asnie: i have been mistaken francine lacqua. we will start by checking first word news. moving closer to getting syria s president to extend his stay in power. the u.s. is opposed to rush s assistance that they be allowed to compete in a presidential election. china has a warning for taiwan. cutting ties with taiwan could collapse if taiwan refuses to recognize the framework that has governed the nation for two decades. the leading candidate in taiwan says there are other options for negotiation with the chinese government. iraqi troops recaptured ramadi on monday. there are still some fighters there. they have launched a few attacks . former new york governor george pataki has quit the race for the republican presidential nomination. he is the fifth republican to drop out. in 1996 president reagan pressed for a summit meeting with the leader of the soviet union by reading a spy novel. president read the novel rising rm before meeting with president gorbachev. 24 hour news po
accused of making a jail house threat against associate attorney general jane young. the incident prompting the defense to ask that young be recused from the case. you cannot be the lead prosecutor and a victim at the same time and keep those two interests separate. reporter: the motion was denied. the defense then argued to suppress a mountain of evidence obtained from nathaniel kibby s gorham trailer including sex toys, cd s and dvd s, some containing pornography. the defense argued that the state didn t have probable cause and was merely on a, quote, fishing expedition and cannot retroactively justify why the evidence was taken. they immediately were aware that they had some value because of the assaults the victim endured, although at the time she had not disclosed that they were used on her. reporter: they argue their client is being charged in violation of the double jeopardy sta tult. of sex assault. there is a prej digs here and the prejudice is mr. kibby s oppo
welcome to countdown. this 7:00 in london on friday morning. federal reserve members will gather in jackson hole, wyoming for the annual monetary policy symposium and will be the first speaks asjanet yellen chair of the fed. investors will be listening closely for any hint of when this rate rise will happen. the drums are rolling. we have a number of hours to go until she speaks. 3:00 p.m. london time, 10:00 a.m. new york time. said hawks are circling. they are taking to the air. of course arm referring to esther george and charles plosser. an interview with mike mckee said we have seen significant improvements in the labor market particularly this year. have seen wek, we are in a good place to begin talking about normalization. we know charlie plosser is a dissenter from the philadelphia fed. she dissented seven times. stop all of this bond storming being too low. wages and inflation is not a great correlation. really, that is not something that you want to focus on. it is
welcome to countdown. i am mark barton. i am anna edwards. i am manus cranny. we will start with strong words on russia. that annual speech is usually a platform for major policy statements and ceremonial trappings, cameron did not disappoint. he condemned vladimir putin s actions in ukraine and sanctions he said were not only right but in the uk s economic interest. russia s actions oppose a grave danger to the rest of europe. here in this building, with its history shaped by the blitz, we should not be reminded of the coincidence of turning a blind eye within countries in europe believe smaller countries. chilcote joins us. are there more sanctions to come? there may be. we will find out on monday. we heard from angela merkel and she is the first to suggest that sanctions should be expanded so we heard from the americas yesterday. we heard the british prime minister say if russia does not change its actions, there must be more action to take a listen. has warned
potentially going for folks and raise thecould indeed risk, andrew bosworth here in the studio. q e? the ecb was almost ordering in the ways, they have divisions in the same way, let the monitory monetary policy has divisions, and assembly have divisions in the federal reserve so to your divisions in the ecb. ultimately the market is expecting qe and that to that end baltimore said you wanted a little bit of a periphery, i m doing a slight gesture there. if and when qe comes this is where you will see it. cramer am a her. says spain cannot borrow mr. says spain cannot borrow more cheaply than the united states. ,hat would mario draghi say china factory orders at a six-month low, a little bit of reprieve coming through in today s trade. michael in france saying it would be tough for them to hit a the complexion of the bond markets and the equity markets and the euro coming a little bit lower. eyes the yen that caught my as the finance minister basically said that the yen
of theaters across america. sony entertainment s ceo michael ouron said, we are excited movie will be in a number of theaters on christmas day. efforts toinuing our secure more platforms and more theaters. so what happened? what changed sony s view on this situation? smaller cinemas apparently. caroline hyde is here with more. ask coalition of independent ,inemas signed a position expressed their interest, got in touch. sony thought, how can we get this film out? 300 the others will be showing this film on december 25. these films have been ready and waiting to go. alamo, they are based in austin, texas. also, plaza in atlanta. atlanta police say they are aware and they are going to be monitoring the situation. the whole reason the interview was pulled because of cyber threats that maybe you would be in danger if you were viewing this particular film. many started to feel that we have backed down to terrorists, so suddenly we ve got to change. hundreds more cinemas might be
we are live from bloomberg s european headquarters. we are just getting some breaking news in terms of the euro pmi. it climbs to 51. german number, a little editor, french number, little weaker. the focus in the eurozone remains greece. the new finance minister began the european tour with paris yesterday, seeking support. in a news conference with his french counterpart, he suggested that his country is addicted to loans and needs to break its dependence. for more, let s go to hans nichols in berlin. tell us more about what he had to say yesterday. he clearly wants to keep open that finance window through the ecb. that is so crucial. he indicated that withdrawal is going to be a difficult process. have a listen. we have resembled a drug addict craving the next dose. do i believe that we should be taking another punch of loans? no. it is not that we don t need the money, we are desperate because of certain commitments and liabilities that we have. he was speaking
welcome to countdown. i m anna edwards. it is 6:00 here in london this tuesday morning. bloomberg reporters are standing by across the world, ready to deliver the stories that will drive your day. ryan chilcote is in moscow to walk us through his exclusive interview with dmitry medvedev. stephen engle is in beijing to tell us what is topping the agenda. has thenathan ferro details on the guilty plea by credit suisse with u.s. authorities. .acktrack top story in an exclusive interview with bloomberg television, russia s prime minister dmitry medvedev sat down with ryan chilcote to talk about everything from the ongoing conflict in ukraine, the impact of sanctions, and russia s relationship with the united states. ryan chilcote joins us from moscow with the details area brian. high, anna. this was the prime minister s first interview in four months. we spent a good amount of time talking about sanctions. the prime minister is saying that the u.s. has called. this reminded h
dealt with peacekeeping. but there are tensions over the host nations hiring of russian mercenaries to battle and surgeons and an ancient city facing a modern problem. climate change means athens is getting hotter and dryer, but the gree capital is finding ways to adapt to rising temperatures. ah, i m here and talking to berlin. it s good to have you with us. a top level visit to crane and a stern warning to rush up. the head of the united nations has reiterated his concerns over the safety of europe s biggest nuclear power station. antonio winters is calling for a safe zone around the russian occupies apart asia nuclear plant. each side accuses the other of shelling the facility key of also claims. russia is planning to cut electricity produced at the facility from its power network. visiting the port odessa gutierrez had a clear message for moscow. obviously, the electricity from suff audits. ja is ukrainian electricity. and the, it s necessary, especially during the winter
a bomb exploded in her car yesterday afternoon also coming up iraqi troops celebrate their recapture of the city of kirkuk from kurdish fighters as thousands of civilians flee the city the kurds threaten to make baghdad pay a heavy price for their victory. and a dangerous journey to escape persecution thousands of new rippin jew refugees pour into bangladesh from myanmar not all of them will make it the lawn. and the champions league hits the pitch on tuesday and it is crunch time for bundesliga teams like the face porto while dortmund take all nicosia both clubs need a win to get their respective campaigns back on track. i m terry martin good to have you with us. she was multiple. best known investigative journalist yesterday she was killed by a car bomb death a car want to hear was known for her reports accusing the government of corruption she exposed what she said were links between government officials and secret bank accounts in panama maltese prime minister is also mus