. >> reporter: it is beautiful here, gemma, and it is absolutely baking as well. that 30-odd degrees here this morning. let's talk about the soul-searching from europe i think it's fair to say many are questioning the future of europe, particularly after the brexit vote, and a lot of the change being steered by french president manuel macron, who's even suggested treaty change, dare i say it. but led just take stock. there are still a number of countries that want to join the eu, and i can refer to nearby neighbors. you can see pretty much just to my right, montenegro, serbia, turkey, countries all lining up for eu but before adding more members to the bloc, it's worth considering whether the bloc itself to embark on more reforms. that is the thesis of this meeting by the imf talking about structural reforms in southeastern and southeastern european countries considering some of the growth rates to date, access has been a common goal meaning more stable growth rates across these countries, but as that starts to slow, there are question marks whether true, genuine,

gemma weir, long way injust two years, the positives.g way. this is so important. we are saving lives. helping others in afghanistan to survive, his fit, users, his therapy. —— is coming he says. you can watch the full documentary on monday at 7pm on bbc one and we can all see it on iplayer it will be available shortly afterwards. headlines coming up, but first, the weather. hello, there. our family changeable theme to the weather continues throughout the course of this weekend. it's not going to be raining everywhere, in fact, there will be some decent and long spells of sunshine but equally, some showers around too. some more persistent rain during the course of the day towards the south. we've got a weather front in the english channel, so some rain for the channel isles, the isles of scilly, and then that rain pushing further north across much of southern england as we move through into the afternoon. further north, it's a story of sunny spells but scattered showers, blustery and heavy showers for scotland and northern ireland, where

i'm gemma acton. >> i'm willem marx here are your headlines. >> can he avoid a taper tantrum? mario draghi walks a tightrope as the ecb president looks to shift away from easy money without royaling markets >>> ab bpob posts a weaker than expected second quarter. >>> deutsche telekom adds more than 1 million customers in the latest quarter >> we've been fortunate in the first quarter again following a good streak of acquisitions last year we extend with a disciplined approach our portfolio >>> we've seen a broader and higher open in europe with the stoxx 600 up over a third of a percent. taking its lead from more record closes in the u.s. overnight and a raft of earnings results are out today. on the whole broadly positive which has signaled the market opening higher you can see that reflected in the key movers in the markets today. let's look and see how the individual bourses are shaping up the xetra dax is in the lead, up 0.75 cac 40 up over a half percent. the ftse 100 up over 0.40% negative statements out of easyjet, yes, it managed to deliver higher unit revenue, but the

gemma has more >> looking at this chart, we can see deal value jumped by 8%.umber of deals done fell by 12%, which means higher average deal size. one way that's reflected is in the number of mega deals deals above $10 billion. we saw 17 for the first six months of this year versus only 14 this time last year looking at where we saw the activity, europe surged. europe leaped over asia to become the second most popular region for m&a activity behind the united states. europe did so well on the back of perceived improved economic and political stability in the region largely helped by president macron's victory and the defeat of populism in the netherlands we saw the opposite effect in the united states where a surge in political uncertainty and question marks over how much of its corporate reform program president trump will actually be able to deliver, saw m&a in the u.s. region fall down for the last six months. which sectors are doing well it was energy, mining and utilities that led the charge. we saw nearly 2$270 billion worh of activity for the sector dur

we're joined live with gemma from london. there were concerns in china's softness in economy.t but only 0.1% ahead of expectations so not a huge amount. you look at the reaction of both mainland stock exchanges. both closed the session down. why was this? no clear reason although we think maybe there's a degree of skepticism from traders when they look at chinese data, not sure how much of it they can necessarily trust and we also look ahead to the second half where growth is expected to slow down the chinese government itself expects 6.5% growth for the year as a whole so that would anticipate a slowdown in the second half. there's also concerns of the high leverage of debt in the system and the fact there's still a great reliance on external demand. let's look at what's happening specifically with regards to the chinese investment imports. this is interesting. we saw the data come out that $20 billion was invested by the chinese into overseas ports in the past year. this was double the amount that we saw a year earlier and it really shows how keen the chinese are to really r

