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has been very keen to campaign on. 81 to ——ido been very keen to campaign on. 81 to —— i do wonder howis. how does this go down? —— i do wonder how brussels reacts to this. how does this go down7m was interesting, because there was talk last week about if this scenario happened, that brussels itself might put forward an extension to try to soften things. that hasn't happened, it seems to me that they are keeping their powder dry at the moment. and it's a new guard in brussels, too. exactly, a new set of negotiators there. interesting times, let's move on to the front page of the new york times that has got a feature on the price of adventure. looking and focusing in particular on the volcanic eruption that took place on white island last week. all those there on the island, many rescued but they are still fighting for their lives and hospital. i think this is a really interesting one. we at oxford business group talk about tourism as pa rt business group talk about tourism as part of the economy and one of the great trends recently has been the experiential tourism. new zealand has rea

wee all sightly know that dominic cummings is keen on reforming whitehall, also keen on reforming thevice. there is a big agenda on reforming civil service, bringing there is a big agenda on reforming civilservice, bringing in there is a big agenda on reforming civil service, bringing in business people, more political appointments so you get more people who are supportive of the government's gender rather than impartial civil service, quite a big constitutional change. that might be the cummings agenda. with a science agenda,... he has got a point. i think the other thing is about whether there is going to be a big government changes will stop its pretty clear that the prime minister is probably going to make a symbolic act of getting rid of the department for exiting the eu. it will be interesting to see if it goes much further. the thing about government changes is that they cannot be worth doing if you do them for the right reasons if you think that they are going to last but they are very disruptive in the short run, they cost quite a lot of money. you basically disrupt your top

i'm not very keen on europe, but i am keen on the united states.aslinda: are you keen on gold, jeff? goldve goldman saying would get to 1600 and it has been a huge surprise for gold, no? yeah, i got gold so totally wrong this year. i thought it would be closer to 1400, 1550 this year. on that.hands up maybe you need to use me as a reverse leading indicator. gold is above 1521 and it wouldn't surprise me if we saw it up to 1530. this is all on 10 volumes, so i struggle to see how gold will remain an exciting place to park 2020 unless the world situation deteriorates geopolitically. when you get in 1.9% on a u.s. 10 year treasury. to me, it is a bit a logical and we still haven't seen a big selloff in the u.s. dollar that would be supportive, either. the holiday move in gold above 1500 with a grain of -- wrong atstart at the start of 2019 and who knows, that might be the case now. haslinda: doesn't all this go against the flow. jeff, hang tight. carlos ghosn, saying he is in "riggedand is free from japanese justice system." something we have heard fr

is keen on reforming the civil service.e of which is their a big agenda about civil service reform, bringing in more business people, more sort of political appointments. so you get more people who are supportive of the government's agenda rather than impartial civil service. it's quite a big constitutional change. that may be the cummings agenda. he also wants more people, usuallym with a science background, cos he thinks that whitehall is too dominated by fluffy social scientists and arts and humanities graduates and he has actually has got a point about that, so let's concede that to dominic. i think the other thing is whether there are going to be a very big machinery of government changes. negotiators have reached a compromise at the un climate talks in madrid. they extended their stay in the spanish capital for two extra days to try to resolve divisions on how to implement the 2016 paris climate agreement. 0ne contentious issue is how to compensate developing countries affected by climate change. the pacific island na

alongside tom keene, i'm jonathan ferro. coverage on the british election, and we will get you up to speed on the trade story in the united states as well. for prime minister boris johnson, a heavy result for him. this is -- a happy result for him. this is what the europeans had to say. >> i would like to congratulate prime minister boris johnson for his victory. possible as soon as vote by the british parliament on the withdrawal agreement. it is important to us that clarity is soonest possible. . >> an agreement guarantees no hard border between north and south, guarantees protection of the, trouble area, and the fact that british and irish citizen rights will be protected. i am keen to work very hard with prime minister johnson on getting the executive assembly up and running again in northern ireland. -- boris won the election, the know it is time for delivery. ♪ ♪ jonathan: this is a special edition of "bloomberg surveillance" on television and on radio from westminster, for our audience worldwide. alongside tom keene,

