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london. as we come to you live from moscow thank you for joining us here on r.t. international today just a moment martin is here in this aggression edition of our broken abby is asking why so many u.s. politicians on capitol hill happened to be a millionaire. in fish farms waters. you have a problem because. and i saw it spread all over norway is the most toxic food you have and who will profit drowns out of the tissue inquiry furthermore restrictions . really knows what's inside the feeling of. the plant. different. question that i think that are good can you go question is that i do it near. you live be of the spirit which yet that is a ladder when i need it so the mind to huddle supports also spoke with. you to tell you that you do that you are right oh yes and yet you needed at last it seems that there was an indonesian. solutions for this and that is the. invoking. you know she good lumber touring curbeam was able to build on these most sophisticated rowboat which on certainly doesn't excuse the doing the sound anything tunes mission to teach creation and wh

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i have a question about london. london is unique, beijing was unique. there are some iconic properties, amazing relationships, security needs, that is understood. there has been a suggestion you are still on time in london and on budget in london. what is your current assessment of where we are in london in terms of budget and time? >> that is exactly my assessment that we are on budget and successful. >> what about the vast the shoe? where are we with the vast issue? >> i want to keep them limited because our conversations with our counterparts in britain are sensitive but i would like to say we are making good progress and we are comfortable that we are within the budget. >> i want to see that as a potential threat, it is a 20% v vat. i had the opportunity to visit dubai. what do you find wrong with the facility in dubai? >> i don't know that particular facility so i wouldn't be able to address it but there are many standard embassy designs that work well for their missions. there are some that could work better and this initiative is about improving

i do have a question about london. london is unique. beijing was quung. there are some iconic properties, there are some amazing relationships, security needs. that's understood. there's been a suggestion that you're still on time in london and on budget in london. what is your current assessment of where we're at in london in terms of budget and time? >> that's exactly my assessment, that we're on budget and on schedule. >> what about the vat issue? where are we at with the vat issue? >> i'd like to keep that conversation limited, because our conversations with our counterparts in britain are sensitive. but i would like to say that we're making good progress and we're comfortable that we're within the budget on that. >> and i appreciate that. i see that as a potential threat. they have -- i believe it's a 20% vat which could obviously be a huge and major issue. and something we would appreciate if you'd keep us apprised of. i had an opportunity to visit dubai which was one of the last standard embassy designs. what do you find wrong with the facility in

they head for you on the program last orders for london pubs look at why the u.k. is watering holes are closing down only to be replaced with supermarkets and sharif living. plus these pictures of a jihadist rally would not take it in syria or iraq put it right in the heart of europe find out what the locals in the hague had to say about the sanction demonstration. this immediately so we leave the people. of the same motions to cure. all of the physical. issues that no one is asking with the guests that deserve answers from. politic. if you drive people away from the dollar many people now it must be sitting there saying gosh if we have u.s. dollars and the u.s. decides they don't like us they're going to put sanctions on us so people more and more people would say maybe i should use the u.s. dollar. that's opinion. and if. they do it. to be of the spirit which yet that is allowed to live on it it's the money. you didn't ever. get. that's it those are. the. solutions for the. that's where we've been stu twenty years that's been the progression of derivatives tradin

london thanks so much for joining us here on r.t. international today on research i live in moscow as the rich get richer it's up to people like you would need to pick up the tab they'll be another telling off for the profit hungry in our next program. coming your way. death row inmate jealous of would rise in pain during a two hour execution. this prolonged suffering was not part of the plan and not constitutional but an accident and not quite a unique wanted that just this year in both oklahoma and my native ohio there have been botched executions due to complications with lethal injection one judge alex kozinski who voted to give would a stay of execution due to the questionable nature of lethal injection drugs said that the good old firing squad would be a lot more humane and his opinion eight or ten large caliber bullets fired at close range and massive damage causing instant death every time i think lethal injection is popular not for the executed but for society as judge kozinski said shooting someone in the head with a machin

