s party a big turning back a challenge by the anti-islam freedom party. wilders did worse than the polls .redicted he proposed blocking immigration by muslims. in asia the china central bank is in step with the federal reserve. the bank of china increased cost of borrowing in open market operations and on medium-term lending. the central bank said the increases do not equate to interest-rate hikes. global news 24 hours a day powered by more than 2600 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. , this isa cehic bloomberg. equities, bonds, currencies, commodities, we saw great move off of the fed action, a more dovish tone. continuing on a more selective market. curve flattening and stays there. it was 124 down to 119. the difference between the 10-year and two-year. stronger mexican peso from. francine: i like the way that you showed the 2-10 spread. moving over financial markets, the dollar studying and treasuries up after a 2 day surge. japan, 113.48. boj kept monetary policy unchanged with the yen edging a touch higher. tom: a chart we haven't

that would suggest that geert wilders far right freedom party has not done as well as expected. indeed, the far right freedom party of geert wilders for a long time in surveys looked like he could've taken as much as 30 of the 150 seats. aboutas maintained until 24 hours before voting began and then it seemed to fall off and he was reduced back to 10% or roughly the equivalent of what he already had in parliament. some political scientists have told me this is something to be expected because a lot of dutch voters remain undecided until the very last minute. notably the moderate voters that take a longer time to decide. people who are on the far side of the political spectrum tend to know early on how they are going to vote. that explains how wilder's went back to something in the middle on that vote. while he got a lot of international attention, the campaign here in the netherlands was not quite as intense as many men believed. he -- he is the only party not to hold a rally or a party to get together to watch the results. he is indeed watching it in the parliament building beh

otherwise, many people here believe that the freedom party will perform very well in the elections.ave been given more money to continue their investigation into the disappearance of madeleine mccann in portugal ten years ago. operation grange, which was launched in 2011, will get an extra £85,000. scotland yard has refused to comment on newspaper reports that they have identified an individual they want to question. "fake news" has hardly been out of the headlines in the last few weeks, and now the creator of the world wide web, sirtim berners—lee, has waded into the debate. in an open letter to mark the web's 28th anniversary, sir tim unveiled a plan to tackle data abuse and fake news, and expressed concerns about how the web is being used. sir tim said he wanted to start to combat the misuse of personal data, which he said created a "chilling effect on free speech". the government is being urged to create a central database for taxi drivers in england and wales. an investigation by bbc radio 5live has found that some drivers who've had their licence revoked are continuing to work

but we should not underestimate that the freedom party has influence on the policy of dutch politicsly. so the cda and the vvd are pushing for not very liberal laws when it comes to immigration. so it means that we see that the policy is influenced by the freedom party. >> what do you make of this high turn-out? is this a particularly dutch sort of way of going about elections? i know they have a tihigher turn-out than many other countries, but it was higher than ev than for the netherlands. does that suggest people are worried about wilders gaining power, therefore they came out and voted? because we know for brexit, there wasn't a high turn-out. >> no, we've seen a higher turn-out than in the elections before. one of the explanations could indeed be the worry. we've also seen that other parties have been mobilizing young voters, like the greens. we've seen initiatives where non-partisan groups were trying to mobilize young voters to come out and vote. but we'll have to see in the coming days which groups were turning -- had turn-out higher than expected. so were it indeed the young

party losing almost 20% of their seats, mark rutte held off the challenge from geert wilders' freedom partyge to the people of the netherlands is to stay on the course that we have plotted for this country, did take —— keep this country, did take —— keep this cou ntry safe country, did take —— keep this country safe and stable and prosperous. that message has see". a prosperous. that message has been a difficult one but the people of rewarded us forward. the netherlands has said no to the wrong kind of populism. the far right freedom party did make gains in the election, however, and their leader geert wilders insisted he is here to stay. mark rutte hasn't got rid of me, the patriotically bring continues and i will be here if they need me for the negotiations and if that is not the case that he won't get rid of me just yet. just before we came on air i spoke to our correspondent ros atkins, we were talking about a big success for mark rutte, but when you look at the final result, he lost eight seats under labour party slumped from 38 to nine and geert wilders still came in in a pretty stron

the dutch liberal beats the freedom party.e will speak to the head of the dutch banking association and we will speak to axle labor -- axel weber. that interview up next. matt miller? matt: 30 minutes until the cash trade opens up. have futures up across the board after a positive finish for equities in the u.s. and around the world yesterday. the markets seemed pleased with janet yellen's handling of the rate hike yesterday, as well as the dutch election outcomes. very interesting loops. in other asset classes as well, you may not have expected a divergence in monetary policy getting stronger. guy: fascinating to see what will happen here. it was a dovish hike. that is why the market is doing what it is doing. snp uptick -- 8/10 of 1%. equity markets a big winner in this trade. the hong kong dollar, we got the smb, japanese yen up 3/10 of 1%. that is a problem for haruhiko kuroda as we watched to see exactly how the japanese deal with a fed's tightening on a gradual basis. to commodity story, we have some metals trading a lit

