mark allen came through today, the masters champion who will now playjoe perry. how did you rate mark allen today?” thought it was good but that's what i expected him from him. i think mark allen is becoming, he's been a top player for mark allen is becoming, he's been a top playerfor a while, but i think is becoming a marquee player in the game. triple crown under his belt, that has mentally made a difference. the difference for me is he has no wea kness the difference for me is he has no weakness in his game. whether fitness could play a part, to be fair, ithink fitness could play a part, to be fair, i think he will be all right. he is playing at the top of his game. it's all getting extremely interesting and rather intriguing. coverage continues online and by the red button this evening, plenty more to watch enjoyed before highlights 11pm. a 29—year—old runner died during yesterday's london marathon. matt campbell, who was from cumbria collapsed in the last four miles of the race and died later in hospital. he had completed the manchester marathon earlier this

mark allen has played some good snooker, leading againstjoe perry.oing, both players in form, and if you make a mistake you go back to your chair and the frame is gone. there is a long way to go. joe perry, can he get back into this? he is playing well enough, and the key points are how well mark allen is timing the ball and how much more spin both players are getting since the table was red cloth last night, that has made a massive difference. —— red cloth. it has added an interesting dynamic. thrilling first-round match today, ryan day losing. you never know what you will get on the east of the table and if you can just stick it out, you never know, sometimes the gate —— game can turn around. he was being outplayed by ryan but he stuck around, and he basically took his chances. even though he wasn't playing well, he has managed to get a result. credit to anthony mcgill. judd trump inactions night, no problem for him tonight? —— in action tonight. inactions night, no problem for him tonight? -- in action tonight. he missed plenty of balls in his pre

meanwhile, masters champion mark allen is locked at 8—8 withjoe perry. evening. a real blockbuster of a match we have been enjoying today, ronnie o'sullivan against ali carter, repeat of two finals here in the past. in fact, this is the fifth time they have met at the crucible, and carter has made an excellent start. certainly has, never beaten ronnie at the world championship, but somewhere down the line you would expect him to do it at least once, because even though ronnie o'sullivan can turn matches around, ali carter is a superb cures. i think you probably have to be a great cures to overcome the neil sullivan over three sessions, he has got the ability. —— cueist. sullivan over three sessions, he has got the ability. -- cueist. there is a bit of previous, comments that carter made prior to the match. bit of needle, and i do not know whether ronnie will be informed during the break before the session, whether to gm up or his friends will keep him away as if nothing has happened, but he was a little bit lacklustre this morning, we are expecting him t

on day six of snooker‘s world championship in sheffield barry hawkins, and mark allen have been in actionw. and at the world number fourjudd trump ina and at the world number fourjudd trump in a wheel battle. he led 6—3 overnight. look at it now. 9—9 in the first round match needing one more to get there. it decided to the second round in sheffield. —— a decider. and earlier today, anthony mcgill won five frames in a row to complete a remarkable comeback beat ryan day in the first round. the scot trailed 6—3 overnight. mcgill, will now play ding junhui in the second—round. take drugs, or race against men, that's the choice facing some female athletes, under new rules imposed by the athletics' governing body. the iaaf has introduced new measures to stop women with naturally high levels of testosterone gaining a competitive advantage. the 800m olympic champion caster semenya is among those likely to be affected, as alex capstick reports. the dominant figure in women's middle—distance running. the only big old world —— building our lose some pussycats raised questions over her gender and whe

on the other table, northern ireland's mark allen saw off the challenge ofjoe perry. to progress to the quarter finals, winning by 13 frames to 8. and some big racing news tonight, jockey katie walsh has announced she's retiring. the 33—year—old broke the news after a narrow win riding antey at punchestown earlier today. walsh, whose brother ruby is also a leading jockey, says "i've had a marvellous career and i have unbelievable memories. the next chapter in life begins now," among those achievements, she's the best placed female jockey in grand national history, finishing third on sea bass in 2013. that's all from sportsday with me wil perry. we'll have more sport throughout the weekend. see you soon. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. the former director of communications with the conservative party and the political correspondent at the evening stuttgart join correspondent at the evening stuttgartjoin me. correspondent at the evening stuttgart join me. many correspondent at th

