the galaxy fold is available from today in south korea and you will see it hitting shops across europe, asiahe us in the coming weeks. the price tag for early adopters? almost $2,000. so what do you get for that? the phone's flexible screen opens out like a book — to a huge 7.3 inch display — and it has six cameras! samsung revealed the gadget back in april but its release was shelved as early reviewers reported broken screens after as little as 48 hours of use. samsung says those problems are now sorted. but the delay means rivals are lining up with their own versions. china's xiaomi has already unveiled a prototype and huawei says it will release its own next month. samsung needs the new device to be a success, as smartphone sales begin to flag. profits in the three months tojune were down 56% on the same period last year. let's get more on this story from ben wood, chief of research at ccs insight. he's in berlin. what do you get for $2000? is it worth it? it is gadget blink. whether it is worth that it is on the eye of the beholder. —— blink. i spent quite a lot of time with the new devi

to be in which a white spread in northern latitudes will by contrast tex live in warmer areas of europe asia and africa. and asia just wait for their victims to come along susan i think distances of several 100 meters. they can transmit spotted. the often fatal crimea. migrating. human trafficking and climate change are enabling tech populations to expand into regions where they didn't live in the past and with them carrying numerous dangerous pathogens. luckily there not only dangerous creatures lacking but interesting people like dr howard on and he's the right person to talk to today. the. doctor how to get on your from the robot call in situ it from the leader. in the woods in nature and you're running around with a white flag collecting ticks while you're doing that. we are doing like this in the last year of europe's were often drawn the more exotic tick speeches. of all and you want to know what ticks be serious and they make in germany and the 2nd reason is to see when the ticks are active or hold the proton also critique is changing by the climate change because. the last 2 years we

says it's planning actions in asia europe and the americas in a moment will join a march in taiwan a 1st a look back at what's been a landmark week for environmental campaigners spearheaded by the now world famous swedish teenager gratitude. this is all wrong. i shouldn't be up here. i should be back in school on the other side of the ocean. just so you'll come to us young people for hope how do you. this is i do disagree with her on at least one measure she gave a stirring speech in which in my opinion it was not made clear enough in what ways technology and innovation especially in the area of energy but also in the area of

live in areas of europe asia and africa. just wait for that victims to come along. the distances of several 100 meters. they can transmit spotted. the often fatal crimean. migrating. human. and climate change populations to expand into regions where they didn't live in the past and with them carrying numerous dangerous pathogens. luckily they're not only dangerous treaters lacking but interesting people like dr howard on and he's the right person to talk to today. your. doctor how to get on your from the robot call in situ it from believing. in the words nature and you're running around with the wife like collecting ticks while you're doing that too why we are doing like this in the last year groups were often drawn the more exotic ticks people. wanting a vault and we want to know what it's procedures to make into me and the 2nd reason is to see when the ticks are active or how all the proton of security is changing by the climate change because the. last 2 years of extreme and we have seen that. some ticks peace has been gone and security. experience is increasing

will be sending ripples of fear through the middle ston tear in germany through industry throat europe and asia but here in the markets it's a relatively calm reception docs in fact the market barometer for german shares is treading water elsewhere in europe in england for example or in italy their shares are in fact going up and in asia. very center of where this conflict is also located you're actually seeing shares higher and shanghai and that's part of the message too because there's such a moderate reaction there was a very positive news from the chinese economy from the purchasing managers index that sort of. mirrors the sentiment and industry there and business and that's helping to medicate the effects of this. the reaction is so mild today should we assume that that means that there's an optimistic outlook going ahead briefly if you can. with many people there is talk to a capital market strategist this morning and said look at the shares here they're not signaling a recession they're signaling we're expecting this to come to some sort of solution donald trump we just heard there's a m

