joe wilson, bbc news, abu dhabi. wonderful stuff.he joint one shot leaders after the first round of the players championship in florida. they're on 7—under par, but the shot of the day belongs to ryan moore. he aced the famous par three 17th, known as the island green, when he managed to not only get the ball in the hole but he did it on the full. still trying to do that, still trying. anyway. to skiing, where mikaela shiffrin won the world cup super—g crystal globe for the first time, adding it to the overall title and the slalom globe she's already won this season. the american clinched the title in andorra, after finishing tied for fourth. she's almost certain to add the giant slalom globe at the same venue on sunday, when she only needs to finish in the first 15 places. now, if she does, she'll become the first skier — male or female — to collect world cup titles in overall, slalom, giant slalom, and the super—g in a single season. mitchelton—scott‘s simon yates won stage five of the paris—nice on thursday — an individual time tr

visit tobaccofreeca.com. ♪ >>> you are looking at the spectacular scene in abu dhabi.bu dhabi and, robin, you have an inspiring guest with you right now. >> oh, boy, everywhere you look there's inspiration back here live in abu dhabi where the opening ceremony for special olympic world games just hours away. so, so close and these wonderful athletes from the u.s. including rainie jade thompson, ladies and gentlemen. coming from hawaii, her dad tjay and team rainie jade. do you see this. hey, grandma. come on. this is no fair how many -- you came all the way from hawaii. tell people the dream that you had about winning a medal. >> so i wanted this dream sevens years ago and started in 2011 and wanted to go to new jersey but didn't get to go so i retired, took two years off and came back ready and hungry for the world games in 2019. >> new jersey is nice but i think ah, that's okay. it worked out in the end. tell everybody your events. >> i'm doing the shot put 100 and the 4x100. >> you gave us a little glimpse in the commercial break. what did you -- >> instagram pictur

how does it feel tabea abu dhabi? hopefully to win a gold medal. be in. it is so feels so exciting ——to be in. it is so nice to go to a different country. the special olympics seeks a figures to spread its message. good luck, special olympians. a figures to spread its message. good luck, special olympiansm total 200 nations are part of this event, this is war than ever before. here at the football it is bangladesh versus south korea. everyone everywhere is trying to win. but at the special olympics that doesn't mean everything. tim shriver carries the ideals of sport for those with intellectual disabilities. his mother was the special olympics founder. his uncle was president kennedy. here we are seeing something very exciting about the way human beings come together. it has nothing to do with metal counts, it has nothing to do with who b2, it has to do with giving your best. like we like to say in the special olympics, we are not interested in who was the best. we are interested in who was the best. we a re interested interested in who was the best

joe wilson, bbc news, abu dhabi.park — a majorfavourite for today's big race at the cheltenham festival. this is a horse with a history — he has had a remarkablejourney as has his owner andrew gemmel. 0ur sports correspondent andy swiss is there for us. enlighten us further. yes, kate, welcome to a slightly blessed to we have had a bit of rain here this morning, but fingers crossed it is all now dried up for this afternoon's action. now, the big race of the day is the stayers hurdle, and as you say, it could produce one of the stories of the festival in the favourite paisley park, and his owner andrew gemmel, my colleague kate gray has been to meet them. a racehorse is often a thing of beauty, bright eyes, shiny coat, and paisley park is no exception. but his own andrew gemmel sees none of that. but his owner andrew gemmel sees none of that. blind from birth, he relies on those around him, particularly his racing trainer, emma lavelle, who in 2015, he tasked with finding him a champion horse. i said to emma, she's go

you've got abu dhabi coming up soon. are you excited? yes, it's very exciting.th no disabilities and hearing people. the special olympics does not share the same profile of the paralympics, and athletes don't receive any official uk sport funding. but despite this, great britain is sending a team of more than 100 to abu dhabi. nikki fox, bbc news. time for a look at the weather... here's sarah keith lucas. it has been a windy day, across the country there have been blustery showers around and it has felt quite chilly in the wind too. this comes from one of our weather watchers in st andrews earlier. most of those heavy showers should ease away, things will turn colder so we didn't have a frost last night but many of us have a frost last night but many of us will see a frost developing tonight under clearing skies. the showers move away to the east, lingering longest in the south—east of england but as the wind is far lighter and they are coming in from the north, we are in for a chilly night. the blue colours show where we will see the lowest temperatures. in ru