mark allen is also in action. these are live pictures from the crucible in sheffield.n sentenced to 20 years in jail after being found guilty of attempted murder in a separate incident. three officers were injured in a shootout as they tried to arrest salah abdeslam in 2016, four months after the paris attacks which left 130 people dead. live to our correspondent gavin lee who is in brussels. take us back to those days in the early 2016 when this was the most wa nted early 2016 when this was the most wanted man in europe. yes, salah abdeslam had been on the run for four months. he was suspected to be amongst the ten attackers in paris in november 2015. they killed 130 people and injured hundreds more at the bataclan concert hall, at the restau ra nts a nd bars the bataclan concert hall, at the restaurants and bars and at their stadium. the other nine either kill themselves or were killed by police. he was on the run. the case involving the paris attacks will come to trial in 2020. salah abdeslam has been in solitary confinement outside paris. four months later the belg

one time i called mark allen. ust before people have all of the ways of communicating that we have now. you do it with a leaflet. they would hand it to people as a way to work. i called mark and we met there. and the police were waiting for us. i wonder how they knew. it's reminiscent. in the conference office here in atlanta. we later found out that one of our best allies in memphis was also paid fbi informant. and he took all of these famous pictures of emmett till marvelous photographer. he is getting paid by the fbi. and we didn't know that then. and rodney and i were talking earlier that you could maybe be naÏve about working with the fbi at some point but by 1969 you know what you're doing. and one of the sets of the photos in the house that they are lived in. taken from the front, the side in the back. the police and new what the way people came in and went out. during one of the incidents there. the police are surrounding our house. i went down i sat on their porch. and acted as an aclu observer. there was

on the other table, northern ireland's mark allen beatjoe perry.ing news as jockey katie walsh announces she's retiring. the 33—year—old broke the news after a narrow win riding antey at punchestown yesterday. walsh says "i've had a marvellous career and i have unbelievable memories. the next chapter in life begins now," among those achievements, she's the best placed female jockey in grand national history, finishing third on sea bass in 2013. and there was a big win for great britain, who are on the brink of promotion to world ice hockey‘s top tier, thanks to a win over italy last night. have a look at ben o'connor at the bottom of the screen, he's got the puck, 2—2 all at this point, and he scored from way out. that doesn't normally happen in ice hockey. that goal put britain ahead and they eventually went on to win it 11—3 in budapest, a first win over italy in 66 years. i can't see the puck, i've watched that four times now! you should be able to see this, though. the uk's dragon boat racing season begins this weekend. it is one of the fastest

first to 13 goes through. 0n the other table, northern ireland's mark allen beat joe perry.00 as well, it was a bit premature, i gave him a bit of stick when i potted the great for 100, i said you can put up now. i am here to enjoy myself, but i want to win. people pay good money to come and watch, so if you can entertain along the way, that is good, and i think i am one of the ones that do in the game. we're onto the fourth grand prix of the f1 season, and world champion lewis hamilton is still looking for his first win. could it come in azerbaijan this weekend ? well he'll have to find some pace from somewhere. daniel riccardo of red bull the man who has the speed in baku right now. daniel ricciardo of red bull the man who has the speed in baku right now. he topped practise yesterday. hamilton fifth fastest ahead of today's qualifying this afternoon. dan evans returns to tennis today after serving a year—long ban for taking cocaine. the former british number two says the drug is "shocking" and "life ruining", and that taking it was the "worst thing he has ever done". he le

we'll have the latest from the world snooker championship, as masters champion mark allen closes in onsers of the london marathon have confirmed that a chef who reached the semi—finals of last year's masterchef: the professionals, collapsed and died during yesterday's race. 29—year—old matt campbell, from cumbria, was a keen runner and had completed the manchester marathon earlier this month in under three hours. our sports correspondent alex ca pstick reports. it was a tough day for the elite athletes. look at this, this is a champion. this is the favourite to win the women's race. look what the marathon can do to a athlete of her calibre. finding it extremely hard going. for the fun run is further down the field, it was a brutal ordeal. a sweltering temperatures we re ordeal. a sweltering temperatures were unprecedented. people had been advised to slow down when necessary, but the sunny weather took its toll. for one competitor, the race ended in tragedy. matt campbell, a 29—year—old from cumbria, who featured in last year's masterchef: the professionals, collapsed around 22 mile mar

this is northern ireland's mark allen with a treble, to take the final frame the session in his second—roundls playing in the zurich classic in new orleans. america's talor gooch had and alligator to deal with on his first round in louisiana. he said on social media, "i like my life. i like it with all my limbs. so i stay away from those things." and on the golf course they keep them very well fed. not with golfers! let's return to our main story. kim jong—un and the south korean president, moonjae—in, have come face—to—face at a summit in the demilitarised zone. in these dramatic pictures from earlier this morning, kim jong—un strides towards moonjae—in, his right arm outstretched. the two leaders come face—to—face at the border, a concrete block the only thing dividing them. joining hands, they shake for a few moments, while both remaining firmly in their own countries. kim jong—un can then be seen to invite the south korean leader over the border. the two then join hands once again and step over to the north to a round of applause before crossing the border once again to the south. rupert