first we take a look at how london is harnessing the power of the wind. this is the london array. it is the world's largest offshore wind farm. and this is what it helps power. the farm has 175 giant wind turbines capable of generating enough electricity to power half a million homes. and it is quite possibly the answer to london's growing energy needs. >> we expect about 900,000 tons that would have been put into the atmosphere. it is about the equivalent of under 300,000 cars a year being taken off the road. >> approximately 8.3 million people live here. by 2031, that number is expected to climb to 10 million. a growing population that means a growing need for energy. london, one of the most historic cities in the world knows in order to keep up with future energy demands, they need to update and diversify their energy portfolio. >> how do we get to a more cleaner future, a reliable energy source? that's what the london array is about. moving from that old coal, gas, nuclear, to winds. >> they are one of the leaders in offshore wind power. there are over 1,000 turbines dotting t

london and we come to la from moscow coming up next it will be a boom bust with iran and. you surely know where you get. her. that. if you. want to run your cultural phenomena like. the face i dislike you. pleasure to have you with us here on t.v. today i'm wrong researcher. that's the point. that i think that are good good good or question yes that i do what we need a chef for washing media at the. table to be of a spirit which yet that is allowed the we don't need it so the money to huddle supports us all spoke with. you very much getting that you are oh yes i'm good that's a genius it was a. solution for. invoking the. iran like syria has been george very harshly on the leaves on that the constant battle. isn't it justify the evil and it's not pursuing to ensnare weapon down you know raising the spectrum of perceived remember gottlieb who won you know the same with tongue you see where he's developing nuclear weapons in the home. speech since he did the want to see the. number being removed the full make up and swim you story we would be stupid not to take. the. time th

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a london. but it's time now for now the dressing down for the profit hungry coming up could say of max and stacy don't miss the kaiser report after the break. ali. pleasure to have you with us here on t.v. today i'm role research or. something and. watching that but. what she is that i do it. in media at the. table to be of a spirit which that it's allowed to when i need it so the minute you. and you didn't ever. get a good. lesson to me that there was no condones the. solution for the sound that is. going to cook. welcome to the kaiser report max kaiser. this is the economy for nouns out with the nouns and with the verbs place yes according to our first headline here max why can't make ends meet trumps poverty this week the center for community change released new research that details of the way low income americans think and talk about living on the edge of the language being used by policymakers and others to describe them is turning off the very people it is supposed to help this is from b

in the case of london and correct me if i'm wrong but it seems as though where jol is kind of doing it and run around regulator to some degree not entirely but to some degree you are kind of dealing with a legacy regulatory environment correct speak on this yes so at the moment in shifting well we're in finance to point out a meeting the traditional finance world back to the future we're focused on my ass consumers being able to invest in equity so we would be very careful when we use the word equity because equity is a specific legal meaning and equity is a regulated product so if you offer an equity to people then you have to go through . process bank to the future and other platforms that process looks like eighteen months to three years of explaining to regulators everything you're doing and hundreds of thousands of pounds in order to navigate the so what we're seeing right now is we're seeing innovation growing at a much much faster rate than regulation so there's dalt palo alto silicon valley california whiz kid he's got this idea swarm and he's built it the ground running raise

south east london. they've had to do some really intricate feats around the last five years of construction. they've had to navigate ancient burial grounds. they've had at some point less than one meter away from the northern line shuttling commuters back with these in our most tunnel boring machines. it's quite a feat and it comes at quite a cost, 15 billion pounds is the budget. economic growth. they say, look. we will double if not triple your money back to you. 42 billion pounds a 3% boost to the economy in the end. more efficiency, more commuters being taxied about. able take as little as 30 minutes to get out to heathrow, the biggest airport. set to add to it the u.k. economy? said, 42 billion pounds, a 3% increase on the u.k. economy going forward. clearly, quite a feat of construction. many being added in terms of jobs. we keep seeing unemployment figures falling down. 55,000 jobs is what they are saying this entire construction project will have trains moving by 2018. interesting news today com

