the dowjones closing today above 22,000 points.that the dow jones has had a record close. it's quite significant but a few things are at play. first, its earnings season, are at play. first, its earnings season, so are at play. first, its earnings season, so a are at play. first, its earnings season, so a lot of companies report quarterly earnings and 70% of companies have already reported and by and large a lot of the companies have reported pretty good earnings. the baking sector is doing well, the oil sector is doing well now the prices are rebounding. we heard from apple yesterday. their earnings were much better than people expected and asa much better than people expected and as a result we saw apple's shares hit another all—time high in trading and that really lifted the dowjones to where it is now. presumably when the big companies do well, that doesn't automatically mean the whole economy will be performing equally well. there are other factors at play. exports are higher. investors are feeling more confident now the feder

let's begin with the dowjones. dow jones. there are other factors? yes, apple was one of them, but in terms of the apple store, people were bracing themselves for slightly disappointing numbers as there was a fear that tech savvy phone users we re fear that tech savvy phone users were waiting for the next version of the iphone, that was not the case. earnings are strong in a number of industries, that is the underlying dynamic. and you could argue there isa dynamic. and you could argue there is a currency effect in some instances, as the us dollar has continued to depreciate in recent weeks, as you translate foreign earnings into us dollars, it enhances earnings numbers and boost equity markets. and among market watchers there is a hot debate as to what will happen next. is there going to be a horrible correction or will its tail off? where are you in the big debate? it depends on what policymakers do, and so... are you sitting on the fence? the valuations, if you look at them against his strikes, they look stretched but we h

the dowjones the dow jones is the dowjones is the measure of stocks in america. a quiet day.rtsday. hello and welcome to sportsday — i'm hugh woozencroft. coming up this evening: we hear exclusively from striker eni aluko, who claims speaking out about her concerns over discrimination may have led to her being left out of the england reckoning. £a5 million man gylfi sigurdsson could well make his everton debut later. we look ahead to their trip to manchester city in the premier league. coming up, we are live in belfast, where england's women are preparing for their rugby world cup semifinal against france tomorrow. good evening. after accusing the national team manager of discrimination, england's eni aluko has given her first tv interview. she claims she was dropped after speaking out in what she thought was a confidential remark about alleged racial and prejudicial remarks made by manager mark sampson. sampson has been cleared of any wrongdoing in both an fa review and an independent investigation. our sports editor, dan roan, went to meet aluko. she's one of her country's

the significance was when the dowjones went above 20 2000.n north korea and the us is hitting confidence in the market. when markets have been going up for the long time, such as the dowjones and the other us—made index prices going up the other us—made index prices going up very strongly, when they have been going up, news like this will then bring things down rather quickly. with us breaking 22000 and the last few days or so, the fact we dropped back below it isn't too significant. if we stabilise the too much longer, that will be significant. what investors will like to see will it going higher. but that depends on the tension between the north korea and the us. what is the endgame of this? we don't know. these tensions create volatility. in the summer months, but not so much in terms of volume. a lot of traders are on holiday, not at their desks. the volume becomes lower, not as many trades going through, so the markets get more volatile. so news like this really does cause big moves in the market. the ripple effects, downward pressure on

in business news, the dowjones soars past 22,000 for the first time.he coverage in the times highlights that shares in apple also hit a record high yesterday, defying wall street expectations on its quarterly results. dominating front pages in the uk, a hats off to prince philip. the duke retires after 65 years of service and more than 22,000 official engagements. the daily telegraph writes "prince philip is deserving of the nation's gratitude." and, it would've been a flight from hell, but a courageous ukranian pilot gets the front of the straits times. he's been awarded a medal of courage after safely landing a plane despite a smashed windscreen and low visibility following a freak storm in turkey last week. so let's begin. with us is henry bonsu, a broadcaster and international conference host. good to see you. good morning to you both. let's start with the gene breakthrough. this is quite remarkable. it is remarkable. in a new cycle, we hear about medical interventions that will change the lives of millions every week, but this seems to be won. thi