the membership seems very keen on keir starmer.ro— remain and he is from london and he is a man so that could be a bit of a backlash. angela rayner as another possibility, proper working class. a bit of a jeremy corbyn supporter but the right of the party are also keen on her. jess phillips... is sheet to radical? jess phillips? i think members will not be so keen onjess phillips because she does not seem to have much tribal loyalty but if they are register support as it could boost her chances. your thoughts on keir starmer, we are hearing his name quite a bit. he was brexit secretary. and that was part of the problem. a southern establishment man who ran the remain campaignfor labourand establishment man who ran the remain campaign for labour and the idea that he is the man to win back the solution working—class brexit voters in the north is bizarre. i would say the same about david lambie. obviously you know more about that me but angela rayner sounds better. rebecca long— bailey. me but angela rayner sounds better. rebecca long

tom keene and anna edwards will be guiding you through.ng to catherine global chief economist for that is coming up. this is bloomberg. ♪ tom: this morning, china will lower the tariffs first selected imports. the goal, to manufacture a better chinese economic growth. no word from washington on any kind. linked at the hip -- that would be the greatest of great bull markets. it is beginning to look a lot well, a sale. everything is on sale. there is nothing list price except tuitions. and that little thing from has to's that she's just have. good morning, everyone. "bloomberg surveillance." anna edwards in london. i'm tom keene in new york. how stressful is this? anna: are you ready, tom? you sound like you are not ready. tom: but i am so not ready. i'm starting my shopping this afternoon. what is the day with brexit? is it shut down for the year? anna: it seems that with the prompting of the bill on friday, it is smoother sailing it at least not getting too many surprises. tom: very good. let us start in new york city with viviana hurtado.

is keen on reforming the civil service.ings, one of which is their a big agenda about civil service reform, bringing in more business people, more sort of political appointments. so you get more people who are supportive of the government's agenda rather than impartial civil service. quite a big constitutional change. that may be the cummings agenda. he also wants more people, usually with a science background, cos he thinks that whitehall is too dominated by fluffy social scientists and arts and humanities graduates and he has actually has got a point about that, so let's concede that to dominic. i think the other thing is whether there are going to be a very big machinery of government changes. the un climate talks in madrid have ended with delegates agreeing that all countries will put new, tougher carbon—cutting plans on the table in time for another major conference in glasgow next year. the deal is being seen as a compromise — negotiators spent an extra two days and nights in talks, trying to resolve differences. 0ur

2020 presidential election one year from now during a visit to london trump claims that china was keen to agree to a deal now but that he was in no rush and was happy to wait markets have been hoping for an end to the us trying a trade war by the end of 2019. and speaking of tariff summit a fresh confrontation between him and when a call and donald trump over nato a new trade dispute with the e.u. seems more likely than ever french economy minister borno lemanis said a u.s. proposal to increase duties on french products like champagne and cheese is quote unacceptable the tariffs announced on monday would be a reprisal for a new french digital services tax that would mainly hit american companies like google facebook and amazon. french wine and champagne are always popular in the united states last year alone france exported some $3300000000.00 euros worth of wine and spirits to the u.s. americans also enjoy french cheeses cosmetics and handbags but that could all change with the threatened tariffs tires that france is warning the white house not to introduce new cultures to the points

activists say the decision to build here was a mistake there had been 18 alternatives innocent peachy keen for the settlement and why is that we agree a great question none of these is just considering that the financial side and some i didn't know then you should be thinking what a pity that about 100 kilometers downstream is where the chinese financed highway will run directly across a tributary of the charles river. building on this terrain is complicated and expensive the activist believes that the valley route was chosen because it's the cheapest option. up to $4000.00 construction workers from china have been working here during peak construction phases chinese companies are raking in the profits but paying precious little in tax plus all the construction materials and equipment imported from china are exempt from customs duties the new highway will connect montenegro's adriatic coast to the north of the country in the capital part greta a state agency is responsible for the construction work the director insists that everything's being done in accordance with the e.u. norms and stan

not likely to risk in barking on tricky trade negotiations with one eye on the polls instead he's keen to declare himself the winner in the trade war with china so no surprise when he announced phase one of a trade deal. which is we want to get it done it should be a great. place. a few days earlier at a rally his message was even clearer. we just received a breakthrough on the trade deal and will be signing it very shortly they're already buying bijan billions of dollars of products agricultural products. the phase one deal is bigger than window dressing china will no longer impose tariffs on soybeans imports from the u.s. for its part the u.s. wave tariffs against china in mid december but nothing on state subsidies or market reform not even when and where it will be signed so what does china make of all this. you know the issues you're concerned about on the phase one deal signing i can tell you that both sides economic and trade teams are in close communication about details arrangements for the deal signing and other follow up work. which translates as both sides say negotiations

