you for inviting me her today. have 56,000 people working in the u.s. on yourlations [indiscernible] when he says he works for siemens, he is the president. we work for our customers. >> we are doing really well. we are investing quite a lot into the company. since you have been effective with the tax reform, we have decided to look at the next generation. >> that is a big thing. ?hen will that be developed >> charlotte. >> thank you on behalf of charlotte. >> mr. president, thank you for happening -- having me. great job. >> mr. president, thank you for the invitation. by two compounded americans who moved to switzerland after the civil war. plants.te 77 almost everything we sell is locally made. isare excited about what going on. >> people think of nestle for candy, i read the other day that that is only 3% of your company. what is your primary products now? >> coffee, pet food. >> fantastic job you are doing. thank you so much. >> [indiscernible] you.e tiny compared to one third of the south is working in new york. some in san francisco. well, it all gone very because it seems to

2000, the lowest in 18 years. together they are about 36% of the u.s. treasury market. china still is the beast. it owns one third of the market. we talked about what they might do. will they continue to invest as heavily in the u.s. bond market? of course they are giving up defending the currency. to a certain extent the drop in terms of holding the treasuries is correlated slightly to the movement in the yuan. you can see a slight turn to the upside. japan has the lowest hoping in four years but there is another story about japan investors into u.s. treasuries as hedging costs are hitting the highest level since 2008. here is the first word news with juliette saly. juliette: in the u.s., white sarahpress secretary sanders has had president will support the house leadership plan for temporary government funding ahead of tomorrow's shutdown deadline. that gives all lien some did -- paul ryan some additional clout. pressing ahead with a plan to avoid the shutdown by temporarily funding the government for four more weeks but shutting out a deal on immigration. restoringy's hopes of f

their own well the u.s. condemns iran over anti-government protests at the u.n. security council but other members say it's a domestic issue. that is a long history of bueller's bullying at the u.n. but this is a preposterous example to iran accuses the u.s. of abusing its power for convening the meeting. a logical robert this is al jazeera live my headquarters here in doha also coming up a new book on the trump administration's caused quite a stir will examine the authors claims about the white house and its policy towards the middle east. and already grim situation in yemen worsens with preventable diseases and the lack of basic necessities causing more deaths. could have you with us the u.n. security council has wrapped up a special session on the recent protests in iran with the u.s. accusing tehran of stifling the voices of its people but other members objected to the meeting insisting that the council wasn't empowered to discuss the internal affairs of a u.n. member state mike hanna has more from the united nations. there was animated debate in the council chamber before the di

border as the u.s. plays down its role in supporting a new force for the roots. to watching al-jazeera lie from a headquarters and. also ahead a palestinian is killed in a raid by israeli forces they say he was involved in the death of a rabbi. a rare show of unity by the two koreas ahead of the would to relent pics but not everyone is happy in the south plus. why tech giant apple is bringing large sums of cash back to the united states. hello turkey says it's not satisfied with assurances from the u.s. over a kurdish led border force in northern syria that anchor us called terror army media reports i've spoken off a u.s. sponsored force of thirty thousand something the turkish foreign minister says would cause irreversible damage to relations with the u.s. secretary of state said those reports aren't accurate and he held a meeting with his turkish counterpart on wednesday. the united states hears and takes seriously the concerns of our nato ally turkey we recognize the humanitarian contributions and military sacrifices turkey has made towards defeating isis towards their support of mi

biles of the she's among one hundred athletes who were sexually abused by former u.s. gymnastics team dr larry nasser was the top gymnast in the six twenty sixteen rio olympics which is actually admitted sexually assaulting gymnasts and possessing child pornography that's the news more in thirty minutes inside story is next. i am doing this for the benefit of sudan people so bad they see the importance of. witness documentaries that open your eyes at this time on al-jazeera. is donald trump playing with fire by backing the kurds in syria yes he is says turkey which feels threatened by a new army of thirty thousand mainly kurdish soldiers on the turkish border how much volatility will they add to the war zone this is inside story. i welcome to the program i'm jane u.s. support for kurds in syria is leading to threats of retaliation from turkey the u.s. led coalition plans to set up a thirty thousand strong force in syria just across the border with turkey turkey is president thinks the kurdish led force is a threat and is valid to attack the city of afrin in northern syria afrin is a m

end the u.s. government shutdown is delayed after arrival senate has failed to reach a compromise. you know there. are live from doha also coming up. president promises to cross kurdish fighters this is military continues its ground operation in northern syria . vice president mike pence arrives in tel aviv on the first visit by an american trump recognized jerusalem as israel's capital plus. in the far east of indonesia is facing a serious health crisis i'm stuff lots of reporting from the us market region in the south of where children are dying because of undernourishment and measles outbreak. u.s. government shutdown is set to continue on monday as republican and democrat senators struggle to end the stalemate over funding. a vote on the government spending bill has been delayed until monday after the two sides failed to reach a compromise money for federal agencies was cut off on saturday affecting a range of departments including paul support and visa services immigration is the heart of the dispute democrats want funding tied to protection for undocumented migrants who enter the

