jordan is just saying cloud there are a few showers gallery in cyprus and they will probably head the swiss to the vent for tuesday or wednesday it strikes the south that's rather a v. in peninsula this gray mass is cloud again i know you can't rule out to share it it doesn't look very significant to me your size sure i'm on we leave a dry picture behind the warm as well twenty eight in doha. as for to cloud around in south africa don't produce agree much in the way it shows at the moment in the next couple days the clear blue sky passing right might just touch cape town but mostly it's a. basic what is your water boarding i said i think we absolutely need to push it out of reach of the. people in power investigates the private companies in the us towns allegedly complicit in the illegal use of torture under interrogation the sun rise once a day and sets not if you're in the hands of the cia you can make the sunshine or not rendition you visited part one on which is iraq. welcome back. a reminder of our top stories this hour the u.s. and china have agreed to deescalate their trade war presi

the serious fraud office got to the brink of uncovering the secret swiss bank accounts by which be a was from owning money to the saudi royal family the swiss said we're going to notify the bank account holders randolph flew to london blair swung into action. he ordered the serious fraud office to close down their investigation. prince bandar said if the investigation continued they would withdraw a national security cooperation which would lead in the words of prince bandar to blood on the streets of london. the story we've been banging away out for more than five years they really work up to it because everybody could see was a huge cover up scandal the spectacle of a british prime minister closing bell of a criminal investigation. were you aware that your government was approving payments to a friend of president bush's as part of british aerospace is back system is that why you suspended a fraud inquiry. because when tony blair started talking about national security interests that supposed to be a card that trumps all of those i don't believe the investigation is that it would h

first service is currently taking place right now in kiev where the faithful are attending mass the swiss is seen by ukraine is being vital to it security and to its independence but it's strongly opposed by moscow. there's been growing anti russian sentiment in ukraine since russia annexed crimea in twenty fourteen the. zimbabwe's president has asked for more patience as he again promised to revive the economy embezzlement and gaga was addressing his rulings and m.p.'s members who endorsed him to run for another term a rumor tasa has more from southern zimbabwe. when ever some people see others lining up for something they join the queue just in case they find what they're looking for there is a shortage of cash in zimbabwe especially foreign currency. we need to lead others other countries the league goodness of. really need look at the rulings on e.p.a. party conference the economy and what to do about it was high on the agenda. was a president tried to reassure his party will turn things around we. all know. with regards to sit down. and we. to do our best. to interfered must be for.

police in morocco so they have arrested a swiss national in connection with the murder of two european tourist earlier this month. the two women we re earlier this month. the two women were found in an isolated sites south of the mountains in marrakesh. the man had also been charged with recruiting people to carry out isis attacks. 200 years ago, around a third of argentina's population were black, but today very few people admit to being of african descent. despite their huge and historical influence on society, black argentinians still face racial discrimination and are often treated as foreigners in their own country. our correspondent celestina olulode reports now from buenos aires. there's nothing more argentine than tango, but many are unaware its roots are african. for the afro—argentines whose families descended from the slave trade, they often feel like they've been written out of history, and invisible to their fellow argentines. mistaken as foreigners, these are the people who face racism today. translation: i belong to an ethnicity that has been systematically denied. it

andy swiss reports. some eight seasons after their last league title, could this once again be rangers‘ year? they had been resurgent under steven gerrard until a recent stumble, and, despite playing in orange, it was their opponents who looked brighter. liam craig should have put stjohnstone ahead and just before the break matty kennedy did, in some style too, to give the hosts the half—time advantage. rangers rung the changes and eventually they paid off. with less than half an hour left alfredo morelos ruthlessly levelled it up as the visitors chased a sorely needed victory. with st johnstone's keeper zander clark standing strong it seemed they would be frustrated. with just two minutes left rangers‘ persistence paid off. morelos with the clinical and potentially crucial winner. his side just a point behind leaders celtic, the title race is very much on. the actor michael sheen is helping to pay for security to protect the latest artwork by banksy, which has appeared on a garage wall in port tal

