alastair: most likely.d environment will boomersyou have baby passing on wealth to millennials, and these climate issues become much more important. tothat is to remain relevant attract more capital and continue to grow its business, it kind of has to have a foot in the ground here. guy: thank you very much indeed. alastair marsh on the blackrock story getting a lot of attention today. vonnie: the chinese yuan strengthened around the time the trump administration announced it no longer considers china a currency manipulator. i say around the time because he looked -- because if you look at several sessions, it had been strengthening in the days leading up to the decision. it is 24 hours now before the planned you'll signing, which should take place tomorrow -- planned deal signing, which should take place tomorrow. joining us now is vincent cignarella, voice of the bloomberg audio sqawk. we've known that this phase one is about to happen. we've also known that it is a very small beginning. why such strength

the mail headlines alastair stewart quitting hisjob as a newsreader at itn after making what he describedor a second day! it says detectives at scotland yard are preparing to investigate the claim that lord lucan is alive and living in australia. i have leave you to cogitate on that particular thought. let's start with slightly more serious matters and hs2, the financial times, one of a couple of papers leading with it the story that the hs2 future clear as such he javed the chancellor throws support behind £88 billion rail project. —— sajid javid. that but we were announcing an announcement on this way. is this leading quiz above there is a crunch meeting at number ten tomorrow to discuss the details whether this can go forward. ten tomorrow to discuss the details whether this can go forwardm ten tomorrow to discuss the details whether this can go forward. it is my understanding that we are not likely to have confirmation of that decision until, certainly not this week going into next week now. it is a key meeting and one of the

alastair bruce—ball was watching.am. took the lead ten minutes before halftime. the referee pointed to the spot and salah tucked away. the next goal on the counter—attack as west ham were threatening from a corner. they are the best team in the premier league by a country mile and it's not going to be too long i don't think until they clench this premier league title. 2—0 liverpool. we just have to carry on, we will carry on and 70 things can happen at last. stop it's interesting, it can catch over there but it's just not decided and that's why we don't feel like it's already done. nobody stands there, it's played that game and after the game, it's like, take and after the game, it's like, take a deep earth, saturday, southampton, that's how it is. manchester city are unlikely to hang on to their league title — but they're on course to retain the league cup. they're through to the final to face aston villa — despite losing at home to manchester united in the 2nd leg of their semi—final on wednesday. ian dennis reports

alastair all story. because a. must. starts january 27th on d w. 50 years of religions for peace citizens from many different things are working together toward a common goal a peaceful resolution of religious conflicts. now the female members are for religion for peace from the middle east are demanding the larger it is. all coming to ground is empowering women giving them the rule. making them an agent of change is this where. the female peacemakers starts january 5th want to double. this is the news line for fury and outrage ain't it american echo across baghdad a day off to a u.s. airstrike that killed iran's top general tens of thousands joined a funeral procession in iraq each capital after tensions in the region sort a wrong has vowed revenge for the death of general customs.

alastair all story. corps aboard. must. even starts january 27th on d w. 2 that our guardian angel will help to ensure our son will be rescued. 2 year old died after falling into a 700 meter to hold that he being drilled in the rescue attempt was broadcast around the world tragedy to attention to an increasingly serious problem in spain widespread illegal extraction. brought up from the you alone is tragic people it's time to put a stop to the drilling of illegal boreholes which amounts to stealing a public asset. it's the water over a 1000000 homes in spain often called moonshine wells because they drilled they used to help irrigate grown here in one of the driest corners of europe and exported to the rest of the continent. no one wants to take responsibility i doubt anything will change unfortunately gay know what's the. nature at its most. national park south of seville is a unesco world heritage site and a stopover for millions of markets or birds traveling between europe and africa but it's surrounded by agricultural a

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alastair our story. was a. must. even starts january 27th on d w. asian markets retreat as new cases of a deadly virus in china sparked fears of economic consequences and memories of the sars virus well the latest. also to show what role does business have in curbing climate change inequality to meet a group of entrepreneurs in davos who say a major one.

alastair knowledge story. because i'm bored. most. easily starts january 27th on d w. are we alone it's a fundamental question of humanity trying to figure out whether or not. life existed on mars pretty clear water was there quite abundance while that would be interesting so on mars the atmosphere is $100.00 of what we have here on earth it's very very cold and at the fast it's like antarctica you could imagine bringing some supplies and you know you do and build a little self-contained pressured vehicle or vessel which would be on the surface there are things like oxygen that you can harvest from the atmosphere to help make living possible. if you want to think of humanity if we really want to survive forever we're going to have to move off the earth eventual a and i know that seems a little crazy but you've got to start somewhere. coming to you live from berlin a pledge for peace in libya world leaders of the major summit here in berlin say they'll stop interfering in libya's civil war and hold an arms embargo to the country but will that change the situation on the

alastair whole story. was a. must. start so january 27th on d w. businesses are facing more pressure than ever to promote social change go to davos for some of the world economic forum are even calling for a new capitalism and. also on the show more cases of a new coronavirus with patients now in the u.s. and hong kong look at how asian economies are preparing for the flu like.

