happened in the red sea. many assume e they would poioina fingerer at saudi arabia just le ududi arabia has pointeted the finger at iran when it't's tanks were a attacked inin the persian gulf. according g to state m media, ts happened at about 5:0:00 a.m. local time. state media rereporting thisis s hit byy two missiles. state media denying reports the shship was on fire, adding the whole of the s ship was damamag. other interesting points, the e foreign ministry saying there have been other destruructive measures against iranian tankers in the r red se. thisis is the e first time the iranian n government i is alging other atattacks targetingg its l tankers have takeken place in te red sea. iranian foreigngn ministry saying whohoever did this is responsible for the environmental pollutution. is of the t troubling aspspects reports there is an oil spill. the red sea known for one of the most renowned underwater ecosystems in the world with species of fish and coral notot fofound anywhere e else in the world.

local media is reporting the tanker is on fire, spilling crude into the red sea.e word from saudi arabia. to syria, and president trump is pushing back on criticism for his decision to have u.s. forces pullback and allow turkish troops to move in, attacking kurdish militias who had fought alongside american troops. he says he is carrying out his promise to stop u.s. involvement in endless wars. critics say he is exposing loyal allies to the risk of slaughter. two associates of rudy giuliani have been accused of violating campaign finance laws. that is allegedly as part of a plot to oust the u.s. ambassador to ukraine. this is part of the house impeachment inquiry against president trump. the fbi arrested the men at dulles international airport. they were leaving the company with -- leaving the country with one-way tickets. italy will start taxing digital companies like facebook and alphabet. that follows similar initiatives. it raises the prospects of u.s. sanctions to him pause a broad eu wide levy that failed this year. are modelinges similar taxes. global news

that in the early morning hours one of the oil tankers was targeted in the eastern part or of the red sea approximately 100 kilometers off the coast of saudi arabia the sub at the experience 2 explosions 20 minutes apart causing its oil tanks to leak into the sea foreign ministry spokesman abbas mousavi said this isn't the 1st time in recent months that iranian vessels in the red sea have experienced what he described as destructive actions he blamed the fallout and resulting pollution on perpetrators of the attack who have yet to be identified he said they were taking part in quote dangerous adventurism the finger pointing from to herat has already begun as well with a senior m.p. blaming the us or israel for targeting the oil vessel iran's national oil tanker company meanwhile whose experts are investigating the incident that company was keen to point out that while terrorism or some form of missile attack may have been the cause of this incident they did not suspect that any attack originated from saudi shores the incident comes a day before pakistan's imran khan is due to arrive into

oil prices jumping after iran claims its tanker was struck by two missiles in the red sea.ti up, brent is up 1.7% saudi aramco investment bankers could deliver valuation of the company as soon as today aramco reportedly wants to close the closely watched ipo by next month and wework could get a lifeline jp morgan is leading talks to assemble a rescue package. wework reportedly needs capital by the end of november we are watching some breaking news out of the persian gulf global crude prices spiking after news a tanker caught fire after an explosion in the red sea. joining us from london, energy aspects chief oil analysts good to talk to you this morning. give me a sense of why are we seeing oil jump like this on what seemingly was an explosion that didn't do catastrophic damage to this tanker? >> no. but it does race tensions. we have seen various tanker attacks through the summer we had the big incident when the saudi facility was attack. this comes after that. if this was a direct target because it was an iranian boat and the target was specifically for that vessel, it ra

that in the early morning hours one of the oil tankers was targeted in the eastern part or of the red sea approximately 100 kilometers off the coast of saudi arabia the sub at the experience 2 explosions 20 minutes apart cause to leak into the sea foreign ministry spokesman abbas mousavi said this isn't the 1st time in recent months that iranian vessels in the red sea have experienced what he described as destructive actions he blamed the fallout and resulting pollution on perpetrators of the attack who have yet to be identified he said they were taking part in quote dangerous adventurism the finger pointing from to herat has already begun as well with a senior m.p. blaming the us or israel for targeting the oil vessel iran's national oil tanker company meanwhile whose experts are investigating the incident that company was keen to point out that while terrorism or some form of missile attack may have been the cause of this incident they did not suspect that any attack originated from saudi shores the incident comes a day before pakistan's imran khan is due to arrive for his 2nd official