jumped after they beat sales expectations amid strengthening u.s. markets and robust online trade. >>> and asian equities swing back as china fixes the one mid point at the strongest level against the dollar in two years. u.s. futures point to a big open for the dow after a long weekend there. >>> good morning it is tuesday. you can see the handover from asia was strong overnight. hang seng has made new highs up 1.1%, on track for the highest close on record. we also saw good performance from nikkei up 1% in overnight trading. topix had a decent session overall for europe the picture is more positive stoxx 600 up around 0.1% let's switch into european markets and see how things are shaping up there ftse 100 is the laggard there. we get uk inflation data in a half hour's time that's expected to dip a bit xetra dax up 0.2%. cac is flattic we have the macron meeting coming up later this week. in germany as well we have had a slew of earnings come out this morning that are driving some of the performance. let's get into sectors and talk about some of those names. utilities are leading

bit but this time on al-jazeera. the u.s. state department designates hamas leader ismail haniyeh a global terrorist and announce sanctions against him. this is the e.u. steps up with an extra fifty three million dollars of aid for palestine after the u.s. decision to withhold funding. and i'm glad this is al jazeera live from london also coming up in the program donald trump signs an order to keep the guantanamo bay prison camp open and possibly send i still faces that. judge says usa gymnastics dog larry nasir is non-dangerous of sexually abused two hundred sixty five. and a triple treat for stargazers as parts of the sea a blue moon a super moon and a total lunar eclipse all rolled into one. so the u.s. state department has designated the political leader of hamas it's not a global terrorist and has slapped sanctions on him it means any u.s. based assets he holds will now be frozen amasses the palestinian faction which is de facto ruled the gaza strip since two thousand and seven it's already considered a terror organization by the united states of the hamas officials have also b

international city they are very interested in that global perspective that al-jazeera lives. in. the u.s. put some ass leader is a male hania on its terror list will be live with us and the palestinian reaction. our press are you watching al-jazeera live from london also coming up on the program and to keep open the detention facility in guantanamo bay. donald trump orders america's controversial prison in cuba to remain open and reversing a key obama promise british prime minister to resign may signs billion dollar deals and pushes for free trade benefits with china and we'll be looking at an event that only happens once in a super bowl. thanks for joining us we begin the program with some breaking news the u.s. state department has put israel has the political leader of hamas on the terror list how mass is the palestinian faction which has the factor ruled the gaza strip since two thousand and seven where in a moment we are going to have reaction from palestine where imran khan is standing by for us in ramallah first though let's get the latest from roslyn jordan who's in washington d.c. yo

date of 2018. let's get a quick reminder of how u.s. stocks ended last year. ended in negative territory with the s&p 500 down about half a percent. the dow about the same, losing about 100 points in the last 15, 20 minutes as traders try to close out the position for the year. year to date through 2017, the s&p,the dow, and nasdaq were up about 25%. russell 2000, the was up about 14% year to date. green across the board. absolutely. looking for fresh drivers as we go into the brand-new year, tax reform getting done. interesting if trading does get underway in asia. it will be a truncated start because look at the markets that are still closed. no trading when it comes to new zealand, thailand and the philippines -- all close for the new year's holiday. it does look like a holiday start as it comes the volumes for the next year. points on the downside when it comes to sydney's futures, building on a very subdued end when it comes to the last trading day of the year. gains over thee past year. aussie-dollar, 78.05. up 8% in the last year. it will be crucial to keep an eye on wha

on first word headlines with stephanie humphrey. >> the u.s. regulators and prosecutors are seeking information from the real estate is this. according to people familiar with the matter, there is use of a program that allows wealthy foreigners to obtain visas. jared kushner is a senior adviser to president trump, and mary to his daughter, ivanka. and mary to his daughter, ivanka. president trump said the u.s. is open to discussions with south and north korea at the appropriate time. he said he would like to meet directly with kim jong-un, and hopes for more cooperation between the neighbors after upcoming talks. for makingredit talks happen. >> we had a great discussion a couple of days ago. i hope it works out. i want to see it work out between the countries. i would like to see them getting involved in the olympics, and maybe things go from there. he actually thanked me. a lot of people have written that without my rhetoric and tough stance -- it's not just us dance. this is what has to be done, if it has to be done -- that they wouldn't be talking about olympics, wouldn't be tal

