and secondly, u.s. priorities shifted rapidly after the desert storm war, the madrid peace process began, the first bush administration was invested in that, pushed it hard, iran was very much an opponent and that soured prospects for better relations. so, i would score the first bush administration as a period of containment, even though there was talk about engaging, pursuing engagement, but that never got off the ground. the early clinton period largely continued this. the clinton administration was pursuing many of the same goals as the bush administration the -- in the middle east, especially the israeli-palestinian peace process, which morphed into the oslo process under clinton. also in the early clinton years, iran was carrying out a lot of terrorist attacks, especially in europe, but also elsewhere, assassinating iranian exiles and also a couple of attacks in argentina and elsewhere. so, this is a time in which iran was really being rather schizophrenic, on one hand being open to the united sta

regarding afghanistan the u.s. is not in harmony here so the only way out of this crisis is that the taliban agree sure some flexibility agree with the u.s. and then hold talks with the gun government the elected government in kabul hold indra gone dialogues there is the only way out of this crisis and i believe this is going to happen sooner or later these are just you know bargaining tactics. thank you very much for the analysis. thanks for having me on the show let's take a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world turkish and u.s. troops have conducted their 1st joint ground patrol in northeast syria ankara's established what it calls a safe zone in the area i mean it has away from its border also wants to resettle up to a 1000000 syrian refugees in the region. sudan has sworn in its 1st cabinet after the ouster of long time. that by prime minister abdullah it includes 4 women among them the foreign minister the cabinet part of a power sharing agreement between the military and pro-demo

u.s. and situate these hosted this discussion on the u.s. alabama peace process -- u.s.-taliban peace and sustainable talks in the future. this was followed by a panel discussion with academics and former administration officials. this is two hours. andrew wilder: i think we'll go ahead and get started. good morning. my name is andrew wilder. i'm the vice president here at usip at the asia center. i'm delighted to welcome today to today's are important and timely event. as many of you know, usip was founded 35 years ago by members of congress as an independent nonpartisan national institute charged with the vital important mission of protecting mitigating and resolving violence abroad. today's topic is very near and dear to usip. we've had an office in kabul since 2002 and where closely with the afghan and u.s. governments, civil side organization, and others to address underlying causes of instability and violence. support to the afghan peace process is a top priority for usip. we dedicated considerable effort over the last two years to support research, dialogue, skill

the u.s. of afghanistan and voice said recently that the trumpet ministration was on the threshold of an agreement with the taliban how close were they really by the sounds of it rather close if you ask the americans and also if you listen carefully to what the taliban spokesperson has been tweeting and putting up on the internet as they went along these to go she ations there were if you look at that he 1st said we have very close then he said we are on the threshold and then he even went as far as saying we have an agreement in principle that only needs to be nodded off by president trump that exactly hasn't happened now he himself if it comes to the president has kind of a 2nd shoe to turn around 1st before it was him basically at full kate in for direct talks with the taliban that happened on the history of ministration not obama not bush and now he seems to be the one to call things off completely or only temporarily that remains to be seen we simply don't know yet at this stage and ok so

the u.s. agency which monitors elections has effectively shut down the federal election commission says it no longer has enough members to operate after the resignation of its vice chair last month this despite intelligence agencies warning that the 2020 presidential elections or at risk from foreign meddling are white house correspondent kimberly reports well a political revolution. more than a year away but u.s. politicians are already campaigning to become america's next president but there is fear foreign governments will interfere with the 2020 vote both congress and u.s. intelligence agencies warn foreign meddling from not just russia but also china and iran is now threatening the next u.s. election the russians are absolutely intent on trying to interfere with our elections making matters worse the federal election commission or f.e.c. that preserves the integrity of u.s. voting has stopped fully functioning that's because last month the commission's vice chair resigned the 6 member age

turkish and u.s. troops have conducted their 1st joint ground patrol in north eastern syria as part of a planned so-called safe so in that neighboring turkey has been pressing for in the washington region hopes the buffer zone will keep syrian kurdish fighters which it considers a threat away from turkey's border but the u.s. sees the kurds as allies in the fight against islamic state turkey has also said some syrian refugees could be resettled in the zone. all right let's have a look at some of the other stories making news around the world today. police have begun to disperse crowds in hong kong off to thousands of protesters marched to the u.s. consulate and urged president donald trump to quote liberate the secy demonstrations a calling for help from foreign governments as they press for more democratic freedoms beijing meanwhile has alleged that hostile foreign groups have been fomenting the unrest. china's trade has shrunk shrunk in august as the tower of war between beijing and washington worse