and gemma prescott won gb‘s third medal of the tournament, with bronze in the f32 club final for seatedott‘s best throw was 19.97 metres. now let's get to trent bridge, where england are looking for a good start to the second test against south africa after a comfortable victory in the opening match. adam wild is our reporter there. adam. a warm welcome at trent bridge. that is, for the fans, at least. visiting teams — well, they will be all too aware that this hospitality and friendly reception won't stretch as far as them. england now were a team with just one thing on their mind, a big victory in the first test, and in no mood to let up the pressure. england's pace uncomfortable, unsettling. when james anderson comes in to bowl, magicjust seems to happen. a brilliant catch from liam dawson. and that was anderson's 300th test wicket on home soil, the first englishman to do that. south africa had a point to prove. no better place to do it. but it wouldn't be here just yet. we had a breakthrough for stuart broad, business resumed. well, not quite. amla was finding the form which has elu

let's get to gemma covering the story. what have you gleaned? >> so, we can say that the ceo is really happy with the performance of the three brands. particularly gucci, yst. lauren. they took on a big risk when they took on new creative directors the last three years all brought on new talent which were new, young and risque in terms of what they were bringing to the table we can see by the really strong growth figures, gucci was up 43.4% for the first half on a like for like basis. st. laurent, 25% up. they are delivering and very popular. i asked the ceo yesterday, look, fashion is fickle. how do we know they won't fall out of favor quite soon? he said we've done something different here we've created a consistent culture and character every for each brand from season to season there's continuity and they can engage with customers the customers are increasingly millennials. those aged 35 and under. now the key customer is aged around 30. so much younger than it's been historically we know gucci sales, 50% of that is accounted for by millenni

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and gemma prescott won gb‘s third medal of the tournament with bronze in the f32 club final for seatedebral palsy. prescott‘s best throw was 19.97 metres. now let's get to trent bridge where england are looking for a good start to the second test against south africa, after a comfortable victory in the opening match. adam wild is our reporter there. a warm welcome at trent bridge for the fans. visiting teams, they will be all to wear this hospitality and friendly reception or not stretch as far as them. england team with one thing undermined. a big victory in the first test, in no mood to let up the first test, in no mood to let up the pressure. england's pace was uncomfortable and unsettling. when james anderson comes into bowl, magic seems to happen. quite brilliant catch from liam dawson. anderson's 300 test wickets on home soil. the first englishman to do that. the south african batsmen have a point to prove. they better time 01’ a point to prove. they better time or place to do it. it wouldn't be here yet. breakthrough from broad. hashim amla finding form that has eluded south afr

. >> i'm gemma acton these are your headlines >>> the euro surges to a two-year high against the dollar after ecb president mario draghi hints at when the central bank could shift its policy away from easy money. >> we were unanimous in -- in setting no precise date for when to discuss changes we simply said that our discussions should take place in the fall >>> pay safe shares rocket to the top of the stoxx 600 after a consortium by blackstone bid for the payments firm. >>> mediterranean delight for vodafone the mobile operator calls in with forecast topping numbers on the back of a strong performance in italy and spain, sending shares higher. >>> dimming down on sales. philips lighting posts a 2% decline for its professional lighting arm, despite a beat on core earnings. the company's ceo tells cnbc that growth will return. >> we were declining by 2.4% for the full year of 2016, we have been declining by 1.3% for the first semester of 2017 we will go back to growth in the course of the second half of 2017 >>> it's a choppy start to trade today in europe with mixed colors across the bo