police in morocco say they have arrested a swiss national in connection with the murder of two scandinavian tourists earlier this month. the two young women from denmark and norway were found dead at an isolated hiking spot in the mountains south of marrakesh. the arrested man is also suspected of recruiting moroccans to carry out terrorist attacks. a british couple whose son was murdered by his chinese wife have won custody of one of their grandchildren after a long legal battle. ian and linda simpson are due to return to the uk later this week, after reaching a deal during a court hearing over christmas in china, but they have been forced to leave their other grandchild behind. laura westbrook reports. eight—year—old jack and six—year—old alice have been at the centre of a long international custody battle. their british father, michael, seen here with them, was stabbed to death in his apartment in shanghai by his estranged chinese wife last year. weiwei fu is now serving a life sentence for murder. since their dad's death, jack and alice have been living with their chinese grandp

diplomats from the swiss, german, united states and british embassies tried to get into year the trial, but they were told it is not a public hearing. —— hear the tr. so they were not able to go in. and stephen, unfortunately in these trials, the verdict is often not in doubt, is it? i mean, we are trying to work out why all of a sudden there would be a trial. you know, in china they often heavily rely on people admitting their gills. so after three and a half years he is having his trial. he is accused of attempting to subvert state power, which can be a pretty broad thing in china. basically, anything that would threaten the communist party can be seen and interpreted in this way. so it could be quite a tough being for him to be defending himself against. of course, if he is found guilty of this, it could mean many years in prison. and stephen, this is part of a much wider crackdown on human rights activists, isn't it, and the people defending them? yeah, he was picked up three yea rs them? yeah, he was picked up three years ago at the same time that hundred of human rights lawye

police in morocco say they've arrested a swiss national — arrested a swiss national in connection with the murder of two scandinavian tourists earlier this month. the two young women — from denmark and norway — were found dead at an isolated hiking spot in the mountains south of marrakesh. the arrested man is also suspected of recruiting moroccans to carry out terrorist attacks. a british couple whose son was murdered by his chinese wife have won custody of one of their grandchildren after a long legal battle. ian and linda simpson are due to return to the uk later this week after reaching a deal during a court hearing over christmas in china. but they've been forced to leave their other grandchild behind. laura westbrook reports. eight—year—old jack and six—year—old alice have been at the centre of a long international custody battle. their british father, michael, seen here with them, was stabbed to death in his apartment in shanghai by his estranged chinese wife last year. weiwei fu is now serving a life sentence for murder. since their dad's death, jack and alice have b

andy swiss reports. he is one of english football's leading stars, but as raheem sterling went to retrieve the ball last night, this is what happened — verbal abuse, and from one spectator, allegedly racist abuse. with chelsea and the police already investigating, today, sterling has had his say. in a post on instagram, he said, "as you can see by my reaction, ijust had to laugh, because i don't expect no better," before claiming that some newspaper articles about players helped fuel racism and aggressive behaviour. he referred to a headline about his manchester city team—mate tosin adarabioyo buying a house, which he said painted the player in a bad light, while he said a similar story about a white team—mate, phil foden, was worded more positively. the daily mail group, who published the articles, are yet to respond to our request for comment. and now, sterling's treatment and comments have only intensified the focus. raheem sterling is no stranger to headlines criticising his lifestyle rather th

isn't getting underway when roger federer heads towards australia and one lucky couple even had the swiss tennis my strait gate crashed out of their wedding federer was touring the famous limestone pinnacles in western australia when he stumbled upon the newlyweds hopefully not actually they all wished each other good luck with federer looking to defend his australian open title in me january he got some early practice in against some local goals and likened the landscape to the movement. now if you're a regular viewer of europe's top football leagues you'll be well aware that generates billions of dollars money that's led to a booming industry and some very well paid players but that reality does not represent the rest of the footballing welden in the african nation of gab on for example trying to make ends meet is a daily struggle even for professional footballers. there's this gap a nice football club f.c. the people have you trust glen and it's hard to find anything out of place just a bunch of professional footballers training. but imagine playing on an empty stomach so these players