projected to take 10 seats in the 150 seat lower house of parliament compared with 19 seats for the freedom partyarty had to share second place with the christian , projected to get 19 seats. 17 conservative republican members of the u.s. congress are bucking longtime party positions and president trump everyday announced today they are supporting a clear statement about the risks associated with climate change as well as principles for how best to fight it, call the republican climate resolution by supporters, it covers support for science, and a call for economically viable policy. the government says or than 12 million people have signed up for coverage this year under former president obama's health care law, even as the republican-led congress debates its repeal. the number does not include an additional 765,000 people signed up under an option in the law call the basic health plan. counting those, total sign-ups approach 13 million people. iraqi forces are facing strong resistance from islam in state as the battle to take back iraq's second-largest city intensifies. an army commander says a

his centre—right liberal party beat the anti—immigration freedom party into second place.ederaljudge has blotkedf f'” ”f hours before it was to take effect. the judge sited mr trump's nwnwm’fi-el tens of thousands of people have taken part in protests across brazil the retirement; ' 7 , r,— 5 yahoo accounts in 2014. mgfl'fgr'thg latestfingnfgigt newsi report. but france cauldl plus — into reverse. guzzler make a comeback—?— —— ~ é welcome. i é welcome. also 3:3 welcome. also in programme, the fed raises rates and china follows suit. no action in japan however. we will some that up ina japan however. we will some that up in a moment. we start with the elections in the netherlands — where as you have been hearing, prime minister mark rutte and his liberal party are on course for victory. he's seen off a challenge of geert wilders — who had pledged to take the netherlands out of the european union and ditch the euro. the euro has soared on the news, itjumped as much as 1.3% the biggest rise since last summer. it's been having a tough time of course since the uk's brexit vote.

but if the freedom party got a majority which is unlikely or if they even managed to form a coalition, that would be quite bad. we have a bit more risk premium in the next 24, 48 hours, but i think ultimately we will move the aunt this week. guy: great stuff as ever. start as we work our way through the session. over the last few minutes, the euro has called it did against the swissie, on offer versus the british pound. reenergized, we will talk about that as one of the big stories of the morning. remember, there is a head-to-head tonight. we will talk about that as well. plus, thinking outside the bank. hsbc brings in fresh blood to oversee its overhaul. more info on the incoming chairman, mark tucker. and the bitcoin bounce. the sec dashes hopes. where do we go from here? that is all coming up. the open, 19 minutes away. guy: welcome back. you are watching the open. let's talk about what corporate news looks like -- a number of m&a stories to focus on. would group agreeing to buy amex foster. let me see if i can get you some numbers on what this deal is worth. i haven't seen a final

the freedom party leader waiting offense -- weighed in on events.rightit was the decision the prime minister could make. [indiscernible] for more on the stigmatic situation and what it means for the dutch election, let's bring barden.ew great happy. we are scratching our heads. does this benefit the right? some people are suggesting that it could benefit the other side? who stands to benefit? andrew: in the short term, we have elections, a referendum in turkey about a month away on april 16 where the president will seek more powers to add to his ceremonial powers and try to get more teeth on that role. in the short-term, it is a -- the for them, oregon turkish president gets to look strong and energize his base and the netherlands, the prime minister has decided to attack right. , butuld have ignored this he decided to take a harsh stance and they escorted one minister out and refused landing rights to another minister. it has played well for him. a poll is showing that 90% of people agree with him. momentum was sliding in the final days for a polit

is an amazing idea and it turns out a lot of voters in the netherlands who tend to support the freedom partyhey do not necessarily support the measures taken by donald trump. that is something unexpected but not working in the benefit of wilders. he also has not been very visible. we had our elections on the 15th of march, a bit more than one week to go and he did not show up at campaign events. he declined to attend debates. the reason he was not campaigning was dealing with security. he is eating it up quickly because he knows he has to work hard. -- he is speeding it up quickly because he knows he has to work hard. vonnie: why is the other candidate benefiting from the sliding in the polls of wilders? >> that is interesting. the people who are supporting others do not like the candidate -- the prime minister -- wilders has been campaigning for four years against the prime minister and the policy measures they took. they took measures -- cost cuts for instance, elderly care, health care, they let in a lot of immigrants. that is how wilders has folded. letting in immigrants -- has told us.

