Hello and welcome to bbc news. Prince andrew has answered questions for the first time about his relationship with the financiers Jeffrey Epstein. The prince has been accused of having links to the billionaire who killed himself in prison while awaiting trial on a sex trafficking charges. With an exclusive interview with bbc, Prince Andrew was asked to asked about his relationship with one of the women, Virginia Roberts. Our royal correspondent nicholas witchell. He is continuing with royal duties. Last sunday he was at the cenotaph, laying a wreath with his nephews, and yet for month after month, he has been the focus of troubling questions. Prince andrew, the queens second son, one moment seen waving from the doorway of the new york home of a convicted child sex offender, Jeffrey Epstein, and photographed strolling through central park with him. The headlines have been lurid, relentless and deeply damaging. Most serious of all is the allegation that andrew himself had sex with a girl
Three countries join a cold war style spy swap. Prince andrew has answered questions for the first time about his relationship with financierJeffrey Epstein. The prince has been accused of having links to the billionaire who killed himself in prison while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges. In an exclusive interview with bbc news, Prince Andrew was asked asked about his relationship with one of the women, Virginia Roberts. She says she was forced to have sex with the duke three times. Buckingham palace has denied all the allegations against him. Our royal correspondent Nicholas Witchell reports. He is continuing with royal duties. Last sunday, he was at the cenotaph, laying a wreath with his nephews. And yet, for month after month, hes been the focus of troubling questions. Prince andrew, the queens second son, one moment seen waving from the doorway of the new york home of a convicted child sex offender, Jeffrey Epstein, and photographed strolling through central park with him.
Points all over the place. S p futures on the disorder by 13 points in the nasdaq 100 futures up 49 points. Lauren all of this is playing out in the vix measure to its biggest percentage came in history up 116 . Volatility off the hook. Connell meanwhile, look at rons after falling yesterday on the yield on the 10 year treasury yield up a little more to just under 2759 is what we have this morning. A lot of people talking about the Computer Trading whether bonds, stocks and how quickly these have come over the last couple days. Lauren can gauge the sentiment of a computer. It opened down 3 , but as you can see now, the sea in london done close to 2 as are the other major averages. Trained to asia had our good indicating japan down by four and three quarters of a percent. Almost 5 . The shanghai composite down by more than 3 overnight. Lauren investors also unnerved out for the website us for discount brokers and mutual funds went down after the market sells off fiercely. We will tell y
Tomorrow. We have those heavy rains moving from south to north. We may get another band coming in later this evening with some really heavy rain, but then things may taper off a bit after that. Latest on the rain totals and also the latest on joaquin coming up in just a few minutes, but were also having meteorologist Brittney Shipp with more on whats going on. Thats right. We have a network through weather underground, so lets take a live look right now and show you how the rainfall totals are stacking up. They look like they are the heaviest amount of rain in the central and southern parts of delaware, so theres a closer look at some of the amounts you can see anywhere between two to three inches is generally the rains. We have some areas that are seeing closer to five inches in the southern parts of delaware, so this is a closer look at bay vista. This helps us pin point your neighborhood, showing exactly how much rain has fallen. 2. 23 inches in bay vista, well zoom up to cape may,
Coastal areas, but were not expecting it to rain heavily all weekend long. It is going to be dreary and damp and cloudy for the most part, but by sunday, we see a slight sign of improvement already. This area of low pressure is developing here. Its still not fully developed, but theyre going to get maybe up to 20 inches of rain in parts of the carolinas, once it really gets going. And that continual fetch from the east will of course bring some coastal flooding to our area. And the worst will be at the jersey shore. Thats the highest impact and were talking about moderate coastal flooding, the highest waves. Another 1. 5 inches of rain expected there and wind gusts to 50. As you go north, the impacts are not quite as intense. Minor impacts for the back bay areas around the city and across Long Island Sound, as well. Catskills, poconos, well see the lowest impacts at high tide. Youll still see some minor coastal flooding over parts of long island and Long Island Sound pant the time of h