on the other table, mark allen is winning. you can watch live on the red button.en he crashed his red bull. that is all this sport. you can find more on all those stories on the website. i will be back with more at 1:30pm. thank you very natural. some breaking news, the national constitutional committee of the labour party has expeued committee of the labour party has expelled mark wandsworth from the party. let me tell you the background. he was suspended from the party originally after a verbal attack on the mp ruth smeeth and the launch of a report into anti—semitism. the news hasjust come through in the last moment that labour activist mark wadsworth has been expelled from the party after that verbal attack on mp ruth smeeth. the charge was considered by the national constitutional committee of the labour party and sound two charges of a breach of the labour party rules were proven against mark wadsworth. they consequently determined that the sanctions of this breach would mean expulsion from labour party membership. of course jeremy expulsion from labour part

. —— mark allen.en but that was not easy to adjust the conditions there, i had a nervous breakdown around that time. this from helen, iwas breakdown around that time. this from helen, i was woken at 2am this morning but my daughter‘s ex—boyfriend banging on my door and shouting, my daughter doesn‘t live here but i have to younger kids and i live on my own. apparently he followed her out she ain‘t on a rear night out with her friends, he assaulted her by punching and attacking her and throwing drink over her, she‘s 25, been trying to get rid of him for years, she can‘t go out and do anything, he stalks her, smashes her car, sits outside her, smashes her car, sits outside her work and won‘t go away, she‘s moved three times, changed jobs each time and he finds every time. i‘m going to say helen, please contact the police on behalf of your daughter or as the helen to —— astra daughter or as the helen to —— astra daughter to contact the police. as we say, this is a self—contained flat, accessible for peopl

allen. this is bloomberg. thank you for that. our top stories, facebook ceo mark zuckerberg defending the company's values before congress today. the ceo ofnow is trade association digital content. dave one done and dusted for mark zuckerberg. how do you think he performed? >> the general sentiment is he probably performed pretty well, especially for the broader public watching it. he was apologetic and got out with any big issues. -- without any big issues. investors -- haidi: there is a serious concern whether regulations will result in facebook having to change its business model. >> that is the key issue, to get to the business matter. we did hear questions about how facebook collects and tracks data across the web to target advertising. that is 98% of their business. is they do notm align with consumer expectations . as much as there is pressure to change that, it will be an issue for the business. haidi: there have been a lot of apologies, and that was the sentiment coming from the senators speaking, saying the time for apology is over, just fix this. is fac

mark: great to see you. charles allen, the retail analyst. end cost, what china said in response to the president saying there may be another $100 billion in chinese goods targeted. let's bring in kevin cirilli. some serious escalations in rhetoric. kevin: the president just tweeted out, he said that china has taken advantage of the status as a developing nation in the world trade organization. the president said that this is not fair. potentially signaling this could be a bargaining chip as the trade talks intensify. republicans on rhesus, but criticizing the of ministers in for their stance. -- i recess but criticizing demonstration for their stance, a senator from nebraska said this is nuts, china's guilty of many things but the president has no actual plan to win right now. the plan that punishes china, the dumbest possible way to go. the administration pushed back in full fourth, despite the market reaction, they say that not to blame president trump, but to blame china, signaling they have taken advantage of not just the united states m

allen. rish: mark zuckerberg defended his comely on capitol hill and said the scandal is facebook's fault andny is responsible for the content on its platform. crisis management experts say it looked shaky at times, but overall's stood a fairly good job. commonhere is a very misperception about facebook that we sell data to advertisers. we do not sell data to advertisers. >> you certainly rent it. mark: we allow advertisers to tell us who we want to reach and we do the placement. paul: this ecb has disowned comments that said it could raise a positive rate by borrowing costs. -.4% to minus point 2%. the main financing rate. it represents those of the governing council. $4.5 billion in notes and 140 basis points with similar maturity u.s. treasuries. bonds in 2030 and 2049. saudi arabia sold bonds while qatar is meeting investors in the u.s. and the u.k. ahead of a possible sale. has abruptly ended the tenure of ceo mattias bullock saying that they need a leader that can implement deeper changes. the look led vw through the commissions crisis but key stakeholders say they can't afford to wait

