remembering the journalist john pilger _ journalist of the world.y with us here in bbc news. , who has died at the age of 84. hello there, good evening. blustery showers across the uk for much of the day. heavy thundery downpours for many, but also some sunny spells, so some beautiful rainbows spotted by our weather watchers, and very windy conditions across the south coast of england and wales. now, the ground already pretty saturated from all of the recent rain. there are a number of flood warnings in place, particularly across the welsh marches down into south—west england. all of the details on those on the bbc weather website. we've seen low pressure gradually push its way eastwards across the uk. in the centre of the low pressure across northern england and scotland, the winds are light but still very blustery towards the south coast overnight tonight. still plenty more showers around as well. the focus for that wet weather across north—west england stretching down through into the north midlands and some more showers for parts of argyll and b

♪ >> i am john pilger welcome to bloomberg markets.onali: and i am so gnarly buck. -- sonali basak from the green on the screen for the s&p 500, 0.3% higher on the day. the nasdaq 100 getting more love, almost 0.8% higher on the day. crude back on the rise, you have appointment percent gain in crude, back above $71 a barrel. 2-year yield also flat on the day, one basis point higher. it has been fluctuating. i went to look at the 10-year yield, we just had at $37 billion auction. also watching 10-year yields on the rise. the 10 year and three year auction as well had a bit of pain, a bit of struggle in terms of selling new treasuries into a market where you are watching critical economic data ahead. you have inflation and then you have the fed ahead of us this week. not too surprising to see a bit of pressure on the treasury market once again. jon: definitely feels like macro is going to rule this week. we do have some corporate stories that are moving individual names today. in canada we have been watching blackberry where the company

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the australian journalist john pilger has died.t for the daily mirror in london. the youngest person to receive britain's prestigious journalist of the year award . he was also the year award. he was also the first to win it twice . never far first to win it twice. never far from controversy , his many from controversy, his many acclaimed documentaries and books harshly criticised british foreign policy . books harshly criticised british foreign policy. he was also an outspoken critic of the bbc's impartiality rule, and decried mainstream media for what he saw as favouring corporate interests over those of ordinary people. he was 84. and the new year has arrived in australia, a sydney welcome 2024 with a spectacular fireworks display. at the famous harbour bridge in sydney opera house were alight with colours and sparkle with a spectacular spectacle erupting from landmarks and boats scattered throughout the water. earlier, the sky tower in auckland, new zealand, was illuminated in blazing colour as the country became one of the fir