we have had -- in abu dhabi.ber of consolidations and there is continued speculation over others. is there more consolidation to come? >> consolidation happens when you have a strong economic rationale. as long as it is there, you are likely to see more and more consolidation. understandtant to that these are best when they are part of a natural process. when ever but he sees value in the consolidation. as long as that is there, you're going to see more. tracy: when i left abu dhabi, that huge months ago, shopping mall being built close to the bloomberg office was still in development. now, it looks like some of its big tenants are may be in the economy and the real estate and retail sector. give us some color, what are you see? -- see? -- seeing? everywhereas changed on earth because of companies like amazon and some of the asian counterparts to amazon. it is less about bricks and mortar and more about e-commerce. when you think about a large shopping destination, it is not like shopping will end, is that you ha

. >>> and robin of course across the pond live from abu dhabi.under way. that's all coming up in the next hour of "gma." >>> plus we'll break down the weather as well. that outbreak of tornadoes again in day three of our bomb cyclone. time now for a look at your local news and weather after this short break. a business owner always goes beyond what people expect. that's why we built the nation's largest gig-speed network along with complete reliability. then went beyond. beyond clumsy dials-in's and pins. to one-touch conference calls. beyond traditional tv. to tv on any device. beyond low-res surveillance video. to crystal clear hd video monitoring from anywhere. gig-fueled apps that exceed expectations. comcast business. beyond fast. >>> good morning, south bay. let's get up and get going. >> this is "abc7 mornings." >>> good morning. i'm jessica castro from "abc7 mornings" and metrologist mike nicco has our forecast. >> thank you, jessica. we'll start with a beautiful shot of the golden gate bridge. watch out for the pollen and strong sunshine

being here in abu dhabi i am doing sport with people like me so i am happy.aki was alone and chained in his own home. today he might not have won a medal, but he has gained a community and a brighter future. stuart pollitt, bbc news, dubai. it's been announced that the 2020 tour de france will start with two tough opening stages in nice with a hilly day in the south of france, followed by a day in the mountains. organisers released details of the first two stages on monday, showing a change from the traditional starts. meanwhile, team sky are set to announce a new sponsor — owned by britain's richest man sirjim ratcliffe. the broadcaster said in december that it would end its decade—long commitment at the end of this year. ratcliffe has been in talks with team sky principal dave brailsford for several weeks. you can get all the latest sports news at our website — that's bbc.com/sport. but from me chetan pathak and the rest of the sport today team, goodbye. hello there. last week, we were bombarded by deep areas of low pressure, bringing gales and heavy rain,

joining us from abu dhabi, simon ballard, executive director macro strategist at first abu dhabi bankat to have you on the program. good day to you. let's start with what's happening in the bond markets. we have a chart showing the inversion for the first time since 2007 of the three-month tenure curve. -- mohamedcted el-erian says be careful in reading too much into this curve. today we are asking the question, will the u.s. yield curve recession signal be valid this time? will it? the problem is i don't think it should be but i think the more you look at that curve and fear what it is trying to tell you, the more you buy into the idea of a recession and consumers force the event which shouldn't have happened in the first place. don't read too much into it, i given that the fed has to look at data dependent. i do not believe recession risk is that intense in the u.s. economy but by definition the more people subscribed, the more they will look into it. >> simon, you bring up a brilliant point about this self-fulfilling propensity that markets can have. that, what a risk of should the

we're taking you into the desert of abu dhabi to meet the woman called the camel whisperer. ♪ bad girls >>> the "pretty little liars" are back. sasha and janel spilling all and they're here to say -- >> good morning, america. ♪ on the streets at night >>>good morning, america. take you back to your deejay days. >> don't start again with that. a little donna summer. >> love donna summer. good morning, america. >> wt. y>> thanks for being wit. it is the first day of spring and, boy, it's warming up a little bit. >> it is. it's getting there. we've got someone to kick oft season right with some wednesday wisdom. haley, just 16 years old graduating when college accepted to nine law schools. nine law schools. she will share her secrets to success. >> at 16. >>> a lot of headlines and start with the investigation of those deadly boeing plane crashes. a report about new cockpit recordings reveals how the lion air pilots citigrouped right before that crash and david kerley has the latest. good morning. >> reporter: not just about that fatal crash but also the flight the day before a