to missiles struck an iranian oil tanker traveling through the red sea roughly 80 miles from the coast of the saudi arabian city of jeddah on friday according to iranian state media took place in the early morning hours in damage storerooms on the oil tanker said bt which is 0.09 by the national iranian oil company according to multiple reports the ship carrying 1000000 barrels 1000000 barrels of crude oil leaked some of its cargo into the red sea for a short period of time but the link leak was soon stanched following news of the attack brant crude was up more than 1.5 percent over $60.00 per barrel the saudi government made no mention of the incident saudi arabia and iran have been waging proxy battles for regional influence most directly in yemen in september yemeni militias claim credit for attacks on saudi oil fields that instantly took more than half of saudi crude production offline but u.s. and allies saudi arabia and israel blamed the september attack on iran while to ron denied involvement.

says heavy damage has been caused to the vessel and oil is spilling into the red sea al-jazeera same bus ravi has more now from the iranian capital of tehran. what state media news outlets are reporting is that an and oil tanker that belongs to iran state oil company suffered some sort of explosion it was in the waters of approximately. 100 kilometers about 60 miles off the coast of the port of jet in the red sea that's what we're hearing at the moment details are still coming in we don't know if there were any injuries we don't know if there were who was on board or what that vessel was doing where it was headed that information is still coming in but we do know is that this comes in a very difficult year in the waters of this region we've seen several flashpoints come up not just between iran and the united states but iran and saudi arabia and allies like u.a. e. in may and july of this year all vessels off the coast of the united arab emirates suffered attacks allies of the united states in the region including the u.s. the united arab emirates and saudi arabia were quick to blame

the early morning hours one of the oil tankers was targeted in the eastern part of the or of the red sea approximately 100 kilometers off the coast of saudi arabia the sub at the experience 2 explosions 20 minutes apart cause a good soil tends to leak into the sea foreign ministry spokesman abbas moussavi said this isn't the 1st time in recent months that iranian vessels in the red sea have experienced what he described as destructive actions he blamed the fallout and resulting pollution on perpetrators of the attack who have yet to be identified he said they were taking part in quote dangerous adventurism the finger pointing from to her on has already begun as well with a senior m.p. blaming the us or israel for targeting the oil vessel iran's national oil tanker company meanwhile whose experts are investigating the incident that company was keen to point out that while terrorism or some form of missile attack may have been the cause of this incident they did not suspect that any attack originated from saudi shores the incident comes a day before pakistan's in iran khan is due to arrive

they say oil was leaking into the red sea. unclear whether that oil leak has been brought under control. one of the things they were saying is the workers on board that tanker were trying to bring the leak under control. a lot of things were unclear. was this an attack? was this not an attack? can which director is it going in the red sea? or was it going towards the south? could bring it back towards the territorial waters of iran if it went around, for instance, yemen. if this was an attack on this tanker another major incident in a region you and i have been reporting about has been extremely volatile over the it past cup couple of months. >> and could this umpact the security situation between iran and saudi arabia? no one at this point in time is pointing fingers of blame. however, as you said this is a region that has been in a lot of turmoil in the last couple of months. and the u.s. and saudi arabia has held responsible for. and of can course you had a string of tanker attacks that took place in the straight of hormuz.

