Iran president said armed forces admitting their mistake is a good first step and that all involved in the accident will be punished renault denies reports of a possible split with nissan and france finance minister calls the rumors malicious welcome to the show. One of the main stories moving markets overnight, chinas yuan strengthened to the highest level after the Treasury Department removed the label of the country as a currency manipulator. Steven mnuchin said the country made moves they first attached the label when they accused them of using the yuan to get an unfair trade voontage the first rise in export since july signaling a recovery in demand following a preliminary trade agreement. Imports rose while the countrys trade surplus increased. An on annual basis Interest Rates rose 0. 5 . Chinese vice premier liu he a arrived in washington. Reporter two days ahead of the signing of the phase one trade deal in washington, d. C. The news has to did with china trade numbers for dec
And the health secretary, jeremy hunt, are chairing a meeting of the Emergency Response committee, cobra, this morning, to discuss the handling of the cyber attack, which hit parts of the Nhs In England and scotland on friday. Dozens of hospitals in england and scotland have been forced to cancel some operations and appointments today, and some gp surgeries are still experiencing problems as staff begin a new working week. Lincolnshire hospital said all tests, and routine surgeries have been cancelled. Meanwhile microsoft said governments around the world should treat the attacks as a wake up call blaming them for storing data on Software Vulnerabilities which could then be accessed by hackers. Its thought over 200,000 computers have been affected worldwide with russia hardest hit. In the past half hour the National Crime agency has tweeted this saying if youre a victim of ransomware do not pay theres no guarantee that access to your files will be restored. Here, security minister ben
And coming up in the sport on bbc news, manchester citys manager prepares to face monaco tonight in the last 16 of the champions league. Good evening. A heterosexual couple have lost their court battle to have a Civil Partnership, rather than be married. Civil partnerships give relationships legal recognition, and are currently only available to same sex couples. Rebecca steinfeld and Charles Keiden claimed that was discriminatory. But today, the Court Of Appeal rejected their arguments, as our Legal Affairs correspondent Clive Coleman reports. Emerging from court, Charles Keidan and Rebecca Steinfeld, a heterosexual couple fighting for the right to enter a Civil Partnership. They lost, but it was close. All three of the judges agreed were being treated differently because of our Sexual Orientation and that this impacts our private and family life. All three rejected the argument that we could just get married. All three emphasised that the government cannot maintain the status quo for
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