For a second time, his attempt to hold an early general election. Theresa may is accused of rewarding number 10 cronies as herformer closest advisers are recognised in the ex Prime Ministers resignation honours list. Also this morning, Prescription Drug dependency. A review by Public Health england finds that one in four adults has been prescribed drugs in the past year which could be addictive. An urgent call for a £1. 5 trillion investment to help stem Climate Change. And on yer bike how cycle thieves are being confronted by victims to reclaim their stolen property. Good morning. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. Im joanna gosling. Parliament has been suspended amid chaotic scenes in the commons in the early hours of this morning. There were protests against the suspension, or prorogation, of parliament, as Opposition Mps shouted shame on you, waved placards carrying the word silenced, and, at one point, even attempted to stop the speaker, john bercow, from leaving his chair. On an extr
We see the pboc once again holding steady, keeping that yuan at a steady level. Yuanconomists saying, the can rise, it can fall, and we will combat both moves should we need to. The dax up 0. 5 . Big vote on wednesday. Angela merkel trying to rearrange her schedule to get this vote through, talking potential debt relief for greece. Trying to woo the imf to get on board with the third bailout being offered to greece. That third payment comes on august 20. We are higher across the board looking at the eurozone when it comes to equities. The euro is down against the dollar. Weve got Interesting Data coming out of the u. S. Later today. We got manufacturing, inflation, we also get fed president william, voting member, speaking on his view of whether has what happened in asia changed the Federal Reserve . Still about 5050 think we will get the goahead in september. Euro still slightly lower against the dollar. Lets have a little look at how the Chinese Renminbi is doing. Stability back on c
To his board. Police are searching for at least two people over the Fatal Shooting of a Marketing Executive who was killed in his dorset home. The german chancellor Angela Merkel will meet Vladimir Putin in her first visit to russia for two years. Also this hour. Dueting with britains favourite songbird. As they return from migration, folk singers welcome them back in the First National nightingale festival. And why marathon runner Paula Radcliffe could lose her world record under new proposals by European Athletics. Good morning. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. The labour Leaderjeremy Corbyn has said he is not posted offender the Home Secretary as she stated the wrong cost. This morning, diane abbott initially told Lbc The Policy would cost Three Hundred Thousand pounds, before correcting herself to about 80 million. Mr corbyn has said the policy will cost £300 million. Following developments from westminster is our assistant Political Editor, norman smith. Todayis today is meant to be
And game, set, match for Sports Direct as it agrees to sell its tennis brand dunlap for 140 million. Good morning. Welcome to street signs. Lets get you a check on how the european equities are trading an hour into the trading day. Were hoping for a little bit more action now that the uk is joining the post christmas party. A rather mixed picture. Again, we are seeing the uk outperform, but that market is playing catch up from what we saw. Gains in the neighborhood shy of 2 yesterday. Thats in line with the ftse 100 at the moment. The xetra dax in negative territory, same story for the french cac 40, and the ftse mib lower by 0. 2 . Just shy of that mark. Lets give you a closer look at the sector breakdown. Weve been following the outperformance in basic resources. Higher by 0. 2 . Similar to asian session. Strength in the australian miners spilling over to the uk market. Crude prices have ticked up again. On the down side, watching real estate, telecoms, food and beverage, travel and
Ilian could be interested in quote parts of the business. And breicks and merger. Its proposing a tie up with a small arrival berkeley homes. Good morning, everybody. Welcome back. Thank you. Good to be back. How was it . It was hectic as always. I guess youve got optimism about trumps policies and pes mmp when it comes to the stances. And i guess the week was more about pesimism and America First. And the speech was interesting. But was it really a matter of everybody talking about trump or were people a bit i think they talked more about the symptoms of trump and brexit which is inequality and a middle class that feels very much left behind. I guess a lot of people just are of the opinion that we need to get on with it so they talk more about, again, some of the symptoms behind it and how we tackle that. Typical business. Right, the world goes on. Got to figure it out. A little bit lower here in trade. Off by 6 10 of a percentage point. Half an hour ago, all sectors were negative ter