Selling. F positive the u. K. Likely to impose 14 days quarantine. We also have the irish tank barely under pressure the irish bank very under pressure. The bank of ireland numbers today. Boris johnson will appear in parliament and a half hours time. Btps on offer as well. We are up by three basis points. What is interesting is the spread between brent and wti widening on that saudi news. Vonnie lets get to the economy now. President trump telling americans to return to work after confirming the outbreak in his own office. Unprecedentedan 20,500,000 jobs, tripling the end limit rate the unemployment rate. We are joined by bloombergs peggy collins. How does it change the rhetoric now that coronavirus is coursing through the west wing . It has touched the Vice President s office and the president himself at this point. Peggy i think for everyone, the virus has pushed people different ways, and closer it gets to everyones families, the more people realize how widespread it has really gott
So turkeys shot down a Syrian Government warplane in the north west where Turkish Forces have intervened in the battle for this last major rebel held area it is the 3rd syrian fighter jet to be shot down in 3 days turkeys escalating campaign against Bashar Assads forces is threatening to bring it into direct confrontation with his ally russia meanwhile 8 civilians killed in an explosion in city these the pictures from the aftermath of that a rebel controlled area dozens more people were injured in that and elsewhere fighting intensifying in the south of the country much of it said to be going on around the city of al sunna main despite a cease fire thats been in place in the area of since 2018 there are reports of at least 5 people being killed well cynical so you has more now on the from the turkey syria border. The Turkish Defense Ministry Announced that they shut up plane along with some drones and tanks and other military vehicles all to syria and they hit those military vehicles i
Political, and economic strategic point. You saw this in parliament we can half ago, where most of the kurdish members of the parliament in the sunni members of the parliament boycotted the wasion, and while the vote 1700, i heard behind the scenes on my social media feed, a lot of allegations of Death Threats against family members if they thenot vote against continuation of Coalition Forces in the country. There will be a big fight over the course of the next six months to a year over whether or not this direction by the parliament is legitimate, whether a caretaker Prime Minister can accomplish that with the need of a new election and unfortunately, somewhat forgotten and all of this is the real pressure from the iraqi street and the hundreds of thousands of young iraqis that have been demonstrating, particularly in the south of the country and in baghdad for government reforms, reduction of corruption and a reduction of foreign influence, but iranian influence because that is more
The ha rd core protesters, the hardcore protesters, who have been upping the anti throwing petrol bombs at police, that is clear. A quick game of cricket for the duke and duchess of cambridge as they visit an orphanage in pakistan as their royal tour to the country comes to an end. It was billed as Super Saturday as mps sat at the weekend for the first time in more than 30 years we look back on yesterday in parliament at half past ten. Borisjohnson has sent a letter to the eu, asking for an extension to the uks withdrawal date. But hes refused to sign the document and hes also sent a second letter warning against any further delay. The Prime Minister was legally obliged to ask for an extension, after mps voted yesterday to withhold approval of his brexit deal, until all the necessary legislation was in place. Meanwhile, eu27 ambassadors met for around 15 minutes in brussels this morning to continue the Legal Process of ratifying the eus side of the brexit deal. Heres our Political Corr
Ambassador in warsaw this lunchtime for commemorations. If you are late for a church service, it is embarrassing, but even more embarrassing if youre the person conducting it. The pope was a little light at saint peters in rome and he apologised to the crowd. He apologised because he got stuck ina he apologised because he got stuck in a lift. He had to wait for the vatican S Fire Service rescue him. He called for a round of applause for the firefighters. Quite right too. They deserve a round of applause. Proof that indeed, even for the pub, confession is good for the soul. Here is ben rich with the weather. Good morning. The weather is turning cooler, good news badges depending on your viewpoint but it is the start of september so perhaps we should expect it, with that colour feel we have some showers and you can see them on the radar picture pushing across scotland into Northern Ireland, the odd one for the north of england, north midlands, these areas continue to see the lions share