let's get more on this with samira. what does that mean exactly? well, really, and it comes down down to something with talked about a lot, with the aspirations of the trump administration on what can be accomplished. president from when he was campaigning to be president said we're going to see a growth rate of 496 in we're going to see a growth rate of 4% in the united states. that was downgraded to 3% when he took office. when we're looking at the growth rates, they are in the low 2%. the big problem, especially from the position of the imf, it is all

now it's time for newswatch, with samira ahmed.his week, how those who present the news, made the news. hello and welcome to newswatch with me, samira ahmed. coming up, news presenters featured prominently in the bbc‘s list of its best paid on air staff. this week, are they really worth the money? and how will the bbc deal with the gap in pay revealed between men and women? wednesday was a difficult day for the bbc, as ordered by the government against its wishes, the corporation published the names and salary bands of all its on—air employees paid more than £150,000 a year. this led to some uncomfortable interviews with those unused to being on the receiving end of questions. what do i do? on paper, absolutely nothing that justifies that huge amount of money if you compare with me with lots of other people. a doctor saves a child's life. a nurse comforts a dying person. would you do the job for less? of course. i have never doubted how lucky i am to work in there. i am just sorry. i think the bbc is really hurting today. john hump

samira rushed here from the village to save her daughter.d all three tragedies of this war. they have lost their home to an air strike, the children go without food and now they are all fighting cholera. too malnourished to breast—feed, samira has been feeding her daughter powdered milk with cholera—infected water. more than 7 million people here also face the threat of famine. cholera costs pennies to treat, but being malnourished makes it much harder than the body to fight the waterborne disease. in another clinic lies abdullah. for months now, he has had very little food or access to clean water. aid agencies are doing what they can, but the magnitude of this outbreak is outstripping their ability to respond. one person dies in yemen every hour from cholera. this is the world's largest humanitarian crisis, and it's completely man—made. pockets of famine are growing. cholera is spreading, and civil servants like the doctors and nurses here haven't received a salary in over ten months. there's one thing that people here keep telling me, and

samira hussainjoins us from new york. what has been on the agenda? really this is really a chance for both sides to outline some of the priorities they are going to have, going forward, when they start in earnest with these trade negotiations. remember, the uk has been out of the game for decades now, mostly relying on the eu to negotiate these trade agreements so that does put them in a little bit ofa that does put them in a little bit of a back step compared to the united states that has been negotiating trade deals with countries all around the world. this also comes at a time when donald trump is using protectionist language trying to encourage to buy american, make in america. it is a tricky time to be in engaging in this time of activity but both sides are keen to get a deal ironed out as soon are keen to get a deal ironed out as soon as are keen to get a deal ironed out as soon as possible. stay with us. the international monetary fund has downgraded the growth forecasts for both the uk and the us. the imf says tha

samira rushed here from the village to save her daughter.fered all three tragedies of this war. they have lost their home to an air strike, the children go without food and now they are all fighting cholera. too malnourished to breast—feed, samira has been feeding her daughter powdered milk with cholera—infected water. more than 7 million people here also face the threat of famine. cholera costs pennies to treat, but being malnourished makes it much harder than the body to fight the waterborne disease. in another clinic lies abdullah. for months now, he has had very little food or access to clean water. aid agencies are doing what they can, but the magnitude of this outbreak is outstripping their ability to respond. one person dies in yemen every hour from cholera. this is the world's largest humanitarian crisis, and it's completely man—made. pockets of famine are growing. cholera is spreading, and civil servants like the doctors and nurses here haven't received a salary in over ten months. there's one thing that people here keep telling me,

let's get more on this with samira hussain in new york. samira hussainjoins us from new york. boom, indeed. the big problem for twitter is it did not gain any more new users in the last three months of the year. to put that in perspective, in the last three months of this year, facebook added 70 million new users. that has a lwa ys 70 million new users. that has always been a big problem with twitter. we are not seeing a lot of user growth, which is really disappointing for the company. when you look at the advertising revenue, those sales were disappointing so investors are those sales were disappointing so investors a re not those sales were disappointing so investors are not very happy with twitter. they are struggle eyes -- struggling to monetise their user base. and what about amazon? sales have increased at 25% but when you look at profits for the quarter, that fell by 77%. that's really significant, that is because they have just been spending money, significant, that is because they havejust been spending money, hand over foot. they have been investing ina lot over foo