to checks of oil prices as iranian tankers hit in the red sea.come to "bloomberg daybreak" on this friday, october 11. i'm alix steel. congratulations, you made it to friday. i feel like we've had three weeks and five days. optimism on potential trade talks. president trump saying the talks went pretty well. s&p futures are up by about 0.9%. will we see that kind of followthrough buying? euro-dollar building on gains from yesterday. cable rate also at a three week high. broadly weaker dollar

in the early morning hours one of the oil tankers was targeted in the eastern corridor or of the red sea approximately 100 kilometers off the coast of saudi arabia the sub at the experience 2 explosions 20 minutes apart causing its oil tanks to leak into the sea foreign ministry spokesman abbas mousavi said this isn't the 1st time in recent months that iranian vessels in the red sea have experienced what he described as destructive actions he blamed the fallout and resulting pollution on perpetrators of the attack who have yet to be identified he said they were taking part in quote dangerous adventurous the fingerpointing from to herat has already begun as well with a senior m.p. blaming the us or israel for targeting the oil vessel iran's national oil tanker company meanwhile whose experts are investigating the incident that company was keen to point out that while terrorism or some form of missile attack may have been the cause of this incident they did not suspect that any attack originated from saudi shores the incident comes a day before pakistan's imran khan is due to arrive into i

over the past few months some other destructive actions were taken against iranian tankers in the red sea and investigations are under way he also said that any sort of fallout 'd that comes from this including the pollution from oil that is leaking from the vessel that will be on the shoulders of the perpetrators that as you say he blamed for dangerous adventurism in this region that what we can tell you with regards to the vessel we're hearing reports from trenker tanker tracking sites that say it is limping along on its way returning to iranian territory we're expecting it to dock at a large rock an island that is in the iranian side of gulf waters and we're also hearing from the tanker company the iranian national tanker company to say very clearly that as far as they're concerned they do not think that the missiles or whatever was fired at these vessels came from saudi arabia so so far senior officials in parliament what least one senior official pointing the blame at the united states or israel all right zain better r.v. live in tehran thanking because a lot more to come here no dou

iran said that one of its tankers was attacked by two missiles in the red sea. oil markets are reacting we've seen wti up by 1.3%. brent up 1%. joining us on the phone is he m heli helima croft. iranians say they won't say much until they investigate what do you think? >> it's rachetting up tensions iranian officials were saying the missiles were launched by saudi arabia they have backtracked from that, but if this were a saudi attack on iranian tankers it could potentially trigger further escalation in a region where we've seen a steady stream of attacks on energy infrastructure since the middle of may. >> it's odd to see the iranians backtrack so quickly how do you read that >> i think that the iranian government is often divided in terms of whether they want to pursue a more conciliatory approach in terms of testing the waters and actually getting a deal with the trump administration or whether they are going to go the path of showing strength and trying to force the administration's hand. the revolutionary guard want to have sanctions removed and are willing

to iranian state television heavy damage has been caused to the vessel and oil spilling into the red sea. robbie has more now from the iranian capital tehran. what state media news outlets are reporting is that an and oil tanker that belongs to iran state oil company suffered some sort of explosion it was in the waters of approximately. 100 kilometers about 60 miles off the coast of the port of chad in the red sea that's what we're hearing at the moment details are still coming in we don't know if there were any injuries we don't know if there were who was on board or what that vessel was doing where it was headed that information is still coming in but we do know is that this comes in a very difficult year in the waters of this region we've seen several flashpoints come up not just between iran and the united states but iran and saudi arabia and allies like u.a. e. in may and july of this year all vessels off the coast of the united arab emirates suffered attacks allies of the united states in the region including the u.s. the united arab emirates and saudi arabia were quick to blame ir

oil rises as an iranian crude carrier is damaged in the red sea.ffries' jason gammel. we are counting you down to the european close here on "bloomberg markets." ♪ romaine: as we count down to the close in europe, let's take a look at what is going on in the u.s. an hour and a half into the trading day. definitely a risk on day. the s&p 500 up about 1.5%. materials, financials, industrials lead the charge. tech getting in on the action. wh