the dowjones is up i five and a quarter. the asian markets are quite flat at this hour. sport today is coming up time with us. sport today is coming up next. the top stories this hour: president trump has defended his response to deadly protests in charlottesville at the weekend, again stating that both sides were to blame. the american secretary of state has said it is up to north korea to decide if it wants to talk to the united states about its missile and nuclear weapons programmes. millions of rail passengers are facing the biggest rise in train fares for five years. tickets are going up by 3.6% in january, because of a rise in the rate of inflation. our transport correspondent richard westcott reports. quick coffee. good boy. little treat for einstein the cat. and catch the train. rebecca's commute from taunton to bristol costs £3,500 a year, and it's due to go up by £130 next year, as most commuters face a 3.6% price rise. there's this gradual erosion of your actual real wealth that's happening to an awful lot of people, where you will find that your salary may ha

just last week, the dowjones industrial average broke 22,000 points for the first time ever.at the numbers from friday! well above that psychological mark. what does this high valuation tell us about the economy? we have this report from new york. us markets have been doing this a lot lately, reaching record—breaking milestones, something everyone is taking notice of, even the president. the stock market hit an all—time record high today, over 22,000. we have picked up today, over 22,000. we have picked up substantially now, more than $4 trillion in net worth in terms of our country, our stocks, our companies to bite it is true companies to bite it is true companies are on a record—breaking move. amazon hit an all—time high. that is giving to these high as. as us markets go higher and higher, we should see more companies going public and listing on places like the new york stock exchange. but thatis the new york stock exchange. but that is not happening. in fact, quite the opposite. the number of us companies that are listed are actually going down. over the last decade, the

the dowjones industrial average posting the ninth straight record, finishing the session like this.h of the gains driven from strong corporate numbers from companies like apple and others. we will look at is the positive sentiment is filtering through to asia. unfortunately not. the nikkei is flat. the all 0rdinaries index is up is flat. the all 0rdinaries index is upa is flat. the all 0rdinaries index is up a little bit. a mixed day. earlier, i spoke to an analyst. we are seeing a rotation out of asia. it has become more attractive as the us dollar has become weaker. there are us dollar has become weaker. there a re low us dollar has become weaker. there are low funding rates over there. the federal reserve is tightening. in the first six months of the year we have seen the us dollar at multi—year highs against the euro, against the japanese yen, and the pound! are investors coming in at a time when the dollar is weak so they can buy back into the us markets? that is definitely part of the plan. it shows how much liquidity there is around the world looking to invest the money. it a

the shares did really well after the day traded and the dowjones industrial average closing on a recorde fifth day in a i’ow record high. it's the fifth day in a row this has happened, getting closer to 22,000. it's the 48 record highs since trump was elected. —— 48. what is behind this long—term trend? —— 48th. this particular run on the dow has been driven by strong corporate earnings. banks continue to perform well despite lower trading numbers and oil companies seem to be read gaining some lost ground now oil prices are starting to rebound. —— regaining. some big companies like facebook and netflix have posted strong earnings for the quarter but if you look at the entire year, all of the indices have been breaking records and all of this is happening despite the legislative stalls in washington. it seems like it may be a while before we see any movement on tax reform or infrastructure spending. but the general sense from wall street is that the white house is business friendly and that can only mean good things. of course there are some other factors contributing to the party. globa

markets that are open have opened higher, taking cues pretty much from wall street where we saw the dowjonesntially in australia we are seeing games. many investors are watching the reserve bank of australia who will announce interest—rate decisions later. —— ? ?macr01 interest—rate decisions later. —— ? ? macroi and interest—rate decisions later. —— ? ?macr01 and that is it for this edition of asia business report. thank you very much for watching. you are watching bbc news. an extra 21,000 mental health workers will be recruited in england over the next four years. jeremy hunt says it is time to end what he called the historic imbalance between mental and physical health services. the royal college of nursing has questioned if there is enough time to train so many staff. we report. as a teenager, hope had a serious eating disorder. she thought she'd got through it after treatment but, last year, a family bereavement triggered a relapse. she was offered therapy, but was told there would be a 12—week wait — news she said was devastating. the way i was treated last year wasn't right. there we

but other indices in asia are also feeling the effects of the sabre—rattling on wall street — dowjonesmonths. al gore says the us looks likely to meet its obligations to the paris accord, in spite of donald trump's decision to pull out. mr gore told the bbc that the entire world and the bbc that the entire world and the largest states had pledged to honour the deal. i was relieved when the rest of the world redoubled their commitments to the paris agreement, and then the us, our largest states, and hundreds of cities and business leaders said we are still in the paris agreement. and now looks as if the us history to meet our commitments, in spite of donald trump. so with the cost of renewa bles donald trump. so with the cost of renewables coming down so quickly, many cities are now shipping in the us towards 100% renewable energy. the first date on which the legal withdrawal could take place, in any case, is the day after the next presidential election in 2020. but more importantly, state goverment and local governments and businesses are moving forward with reductions, in spite of don