hello and welcome to newswatch with me, samira amehd.prominantly on its list of best paid onair stuff this week, but are they really worth the money? and how will the bbc deal with the gap in pay revealed between men and women? wednesday was a difficult day for the bbc. as ordered by the government, against its wishes, the corporation published the names and salaries of all of its onair employees paid more than £150,000 a year. this led to some uncomfortable interviews with those unused to being on the receiving end of questions. what do i do? on paper, absolutely nothing that justifies that huge amount of money and, if you compare me with lots of other people, say a doctor saves a chid's live 01’ say a doctor saves a chid's live ora say a doctor saves a chid's live 01’ a nurse say a doctor saves a chid's live or a nurse who comforts a dying person. would you do the job for less money? of course i would. i've never for a second doubted how lucky i am to work in there and i'm just sorry the bbc is really hurting today. john humphrys and j

hello, and welcome to newswatch, with me, samira ahmed. bbc news through a virtual reality headset? this way. and what questions to the new technologies pose for journalists? first though, one of 22 people killed at a pop concert in manchester on may 22, her ninth that they would have been on tuesday. to mark the occasion, we spoke to safi rousos's parents. ijust wanted to celebrate her birthday through this. what has your family lost? 0h. .. we have lost everything. we have lost everything, we have. life will never be the same. 70 and trevor firth we re be the same. 70 and trevor firth were among a number of viewers to pick up on one aspect of the interview, writing: versions of the report ran on bbc news all day, leading the news at six. it provided powerful moving television, but some people had concerns about the prominence given to the item. glynde also contacted us about the coverage leaving us this telephone message. “— coverage leaving us this telephone message. —— linda. coverage leaving us this telephone message. -- linda. ifind it mawkish in the extreme. like rubbing salt

hello, welcome to newswatch, with me, samira ahmed.som on newsnight. is she another bbc presenter is guilty of being too negative, and interrupting rudely? and is this government minister being given too hard a time on bbc news? as the aftermath of the west london fire continues to dominate the news agenda, it has been a tough week for housing minister alok sharma. on wednesday he was faced on the victoria derbyshire show with an emotional group of residents of the grenfell tower. i want a permanent accommodation. if you don't give me a permanent accommodation, i'm not going to accept it. i'm notjust going to take anything else you give me. and if you don't have anything else to give me, if you give me a house, i am not going to vacate. i was happy in my house. i work hard, i work hard, i had a good house. i am not going to accept it. i'm not going to accept it. 0k. no, no, please... right, you know what, we will come to you, sid, i promise. i promise. so victoria... just a minute. some viewers told me they felt victoria derbyshire los

but as samira hussain reports from new york — there are questions from some about the cost of the dealtrump speech to american voters was about increasing the number of manufacturing jobs in america's old industrial areas. certainly, at the white house event, he made no bones about his personal responsibility for the new factory. we represent the return of lcd electronics and electronic manufacturing to the united states, the country that we love, that is where we want our jobs. to make such an incredible invest in, they put in faith and confidence in the future of the american economy. in other words, if idid not american economy. in other words, if i did not get elected, he definitely would not be spending $10 billion. behind the theatre of the announcement, some familiar concerns about the price us taxpayers will pat’- about the price us taxpayers will pay. news reports ahead of the announcements indicate the tie when his company could benefit from $3 billion in tax breaks in exchange for the wisconsin plan. 0ne local politician has referred to it as a corporate welfare package and

samira hussain reports from the us, where for many kids, summer means summer camp yellow school busesn the summer to not mean the school but it means camp. although some dread the 45 minute bus ride, the destination is an idyllic summer experience for city kids. this private day spans 50 acres and campers do a range of activities, from zip lining to making a delicacy. there are hundreds of camps like these running in new york state all summer but they are not cheap. camps can be anywhere from $500 a week to thousand dollars a week. certainly there are local camps that can be less. camps like these are the kids, especially those that live in the city, and they offer a unique experience but they can be expensive for parents. they are finding into the classroom to make beads fought necklaces. it is just one of the many activities offered by the brooklyn children's many activities offered by the brooklyn child ren‘s museum many activities offered by the brooklyn children's museum daycare programme and it comes at no cost to pa rents. programme and it comes at no cost to parents. as a resu