and the last election, quite a few voted for the fallout of the freedom party but that may change thisntity have been a heated gee bait here. a lot of voters telling us the economy matters and health care. and a lot of voters as of last night haven't made up their minds yet. they're going into the voting booth right this morning really still unsure. it's a very unpredictable election and a tight race for all of the candidates. >> interesting, atika, about the nationals we're seeing in the european elections. the dutch economy actually is doing pretty well, isn't it? >> reporter: it's doing actually very well. they've had growth the last year of 2.1% that actually more than the united states had. and it's something that the inch come bent prime minister is putting his campaign to with the austerity programs we've put in place, let's not change the past by going with a candidate like geert wilders who wants to move from the eu. whether or not that's what voters ultimately choose, we'll have to wait until tonight. results come in around 9:00 p.m. local time. >> just as the economy was sta

of the man who might beat rutte is a populist, geert wilders, and his freedom party. is a far right party, anti-immigrant and eurosceptic. it has been leading in opinion polls until just recently. our oliver is outside mark rutte 's election quarters in the hague. election polls have closed. what do we know? >> that is right, the polling stations and the first exit polls came in a couple seconds ago. they came up with a big surprise, i have to say. the liberals on first place, the second place would be the pvda, the social democrats, the partner of the coalition now. that is quite a big surprise because polls saw them as very small and they are now second strongest following these exit polls. the wilders poll would come in second place with quite a gap of the first two parties. this is quite a surprise if we look at recent polls. that said, these are just exit polls and we will have to wait to what the first calculations will bring later tonight. anchor: these exit polls are not completely surprising considering the polls over the last 24-48 hours. we see the geert wi

31 seats out of a total 150, far ahead of the next three contenders, including geert wilders' freedom party and the christian democrat party. the liberals each got 19 seats. we can go to the hague. i spoke about the exit poll results a short time ago. does it look as though this way for populism, which began with brexit, swept over the atlantic here with donald trump, has stalled in the netherlands? reporter: certainly we can describe wilders as a populist, and if this is at a disastrous result for him it is not the , significant shift in voting he would have been hoping for. there were times he was pulling well ahead of mark rutte's party. it has not materialized on voting day. it has been interesting talking to politicians. some are resistant to the idea that what is happening in the netherlands is connected to what happened in the u.s. and u.k., but mark rutte pushed that point heavily. he said there could be a domino effect from brexit to trump to the netherlands and then to france and germany. for some people that was a , persuasive message. he will be delighted in tonight's results of

accusedanwhile, wilders of the liberal premier on breaking promises, arguing it is wrong to exclude the freedom partyom the party making process. then you exclude the pvv, who will join you in lowering taxes? with whom will you introduce a strong, law and order policy? with whom will you close the borders? if you exclude by party now, the voter at home knows you will join up with the left in the middle, and that jesse klaver becomes the new minister for education, and no one here wants that. then nexit. manus: three opinion polls showed rutte in front by a margin of three to four seats. the other saw them tied. guest this morning, thank you for joining us. the final 48 hours of canvassing. you heard that from rutte, challenging wilder. my question is broader. do we need rutte to be the winner, to draw a line on the populism in europe? >> i think that's an interesting point, and certainly over the last few weeks we have seen the polls move, it seems that that it was could be the first election to buck the trend following brexit into trump. we could see a halt to the rising populism. however, as you ju

and the indication is there are lots of people who support his freedom party as it's called who don't really want to declare their intentions. so perhaps he might be better on the night but the anticipation is that he won't get enough to form a government. >> sreenivasan: when you speak to people on the streets, do they have a concern about you know what this is what happens when brexit takes place or this is what happens when president donald trump wins the white house, these are the consequences, are they having any thoughts about that, looking at what can be an upheaval politically in the netherlands as well? >> i think the trump effect is kind of a double edged sword. he want to go with really grueling donald trump saying he was going to follow in his shoes. and when i caught up with him yesterday at a rally down in the south of the country he is still trying to distance himself. now there are some people who believe because of the way that donald trump's presidency has vetted in as it were, not well received are internationally. that height in harm wilders records. but he is not