boyko r t london. elsewhere around the world at this hour six people including four children have been killed and one more wounded in a shooting in houston texas according to local authorities a man opened fire in a suburban house and then attempted to flee the scene but was intercepted and cornered by the police five people died in this world while one child was taken to hospital however doctors when able to save him the sole survivor of the deadly domestic dispute has identified the shooter. has been hit by a twenty four hour strike as public sector workers protesting against austerity measures including a forty percent reduction to salaries and pensions many of the country's facilities have been disrupted and several of the country are facing the government has asked the high court to rule the strike illegal and abusive. a reel of family tragedy is unveiling in saudi arabia as the government tightens its grip on the pro-democracy movement months after human rights activists right even by the thrown

on the way the many faces of london. want you to play with white kids black kids with black kids middle class on their own which can crush on the right when you report reveals the british capital is actually not the multiethnic melting pot that some make it out to be you will have that story right after this. the media leave those who leave the. mother she motioned to the play you call the there's a bill. for shoes that no one is there still with the guests that you deserve answers from. politics. to. the stories we cover here not can here in iraq other big story the extra headlines there's a reason they don't want to. raise that we think. now let's break the set . it's a really nice tested to the limits in eastern ukraine is government feels its legacy to the region's biggest city which is behind this attack young children become the victim of israel's expanding and brutal offensive against palestinian territories being killed in the gaza strip german outrage it is how long it's been in authorities move in on yes or no

london flat. draghi is going to be the key focus for the markets. >> he speaks here in london. for me, you have to start with the u.s. yesterday. record highs for the s&p 500. check it out. dow jones down by 0.7%. nasdaq down by over 1%. the losses have not been restricted to the u.s. we have losses in asia and europe as well. going back to levels we have not seen since may. this is your market open right now. ftse 100 flat. cac 40 down by three point -- down by 0.3%. the ibex up about 0.5%. the big one for me is not sterling. it is the euro. euro-dollar, 1.3619. the central bank governor says this one is not too strong. not too strong. talk to your french neighbors. talk to your boss, marriott draghi. he might have something to say. the euro has stayed stubbornly high even after those measures unveiled by the ecb. what it is going to get this one to go from 1.3620 to south of 1.30. everyone is looking at the other side of the trade. the u.s. dollar. janet yellen has called the tech higher in inflation data just noise. they have something to say about that. the indication on wh

on the way of the many faces all the london. kids are playing with white kids black kids with black kids middle class. and here we were told we will as the british capital is actually not the multiethnic melting pot that some make it out to be will be right that. the interview. a little over. play. play. play a little. little little little. little. lawyer little. little little. little cross talk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want. a little. i'm abby martin the stories we cover here you're not going to hear any right that are fixed or the ads for headlines same time there's a reason they don't want you to know about it ever want to tell friends that you should be completely outraged now let's break the set. civilian lives tested to the limits in eastern ukraine as government forces laid siege to the region's biggest city which is behind this attack young children become the victim of israel's expanding and brutal offensive against palestinian territories being killed in the gaza strip german outrage it is

first we take a look at how london is harnessing the power of the wind. this is the london array.st offshore wind farm. and this is what it helps power. the farm has 175 giant wind turbines capable of generating enough electricity to power half a million homes. and it is quite possibly the answer to lonl's growing energy needs. >> we expect about 900,000 tons that would have been put into the atmosphere. it is about the equivalent of under 300,000 cars a year being taken off the road. >> approximately 8.3 million people live here. by 2031, that number is expected to climb to 10 million. a growing population that means a growing need for energy. london, one of the most historic cities in the world knows in order to keep one future energy demands, they need to update and diversify their energy portfolio. >> how do we get to a more cleaner future, a reliable energy source? that's what the london array is about. moving from that old coal, gas, nuclear, to winds. >> they are one of the leaders in offshore wind power. there are over 1,000 turbines dotting the waters. these things are ma