now it's time for newswatch, with samira ahmed.virtual reality be the future of news? hello and welcome to newswatch. bbc news through a virtual reality headset. will audiences take a experiencing news events this way? and what questions to the new technologies pose for journalists? first, though, saffi roussos was one of 22 people killed at a pop concert in manchester on 22nd of may. she would have been nine on thursday. judith mauritz spoke to her parents. ijust judith mauritz spoke to her parents. i just wanted to judith mauritz spoke to her parents. ijust wanted to celebrate the birthday of saffi through doing this. what has your family lost? we have lost everything. we have, because we will just have lost everything. we have, because we willjust never be the same. stephanie and trevor firth we re same. stephanie and trevor firth were a number of viewers picking on one aspect of that interview, saying... versions of the report ran on bbc news all day, leading the news at 6pm. it provided powerful and moving television but some

samira hussain reports. it is made in america week in the us, and president trump is promoting it.n we purchase products made in the usa, the profit stays here, the revenue says here and the jobs, maybe most importantly of all, they stay right here in the usa. that kind of protectionist language is a worry for america's trading partners, including china. these days, though, mr trump's tone is more measured when it comes to china, compared to what was said in the throes of the presidential campaign. we can't continue to allow china to rape our country. they have taken our money, they have taken ourjobs. the turning point in their relationship? when the two leaders broke bread and ate cake. now president trump has referred to president xi as a terrific guy and a good friend of mine. so, given the political state, what can we expect to come out of the summit when representatives of the two countries meet? i would not expect any big breakthroughs. the most important thing is that the two sides are talking, and so i would expect a fairly amicable discussion, some minor outcomes, and som

from new york, samira hussain reports. soulecle, it's loud, it's dark and it is popular with women.is brand from a single studio to a national phenomenon. soon, it will be available on the public stock exchange. but does its dependence on women speak to the wider trend of women starting female focused companies?” wider trend of women starting female focused companies? i believe ultimately what investors are looking for are businesses with sound fundamentals. have you driven that you are able to grow your business and are you making returns on your capital? studies have shown that women are more reluctant to get into business. a good in is solving a problem you have personally faced. that was how an alternative to tampons was born. i never used to be an entrepreneur. i was terrified of becoming one. the likelihood of success is slim to none. i was facing a very deep, profound personal problem, and i knew that i had to solve it. if female entrepreneurs only focus on solving their own problems that are key to women, we arejust their own problems that are key to women, we are just reinf

but samira hussain in new york warns investors could be disappointed today.nalysts aren't expecting this past quarter to be much of a scene. when mrtrump was quarter to be much of a scene. when mr trump was elected, us markets we re mr trump was elected, us markets were downright euphoric. the task reforms and infrastructure spending we re reforms and infrastructure spending were going to boost the economy. but fast forward to july and not were going to boost the economy. but fast forward tojuly and not much has happened. that's leading many to believe the trump bump may be dead. so, what does that mean for banks? well, bank stocks were a big winner when it came to the trump bump. 0ne of the best performing sectors. now the reason for the trump, the legislative agenda of president trump, is no longer looking as plausible as before. well, that has a nalysts plausible as before. well, that has analysts wondering if this will mean the gains made by banks may start to come down. chris wheeler is banking analyst at atlantic equities. what are you expecting? we wil

samira hussain reports from new york. the question is... ambitious goals for america's economy, believing he could make the country's gdp saw. we are bringing up country's gdp saw. we are bringing up from i% country's gdp saw. we are bringing up from 1% up to 4% and are actually think we can go higher than 4%, i think we can go higher than 4%, i think it could go to five or 6%. but the realities of governing the country have a president singing a somewhat more muted tone. the various players on president trump's economic team have suggested that america's economy could grow in and around 3%. america's economy could grow in and around 396. you would need productivity to go back to levels seen at only the peak of the tech boom in order to get sustainable rates of growth at a 3— 3.5% or better, we have only done that for a few years in the entire post—world war ii environment. i think it's very unlikely that anything on the fiscal policy front will go to the sustainable 3% or better. fiscal policy front will go to the sustainable 396 or better