suppose a boon for business but it hasn't worked out that way just as companies aren't too keen with the line many still using trucks now can use government is forcing them to use the new railway. when the mombasa nairobi railway line opened 2 years ago the president hailed it there now as well. as others. but many freight operators have shunned it moving a container between the ports and the capital cost $800.00 us dollars with a truck the train costs $1200.00 making food and other goods more expensive it also takes a lot of time for importers to get their goods cleared at the jest of nairobi trained . they might have to get used to that because now they will have to use the train service kenya owes the chinese lender ex-im bank $6500000000.00 for the railway and other projects that's about a 10th of its national debt. kenya railways says the high of freight judges are necessary to meet the loan repayments china has sought to allay fears that its infrastructure projects overload some countries with debt last year a degree to restructure more than 12000000000 dollars in repayments ow

this may come as a surprise to you given how keen germans are on doing things by the book a new rule coming into force on january the 1st requires retailers to issue any tonic receipts to provide tax authorities with an automatic record of every sale big deal ask the retailers. it's a burden for this bakery to collect all the sales receipts left behind by customers now the number of on one a receipt is set to explode starting next month all retailers will be required to issue printed receipts for every single sale. we know you can cite. this is not necessary with the registers we have today they have a chip and the tax office gets the data they cannot be manipulated so i don't understand why we now have to automatically issue printed receipts. from have to finish. the receipts mean extra cost for retailers so there is plenty of resistance in the trade fuelling a debate among politicians even though the legislation for mandatory printed receipts is a done deal supporters say they are a good way to reduce the temptation of fraud i need a line that's not need an electronic cash register

keen to pushron is ahead.f the demonstrations and is determined to make the case for pension reform. we have seen in the last 12, 13 months in paris, the yellow vests protests which obviously made headlines across the world, with images of violence on the champs-elysees. protests wentests on for many months and it is clear there is a real tradition of people hitting the streets in france when they are not happy about government reforms. tom: the great distinction in the article in bloomberg and "the new york times" is the yellow vests of income inequality and this being much more embedded labor and protest. can the two groups meet into a much larger, national protest? james: i think that is an interesting question, because if you go back to the beginning of the yellow vests protests, they to join ineluctant with any kind of political persuasion or any particular union persuasion. it was very much an independent grassroots movement. they were reluctant to have specific spokespeople. it was really not a union mo

is really huge here 1st of all they're very keen to take the city of mud out to no money because that is where their old boss is and they want to be opened to ensure. a lead poor serious the largest city is the link in terms of transportation and trade to the cup it will so for them that is really vital but also they have been for a long time wanting to take every last inch of territory under rebel control and full for them this has been the beginning but. turkey and other countries have been asking for a cease fire with the turkish presidency issuing a statement saying they have asked russia to arrange some sort of ceasefire so that the humanitarian situation does not plan into a catastrophe but again russia itself is to deplete involved very keen to help its ally take my territory possible from that i will so it doesn't look like it's going to stop there any sort of formal process still in place but when i think about ending the entire conflict where are we actually with all those sides that you talk about as far as some sort of full resolution or is that just not on the cards. well

tom keene and francine lacqua are off.5 model three sedans assembled at its multibillion-dollar factory in shanghai. joining us is benedict, bloombergs global business editor. talk to us about the significance of this. >> the significance is how quickly they managed to get this out. that was one year ago, elon musk, standing in a muddy field. and nothing else. less than one year on, you will see cars roll off the production line. it shows what kind of punch is into the quest, both from the chinese government but also elon musk. he wants to be in the chinese market and wants to be local. the chinese want to have the biggest name -- attract the biggest name in the industry to a local factory. nejra: what does what happened in shanghai tell us about the prospect of tesla going global? >> we know that they want to build a factory in germany. on the outskirts of berlin. will that factory go up in the same time, i would say not. normally, things in germany take time. there bureaucracy is, located. it shows the -- is complicated.