investing billions in developing electric vehicles to meet tighter emissions restrictions in europe and in asia and of course to remain competitive as the international auto show in frankfurt gets underway later this week we take a look at the industry's oncet it today stability demands move over a tesla the competition is about to heat up several european carmakers are rolling out new electric vehicle models. is the year where we are probably saying so the big orange red necks mark electric cars you know volkswagen the idea 3 porsche with the take in sports car and then you've also got kind of runaway persia and all these are the 1st showing sold for electric products and concepts mass market means cheaper models like volkswagen's id 3 so more europeans will be able to afford the new electric vehicles until now the continent has lagged behind other regions last year just under 1000000 electric vehicles were sold in asia pacific the americas were far behind but still in 2nd place and europe came in 3rd with fewer than 230000 electric vehicles sold. but that could change now with car makers show

$36000000000.00 for the longer side of st paul's law and visions a single stock exchange joining europe with asia that just says would redefine global capital markets for decades to come u.s. regulators are preparing to ban flavored cigarettes beeping has been blamed for leaving hundreds sick and are suspected to be the cause of some tests around 5000000 minors and an estimated 8000000 adults use the cigarettes in the united states general motors is recalling more than 3000000. pickup trucks and s.u.v.s in the u.s. because of the breaking problem the action of all some 3400000 vehicles built between 20142800 after several complaints from drives. and staying in the industry who needs to own a car that's a growing question in big cities where public transportation and ride sharing services are often widespread and younger people typically more concerned about their carbon footprint we sent one such car skeptic our own mother over come on to the frankfurt motor show to see if he could be convinced to getting behind the wheel. of almost 30 and i've never owned a car and why would i. living in berlin

$36000000000.00 for the london stock exchange group the proposal envisions a single exchange joining europe with asia the chief executive of the hong kong exchange charles lease says the deal would quote redefine global capital markets for decades to come. now our financial correspondent susan a standing by at a nother eggs change out of the frankfurt stock exchange conrad's interesting bit but given the current political tensions between hong kong and beijing and of course the brics it chaos here in europe what does all that mean. that means there are still a lot of question marks about whether or not this deal is really going to happen or not with beijing tightening its grip on hong kong more and more one really has to ask wouldn't such a deal mean that in the long run at least europe's most important market operator in london and one of the u.k.'s the united kingdom's most important strategic assets would be dominated at least indirectly by beijing the communist government there remember a few years ago frankfurt the stock market operator here tried to merge with the london stock exchange the deal

dollars for the london stock exchange group the proposal envisions a single exchange joining europe with asia the chief executive of the hong kong exchange charles lease says the deal would quote redefine global capital markets for decades to come. now our financial correspondent susan is standing by at a nother eggs change out of the frankfurt stock exchange interesting bit but given the current political tensions between hong kong and beijing and of course the brics of chaos here in europe what does all that mean. that means there are still a lot of course.

$36000000000.00 for the london stock exchange group proposal envisions a single exchange joining europe with asia chief executive of the hong kong exchange charles lee says the deal would redefine global capital markets for decades to come. and our financial correspondent conrad who isn't standing outside another exchange but this one in frankfurt conrad there's a business argument behind this bid from hong kong clearly but there's some very big political questions aren't there. absolutely stephen especially if we take into consideration what's going on right now in the streets of hong kong i mean the protests with beijing tightening its grip on hong kong one has to wonder what such a deal between the hong kong stock exchange and the london stock exchange mean that the london stock exchange would eventually be dominated by communist china you know a couple of years ago when the frankfurt stock exchange try to merge with the london stock exchange this deal eventually failed because london refused to be dominated by the germans it's very very doubtful that the proud people in the city of london wou