the fastest-growing u.s. companies have become too extensive for their own good, according to one of the head strategists at ubs. he is saying they are pretty much set up for more of a selloff too costly to ignore for this chart. shery: thank you so much for the latest on the markets. for a closer look at the macro forces guiding markets, let's bring in anne berry from cornell capital. always great having you with us. we continue to see this rotation into value stocks, and away from those growth stocks. is this a trend we could see continue over the long-term or is this a temporary shift? guest: it is a trend as you would inspect a seat as the geopolitical landscape becomes increasingly uncertain. it is reminiscent of the private equity space. trying to drown out the noise of the short-term volatility. one of the really stable, long-term business models that can be somewhat insulated from these short-term movements. i think it is an interesting shift in terms of where to finding pockets of value. shery: how d

u.s. continues its strong. rhetoric now accusing tehran of attacking saudi oil facilities despite saying they did it iran slams the accusations. well washington stance on iran didn't soften even after a hawkish u.s. national security advisor john bolton was fired this week. also in the stories that shaped the week an american t.v. networks presenter of another channel. paid russian propaganda we look at the track record of the emmis n.b.c. host in question when it comes to making claims. with the top stories from the past 7 days and writes up to the moment of elements as well this is their weekly on r.t. international alone welcome. u.s. secretary of state mike pompei accused iran of launching a quote unprecedented assault on the world's energy supply saying the tehran is behind attacks on saudi arabia's oil production ciaran denies any involvement in the attack calling the u.s. . ally here's the exact wording from the u.s. . we call on all machines to publicly and unequivocal condemn iran

and u.s. president says peace talks with the afghan taliban are dead trump had invited a delegation to the summit at camp david but says he calls off the talks after the taliban claimed responsibility for an attack that killed several people including a u.s. soldier from washington alan fischer reports. president's confront what he suggested in a series of tweets over the weekend peace talks with the taliban are over we had a meeting scheduled it was my idea and it was my idea to terminate it i didn't even i didn't discuss it with anybody else the u.s. and the taliban had 9 runs of detailed and difficult talks in the khatami capital of doha it was reported a deal had been agreed in principle the u.s. would start a gradual withdrawal of $14000.00 troops in return the taliban would cut any keyser the al qaeda and offer security assurances to the us. but an attack in kabul a few days ago which killed 12 including an american soldier so the president revealed secret peace talks had been planned fo

making headlines today the u.s. continues its strong and tiran rhetoric now accusing terror on attacking saudi oil facilities despite the rebels saying they did it iran the accusations us ally. meanwhile washington stance on iran hasn't stopped plenty of an awful hawkish u.s. national security adviser john bolton bods week by donald trump. in the stories that shaped the week an american t.v. network sues the top design to open up a channel for describing his pain russian propaganda we look at the truck and that's embassy host in question when it comes to make claims about a crime that. you're watching a weekly hair on our to recap of the biggest stories of the past 7 days along with the latest news thanks for joining us on fust u.s. secretary of state mike compare has accused iran of launching a quote unprecedented assault on the walls energy supply saying that terror on is behind attacks on saudi arabia's oil production or on denies any involvement in the attack calling the u.s. accusations a lie here's the exact w

nearly half of all u.s. states and some 2000 local governments have agreed to a tentative settlement with oxycontin maker purdue farmer over the toll of the nation's opioid crisis lawyers representing the plaintive along with $26.00 states and u.s. territories were on board with an offer from the company to settle for up to $12000000000.00 however with over a dozen states unhappy with the proposed deal it could still fall through prescription opioids have killed more than 20800000 americans since the late 1990 s. . how about this for a workplace a building with almost 50 elevators and zumba classes for employees well online retailer amazon just opened its new indian headquarters in hyderabad the company's biggest building in the world it's a big bet on india's e-commerce market that is projected to reach into hundreds of billions of dollars in the coming years. from the outside amazon's new building in hyderabad rises high above its neighbors from the inside it at times resembles a sports center with space f