mark alan ranked 16th in the world, through being the qualifier alim highfield ten frames to five. allenament at the masses back in january. still live major tournament at the masses back injanuary. still live action over on bbc sport website right now, barry hawkins former finalists played to a finish in their first round match. that is all from sportday. coming up in a moment on bbc news, the papers. welcome to bbc news with me. we wa nted welcome to bbc news with me. we wanted to update you with some breaking news for on the story coming out of canada this evening, toronto specifically as you will of parity, that white van that mowed down pedestrians in toronto, there's been a series of news conferences this evening, we know now from the toronto police acting chief that and nine that people are known to have died, confirmation, 16 injured had been and authorities have definitely said it was a deliberate act, the driver is in custody and police are trying to track down a motel. we'll bring you the details as they come in but we have had an update from the deputy chief of police. let's

allen. this is bloomberg. ♪ thank you so much for that. work, mark this at zuckerberg faced a grilling on capitol hill.eliver what lawmakers were looking for? also, we speak with of the asian development bank. chief economist joins us to talk the latestions, forecasts on the region, china, india and the rest of the world. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ welcome back, let's get you a check of the latest business flash headlines, singapore exchange says it plans to list indian derivatives after a deal with the stock exchange of india. it could happen. they said they are exploring cityto bring it into the -- meetsthat means regulatory requirements of clients while growing the overall market. finance, let's look at financials, in talks to raise $10 billion in a funding round that could value the company at around $150 billion. we are also told they want to be the lead investor ahead of that ipo from aunt -- ant. alibaba rode strongly on plans stake in ant. glencore said to be done, loosening ties with russian oil taken deripaska. won'tmmodity trader proceed with a plan to swap its stake for trades in another deripa

allen ridge cooper. i'm just talking them in the order of my stack. holly johnson and mark rose. i have more but this is to get us started to people don't have to stand up forever. then you have two minutes, please. >> when he -- when we moved hospitals it's a beautiful unit. with all respect to they did expand the radiology department but when we went from the new hospital. the hospital is running well over 110% capacity for the past 6 months. so somebody has to take care of these patients, both in the emergency department and in the department over staffed and understaffed. so we are here to take care of the patients of san francisco. we have a new beautiful hospital. we need to get the maximum added to hire the right people and put them in the right jobs. if i have a minute let me just say as a 35 year emergency department nurse i want to echo what andre said, i've seen gun violence and taken care of gun violence and i hate guns. thank you for the service today. >> sheehy: next speaker. >> my name is talib. i'm a tech. the scanner creates a strong and visible magnetic field th

mark crumpton. this is bloomberg. p.m. here after 5:30 in new york, 7:30 a.m. in sydney and paul allens with a look at the markets. good morning. paul: it is going to be an interesting day on the trade front. weave the chinese president adjusting the forum -- address ing a forum, so we could hear more about tariffs. u.s. markets closing higher in the meantime, although they lost to some momentum at the close. and a reasonably five-day in the asia-pacific. as we take a look at the futures, currently looking pretty calm, unchanged. nikkei futures trading out of chicago, up by 1% and the aussie dollar at $.70 against the u.s. dollar. commodities,ook at big day for oil, climate by 2%. gold is higher as well, copper up as well into later today we are looking at the us trillion business conference figures -- australian business conference figures. more form bloomberg technology, next -- from "bloomberg technology" next. ♪ emily: this is "bloomberg technology." i'm emily chang. sofi has named a new executive as its cfo, filling a role that has been vacant since last summer, the first major ap

mark crumpton. this is bloomberg. it is just after 5:30 p.m. time in new york and 7:30 a.m. friday morning in sydney. paul allens with a look at the markets. onit was a bright finish wall street with all the major -- endingd higher higher. 1%,the nasdaq is up around and this is after we had trade tension easing and talk on the middle east as well. donald trump suggesting china markets relief of taxes and tariffs and the dialback on the war rhetoric. asia-pacific, we see a bright finish, with futures higher at three tents of 1%. mckay futures out of chicago 9/10 of 1% higher and the aussie dollar stabilizing. the yen a little weaker against the dollar. oil continues to show solid gains. opec raising global demand estimates, and gold a little weaker as well. i'm paul allen from sydney. more from "bloomberg technology" next. ♪ emily: this is bloomberg technology. the facebook hearings signaled that era of self revelation for social media is likely over, and calls for more oversight over facebook is going. earlier today on public television, scott stringer, who runs the city's tension fund pushed the break up the p