he is keen on this overhaul. headline is keen on this overhaul.what else is also about the mod and what else is going to go on in terms of also the government. there is also the international development team being rolled into the foreign office and also the border department being set up, separate from the home office. what is interesting about this, looking at development is one of my interests and the conservatives up until david cameron were a party that typically downgraded development so rolling it into the foreign office would be a big rate from recent years but historically in terms of what the conservatives have done, it would almost be going backin have done, it would almost be going back in line with how the conservatives have treated development although that will be —— that won't be much consolation to people who work in divid. how much would this have been driven by dominic covenant that matt comyn it dominic covenant that matt comyn it dominic cummings. —— dominic cummings. i do think you are going to see a fundamental overhaul. you

the m 5 highway that links the musk as the couplet all to aleppo syria's largest city and the very keen to get control over it to ensure that the road is the be all penned and trade and transport between aleppo and damascus unhindered. how more than 100 unflooded 1000 people have fled their homes in the past few days according to the united nations most of them are headed to the syrian turkish border actually most of them to the border crossing of bubble however the turkish government is not allowing any of the displays to call over into turkish territory and that is now feeling fear is that a humanitarian crisis might unfold on the turkish syrian border. an israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has fended off an internal leadership challenge that could pose a veteran get inside had hoped to convince members that it was time for change but they chose netanyahu despite him being the 1st sitting prime minister to be indicted for corruption and as natasha going to reports from west jerusalem he'll continue to face challenges heading into the national elections and. for the 1st time in

francine, tomnfo keene in new york.ssion to create a "aircraft carrier sized investment bank," opening up its financial industry and wants to beef up its players to compete with wall street. china does not have much of an international presence. have as many assets as goldman sachs. germany and russia expect the pipeline to be delayed until next year because of u.s. sanctions on the project. 7% still needs to be laid. hong kong residents are looking for apartments in other parts of protests as intense could drag on into next year. among the most popular destinations, australia and canada. global news 24 hours a day, on air and @quicktake on twitter, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i am viviana hurtado. this is bloomberg. anna: thank you. dating back more than seven decades, as shinzo abe and moon jae-in met in a trilateral summit in china. china's colonial rule continues to affect the relationships of neighbors locked in a trade war of their own. bya vicious cycle created m

it didn't seem like the russians were too keen on nato troops going into libya. vladimir putin and president erdogan are due to have talks in turkey on the eighth, which is when that parliament will be in turkey. there is talk of a grand important initiative. joining us live from washington, d.c., thank you. william lawrence is a professor at george washington university school of foreign affairs. he says the present situation is a win-win for turkey. >> i have seen 10 different versions among the analysts of a deal that could be in the making. wasturkish foreign minister just in moscow having discussions about a deal where the russians would be given more in exchange for stepping back from tripoli. i think libyan theaters are beenapping and putin has here, because with the and increased turkish presence, that is part of his desire to decrease nato in libya. he has got that other arms deal with turkey, which he is trying to cut in on this relationship. these are all connected now. it is kind of a win-win for turkey. i don't think erdogan wants to send in troops.

led coalition the united states of america is very keen to put and to disprove that was started long back there had 9 rounds of talks in 2018 in 2019 and perhaps this is the time where it needs to be done and dusted the afghan government has been sidelined from the previous year long dialogue because the taliban refuses direct talks but president ash afghani's government bolstered by a series of military successes is quietly optimistic that now the talks will lead to a place at the negotiating table few months ago. was an defense position . of position and. we took the money district from taliban we're doing much better in the hay with that is too important and one. ceasefire one of. both of these demands have been rejected by the taliban in the past but president trump talked optimistically about a cease fire during a visit to u.s. troops in afghanistan in november where he also met the afghan president asked for afghani taliban wants to make a deal and we're meeting with them and we're saying it has to be a cease fire they want to do is useful but now they do want to do a ceasefire

everything is different in the it's actually that makes it all the more beautiful people are very keen to be part of it because they feel that if they make one chip with the dollar they also have one for one brick in rebuilding. and the dollars even proved more profitable than the original fabric. if you buy a fresh set of different animal you'll get 842028500 but you can make it on $350.00 from one side sadie and president of peace 25 makes it 1000 from a society so the society that was supposed to be burnt was in rating 1000 from one piece ringback. one of the. 5 handloom societies that contributed to the chickadee doll had lost fabric was over 2000000 rupees 27000 euros in the floods. but the sale of the dog the dog and almost 350000 rupees are 43000 euros for the weavers in just 4 months they now take pride in their new identity. by living with people who knew of our work as the weavers of gen the mongol i'm but now because of che could be more people are interested in finding out more about us and what we do and then it in their. eyes get loved to best the climate change induced f