hello, and welcome to newswatch, with me, samira ahmed. bbc news through a virtual reality headset?nces take to experiencing news events this way. and what questions do the new technologies pose for journalists? first, though, safi roussos, one of 22 people killed at a pop concert in manchester on may 22, her ninth birthday would have been on tuesday. to mark the occasion, we spoke to safi rousos‘s parents. we did not want to let her birthday pass. we did not want to let her birthday pass. she loved the limelight. ijust wanted to celebrate safi's birthday through doing this. what has your family lost? 0h... we have lost everything. we have lost everything, we have. life will never be the same. stephanie and trevor firth were among a number of viewers to pick up on one aspect of the interview, writing: versions of the report ran on bbc news all day, leading the news at six. it provided powerful and moving television, but some people had concerns about the prominence given to the item. here's mark eaton: linda dell also contacted us about the coverage, leaving us this telephone messag

now it's time for newswatch with samira ahmed.paid on—air stuff this week, but are they really worth the money? and how will the bbc deal with the gap in pay revealed between men and women? wednesday was a difficult day for the bbc. as ordered by the government, against its wishes, the corporation published the names and salary bands of all of its oniair employees paid more than £150,000 a year. this led to some uncomfortable interviews, with those unused to being on the receiving end of questions. what do i do? on paper, absolutely nothing that justifies that huge amount of money, if you compare me with lots of other people who do visible good, a doctor saves a child's live or a nurse who comforts a dying person. would you do the job for less money? yeah, of course i would. i've never for a second doubted how lucky i am to work in there and i'm just sorry, i think the bbc is really hurting today. john humphrys and jeremy vine there, who were the two leading news presenters on the list, earning over £600,000 and £700,000 respectiv

samira hussain is in new york.oducer? exactly. this is very much a height version of its tesla electric vehicles. —— hyped. it wasjust a few years ago that people could put down a $1000 refund double deposit to get their hands on the model three. they were overwhelmed with interest. $35,000. if you buy it here in the us, you get a credit because it is an allegory vehicle and the price tag comes to $20,000. it is set in a very affordable, especially compared to some of the other models and suvs. the downside is that tesla does not have any experience in mass producing cars. if you look at the model x, it was 18 months behind in terms of production. there are worries about whether or not they can make enough of those cars to meet the demand. when it comes to where you charge your cars, there are not all that many charging stations. and while tesla says it will create more, current tesla owners are worried that there is going to be a lot more competition for fewer charging spaces and even more competition for trying t

hello, and welcome to newswatch, with me, samira ahmed.udely? and is this government minister being given too hard a time on bbc news? as the aftermath of the west london fire continues to dominate the news agenda, it has been a tough week for housing minister alok sharma. on wednesday he was faced on the victoria derbyshire show with an emotional group of residents of the grenfell tower. i want a permanent accommodation. if you don't give me a permanent accommodation, i'm not going to accept it. i'm notjust going to take anything else you give me. if you give me a house i don't want, i am not going to take it. i was happy in my house. i work hard, i work hard, i had a good house. i am not going to accept it. i'm not going to accept it. 0k. no, no, please... right, you know what, we will come to you, sid, i promise. i promise. so victoria... just a minute. some viewers told me they felt victoria derbyshire lost control of the conversation, with michael bailey e—mailing... well, we mentioned last week another bbc item about the grenfell tow

samira joins me from the new york stock exchange. doing well themm is.of the reason why we have seen size. part of the reason why we have seen such massive increases in the last three months is because of a few things, one of course we have been talking a lot about the stock market and how it's been on a record—breaking tear. that plays right into blackrock. there are also etfs, electronic trading funds, which has been seeing a lot of success , which has been seeing a lot of success, so which has been seeing a lot of success, so much which has been seeing a lot of success, so much so which has been seeing a lot of success, so much so that blackrock is trying to get more interest for actively managed portfolios by actual people. rising interest rates is also going to be a boost to blackrock. and shares in blackrock itself are down a bit this morning, i gather. people thought good results but perhaps not as good as hoped? yes. then there is still a bit of concern, given the fact that their etfs are just doing so well, but not as well when you compare it to

