White house to talk us through what more trump is saying about the delegation hes sending to turkey and what their mission is going to be. Well he was sending mixed messages as the Vice President secretary of state get ready to head over to turkey just to set the scene for you right now at the white house the president giving the Opening Statements as he is meeting with the president of italy if they start taking questions on this which i imagine most of the questions will be on this and the impeachment inquiry of course well try to bring that to you but this is not the 1st time the president s going to speak today he does not like being criticized hes made that pretty clear since he made the decision to pull troops out of syria the backlash against him from members of his own Political Party has been fierce its from democrats its republicans across the political spectrum people saying that the president gave the green light to turkey so he will is on the defensive about this hes takin
Nejra welcome to bloomberg surveillance. Francine lacqua is in helsinki at the nordic business form. First, lets check in on the markets. European equities turning negative of the stoxx 600. The 10 year yield moves lower after jumping ive basis points yesterday. So a little bit of risk off in terms of equities and yield. But the weaker dollar suggests there might still be optimism out there. Conflicting headlines ahead of the trade talks. Francine lacqua is at the Nordic Business Forum. Do not miss her interview with the ceo and founder of zuckerberg media. Thats coming up just after 9 30 a. M. And later, francine will speak to finlands economic minister just after 9 45 a. M. U. K. Time. Lets get first word news. To force kurdish militants away from the region, turkey has launched a military incursion into syria. Four years them and kara for ankara has fought and says it will not allow the kurdish protostate on the border. When asked what President Trump would do if turkey wiped out th
Diplomatic ties with down under going south. British government publishes its plans for leaving the European Union one day after getting the green light from parliament. Good to have you with us tonight. Germanys chancellor has been in turkey on a mission to improve frayed relations with turkish president erdogan. At a joint News Conference it did not look as if the leaders made much progress in terms of defrosting relations. In the runup to the trip to turkey critics were wondering why she was going there right now. Could it be interpreted as an endorsement . At their meeting merkel didnt shy away from addressing controversial issues. We saw in the context of the attempted coup help the turkish people stood up for democracy and for the role that democracy and turkey. It is important at this time that freedom of speech be respected. Erdogan defended his plan saying it would not destroy the separation of powers as the opposition argues. There is no truth to that. We have a legislative a
On friday, this after being burnt before by the fed chair. Onemonth ago until the brexit referendum. David cameron and George Osborne say britain will be plunged into a crisis of its own making. Morning, stories this though. Definitely, this bayer deal. Shareholders over the last few days have been selling the stock. They are not convinced this is the way to go. Is bayer doing anything to alleviate that concern this morning . Matt well, they will be holding a press conference or at least a conference call. And look, it is going to be a very difficult purchase to make. We have had so much scrutiny from regulators on deals in recent weeks. Inre was a cfo deal chemicals that was scrapped of the weekend. So, that is one difficulty. The other difficulty is that germans are not used to takeovers of this size. 62 billion will be the biggest purchase ever by a German Company, in corporate history. So, it is a lot to swallow, especially considering this is the first price offer. I had thought i
Turkish city of istanbul and the blast happened in the historic digit that is popular with tourist and understood there are casualties and no official word yet on the cause of the explosion, lets get the very latest from al jazeeras rena who joins us from there and what is the latest . Reporter we are right in front of the blast site just behind me is a blast site and is the hippo syndrome parts of the square and we understand there is no official confirmation yet but turkish t. V. And eyewitnesses are reporting that what could be a suicide bomber caused an explosion which now the Governors Office says has killed ten people and injured 15. We have spoken to eyewitnesses here and they say that around 10 20 this morning one said the earth shook. Another said that they thought they heard thunder and they looked up in the sky and saw it was a sunny day so we understand a powerful blast which could be heard from other neighborhoods surrounding me shook this part of the country. And at this