patrick is the u.s. violated its international obligations as russia is arguing because i know washington would say the u.s. has the right to reject visas for people it believes may pose a threat to its security. well what you can look at this is a type of smart sanctions that the united states is applying to an endless list of people right now going by the u.s. treasury department and so you have unofficial sanctions and official sanctions those people on the lists of course are using that to maybe impede their ability to travel that includes diplomats take the iranian foreign minister for example the iranian leader for example but the un officially they can do this via bureaucratic red tape and games by using the state department as a kind of political instrument in this way to harass certain countries that the administration believes are perceived as being enemies of the united states but there's a quid pro quo in that they can expect the same treatment on the other end from other countries and then t

the u.s. fed cuts rates for the 2nd time this year the green bag gains against major currencies following the decision but donald trump says it's not enough. and new leaders are getting impatient with britain telling london to come up with a brics it plan within the next 12 day. welcome to the business i want to get johnson berlin tabby with us the u.s. federal reserve has lowered its benchmark interest rates for a 2nd time this year u.s. president donald trump says the cost is too small but fed chief jerome powell says it's just what is needed for the world's largest economy. some had expected more from the u.s. federal reserve and want the central bank head to room poll held his own and lower the benchmark interest rate by $25.00 basis points today's decision to lower the federal funds rate target by a quarter percent to 1.75 percent to 3 percent is appropriate in light of the global development or mentioned as well as muted inflation pressures as expected u.s. president trump was quick to r

but with the u.s. economy having more domestic demand and is there surely overall better growth before means than europe the federal not follow the example of the e.c.b. and get that aggressive so you say that you expect a cut of a quarter percentage point and then another one by the end of the year and that's it then that is probably it unless trump were to escalate is trade war to such an extent that the u.s. economy gets to where the european economy is now $92.00 growth well below instead of growth close to trend it's up to trump and his trade policies in the end more i told this meeting the chief economist at them ben frank thank you so much you're welcome. try not to cringe the humble maggots could revolutionize the way we feed the world to using insects for animal food ingredients is a sustainable option for the future they grow quickly breed well and can live off food waste the company pro takes is hoping to grow this market. these markets are 20 days old and they're showing a lot of promise an

workers at u.s. carmaker general motors walked out on monday staging the biggest strike in the country in more than 10 years the action has spread across 9 states and involved up to $50000.00 employees it follows deadlock in negotiations over a new contract between workers and the company. that's a minute to midnight the strike began the same time as the agreement between general motors and its staff expired the united auto workers union says a failure to renew that agreement brought them to this point this is our last resort it represents great sacrifice and great courage on the part of our members and all of us and talks between the u.a.w. and general motors have failed to reach agreement on another 4 years of paying conditions the company says it's made a substantial offer that includes improved wages profit sharing for members and investment to create new jobs but the union wants more for workers who helped rescue g.m. from the brink of bankruptcy a decade ago. on the picket line strikers feel th

the u.s. trade gap sees its largest drop in 5 months as more american products make their way over seat a win for white house trade policies. looking like a 1000000 bucks doesn't have to be figurative in china where you can pay with your face. this is a w business i'm joined now on in berlin welcome the u.s. trade deficit sought steepest decline and 5 months it narrowed by 2.7 percent to 54000000000 dollars in july more cars medications aircraft and oil drilling equipment sold abroad help they get their chinese imports the u.s. also fell to their lowest level since april amid a trade war between the world's top 2 economies but analysts expect the u.s. is trade gap to widen again in the coming months amid weaker demand for american manufacturing exports. joins us now from new york the trade deficit has been a sore point for the white house is the fact that it has now shrunk in donald trump's policies have worked at least for a little while. not really even if the trade deficit at least with chi

the u.s. and turkey want to establish a so-called safe zone in the area american support of the kurdish y p g as being a source of tension with its nato ally it sees the group as terrorists still ahead on al-jazeera it wouldn't have stopped any of the last few years worth of these mass shootings. when the us congress begins debate on new gun laws this week they may find their biggest obstacle could be the president. but taliban warns the u.s. stands to lose most after it calls off talks to when the conflict in afghanistan. hello typhoon i went across the top of tokyo but went through pretty quickly which limited the amount of potential damage it still sits off the coast of honshu as you can see in the forecast really for the rest of bundled into tuesday takes it out of the way completely so choose to stay daytime forecast is this one temperatures back in the thirty's is virtually nothing going on there's no breeze for a few showers some things trying to gather further west particularly of the