samira rushed here from the village to save her daughte. have family have suffered all three tragedies of this war. they've lost their home to an ashtray. the children go without foods and now that fools fighting corruption. secondly because you can't get out. of the room. you know they have to. love that devilish. but it can run is that. too malnourished to breast feed similar has been feeding her daughter padded mill. was harder infected volta. more than seven million people here also face the threat of famine. cholera cost pennies to treat. but being among orest makes it much harder for the body to fight the water borne disease. in another kinnick please abdullah. for months now he's had very little food or access to clean water. put it all off. i do yeah. but. the new president clinton. venus. mmhm storeroom at it again announcing us. flooding. leaving the show outbreak ig their ability to respond. one person dies in yemen every allah from cholera. this is the world's largest humanitarian crisis and it's completely man made. pockets of

from new york, samira hussain reports. it is loud, dark and it is popular with women.y cycling from a single studio to a national phenomenon and soon it will debut on the public stock exchange. but does its dependence on women speak to the wider trend of women starting female focused companies?” believe ultimately what investors are looking for businesses with sound fundamentals, have you proven you are able to consistently grow your business and are you making returns on your capital? studies have shown women are more reluctant to get into business. and a good inn is solving a problem you face personally. that was how the camp and alternative was born. —— tampon. i was terrified of becoming an entrepreneur. the chance of success is slim to none but i was facing a deep personal problem and i knew i had to solve it. but if female entrepreneurs only focus on solving their own problems, or catering to women, they risk reinforcing the same stereotypes that have plagued women in business for years. the stereotypes and preconceptions about what men and women are good at and

we'll have a report from samira hussain in new york state — where for many kids, summer means summerme of the team on twitter — i'm @bbcstreeter give us your views on how difficult you find covering childcare during the holidays. allegations of high—level corruption in south africa are being fuelled by a huge leak of confidential emails. mixed up in the scandal is a british pr company, bell pottinger, which has been accused of fuelling racial tensions in order to distract attention from a powerful family with links to president zuma. our correspondent andrew harding reports. these are murky times in south africa. li ting of the fuelling allegations of a giant political scandal and while the president jacob zuma and the power full business family, the guptas guptas accused. the group is crime has been committed. by the president? it comes across to me as an aide and and help. guptas deny any corruption. they hired bell pottinger to try and improve their image. acra free sought to highlight economic and racial divisions in south africa. what bell pottinger is apr south africa. what bel

samira act head joins us now.t helped by advertising sales on video content and mobile devices. the company's cloud computing business is doing well, which has long been trailing behind amazon and microsoft. it managed to win some major deals for it cloud business but investors are worried about how much google depends on searches. any update on its plans to beef up its cloud business will be interesting to watch. finally, the second largest toy maker in the us, hasbro, will be reporting earnings. based on spider—man, hasbro and other products, will be very much the reason why they'll be up. joining us isjessica ground, uk equities fund manager at schroders. nice new glasses, i approve, by the way. what is happening? they are talking about the same level of growth, still not back to pre—crisis levels. still quite vulnerable. but within that, downgrades for the us, because we haven't seen the tax reforms that people had hoped for and downgrades for us in the uk because we have had a slow start to the year and uncer

samira rushed here from the village to save her daughter.agedies of this war. they have lost their home to an air strike, the children go without food, and now they are all fighting cholera. aid agencies are doing what they can, but the magnitude of this outbreak is outstripping their ability to respond. one person dies in yemen every hour from cholera. this is the world's largest humanitarian crisis, and it's completely man—made. pockets of famine are growing. cholera is spreading, and civil servants like the doctors and nurses here haven't received a salary in over ten months. there's one thing that people here keep telling me, and it's that they feel completely forgotten by the world. people face the biggest threat in rural areas. in this one village alone, 20 people have died in the space of three months. hours from the nearest town, it was impossible for people without money to get help. abdullah has recently become sick. together with his sister hind, they can't afford the medicine for their illness. the truth is that for many in this