that while we're on the subject let's bring in our financial correspondent from frankfurt only knows swiss bank credit suisse is also advising clients to get out of britain that's hardly a vote of confidence as it. that's true and it is really making waves here credit suisse is not commenting on this report that's to be seen in the f.t. and it's spread around through all sorts of other media but apparently after the parliamentary vote in london and westminster on the back so it was postponed because the prime minister didn't want to have it voted on the customers started coming to credit suisse in droves asking that their money be in some way made safe and that apparently prompted credit suisse to advise its super rich customers its prime customers to move assets to move money out of the country so that if there is a no deal practice certain things go down the tube in some way the money is still there are not locked up in prison but definitely not only the super rich clients of credit suisse worried that as we've heard the report that german business sentiment is also have been affected by

their first goal in this league a loss of the season but suddenly the title race is back on and the swiss can have no time for sentiment against his former side to gladbach. says. yeah it. is a bit special i suppose nothing more than that. i left a club out three years ago i am a dortmund man now but sure it is a bit strange for us on there having a very good season. and there are very dangerous clubs one three nil and byron munich that says everything dallas. dortmund without three injured defenders against the side who have the second best goals tally behind the hosts father once his players fully concentrated on black box threat rather than the festive season or the near months break before their next game. are very well organized they're very compact sometimes they are defending and suddenly the ball goes forward very very very quickly for the club buck meanwhile can move just three points behind dortmund with a victory but they also have injury concerns. we will go there with eighteen guys but we are maybe without seven players but it doesn't matter who starts dortmund our problems t

as a green biologist he spent many years diving in swiss mountain lakes as a colleague of the deep sea pilot be a jet be kath. hussein has remained a scientist every process on his farm such as producing food he lies and is refined by him until the result is perfect oxygen saturation famine taishan times he developed until the composite has a most perfect consistency. place . we're getting close to the final two production steps of the most valuable product here on the factory farms. the jasmine concentrate has been separated from any suspended matter and was reheated once again to produce jasmin concrete. it's now such a valuable liquid that it requires three signatures just to weigh it. when the liquid cools it becomes solid. and i'm moving in my hand here about two pounds of cabmen often when talk nonsense printed and by. forty percent of this is the bike rolled up wax which can all be used by the perfume in the remaining sixty percent because the oil and would take the name of jasmin up. and i can manage that it now very nice and i'm sorry and all. the food the essences said all ar

while we're on the subject let's bring in our financial correspondent from frankfurt only now swiss bank credit suisse is also advising clients to get out of britain that's hardly a vote of confidence as it. that's true and that is really making waves here credit suisse is not commenting on this report that to be seen in the f.t. and it's spread around through all sorts of other media but apparently after the parliamentary vote in london and westminster on the banks it was postponed because the prime minister didn't want to have it voted on the customers started coming to credit suisse in droves asking that their their money be in some way made safe and that apparently prompted credit suisse to advise its super rich customers it's prime customers to move assets to move money out of the country so that if there is a no deal president things go down the tube in some way the money is still there or not locked up and threatened but definitely not only the super rich clients of credit suisse worried that as we've heard the report the german business sentiment is also heavily affected by break

the topic dominating the economy in twenty eighteen it was trade swiss u.s. presidents donald trump attacking partners in the e.u. as well as canada and mexico with whom he signed an updated version of nafta called u s m c a and then of course it was china trump went after the country for its trade imbalance with the u.s. and started a trade spat that ended in tariffs on car electronics agricultural products and other goods worth billions of dollars over the weekend trump said on twitter that he has been talking to china's judging ping about a comprehensive trade deal and that progress is being made and on the last trading day of the year chinese stocks ended the session in positive territory for more let's cross over to andrea hang in singapore andrea how much of those gains are actually down to those trade talks between the u.s. and china a lot of it has to do with the chinese china us talks that provide a very big boost to the market sentiment over the last few days now is also a rare glimpse of hope in what seems like a very tumultuous year for into india