the next world games take place in abu dhabi.ith 7,000 athletes from more than 170 countries. you get, like, a breeze through yourface, it feels like you're flying and you're having a fantastic time. one of the athletes is kiera byland. ijust struggled to understand writing... ..reading, numbers, telling the time. which i still struggle to today. so, show me where 100g is. there. can you see that? mm-hm. so, put some carrots in and try and weigh out 100g. let's put that on there. i'd put kiera in the category of the invisible child. you can't see kiera's impairment and then people say, "well, what's wrong with her?" and i say, "there's nothing wrong with her, "it's just that she has many autism traits. " two threes, two twos, two fives, two sixes and then, all ofa sudden, your favourite bit of the race, six, seven, eight, nine. mm—hm, yeah. are you going to try that? yeah. people don't believe it. or, if you've got a child who has got a learning disability, you'll go through that period where you don't want to believe it yourself

translation i was very happy with their trust in the at the games in abu dhabi.anged since they came to pick me up. now things are ok. translation he's very happy, something changed. what made him happy is that he was given clothes and a ball, that made him happy. it's amazing, it's amazing, this is something that you would never imagine what happened. quite a lot of attitudes have been changed, and since people with intellectual does abilities are being accepted... 18 months after he freed him, malachi were reunited. wow. for me it was very emotionally strong experience to see malachi doing so much better. now he is starting to become verbal, clearly his life has completely changed. much more than the change in him, you could see how his mother doesn't see him now as a problem, but sees him as her son. when president mandela said let freedom consist of breaking the chains, it's not a metaphor. sometimes the chains are chains. sometimes the urgency is that acute. we need to break a chain. that's holding a child. it's a reminderof how chain. that's holding a child

great britain get theirfirst medals at the special olympics in abu dhabi.es are celebrating their 4th six nations grand slam. 3 teams could still win the title heading into today's final round of matches, but victory for the welsh was never in doubt as they overpowered last year's grand slam winners ireland. they only scored one try but won 25 points to 7. captain alun wynjones says they have now "put a big target on their backs" ahead of the world cup later this year. from cardiff, here'sjohn watson. what a performance, wales knew what they had to do. we knew they were on top they make the best possible start. dominant throughout the entire match. three penalties in the first half, and three father penalties and the second estate blue ireland away. wells dominated, all in discipline. so get trappist championship, island, but certainly not today. what out moment as well for head coach, three grand slam titles for him. that is something that no adult wells are at the head coach in the history at this time it has been able to achieve. as for him, the captain,

being here in abu dhabi i am doing sport with people like me so i am happy.d chained in his own home. today he might not have won a medal, but he has gained a community and a brighter future. stuart pollitt, bbc news, dubai. for a look at the weather here's nick miller. it has been a horrible weekend, is it going to get better? all change. things are quite turning down after the stormy weather we have seen. it will not be flat calm or bone dry, but it will be much less stormy and we will see a bit of sunshine occasionally as well, lifting temperatures a bit higher, and later wins. it is all down to what the jet stream has been doing. it has been coming right at us, but this week it has lifted into the north, allowing more of the uk to fall under the influence of high pressure. looking at this radar picture we are not there yet. there is rain in many western parts of the uk, not as heavy as it has been, and showers are developing in the east. it will change this afternoon and sunshine continues across the fine north east of scotland in the northern isles. temp

special olympics great britain win theirfirst medals of the games in abu dhabi. hello and welcome to sportsday with us, olly and tanya. wales are celebrating their 4th six nations grand slam. 3 teams could still win the title heading into today's final round of matches, but victory for the welsh was never in doubt as they overpowered last year's grand slam winners, ireland. they only scored one try but won 25 points to 7. captain alun wynjones says they have now "put a big target on their backs" ahead of the world cup later this year. let's cross live to cardiff, john watson's is there. that was quite a performance from wales, wasn't it? what a performance the. what a performance wales knew what they had to do. the island here, and not only with the six nations title, but with the grant slam as well. they dominated ireland throughout they got to the best possible start after just one minute they got to the best possible start afterjust one minute when starting asi afterjust one minute when starting as i have come through a lovely little ship behind the irish defe