hello and welcome to newswatch, with me, samira ahmed. are other bbc presenters guilty of being too negative and interrupting rudely? and is this government minister being given too hard a time on bbc news? as the aftermath of the west london fire continues to dominate the news agenda, it's been a difficult week for the housing minister. he was on victoria derbyshire when he was faced with residents from the grenfell tower. i want permanent accommodation. do not give me temporary accommodation. i work hard and i had a good house. do not give me temporary accommodation, i will not accept it. what we will come to, i promise... some viewers felt that victoria derbyshire lost control. we mentioned last week another bbc item about the fire at grenfell tower that some viewers complained about. an interview with the prime minister. the newsnight presenter has done a number of interviews, and she recently interviewed andrea leadsom. it was a year since britain voted to leave the european union and the preparations for brexit were under discussion

samira hussain has the details about what's ahead on wall street today.eek here in the us. on monday, a trial is set to begin against general motors. the claim is that a faulty ignition switch caused a power failure that led to an accident. general motors has conceded that an earlier version of the switch was defective, but denies any such problem with the newer version at issue in this upcoming trial. the other big event happening this week is of course the federal reserve chair janet yellen‘s testimony to lawmakers on wednesday. this is her semi—annual appearance, where she will be asked questions about the economy and fed policy. no doubt she will certainly be asked about the fed's plan to reduce some of its asset holdings. finally, the week ends with a bit of a bang as some of america's biggest banks will report second—quarter earnings. joining us isjeremy stretch, head of currency strategy at cibc world markets. let's start with talking about the us dollar. it has been given a boost by better—than—expected jobs numbers. indeed. the us labour market c

and samira hussain has the details about what's ahead on wall street today.is jobs day for the it's the first friday injuly, which means it isjobs day for the us. the latest snapshot of america's labour market will be released. the unemployment rate currently stands at 4.3%, economists are not expecting it to change. analysts will be looking closely at both the labour participation rate and to see if wages have increased. ahead of the us federal reserve janet yellen will testify to us lawmakers next week and on friday the american central bank will issue its semiannual report outlining recent policy decisions and describing its plans for reducing its asset holdings. by law the fed has to testify twice a year and issues a formal report on the state of the economy and monetary policy. usually it is issued simultaneously with the chair‘s testimony, but this year the report will be issued a few days ahead of time. joining us now is richard fletcher, business editor at the times. we mentioned the usjobs figures out later. what are analysts expecting? they are clos

that was samira in the united states.t. ben was talking through some of the movements on the us markets and the currency markets, particularly the drop in the dollar. that was largely due to comments from janet yellin. where would you place your money on the possibility of a third rate hike this year? i think at the moment december is just about on the cards. one of the problems at the moment is the complete lack of inflation. there is nothing wrong with the economy in itself. there is a global recovery. i think investors know they will not hike rates too quickly. they will not want to derail the economic recovery in the states but possibly be more in just in which then mentioned which is the rundown of the qbe programme and the bond buying they have been doing. they can either sell the bonds back in the market or they can let their mature. simply letting the mature would be a quieter way to do it and i think would be a quieter way to do it and ithink in would be a quieter way to do it and i think in terms of real investo

let‘s get more on this with samira hu55ain in new york. good to see you.white house. we‘re expecting to hear an announcement about m3 mac —— about foxconn. it is well—known for being one of the companies that makes some of the apple ipads and iphone5 in china. it has said that it wants to open up factories in the united state5. that‘5 open up factories in the united state5. that‘s really what we‘re waiting to hear. look5 state5. that‘s really what we‘re waiting to hear. looks like they will invest some $10 million in the united states, creating a couple of hundred jobs. that is part of president trump‘5 mantra, for companies to start manufacturing in the united states and this would bode well. however foxconn has made an announcement like this before, in 2013 is said that it would expand a factory in pennsylvania and make a big investment but it never came to fruition. time to touch on something that‘5 fruition. time to touch on something that‘s happened in the last the met minutes, facebook releasing its latest results. —— the last the met minutes. facebo