back from london.e return now to my interview with wikileaks founder julian assange from inside ecuador's embassy in london this weekend, where he has political asylum and has been living for over two years. i just came from sweden from the almedalen or 25,000 people gather to talk about politics and all the parties there and the leaders are there, among them the foreign minister carl bildt. i asked him about this challenge that was just introduced to the u.n. human rights council. let's go to a clip of that. we are looking at the case of julian assange, and 59 legal and human rights groups have made its mission to the human human rightsouncil -- u.n. human rights council charging the pretrial detention. what are your thoughts on this? >> none, because it is a question for the legal authorities and not for me. >> but because it is in the u.n. human rights council -- >> that doesn't make any difference. it is still a legal issue within the legal system. as you have in the u.s., you have the separation b

on the way the many faces of london. want kids playing with white kids black kids with black kids middle class on their own which can cross the road i mean reporter reels of the british capital is actually not the multi-ethnic welton thought that some make it out to be will be right back. there's immediately though shall we leave the. mother she motioned to the play you call the there's a girl. their shoes that no one is there still with the guess that you deserve answers from. politics. live. lifts live. live . live. cross talk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want to. live. i'm abby martin the stories we cover here you're not going to hear any rights other big story the extra headlines and talk there's a reason they don't want to do not all about me that are important and telling the truth is that we should all be completely out now let's break the set. on marriage in the financial world. to cease to goldman cannot stop it is a very lonely take no demand to credit not going to get any economic ben

we've talked about this carl grey coin millionaire who we are looking at london actually actually is a potential to be a crypto hub because it does have the best financial technology in the world even considering silicon valley the actual financial technology is actually really the best in the world here in london so it seems like they've got the infrastructure but to jolt point that the entrenched lists if you will are not. anxious to give up turf. do you think crypto can overcome that absolutely there's no stopping this is what the people want and at the end of the day with we're moving towards a world where what the people want is actually happening thanks to technology thanks to block teams thanks to crowdfunding you know i imagine a world now where a business comes up with an idea they can launch on a platform like start showing people can get some free store points they can do decentralized raise with you know an alternative to equity they could also raise some equity crowd finance through fear or crypto currency and what we're doing is we're producing more and more options for

where white british people have become a minority over a third of london's residents were born outside of the u.k. and of foreigners over three hundred languages a spoken on the streets of the city and if you tried we could probably track down representatives of every race religion culture and nation but here's the thing according to a new report by the social integration commission think tank london may be diverse but people are sticking to their own kind the capitol is the place in britain where ethnic communities mix the least we do think of london as being a melting pot we do think of it as being the most diverse part of the country diversity does not automatically lead to integration when we look at a school playground and we see that white kids are playing with white kids black kids with black kids middle class on their own working class on the road i think is a gut reaction that that most of us would say that that is a bad thing that we want some kind of mixing better than that there's a growing trend for white britons to leave the capital for other areas prompting concerns the

max foster, cnn london. >> london editor of "the daily beast" joins me from london. welcome.nk a lot of the stories of russian money have really come out since what's happened in eastern ukraine. and we know that london is an investment haven for russia's super rich generation of oil ol i garbages. >> i think you can't argue. i think it's certainly the case. certainly what the widtho has argued. she says the british government was unwilling to risk its tie to say this money which funds the london way of life. the police have certainly always had a fair investigation on this, and immediately or a year after the murder, they pointed the finger at this former fsb agent and said they wanted to charge him with murder. of course, russia didn't extradite him to london so he'll never be able to stand trial. what the family then asked for, could the british government at least investigate whether they think the russian government ordered this murder. until this week, the british government has always put that off. and only from the continued pressure from the widow now and a high cour

on the way have the many faces of london and.white kids playing with point kids black kids with black kids middle class on their own which can cross on their own a new report reveals that the british capital is actually not the all to ethnic melting pot that some make it out to be that story coming up after this. many people in russia to believe that the reset was essentially never an improving their relations it was rather. a neighboring be aggressive or villager and foreign policy of the united states one year a poll in free the freeze of george h.w. bush in one thousand nine hundred two migrated during the course of the clinton administration then the george w. bush administration and finally through the obama administration into a mishmash of ideas about expanding american idealistic intentions of expanding nato right up to russia's borders. this immediately though shall we leave the baby. by the sea to the other your party years ago. where shoes that no one is that stood with to get that you deserve answers from. politics. a