you picked up new kraft expertly paired cheddar and swiss for eggs. beat that! kraft. family greatly. - (phone ringing)a phones offers - big button,ecialized phones... and volume-enhanced phones., get details on this state program. call or visit and accessoriesphones for your mobile phone. like this device to increase volume on your cell phone. - ( phone ringing ) - get details on this state program call or visit >> leland: welcome back.breakine house chief of staff is out. joining us now and how it could affect the markets jonathan is with us. jonathan, to say the markets have been on certain would be an understatement. volatile as well. they don't like uncertainty and now the white house chief of staff's job is up in the air. >> it's another factor that has been a tremendously volatile time for stocks. they saw three plus days of stock prices. let's not forget october was down, november was down. and so far december is down. >> to your point, john kelly leaving the white house is just one more bit of an uncertainty. ironically it could be positive for stocks? some of

you picked up new kraft expertly paired cheddar and swiss for eggs. beat that! kraft. family greatly. welcome to the special edition of the journal. and from the contentious confirmation of his second supreme court justice. to a trade war with china it is set to continue into the new year. here's a look at the in ministrations accomplishments and setbacks. okay, let's start with

they all look like swiss cheese. jokes about x-ray vision. could be heavily redacted. more than just one category of privilege. you also get into classified information, information that compromises on going investigation, information that has some national security interest. and the fact is, not to be cynical, but i have been in these real world dustups in court and those thins get thrown around left and right. this is an on going investigation. this will compromise something that really implicates national security. it will be an all out fight if it does. i predict they will. >> what do you think? released in full? >> crystal ball, i think it will be released. everybody is thirsting to see it. there may be redactions, but i don't think there will be full pages. i think, you know, the last editorial, it's the ultimate rorschach test. everybody sees in it what twhaeupbt. they're going to cherry pick different lines. it's going to say, we were unable to prove something. people will be saying, that doesn't mean it didn't happen. then it will be back and forth like a tenn

we want this murderer to have justice that is swiss and harsh. but that certainly does not mean that there is criminality and the rest of undocumented immigrants, as some -- >> shannon: i don't think anyone is making a suggestion. >> many republicans want that to be the case, when the reality is, undocumented immigrants in this country commit considerably less crime. considerably less crime than native born -- >> shannon: what we are talking about is is one situation where apparently, according to the law enforcement officials involved, said this man should not of been in the country, had previous dui arrests, he came here illegally, so in the case of this family and this slain officer, gianno, we are talking about somebody that potentially, the state's policies allowed theories, or cases like this, to happen. >> i'm incredibly disappointed with my dear colleague jehmu's rhetoric on this issue. this is a safety issue plain and simple. it's not a partisan issue. if you look at the pier numbers, 70% of individuals that were brought in by i.c.e. in

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you picked up new kraft expertly paired cheddar and swiss for eggs. beat that! kraft. family greatly. arthel: at least 222 people were killed and hund more injured after a volcanic eruption triggered a tsunami in indonesia. the massachusets massive wave striking without any warning hitting several popular tourist destinations. president trump offering his condolences on twitter for those impacted by the natural disaster. reporter: the number of dead in the hundreds. but the death toll only likely to rise. several still mission and rescue teams say there are areas of devastation they haven't physically been able to reach yet. >> it hit us at the same time. i hand is still hurt. my husband suffered a broken leg. reporter: that's just one of the more than 800 survivors who were injured in the tsunami. some waves as high as 65 feet crashed ashore carrying away hotels and people on the beach for a concert. geologists believe an under sea volcano erupts, and minutes afterward there was a tsunami not giving anybody much of a chance to get to safety. >> it took only minutes to

all that money by the way is being held in the swiss bank right now. the swiss bank has said yes we have that money and were not going to do it until the supreme court does. gillian: the families murdered u.s. marines versus the government of iran as i said one of the more surreal stories that's going on right now. >> i couldn't believe it when i heard it. a lot of due diligence, the assistant back as strange as it may seem, the supreme court of the united states. gillian: general, when i was working for the national security council, one of the things you like to impress upon everybody was just how involved the government of iran was in sort of supplying, supporting terrorist proxy organizations around the world. do you think that this is still going on today? is the situation as bad now as it was eight years ago when you were in office? >> it might be a little bit worse. in addition to tehran, damascus in yemen and certainly influences iraq. so it got multiple controls over those four countries are those four cities. they are the principal backer of