relieved that the prime minister mark rutte was able to fend off the challenge from the anti-islam freedom partylders lost but came in strong second and will continue his fight. reporter: a warm welcome for the winner of the election. mark rutte will stay in office for another four years. but he did not get carried away by his victory. mark rutte: we have to be realistic. we are the second smallest party ever to win a dutch election. reporter: with a projected 33 seats, they will need the support of three partners to secure the 76 eats needed to govern. one of the parties who will have a say in the coalition talks is the green left which boosted seats significantly from four to 14. but they will be unlikely to partner with rutte's center-right party. as results came in, geert wilders celebrated his success. the candate who caaied on a prose to clo mosques is clearly dippointed he came in second, even though his party gained five seats. geert wilders: ne year we will push rutte off the throne and becomes the netherlands' biggest party. reporter: the prime minister is tasked with forming a governm

what are the implications of his freedom party doing well? ve been getting the larger share? still on the getting a fifth of the seats in and all the other parties who said they will not form a coalition. you can look at how that increase in populism affects france. this is not a party that is going to win. isview on marine le pen that she will still be lagging. not as much as if she stood in the seventh of may election. the followthrough is populism is growing. u.s. investors and investors are more concerned about the political risk. convergence. that could be one trade. i think the equity market would. recap on the prudential numbers. the operating line came through at 4.26. at 1676.trading higher tv is where you can watch this program, tune in to the radio, use the functions we are following. up next, the british chamber of commerce upgrades its brexit forecast. we will speak to adam marshall. ♪ ♪ guy: this is the "open." let's talk about where some of stockmarkets and top stories. here is nejra cehic. germany's largest power generator

his freedom party has been the largest, but the latest poll shows him finding behind the center-rightty and perhaps as even as low as fifth-place. onn if he does come out top, he will struggle to form a government with major centrist party saying they will not going to coalition with him. while this has been involved in tussle withic turkey and it was seen as a chance for the prime minister to appear particular statesmanlike. even so, he is not taking any chances. for theis a chance netherlands to make a point to stop this toppling over of the domino stones. there is still a risk that we wake up thursday morning. reporter: a potential rising star is charismatic green party leader, who may claim as many as 18 seats. the first exit polls are expected soon after voting closes at 8:00 p.m. tonight. then we will have an idea of whether the resurgent nationalism that brought us brexit and president donald trump has also reached the netherlands. host: we are covering the dutch election and we are joined now live from the hague. you were out and about at the polls today. what did the voters y

the red line up top is kurt filters his party, the freedom party, the anti-immigration populist party been flipping lately. for the first time it is projected to come in second place. there's some believe that the populist sentiment in europe is cresting, probably a good move for equity markets. julie: we will have to look at the french version of the chart. up next week or from republican governor rick snyder, why he favors president trump's plan for infrastructure. this is bloomberg. ♪ for first worde news. attorney general jeff sessions today asked 46 u.s. attorneys to resign. they were the last remaining attorneys appointed by president obama. in an emailed statement released by the just and -- justice department, session said he was a quote, uniform transition inside the doj. president trump spoke to the palestinian president today. a spokesman, president trump stressed quote, his commitment to a peace process between israelis and palestinians. the spokesman said, president abbas is committed to peace, as a strategic option for the establishment of a palestinian state alongside i

the anti-islam, anti—immigration leader of the freedom party, geert wilders, expects to be galvaniseding turkish flags on the streets. last night on twitter he said, this is evidence, this is what i predicted. he said this morning that the borders must be closed, and if you can't respect peaceful dutch culture then go away. south korea's ousted president park geun—hye has left the country's presidential palace amid growing calls for her arrest. a short time ago she arrived at her private home in seoul. she was removed from office on friday after being linked to a corruption scandal. thousands turned out for rallies in seoul yesterday, a day after three people died in protests. earlier i spoke to our correspondent stephen evans in seoul. he began by giving me more detail on park's return to her private home. her supporters were there, cheering her like she was the conquering hero come home. people were wondering about her demeanour after her time in the blue house, was she down, up, defiant? her demeanour was very defiant, a smile on her face as she waved out of the car window, then sh

the dutch prime minister, mark rutte, and his rival geert wilders of the anti—islam freedom party, haveised debate ahead of the country's parliamentary election. mr rutte defended his economic record over the past five years, and his decision to stop those two turkish ministers addressing dutch—turks at rallies over the weekend. mr wilders attacked his credibility, and urged him to close the country's borders. the north—eastern united states is hunkering down for the worst snowstorm of the season. 50 million people along the eastern seaboard are under blizzard warnings. schools are closed, and thousands of flights and trains are cancelled. it has even forced the postponement of a visit by the german chancellor, who is due to meet president trump. nada tawfik reports. satellite images showing the scale of the nor‘easter hitting the eastern seaboard. and, as the snow falls, it has promised to worsen dramatically, quickly. it has proven already treacherous. in wisconsin, chaos on the roadways. 40 cars involved in a crash on the interstate, in the midst of the storm. blizzard warnings are i