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the mail headlines alastair stewart quitting his job as a newsreader at itn after making what he describedon social media. and the mirror leads with lord lucan for a second day! it says detectives at scotland yard are preparing to investigate the claim that lord lucan is alive and living in australia. there you go! i was going to say you heard it here first, but actually you heard it in the mirror yesterday, so that doesn't quite work. let's move forward with the times, hs2 on the front of several of the papers, isn't it? johnson set to back hs2 in defiance of top aide. the story suggesting his aide, dominic cummings, is against hs2. is this bother saying, "i'm my own man?" that's what is suggested in the article but it is worth pointing out it is in a lot of the papers tonight, the idea sajid javid, the chancellor, has now decided he will back hs2, at least the first part, meaning it is likely, given all the moving is we have had, that the government will say yes to hs2. this is apparently in defiance of dominic cummings, because he's previously been critical of hs2, because in the past h

al reporter: real estate developer alastair mactaggart veunched the california consumer privacy act. the company is selling your information, they're required to have a "do not sell" button on their website. >> reporter: home depot already has the link. click it, and you can request to ite what information the company has on you. have them de or opt out entirely. walmart and target now also have the link. >> it's kind of like a panic button for your privacy. >> reporter: consumer watchdog president jamie court says the law now gives consumers control. >> the big value of the law is it is a deterrent effect. it tells companies, be reasonable with what you collect about our data, because you're going to have to tell us. >> reporter: but opponents, like nicholas ahrens with the retail industry leaders association, enys the state law is ambiguous and confusing. >> that's really the reason that you want to have one federal law that's comprehensive, that sets a clear set of rules for all cnsumers, so that they know what to expect. >> california is really, i think, giving a new year's gift

security advisor bolton and then ukrainian chairman of the national security and defense counsel alastairnew jo the meeting wasover when ambassd made a general comment about investigations. i also thought it was an appropriate inappropriate... so when a hailstorm hit, usaa reached out before he could even inspect the damage. that's how you do it right. usaa insurance is made just the way martin's family needs it - with hassle-free claims, he got paid before his neighbor even got started. because doing right by our members, that's what's right. usaa. what you're made of, we're made for. usaa >> bret: breaking tonight, the senators taking a break for dinner as they continue to press their case for the abuse of power charges against president trump, abuse of power, obstruction of congress but let's find that what the mood of senators is halfway through the prosecution's and tatian, on a break right now. correspondent chad program has not had many breaks up on capitol hill. chad to come what's feeling inside the chamber, our senators getting restless? >> senators are more rested, keep in mind

well, as i put it to alastair burt there, it's understood that boris johnson was not warned in advancerike that killed general soleimani. our political correspondent, jessica parker is at westminster. we do understand that borisjohnson was not informed in advance of the strike now. some may use that to question the strength of the relationship between the us in the uk. of course, allies, but dismissing that issue where is sideshow, but as you were pointing out, what questions will be raised is what should be told in advance, because of shipping interests in the gulf there are uk troops stationed there. we have heard today in a statement from the foreign secretary who has spoken to his us counterpart, but in that statement he said we have always recognised the threat raised. we urge all parties to de—escalate. so not really a clear endorsement of the reaction that donald trump has decided to take. there has been pretty strong criticism from the labour leadership team. i am really concerned about what donald trump is doing, and i have been warning for some time that this was coming. i th

alastair, buckingham palace was blindsided by this. going on behind the scenes? >> well, i think we know that there is a great sense of making sure that this is a family situation. and yet at the same time it's a family that has in its head the queen who is utterly devoted to delivering service to the country and to the other nations of which she's queen. so balancing what the monarchy is about with what the duke and duchess of sussex have declared they would like to do and i think now the private secretaries to the queen and others are finding a route forward. as families do they will find a way but it will have to make sure that the monarchy itself is protected in every way. >> alastair, knowing how fresh this all is, do we have a sense of the queen's reaction to this yet? >> well, not clearly. just that there has been a sense of hurt in that not enough perhaps time has been given to the announcement that this is what the duke and duchess want to do and, look, all of us in our lives are perhaps touched with a desire to try and do wha