london. japan's ruling parties have agreed to lift a self-imposed ban on overseas military operations for the first time since the second world war the decision to change the constitution provoked a wave of protests the following footage contains graphic scenes one of us now one outraged man even went so far as to set himself on fire he's currently in hospital on the latest rally outside the prime minister's office in tokyo gathered around ten thousand people and even led to clashes with police the protesters criticize the government for failing to hold a referendum on the issue. that change may of fact of the balance of power in the region as japan could now help its allies fighting overseas not at the same time the u.s. is deploying more troops to the area washington now has eighty thousand plus military personnel as more than forty bases across the pacific region while some experts don't see the new change as particularly serious others want it could have consequences in case of a future c

this is just one of 39 sites across london.re talking 15 billion pounds being ingested into this project. we spoke to the chief executive of cross rail and said somehow that money reaping rewards for the u.k. economy? where is that coming from? this is what he had to say. >> this is an exciting program for london. % extra rail 10 capacity in 2018 when we open. 1.5 million people will be within that minute of the key usiness districts in london. you can break it down in a number of different ways. >> clearly he is talking about the amount of people that are able to hire, 55,000 jobs added or this one project alone. i think if i was heathrow express, i would be pretty worried now. eally you do feel the energy here and that is reaping rewards for the u.k. economy. >> it certainly is. two companies, though, that are heavily involved in british construction are getting together. now you would have thought given the products you're talking about there would be a lot of work going on. talk to me about why this merger s happening. >> b

in london, we are building on less acres, 4.9 acres. property in london is very expensive. it makes a huge difference to be able to be on a smaller plot of land while still meeting all the security requirements including the legal requirement for 100 foot setback. but so both cost and security i think play. but it also gives us a lot of flexibility fee flexibility, building in all the locations where we need to build in. where ten acres may not be available. >> yeah, so what you are saying is, design excellence model gives you flexibility fee? >> it absolutely gives us that flexibility. off awe ye >> yeah. all right. when i try to think about different locations, demand and environments that our embassies have to on -- operate in. gives me pause to come up with a one size fits all solution to that. which i think the set design more or less requires. i do support your ability to have modifications on that. more towards design excellence piece. but, you know, sometimes we do have -- what, what someone casual observer might observe as being, you know, far beyond what is necess

reporting from london. thank you paul that's the city learned in the british capital as you can see quite high turnout there by the looks of it a noisy demonstration to all in production ten thousand palestinian protesters took to the streets of ramallah in the west bowing to voice their anger at the balance in gaza and at it in clashes with israeli soldiers which left four protesters dead and dozens wounded. in gaza for us closely following the situation there. this is the largest rally we've seen in the west bank of course in the west bank graphically separated but it appears that the purpose of these demonstrations is to send a very clear message that even palestinians in the west bank largely affected the societal level by the ongoing violence here which is being of course extremely bloody last night at least two palestinians were killed and up to two hundred injured as that these clashes resoled molotov cocktails and fireworks being fired at israeli border police as well as the israeli troops they resp

and we have lots more still on the way like the many faces of london. kids playing with kids black kids with black kids middle class on their own which can cross the road. and the report reveals the british capital is actually not the multiethnic melting pots that some make it out to be. many people in russia to believe that the reset was essentially never aimed at improving their relations it was rather that i may blame be a ground zero for bill a german foreign policy of the united states one year a poll in free the phrase of george h.w. bush in one thousand nine hundred two migrated during the course of the clinton administration the george w. bush administration and finally threw the obama administration into a mishmash of ideas about expanding american idealistic intentions and expanding nato right up to russia's borders. interview. a clue. i'm abby martin the stories we cover here you're not going to hear in iraq said our big story the extra headline same time there's a reason they don't want in denial about another important reason that we should