. >> mainstream parties ever views to work with wilders, which means his far right freedom party is unlikely to govern if they win. nevertheless, the results could be tight. one issue that may play a role is the diplomatic fight in turkey. wilders says they are being held hostage by an current. >> nation close the borders. the prime minister says that is unrealistic. >> if you run the country, you have to make sensible decisions. what you say is not sensible. >> another issue that separates the men is europe. wilders once the netherlands to use the eu while rutte has called for the vote to be a sign that europe is against populism. days of the campaign have been dominated by a growing dispute with turkey. that has led turkey to say it is cutting diplomatic ties with the netherlands. that was over a dutch decision to ban turkish officials from campaigning there. rallying supporters at a demonstration in turkey for a referendum next month. percentile for no one will be given sweeping new powers. he has condemned the netherlands preventions to campaigners in the netherlands. sanctionsounced aga

lauren: present trump firing the first to the conservative wing of the republican party. freedomcus will hurt the entire republican agenda if they don't get on the team and fast. we must fight them and democrats in 2018. well, freedom caucus member justin mash accusing the president of being a bully. >> is it actual negotiating tactics by the president or do you think it's a constructive way to do it? >> i mean, it's constructive in fifth grade. lauren: white house secretary sean spicer said the strategy boiled down to simple math game. >> it's a math strategy to move agenda forward. lauren: freedom caucus has about three dozen members in the house. nicole: president trump is to sign executive orders in trade today and aimed at identify antidumping rules and endorsement. this comes as the president prepares for his first face to face meeting with chinese president xi and also next week -- that'll be next week in florida where trade issues could be a major source of tension. now, china was the biggest contributor to the 734 billion-dollar trade deficit last year and for more on th

on the whole thing saying there is only one phrase to finger point and it should go toward the freedom party or freedom caucus. of course the two will never meet with the freedom caucus and with capitals never in other words both sides trying into position to joining me to discuss lisa both former congressman joe walsh and. mark: mark macklin. guys, this is one heck of a donnybrook. i think we all saw coming last week. it's interesting guys, did my own poll and 61% of my timeline felt that this was all paul ryan's fault that president trump obviously 100% on paul ryan and now it's on. >> charles i'm so tired of everybody saying that it's not donald trump's fault. this was his tweet. you know what it was a really really stupid thing to do. donald trump ran against the d.c. establishment. the only political people in d.c. who were with him on that are the members of the freedom caucus. they are brothers in arms and for him not to go after the democrats are not even to go after the republican establishment that put that bill in front of everybody for him to turn on the conscience of the party i

it's been a tense campaign, dominated by the anti—immigration freedom party of geert wilders.lowing immigrants in, and is set to make big gains. it's unclear how the weekend violence and the extraordinary diplomatic crisis with turkey will influence dutch voters, making big choices against a background of rising populism across europe. james robbins, bbc news. you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme: trouble in paradise — the president of palau tells us that climate change has become a real danger for his country. also on the programme: from a small village to the night clubs of the world — we'll hear from thailand's most famous underground dj. the numbers of dead and wounded defied belief. this the worst terrorist atrocity on european soil in modern times. in less than 2a hours then the soviet union lost an elderly sick leader and replaced him with a dynamic figure 20 years his junior. we heard these gunshots in the gym. then he came out through a fire exit and started firing in our huts. god, we were all petrified. james earl ray, aged 41, sentence

support for the freedom party has weekend in exit polls.olling last night certainly indicating that story. election in france, front-runner has been charged with misuse of funds. he is now a distant third in polls. manus cranny joins us from paris. what did the latest polling show us? manus: a bit of a shock shift late evening. we think of the core issues. it is immigration, integration, and islam. that is at the forefront. these polls show the levels have stepped ahead. that has seen a drop for builders. ruta would drop away. i think the performance guide over the weekend in terms of ruta's handling of the spat with terkel he seems to have made them -- with turkey seems to have made them almost more prime ministerial. my dutch is not up to scratch. it has been translated forming, but this is the final sprint in "the telegraph." it will be quite a split scenario. who will be the rainmaker? will it be the greens? will it be the democrats? number five shows quite a dramatic shift in the thinking. since world war ii, these are all the protagon