i'm alastair cook here with the ninth episode of "i, claudius."d to watch it because it had nudity in it. i very much wanted to. >> rather than try to come up with a show that would run for years and years, it was this idea that, here is a limited story, we're going to tell it in x number of episodes, and let's just do this one self-contained thing. >> we all did things during the reign of my mad brother that we might not otherwise have done. >> it looks cheap. it was the script and the performances that mattered. in other words, it could be good for you, but it was fun at the same time. the miniseries was such a huge success for public television. abc was the network that hit gold with "rich man, poor man." >> how do you even tell a story that isn't controlled by the clock? characters that can grow and change and differ. >> i want to talk to you. >> about what? >> about making an honest man out of me. >> it's a subject i rarely discuss in the nude. >> what we saw in the '70s was big-event television, if it was done right and if it was compelling,

itv news presenter alastair stewart is stepping down from his role following "errors ofjudgment in alastaircaster, 67, said: "it was a misjudgement which i regret." itn said he had breached editorial guidelines. stewartjoined itv in 1980 and began fronting news at ten nine years later. a bbc investigation has found that every week thousands of seriously ill patients in england and wales are waiting more than an hour for an ambulance to reach them. people suffering medical emergencies such as heart attacks and strokes are not meant to wait more than 18 minutes, and experts warn the delays are a threat to patients' lives. nhs bosses have blamed rising demand, and ambulances being delayed at a&e. here's our health correspondent, nick triggle. derrin cozart was at his home in northumberland on his own when he collapsed. he came to and rang 999. over an hour later, an ambulance arrived. he was dead. he had suffered a gastric haemorrhage, causing massive internal bleeding. the case is now being investigated by the north east ambulance service. his partner, mark mitchell, has been wondering whethe

alastair: yes and no.market data to show esg for socially responsible investing is a rare corner of finance where the gender balance is almost equal. there are still more men than women, but in the top levels, data suggests 40% of the top roles are women at the largest asset managers. that is unusual in finance but it is not necessarily because the companies have been promoting these women. it is because in the past, that used to be something of a backwater, and ignored sector. about how push companies must be seen to be doing something, a number of women who held these roles are being elevated to this position. it is great for diversity in wall street, but not the product of pushing diversity. anna: next, what happens to assets as central banks shift or neutral? we put that question to market live's richard jones. that is next. ♪ anna: welcome back to the european open. 47 minutes into the trading day. recent gains in some of these markets. let's get stock movers with dani burger. viviana hurtado -- sayin

bolton called him back in september and told him to look into the ambassador, marie yovanovitch alastairalready starting an investigation into you the ukrainian matters, but bolton appeared to support their efforts. kyle cheney linking to the statement from eliot engel and the foreign affairs committee. here is that whole statement. what it says, eliot engel saying that he and i spoke by telephone in september -- on september 23, saying on that call, ambassador bolton suggested to me, unprompted, that the committee look into the recall of the ambassador and strongly imply that something improper had , asrred around her removal our top diplomat in ukraine. the statement from eliot engel goes on from there. follow-up reporting on that front, there are revelations about that contact. saying thatn speaker pelosi's office said she did not know about that september 23 angle-bolton phone call before she made her announcement on september 2 four, launching her impeachment inquiry. 24, launchingr her impeachment inquiry. next, to stockton, california. mike on the independent line. caller: hello.

the daily mail leads on the story that the newsreader alastair stewart is stepping down from his itvd "it's over for eu" is the headline on the huffington post this morning, alongside a picture of nigel farage and his fellow brexit party meps waving union flags after his final speech to the european parliament. i think it's supposed to be over for "you". well spotted. thank you, ben. can someone get charlie a cup of tea ora cup of can someone get charlie a cup of tea or a cup of coffee? we've been talking a lot clearly about the human impact of the coronavirus. the financial pages looking at the impact it could have in the world economy, it the virus hits, markets could fall by 10%. markets may be linked to your pension or maybe savings. it could have a knock—on effect further down the line. how you might ask? 0ne effect further down the line. how you might ask? one example is apple. the tech giant has told us its hmmfi the tech giant has told us its forecast for the year ahead is down quite significantly because of its exposure to china, not only to how much it sells but how much it