bbc news. i'm babita sharma. our top story: a gunman has opened fire in the french city of strasbourg near a busy christmas market. at least four people have been killed, according to the local mayor, and more than 11 others injured. security forces engaged the gunman in a ten minute shootout. he managed to escape. much of the city, including the nearby european parliament, remain closed off. officials said the attacker had been previously identified as a national security risk. local media are reporting that police raided the suspect‘s home on tuesday morning, finding a number of grenades, but he managed to avoid arrest. french authorities have launched a carrot investigation and the french president, a manual macron, has expressed solidarity for the victims involved in the attack —— emmanual macron. and the top story in the uk: theresa may has visited a number of

european leaders trying to rescue her brexit deal, but a leadership challenge looks increasingly likely. more from me, but first it's asia business report. huawei's chief executive has been granted bail and now donald trump says he might intervene over the case if it would help get trade deal. narendra modi get his man — the economic affairs secretary is the economic affairs secretary is the new central bank governor. good morning, asia. hello, world. welcome to this wednesday edition of asia business report. i'm rico hizon. we start off with the canadian judge, who has granted huawei's finance chief bail. meng wanzhou was arrested at the request of the

united states and, in response, the company says "we have confidence that the canadian and us legal systems will reach a just conclusion in the next proceeding". over the last hour, president trump has weighed in, saying he would consider intervening in the case of huawei's cfo if it would serve national security and help with china trade deal. north america technology reporter dave lee has the details. we know that meng wanzhou will pay $10 million canadian in bail money, that's around seven million dollars. conditions of the bail are extensive, a round—the—clock surveillance, she will have to check in every day with a bail officer, she will also wear an electronic tag around the ankle. and, as well as the bail money she will have to put up, the the bail money she will have to put hejudge the bail money she will have to put up, the judge also the bail money she will have to put up, thejudge also demanded the bail money she will have to put up, the judge also demanded surety

from other people that no one can put guarantees against her filing those charges, including an insurance salesman, a housewife and estate agent putting together an additional $3 million in bail money insurances and the judge is satisfied that will be enough to prevent cfo from being a flight risk, but it has to be said canadian and us prosecutors think she is a risk. we will have to wait and see. that is a tight leash indeed for meng wanzhou in canada. yes, absolutely. the next phase is extradition proceedings. the us has six days from arrest to lodge formal application for extradition. the process could take an awful long time. experts say even years as the process could go through an number of appeals. so leased that time it

does seem that meng wanzhou will not have to spend that in a canadian jail, but instead will spend it in one of the two homes that she owns in canada and then those proceedings will presumably get under way fairly shortly. the next court date will be the beginning of february next year. dave lee. a day after pratel shock exit from the central bank of india, shaktikanta exit from the central bank of india, sha ktika nta das has exit from the central bank of india, shaktikanta das has been appointed. narendra modi's government has allegedly been threatening the central bank's independence. mr shaktikanta central bank's independence. mr sha ktika nta das has central bank's independence. mr shaktikanta das has been appointed as the 25th governor of the reserve bank of india, just a day after patel step down as the head of the central bank. mr das is a bureaucrat who served in various departments in the government. in 2016 he was economic affairs secretary at the time when the government decided to

ban 86% of the currency in the country. he was one of the key persons who led that project and was seen as a very powerful aide of narendra modi. this has come at a time when the government and the central bank have been in a feud over policy decisions taken by the government and critics and observers believe that rbi patel resigned because the rbi was under pressure to change those decisions. and the events have raised concerns with regards to the rbi's autonomy. and that's why mr das's biggest challenge is to reassure investors that he will operate as an independent head of the reserve bank of india, despite his proximity to the indian government, and that is why the steps that the reserve bank of india takes over the next few months under his leadership will be watched very closely, because based

on those decisions, investors and the market at large will gauge whether the reserve bank of india continues to remain an autonomous in —— institution. continues to remain an autonomous in -- institution. google claims it is clear of political bias and it insisted it was a core principle of the business. our media editor has this story. a soft—spoken tamil engineer who embodies india's diaspora, sundar is shy by nature. just like mark zuckerberg, then. whereas the facebook founder ceo, chairman and majority shareholder has taken public meetings this year, google's boss has resisted interrogation in washington. he has been in charge of google for three years and took home around $200 million in 2016.m google for three years and took home around $200 million in 2016. if you "idiot" under images, a picture of donald trump comes up. i did that. he faced a barrage of questions