the dowjones industrial average closing above 20 2000. market on friday boosting sentiment in asia today so a ten year high for many of these markets across asia as we start a brand—new trading week. i will see you in a minute for the news review. stay with us. the police watchdog in scotland is investigating after officers failed to find the body of a 64—year—old man from bo'ness who had been missing for a month. after weeks of searching, using police divers, dogs and a helicopter, arnold mouat was found at his home near falkirk. andy moore reports. 64—year—old arnold mouat was reported missing by his family on sevenjuly, the day reported missing by his family on seven july, the day after reported missing by his family on sevenjuly, the day after he had last been seen in his own home. at the time, police scotland launched an investigation which included a search of that property, but no trace was found of mr mouat. there was also a large—scale search in the area around, involving the police helicopter, divers, rescue teams and police dog

the dowjones the dow jones rose the dowjones rose on wednesday. the year. the dow has risen almost 11%. michelle is that the us —— new york stock exchange. what was behind that big surge in the dow? you mentioned it, it was apple. the results were better—than—expected. given the waiting of the stock and how much the shares surged, it propelled the market across that 22,000 psychological mark. celebrations here. just to remind you, we were marking in january that the dow had crossed the 20,000 mark. the reason this is significant is that you can talk about the fact that donald trump came into office and there has been a sense that he is pro—business policy would be good for the stock market. that sentiment reflected even though we are waiting for the policies that investors and shareholders are waiting for, tax reform and infrastructure spending. president from almost took credit for the market's performance. how things looking today? right now, it is still holding on to that, just over 20,000 points. the banking sector we have seen a big rise in b

the dowjones and the s&p 500 finished higher on friday, but both had their second worst week in 2017orries. in europe, markets remain pretty quiet for the holidays — with thin trade. the same worries persist, and no one is willing to call the top of the marketjust yet. more on that in a moment, but first let's head stateside and michelle has a look at what's ahead on wall street today. geopolitical fears dominated sentiment on wall street last week. traders may find themselves busy poring over the latest economic releases. retail sales figures, jobs data, and the minutes from the most recent fed meeting are all due out over the coming days. 0n the corporate front, keep an eye out for a host of high street names from the gap, walmart, home depot and target, all reporting their latest earnings figures. on wednesday, us, mexican and canadian officials meet in washington dc for the first round of talks to renegotiate the north american free trade agreement, or "nafta" for short. investors will be watching that for any signs of increased trade protectionism. this monday, canadian foreign

the dowjones down by 58, nearly 59. more now on our top story.ed 30 athletes and support staff. botswa na's isaac makwala, who was one of the favourites for today's 400 metres final, has been withdrawn. joining me now is professor dave collins, director of the institute of coaching and performance at the university of central lancashire. good evening to you. an athlete's worst nightmare, apart from suffering a broken bone or something. to get gastroenteritis, which we were hearing is a really wasn't thing to have? the wrong sort of runs foran wasn't thing to have? the wrong sort of runs for an athletic event. everybody‘s worst nightmare. 0ne of runs for an athletic event. everybody‘s worst nightmare. one of the most important thing is that support staff and coaches and managers can do in the last few days before an event is to try and guard against these things happening. how do they do that? we were hearing about the way this nor a virus could be spread so easily. it's not from food,it be spread so easily. it's not from food, it could be —— is a

the ftse is down, the dowjones is up at a new all—time high. william hill and apple are both up. will also be going to buckingham palace for his final royal engagement but first let's get the weather. the latest satellite sequence shows an awful lot of cloud across the uk which has been bringing some rain with it, not great for early august but in northern scotland there is some decent weather to be had with sunshine in shetland earlier which will linger into the afternoon but further south, this was dorset, not so further south, this was dorset, not so pretty. you can see the rain coming into the south of england and there is some drifting across northern england and northern ireland and that will continue northwards into central scotland by the middle of the afternoon. northern alan scotland continues to have good weather. because the bulk ofa and have good weather. because the bulk of a and whilst there is a lot of cloud in the afternoon with a few brea ks cloud in the afternoon with a few breaks and where you get them there could be some reasonable temperatures in the upper t