hi, gemma. >> reporter: yes and its also barclays itself. and this is gaining notoriety worldwide because this is the first time that a global bank and its leadership team has faced criminal charges with regards to actions taken during the financial crisis so what is at stake here there is three sets of allegations here and all five defendants, being of course the four former executives and barclays itself, are facing the first charge which is conspiracy to commit fraud by false representation in the june 2008 capital raise. and barclays plus former ceo john varley and robert jenkins facing two additional charges, one in relation to the capital raise and also one in relation to providing unlawful financial assistance in 2008, they raised money in june and october and between the two, qataris contributed around 6.1 billion pounds and they also arranged two side deals in which they provided funding to the qataris and the question at the heart of the matter is did barclays provide the funds simply so qataris could reinvest back into barclays >>

gemma, a lot going on. >> a lot going on today. and how they reacted yesterday. to the news of donald trump jr. and his e-mail conversations with some russians. well, it didn't know what to do. it was an sluts roller coaster ride. it ended up with equity initially selling off quite drastically but then recovering throughout the day to finish after that drama more or less flat. it finished at the high left level for eye dollar for a year. gold which mass had say tough time did better and closed up. looking at the markets today, europe is green across the world. all of the majors are trading higher. but all eyes are really on yellen's testimony today from the fed chair. now, speaks of the fed chair, there has been news out from politico overnight. now, let's just be very clear, there are reports at this stage, but politico is reporting that the president is increasingly you unlikely to dominate janet yell will be to a second term as fed claire. they say it's gore kohn who is in the driving seat. now gary cohn is the first noneconomis

gemma, this is the president's first move affecting the federal reserve.uarles is supposed to be industry-friendly. >> yes, that's indeed correct. his appointment has been really for several months, but it hadn't been confirmed until yesterday. that's surprising given that the post has sat vacant since the resignation last april. it comes at a critical time for the u.s. banking industry because president trump, as you alluded to just now, has made no bones of his contempt for the x extensive reregulation of the financial sector in the years that followed the financial crisis. the nominee quarles has made statements to the similar effect. he is, of course -- he runs a private investment firm and is a former partner of private equity bohemath carlisle. furthermore, quarles has mentioned that he thinks dodd frank, which is the response to the financial crisis, went too far. let's get over to silicon valley where snap shares have closed below their ipo price. yesterday they closed at $16.99. admittedly, only 1 cent short of the $17 launch price from last march

you can see more of gemma in our programme this evening at 6:30pm.en diverted. meanwhile in battersea, falcon road is closed southbound from the high street because of a burst water main. and in islington, essex road remains closed for water works. let‘s have a check on the weather now with elizabeth rizzini. it is fair to say that it is feeling rather cool for this time of year and temperatures won‘t really improve over the next few days or so. today a brisk westerly wind blowing. sunny spells emerging later on through the afternoon and the chance of some showers. it is a rather cloudy start. we will see some sunny spells emerge in the second half of the day. watch out for the odd shower. particularly heavy in northern home counties. pleasant in the sunshine. the brisk westerly will make it feel a bit cooler than temperatures suggest. highs of around 20 or 21 degrees. overnight to note the showers will fade away. it should be mostly dry for the second half. lows of around 13 degrees. there is more wet weather on the way tomorrow. probably a dry earl

of the wheelchair events which last year provided british players with three of the four titles — gemmaprospects 12 months on. passion, power, agility and skill. welcome to the wimbledon wheelchair draw which in 2016, saw the crowning of british champions in three out of four events. we have set the bar quite high and our competition now are doing some of the things we started to do and so they are chasing us hard. 0ur priorities are to make sure we remain ahead of competition. british number one lucy shuker is already beaten one of the top seeds 2017. everyone is beating eve ryo ne top seeds 2017. everyone is beating everyone else but i have been working hard and ifeel confident andi working hard and ifeel confident and i have to bring it on the day. the defending men's doubles champion is firmly focused on one thing ahead of his challenge for the singles title at year. i feel i am playing good tennis, when i am in the zone, striking the ball well. it is all about the first match. if i can do that, i am confident. jordanne whiley, it is about more than claiming herfourth whiley, it is