/u.s. relationship by the trump administration, because obviously jeremy corbyn has set a lot of nasty things about president trump and vice versa. you would have a different and perhaps not special relationship between the countries. certainly, this idea of a u.s./u.k. free-trade agreement would go overboard. this would be a fundamental, perhaps historic breach in u.s./u.k. relations. guy: i asked that question as a set up to this one. if that were to be the case, the u.k. would have no option but to stick with the eu, wanted? be -- i think that would if you were to think about this in rational geostrategic terms, that would be the case. if you talk to pre-much everybody in washington except the trump administration, whether it is the entire democratic party or the traditional no trump foreign policy establishment in the republican party, they have been saying all along that the best option in the eyes of the united states would be for the u.k. to stay in the eu and this would quite clearl

u.s. continues its strong and to iran rhetoric now accusing tehran of attacking saudi oil facilities despite considerable saying they did it iran slams the accusations of law i. mean while washington stance on iran has softened even after u.s. national security advisor john bolton was fired by donald trump. also in the stories that shaped the week an american t.v. network sues the top percentile of the not the channel for describing them as paid russian propaganda the track record of the i must have seen host in question when it comes to making things about the kremlin. the latest developments and the look back at the last 7 days you're watching week on r.t. . u.s. secretary of state mike compare has accused iran of launching a quote unprecedented assault on the walls energy supply saying that iran is behind attacks on saudi arabia's oil production terror on denies any involvement in the attack or in the u.s. accusations ally has the exact wording from the u.s. we call on all nations to pu

u.s. holdings rick will has brought us holdings thanks so much for your time always a pleasure thank you. and finally today marks an unprecedented global action on the most dire problem of our 21st century economy the race to transition to energy and other technology that does not generate greenhouse gases and contribute to human caused climate catastrophe among those millions were employees of some of the biggest names of our contemporary economy and tech infrastructure including amazon google microsoft and twitter workers at amazon organize under the name amazon employees for climate justice and said that 15000 of their fellow workers are amazon and another 700 google pledge to strike today to push their bosses to take action on climate but overall children and students were visibly in the lead today leading marches in number number of cities large and small across the earth famed teenage climate activists. cited on twitter and estimate that 3000000 people participated in the day of acti

u.s. president donald trump claims of a white house walking down and covering up evidence of a president abusing his power with one eye on the next election tonight president has reportedly compared the whistleblower to a spine committing treason that as the u.s. is spying chief today told congress i believe the whistleblower did the right thing i'm bringing off in berlin this is the day. yesterday we were presented with the most graphic evidence yet. that the president united states has betrayed his oath of office it just seems to me though that it is our president it and i would also say i think that it's decision by the president yesterday to release the transcripts of his conversation with the president of ukraine is probably unprecedented as well. so did anybody you or anybody in your office leaked this to the washington post or embassy news. ranking member any of the intelligence community we've got to keep the secret. also coming up tonight iran and the united states all this week a

cnbc learns u.s./china trade talks are set to resume october 10 sterling slides to send ftse 100 to the lowest since august the next move could be a rate cut. and commerzbank warning. saying low rates are to blame. >> basic change are the interest rate environment as well as the general macroenvironment we have seen pressure on margin rates and customer activity. that's why we are not going to see higher revenue >> and a whistleblower report alleged president trump abused his power on a phone call with a foreign leader and then the white house then tried to cover it up. >>> good morning, commerzbank has formally approved the latest overall. my colleague is with us live from frankfurt what did the angels have to say? >> i had to ask him why now because clearly the interest rate part was pretty much clear already when they had their last quartly earnings in august it took them some time to realize what it is going to mean also for their revenue out look. the bottom line is because of the interest rates