protests less talk of peace it has been that way ever since u.s. president donald trump declared jerusalem the capital of israel well today lawmakers inside the israeli parliament made it clear to the u.s. vice president that jerusalem is where policy and people are colliding i'm burnt off in berlin this is the day. jerusalem is israel's capital the united states embassy will open before the end of next year. i thought we had the message that not the entire knesset is in favor of trump or pains. and these jerusalem must be the cuff that was palestine and west jerusalem the capital of israel. clearly there is a problem with your percent of the european states continue to believe that the only problem i think realistic solution fortune was on the past the conference got it from the cia chanst and set up costs to be the capital of the states. also coming up tonight germany is moving closer to a new government but one young leader among the social democrats considers sharing power with chancellor angela merkel to be something like the kiss of death for his party. we don't want it but

earning the least extra yields on u.s. corporate bonds over benchmarks since 2007. are there any gains left? and ahead of janet yellen's last fed meeting, we discussed her legacy and the incoming fed chair jay powell. we start with the big issue, dalio's warning resonating from davos to new york. take a listen. >> a 1% rise in bond yields will produce the largest bear market in bonds that we've seen since the 1980-1981 period. >> has that bear market started? are we in it? >> i think we're in it. >> there will be a time the bank of japan and ecb begin tightening. there will be a time when arbitrage narrows and maybe when bond yields increase. i don't see that now, unless i'm wrong on inflation. i don't believe the federal will get the 10-year to three point 6%. >> i don't think the bear market is starting. since 1990 we had many, many predictions of a bear market in bonds, but it has not happened. lisa: joining me in new york is subadra rajappa, and rachel golder, and coming to us from london is luke hickmore. alright, so i want to start with you, subadra. the big question is, has the

manuel santos joins other political leaders in warning the u.s. against protectionism >> it will hurt everybody, especially the u.s >> shares for suez plummet as the french utility firm slashes its earnings forecast. we speak to the ceo in davos later today. ♪ >>> we've got a packed show for you, live from davos today we'll be joined by james young in a bit talking about tourism over in china. he's a co-founder and chairman of the largest travel platform over in china. we'll be joined by the ceo of jll, talking about property markets lobally. the ceo of mueller maersk will join us later on as well as president of the european investment bank. we'll wrap up with the ceo of russof tomorrow you'll be joined live tomorrow when you have this panel. >> we have the panel lined up. we have the uk chancellor on the panel, larry fink will be up there. we have christine lagarde and steve mnuchin who has made a splash as he arrived talking about the prospects of the trump administration going forward all of these people will be on the panel that will happen around 11:00 tomorrow. >> earlier tod

all a wonderful kind of demonstration and display the u.s. is not going to risk a big war with either china or russia but it will grandstand hence the ten thousand or so barrett fifty caliber sniper rifles to ukraine that is grandstanding the same with rocket man in north korea it's a way of the u.s. boasting forcefully but what i would bring home i think is the contrast between forceful boasting of trump and the very much more successful forceful boasting of teddy roosevelt and the difference is that teddy roosevelt was announcing america's debut on the world stage and america had forty percent of the world's manufacturing today it's absolutely the opposite terms of trends and direction ok let me go to christopher christopher year in iraq war veteran i mean if i could just ask you personally i mean it seems like we have the continuation of this mentality of empire in i mean for iraq it's been a disaster for afghanistan it's always a disaster but and you know and what's happening in syria hear it but we don't seem to learn any lessons here you would there do you see that what t

the u.s. of interfering in its affairs as tehran says anti-government protests have been diffused. and snow in the sunshine state the deep freeze parts much of the u.s. in a dangerous blast of cold air is on the way. police excerpts of a forthcoming book on the trump administration are causing a political storm in the u.s. president has set out on his former senior strategist steve bannon for his comments in the book and calls trump's oldest son treasonous for meeting a lawyer linked to the kremlin in two thousand and sixteen that meeting essential to an investigation into alleged russian meddling and the presidential campaign and asked to park reports. for the first time a furious donald trump publicly thrashed his former strategist over comments in an upcoming book saying steve bannon has nothing to do with me or my presidency when he was fired he not only lost his job he lost his mind in fire and fury inside the trump white house bannon says donald trump jr was treasonous and unpatriotic when he met with russians who claim to have dirt on democratic presidential candidate hilla

in atlanta. thanks for joining us here in the u.s. and around the world. i'm natalie allen. "cnn newsroom" starts right now. our top story, the president of the united states now denies calling some african nations quote shitholes. the comments were reportedly made during a closed-door meeting in the oval office thursday. according to one source, donald trump is delighted by this controversy. another source tells cnn some white house staffers believe it plays well with the president's base. but there's plenty of outrage beyond that base. the african community demands both a retraction and apology from the u.s. president. despite the president's denial over exactly what will he said regarding both haiti and africa, senators who were in the room at the time have confirmed mr. trump uttered the offensive term. we get the whole story from our jim acosta. >> reporter: today, we gather in the white house to honor the memory of a great american hero the reverend dr. martin luther king jr. >> reporter: it was a moment filled with sad irony. the same day the president signed a proclamatio

winning documentaries and live news on and on line. the u.s. government shutdown comes to an end as president donald trump signs the funding bill. no i'm fully back to watching algis the air i live from doha also coming up anger in these really hanumant over the u.s. vice president's reassertion of jerusalem as the capital of israel. turkey intensifies its military operation in northwest syria and opens a new front in the town of a friend and civilians in the crossfire as violence flares between rivals india and pakistan in the disputed kashmir region. a three day u.s. government shutdown has ended after politicians approved a bill to extend federal funding president donald trump has now signed it into law but the immigration dispute at the center of the crisis as saw from resolved the bill is only a stopgap measure allowing government funding to continue until february eighth democrats agree to support. it after republicans pleasure will be a vote in the coming weeks on the status of undocumented migrants brought to the u.s. as children also known as dream as president donald trump