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even the first abu dhabi bank could be open to a merger.is a signal that more could be coming? eric: i think the recent announcement with the abu dhabi commercial bank will end the merger consolidation in the banking sector for some time. i think it will be years before we find another banking consolidation story coming to market. manus: on the credit side -- we will talk to moody's in a short time but we want your take on credit in the region. we have had moves on oman. we have the qataris coming to the market. as the central banks around the world, particularly the fed, have gone to ease monetary conditions, we have seen a rush of issuers come to the market to take advantage of an easier fundraising environment. qatar come and export development bank. these are issues that investors in the region have snapped up and been quick to invest in. with the easier financial conditions we expect the emirates to come into the market. and oman. bahrain.as fa we have seen some changes in the oil market. morgan stanley made some changes. we had delibe

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abu dhabi staged its closing ceremony last night, officially concluding the largest ever world event. britain has never staged the special olympics world games. that's all from sportsday.

slate disconnect between how dubai views the world and how abu dhabi views the world abu dhabi tends to be much more aligned with the saudis whereas dubai has its own let's say regional vision and commercial vision the u.a.e. was instrumental as you may know in the arrangements this fall in the horn of africa negotiations in ethiopia with eritrea and when you talk to the heads of u.a.e. think tanks and officials from the ministries they talk a lot about the horn of africa southern arabian peninsula the commercial routes and they kind of u.a.e. led security and commercial vision for the entire region which is in many ways much larger than the saudi vision and of course you know the whole blockade against qatada was against qatar having an outsized view of its own role in the region and not lying lining up with the others but in many ways the organ can be made that u.a.e. is doing exactly what qataris accused of which is playing a kind of a regional hedging monica role and playing the role of stabilizing and of asserting an economic vision beyond just what the g.c.c. decide is importan

fifty years back is that boycotted the organization of islamic conference that was being held in abu dhabi there the indian foreign minister had spoken to over fifty. muslim majority countries and a captive audience for her to explain india's position of the experience of the indian government and indian people in terms of terror she most vocally attacked pakistan as being a sponsor state sponsor of terror and of course now the pakistani foreign minister according to the newspaper is also claiming that the the man behind or the man who inspired the attack on military personnel and pull wire in february is based in pakistan. you talk about the pressure to study and this is what it's all about you know the pilot may be back but new delhi's continue to put pressure on pakistan and that's where the focus lies for new delhi they want to get the pilot back first and then we assume we will find out what india's next move will be they play their presentations to a largely a large gathering of islamic nations as i said at the oh i see in abu dhabi that's been a huge. positive point for the indian g

we had over 300 family members over in abu dhabi with us and 128 athletes.ld stage with 7500 athletes from 200 countries was astonishing. some of the athletes had never been on an aeroplane before and some of the pa rents aeroplane before and some of the parents hadn't. it is a massive showcase and a platform for the important work that we do at the special olympics. how did you get into cycling, kiera? how did you realise it was something you are quite good at? as a young age, i started, that i struggle to balance, soi started, that i struggle to balance, so i hada started, that i struggle to balance, so i had a break, and then i got into it again in manchester at the velodrome. i struggled with the balance and big ears. i had tojust focus on a balance. then i gradually got back to it. —— i struggled with the balance and the gears. then i did a local competition and i did all right, actually! and that is how i got into the special olympics. i went to the games for mac really and i got my three gold medals. —— i went to the games four years ago. just like si

shery: indian carrier jet airways is canceling all flights to and from abu dhabi from monday.r from the founder to the staff with abu dhabi the home of its leading investor at the hot. this -- etihad. they say they are not linked to lack of support. they will also fly to bangkok. haidi: looking at how the australian market is shaping up, sophie kamaruddin. sophie: aussie futures hinting at gains after the asx 200 faltered. after dollar's study halting climbing. cba after the bank and tax office entered into an agreement related to r&d tax claims and another one as it is set to face a class-action lawsuit and -- in a conduct probe. a report that bch capital is backing out of a deal with the hospital operator, saying it has no current intention to build added equity. tomorrow,ig guest joined by u.s. technicals are secretary sonny perdue to talk andt and follow for farmers investors. it is 9:30 sydney time. daybreak asia is next. this is bloomberg. ♪ you. all of you. how you live, what you love. that's what inspired us to create america's most advanced internet. internet that put