he used a swiss army knife doing it all. veterans of basketball. he had 18 points. st. mary's. there now 7-4. that is the sports for me tonight. time for more news. >>> coming up next. when you have these been thrown into the lake with no end in sight, it is very concerning.>> troubled waters. why the electric scooters are being tossed in the lake. could it be endangering the environment. >>> in recent months, dozens of those critters have been dug up. >> the scooters pose a potential threat to wildlife at the lake. cleanup crews have had their hands full trying to stay ahead of the problem.>> very unsophisticated to use. they seem to explode on open streets. for many and has been a good thing.>> we have been having a fair amount of the scooters being thrown into the lake. >> the executive director of the institute is in charge of the lakes up to. >> this could be very damaging to our environment because they are not natural things. >> that damage is coming from the batteries in the scooters. here is a closer look at what he is talking about. these appear to be scooters in

turkey and roast beef with swiss and lettuce on whole wheat. it's the right ingredients, but in the wrong order. in a proper sandwich, the cheese is adjacent to the bread to create a moisture barrier against the lettuce. they might as well have dragged this thing through a car wash. i don't believe it. i know. it's basic culinary science. some guy is auctioning off a miniature time machine prop from the original film, and no one is bidding on it. a time machine from the movie the time machine? no. a time machine from sophie's choice. boy, sophie could have used a time machine in that movie. did you see it? it's rough. wolowitz: oh, that's cool. uh-huh. it's only $800? yeah. and that's my bid. you bid $800? it was a spur-of-the-moment thing. i figured it would go for thousands, and i just wanted to be a part of it. there's only 30 seconds left in the auction. do you have $800? not to blow on a miniature time machine. well, don't worry. the way these things work is people wait until the last second to bid, and then they swoop in and get it. it's

iconic swiss chocolate becomes to conform with islamic purity. everyone who claims to be a pullman's to the viewer must of course refuse to buy. time to say goodbye. his next move. to a story with a lot of ramifications president trump left the international community stung this week following his surprise decision to withdraw u.s. troops from syria the move however has been backed by a number of leaders including one major nato ally. told us during a conversation. with them before and after this. as long as they give us the support in terms of logistics and how they started to withdraw. they have. others involved in the syrian conflict are not on board with washington's bronze trumps decision has been met with anger amongst kurdish forces in the region with family members of the fighters appealing to the u.s. to reverse the withdrawal mothers and wives of the soldiers in the armed opposition the syrian democratic forces have been gathering near what is believed to be an american military base in a little while. america turned his back on us as w

crisis all over the globe it's not going to be the dollar against the yen or the or the pound or or the swiss franc it's going to be all of them but we are going to lose their value against gold like they never had all gone lost their value before hand because because because what is gold love low interest rates and falling fee currencies you're going to have that like you've never seen before right now as a money manager because that's your day job yes that is you know you but i don't know for many years you are a big old advocate and we are in a period where gold underperformed so how do you as a money manager i'm curious because i worked on wall street too for many years how do you kind of keep nursed opposition along while still having exposure to the stock market even though you don't believe stocks are priced in a way that's sustainable you still have to participate as a party manager money that you can nurse so i have a way that is i have a tell you when i run sort of a hedge fund is an r i a but it's like a hedge fund so i have the ability to have a model that i created to twenty poin

to manufacture gains and to manufacture a bit of cushion on this way down to oblivion but even the swiss national bank remember they were geniuses last year because they were buying stocks they now are down hugely billions and billions of dollars because they live by the sword they die by the sword they have totally lost track of their role as a backstop to the banking system to become this enormous hedge fund and now they're going the way of most hedge funds into irrelevancy and under-performance while the other way you might look at it as well is that for the past ten years markets have continued to go up and up thanks to the fed and the bank of japan and the swiss national bank and others buying up you know basically making sure that these guys never have any losses so the financial markets are as just as gerrymandered as the political markets so ninety seven percent of incumbents win in the politics because it's so gerrymandered to be that way the same with markets is the j.p. morgan chase is of the wall they expect to win all the time because the markets the algorithms are gerrymand