. the u.s. labor force left to exploitation by the. people in power investigate. little pakistan. this time around as iraq. palestinians say they won't be blackmailed off to the white house threatens the whole way that says jerusalem is no longer around for negotiations. hello i'm sam is a down this is al jazeera live from also coming up iran accuses the u.s. of interfering in its affairs off the days of anti-government protests. president dog trump reacts with fury to comments about life inside the white house made by his sax former aide. and they may have escaped the fighting but the new reality for these displaced syrians is not much better. palestinian leaders say they won't be blackmailed after the us president threatened to cut aid worth around three quarters of a billion dollars a year donald trump tweeted the threat accusing palestinians of not wanting peace talks he also said jerusalem is no longer out for negotiations of relations with the us have plummeted since trump recognized jerusalem as israel's capital last month the cuts threaten money allocated to the palestinian aut

matheson this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up the u.s. and russia clash of the u.n. security council over the alleged use of chemical weapons in syria's rebel on klav of duma. the first member of donald trump's cabinet is questioned over a possible collusion between the u.s. president's campaign and russia. and the love story of a cleaning woman and an amphibian humanoid lead to the oscar nominations. egyptian military has detained its former chief of staff just days after he said he would run for president in an election this march sami on and had been seen as the main challenger to president of the father of sisi but he's now called off his campaign muhammad has the latest. just days after he announced his candidacy in his country's upcoming presidential elections egypt's military has arrested former egyptian armed forces chief of staff sami. in a televised statement the military said imam committed violations when he announced his presidential bid without obtaining permits from the armed forces he's also accused of committing forgery to be included in the voter d

this is the w. news live from berlin the u.s. government begins a federal shutdown on the same day president trump marks one year in office the u.s. and it fails to agree on a new spending plan and both parties move quickly to blame the other will ask how the shutdown will impact the truck presidency and the american people also coming up. turkeys are nischelle the syrian town of upbringing in a move to oust u.s. backed kurdish militia washington has proven for them to stop it and corvallis to press on a full scale operation against them. and in sport at the bottom of the going to sleep cologne looks to build on its will last weekend in a basement clash against relegation rivals homburg. i'm michel henery thanks for joining us. the u.s. government has begun a federal shutdown on this day president trump marks one year in office the senate failed to reach a spending bill needed to keep the government running halting all but the most essential operations it's the first ever shutdown to happen while the same party the republicans controlled both congress and the white house and the re

my message is peace and prosperity u.s. president donald trump told reporters in davos we'll wrap up the world economic forum for you. the united states is going. to be well better than the u.k. the stock markets are incredible businesses are coming back into the united states and i think it's going to be a great message that people are going to like here. it's time for business on the w. i'm sure you know your ass welcome the world economic forum has come to an end a special one we could say where for the first time in years almost all the heads of government and state of the world's biggest economies took part in prime minister night in their modi opened the event the leaders of france italy germany greece and the king of spain headlined the second day but the most anticipated guest was u.s. president donald trump and his speech at the event. the majority of participants a doubles are advocates of free trade but not donald trump he used the stage to promote his america first strategy and his country. the world is witnessing the resurgence of a strong and prosperous america. i'm

there will be a embargo a blockade a sanction against rebuilding syria the u.s. will actively push that for us the refugees that left that went to europe will not be able to come back because they'll be nothing to come back to so this perpetuates this problem. exactly and will it will actually see because it won't be any reconstruction more refugees flooding into europe i mean again who are the winners in all of this i don't see anyone just because the united states is trying to fight. assad iran and russia parties in europe the united states and that you hate so much i mean they will be asking these questions and then the mainstream media will say russians russians are sprayed all because he was and it is so obvious i mean could you not have seen that turkey would never ever in a million years allow any sort of kurdish state quasi state border security forces whatever they call it under their country a presence underneath turkey of thirty million kurds in turkey there was no way turkey would ever allow that in a million years they didn't see this truck campaigned on ending the pro