and samira hussain the details about what's ahead on wall street today. 0n on friday there are a fewt that we should pay attention to. cpi, the consumer price index, forjune is expected to go up 1.7%. that is good but lower than 1.9% increase we saw backin but lower than 1.9% increase we saw back in may. the core cpi, which strips out food and energy costs, is forecast to go up 1.7% on a year—on—year basis after making a similargame in may. year—on—year basis after making a similar game in may. also coming out oui’ similar game in may. also coming out our retail sales numbers, and it seems it may have gone up just a bit in the last month. after falling in may. call retail sales, sales excluding autos and building materials, gas and food services, forecast to go up about 0.3% for june. finally, pnc financial services group based in pittsburgh, pennsylvania, is expected to report a rise in quarterly profit topped by a rise in quarterly profit topped by a higher interest rate income and higher income from commissions and fees. joining us is lucy macdonald, chief investment officer in gl

and samira hussain has the details about what's ahead on wall street today.tral bank, will begin their two day meeting on tuesday. many a nalysts two day meeting on tuesday. many analysts and investors are not expecting another rate rise at this meeting, but they will be looking for more guidance on when they will start reducing the bond portfolio. american car—maker general motors will be reporting earnings and it comes at a time when investors are worrying about the declining demand for cars in the us. another company has already said they are seeing higher than expected costs related to the sale of 0pal. also reporting earnings, caterpillar. improving demand in the construction and energy industries will likely see the compa ny‘s profits energy industries will likely see the company's profits go up for the quarter. investors are looking for an update on full—year financial forecasts which the company raised in april. joining us is alix stewart, a fixed income fund manager at schroders. let us start with 0pec. it looks like there is relief for the oil price

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now it's time for samira ahmed to round up your comments on bbc news in newswatch.politician have been asked if he had shed a tear on election night? we are coming to the end of the wimbledon fortnight, the annual treat the tennis fans, but the source of frustration for others, never mind the many hours of live action on bbc one and bbc two, the tournament has featured strongly over the past two weeks and breakfast, the news channel and news bulletins. there have been features on the famously long queue for spectators to get into wimbledon, the condition of andy murray's dodgy hip and discussion of the baby his wife has on the way. a number of injuries sustained by other players in matches, a state of the grass on court and of course the progress of our great british singles hopes, all lapped up by the aficionados but not by sceptics like josh. on tuesday not it wasn't a question of tennis featuring in the news, as instead of the news, specifically some local news bulletins, as it came up to six o'clock the british number one

samira hussainjoins us now from the new york stock exchange.te a carat elon musk wanted to do was to create acarata elon musk wanted to do was to create a car at a more modest price. this is it. if you want to gauge interest, either a sense of how interested people are when you look at how many people put down a $1000 refundable deposit to be able to be one of the first to get their hands one of the first to get their hands on this model three. so there is a lot of hype and a lot of excitement, but at the same time, there are concerns. when you look at the model x, the suv, there were 18 months of delays to try to get that vehicle to consumers. so that worries about whether tesla will be able to deliver the number of cars already on demand. the cusp of that more modest price point, demand is going to be much higher and tesla does not have experience in mass producing ca rs have experience in mass producing cars and getting them out to consumers so a lot of people will be wanting to watch that. do the numbers add up, how are investors feeling ab

samira hussain is on the floor at the new york stock exchange. good morning.ica is doing well and the reason is, it is considered the biggest mortgage lender. interest rates are on the way up so that is actually quite a big boost for bank of america because they are lending out so much money, higher interest rates mean they will get a little bit more money. the last quarter was pretty good for bank of america and going forward , good for bank of america and going forward, if we think we will see more interest rate rises, it could also be pretty good for them. on the flip side goldman sachs, they have reported their earnings and there was a big drop in their bond trading. dropped by a0%. the other banks that reported on friday, we also sought their trading desks lose, but goldman sachs lost the most when it came to the trading desks. they are the most dependent bank on that kind of trading. they are trying to diversify and get their fingers are trying to diversify and get theirfingers into are trying to diversify and get their fingers into different areas of th