the populist freedom party, if they win the election next week, we have been warned of chaos.te on march 15 is europe's first major test after the u.k. opted to leave the european union. >> this is an opportunity to stop the trends before the french and german elections, and for the netherlands to vote for a policy, in which i want to deliver, of continuity, of making sure that the successful policies of the last four and a half years will be implemented over the next three to four years. reporter: global news 24 hours a day, powered by 2600 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries around the world. you can find more stories on the bloomberg at top . thingslooking at how panned out in the asian session. you did see that flight to safety after north korea fired those ballistic missiles. that send the nikkei lower, down 0.5%. elsewhere markets have taken this in stride. australia also had a good day. korea, supported by samsung today. looking at the individual stocks, you did see the south korean defense players looking very strong today. korean air space, up 2.5%

it's been a tense campaign, dominated by the anti—immigration freedom party of geert wilders.he prime minister for allowing immigrants in, and is set to make big gains. it's unclear how the weekend violence and the extraordinary diplomatic crisis with turkey will influence dutch voters, making big choices against a background of rising populism across europe. well, i've been speaking to a close ally of president erdogan. egemen bagis has also served as the turkish minister of eu affairs. he began by telling me why his country's government is not backing down. the way members of the governing party are treated are inhumane, undiplomatic and unlawful. it is against the eu and the council of europe and the united nations. what did you make of the language the president is using? he has called the dutch nazi remnants. is it appropriate to be using that sort of language? the language he uses is a reaction to the illogical actions of the dutch government. is it appropriate, given europe's painful past when it comes to the nazis? that is not our mistake or our problem. but hitler was

it's been a tense campaign, dominated by the anti—immigration freedom party of geert wilders.ime minister for allowing immigrants in, and is set to make big gains. it's unclear how the weekend violence and the extraordinary diplomatic crisis with turkey will influence dutch voters, making big choices against a background of rising populism across europe. iraqi forces have made more gains in west mosul, the largest city still under the control of the islamic state group. government troops, backed by a us—led coalition, recaptured the east of the city in late january, after more than 100 days of fighting. now they say a third of the west, which is almost completely surrounded, has been retaken. around 600,000 civilians are believed to be trapped inside. 0ur middle east correspondent 0rla guerin is with iraqi forces. you may find parts of her report distressing. a rare glimpse of western mosul. urban warfare on a momentous scale. caught below, hundreds of thousands of civilians. this is the place where is proclaimed its caliphate. here it was born, and here iraqi forces say it wi

it's been a tense campaign, dominated by the anti—immigration freedom party of geert wilders.r for allowing immigrants in, and is set to make big gains. it's unclear how the weekend violence and the extraordinary diplomatic crisis with turkey will influence dutch voters, making big choices against a background of rising populism across europe. james robbins, bbc news. egemen bagis, is a former minister of european union affairs. he joins us live from istanbul. thank you forjoining us. turkey's own general election law explicitly bans political campaigning abroad, so why is turkey so upset by what has happened this weekend? actually that law was quite old. after that law we passed a lot of new laws which provides for turkish politicians to campaign abroad. as a matter of fact, we did campaign in august 2014 for the presidential elections throughout europe. we did campaignfor elections throughout europe. we did campaign for parliamentary elections onjune campaign for parliamentary elections on june the 7th, campaign for parliamentary elections onjune the 7th, and then the renewe

the dutch prime minister, mark rutte, and his rival 0ur geert wilders of the anti—islam freedom partyended his economic record over the past five years and his decision to stop two turkish ministers addressing dutch turks at rallies over the weekend. for his part, mr wilders said the real problem was that turks waving turkish flags on a dutch street had shown where their loyalties lay. he attacked the prime minister's credibility, criticising him for allowing record immigration. turkey says it won't allow the dutch ambassador back into the country, as their damaging diplomatic row continues. the new disney movie beauty and the beast hits cinemas across the world but in malaysia its release has been postponed. no specific reason has been given for the decision but a spokesperson for disney reportedly told malaysian media that the film had caused controversy because it included a gay character. it comes after a russian mp petitioned to ban the film for that same reason. earlier i spoke to garethjohnson — managing director of the webmagazine gay star news which specialise in lgbti issues

the dutch prime minister, mark rutte, and his main rival, geert wilders of the anti—islam freedom partyelection in the netherlands. their respective parties are battling to become the largest in parliament. campaigning has been overshadowed by a diplomatic row between the netherlands and turkey. our chief correspondent gavin hewitt sent this report from rotterdam. long lines in rotterdam for the key confrontation of the dutch election. it pitched the prime minister mark rutte against challenger, geert wilders, anti—eu, anti—islam, a candidate who puts opposing immigration at the heart of his campaign. translation: they don't want to integrate. they disregarded our values. they want to rule over us and spit on us. the prime minister then challenged geert wilders over saying he wanted to remove korans from people's houses. translation: i still haven't heard how you're going to go door—to—door. i'm very curious how you're going to pick up those korans. these two leaders are vying for top places in the polls. among this university audience we did not find much support for wilders. his main