war including the formerly u.s. backed free syrian army on the other and the u.s. and its kurdish proxies on the other and they're in a three way face off russia would like turkey of the united states to fight to drive a wedge between turkey and nato the united states would like the turks to fight russia over african canton because that would help destroy this very fragile essentially falling apart agreement for the stabilization of syria with the austin our agreement and it further destabilize syria and this is where we're at it's an extremely tense situation the writing was on the wall long time we've long argued it was going to happen and that the hours and days ahead what erdogan actually does and how much damage he does in syria and whether he will then turned on the american backed kurds is is is up in the air you know the interesting thing is is that one has to wonder where turkish soldiers go do they stay or do they you know do they have you know it's like that the russians went in had a mission said mission accomplished very limited. did what they wanted to do and basical

chancellor angela merkel french president. and u.s. president all are expected. i want to welcome i'm terry martin thanks for joining us. turkey has intensified its offensive all of branch against kurdish militias in northern syria the turkish army and syrian rebel fighters crossed into the turkish enclave of freeney in northern syria on saturday. is controlled by the kurdish y p g militia which has been a key ally of the u.s. in the fight against so-called islamic state but turkey sees the wife as a terror organization and has urged the u.s. to stop backing them turkey's president right chip time era to one. there will be no letting up until the job is done. operation all of branch is anything but a peace offering the following airstrikes the turkish military with the support of regional is marching across the border into northern syria turkey's president has pledged an unrelenting campaign against the syrian kurdish militia which he considers a terrorist group. will handle offering there's no stepping back we have an agreement with our russian friends and i've also discussed it with the u

outrage in social media and led to protests across pakistan. the u.s. senate has approved president donald trump's nominee to be the next chairman of the federal reserve powell had support from republicans and democrats to lead to the central bank the lawyer and former investment banker will start next month he succeeds janet yellen who was the first woman to lead the federal reserve those are the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after inside story i'll be back in about half an hour of my. present life. and washington state but. green and the. u.s. policy is the so-called peace. story. hello there welcome to the program i'm laura kyle donald trump's recent recognition of jerusalem as the capital of israel provoked protests and outrage among palestinians the allies and other critics worldwide that anger hasn't been placated with the visit of the u.s. vice president the divided city israeli palestinian members of parliament were forcibly removed was listening to his speech the applause in the class it was especially loud when pence promised the move of the u.s. embassy from te

a better time to invest in the u.s. >>> and gaga overgrowth. as the global economy picks up steam, our market monitor has some great investment ideas for you. those stories and more tonight on "nightly business report" for friday, january 26th. >>> good evening, everyone. and welcome. what a way to end the week. it was a melt up into the closing bell, which drove stocks to all-time highs. the s&p 500 had its best day since march, lifted by continued optimism that economic growth around the world is on an upswing and a new batch of strong earnings. of the s&p 500 companies that have reported profits so far, 80% have topped expectations. today shares of intel helped lead the way with a double digit gain following its strong quarter that we told you about last night. here are the closing numbers. the dow jones industrial average rose 223 pints to finish at 26,616. the nasdaq climgd 94. and the s&p 500 added 33. for the week, all of the indexes saw gains of more than 2%. >> the rising stock market was not lost on president trump when he addressed attendees at the world economic forum

president of rwanda who is currently the chairman of the african union to reaffirm the u.s. africa relationship and discuss shared priorities, including trade and security. he will also meet with the president of switzerland, because host nation for the world economic forum, to discuss bilateral investment, economic growth, and innovation. in all of his meetings the president hopes to increase economic opportunities for the american people, to build partnerships to address common security goals, and to find new ways of reforming international and regional organizations to make them more effective and more accountable. the president looks forward to a very productive trip on behalf of the american people. thank you. mr. cohn: he outranks me, so he said i have to go first. >> we just had a litany of businesses that are going to give back to the american people. isn't it unfair to give the president credit for that? they already had that money in their coffers. are you saying they would have not turned it lose otherwise? mr. cohn: i would disagree with your premise completely. if they

this is deja vu news live from berlin the u.s. government begins a federal shutdown on the day of president trump marks one year in office the u.s. senate fails to agree on a new spending plan and both parties move quickly to blame the other will not count on the shutdown and the truck presidency and the american people also coming up. turkish artillery shell the syrian town of operating in a move to oust a u.s. backed kurdish militia washington is appealing for them to stop it and go about suppress all of the operation against them. and in sports at the bottom of the bundesliga cologne looks to build on it when last weekend in the basement clash against the delegates rivals hamburg. i'm michel henery thanks for joining us the u.s. government has begun a federal shutdown that's after the senate failed to reach a spending deal needed to keep the government running halting all but the most essential operations in a late night vote the government budget bill did not receive the sixty votes that needed to pass more republicans joined most democrats to block the bill it's the first eve