back in may, his mum gemma summed up why he had achieved so much. ijust see him as my little boy.sonality, and everybody has taken to him. in recent days, as his condition got worse, his mum posted this picture of bradley and his big brother. this afternoon his parents announced he had died. calling him their little superhero, they said, "sleep tight, baby boy, and fly high with them angels." bradley lowery, the little boy whose football club took him to their heart. the short but full life of bradley lowery. wimbledon, and there were four british players in today's third—round matches. two made it through, johanna konta and, in the last hour, andy murray won his match, despite dropping the second set. the problem with friday at wimbledon. where to look? british players, two there, one there and one there, too. choose your path. well, study andy murray as he entered centre court. that's just his walk. he'll move fine when the tennis begins. look for some early signs of encouragement. here's one. after murray won the first set, fognini seemed rattled, but he can also do with this w

he's been speaking to gemma—louise stevenson. she has had quite a long time off with injuries and i did not think she was going to do it, i'll be honest. i was a bit pessimistic, idid not be honest. i was a bit pessimistic, i did not think she had the match fitness but i think what happened was a bit of a transition in the match, the dutch pair started pummelling jordanne with shots and she basically got into the groove and started slicing her back and and by the time the third set came around, with yui kamiji behind her, it was unbelievable. what really givesjordanne it was unbelievable. what really gives jordanne the it was unbelievable. what really givesjordanne the platform to play if her partner, she is so consistent, so committed, 100%. her defence was marvellous. and she has beaten your grand slam achievements, how do you feel about that.|j beaten your grand slam achievements, how do you feel about that. i don't mind at all, i did not realise it was a challenge, she started tweeting me, though. it's brilliant, they are so

markets live our blog runs throughout the european trading day >>> welcome back to "street signs," i am gemma acton on the move, european stocks head higher, following solid gains in asia, strong u.s. jobs numbers. >>> but i didn't mean it president donald trump proposes and plays down creation of u.s., russian cyber security unit after finally meeting his russian counter part, vladimir putin, at the g20. >>> qatar ee central bank governor tells cnbc that they have enough funds to with stand the boycott, willing to show its finances are clean. >> we have open books and we are really transparencies of these >> and in another cnbc exclusive, the ceo of ubs, ermotti says some weak players in the european bank sector need to be addressed as he says bailout of italy failing lenders was necessary. >> it was almost inevitable politically speaking and socially speaking was not acceptable in my point of view >> let's take a look how u.s. futures look this morning. they have taken a lead from europe, they're looking to open up the s&p 500 around 4.87, and dow joins strongers year at 22.866 for the impl

gemma weir and will be with us in the next hour.o carry out a new therapy on the terminally ill baby charlie gard is due to meet the child‘s medical team in london today. doctor michio hirano believes that there‘s a 10% chance his treatment could help the 11—month—old boy. doctors at great 0rmond street hospital, where charlie is being treated, say his condition is irreversible. a 16—year—old boy‘s in a critical condition after a crash between a police car and a moped in wimbledon. three teenagers were riding the bike which was also being tracked by a police helicopter. 0fficers believe it had been used in an attempted robbery. the annual count of swans on the river thames begins today. the ancient tradition, known as swan upping, will get under way at sunbury lock, near walton on thames in surrey. as well as checking on their numbers, thames watermen will also be making sure they‘re in good health. let‘s have a look at the travel situation now. the 0verground has minor delays between gospel 0ak to barking because of a track fault.