australia's cricketers beat pakistan in the 3rd one—day international in abu dhabi — to clinch the series his team still romped home in fine style as colm harrison reports australia's bid for a series clinching victory suffered an early blow when the opener was bowled out without scoring. shaun marsh did not last much longer so shaun marsh did not last much longer so it was left to finch and hanscom to rebuild the innings. hanscom contributed 47 runs while aaron finch, fresh from 153 not out in the previous match scored 90. he finally fell to a catch, ten shy of a third successive odi century. and the next batsmen weighed in sparking —— with a great effort. pakistan's reply never really got going. despite the best efforts of the opener who is 46 included the only two sixes of the evening and was seen who made a belligerent 43 lower down the order. he perished to a stomping from a bowler who took for — a3. australia took the match with five overs to spare in the series with two games to spare. 18 years after his major league baseball debut for cleveland, new york yankees pitcher cc sabathi

following some of the action from abu dhabi, some has been incredible. have to take results for ireland where you can! hgppy results for ireland where you can! happy st patrick's day to both of you. on message today. green dress. reminding every person out there. full irish for you? yes. let's take a look at some pictures from our weather watchers. the weather has been dreadful over the last few days. the evidence is there for us to see. this is from david, showing flooding, bottom right, caravan park, giving you a sense of the scale of the flooding in conwy. children's playpark in the flooded playground in leeds. this is from wigan. it is treacherous in many parts, be careful. a bit dangerous and a bit muddy. difficult driving conditions, something to be aware of. how much longer will we have to put up with this for? it is already improving. probably at the worst in conwy, upstream in snowdonia, half a month's worth of rain fell snowdonia, half a month's worth of rainfell in snowdonia, half a month's worth of rain fell in the space of 24—hour is. a huge

of the united arab emirates on thursday — just before they beat saudi arabia 2—1 in a friendly in abu dhabi — who resigned after their defeat at the asian cup semi—finals in january. van marwijk — who led the netherlands to the world cup final in 2010, and managed australia during last year's world cup in russia — has signed a four—year deal with the uae. i'm looking forward to have this job. i know the emirates, under the tea m job. i know the emirates, under the team because we played four times against each other sino the strength also. i heard there were some young talents slime anxious to know how good they are. i am only here for one thing and that's qualifying for the world cup. i've had the experience to go to the world cup 110w experience to go to the world cup now twice. the first time we were second in the world and second time was with australia. we were a little bit unlucky but we played very well so bit unlucky but we played very well so do go to the world cup for a third time is also good. now to tennis and three—time champion venus williams is through to the second round of

abu dhabi based their ways lost well over a billion dollars to twenty eighteen for the third year in a row the state owned airline blames challenging market conditions of the effects of higher fuel prices but the carriers strategy of aggressively buying states in airlines from europe to australia has exposed to two major losses recently and he had announced it was restructuring and profit purchases. there are more reasons to worry about a slowing chinese economy and that at a time of high trade tensions official figures suggest the growth rate is at its lowest in thirty years duster allowed for his down and cost sales have also plunged car sales in china fell seventeen percent in the first two months of twenty nine teams as compared with one year ago about three million vehicles were sold in the world's biggest automobile market in january and february and china's industrial production for the same period was weaker than expected and grew at its lowest pace in seventeen years. in january and february twenty nine thousand industrial output grew by five point three percent year on year

just before i go, we can see the opening ceremony of the special olympics which took place in abu dhabiis for competitiors with intellectual disability and involves over 200 nations from across the world. it's the first time the competition will be hosted in the middle east and north africa region since it began 50 years ago. 0n the website, you'll find more from the the opening day of the uci para—cycling track world championships in the netherlands, where britain'sjody cundy and kadeena cox have both claimed gold. that's on bbc. co. uk/sport. that's all from me, more throughout the evening. hello, and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are lucy fisher, defence correspondent at the times, and anand menon, director of uk in a changing europe thank you both for being with us. many of tomorrow's front pages are already in. the times leads with mps voting to ask the eu in the brexit process. the telegraph describes the move as ‘one last roll of the dice'. the financial times says theresa may has a better chance of getting her brexit deal