$36000000000.00 for the london stock exchange the proposal envisions a single boars joining europe with asia that it said would redefine global capital markets for decades to come. i wanted to own a car that is a growing question in big cities where public transportation and righteous ops widespread sent are younger people typically are more concerned about their carbon footprint we sent one such cost skeptic our own money. to the frankfurt motor show to see if he could be convinced to get behind the wheel. of almost 30 and i've never owned a car and why would i. living in berlin means i can get anywhere pretty much any time by bus or train. and if i do need a car i can just rent one through a car sharing service i'm perfectly fine without my own car. i'm going along with this only one 3rd of young german city dwellers say a car is important to them and i'm wondering what is the car industry going to do about that. well what better place to find out than at a bow to show at the i.a.e.a. in frankfurt major car companies from all over the world a showcasing their latest models one of them is o

teenge activist greta thunberg willjoin one march in montreal, canada, with others planned in europe and asiae making the headlines in the media across the world. the backlash against borisjohnson continues in the uk papers. the is front page has the prime minister's sister rachel joining in the criticism, saying mrjohnson is using a strongman gambit to whip up voters. "i won't surrender no—deal threat" headlines the daily express. the paper says a defiant mrjohnson has told mps to control their tempers, but insists he will keep on talking tough. the times has a warning from senior allies of borisjohnson saying that britain will face civil unrest on the scale of the french gilets jaunes protests if brexit is frustrated. meanwhile, the financial times carries the story of the white house facing accusations of a cover—up after the publication of a whistleblower complaint that alleges us officials hid the transcript of a call between president trump and his ukrainian counterpart. the south china morning post reports that hong kongers have used their first town hall talks to condemn chief executi

in europe, in east asia, and the middle east. it has returned because three important countries, one in each of the region, has embarked on policies designed to give it dominance in the region using force. in europe, russia invaded and occupied ukraine. in east asia, china has claimed virtually all the western pacific contrary to international law has built artificial islands in the western pacific and has installed military facilities on them. and in the middle east iran has used paramilitary groups to expand its influence throughout the region and has pursued nuclear weapons. the heart of the rise and fall of peace on earth is three chapters that describe and explain how and why peace came and disappeared from each of these three regions. it's a complicated story in each case. but all three cases have all one thing in common. in each region for each of these countries that have disturbed the peace, the aggressive foreign-policy that ended the piece at a domestic cause. each of the three governments is a dictatorship. so each of

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investing billions in developing electric vehicles to meet tighter emissions restrictions in europe and in asia and of course to remain competitive as the international auto show in frankfurt gets underway later this week we take a look at the industry's oncet it today some ability to. move over a tesla the competition is about to heat up several european carmakers are rolling out new electric vehicle models. is the year where we are probably saying so the big launch so mark electric cars you know volkswagen the idea 3 porsche with the taking sports car and then you've also got kind of rough.

europe. let's check in on the markets in asia. what is your focus? what are asian traders looking at?> we are looking backwards because we've had that news china is willing to buy more u.s. corporate. that is not affecting markets in asia which are taking their lead on wall street rather than the u.s. futures. down .6-pacific index percent. the hong kong market under pressure. the index is now on track to erase all those gains it hot in that euphoria from the extradition bill being withdrawn. japan's yield at a record low, three basis points. we had a steepening of the curve from governor kuroda suggesting as we have been indicating there could be more stimulates from the boj. watching the kiwi, just a little higher against the greenback. some wereish as expecting. i want to show you china's economy because we had the beige book showing the economy continued to worsen in manufacturing and services in the third quarter. this shows what we have seen with the bloomberg track of the economy that we are expecting to see growth in the quarter below 6%, meaning it will be the worst quarter f

investing billions in developing electric vehicles to meet tighter emissions restrictions in europe and in asia and of course to remain competitive as the international auto show in frankfurt gets underway later this week we take a look at the industry's oncet in today some ability to. move over tesla the competition is about to heat up several european carmakers are rolling out new electric vehicle models. to ease the year where we are probably saying so the big launch so mark electric cars you know volkswagen the idea 3 porsche with the taking sports car and then you've also got kind of ran over the persian. showing sold for electric products and concepts mass market means cheaper models like volkswagen's id 3 so more europeans will be able to afford the new electric vehicles until now the continent has lagged behind other regions last year just under 1000000 electric vehicles were sold in asia pacific the americas were bar behind but still in 2nd place and europe came in 3rd with fewer than 230000 electric vehicles sold. but that could change now with carmakers showing the results of the bil