that in the early morning hours one of the oil tankers was targeted in the eastern part or of the red sea approximately 100 kilometers off the coast of saudi arabia the sub at the experience 2 explosions 20 minutes apart causing it's all tends to leak into the sea foreign ministry spokesman abbas mousavi said this isn't the 1st time in recent months that iranian vessels in the red sea have experienced what he described as destructive actions he blamed the fallout and resulting pollution on perpetrators of the attack who have yet to be identified he said they were taking part in quote dangerous adventurism the finger pointing from to herat has already begun as well with a senior m.p. blaming the us or israel for targeting the oil vessel iran's national oil tanker company meanwhile whose experts are investigating the incident that company was keen to point out that while terrorism or some form of missile attack may have been the cause of this incident they did not suspect that any attack originated from saudi shores the incident comes a day before pakistan's imran khan is due to arrive into

over the past few months some other destructive actions were taken against iran in tankers in the red sea and investigations are under way he also said that any sort of fallout 'd that comes from this including the pollution from oil that is leaking from the vessel that will be on the shoulders of the perpetrators that as you say he blamed for dangerous adventurism in this region now what we can tell you with regards to the vessel we're hearing reports from trenker tanker tracking sites that say it is limping along on its way returning to iranian territory we're expecting it to dock at a large rock an island that is in the iranian side of gulf waters and we're also hearing from.

in the early morning hours one of the oil tankers was targeted in the eastern corridor or of the red sea approximately 100 kilometers off the coast of saudi arabia the sub at the experience 2 explosions 20 minutes apart causing it's oil tanks to leak into the sea foreign ministry spokesman abbas mousavi said this isn't the 1st time in recent months that iranian vessels in the red sea have experienced what he described as destructive actions he blamed the fallout and resulting pollution on perpetrators of the attack who have yet to be identified he said they were taking part in quote dangerous adventurism the finger pointing from to herat has already begun as well with a senior m.p. blaming the us or israel for targeting the oil vessel iran's national oil tanker company meanwhile whose experts are investigating the incident that company was keen to point out that while terrorism or some form of missile attack may have been the cause of this incident they did not suspect that any attack originated from saudi shores the incident comes a day before pakistan's imran khan is due to arrive into

in the early morning hours one of its oil tankers was targeted in the eastern corridor or of the red sea approximately 100 kilometers off the coast of saudi arabia the sub at the experience 2 explosions 20 minutes apart causing its oil tanks to leak into the sea foreign ministry spokesman abbas mousavi said this isn't the 1st time in recent months that iranian vessels in the red sea have experienced what he described as destructive actions he blamed the fallout and resulting pollution on perpetrators of the attack who have yet to be identified he said they were taking part in quote dangerous adventurism the finger pointing from to herat has already begun as well with a senior m.p. blaming the us or israel for targeting the oil vessel iran's national oil tanker company meanwhile whose experts are investigating the incident that company was keen to point out that while terrorism or some form of missile attack may have been the cause of this incident they did not suspect that any attack originated from saudi shores the incident comes a day before pakistan's in iran khan is due to arrive in

alleged incident happened friday morning in the red sea off the coast of saudi arabia. the circumstances remain murky saudi arabia has not commented or corroborated the explosion. last month more than half of saudi arabia's daily crude oil production was knocked out by an assault on facilities. us sprint blamed iran but tehran denies involvement. now oil prices had already been under pressure and friday's news sent prices spiking up again. during the program for more on this story is fact tina about all austra she is a- non resident scholar at the middle east institute thank you so much for joining us here on france twenty four. for having me. there's still a lot mystery surrounding this incident but has iran said or even hinted at who they suspect is responsible. i'm gatee rununn state news media had just allegedly sent two missiles have hit the tanker but a and so farar it ses like investigative reporting banker trackers dot com. and has said that the but it's that it had received it not really indicatete that there is any evididence of any type of missie strike and n

over the past few months some other destructive actions were taken against iranian tankers in the red sea and investigations into involved factors are underway he also said all responsibility of this action including the environmental pollution is on the shoulders of the perpetrators that are carrying out what he called dangerous adventurism he said that investigations are ongoing in the results of those investigations will be made public when they are complete now what this really tells us from the side of to iran is that they believe that these were external events that happened not accidents on board and that is key to understand iran's mindset of course we know that in may of this year around april may of this year there was an incident involving another tanker that had engine trouble it sent a distress call and from that call it was then towed to jed the port where underwent maintenance now that was an issue of maintenance not an external attack or we know from the foreign minister's comments now that iran does see this as some sort of external event that took place that has incapaci