islands if you didn't know you'd think it all develops naturally those in charge of the project are keen to uphold that illusion it's still a natural island their fans literally came from 10 minutes away from here so ultimately this is still how are are for all the palm trees are from neighboring islands very off because they were developing something on the island say an airstrip or or a construction. the whole issue of artificial islands and repugnant to palm trees has long called the attention of the anti corruption ngo transparency multi. under a number of deals reached by the previous government nearly 60 calling lagoon surrounding the capital mali were leased to investors they are now building more and more artificial islands for tourists this means the need for palm trees is growing and they are in short supply as maldivian law states the trees mustn't be brought in from abroad why are these trees being transported to that resort. where there is. there are so many islands reclaimed put the purpose of extending. for the people to live and. they don't have any plans any trees. trans

my wife is keen to see this.” this is coming out on boxing day. my wife is keen to see this.d, so i am surprised at the golden globes did not love it. nomination for lead actors, it was nominated for its score, but it was really notably snubbed not just for best drama but best director. you might recall, if you watched two years ago, natalie portman was present the best director category and she tweet them at the time for snubbing greta gerwig for ladybird. they doubled down today and if you look at the tv side where ever differin a's when they see as, it is clear that for female directors, this is still an ongoing controversy. thank you forjoining us. wreckage of a presenting. it is lovely to have you back. everyone on twitter says so. i have put together a list of things you have missed in the three months, just to make you feel better. we have had the impeachment enquiry, parliament prorogued, we had a vote in the house of commons which resulted in no election and a vote in the house of commons which resulted in lower election, then we had a vote in the house of commons wh

probably more keen to actually just finish this break the process now i don't want to drag it on any longer i preferred a conservative government. and i want. that service say the labor party and corbin in particular have an image problem he see this week he sees indecisive he seems on patchy off sick he seems soft on terrorism and crime and he seems someone who simply can't make up their mind on bricks that said the labor party's poll ratings have improved as the campaign's progressed and jeremy colvin is competing with the prime minister his popularity ratings on good idea whether labor compile off an upset will depend on those undecided voters. well for more now we're joined by an authority on the u.k. politics the veteran journalist quentin peel is now with chad of helps in london for it is good to have you back on this show on this election any tell me why is this the most important in a generation as being claimed why does it matter so much. i think because of wrecks it because however this comes out. the u.k. will crash out of the european union probably on gender that if that

have been good signs in many aspects but let me just talk about how much foreign investors should be keen to invest in this country because there were bad signs a well including the well known calvary case what about the investment climate and investment figures this year india is growing you know will this $36.00 but like always telling you in the asking that question that for us it's more important not the quantity of inflow but the quality of having the full and some of the cases might be not to be. coming to russia's economy but you technology war human jailable which is so that is of much more importance competing with just simply money and what we've just discussed is strengthening so it means that is. so ladies throw in balance of payments which we have facing these here and was thrown by the payments we don't need to cover a new gaps on the balance of payments say so it means in terms of. having acknowledges smith in jail approaches all these stuff it's much more important than just simply having a stronger employ in terms of quantity over the falls. but like i've said this here w

the police are keen to deem the ban a success, but they admit it is impossible to predictjust how manyuccessful theatre shows of all time. the makers of the film version are hoping to replicate the success of the feline phenomenon, with stars like taylor swift and dame judi dench as cgi—enhanced human—cat hybrids. but the critics have their claws out, as our arts editor will gompertz explains. this is the trailer for the big—screen, big—budget adaptation of cats. it caused a social media storm when it was posted in the summer. what's your name? cat got your tongue? people were freaked out by the uncanny, furry faces of the all—star cast, sporting body—hugging onesies, revealing distinctly human curves. interview requests from the media, that would normally be lapped up, were declined. tom hooper, its oscar—winning director, who was behind the king's speech, made some changes, working right up to its release this week, and a blizzard of bad reviews. the guardian called it a perfectly dreadful adaptation in its one—star review. the daily telegraph gave no stars at all to what it called a

is keen to get libya's neighbors involved in establishing a cease fire. in this surprise visit by the president of the learn he discussed steps possible steps and corporation with the tunisian president. to solve and to put a cease fire in place in libya we know despite the fact that a deal done has defended the military and security cooperation agreement that he signed with libya the last month but meanwhile he seems to be keen to involve libya is it effective neighboring countries late tunisia to take part in peace talks in in libya a deal one also has criticized the contras that have been denouncing the military agreement with libya saying that turkey has. dealt with the only. institution libya which is a government of national accord that is backed by the united nations and the international community something herby is the editor of international interest current affairs magazine which focuses on middle east and north africa he says choosier could be backing turkey's role as a mediator to resolve the crisis in libya. i think that's remember the confl

find out whether or not they should we have a guest with us dr michael hudson and professor steve keensteve will start with you 1st well i have a very complicated position on this because part of my research is into. what's called the financial instability hypothesis that explains where the 2000 and that process came from out of that part of what i discovered from the mathematical modeling i did was this is a simple relationship between an increasing level of private debt and a full name out of money going to work has as you had a rising level of debt which is what led to a crossroads that rising level of debt made a wrong.