it's been a tense campaign, dominated by the anti—immigration freedom party of geert wilders. dominatedme minister for allowing immigrants in, and is set to make big gains. for allowing immigrants in, it's unclear how the weekend violence and the extraordinary diplomatic crisis with turkey will influence dutch voters, making big choices against a background of rising populism across europe. james robbins, bbc news. of rising populism across europe. the intelligence services are to provide the political parties with advice on protecting themselves against russian hackers. the advice will come from experts at gchq's national cyber security centre. from experts at gchq's several politicians have been calling for more assistance, saying they fear that hackers might try to influence future elections. rail workers in three parts of the country go on strike tomorrow, as the dispute that's caused months of chaos for southern rail commuters spreads to the north of england. conductors working on the merseyrail, northern and southern services are walking out in a row over their future role. our co

the dutch he promised her and leader of the freedom party last night went head-to-head in a televiseds set to more than one fit of the season the dutch parliament, the popularity of the freedom party is being seen as a bellwether for political sentiment around europe. great to have you on the program. what are the real chances of anti-muslim winning tomorrow? >> it is not decided yet. second and most of the polls. he is no can that quit prime minister of the liberal party. it is still very exciting because a lot of people still have not decided who to vote for. francine: what happens if wilders does become prime minister? will he have any kind of majority? what happens to the market and the economy today after? >> well, the chances he will actually become the prime minister is rather small because in the netherlands, will the system that you have to form coalitions to be able to form a stable government. the chances we will get an absolute majority is almost zero. so we have to form a coalition, but that is the hardest part because, basically, all of the parties have excluded to be in

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the campaign has been dominated by the anti—immigration freedom party of geert wilders. the prime ministerfor allowing immigrants in and is set to make significant gains. the protests outside this consulate building have fired up the debate about the presence of dutch residents still connected to their foreign roots. approximately one in seven people here in rotterdam are of an immigrant background. those images are likely to be at the front of people's minds as they enter the voting booths on wednesday. anna holligan, bbc news, in rotterdam. our turkey correspondent, mark lowen is in istanbul with reaction to the escalating tensions. the turkish president has come out in typically bullish form and said the netherlands will pay the price of what he called the shameless treatment of the family affairs minister. she was expelled. the turkish foreign minister followed suit, saying holland is the capital of fascism, not democracy now. bearing in mind the turkish government uses this kind of situation for domestic purposes, it is a way of whipping up the nationalist support b

it's been a tense campaign, dominated by the anti—immigration freedom party of geert wilders.r for allowing immigrants in, and is set to make big gains. it's unclear how the weekend violence and the extraordinary diplomatic crisis with turkey will influence dutch voters, making big choices against a background of rising populism across europe. james robbins, bbc news. rail workers in three parts of the country go on strike tomorrow, as the dispute that's caused months of chaos for southern rail commuters spreads to the north of england. conductors working on the merseyrail, northern and southern services are walking out in a row over their future role. 0ur correspondent danni hewson sent this report from liverpool. it may have been business as usual today, but here in liverpool and right across the north, commuters are bracing themselves for chaos. from midnight, rail workers with the rmt union will begin a 2k hour strike, affecting thousands of passengers. i don't know how i am going to get home. we'lljust have to see what we can sort out tomorrow. it'll be packed. a lot of p

the campaign has been dominated by the anti—immigration freedom party of geert wilders.rime ministerfor allowing immigrants in and is set to make significant gains. the protests outside this consulate building have fired up the debate about the presence of dutch residents still connected to their foreign roots. approximately one in seven people here in rotterdam are of an immigrant background. those images are likely to be at the front of people's minds as they enter the voting booths on wednesday. anna holligan, bbc news, in rotterdam. we have just had we havejust had more reaction from the turkish government to that continuing row because the president, president erdogan, is speaking at a rally and has just been saying that the netherlands have been acting like a banana republic. so that is mr erdogan‘s latest verdict on the netherlands saying that the government there has been acting like a banana republic. we already heard earlier from the turkish foreign minister saying the netherlands is the capital of fascism, for what it had done. actually, now, we arejust fascis