the u.s. pivot and the asia pacific is really intended to create the ability to put a loaded gun to the head of china and say you know you will do as we say otherwise we will be able to restrict or we'll be able to shut down choke off your importation of oil and other resources. that were. out. for 9 years every day often twice a day these catholic priests have staged a mass the blocks the gates of the new military base on stranger while. i. was. told her all of this. in a country where political demonstrations can be easily by and unlike powerful religions the tactic has produced the spectacle of resistance or you get merkel there are 43 or. more r r r r r r r r. r r r r r r r not all your normal married. father moon jong who has led the fight to stop the base being built. and several times suffered serious injury i. should. say. hullo ito oh hello hello. i sing for every. american in the message here and the man and gandalf liberal sorry. to the defunct tempt of song if they feel. that the w

and u.s. whistleblower edward snowden says the government surveillance and internet giants are a greater threat to privacy than ever before as his auto biography goes on sale. hello our next vice or welcome to the program u.s. president donald trump appears to have softened his stance on a possible military strike on iran on sunday he tweeted that he was poised to strike as american officials were dispatched to saudi arabia to assess how the attacks were launched on a saudi oil field in refinery and on monday american officials were still accusing iran but trump himself no longer seemed in a rush to go to war. as. the crown prince of bahrain. official visit to the white house was planned long ago but it couldn't be more timely the biggest question was would president trump take military action against iran without preconditions the way the united states is we're prepared that any country in the history. of in any history where what we're i don't want war with anybody i am somebody that would l

u.s. secretary of state might pay you accuses iran of launching an unprecedented attack on saudi arabia comes in the wake of a large scale drone attack targets in saudi oil facilities. a cost of line between the u.s. and israel could be on the cards as donald trump announces the 2 nations are ready to move from the defense treaty we have what it could mean for the rest of the middle east. chinese telecom giant huawei says it's ready to sell the element of its high speed mobile internet 5 g. to cannot achieve with a view to addressing concern for the equipment poses a security risk also at. a peaceful picnic protest in france over declining living standards descends into violence with demonstrators damaging property and riot police deploying take us. it's 3 am in the russian capital i'm sauce potato with the name international. u.s. secretary of state mike compare how has accused iran of launching a quote unprecedented assault on the wild energy supply saying that terror on is behind attack

the u.s. -- the u.k. labour party readies legislation to prevent a no deal brexit as boris johnson pledges billions in domestic spending when parliament returns tomorrow. good morning. welcome to "bloomberg markets." i'm looking at bones. we are seeing that actually the yield is coming back up. investors are not as worried as you might have thought. take a look at futures throughout europe. we do see when you look at the futures trade still some green dax futuresexample, are up. ftse futures are up a third percent. open,not, at least at the turning out to be a risk off day. the u.s. has slapped tariffs on 110 billion dollars more in chinese imports. the 15% duty came into effect yesterday. consumer goods ranged from textiles like the apple watch -- to technology like the apple watch. chinaal pmi data out of saw decline in china. the unofficial gauge time manufacturing expansion. despite the escalation in tariffs, u.s. president trump says talks are still on for this month. pres. trump: we are talking to c

the u.s.-taliban agreement between the united states and the taliban, which will be initially the topic of today's discussion. that deal is now uncertain. while the u.s.-taliban talks have been ended, at least for the time being, the urgency of finding a way to reduce violence and achieve a political settlement of the conflict remains. the taliban and afghan government, backed by the u.s. and nato allies, are in a military stalemate. other groups like isis and al-qaeda retain footholds in afghanistan, and afghans continue to suffer ever greater civilian casualties. the need for peace is palpable. whatever path lies ahead, we know the way forward must provide lasting security and for serve the people of afghanistan. we have an exceptionally well-qualified group of people today to discuss where things stand in the peace process and help illuminate a very complex situation and identifying ways forward including afghanistan ambassador to the united states, roya rahmani. welcome. a distinguished pa

u.s. since 2007. also the show soaring through paris iconic river this startup wants to revolutionize europe and travel one vote right now to talk. business global markets have reacted to a surge in oil prices after a drone attack on 2 major processing plants in saudi arabia the lower oil production is not the only concern u.s. president donald trump says he is ready for military action against those responsible u.s. government officials have blamed iran as the main culprit sparking fears of escalating geopolitical tensions. these are the images that inspired dread in politicians and investors around the world saudi arabia's largest oil refinery up in flames and half of the country's oil production slashed at least temporarily by one airborne barrier. appearing on a t.v. station sympathetic to their cause rebels based in yemen said they carried out the attack but the u.s. has pointed the finger at the backers the iranians want to reiterate that the united states whole heartedly can. iran t