to the program the u.s. is calling for restraint from turkey in its operation against kurdish fighters in northern syria turkish soldiers have entered the clave of a frayne part of an assault to drive out kurdish peoples protection units or y p g well turkish president is vowing to crush the group which ancora views as a terror organization step deca reports now from the charkhi syria border. the border echoes with the sounds of war turkey's offensive on africa is now well under way the ground operation started on sunday turkish soldiers supporting free syrian army fighters inside syria. turkish president brigitte type edging defiant as he addressed a march crowd in the city of course. this is a national struggle and then this national struggle to crush anyone who stands against and let this be known. it's been a week of rhetoric politicians promising that turkey was going to attack a free to rid of the y.p. g. kurdish fighters that ankara sitter's terrorists but they're also the u.s. is best ally on the ground in fighting eisel regardless of international complications turkey

attack on a kurdish controlled enclave in syria. assad's government responds angrily to the u.s. announcing it's keeping its troops in syria. this is our life nandan also coming up in the program united nations calls for yemen's main port to stay open for vital a deliveries inside the restrictions begin again on friday to resume a welcome to britain for talks where she's expected to pledge millions more dollars to strengthen border controls and fraud. and pope francis performs a first airborne papal wedding during flight attendants the chilean. military chiefs are in russia seeking support for their plight attack on a kurdish controlled enclave inside syria turkey is not threatening the main area controlled by the u.s. backed syrian democratic forces in the north east of syria it has said they will attack the enclave around the city of afrin which is in the northeast of the country that although there are friends held by kurdish. dominate the s.d.f. russia also has forces in the area seventy deca reports now from antakya on the turkish side of the border with turkish tanks been

jones. not all sectors did well. u.s. 10 years, that is the highest level in six years. last september. bloomberg dollar index. hearing a lot about some of the initial losses. we are still close to a three-year low. checking what is happening with dollar yen. japaneseheard from the that they are now looking at an upgraded economic outlook. of downsideterms for the lira. that will be one of the key topics for this program. little bit of downside. at $68.61 arrently barrel. oman, arerations in we going to hear anything tangible? let's check in now on the first word headlines from around the world. >> turkey has launched airstrikes against kurdish separatist fighters in northwest syria. a comes after the president ignored calls against the u.s. to avoid attacking. they say artillery units hit almost all targets in the operation. south africa's ruling party is intensifying pressure on the president to step down. sources say the top leadership decided late friday that he must go, but they did not set a deadline for his exit. they want his deputy to accelerate efforts to stand off

palestinians abbas also stressing his opposition to u.s. president donald trump's decision to recognized as israel's capital he declared that jerusalem is the eternal capital of the palestinian people he made the comments at the opening of a p.l.o. meeting on the west bank now abbas also had strong words for trump who said that he would achieve the peace deal of the century between israel and the palestinians. we said no to trump and others no we will not accept his project. told him the deal of the century is the slap of the century and we will retaliate. from the mark let's bring in jerusalem correspondent tanya kramer who is covering the story for us so tanya we just heard abbas there saying that israel has in effect ended the oslo peace accords take us through his rationale. well you checked if he said that that is where and that the also codes what he means by that is it was actions and that they also cords for example by continuous building and expanding settlements in the occupied west bank and that's one of the criticisms the posting is have and made the agreements wit

damned this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up donald trump threatens to cut off u.s. aid the palestinians and says he's taken jerusalem out of negotiations. after days of unrest tens of thousands of iranians rally in support of the government and closing the door on the open borders countries in europe shanghai in zone refused to give up passport checks. north korea has reopened communication inside the demur tries own with south korea for the first time in almost two years it took place ahead of talks between the two governments scheduled for tuesday. north korea's leader kim jong un has given an order to open the panmunjom hotline between the north and south from three pm on january third to contact south korea regarding the right time for talks and sending a delegation to the peeling chuang winter olympics or they would need to gate park in south korea's government welcomes north korea's response to yesterday's offer to restore the public communication channel we would discuss practical affairs regarding yesterday's offer to hold south and north korea talks. ogram on w

. security council has wrapped up a special session on the recent protests in iran with the u.s. accusing. the voices of its people but other members objected to the meeting insisting that the council was not the place to discuss the country's internal affairs mike hanna reports from the united nations. there was animated debate in the council chamber before the discussions began to members taken aback by the lack of notice from the u.s. in calling for this public debate the u.s. ambassador adamant that it was essential iran be called to account if the founding principles of this institution mean anything we will not only hear their cry we will finally answer it the iranian regime is now on notice the world will be watching what you do russia had vehemently opposed what it saw as an unacceptable intervention in iran's internal affairs but also argued that the us had another motive in pushing for this meeting used in the political puts the real reason for convening today is not to protect human rights or promote the interests of the iranian people but rather a veiled attempt to c

compromising evidence on the closest u.s. ally in the middle east the king of saudi arabia. because when that this was leaked in two thousand and sixteen saudi arabia was in the middle of a very complex. operation that put it this way involving a sector so the american deep state basically against russia in terms of trying to undermine the rubble in trying to undermine the price of oil so we could hard russia as well some experts claim if the cia was responsible for the most like fun secondly why did it land its friends in water. but looking into how the situation unfolded in april twenty sixth seen many details fall into place at that time the saudis threatened a seven hundred fifty billion dollars sell off of american securities and oceano such unprecedented generosity could have precipitated the collapse of the entire us financial system the kind of information released in terms of the king of all the area for instance at that time could be something very various. all but later on is like you're passing a message look later on we'll get use this against you big big not us and the reas