it's still blowing on sunday a little less strongly maybe giving twenty three in die hard less in abu dhabi with that wind tends to die the sun and this time the east getting stronger so you get the middle twenty's in qatar increasingly warm for the west you get. the fact. the smallest place on the planet money could soon be lost. its an international team of scientists is determined not to let that happen without intervention. i would say here to a vast now it's a race against time to try to change the sheets take a crisis that's in the majesty plan to stave off extinction techno. welcome back you're watching al-jazeera time to recap our headlines high level talks between the u.s. and taliban have resumed in u.s. envoys. says an earlier round ended with on president progress. at least seven people have died in cross border shelling between india and pakistan in the disputed kashmir region indian officials say pakistani artillery fire killed a woman and two children standing stand says indian troops killed two civilians and two soldiers. kurdish forces in syria say they expect the battle to

the world triathlon series gets under way in abu dhabi tomorrow.and will be one of five female british athletes starting their season when the series gets under way. it's probably more me that it is important for than anybody else. i don't think that race matters in terms of what i will get of the whole season or what my goals are, yes, around the world series, but around olympic qualifications, which happens a bit later in the year. but i really wanted to go to that first race of the year as the defending world champion, to start wearing the number one cos i never did that before, and yes, for me, that is quite special. so i really wanted to do that. a big season ahead. that's all from sportsday. coming up in a moment, the papers. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are rachel cunliffe, comment & features editor at cityam and stephen bush, political editor of the new statesman. they've had a bit of an advance what is on the papers. here's your opportunity. britain on a knife—edge. the mi

abu dhabi staged its closing ceremony last night, officially concluding the largest ever world event for athletes with intellectual disabilities. britain has never staged the special olympics world games. that's all from sportsday. coming up in a moment, the papers. good night. you are watching bbc news. allies have been on brussels today as the eu 27 have been considering theresa may's request for article 52 b extended to britain does not leave the european union as planned on the 29th of march. my colleague kristian fraser has been engrossed in all of those discussions. let's bring it up to date. with what you have been hearing. and has been a very long run affair today because it started at 3pm this afternoon and has only just wrapped up. and moved away from what donald tusk put on the table yesterday and moved back towards it with some caveats to let me see if i can spell it out for you. the extension will run until may the 22nd which is the day before the european parliament, that has been granted. but that is the caveat, if by the 12th of april which is the cutoff date for the

started doing i just abu dhabi on thanksgiving performing for troops.i left my family to go perform for troops because they can't be with their families and stuff like that. it was great. >> i see video of you. you have been on tv, performing for the troops, you are worldwide. don't forget us when you get big. you were already big. >> not at all. i always contact ktvu. you have supported me for a long time. you have the specials rolling in. >> what is in the pipeline. >> i have a distribution deal with comedy dynamics through another entertainment company called back talk to where i have a comedy special deal that i shot already but i am going to shoot another one that is also in the works at the heritage center in the coming months. >> when you write your comedy, how do you think of these things? is it what makes you laugh? tell me what are some of the subjects that have made you laugh in the past. do you talk about the news? >> i talk about the news a lot. i don't get political at all because i am more like self- conscious. i talked about the news and

claimed responsibility india's foreign minister speaking at the organization of islamic conference in abu dhabi as its guest of honor was clear about her country's approach to terror groups they have to go. because this newspaper editors says the government is keen to play a bigger role of the international stage they want to be of the process of decision making in the muslim world because if you are there on the idea well then you go and influence things and also there are. some outside linebackers than. who somehow as you are going to a leading role in the muslim world india is heading towards a general election in twenty fourteen the issue of relations with pakistan was not high on the election campaign agenda with weeks to go just before that date is announced politicians are trying to work out how to internationally isolate pakistan while domestically build consensus that will help them with the election so whole raman al jazeera delhi. where india's prime minister narendra modi has called for unity over the dispute with pakistan he is also defending his leadership and the current crisis.