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cnbc's gemma atkins joins us live from london to break it down for us. what can we expect today?ng at tech earnings. we have alphabet, amazon, and facebook all set to report this week. there is a lot of pressure on these bohemaths, because their valuations have shot up. all three up between 20% and 30% already. alphabet's earnings are expected to be lower for the second quarter. given the 2.7 billion dollar hit from the e.u. regarding its shopping business. looking ahead and looking at the fed, they're meeting on tuesday and wednesday. all eyes are really on whether they announce further details of their balance sheet normalization program. lots of focus there. a broader earnings season as well for the tech funds to be the big name in focus for the next couple of days. let's turn and look at the imf because they released their global growth forecast, the most recent set. they are unchanged for the globe as a whole from april. still looking at 3.5% growth this year, and 3.6% growth next year. what has changed is the composition. some countries seem to be doing better. others worse

and gemma prescott won gb‘s third medal of the tournament, with bronze in the f32 club final for seatedp—scored for the tourists, with 78. but england picked up four wickets, including his, in the last session of the day. the last time that we played here and older we bowled rather well. so i think was important that whatever we did, we kept at it and we did that. they applied themselves well, credit to them. 170 odd for two, as i say, they were excellent. there are eight stages to go at the tour de france, and chris froome will start this morning in white, rather than yellow, for a second day. he is still six seconds behind fabio aru, but he says he is enjoying racing to try and take the yellowjersey back. it was actually quite a great feeling to have to go out there and try to race for a win today, as opposed to racing defensively and having the pressure of defending the jersey. it was nice to have the shoe on the other foot. it has been a difficult few weeks for rory mcilroy. he has been struggling for form, and he has now missed the cut at the scottish 0pen, too. it means he misses

cnbc's gemma atkins joins us live with more. good morning. >> good morning, lewis.es, didn't they, on subscriber numbers. they also delivered a healthy beat when it came to revenue. they actually reported a slight miss on earnings, but did this bother investors? not remotely. they sent the stock soaring around 10% in after hours trade. even higher to actually beat the all-time are a intraday high. what investors really liked here was the fact that international subscribers grew so. more than expectations. now international actually outpaces the number of domestic. one stock that was not doing so well is tesla. and that's because the ceo elan musk took the unusual step for a ceo of trying to talk down the share price. he made comments over the weekend saying that the stock has a lot of optimism embedded and didn't actually deserve to be so high. unsurprisingly, shares slid by around 2.5% yesterday, and this follows a really rough few weeks for the stock. it's fallen off by one-fifth since june. >> a little more here for you. let's talk about some news of u.s. allies.

and gemma prescott won gb's third medal of the tournament with bronze in the f32 club final for seatedm amla top scored for the tourists with 78, but england picked up four wickets, including his, in the last session of the day the last time that we played here and bowled here, we bowled pretty well. so i think was important that whatever we did, we stuck to our guns and we did that. they applied themselves well, credit to them. 170 odd for two, as i say, they were excellent. there's eight stages to go at the tour de france and chris froome will start this morning in white, rather than yellow, for a second day — he's still six seconds behind fabio aru. but he says he's enjoying racing to try and take the yellow jersey back. it was actually quite a great feeling to have to go out there and try to race for a win today, as opposed to racing defensively and having that pressure of defending the jersey. it felt quite nice to have the shoe on the other foot. va ltteri bottas valtteri bottas leads lewis hamilton in the second practice at the british grand prix, another highlight of the weeken

gemma, you are merely‘s mother. what are your plans for the summer holidays? how easy will it be?he holiday clubs that we have come across only run from nine to three. they don't do the whole wraparound care. we are managing it with a mixture of me having time off, my husband having time off, and then millie will be going to both sets of grandparents over the six weeks. do you get a moment where you are all off at the same time? i don't think that we have managed to actually book that in yet, so we need to! right. so there might be a bit of chaos this summer? spencer is already. i was going to ask your question, you have run. you like it here? yeah. do you come here every day? no. not every day? only on tuesday. on monday as i go straight to school and on monday and wednesday and thursday i go to kids next. thank you, spencer. he is a star in the making. your costings be going up, let's speak to sue, the owner and operator. i don't know how you do this every day. i using this cost pressures that we are hearing about? definitely. what kind of stuff? things like pensions going up, y