted by gunmen and suicide bombers. Lets go to cnn correspondent, drew griffin, who is live for us in brussels. So what more are you hearing about this serious and poss
[ moment of silence ] [ moment of silence ] were showing you pictures from around europe, obviously there is a very heavy silence that is being observed in respect of what happened here during the paris attacks and also a reality of the future that we all share, united in the war against terror as well. Weve showed you president holla hollande. Theres been singing of the National Moment coming out of this silence. There are concerns facing the french president. Hell be speaking later today to address what happened overnight both at home and abroad with french capabilities. Hes facing questions of what will this mean . What happened here now. Hes been using very specific language, that this is an act of war against france, that its not just political hyperbole. It enforces and allows a state of emergency that we are told will last at least three months to get them through the holidays. Now you can hear everyone clapping after the moment of silence. Theres something so poignant about the