The culmination of a fouryear saga. We are live in riyadh. Manus a warm welcome by where we are expecting nejra to cross to react riyadh. It could be the narrative the changes the global perspective. Billion. Ised 25. 6 what they make trillion dollars today . Way, the day alibaba ipo, they racked up 38 . We are all lined up to support the kuwaiti and i would be Sovereign Wealth Fund and there is an army of institutions in saudi arabia. They are mitigate the risk and wanted to go well. It to doting want well. Nejra the saudis are doing everything they can. And in the u. K. , the focus is all on tomorrows election and people erp poll has made the risk of a Hung Parliament alive for markets. Manus its amazing how we have pivoted so quickly. Ipos, have amco look at oil. Peter navarro,om no indication of december tariffs. Are we ready for that risk . Thats the question you have to ask yourself. Dollaryen, is it really a safety valve . Look at dollaryen. Fx pain index is back to zero looking
Hello this is bbc news with shaun ley. The headlines. As the final few days of campaigning get underway, the conservatives promise to introduce an australian style points based immigration system to control unskilled migration. Meanwhile, labour has set out its plans for social care if it wins the election by offering more funding and free personal care for older people in england. A factory fire in the indian capital, delhi, which broke out in the early hours of the morning has killed at least 43 people. Now time for dateline london. Hello, and welcome to dateline london. Im carrie gracie. This week. Something we didnt expect President Trump defending nato against attack from a european leader. Something we did expect a teenager shaking up a Global Climate change conference. And something where no side dares trust its expectations a british election. My guests this week are abdel bari atwan, an analyst on arab affairs, portuguese writer eunice goes, henry chu, International Editor of
My guests this week are abdel bari atwan, writer on arab affairs, portuguese writer eunice goes, henry chu, International Editor of variety, marc roche of french news weekly le point. Welcome to you all. Is it too easy to knock nato . At a fractious summit to mark the alliances 70th birthday, the french president stood by his assessment that it was brain dead, the american president said such comments were disrespectful, the turkish president retorted that it was the french president who was brain dead and the canadian Prime Minister got caught on camera gossiping about the american president , who then said the canadian was two faced. But natos secretary Generaljens Stoltenberg shrugged all this off as surface stuff and insisted the substance of the alliance was strong at 70. On the evidence of last weeks summit, is it . Marc, you start us off, you were there. It was quite messy, but on there. It was quite messy, but on the whole they managed, like they do at these meetings, a declara
Hello, and welcome to dateline london. Im carrie gracie. This week. Something we didnt expect President Trump defending nato against attack from a european leader. Something we did expect a teenager shaking up a Global Climate change conference. And something where no side dares trust its expectations a british election. My guests this week are abdel bari atwan, an analyst on arab affairs, portuguese writer eunice goes, henry chu, International Editor of variety, and marc roche of french news weekly le point. Welcome to you all. Now, is it too easy to knock nato . At a fractious summit to mark the alliances 70th birthday, the french president stood by his assessment that it was brain dead, the american president said such comments were disrespectful, the turkish president retorted that it was the french president who was brain dead and the canadian Prime Minister got caught on camera gossiping about the american president , who then said the canadian was two faced. But natos secretary
The broader context is that Global Equities are headed for a third month of gains, so a fair amount of optimism priced in in terms of the prospects of a deal. Stock and bond markets were closed for thanksgiving and we trade for a half day today futures are lower in the 10 year yield is is no indication of sentiment. Oil on the back foot today but we are heading to a fourth week of gains ahead of opec plus a survey saying we are not likely to get a deepening of those cuts. Lets get first word news in new york. Breaking impartiality rules, that accusation launched against channel four news after the broadcaster used an Ice Sculpture to replace Boris Johnson. He failed to attend the live Climate Change debates featuring leaders from other parties. Donald made a surprise visit to afghanistan for thanksgiving he met with the president as well as u. S. Troops. He said peace stocks with the taliban have resumed amidst a push for a ceasefire to reduce u. S. Deployment in the region. Taliban wa