firstly, we are very long the u.s.. 90 plus percent u.s.. and at least half of our securities businesses are here. ,his is an $18 trillion economy the strongest and most important in the world. have been aggressively building our asian business which is 14% or so of the company. with the trade talks, things have slowed across asia. but our job is to try and look past six months hiccups or slowdowns. certainly, my job is to think out five years. traders are thinking every five minutes, i'm trying to think five years. carol: can you do that in this environment? >> you have got to. we have been around for 85 years. we have been managing 2.6 trillion of people's money. they are not selling in and buying on the next, things actually move in small increments. it is things like the public markets or m&a transactions. but most of our core businesses are relatively immune to what is going on. you would not see the impact on our wealth management business. jason: let's talk about the public markets. the public markets have been something to watch, to

the u.s. tariffs on japanese car imports were off the table. so we saw in the session those tech stocks and consumer stocks gain ground and leave the rally. the nasdaq gaining more than one person. let's see how things are shaping up in asia. sophie: trade lines taking the spotlight, frustrating investors who want to focus on fundamentals. you might get data points that could drive back. hong kong trade is on the agenda along with a rate decision from the philippines. in japan, the signing of an initial deal with the u.s. may lift auto tariffs on the sector. the nikkei could be looking at gains with futures adding .2% in chicago. it began trading study after snapping a four-day advance. paul. paul: thanks. joins us nows -- from tokyo with the latest on shinzo's comments. it appears there may be a limited deal. what more do we know? chris: that's right. it is likely to be a sigh of relief in tokyo this morning. the japanese prime minister's success here in getting this interim deal is likely to

u.s. is facing at least according to u.s. president donald trump the opioid crisis in america is costing thousands of lives every year just days ago u.s. pharma company johnson and johnson paid the record fine for flooding the market with legal painkillers but trump says most of the illegal drugs especially fentanyl comes from china it's not the 1st time the u.s. has made here is asian and beijing says its basis paramedics in western pennsylvania are checking they have enough medicine available during the shift for people who overdosed on fentanyl the synthetic drug is 50 times stronger than heroin and kills thousands of americans every year. u.s. authorities have long accused china of being the main source of the drug but the narcotics control commission in beijing says it's investigated chemical industrial parks and closed down internet sites selling fenton online and concluded. president trump said in his tweet that fentanyl was mainly from china is completely groundless and untrue. abo

u.s. soil as the same week as anniversary of 9/11 on wednesday. but both men were overruled by president trump who signed off on camp david as the venue for this potential meeting because of its long history of hosting foreign leaders and sources tell cnn that president trump grew frustrated with the progress of peace talks and keep in mind bringing the troops home is an ultimate goal and what the peace agreement was aiming to do and trump considers himself best positioned to finalize this deal. we have seen him take that attitude in other negotiations, as well, with north korea thinking himself most capable to extract concessions of adversaries and just president trump wanted the optics of striking a landmark deal in a historic setting, there were few aides involved in the planning and even fewer knew he would announce the collapse of the secret meeting in a series of tweets on saturday night. >> for sure. thank you. kylie, where does this leave the peace talks? >> reporter: that is the m

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as the u.s. profit outlook deteriorates, analysts looking at a 3% drop in third-quarter profit, that was supposed to be when the rebound was going to begin in earnest earlier in the year. everyone was expecting 10% growth in the third quarter. now we are expecting a decline again. it is this dynamic between when will this weakness in profits and certain parts of the economy start to affect the consumer, start to affect the labor market? it looks like we could be getting closer to that. vonnie: it bears repeating that factory activity data we saw, it is the first time it has been in contraction territory in three years. and 2016 turned out to be a false alarm. we do not going to recession, but it was a week period for the economy. the oil market was weak, credit markets started getting nervous. it is hard to imagine this not recovering unless we do get some sort of closure on the trade deal. based on everything we have read and all today, we are further and further apart. .uy: talk's to us about b