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might be a google service which you have opted into use. google's boss was unscathed on questions of tax and gender equality among staff. are like facebook, google have been canny about structuring the company ina way canny about structuring the company in a way to dissipate power, responsibility and blame —— unlike. yet sundar pichai is becoming face ofa yet sundar pichai is becoming face of a company that just yet sundar pichai is becoming face of a company thatjust might have peaked. internal tensions, macroeconomic instability and, above all, the fierce gaze of lawmakers across the globe all point to a tougher future. the former of these interrogations with five minutes for these question at limits the ability to lend heavy blows —— format. google will be relieved, while enemies will route a missed opportunity. —— rue. . the us trade war and brexit dominate global markets. asian stocks have opened for business and they are currently up by more than 1% for japan and hong kong. well, market strategist michael

mccarthy colebee what's pined the moves. well, judging from the urbanite action, reports out of beijing, consideration to cut the tariffs, could be the determining factor, overnight we saw the shares rising strongly in europe and support for oil, and energy complexes, and the base metals, the key industrial inputs. so it looks like the news has really cheered up investors around the globe. local factors in the us soured the trading session at the end as democrats and republicans when head—to—head. the overall global impulse and the move away from a safe haven like gold and bonds suggest it is the tariffs news that might affect trading in asia today. what about the tit-for-tat between canada and china?m today. what about the tit-for-tat between canada and china? it is certainly concerning global markets if there is an escalation on this side of the issue between china and the us. however, many will see it as a diplomatic rather than an economic measure and for that reason they might put more weight on the

economic measures surrounding these current trade disputes. looking to 2019, what are the risks you are looking at? the key risks at the moment remain those, global growth, trade disputes, but other factors which could slow the growth over the course of 2019, of course, one of the keys to that is the actions central bank. we know that the ecb will stop buying bonds, we know the fed will likely continue raising rates and the tightening policies around the globe might really see a further increase in volatility for trading markets. and, briefly, what are your top three markets in 2019? the hong kong market is an absolute standout. valuations are very low and the rest of shares in hong kong make it attractive from a global point of view. the surprise might well be the uk market, it under pressure at the moment, brexit is weighing on it, we could see a long—term benefit coming through and a rise on the ftse 100, long—term benefit coming through and a rise on the ftse100, they are the key markets for 2019. michael

mccarthy from cmc markets in sydney, you have the china trade talks, brexit and the slowing economy and high interest rates in packing globalfinancial high interest rates in packing global financial markets and the currency markets as well, with the eurodollar at 1.1333, and we have seen a rise in crude prices overnight and in asian trade, with light crude at 52.28 and brent crude over the $60 mark. thank you so much for investing your time with us. i'm rico hizon. sport today's coming up next. this is bbc news. the top stories this hour: a gunman hs opened fire near a christmas market in the french city of strasbourg. at least three people are reported dead and several injured. police are reported to have cornered the gunman, as much of the city, including the european parliament, remain on lockdown.

our correspondent gavin lee has more on the search for the suspect in the strasbourg shooting incident. we have a situation where, clearly, you have what they call the sentinel team, so this is some, this is a small number of the 10,000 military, the 5000 police that were deployed together to work as a unit and protect some of the bigger cities and towns in the aftermath of the 2015 paris attacks, they were monitoring, and some of those teams here in small numbers, between two and four, were patrolling the christmas markets we have heard tonight. there were people as they entered the market being bag checked, given the security concerns, it is the second—highest level of security alert at the moment. other thing to point out was the attacker was reportedly shot and injured tonight by soldiers shortly after he first carried out the shooting. this is around a 20 pm in

the evening. there is a journalist for the tv three in paris who said he witnessed the shooting of the individual by soldiers, and this individual by soldiers, and this individual managed to run away. this fits with a picture from police sources. there are two particular areas police are focusing the search. one is the area where the individual‘s flat is said to have been raided in an area of neudorf in the area, a suburb strasbourg, and there is a park where it's believed this man might have been hiding for hours, the star park, quite a big area and that is key. gavin lee reporting a short time ago. let's update you on a briefing that took place after an emergency session was held in paris with the french president macron, and also the interior minister, christophe castaner, who addressed the awaiting press there and confirmed that three people had lost their lives in this

gun attack. and also, more worryingly, had confirmed that the government is still on the run. he has not been detained by the police. and, as you can imagine, it huge police operation is now currently under way. the interior minister also confirmed that the borders have been strengthened. of course, strasbourg bordering between france and germany there. and protocol is in place as you would imagine with a terrorist operation that is under way which was confirmed by the french counterterrorism prosecutor, who said this was indeed a terrorism incident. the gunmen we know to be a 29—year—old who was living in neudorf in the south district of the city and was known to police, but we don't have any further details regarding his identity. stay with us here on bbc news, as we continue to bring you the latest on the breaking news from strasbourg following that gun attack. hello, i'm tulsen tollett

and this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre. coming up on this programme: a great night for english clubs in the champions league, as liverpool and tottenham both pick up results that see them into the knockout stages. an incredible human being — pep guardiola praises his player raheem sterling for confronting the issue of racism in football. and australia look to level their series against india when the second test gets underway in perth on friday. hello and welcome to the programme, where we start with the news that premier league clubs liverpool and tottenham have both picked up the required results that take them through to the knockout stage of the champions league. at anfield, jurgen klopp's side needed a victory with a clean sheet or by two clear goals to make the last 16. and mohamed salah‘s first—half goal proved the difference