london was fantastic and it told a great story. and a new story about london.sm and investment and global perception. that's how to do it. but they can repair, just like suarez. >> maybe he will get in touch with you. >> maybe he will. i will wait for the call. >> thank you very much. >> coming up, forget splashy gadgets, tech is changing finance and it could impact investors in the eurozone. stay tuned for that discussion next. [inaudible] ♪ >> welcome to "countdown." joining us to discuss tech and online wealth management is schroders executive vice president. a website thatl, allows people to invest online with your investors. pretty novel thing. it has been around for a year and a half now. maybe you could start by explaining to people how it works. >> sure. eg is a traditional business. we look after people's personal assets but we do it in a novel way. able to facilitate that by being online. instead of the eight week sign up process that usually takes for a proposal it happens in eight minutes. >> you invest your money and you deal with you through the w

does london want sanctions? >> london does want sanctions. you heard from the new foreign minister.what going to be a pariah. he hopes that this is a turning point. a lot of is hoped that this would be a turning point. why hasn't the tragedy of mh17 been something where everyone steps back? >> that is exactly right. pardon to theh positions of all involved. enka, itident poroshoe hardened the position that he has to go after the terrorists in ukraine. there has been no stepping back from the fray. there has been escalation on all sides. i think it gets worse. the politics on all sides makes this get worse. people are saying that people should step back from the brink. >> what is the resolution that would happen? >> putin, what he wants -- i assume you're asking about putin? what he wants is this idea of a ukraine that is so weak that russian interests can be projected into ukraine via a decentralized. >> is that a stepping stone to the longer-term expansion of the russian border? think the inc. -- kremlin is interested in a occupation and expansion. it is enough to keep them in thei

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even if it was to harm the british economy by restricting the flow of russian cash into the city of london the british prime minister david cameron said he's in agreement with french president francois hollande and german chancellor angela merkel that further sanctions must be discussed the german chancellor though held a phone conversation over the weekend with president vladimir putin and which both parties said that an international investigation is a must and it must get to underway very soon from the hague peter all of r.t. so let's get more analysis from veteran british labor politician and former mayor of london ken livingstone who joins us now live good to see you can let's start with these threatened sanctions germany france the u.k. all apparently dishing out they sold him a term to russia because they want russia to make sure that the international investigators are given full access to the crash site what do you think about those threats. well i think there's an awful lot of pandering to the hysteria that's being whipped up here some of us are old enough to remember that back i

a billion dollars. >> i would argue in london it would hurt to be outside of london. >> do you have a uniform layout for all embassy facilities which could aid security personnel and training during emergencies? you have to go from one embassy to the next, everything is different, the design plan is different. everything seems to be tailored as expensive costs. >> our diplomatic security staff are incredibly skilled. right now they deal with a wide variety of contexts and buildings. i would also like to say if we stayed with the standard embassy design which basically had two separate bars of construction, it is less efficient, it is harder to get from one bar to the other than a cube. london is a good example of that, and to build more efficiently also saves dramatically in terms of cost. >> a billion dollars for an embassy. and that's efficient. i just have a real problem with that, because having experienced in iraq and vietnam, i know we build the same bunkers, pretty much the tame standard design, a few improvements here and there, but they suffice. i know we could do same thing

london closing up. moscow's index took a hit. it has plunged around 5% over the week and sunk further as accusations and blame swirled friday, closing down about 1.2%. wall street is rebounding after seeing its biggest sell offs in months on thursday. the nasdaq up around 1.5%. strong earnings from companies seeming to clip those fears of geopolitical tensions for now. some other business headlines -- microsoft has shut down its fledgling tv production units a month of -- after its first show day the beaued. i--- it had hoped to compete with netflix and amazon but struggled to get off the ground. a day after announcing it was cut some 15% of its work force, trying to become a more multimodern tech firm that can compete with google. general electric reported a 13% increase in the second quarter. ompeds from developing countries were strong and aviation and gas divisions had performed well. they plan to launch a new credit card business in late july. and the u.s. justice department has charged fedex with conspiracy to shim controll