europe. anna: let's check in on the markets now from asia.are joined from singapore with details. >> we are seeing the bond selloff continue in asia. up by six basis points. when it comes to markets, mixed to flat on the asia-pacific index. --have banking stocks look looking pretty good in japan. weaker yen also helping. not much action in hong kong today. weakness in china's market, down by about .5%. pork producers doing very well. of course the weakness in china's market really as investors tried to scramble to work out what the next picture -- mixed picture will mean in terms of stimulus. rise in porkge prices due to the african swine for that saw inflation remain at 2.8% year on year. you can see the red bar. that is pork prices up by almost 47%. that is the sense we saw in terms of 1.8 contribution to the 2.8% inflation figure. of course we know we saw on the factory floor some deflation so this all as to that conundrum as to what authorities are really going to do when you have inflation meaning strong on those food prices and deflatio

the student protest that took over the world millions of people from europe to africa and asia go on strike to demand action to save the planet. and thousands descend on one of the world's most secret military bases as an online joke gets seriously out of count. calories so we begin with that breaking news out of yemen where the who the rebels say they will stop targeting saudi arabia with drones and other weapons in a statement mocktails shot the head of the huge fees political office says the armed group expects the saudis to also stop targeting yemeni territory and they reserve the right to respond if riyadh continues to target them. you know. we will cease to target saudi arabian territory with military drones ballistic missiles and all other forms of weapons and we wait for a reciprocal move from them or even better for them to declare that all kinds of attacks including a real compartments will cease we reserve the right to respond if they fail to reciprocate positively to this initiative and the continuation of this war will not benefit any side on the contrary it could lead t

officials say that none of the three bridges connecting europe and asia were damaged. new south wales has become the last australian state to decriminalize abortion. the bill overturns a 119-year-old law which opponents called archaic. opreviously, abortions wey allowed if the doctor said the pregnancy was a serious risk to a woman's health. you are watching "bbc world news america." still to come on tonight's where fighting is ifyiripoli, and there are fears of an all-out civil war. laura: do youat recall mcboatface? that is what the public voted to call the u.k. new polar rearch ship. today it has officially beenvi named sir attenborough, after the government intervened. it will rry out vital research in the arctic and antarctic over the next 30 years. our science correspondent beccaa morelle has more. rebecca: it is heading for the on board, the duke and duchess of cambridge. and sir davitenborough, who lent the ship his name. >> it is my immense privilege, and relief, to welcome sir david attenborough rather than boa mcboatface. rebecca: for sir david, studying the

we have also seen it go in a reversal for japan and asia, as well as europe. we seem to be at a crescendo a few months ago, was that premature? it is interesting that we do not want to feel good about things. like it is wrong to feel good. romaine: the 10 year is into it. kristen: but we need to look at data. we have access to so much data. the other day i saw something about google searches on recessions and yield curve inversions, and we saw a big spike in august fall off the cliff. it tells you what consumers are looking at. and we actually maintain a bear market checklist at citi, so we look at 18 different factors from consumer sentiment to leverage on balance sheets. right come out of the 18, only four of them are flashing red. to put that into context, in 2000 it was 17 out of 18. in 2007, it was 14 out of 18. so do not look at one single thing, because at there are two things people are concerned about right now, manufacturing numbers antitrade. and i guess the yield curve inversions, but there is reason for that as well. luke: if you look at sector le

protests were also held in africa, asia, and europe. more than 500 cities are planned in germany alone, where today chancellor angela merkel is set to announce a package of measures to reduce the country's greenhouse gas emissions. here are voices from sydney, thailand, and nairobi. >> we have not seen any governmental action being taken since the last strike, and that means we are going to keep fighting for the sustainability we deserve and we need an economic stability we also want for our world. the idea that renewable energy can be the alternative, that it is the only option. issue. is a human tois horrific -- terrific see these everyday normal workers, students, moms, dads, kids, babies here supporting the strike. >> a lot of youth can't vote. theyey don't have decision-n-mag powewer in fosl fufuel investmts or plastic use. but t what the yououth can do is talk about the problem and make noise about it and demand it from the people who can create a change. >> climate change is real and coming for us. it doesn't matter who you are.