mark landler is white house correspondent at the "new york times." rachel bade covers congress for politico. and mike allen axios. welcome to "face the nation." all of you. mike, there were a number of legal developments this week as relate to the president. you had rudy guiliani joining the president's legal team. a report that the deputy attorney general rob rosenstein told the president he personally wasn't the target of an investigation. then you saw all of these tweets about the former fbi director and the president's personal attorney michael cohen. and the president saying, i don't expect him to flip. what do they mean? >> best part is all of that was thursday afternoon. a couple of hours. here is what with is important to know. that the president is really rattled by what is going on up in new york. >> brennan: with michael cohen. >> not only because of what his personal lawyer knows but because they don't exactly know what has been taken. like what recordings have been taken, what electronic records have been taken. and so you see the president as he does when he's backed into a corner or rattled

mark crumpton. this is bloomberg. it is 5:30 p.m. in new york. and we have a look at the markets with paul allen.t was a mixed finish on wall street on monday evening. let's take a look at how things should down. weaker, the s&p 500 up modestly, not that down as well. looking at revenue adding momentum, remaining strong. how we are shaping up in this part of the world, it is looking quiet for futures, looking quite flat. nikkei futures trading out of chicago, a little higher. the aussie dollar is a weakening against the u.s., closing in on $.76. and the dollar is strengthening. the tenure with a 3% yield -- ten year with a 3% yield. aluminum slumping on the news that sanctions could be loosened. oil is closing in on $69. later today, we will have the aussie cpi. more from bloomberg technology is next. ♪ emily: this is "bloomberg technology." back to our top story, alphabet's first quarter generating robust growth in the first quarter while spitting surged. and the company has shrugged off the privacy backlash against internet companies and their data heavy ad targeting businesses. we have been mo

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mark. parents with a billion dollar route affect stocks. betty: and aluminum sees the biggest loss in three decades as washington eases up on rusal. hello from sydney, i am paul allennd this is "daybreak australia" as we get on the open of asia's first edger markets. australia and new zealand, with markets closed in both countries for anzac day, which is what i'm worried the poppy. betty: running in the commemoration of new zealand and a strong soldiers. and today we look at how the u.s. trading day plays out into the asia-pacific. a quick reminder of how stocks ended today. taking a tumble as paul mentioned with the yield hitting 3% on the 10 year. we can see the dow dropping and and ther by over 1%, nasdaq taking the biggest hit in the sense that the tech shares shot down. for more on this is su keenan. more on this roller coaster ride. su: that i have to do with earnings and bond yields. , giving strong reports being the top line and bottom line. and there is the but. let's get to the snapshot. yields were a key focus. briefly we saw yields should about 3% before retreating to make a lot of concern and stocks dropping. , gtvu go to the bloomberg is where you fin

marking easter sunday. >> and happy easter to all of you and thank you for joining us. to our viewers in the u.s. and around the world, i'm natalie allen. >> i'm george howell from cnn news headquarters. newsroom starts now. >> and we begin with the war games ongoing on the korean peninsula. the u.s. and south korea kicking off an annual military exercise, this despite thawing tension between the two koreas. >> north korean leader kim jong-un is set to meet with the south korean counterpart, president moon jae-in later this month. a meeting between mr. kim and the u.s. president donald trump could follow the month after that. let's go live to seoul, south korea, cnn's paula hancocks is on the story this hour. paula, so, this time the drills shorter than last year. is this a concession? and does north korea seem more accepting to more difficult employment si underway? -- diplomacy underway? >> reporter: george, the us you has not called it tway concession. you look at the facts, it's a month long. it's usually two months long. so, certainly that is a big change. the pentagon i insisting, though, it is still going to be the same size, th

square at 3—all, but carter took the final two frames before the interval. 0n the other table, mark allene leaders of north and south have met for an historic summit in the demilitarised zone on the border between the two countries. in a series of tweets president trump said "the korean war to end", saying good things were happening, but only time would tell. when the leaders met in the border village of panmunjom they held hands, before symbolically crossing the concrete blocks that mark the border between the two countries. after holding private talks, the two leaders planted a commemorative pine tree, using soil and water gathered from both sides of the border. the north korean leader kimjong—un and south korean leader moonjae—in then talked in full view of the watching media cameras on a wooden platform. the leaders signed an agreement in which they pledged a common goal of achieving a nuclear—free korean peninsula through complete denuclearisation. south korea‘s leader will also visit north korea in the autumn. the summit ended with a meal, where the leaders toasted their historic da