Live from new york, at the opening bell, this is business today. Traders tread water on wednesday. Cranking up the voltage on trade tensions. Canada slaps hefty import taxes on electric cars made in china older, wiser, and ready to spend. How businesses are finding a Silver Lining in indias ageing population. Welcome to business today, im Michelle Fleury live from new york. Us markets slip at the open after the record close. More on that any moment. Lets turn our attention to markets, the dow is down two tenths of a percent right now, after the wreck a close yesterday. The snp and nasdaq have not fared so well. Traders are turning away from the Technology Stocks right now. For more on this is the chief market strategist, great to see it this morning. Are you surprised this rally is stalling . What should we read from the dow slipping back slightly . Read from the dow slipping back sliuhtl . ,. , slightly . Good morning, i dont think they slightly . Good morning, i dont think they can
A change in style but not in substance japans new Prime Minister expected to continue his predecessors agenda. Thank you for joining us a slow moving storm is pummeling parts of the u. S. With torrential rain and winds of up to 165 kilometers an hour former hurrican and now Tropical Storm sally is the 2nd powerful storm to hit the gulf coast in less than 3 weeks and more are on the way 7 storms are currently brewing in the atlantic. Sally made landfall early on wednesday between alabama and florida flooding homes and streets along the coast half a 1000000 homes and businesses have lost power moving at an agonizingly slow pace of about 5 kilometers an hour sally will make its way to central georgia. Where forecasters are warning of serious flash flooding losing strength she is expected to continue on a curved pass across South Carolina before petering out on friday at the bottom of North Carolina alexy obrien reports. Early morning in mobile alabama brought a battering from Hurricane Sa
Post by the end of next months. The better roosts protest leader accused of undermining National Security Maria Kolesnikov to face new charges. Army wellings with a sports news is the former head of world athletics is found guilty of corruption let me india it was sentenced to 2 years in prison at the trial in paris the full story coming up. Below un investigators have accused the venezuelan government of crimes against humanity including the killing and torturing of protesters and the Fact Finding Mission found reasonable grounds to believe president Nicolas Maduro ordered the crimes to silence oppression the report says police and military killed and tortured. Anti madeira protest as their tactics included arbitrated tensions the authors concluded the crimes were part of state policy and not isolated incidents based on hundreds of interviews with victims and witnesses report says the International Criminal court should open an investigation if the venezuelan authorities fail to act d
Ahead of peace talks between the Afghan Government and the taliban. A cry for freedom refugees burned out of the camps on the greek island of lets cross demand that they be allowed to head for mainland europe. And france records its biggest rise in coronavirus cases in months with over 10000 cases of the government decides against any new restrictions. On its force or anyone who is one becoming a record 24th grand slam title just yes the american has been knocked out by Victoria Azarenka in the semifinals of the u. S. The gulf state of bahrain has agreed to normalize relations with israel as just days. Before the United Arab Emirates signs a formal agreement establishing ties with the stays the us President Donald Trump announced the deal on twitter speaking to the leaders of both countries on friday israels Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says that its a new era of peace we have 3 correspondents on this breaking story that abraham is in ramallah for the palestinian perspective harry
This is the weekly here on r. T. International welcome to round up of the headlines that shape the week. Russia got a new Prime Minister this week after the previous comment stepped down there as admission fall president putins proposal to change the countrys constitution. But it shouldnt just to do not affect the fundamental basis of the constitution they move further in russias development as a lawful state. In homes the effectiveness of the countrys institutions to strengthen the role of Civil Society and to enable the Political Parties in the regions to make decisions vital to the countrys development. Are too strong to have takes a look at the proposed reforms and the reaction its already received in the west. Try explaining this led to boom and power as the office of president the media accuses of it seizing more power who couldnt control over russia but when putin gives up that power and hands it over to parliament at his own expense it is also because he seizing more control ov