s had been able to apply for asylum once they set foot on u.s. soil regardless of how a car fare while the number of migrants apprehended at the u.s. border with mexico has dropped in recent months president trump says the deployment of thousands of mexican soldiers has helped produce numbers castro has more. so. campaigning to curb illegal immigration to the united states president donald trump has tested a variety of policies to stem the flow of migrants across the southern border some were widely considered disastrous like the 0 tolerance rule of 2018 that separated thousands of children from their parents but other policies have been more successful u.s. customs and border protection says border arrests have dropped dramatically since may's peak of 140000 people now that number is down to 51000 in august according to preliminary figures the numbers are really good i want to thank again the country of mexico they have 25000 soldiers right now protecting our border and they've done a fantastic job so we appreciate that very much that is a much

another round of u.s. tariffs on chinese goods went into effect just over an hour ago china in turn has raised import taxes on $75000000000.00 worth of american goods trying to you has more from beijing. shoppers come to the market to buy all kinds of imported foods including american growing cherries but it's fast becoming a casualty of china's trade war with the u.s. tariffs have already gone off twice pushing the price of a killer to around $25.00 and from to 10 but the 1st tariffs on u.s. cherries will be raised from 50 to 60 percent then it is looking for cheaper alternatives to the chinese very good the price is much cheaper than american products the quality is also very good so more and more people are choosing local foods higher prices the only. reason shoppers are considering buying less from the u.s. . for me being pretty artic is something more important for me to consider than the price we are trainees and we are all affected by the trade the u.s. treats war cherries may be the most popular am

u.s. one treaty with china included they feel like there is something very important happening between you 2 this is because they see china more and more as geo strategic competitor of the us china and russia were put into a category of adversaries of the us in so many doctrinal documents of the recent period that there is no doubt that the u.s. intends to constrain china and russia to deter china and russia to try to figure out how to pressurise china and russia we in moscow all understand this perfectly and have not i have no doubt that people in beijing equally see what is going on so this is again which is not that tricky for us that the u.s. is playing currently ok that's very good that we understand one other say trying to do you also mentioned another very important agreement regarding global security i would say the new start treaty will expire in february 2021 more will happen next. i am hopeful. that we still would be able to extend the treaty beyond that you know benchmark they'

i like the u.s., i like the u.s. markets. we have a messy democracy too. paul: david, i'm wondering from an investor's perspective, what would be worse in terms of the u.k.? a messy no deal exit, but at least you know what is happening on october 31, or what we are potentially looking at now which is months, possibly years more with no result? david: i think you are right. i think we will have more. it looks like it. how would you construct an arrangement now with the rest of the european union under this circumstance? there are so many elements. this was messy from the first vote which was a surprise. an interesting question is if they could ever get to a second referendumreferendum, with the h the voter in the u.k. still vote for brexit? and probably, there is a debate about that and we don't know. we may get that. the answer might be no. the pain is yet to be really felt because there is no completion of a process. kotok, stay with us. we have plenty more to discuss. for now, let's get the first word news with jessica summers. jessica: president trump h

the u.s. reached a trade deal with japan. the agreement could be signed next week. the brexit drama. boris johnson skipped a news conference as his host says the u.k. is not serious about talks. shery: let's get you started. we are seeing u.s. futures slightly higher by .1%. this after the s&p 500 slumped the most in two weeks. coming after president trump announced an initial trade agreement with japan. when it comes to the safe haven moves we saw in the last session, we had wti crude higher, the biggest gain since february of 2009. those are being reversed with gold futures getting pressure, down .3%. not to mention, wti holding above the $60 per barrel level but still under pressure, down 1.5%, this after jumping 13% in the previous session, given the previous attacks on saudi arabia and oil facilities. let's see how things are shaping up in the asian markets. sophie: there may be impetus for risk appetite after the mixed session we saw on monday when energy shares rallied while financial f