seeing gains in europe and asia. kkei gaining european markets kind of similar, we are seeing a mixed market, mostly higher in europe. more green a rather unusual exchange between president trump and treasury secretary steven mnuchin caught on camera if you remember, news broke that china would tour farming sector in montana late yesterday, trump and mnuchin were asked about that cancel he jumped in and said the tour was canceled at the bee haft of the united states. something that seemingly caught president trump by surprise. >> that was at our request we didn't want there to be any confusion. they have started buying agriculture. they are going to reschedule that at a different time that was truly at our request. >> why was that our request? >> we didn't want confusion around trading >> but i want them to buy farm products >> we they are committed to buying agriculture >> despite the mixed message by reuters that china has bought 600,000 tons of soybeans that exchange getting a lot of attention. there is some optimi

officials say none of the three bridges in the city connecting europe and asia was damaged. to tourists from around the world for the first time. visas costing $80 will be available online. until now they have largely been restricted to business people and muslim pilgrims. the british prime minister has suggested tempers need to "come down" in parliament, a day after a furious session in the house of commons. but borisjohnson has refused to apologise for dismissing concerns that his own talk of "surrender" and "betrayal" is inflammatory, at a time when mps are receiving death threats. one was murdered, just before the 2016 brexit referendum. there is some strong language in this report from our political editor, laura kuenssberg. boris johnson: we will not betray the people who sent us here! paula sherriff: subject to death threats and abuse every single day! boris johnson: i've never heard such humbug in all my life! this is the language. you're a publicity whore! publicity whore, madam! this is it. politics has never been forfaint hearts. this man is an idiot. we won't tol

stock exchange $39000000000.00 are on the table the proposal envisions a single exchange joining europe with asia. and israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu has promised to annex large parts of the occupied west bank if he wins a national election next week the jordan valley is claimed by the palestinians as part of a future independent state the european union has criticized the plan saying it undermines the prospects for peace. they have fled deadly violence become refugees in a foreign country and have been forced into prostitution there are among the 700000 rohingya refugees now living in sprawling camps and bangladesh their lives are already grim refugees are not allowed to work and depend on food handouts some women there have turned to the sex industry others are lured abroad with promises of jobs and marriage only to end up in prostitution w. has this exclusive report from the bangladeshi city of cox's bazar. in the world's largest refugee camp in bangladesh the life for women and children is particularly difficult. this woman fled from me and mom with her 3 children and husband afte

exchange $39000000000.00 are on the table the proposal in visions of single exchange joining europe with asia. questions are growing about the direction of u.s. foreign policy now that president trump has fired his national security advisor john bolton had gained a reputation as a hardliner supporting regime change in north korea and iran and opposing tribes negotiations with the taliban to end the conflict in afghanistan the president tweeted that he disagreed strongly with bolton on many issues. john bolton in happier times seated at the president's side an influential proponent of a whole key foreign policy. but his tenure as national security adviser came to an end when trump took to twitter to announce his departure the president tweeted that he strongly disagreed with many of bolton's suggestions prompting trump to ask for his resignation bolton quickly disputed this version of events in turn to reaching that he had offered to resign of his own accord. it's not the 1st time trouble bolton have disagreed the former adviser stood for a muscular approach to foreign relations and their own

