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Us treasury secretary janet yellen called the downgrade � arbitrary� and said Economic Conditions had improved under the biden administration. The news of the downgrade came after the close of trade on wall street but in asia investors have been pulling out of equities in reaction. Lets look at markets now in asia. Japan is currently down by over 2 . Hong kong not that far behind. This was off the back of yesterday, and most of this week we have seen the sharemarket, certainly wall street an...

by 11 of the 31 members of the alliance. uk prime minister rishi sunak is expected to urge nato allies to learn the lessons from russias invasion of ukraine and invest more in defence. joining me now is hugo brennan, research director at the risk intelligence company verisk maplecroft. good morning to you, hugo. so, just talk us through the level of defence spending going on at the moment. because this has been a contentious issue for years within nato, hasnt it? it very much has been,...

to victory with up to 44 percent of the vote, across ukraine, theres been intense speculation about how events in russia will affect the counteroffensive currently under way. the bbc�*s mayenijones is in kyiv. like millions of people around the world, ukrainians followed this weekends events in russia closely. for a brief moment it seemed like president putins iron grip on russian politics might be coming to an end, but as many people here in kyiv wake up on sunday morning, they stil...

bloc known as mercosur likely to dominate. both blocs have entered the last stretch of negotiations to seal a trade deal that has been over two decades in the making. so what progress will be made this week? lets discuss this withjimena blanco — chief analyst and head of americas research at the risk intelligence company verisk maplecroft. its company verisk maplecroft. a really big week for ti eu its a really big week for the eu and for south america. remind the viewers, mercosur wh...

to discuss the war in ukraine. live now tojimena blanco, chief analyst and head of americas for the global risk intelligence company verisk maplecroft. shes in andalucia, spain. thank you so much forjoining us. take us through the agenda of this trip, what does lula want and from the chinese perspective? there are two areas of _ the chinese perspective? there are two areas of main _ the chinese perspective? there are two areas of main interest. - the chinese perspective? there are two ...

germanys public transport network will be at a near stand—still today as two of the countrys largest unions strike in an ongoing dispute over pay. workers walked out shortly after midnight for 2h hours. two of the countrys largest unions — which are demanding significant pay rises for their workers — want to increase the pressure on employers ahead of another round of negotiations. therell be all but no trains, planes or ferries in operation after workers walked out, and motorist...

lets now get down to business and starting in the uk. how attractive is the uk as a place to do business? later today well find out when the ons releases its latest data on the level of foreign direct investment into the uk in 2021. a recent survey conducted by the accountancy firm pwc suggests britain was the third most important place in the world for businesses to invest, behind the us and china. but the head of the cbi is not so optimistic. in a speech today tony danker will call o...

at an applegreen service station in the village of creeslough yesterday afternoon. from there, our ireland correspondent chris page reports. a rescue effort has now become a recovery operation. a sad sign that the emergency services dont expect to find anyone else alive. blown out walls, a crumpled roof and rubble showed this was a lethal explosion. it triggered a wave of devastation. people hurried to what was left of the petrol station, who see who may have been caught up in the inci...

for artisanal bakeries. more now on the dramatic win for brazils former president luiz inacio da silva. as youve been hearing lula has been re—elected after very narrowly defeating the incumbent jair bolsonaro in the second round of voting. celebrating his victory, he said the winners were the brazilian people and he wanted to improve their lives. lulas win marks a return to left—wing governance in latin americas largest nation and the challenges facing him are great following a bi...

hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. im sally bundock. its a big day ahead for the chancellor kwasi kwarteng as he delivers the keynote speech at the conservative party conference later in birmingham. the new finance minister is expected to insist the government will "stay the course" on his tax cutting growth plan despite the swift and turbulent reaction on financial markets. this time last week, the pound hit an all—time low against the us dollar and days ...