the u.s. coast. >> lebanon gets set for an economic emergency catch hadley's exclusive interview tomorrow. >> a warm welcome to street signs. all eyes on westminster here in the u.k. let's take a look at sterling and how the currency reacted to developments over the last 24 hours. sterling has tumbled below 120 against the dollar to an almost three year low this comes on the back of mps coming together today to make a high stakes decision the pressure on the pound is supporting the export heavy ftse 100. it's now trading about 0.12% lower but in terms of the detail, what's going on today, this comes as speculation grows about an early election in the u.k. a government official told british media that prime minister boris johnson will call a snap poll for the 14th of october should conservative rebels join forces with opposition parties to stop a no deal brexit. >> the legislation forces the prime minister to request a brexit delay until the 31st of january 2020 unless a new deal with the eu or

this is deja news live from berlin u.s. president donald trump tweets that the u.s. is locked and loaded after drone strikes damaged major oil facilities in saudi arabia american officials blame iran even though who feel rebels in yemen claim responsibility for oil prices jumped 19 percent at market opening before dropping later also on the show. a landmark election in tunisia counting is underway after voters went to the polls in snap presidential elections the vote is seen as a potential model of peaceful political transition in the north african country. and if we look at how hong kong ex-pats living here in berlin are showing solidarity with the protest movement gripping their hometown. unexposed or welcome to the program oil prices briefly surged a whopping 19 percent as asian markets opened after weekend attacks on saudi arabia's oil infrastructure twin drone strikes cut the kingdom's output by a half earlier u.s. president donald trump hinted at a potential military response to the attacks. tweeted there is reason to believe that we know the culprit we are loc

u.s. president donald trump has announced plans to introduce substantial new sanctions against iran the white house has blamed tehran for an attack on saudi arabian oil facilities that cut off 5 percent of the world's supply of crude oil existing u.s. sanctions have already crippled the iranian economy. and india has banned the sale of electronic cigarettes in another blow to the industry it comes a day after new york became the 1st u.s. state to outlaw flavored east cigarettes following a series of deaths linked to vapor the indian ban also includes the production import and distribution of isa's. african swine fever and growing consumption in countries like china have significantly increased european pork exports but the boom may be short lived stricter regulations in europe require more animal friendly conditions that can only be met by making bold investments for many small businesses it's simply too much. they're busy in the cold storage unit at the simone slaughter house and reiman p

and under investigation again u.s. dates launched an inquiry into google accusing it of unfair practices. british prime minister boris johnson and his government are now desperately trying to work out the next step in their bid to pull out of the european union his attempt to call an election was thrown out parliament has been suspended for the next 5 weeks his cabinet is due to meet in the next hour we'll go live to laurence westminster in a moment but 1st andrew symonds on the night of drama in the british parliament. the ice of the rights $293.00 but notice the length $46.00 the majority does not satisfy the requirements of the fixed parliament for the purpose of engineering. but some see it has been expected but that doesn't lessen the damage this vote is doing to boris johnson's government. urge the house to trust the people but once again the opposition think they know that they want the british prime minister to go to a right to negotiation without the power to walk away a rowdy parliament hours away from being

and u.s. president on that recording and automotive industry would know that there will be a new transitional year it's. following the partial trade deal with the u.s. the japanese auto industry claims that talks are underway to exempt cars from task client base the contract is standing by to break down the latest on the transpacific deal. maybe only a decade old but if it coin has already disrupted the payments sector but is there a future for crypto in the global currency market boom bust managed to catch up with roger vera the founder of the coin dot com for his take on the future of finance we're going around a big world of business news today 'd to capture turbulent week let's go. a challenge to china's belton road initiative leads our global report today as japan and the european union unveil a sweeping deal to build asian infrastructure and to facilitate commerce in energy european commission president john claude juncker signed a highly touted connectivity plan on behalf of the e.u. on

the u.s. are considering some investment restrictions potentially on chinese companies and the market did not react so well to that wall street traded negative by the close on friday and heavy session for asian equities and that panning into the european session. we only have ftse and the cac trading slightly in the green the german index slightly below the flat line and the italian is slightly underperforming in terms of sectors, we are seeing as ever the trade exposed sectors are underperforming today. household goods luxury down .3 percentage point technology as well, down .3. again no, surprise there given the news that came out on friday of the potential escalatory rhetoric of china and u.s. not boding well for markets. we have the wto ruling that we'll talk about in a little while from brussels when we speak to willem. banks recovering somewhat up about half a percentage point as well we are seeing some of the cyclicals do well this morning but of course the trade sensitive sectors are u