and actually live in london.es are very high. cost of living is very high for basic things, obviously even when you think about gas and parking, but that's not what everybody does. is that challenge similar to the challenge you see in new york or san francisco or is it greater? >> i think in some respects if you are talking just about london, it's actually greater. the reason why i said in the past it would have been better to be rich in the u.s. than the uk, is because in the last few years the tax breaks and for well think foreigners, whether they be from russia, greece, portugal, anywhere they are having problem around the world, you tend to find their millions and billionaires buy properties in london. and if they don't spent more than 90 days a year in britain, basically they don't pay taxes. so they have pushed up prices. the solid middle class jobs that keep societies functions, you can't afford to live in london and probably can't afford to put your children through school in london. >> edward thank you s

this is a phenomenal program from london.t will bring 10% extra rail capacity when we open. 1.5 million people will be within 40 minutes of those key districts of london. you can break that down in a number of ways. the extra capacity reduces theestion, improves possibility of business in london. there have been just 30 applications for major development. almost 3000 new homes. this is typical of the confidence that is bought by well funded infrastructure projects. >> the things that you have learned, you had to avoid ancient burial site, you had to tunnel underneath us while being less than a meter from the northern line. are these technical skills that you build up something that we can export to other countries? of course we have done a lot of work to make sure that we weave our tunnels between the infrastructure and utilities. ,he equities we built up here the supply chain that is built up, you can get around the world and you wouldn't be surprised to see u.k. there. this is a fantastic crossrail story emerging. whether i

it is 6:00 in london. the former french president is under formal investigation for the allegedly peddling. ofre was 15 hours questioning in paris. we can go to the french capital conna.ak to carolyine -- connan. >> good morning, anna. in 2012his immunity when he lost that election against francois hollande. he is not been charged yet. just being placed under formal investigation. he is accused of writing a high-ranking judge by asking confidential information in -- as government advisor in month ago -- monaco. there was another investigation into illegal financing of his political campaign. , it is being said that he knew that it was going to be tough. nicolas sarkozy has denied any wrongdoing. some of the political allies are accusing the left-wing party. to prevent his comeback. with widelyozy respected to make his comeback as soon as this fall to regain their leadership of the right wing party that has been damaged by political infighting and in the long-term, to possibly run against president hollande

pretty struggles to stem the flow of extremists returning from syria as two men arrested at a london airport admit to planning terrorist attacks and more coming up in just a few moments. on marriage in the financial world. can't stop taking credit. in life there. do we speak your language does anyone not they will not advance. your music programs in documentaries and spanish more matters to you breaking news a little turn into bangles stories. so you hear. them try altie spanish find out more visit eye to eye. with the economic ups and downs in the final months day the london deal sank i and the rest because i will be making a living every week on a. welcome back to british men who went to syria to fight alongside jihad asop pleaded guilty to planning terrorist attacks both were arrested at a london airport by the country a terrorist unit to report. mohammad ahmed and you said spent eight months in syria last year now the twenty two year olds are british citizens originally from birmingham but they learnt about the conflict in syria they seemingly became radicalized online and ended

manus, thanks for joining us today as well. 8:52 in london.back in a couple of minutes. ♪ >> let's get to some company news. nearly 40%s are down after the company released a trading update. link says trading in the first half was below expectations on lower-than-expected demand. jpmorgan chase chief executive jamie dimon has throat cancer. he will begin treatment shortly. he told employees and shareholders in a memo that his condition is curable. he said he will continue running the firm as normal during the treatment. facebook is being investigated by u.k. data regulators after a study found a psychological experiment influenced what 700,000 users saw in their online feed. a researcher has apologized. "the pulse" is coming up. i will be anchoring today, a special treat for you. we are going to talk virgin atlantic. -- theestment director airline recently unveiled new uniforms designed by vivienne westwood. we will talk about airline branding. we will examine the housing market in the u.k. we are speaking live with a former npc member. ♪ >> s