now it‘s time for samira ahmed to round up your comments on bbc news in newswatch.the wimbledon fortnight, the annual treat for tennis fans, but the source of frustration for others. never mind the many hours of live action on bbc one and bbc two, the tournament has featured strongly over the past two weeks on breakfast, the news channel and news bulletins. there have been features on the famously long queue for spectators to get into wimbledon, the condition of andy murray‘s dodgy hip and discussion of the baby his wife has on the way. a number of injuries sustained by other players in matches, the state of the grass on court and of course the progress of our great british singles hopes, all lapped up by the aficionados. on tuesday night it wasn‘t a question of tennis featuring in the news, as instead of the news, specifically some local news bulletins, as it came up to six o‘clock the british number one woman johanna konta was battling it out on centre court in her quarterfinal. and it was decided to keep showing that match on bbc one instead of the scheduled news

samira hussainjoins us now from the floor of the new york stock exchange. the trading for about 20 minutes. the shares are down another 4%. what has been putting pressure on snap shares is that the past few weeks the early investors are now allowed to sell some of the shares. early investors are given the opportunity to buy into snap earlier which means they pay a lower price, but the is a warm up pay a lower price, but the is a warm up period. —— walk up period. that period has ended today and because people are worried that snap has not been performing very well, the last earnings report was pretty dismal, there was a lot of worry and we will see the shares being sold off. how much lower do we think it will go? that is a big question and it really depends on what snap is able to report. they will be reporting the next set of earnings on the 10th of august, so a lot of people will be looking towards that to see what they are doing in order to monetise. everybody is hoping that snap turns into the next facebook, but there are people who are worried that it

samira hussain is on wall street for us. she seems to have disappeared! country hear us?are regrettably strong. they are. -- incredibly strong. it really says that what happened in the first three months of 2017 was really just an anomaly, the first three months of 2017 was reallyjust an anomaly, that it was a lot to do with the winter months and people not going out and spending as much. fast forward to the last three months of this year and we really saw spending go up. there were two areas, consumer spending, so household people spending, so household people spending more money. we are also seen spending more money. we are also seen business spending, businesses are investing more in big—ticket items like equipment, and that's really been a big boost to the great numbers which is why you are seeing such strong numbers for the last three months of this year. lochwinnoch market reaction have we got to that? i imagine people are thinking about higher interest rates and things like that. when we're talking about higher interest rates, the consensus has always been that we

hello, and welcome to newswatch, with me, samira ahmed. bbc news through a virtual reality headset?, her ninth birthday would have been on tuesday. to mark the occasion, we spoke to safi rousos's parents. she loved the limelight. ijust wanted to celebrate safi's birthday through doing this. what has your family lost? 0h... we have lost everything. we have lost everything, we have. life will never be the same. this couple were among a number of viewers to pick up on one aspect of the interview, writing: versions of the report ran on bbc news all day, leading the news at six. it provided powerful and moving television, but some people had concerns about the prominence given to the item. here's mark eaton: linda dell also contacted us about the coverage, leaving us this telephone message. i find this mawkish in the extreme. like rubbing salt in people's wounds, to show the video clips again of the people panicking outside the concert hall. surely the bbc can find better news than this, than bringing up old hurts and deliberately finding people in anguish to put on our screens. i'm fed

let's get more from samira hussain who is in new york for us. be looking for today? they will be looking for a few things. they will want to get a sense from her whether or not they are going to be seeing another rate rise. most people believe we will see one more interest rate rise in the coming year and it seems that we have already seen some of janet yellin's testimony that she will be presenting to congress in 15 minutes, and it seems she will also signal that the us economy is doing well. signs of real strength and that the economy can withstand another rate rise. another thing people will be looking at is more details and terms of what they are going to be doing in terms of reducing its portfolio. you will remember during the financial crisis, the federal reserve and to just a bunch of programmes to try to help stabilise the us economy and one of the things the dead was the bot massive amounts of bonds. it has been a few years since they stopped the bond buying programme but they still have all these bonds in their portfolios so janet yell