iconic swiss chocolate becomes hard to conform with islamic purity you know. everyone who claims to be a pullman's to this lamaze asian of europe must of course refuse to buy. time to say goodbye i do not feel good is next moves but. still to come the u.s. warns germany to be careful of the hell it gets to supply its new high speed internet network or tell you who they were afraid of the break. what politicians do. they put themselves on the line they get accepted or rejected . so you want to be president and she. wanted. to write to the press this is what the korean people are. interested in the why. there should be. so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy on sunday shouldn't let it be an arms race is often skeery dramatic development is only going to resist i don't see how that strategy will be successful very critical time to sit down and talk. welcome back president has left the international community stunned following his sudden decision to withdraw u.s. troops from syria however the move has been backed by a number of lea

american police have arrested a swiss spanish national in connection with the murder of two scandinavian women eisel terrorists in morocco more than a dozen suspects have been arrested since the bodies were discovered earlier this month and a broadcaster in sweden has also come in for criticism over its coverage of the killings if you would say the channel has downplayed the horrific incident one norwegian and one danish ones were killed while hiking in the atlas mountains a video of their murder was posted online and it's reporting as a bt failed to mention that one of the girls was beheaded or that islamic state was involved in the broadcast. did though warn people against sharing the video for legal reasons. have now seen this very strange report and you lower the has been created to protect the rape victims from having video of the crime spread is now being applied to the beheading of the denish and the region girls in morocco i myself would never watch such a video let alone share it now we're more upset about the proliferation of crime instead of beheadings to sum up s. vitis cover

iconic swiss chocolate becomes. everyone who claims to be a pullman's to this limousine. refused to buy. time to say goodbye i do not who does next. germany is weighing up whether to block chinese telecom giant one way from bidding on a government tender to develop a high speed internet network there comes amid rising security concerns over the company's alleged espionage activity for beijing a u.s. delegation reportedly visited berlin and held a closed door meeting at the german foreign ministry encouraging a boycott of while way the company has already been blocked from building high speed networks in the us a story of. the u.k. secret intelligence service chief alex younger also voiced concern however germany's i-t. watchdog has expressed skepticism due to the lack of evidence proving weiwei spying activities. for such serious decisions like a ban you need proof well the editorial director of the american institute for economic research thinks it's a case of the pot calling the kettle black. the u.s. is is famous for its for its hacking and cyber surveillance of every

but also you know in europe the swiss central bank is one of the biggest equity owners in the whole world and so it goes on so what's been happening well. there's been a bit of a misunderstanding concerning the monetary policy proposal i made a long time ago called quantitative easing i proposed there's a ninety ninety five as a post banking crisis measure to stop the crisis in the banking system and get the economy going again and it consists of the central bank purchasing the non-performing assets of the banks so you don't need to use taxpayers' money you don't need to get into debt you don't need austerity. and then you help the banks and encourage the banks to increase lending which can be done through various ways but including the government stopping issuing bonds and borrowing directly from the domestic banking system these options that have been open to the spanish portuguese greek irish japanese and many other central banks and governments in those countries where there's been massive recessions last year unemployment vast youth unemployment and the need to boost domestic demand

the fate of syria will be thrashed out in the swiss city of geneva later today at a meeting hosted by the un's special syria and voice steffan de mistura top diplomats from russia iran and turkey will put their weight behind political efforts to ease years of turmoil in the region our senior correspondent more advanced is in geneva for us. the day is either a day for a breakthrough or a breakdown in negotiations russia iran and turkey the three principal actors behind these this peace initiative along with the united nations have been trying to form a constitutional committee to either write a new constitution for syria or amend the current constitution in order to allow for national elections all the syrian elections in order to you know stablish a peaceful solution to this civil war which is raged for so many years now unfortunately the main sticking point is who gets the stuff this constitutional committee because. the russians the and the rain ians all have different views the syrian government obviously wants to get as many of its people in there the rebels these limits want to g