year from the u.s., germany and japan. bill gross is calling a bear market and the imf is warning the market is underplaying the risks of higher rates. are we heading to 3% on the u.s. 10 year. the u.k. warns the european union warns another financial crisis. can brexit end will for the city of london? shining a light. the eu market regulator announces a last-minute delay to our changes to the darf trading limits. is mifid now a mess? matt: let's look at futures. from where i am sitting it does not look like it will be a good open, a rainy day in frankfurt and down on the futures across the board. futures are positive, but for the most part down and that is understandable after a long march higher in equities. the s&p 500, up six day sin a row. -- six days in a row. is treasury trades, guy, where it gets interesting, looking at 2.559%. so, that yield going above 2.5% and staying there. the question is, how much higher do we go if we are looking at the end of the bull market in treasuries? guy: it is probably 3% winning to be looking at as the line in the sand. the australian market wa

danger to the world. officialsevy of u.s. send conflicting messages on the greenback. anna: more time for brexit? governments are said to be open for a transition period beyond 2020. ♪ anna: a very good morning, everybody. this is "bloomberg daybreak: europe." we have been in davos all week. we build with a crescendo towards donald trump speaking at the event. haslinda amin is there. haslinda: good morning. the trump day.be he is expected to deliver a keynote address at 2:00 p.m. local time. what is the message? nobody knows. it is likely a push for america first. about one year ago when he came to power, a lot of people were saying it could be a doomsday scenario, weighing on global growth. a year on, lots of optimism, and we are feeling it here. plenty to talk about today. final day in davos. shortly, i will be talking to different guests. we will also bring you an exclusive interview with francois bill o'reilly -- with francois velleroy. villeroy.ancois let's have a look at where we are in the markets. this is the asian equities session, down .2%, losing a bit of ground. the aust

momentum coming out of the u.s. targets. over 18% have beat estimates. you can see that coming through. looking at the asian session, we are preoccupied with a few things. apple supplies. when taiwan gets trading. and jpmorgan cutting some of their estimates. trade withng about being slapped on solar and washing machines. is this a starting shot from president trump? sophie, despite the extended rally in the u.s. session, there is not a whole lot of conviction in asia. sophie: given that backup, trade tensions booming and the angst midweek here in asia. stocks in singapore and kuala lumpur snapping a three day advance. weaknesse a dollar helping to support regional currencies. are malaysia decides its rate on thursday. let's check in on those tech movers in taiwan. had their first quarter estimates cut by jpmorgan. a mixed bag so far this morning. optronics.in on au microelectronics falling ahead of its earnings due later today. foxconn under pressure following a report that they are considering adding the iphone assembling business into a new subsidiary. also sliding in tokyo. most co

bp. the british oil giant says changes to the u.s. corporate tax rates will boost earnings but warns it will take a one-off 1$1.5 billion hit >>> lufthansa shares fall after the german carrier loses out to iag in its bid to buy nikki. >>> and south korea offers talks with the north a day after the north korean leader, kim jong-un says he is open to dialogue with seoul, despite telling the u.s. that the nuclear button is always on his desk >>> good morning, everyone it is the first trading day of the year i want to alert your attention we have the final manufacturing pmi numbers for the eurozone they came out at 60.6, in line with the flash this is the strongest pace of expansion in the manufacturing sector since the series began in june 199 7 that's two standard deviations above the long run average extremely strong numbers out of europe bringing in our first guest, i have derek halpenny on the phone with us. it appears as though europe is off to a great start, in line with the momentum we saw in december i also want to point out that euro currency is up through 1.20, and it appears

and display the u.s. is not going to risk a big war with either china or russia but it will grandstand hence the ten thousand or so barrett fifty caliber sniper rifles to ukraine is grandstanding the same with rocket man in north korea it's a way of the u.s. boasting forcefully but what i would bring home i think is the contrast between forceful boasting of trump and the very much more successful forceful boasting of teddy roosevelt and the difference is that teddy roosevelt was announcing america's debut on the world stage and america had forty percent of the world's manufacturing today it's absolutely the opposite in terms of trends and direction ok let me go to christopher christopher year in iraq war veteran i mean if i could just ask you personally i mean it seems like we have a continuation of this mentality of empire in i mean for iraq it's been a disaster for afghanistan it's always a disaster but and you know and what's happening in syria hear it but we don't seem to learn any lessons here you would there you see that what the problem is here. right i think there's