to missiles struck an iranian oil tanker traveling through the red sea roughly 80 miles from the coast of the saudi arabian city of jeddah on friday according to iranian state media took place in the early morning hours in damage storerooms on the oil tanker said bt which is 0 point owned by the national iranian oil company according to multiple reports the ship carrying 1000000 barrels of 1000000 barrels of crude oil leaked some of its cargo into the red sea for a short period of time but the link leak was soon stanched following news of the attack brant crude was up more than 1.5 percent over $60.00 per barrel the saudi government made no mention of the incident saudi arabia and iran have been waging proxy battles for regional influence most directly in yemen in september yemeni militias claim credit for attacks on saudi oil fields that instantly took more than half of saudi crude production offline the u.s. and allies saudi arabia and israel blamed the september attack on iran while to ron denied involvement. u.s. markets rallied friday morning after u.s. president donald trump turn

then from the oil news agency that i missile has struck an oil tanker and it is leaking oil into the red sealet's take a look at futures here. weer we saw stackocks rally, are seeing futures rise on european indexes as well. on thet on the dax, and continental indexes, gaining when you have a big rally in the pound, then you expect to see a loss in equities, that negative correlation. is it breaking down? i know you were talking with the possibility of a breakdown. anna: certainly that was around the no deal story, so it does remain very intact as we have seen the surge in sterling. as you point toyed the negative committee -- as you point toward the negativity. risk assets are clinging to the positive. the reasons to be positive rather than jumping on geopolitics and the nervousness around oil prices and saudi violence. that is clearly moving the oil prices. other markets looking beyond that, looking at places to be helpful. trump says talks are going very well, a pathway to a deal on brexit seems to have revealed itself. let's talk about what is going on in the markets. we have moved to th

in the early morning hours one of the oil tankers was targeted in the eastern corridor or of the red sea approximately 100 kilometers off the coast of saudi arabia the sub at the experience 2 explosions 20 minutes apart caused gets to leak into the sea foreign ministry spokesman abbas mousavi said this isn't the 1st time in recent months that iranian vessels in the red sea have experienced what he described as destructive actions he blamed the fallout and resulting pollution on perpetrators of the attack who have yet to be identified he said they were taking part in quote dangerous adventurism the finger pointing from to herat has already begun as well with a senior m.p. blaming the us or israel for targeting the oil vessel iran's national oil tanker company meanwhile whose experts are investigating the incident that company was keen to point out that while terrorism or some form of missile attack may have been the cause of this incident they did not suspect that any attack originated from saudi shores the incident comes a day before pakistan's imran khan is due to arrive into iran for h

down into the arabian place so maybe a high here in doha of around 36 degrees southern end of the red sea chances and showers here on wednesday tended to fade away as we go on into thursday but maybe just around the gulf of aden tools the whole of africa you could see a little bit damp weather from time to time it tells of a little bit of weather to parts of south africa just along the southern and eastern cape or for much of the region is fine and dry all shoshanna was filthy alter in some rather heavy downpours into tanzania over the next day out so even by the time we come to thursday close but see somewhat to weather also just pushing up towards the fall north east of south africa maybe pushing up towards zimbabwe as well most of that well with tropical downpours continue as one would expect anywhere from the ethiopian highlands right into the gulf of guinea. what are you protesting about how does this incarnation where they're on line why face many people seeing him directly out of translated slavery or if you join us on segment this is an attack on academic freedom and on our abilit