vice president mike pence went to the with the freedom caucus party members, and it was clear that they were not going to support the bill. >> are there any near-term prospects for help legislation now in the house? molly: that is the thing. a bunch of lawmakers were really upset, because this is something they promise there can issuance the past seven years, since obamacare was signed into law. many of them ran on this issue, to repeal and replace obamacare, and many were of said when one lawmaker -- he described himself as lugubrious. and so the president said vote our move on. they are moving on. >> so he says the aca or obamacare will explode or in implode on its own. he mentioned bipartisan support for another health care bill in the future. any chance of that? molly: that would be in the next year, according to several leadership individuals i have talked to. that would not be a repeal, because democrats are not voting for a repeal of obamacare. it was truly have to be a bipartisan effort to repair obamacare, because there are issues in the law. democrats have admitted it. they wa

counted, mr rutte's centre—right party has beaten geert wilders and his anti—eu and anti—islam freedom partya shooting at a school in the southern french town of grasse. the attacker, who was armed with a rifle, two handguns and grenades, is reported to have been involved in a dispute with the headmaster. it is not being treated as a terror attack. a former british cyclist has told the bbc that he broke the sport's rules by secretly injecting himself with vitamins when riding for team sky. josh edmondson says he admitted it to team sky in 2014, but that it was "covered up". team sky say they did not report the incident because edmondson denied self—injecting, and because they were concerned our sports editor dan roan has this exclusive report. he was one of british cycling's top young talents, a team—mate to legends, but beneath the surface, former team sky rider, josh edmondson was struggling to deal with the pressure and for the first time, the 24—year—old has broken his silence about the depression he suffered, telling me he linked it to the controversial painkiller tramadol which he secr

every major party has said they will not work with the freedom party leader.nch company weighing an offer for rwe's german renewable energy utility. this is according to people engie up byhares in 4.3%. rwe put the company off last year. 51%?t reduce its stake to vonnie: we are looking at some movers here, but they are not movers until tomorrow. a big move for the dollar index and the yen and the 10 year yield. markets are repricing rate hikes, right up to 100%. let's see what happens all of those asset classes. , globalke a look at gmm macro movers and see the g10 area, not having much luck. canada suffering a little bit. the british pound and the yen. yields, you can see that the united states is the most interesting. 3.17 on that third year. there is a line of resistance. let's take a look at oil in more depth. abigail doolittle has that. another down day because oil is down seven days in a row, the longest losing streak since january 2016. a sharp like lower, this morning. -- the saudi selling opec they have reversed some of their output cut, so investors

the dutch prime minister has warned of economic chaos if the freedom party wins next week's electionsn polls say the liberals are virtually tied with the and party. the vote on march 15 is europe's first major test sense britain opted to leave the eu . >> this is an opportunity to stop the trend after brexit and the u.s. elections and before the french and german elections. so for the netherlands to vote for a policy which i want to deliver, of continuity, making sure that the successful policies of the last four and a half years will be implemented over the next 3-4 years. tidelands popularity of among bond investors is a headache for policymakers. more than $2 billion of foreign money has flowed into thai that this year. that has helped to make the bahy t best regional currency. global news 24 hours a day powered by more than 2600 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. this is bloomberg. right, thanks. let's get the latest on the markets. juliet is standing by at the market board. juliette: the main focus for investors has then these ballistic missiles launched from no

freedom party, putting to bed concerns about the spread of populism across the currency bloc.nicredit saying the result should be positive for the euro, clearing one political hurdle reducing the offsetting force of the political risk premium. 107.37 is the level today. this is a wonderful chart, a three-day chart for the french 10-year yield. this is the beginning of trading. bonds are up and yields are down in france. yields climb across the globe. they question is is there any path through the french election from the dutch election. the probability of a le pen win implies for betting about one percentage points to 29.3% following the dutch result from 30% for the first time since february and it is all about the bank of england, the fed, the boj, the norwegian central bank, the turkish central bank, i am just showing off now. we did have some cpi data from the eurozone today and it confirmed the earlier reading, headline, 2% core, which is what matters, 2.9% and that is why mario draghi is not bullish on the prospect of a change in policy. do investors agree? that is the b

the white line is the freedom party. that's mr. wilder's party.t is the anti-europe party that was slipping in the polls. liberal line is the party. that is been gaining in the polls. overnight we had yet another poll showing perhaps the wilder's party is down even more. amsterdam, take us through election day. define this asan the rotterdam moment. a significant drop for wilder's. the far right freedom party. dropping to number five in the polls. turnout is about 15%. that's ahead of normal. that's good for the parties that want to go head-to-head. rotterdam moment, this was the fight between the netherlands and turkey. send ministerso to lobby for the referendum. the prime minister here fought back valiantly on the tv. the other thing we have to consider is the trump effect. wilder's went to the polls this morning. he was asked, immigration islam and integration are the issues. what about trump? and we are our own people. i am not donald trump. i am from the netherlands. i believe that what is happening in america can happen all over the world.