related to officials discussing the source of revenue from sponsorship deals tied to club owners in abu dhabi. it found guilty, the club could get a champions league ban. here's a reminder of our top story at this hour -- a german court is handing prison sentences of up to 10 years to four men accused of operating a vast child pornography platform on the darknet. one of the men was also found guilty of sexually abusing two young children. coming up next is "the day," and a world news update is at the top of the hour. you can get updates around the clock on our website, dw.com. have a good day. ten year bond from politics. control to france before i'm james creed and now if the verdict is in in that the trial of the accused brussels jewish museum killer. at french meant made an image was found guilty of killing four people. in may twenty fourteen and he now faces a life sentence the case has got a huge amount of tension here in france and in neighboring at belgian. earlier we spoke to apostles correspondent david keating about that verdict. the jury just decidedha

joining us now from abu dhabi is luke, the head of the client portfolio management of goldman sachs asset management. welcome to the program. i want to get your initial response to the kind of losses we've seen an emerging markets late friday. we have a lira that tumbled with implications for the monday open. is it time to reassess and recalibrate aem? luke: morning, yousef. i think that's an interesting question. from our perspective, we think this has been a strong drop for e.m. assets. that's underpinned by what we saw in 2018, which was a significant pullback in em assets, be it equities or local rates. against a context where fundamentals are solid. we look at equity markets last year, earnings and dividends are computing to return, and you ended the year down 15%. we still see a lot of opportunity within emerging-market assets. think the backdrop for growth looks robust. fundamentals are better than four or five years ago. and that earnings story continues to come through. look atso, when you some of the best and worst performing emerging-market currencies, and we put this up on the

abu dhabi's stock index takes a tumble.games for the year. -- you racing games for the year. what's behind it. -- erasing gains for the year. what's behind it.

they were saying the first abu dhabi bank could be more.s this a signal that there is plenty more to come? eric: i think the recent announcement with abu dhabi commercial bank will end the merger consolidation sector for some time. it will be years until we find another banking consolidation story into the market. manus: on the credits side, we talked to moody's shortly, but we want to get your take on credit in the region. what appeals at the moment? we have had moves on ammann, the qataris coming to the market. what stands out for you? eric: it's been quite interesting. as the central banks and the fed ease to monetary conditions, we've seen a rush of issuers come to the market to take advantage of easier fundraiser an environment. we have seen how they come with their debut corporate issue. we've seen qatar, export banks. these are issues which investors have snatched up and been quick to invest in. with easier financial conditions, we expect the emirates charger to come into the market. we expect him on to come into the market, as well

denies safety issues with the but our cup lands in abu dhabi which is being built by a korean firm souls' first attempt to build an atomic reactor abroad has been delayed three times the plant now set to come online in the year twenty twenty two new zealand with the first funerals have been held for the victims of last week's mosque attacks a father and son who fled the war in syria were among those laid to rest in christ church where fifty people were shot dead during friday prayers thirty bodies have now been released to their families wayne hay has more. it's five days since worship his was shot dead in two christchurch mosques and the bodies of the victims are being released for burial here a father and his son khaled moustapha and his teenage son hamza were refugees from syria they and their family arrived in new zealand last year among the mourners holmes's younger brother who was shot and wounded in the attack on the el nor mosque hamza had attended kashmir high school in christchurch along with another of the victims it was there that the prime minister was welcomed on wednesday

the time we go towards saturday things do get better temperatures come up to about twenty six and abu dhabi we do expect to see a time to there of twenty seven degrees for you and then here across mozambique of course we have been following the storm system that is making landfall in mozambique bringing very heavy rain and flooding conditions across much of the area and that is going to continue on friday and the system is going to weaken but still bring some very heavy rain across much of the area as we go towards saturday down here towards the south though it is drying out across parts of southern africa for durban it is going to be a warm day if you are twenty nine and for johannesburg a temperature of twenty eight. these everywhere and each tokyo plant very toxic and very dangerous and we could spend years painting this i would breakthroughs are being made showing that it is possible to change our relationship with each substance. running. now you come on to be. on plastic waste. on al-jazeera how do you turn this into this. welcome back to al-jazeera and our continuing coverage of the