prices rose slightly after what is believed to have been a missile strike on an iranian tanker in the red sea benchmark brant crude oil rose over 2 percent in trading to reach $60.40 a barrel after the sub bt was hit off the saudi port city of jeddah the ship was headed towards iran's ports in the gulf it was the latest strike by an unknown attacker. next week the u.s. will impose a 25 percent levy on a range of agricultural products from europe it's doing so after the world trade organization ruled that the you had been illegally subsidizing aviation giant airbus to the detriment of its u.s. rabble boeing while this dispute is still going on european food producers sounding the alarm. this is parma the italian province that's been producing hard cheese for 9 centuries. journey back to nelly's family has been at it since $895.00. much of his product is banned for the united states it's the 2nd most important export market for parmigiano after france but one week from now the cheese will be subject to a 25 percent tariff. for the whole region of parmigiano reggiano for those farmers this was a

iranianiles struck an oil tanker off the red sea coast. they initially accused saudi arabia of the attack, but later withdrew that claim. walk us through the facts and what we know. reporter: what we know is very early in the morning, around dawn, this oil tanker which belongs to the national iranian tanker company, was struck by two missiles. it has a capacity of lifting around one million barrels of oil, and it is now slowly moving its way back towards the persian gulf. as you mentioned, iran initially suggested that it suspected saudi could be behind those missile attacks, but has since backtracked on those comments, and has denied it even made those claims in the first place. alix: nevertheless, brent above $60 a barrel. now i want to turn to europe, where there are signs of optimism for a brexit deal following a positive meeting between prime minister boris johnson and irish prime minister leo varadkar. >> i am now convinced ireland and britain one third to be in and -- britain once there to be in agreement, and i do see a pathway to

injuries have been reported but iranian state television says the explosion caused an oil leak into the red sea saudi arabia has not commented on the needs of. women in the trump impeachment inquiry former u.s. ambassador to ukraine maria your one of it your van of it has arrived at the capitol to testify in may president trump ordered that she be recalled from her post reportedly because she was blocking efforts to pressuring ukraine into investigating joe biden the president has previously described mr van of bad news. of some good news if you here's a prime minister abu ahmed has been awarded the nobel peace prize for 2019 for his work to resolve the border conflict with neighboring eritrea the 2 countries restored relations in july of last year after years of hostility mr abbott took over as prime minister early in $28.00. abbi ahmed has only been in office for a year and a half but his push for peace and democracy in that short time impressed the nobel committee. even if much work remains are b r has initiated important reforms that give many citizens hope for a better life and the brighte

injuries have been reported but iranian state television says the explosion caused an oil leak into the red sea saudi arabia has not commented on the incident. in the trump impeachment inquiry former u.s. ambassador to china former u.s. ambassador to ukraine a matter your van of it has arrived at the capital to testify in in may president trump ordered that she be called from her post reportedly because she was blocking efforts to pressure ukraine into investigating joe biden the president has previously described him as uganda which as bad news. well forces in the u.s. city of los angeles have boarded about a 100000 people to leave their homes as a wildfire rages out of control in cities that edge of forces say the blaze is covering more than 800 square kilometers schools colleges and roads are being closed. but here appears prime minister rudd has been awarded the nobel peace prize for 2019 for his work to resolve the border conflict with neighboring eritrea the 2 countries restored relations in july last year after years of hostility to abby took over as prime minister early in 2080. at the

spokesman abbas mousavi said this isn't the 1st time in recent months that iranian vessels in the red sea have experienced what he described as destructive actions he blamed the fallout and resulting pollution on perpetrators of the attack who have yet to be identified he said they were taking part in quote dangerous adventurism the finger pointing from to herat has already begun as well with a senior m.p. blaming the us or israel for targeting the oil vessel iran's national oil tanker company meanwhile whose experts are investigating the incident that company was keen to point out that while terrorism or some form of missile attack may have been the cause of this incident they did not suspect that any attack originated from saudi shores the incident comes a day before pakistan's imran khan is due to arrive into iran for his 2nd official visit since becoming prime minister he'll be here in an effort to mediate between riyadh and to iran to try to bring down tensions in the region but with this attack iran is likely to have its diplomatic defenses up once again and if there was any hope fo

prices have surged after what is believed to have been a missile strike on and ukrainian tanker in the red sea benchmark a branch crude oil rose over 2 percent in trading to reach $60.40 a barrel after the civility was hit off the saudi port city off the ship was headed towards iran iraq or in the gulf it was the latest strike by an unknown attacker on the oil facilities in the gulf region a bombing of a saudi arabia smartest oil processing facility this summer cost a 10 percent spike in the oil price but markets calmed quickly as output was restored. for more i'm joined now by joseph head of oil and gas analysis at fitch solutions in london good to have you with us so you comparison to this attack on saudi oil processing facility in summer how serious is.