the u.s. we had a thought to me as i did this is a middle school we go through drills and we put ourselves in real scenarios it was interesting to see who actually got here. and i decided to return to the subject to track down each gun owner who i'd met and photographed those years ago i don't know that but we were not for a. kentucky . boy you could walk down the street. a co money since he was almost no coal mines left. the jobs are gone all the coal miners the said. and it was a laugh to see these people the survivors of disappearing before their eyes. i remember thinking when i was younger that if anything ever happened to the coal mines here that it would become a ghost town but i never thought in a million years i would see that and it's happening it's happened. welcome back to go through some of the stories now is the broadcaster of a liberal democrat member of parliament then bit o. pick i'm going to have guts i had to run out during the break to get a haircut anyway i think of dollar drops or b.s. morgans or whatever state of the union address very impressed it was typic

control sector at u.s. embassy moscow. she was part of the entourage that went out to witness the elimination of the last of these missiles covered under the inf treaty. the missiles were laid out for display and measurement and verification and then of course the entourage would go to a safe location and they were destroyed. the soviet military had reserved some of the debris from previous elimination activity and contracted with a local businessman to create these fantastic little sculptures. the soviets gave the sculptures to their american counterparts as a celebration of the destruction of these missiles. you can see the soviet flag, the u.s. flag. and then this very interesting, quite beautiful, it is evocative of turning your swords into plowshares. what was once a weapon is now a beautiful piece of art. this is all happening between the u.s. and russia as far as arms control systems. but berlin, , germany is still a divided , city. people are quite angry about that. >> indeed, they were. in 1961, almost overnight, a physical wall divided berlin. this presented a challenge

to be made in i will be making some changes. reporter: the u.s. federal reserve will need to pick up the medce as the slam rate increases occur. the administration's computer modeling of the economic effects result in interest rates that "aren't inconsistent with the fed's current guidance." travelers from around the world faced more chaos yesterday after flooding and john f. kennedy caused fresh flight delays. after thewn two days first major snowstorm of the year and her's to do with long lines. -- of the year left passengers to deal with long lines. germany's chancellor has said her country needs a stable government to tackle be enormous tasks ahead. angela merkel began make or break talks to renew the alliance with the social democrats and opens the doors for a fourth term. more than three months of the postelection stalemate, as merkel tries to avoid a morning without a majority. theirk. consumers curbed spending for the first time in five years in 2017. the consumer spending index flipped to 0.3% last year from fell 1% inel december. and hollywood's leading women have taken

holder of u.s. treasuries has recommended slowing or halting purchases of treasuries as the u.s. prepares to boost its supply of debt. >> recent evidence suggests they have been liquidating treasuries. there is supposedly an effort to diversify their portfolio. perhaps. in any case, the liquidation in treasuries as opposed to the accumulation of treasuries by china is certainly a negative. we have a worldwide situation in which central banks in total, add in the fed that is actually reducing their portfolio. the world of central banks in total are not adding to their portfolio as they have in the past. there has been $14 trillion bonds bought by central banks. that appears to be close to an end. >> beijing rebuffs. china is claiming the bloomberg report saying officials reviewing the countries affect scolded -- fx holding recommended slowing or halting purchases of u.s. treasuries might have quoted a wrong source or maybe fake news. the bloomberg report cited people familiar with the matter and noted it wasn't clear whether the recommendations had actually been adopted. this is

money for people. lower taxes than what it really means is jobs. maria: the president says the u.s. is the best place for global investors are treasury secretary stephen mnuchin's comments that the dollar touching a three-year low. others low. i'll be saying to the secretary to talk about that coming up this morning i met a few minutes. coming clean, algae says washing machines are about to get marks and then responds to deep new tariffs announced by the trump administration earlier in the week. i'll discuss that with wilbur ross moments away. dow jones industrial average getting a new all-time high yesterday. s&p 500 and nasdaq lower after declining technologies., but not the dow continues in uncharted territory. features look like this on the mixed performance yesterday looking among the intent of the dow industrials up another 40 points this morning. s&p 500 announced back also higher. major indices ahead of the ecb meeting of results from mario trotsky up five points for the cac at 500 points in the dax lower. we will bring you the ecb comments as soon as we get the tape. marke

to get you to u.s. regulators. let's get that story with first word news. >> alibaba's and merger. offered $18 per share, valuing any deal at $1.2 billion. aboute prompted warnings national security. the two companies issued a statement saying they will now work together in remittance and digital payments. bitcoin bound back from new year's. saysall street journal that has spread across several of the funds firms. bitcoin is one of its first investments. befores started buying december. it is not clear if it has sold yet. gold is starting the new year on the front that. advancing for an eighth session to head for the longest stretch of gains since mid-2011. even as u.s. stocks surged to records. days with a 17 .34. the asset may be set for decline. bloomberg has been told that europe trading volume fell. traders are bracing for one of the most big regulatory shifts in history. any transaction completed on tuesday would have to be settled after the directive comes into effect. global news, 24 hours a day, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries