thank you. and your resistible. on t.w. . staying up today don't miss our highlights. program. w dot com highlights. rescuers in budapest say there is little chance of finding survivors following wednesday's boat accident on the river danube police have launched a criminal investigation at least 7 south korean tourists died and many more still missing after a sightseeing vessel collided with another boat in bad weather. german chancellor angela merkel has been altered by the university of harvard which awarded her its owner a dr of laws degree in a speech merkel made her case for multilateralism in tackling global challenges and

said we shouldn't mix truth up with lies. in south africa president's civil run the photos and has presented his new cabinet made up of 50 percent women it's the country's 1st gender balanced executive ministers was sworn in at a ceremony in potoroo the president has trimmed the number from 36 down to 28. for the 2nd time this month thousands of university students in brazil are skipping classes to protest cuts in higher education spending earlier this month president jay about sonora announced the government would freeze 30 percent of discretionary spending for public universities in the 2nd half of this year.

global markets try to shake their trade war worries and recover from the sell offs of recent days but the u.s. and china appear far from resolution and the outlook is gloomy. also on the show the philippines doesn't want your plastic waste rich countries must now figure out what to do with the ship loads of trash they send abroad. and is damaged art still art or just a write off we'll take you to an insurer's museum of imperfections. i'm stephen beardsley this is your global this is your business update welcome global markets that you don't thursday following days of sell offs over trade worries and a growing appetite for the safe haven of the u.s. bond market the german dax britain's footsie $100.00 and the dow jones industrial average all ended in positive territory after days of sell offs global stocks have taken a beating over fears the u.s. china trade dispute is.