but obviously there‘s a lot of focus on austerity, boris johnson‘s very keen to say i have only been have been in charge for a decade. so he‘s very keen to try and distance himself from that and say we‘re going to be much tougher on crime, much tougher on crime. but also, i don‘t think labour can hold their heads high on this either because there are lots of surveys saying the public, a lot of surveys saying the public, a lot of the public, a very, very worried about the idea ofjeremy corbyn being in downing street because he has after of sided with a number of terrorist organisations over the yea rs, terrorist organisations over the years, the ira,, the list goes on. he sided with a lot of our enemies, people will say. he‘s not to keep british people safe by quite a lots of the voting public, i would say. catherine, briefly if you would, how do the parties then move forward given that, like i say we are just ahead of a general election but we have had an absolute tragedy take place once again on the streets of london? —— katherine. place once again on the streets of london? -- kathe

it does regulate the arms trade in order to prevent human suffering the british government was also keen to stress its importance when he signed up. the a.t.t. is the only legally binding treaty regulating and promoting legitimate responsible trading conventional arms he remains a unique and valuable instrument when the arms trade treaty came into effect u.k. with a real champion of that treaty unfortunately sales to countries that we in yemen are party to now or in yemen have actually increased and i think this is the signal that. you're yemen world's worst humanitarian crisis right now and the u.k. i am far from kind of living up to treaty on and the word is that treaty has has continued to so countries involved in a conflict where we know international intamin know is has been disregarded. with pressure mounting the u.k. has now had to suspend the sale of weapons to saudi arabia in june the court of appeal said that they were unlawful although it is expected that the government will appeal the decision the supreme court saudi arabia's intervention in yemen started in 2015 to fight who

also have economic interests as they themselves are a provider of natural gas and are keen to enter the european markets are so they have a vested interest as well what effect could these potential sanctions have on the pipeline. now members of the german russian chamber have been saying that they think the sanction would hurt not only germany but europe as a whole and but we had the same i've also heard from various that the accent chains are aimed at for example those companies that have been involved in building the pipe and are saying they don't think that will be that necessarily. hurt that much as a lot of the building of the pardon has already been done as it's been said and reports the pipeline is almost finished now the company north stream itself has been saying is not commenting on this decision by the united states as this is a political decision ok maximum please stand by because i want to get your take on the another issue that we are covering today because russia and germany are working together on the north stream project but the 2 countries are also liar in an escalatin

already made some firm commitments for the central bank professor of economics on patria and steve keen joins us from amsterdam to break down the bank's move and of the central. what central banks have come under fire around the globe we have a packed show today so let's get right to it. the trump administration is considering reviving a plan to kick qual way out of the u.s. banking system this proposal was previously is considered by the white house national security council as a nuclear option to sanction the company but was ultimately shelved due to the aggressive nature of the sanction this plan would put qual way on the treasury department's best so it actually doesn't need a nation's list and make it virtually impossible for the company to complete transaction in u.s. dollars the in minutes.

but i would just say obviously there‘s a lot of focus on austerity, borisjohnson‘s very keen to say ibeen in charge for a decade. so he‘s very keen to try and distance himself from that and say we‘re going to be much tougher on crime, much tougher on crime. but also, i don‘t think labour can hold their heads high on this either because there are lots of surveys saying the public, a lot of the public, a very, very worried about the idea ofjeremy corbyn being in downing street because he has after of sided with a number of terrorist organisations over the years, the ira, hamas, you know, the list goes on. he‘s sided with a lot of our enemies, lots of people will say. he‘s not to keep british people safe by quite a lot of the voting public, i would say. that was katherine forster from the sunday times speaking to kasia madera a little earlier. you‘re watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme: former wales rugby captain gareth thomas talks to prince harry in an interview to mark world aids day. it‘s quite clear that the worst victims of this disaster are the poor people