officials say none of the three bridges in the city connecting europe and asia were damaged.ise abortion. the bill overturns a ii9—year—old law which had been called archaic by opponents. previously, abortions were only allowed there if a doctor deemed the pregnancy was a "serious risk" to a woman's health. tributes have been paid to the former french president jacques chirac, who has died at the age of 86. one of his country's most popular politicians, but his later years were marred by scandal. from paris, lucy williamson looks back at his life. the ‘bulldozer,’ the ‘weathervane,’ the ‘super liar‘ — political nicknames and political satire that could never dampen france's affection forjacques chirac. his long road to the presidency included two stints as prime minister and almost two decades as paris mayor. his down—to—earth charm and talent for connection unleashed on everyone, from children to chancellors. bringing the country together proved harder. he wanted to heal france's social divisions, but his plans for reform were shelved after 2 million people came out in prote

stock exchange $39000000000.00 are on the table the proposal envisions a single exchange joining europe with asia. and a former indonesian president b.j. habibie a has died at the age of $83.00 his presidency was the shortest in modern indonesian history but his legacy was significant b.b. introduced many democratic reforms that allowed an independence referendum and east timor. and germany parliaments annual budgets debate brought into to a survey of the world's challenges and how the country should tackle them chaps came under scathing criticism from germany's far right opposition but she kept her message that there is one principle that should guide policy makers today. angle america drew the big picture to begin her speech insisting on the in parton's of multilateralism she took aim at the far right and populist both near and far. no country in the world can solve its problems on its own if we're all competing against each other we will not win i believe it could be a win win situation if we work together and that has to be more. populist consolidated their gains into regional elections earli

most of itsclose stores in europe and asia.l richards of medley global advisors is here with me. i doubt you are shopping at forever 21 because you are not in a dear old girl -- you are not an 18-year-old girl. you never know, right? how do you look at the debt market right now? vincent: you've been encouraged --paul: you've been encouraged to leverage. when you look at credit markets, you just go to argentina, it amazes me six weeks on from that event, as we talk to clients, argentina was really damaging, particularly in the hedge fund market. this tells me the search for yield has really hurt people, and i think credit markets are responding in kind as well. you've got to be super careful out there. credit markets are looking for anything in yield in general right now and saying, hold on, i need to reassess this. there are risks out there that perhaps the market might have forgotten about. alix: do you think that is changing? 's undereeing aaa formform bb's, for example. paul: look at the ways that ipos have been question. i

student protests that took over the world millions of people from europe to africa and asia go on strike to demand to action to save the planet. sport host nation japan to make a winning starts at the rugby world cup they rallied for trying to secure 30 points to tear victory over russia. hello welcome to the program but we begin this news hour in yemen where the who see rebels say they will stop targeting saudi arabia with drones and other weapons in a statement the head of the who these political office said the armed group expects the saudis to also stop targeting yemeni territory and they reserve the right to respond if it continues to target them. we are with we will cease to target saudi arabia to retreat military to missiles and all other forms of with us and we wait for a reciprocal move from them or even better for them to create all kinds of attacks including a real compartment will cease we reserve the right to respond if they fail to reciprocate positively to this initiative and the continuation of this rule will not benefit any story on the contrary it could lead to dangerou

china aims to create a new silk road trade route that would run from asia to europe via the north pole. right now china has to move its exports to europe through the indian ocean the proposed new arctic route would cut shipping time by 20 percent for about 2 weeks. some experts say that china also wants access to the arctic's rich supply of natural resources. the growing chinese middle class is basically screaming for resources from all over the planet. and the oxy is no exception so what you see is basically the same interest for resources as china have in south america and china in africa and that and you can also i think there see that china moves in in the places where united states is not present always united states pours out then you see china course in and and we also stopped to see that in the oxy. meanwhile back in arctic canada the tory apiece prepares to fly back to camp and. the research that she and her colleagues are doing here could be used by any number of countries. the scientists have no control over where their data ends up and that's fine with victoria. i look at t