the abu dhabi company is announcing plans to sell a swiss bank. singapore unit was shut down for failing to flag more than $1 billion in suspicious profits. --adala commerzbank is said to have hired goldman sachs and rothschilds to advise on merger talks with deutsche's. they have worked as a team on other takeover offers. -- it would create europe's fourth-largest bank by assets. the german government says it will accept job losses. delta airlines is now the front runner to take over struggling italian flag carer alitalia. they are considering an investment of $113 million and start with an initial 10% stake which would double in a few years if it goes well. they have branches in france, mexico, brazil, and china. manus: thank you. tomorrow, it is fed day. no rate hike or cut is expected. that is the starting point. however, the former new york fed president william dudley says he thinks tightening could be back on the table later this year. >> the economy picks up speed again, inflation picks up higher, then the fed will be back in play as early

born in upper darby to a family from iraq -- born in abu dhabi to a family from iraq, they say he diedew zealander and the country should honor him. >> that is what he did in the mosque. he sacrificed his life he is a give he gave his soul. >>e immediately stand up a tried to jump and grab the gun from him, telling him "what you ete doing here, get out, g out." he is a hero. hywel: at parlment, the day started with reflection and anger against the 28-year-old australian man accused of bringing bloodshed to bringing. aern: -- bloodshed to christchurch. he prime min. ardern: he many things from his acts of terror, but one was notoriety. that is why you will never hear me mention his name. he is a terrorist. he is a criminal. he is an extremist. but he will, when i speak, bess name hywel: some have described the terror attack as new zealand's lost innocence.is the realitore complicated. just like any other country, there are racial tensions here, and politicians who rail against immigration. prior to the attacks in 2017, raw zealand's deputy prime minister describeds as "not people we nee

born in abu dhabi to a family from iraq, they say he lived and died a new zealander, and the countryacrificed his life. he's a giver. he gave his soul. he immediately stood up and tried... tried tojump and grab the gun from him, and telling him, "what are you doing here? get out, get out!" he's a hero. at parliament, the day started with reflection, and anger against the 28—year—old australian man accused of bringing bloodshed to christchurch. he sought many things from his act of terror. but one was notoriety. and that is why you will never hear me mention his name. he is a terrorist, he is a criminal, he is an extremist. but he will, when i speak, be nameless. some have described this terror attack as new zealand's loss of innocence. the reality is more complicated. just like any other country, there are racial tensions here and politicians have railed against immigration. prior to the attacks in 2017, new zealand's deputy prime minister described immigrants as "not people we need", blaming them for low wages and a housing shortage. according to nayan, there is an undertow of racis

seeing is a better conditions for doha here on sunday with a temperature of twenty four degrees in abu dhabi it is going to be a partly cloudy day for you with a temperature of about twenty two degrees. jewing sierra leone civil war nigerian forces were deployed to protect civilians instead some turned on the population in plain sight of a journalist's camera the piece is named to. where the secret peacekeeping force the last approach complete a chain is on using his harrowing images international lawyers seek justice for those slaughtered by their guardian's peace kilis on al-jazeera. welcome back quick look at stories making headlines now opposition protesters in venezuela are of passion with police as a large part of the country has been without electricity for forty hours demonstrators are demanding president nicolas maduro relinquish leadership. colleges and universities in algeria have been ordered to close their campuses two weeks out of their scheduled spring break in an effort to quell student protests against the government. and at the u.s. backed syrian democratic forces say they

. ♪ ♪ >> good morning from abu dhabi. i manus cranny with nejra cehic in london.is "bloomberg daybreak: europe" and these are the days top story. double trouble. deutsche bank and commerzbank finally confirm merger talks, but a tie up could see job cuts in the tens of thousands and retrenchment in key markets. we are live in frankfurt. theresa may asks mps for an honorable compromise over brexit, and the chancellor warns there won't be a vote this week unless tory eurosceptics back down. mliv from baku. the chinese oil minister tells bloomberg it is too early to discuss an extension to output cuts, but urges commitment to the current agreements. >> until we see it hurting consumers, until we see the impact on inventory, we are not going to change course. ♪ nejra: good morning, everyone. welcome to "daybreak: europe." rival lenders deutsche bank and commerzbank have confirmed they are in merger talks. both banks are struggling to restore revenue growth that have lost 90% of their value from their peak. the german government is backing consolidation, and bloomberg u