prices have surged after what is believed to have been a missile strike on and ukrainian tanker in the red sea benchmark brant crude oil rose over 2 percent in trading to reach $60.40 a barrel after this beauty was hits off the saudi port city of jeddah the ship was headed towards iran or in the gulf it was the latest strike by an unknown attacker on oil facilities in the gulf region a bombing office saudi arabia's largest oil processing facility this summer caused a 10 percent spike in the oil price but markets calmed quickly as output was restored. for more i'm joined now by joseph head of oil and gas and alice is at fitch solutions in london good to have you with us so you comparison to this attack on saudi oil processing facility in summer how serious is this latest incident for the oil market. thank you monica the latest it's the to is relatively minor in comparison to last month's attack on iran co's facilities there was no impact on oil facilities here and we don't expect any disruptions markets you know with the trade of crude going for as you mentioned earlier in the segment prices di

the foreign ministry spokesman said this is not the first time iranian vessels in the red sea have gonehrough destructive actions. thelamed this on perpetrators who have yet to be identified. they were taking part in dangerous adventurism. a senior mp from iran targeted the u.s. iran's national oil tanker company whose experts are investigating, they were pointing out that while terrorism or some form of missile attack was the cause of the incident, they don't suspect at any attack originating from saudi shores. this comes a day before pakistan's imran khan will visit. he will be here to mediate between riyadh and tehran. but iran is likely to have its diplomatic defenses up again. if there was any hope for a breakthrough during his visit it is now less likely. barbara: there are developments out of the middle east. an analyst with the advocacy group next century foundation joins us now. thank you. let's focus on the u.s. sending thousands of additional troops to saudi arabia. what do you make of that? >> it is a clear indication washington wants to protect its geopolitical interests in

iranian oil tanker has reportedly been attacked in the red sea off the coast of saudi arabia. the crew is said to be okay but the incident raises concerns that tensions will escalate even further in an already volatile region. stay with fox news for more on this developing story. now back to regular programming already in progress. >> there are people on both sides of the equation who feel very strongly one way or the other about donald trump, trump went there because he is trying to turn a blue state red. he narrowly lost minnesota in the 2016 election and in fact he was encouraged because he turned three reliably blue states, pennsylvania, michigan and wisconsin into red which gave him the victory. this is a very important state for him. he feels as though he had to go there and a lot of people in minnesota are verily opposed to him and just as many and you saw a lot of people inside the venue that are strongly supporting him. shannon: tens of thousands of people inside will have to wade through these crowds. they've been doing that for the last 30 minutes or so. i want to g

iranian officials say two missiles hit that tanker causing heavy damage with oil spilling into the red seas national tanker companies denying those reports. nobody has claimed responsibly for the attack and the saudi's have not commented. this is amid tensions between washington and tehran with the us accusing iran of attacks on foreign tankers near the strait of hormuz. breaking this morning donald trump weighing in on a solution to end the conflict in syria. >> we could send in 1000 troops for military conflict in turkey. you don't want to do that. we could hit turkey very hard financially. or we could mediate a deal between turkey and the kurds. i like that. let's mediate a deal. rob: this as the turkish military's invasion enters a third day. you are taking a live look at the border with syria where officials claim 277 kurdish fighters have been killed. those numbers have not been confirmed, there are reports of multiple civilian deaths from inside both of these countries. jillian: the former us ambassador to the ukraine will appear on the hill as part of the democrats impeachment push