in 1946 and 1947, as millions of people in europe and asia faced with a would call the greatest famine in all history, the aging humanitarian traveled around the world to 38 countries on an arduous survey mission undertaken by the request of president harry truman. his meticulous fact-finding and high-profile competition with world leaders helped to expedite surplus foods to suffering nations to avoid mass starvation. nothing touched hoover more deeply than the travails of world war i that he has done so much to alleviate. thathoughts turned to career, inis 1919, the most important year of his life other than his term as president. in 1958, he published a book entitled "the ordeal of woodrow wilson," a remarkable account of his diplomatic struggles in paris in 1919. and of hoover's concurrent battles in paris as relief administrator. that same year, 1958, at president eisenhower's invitation, he represented the united states at the brussels world's fair. he reflected on that occasion about the historical significance of the crv. he brought lasting benefits to the world. it had pioneere

the world so it's very important for europe and in the streets a lot is at stake there bentley get there reporting from brussels thank you. stock markets from asia to europe rose on thursday following the us federal reserve 2nd rate cuts in a row jay powell met analyst expectations by lowering the benchmark interest rate about a quarter of a percent mispresent trump however has been calling him much bigger cuts market reaction has been tempered by a lack of clarity on what the fed will do next china stocks edged up on the expectation beijing will also country it's friday. for more i'm joined by ranko barrett head of market analysis at one x. europe in london good to have you with us from your perspective has the fed's done all it could to cushion the u.s. against those headwinds from abroad. the 1st thing we have to say is that the most important headwinds facing the u.s. economy and not from a board from the white house the 2 reasons that growth in the united states is slowing as firstly the fading effects of fiscal easing in 2007 change or trying to text cuts and the 2nd of course is the us china trade war so those are both calls growth in the

officials say none of the three bridges in the city connecting europe and asia was damaged.ustralian state to decriminalise abortion. the bill overturns a law which has been in place for 119 years. previously, abortions were only allowed if a doctor deemed the pregnancy a serious risk to a woman's health. saudi arabia is opening its doors to tourists from around the world for the first time. according to the tourism minister, it's an historic moment. visas costing $80 will be available online. the british prime minister has suggested tempers need to come down in parliament a day after a furious session in the house of commons. but borisjohnson has refused to apologise for dismissing concerns that his own talk of surrender and betrayal is inflammatory, at a time when mps are receiving death threats. one was murdered, just before the 2016 brexit referendum. there is some strong language in this report from our political editor, laura kuenssberg. we will not betray the people who sent us here! subject to death threats and abuse every single day! i've never heard such humbug in

forever 21 operates more than 800 stores in the u.s., europe, asia, and latin america.s have easing rent for forever 21 in exchange for interest in the company. its first debt sale since one public, pricing the bond at a yield of 7.5% after receiving orders of a around $200ers of billion. david: we turn now to our weekly "business week" feature. first up, carcinogens in the u.s. drug supply. then, banks begin to account for climate change risk. hidden carbon footprints on the books could be the next dodgy mortgage. and the poet whose lawsuit couldn't stop the party. the story behind the fabled lawsuit against rita ora and the estate of notorious b.i.g. joining us are the bloomberg businessweek editor and bloomberg's sonali basak. let's start with carcinogens in drugs. i was deeply disturbed by this. reporter: about 90% of the drugs prescribed to americans are generics, and 80% of those generics are manufactured abroad in factories in india and china, where the fda does not have nearly as much oversight as they do at home. this is a look at how something like this happen

it will use the money to reduce debt and help shift the focus with north america, europe and asia.ng for the next ceo including banking had stephen birds and stephen hester. that is according to the uk's sunday times newspaper. they say the interim ceo is seen as another strong candidates. a key consideration is experience in asia where hsbc generated most of its profit last year. slashedorgan stanley the valuation of waymo saying self driving technology is taking longer than expected to develop. waymo is now worth 5 -- $105 billion, below the $175 billion per month ago. he said autonomous driving faces a series of hurdles, adding morgan stanley underestimated how long human safe drivers will be needed behind the wheel. track --e temper is on september is on track to be a record for foreigners buying chinese a shares. they injected $9 billion into the market by friday to exchange links with hong kong. the shanghai composite index heading for its first monthly gain since june. shery: coming up, alliancebernstein's greater chief economist joins us with her outlook on economic growth