so, as i've already mentioned apple shares did really well in the us on tuesday as did the dowjones industrial at a record high again. this is now the fifth day in a row the dow has done this, creeping closer to the 22,000 mark and is the 48th record high closing since the 2016 presidential elections. we'll be looking at whats behind the trend in world business report. let's look at the markets right now: in asia, gains across—the—board and the company is doing well are the technology stocks. a lot of suppliers to apple are based in this pa rt suppliers to apple are based in this part of the world and listed on markets in asia so they're doing rather well right now. see you later for wbr. the us secretary of state, rex tillerson, insists that america is not seeking to topple the north korean government and wants dialogue. but mr tillerson warned pyongyang that its ballistic missile tests were presenting an unacceptable threat to the us. president trump has already stated he's very disappointed in china for not putting more economic pressure on its neighbour and ally. secretary tillerson has no

looking at the markets, and this is how london and frankfurt ended the day, and how the dowjones andd to 120 members of the indian community who were turned away from giving blood. they weren't allowed to do so because of confusion about whether they had been to india and needed a malaria test. peter coulter reports. members of northern ireland's indian community wanted to organise this blood drive to do something positive. around 120 people were due to attend. there are people who travel from delhi, and those who travel from delhi, and those who travel from delhi, and those who travel from derry, because there are people all over the place. if you we re people all over the place. if you were born in india or have lived there, you may need to take a test before you donate. in the end, most of them were turned away. they didn't check your passport or anything, they were just looking at the face. they did not check weather you have been there in the last three or six months. a couple of guys we re three or six months. a couple of guys were taking half a day off. three or six months. a

the ftse100 in london is down a very small amount, the third one, the dowjones, is the main measure of after a weekend of disruption in the seaside resort of cromer. restaurants and pubs had to close early ...with some residents talking of a town in lockdown. kim riley reports. cromer looking at its best in the sunshine today after a weekend that marred the end of a successful carnival week. the owner of an ice cream shop told me of the intimidating presence of a large group of irish travellers. especially when you have old people and families walking around, to me, thatis and families walking around, to me, that is bad. they might not be fighting or anything, and when they have intimidation and they are frightening families that's not good. at one cafe they shut their doors on sunday morning fearing the safety of their young stuff. another cafe owner said he had been confronted on his doorstep. they wa nted confronted on his doorstep. they wanted in, they wanted feeding. he refused to let them enter, they were abusive, using foul language, he thought they had been drinking. he isa tho

the dowjones was up considerably when positive payroll numbers came up out but it is only up numbersigures, i haven't got them. it's difficult to get the staff these days! we've just lost one on the telly, we'll miss you, joe! the results of the 2017 national geographic travel photographer of the year contest are now in. over 15,000 photos were entered this year from more than 30 countries. for photographers, it's a coveted title to take, and one which can catapult them into international photography stardom. this year's grand prize was awarded for an incredible shot of lightning striking the erupting colima volcano on mexico's west coast. here's a look at the winners list. music earlier, i spoke to winner of this year's competition, sergio tapiro velasco. i think this is the most precious gift that nature gave to me. i've been photographing 15 years this volcano. so this is the most important part of this work of 15 years. you'd been monitoring the volcano's activity. but when you saw the result in your camera, what did you think? well, i felt that the picture wasn't ok, because it

just to recap on the market, the dowjones getting beyond 22,000, the first time ever, bolstered by thatll. the nasdaq not going anywhere, falling back a little bit. that is all from me, a round—up on the website of course. in the meantime, back to simon. thank you. president trump has said that a bill on sanctions against russia, that he signed into law earlier today, is "significantly flawed". he's issued a statement saying that a provision limiting his powers to lift the sanctions on individuals is unconstitutional. the sanctions were imposed in retaliation for russia's actions in ukraine and its alleged interference in the us presidential election last year. we can go to washington and our correspondent laura bicker. in a drawer marked bleeding obvious question is, if it was significantly flawed, why did he sign it? he had no choice but to sign it. the rules of american governance state that if there is this overwhelming majority in congress both in the house and in the senate it means they have the votes to override any presidential veto so if he had vetoed, congress at the vote to