go down into the arabian place so maybe a high here in doha of around 36 degrees so the end of the red sea chances and showers here on wednesday tended to fade away as we go on into thursday but maybe just around the gulf of aden tools the whole of africa you could see a little bit damp weather from time to time itself have a little bit of weather to say to parts of south africa just along the southern and eastern cape or for much of the region is fine and dry all shoshanna was fill silt or in some rather heavy downpours into tanzania over the next dial say and by the time we come to thursday close but see somewhat to weather also just pushing up towards the fall north east of south africa maybe pushing up towards zimbabwe as well most of that well with tropical downpours continue as one would expect anywhere from the ethiopian highlands right into the gulf of guinea. whether sponsored by qatar and. what are you protesting about how does this impact whether online life basements will see him directly out of translated slavery or if you join us on sat this is an attack on academic freedom a

oil rises as an iranian crude carrier is damaged in the red sea. we get a take from jeffries' jason gammel. we are counting you down to the european close here on "bloomberg markets." ♪ romaine: as we count down to the close in europe, let's take a look at what is going on in the u.s. an hour and a half into the trading day. definitely a risk on day. the s&p 500 up about 1.5%. materials, financials, industrials lead the charge. tech getting in on the action. when you look at the outperformance of a lot of these subsectors, you are looking at transports, small caps up almost 3% on the day. these other good signs we want to see. obviously a lot of optimism that a deal between the u.s. and china is being worked out. a lot of this predicated on a couple of tweets i president trump that seem to intimate that something is imminent. we don't know what, but right now that is enough for the market to rally on. in the bond market here, your 10 year yield 1.75%. keep in mind where we were it week ago today, about 21 basis points lower than that. your three mo

they were and there will be no longer any blue so the red sea and the sea oh no that is already taking place means just finally we have about 30 seconds paula we've heard a money well mccrone recently say there are 3 resources to accommodate lots more in europe that's quite a sea change from the french leader do you think this is becoming at increasing view across the continent. i don't think that our sources what come with a the so many mind ones are least as far as i know and that. is because they really need is already difficult to accommodate them i'm going to move we have now in the political and southern doing both equally in the. in the sicilian come. and all. the places where they. normally try to stay there so i don't think it will be easy to accommodate the. working places and water police and jobs because normally explored by local market of. the county. paula we have to leave it there thanks very much polo bernardine professor of early modern european history and in serbia university thank you and i got we go straight to the program season. but. in this context the moment a

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was for my coverage it's very difficult it's always difficult on well there's some big news at the red sea world cup england coach eddie jones has made a surprise change for their quarter final against australia he's dropped george ford to the bench with captain owen farrell moving to the number 10 position england have had 3 easy wins this tournament so far and have won their last 6 matches against australia but jones decided to go to switch things up. he's got a important role and saying let's have it with spike in the long we've got a squad of 23 we look at his squad of 23 if one has a role to do with left a lot of good guys i have a squad of 31 and they are all disappointed that he's got to he's going to a significant role for us to provide well new zealand continue their quest for earth excuse me for a 3rd straight title but captain kieren reed says they'll have to be at their best to see off ireland in their quarter final the irish lost to japan in the pool stage but have beaten the all blacks twice in test matches sense the world cup. perhaps said plenty of potential for this world

its claims from iran that one of its tankers was attacked by two missiles in the red sea.h more. >> reporter: that's right. authorities here in iran are saying that their oil tanker was hit in the early hours this morning about 60 miles off the coast of saudi arabia. they say that two explosions damaged the hull of the ship, and even though they have dispatched the team of investigators, they are saying that this was an act of terrorism and they suspect the damage was caused by missile strikes. now, the iranians are denying any serious damage they say two store rooms on board the vessel were damaged and some oil had leaked out into the red sea, but that has been contained now and they say all the crew members on board are safe they are also refuting a report that the ship was ablaze they say that never happened and it was all contained very quickly. now, state media released some images of the vessel which we can't verify yet, but it doesn't appear to show any damage. with that said, the images are all aerial shots of the vessel and no shots of the hull were shown. a ship