the bangladeshi _ reuters. tell us more. the bangladeshi interim - reuters. tell us more.government headed by muhammad yunus has expressed a desire that some of the terms and conditions and controls of that deal that were stitched away back in 2017 be re—looked at because they feel that they're not getting the actual benefits of the kind of tax exemptions that indian authorities have given to the power plant here in eastern india. they've flagged these concerns with the adani group, and they're waiting to hear back. we haven't heard back from the conadani group based on this report but, in the past, they've said their entire goal is to provide significantly cheaper power tariffs to the end consumer. so this is something that the de facto power minister in bangladesh has told the reuters news agency that they will be looking to bring down the price of tariffs sharply by hoping to renegotiate this agreement. what is also important to understand is that this, along with several other agreements, are currently under court monitor investigation in bangladesh. and they're also w

another line coming from syria, news reported by reuters that qatar has opened direct communications and plans more talks on tuesday. qatar of course a key regional player. campaigners who are pushing to reduce the amount of heading in football have called on the government to officially make it a national health issue. it comes ahead of the publication of a report into the possible impact of heading the ball this afternoon, and former professionals speaking out about the effect it's had on them. our sports correspondent natalie pirks has more. there you go, good boy. premier league defender gary pallister was one of the biggest names in football, but little bouts of forgetfulness recently have got the almost 60 thinking about migraines that blighted his career. i would probably get three orfour migraines a year, and they were quite debilitating. you know, on vision, speech, the tingling, the violent headaches, and it would be like that it is enough to know what i did go through with the migraines and the concussions and being knocked out that the potential is there for me to have br

i should note this reporting from reuters is based on a document reuters saw. we haven't seen the document ourselves. we have also reached out to tesla and the trump transition for comment. so far we have not heard back. we'll let you know. when you're thinking ability this dynamic and sort of our government, i acknowledge maybe worrying about car crashes isn't your thing. maybe this is just generally not what you're worried about. maybe you're thinking less domestic, more global concerns. i can imagine you out there right now being like, come on, mado, you're talking about car wrecks, there's bigger things at stake in the world. there's the war in gaza, drug cartels and the opioid epidemic and nuclear war rogue states. why are you talking about this domestic, specific thing? well, behold the man who had been tapped to be your next secretary of commerce in the united states, that's him there with the microphone standing next to j.d. vance. as the cochair of the trump transition team, this man was, quote, in charge of identifying 4,000 new hires to fill the seco

the duty is not yet known of the reuters has said it could be 25% for two years on flat steel productsg trade war between the us and china, who are both india's largest trading partners. how does it change behaviour, and how do other brands get in on this. because they say — look, these drugs have a huge slice in the market and are successful businesses there. how do they do that? the obvious — how do they do that? the obvious impact _ how do they do that? the obvious impact is - how do they do that? the obvious impact is on - how do they do that? tue: obvious impact is on food how do they do that? tte: obvious impact is on food and drink because it's all about the calories that you take in the calories that you take in the end. what's happened in the last 30 or 40 years is that food manufacturers have become very efficient in encouraging people to take in more calories so you now have a whole class of drugs which is encouraging people to reduce their calorie intake. that totally changes the way that brands might have to think about how they market their products, how they design their

reuters is saying that there are numerous injured people, according to a spokesperson for the city ofrg, and all hospitals are preparing for mass casualty events in a not surprisingly. interestingly, i was just reading the interior ministers said last month that there were no concrete indications of a danger to christmas markets this year, but said it was wise to be vigilant. today, the 19th of december, the anniversary eight years ago of the attack on the christmas market in berlin, when an extremist drove a truck into a crowd of christmas market goers, leaving 13 people dead, dozens more injured. in that incident, the attacker was killed days later in a shootout in italy. we understand from the reports coming in, the driver of the car has been arrested by police, but we have not heard confirmation from authorities on that just yet. lewis: just reading here. as i said, we are waiting for the first on-camera statements from officials. they will be coming up at some point and we will bring those to you as soon as we have them here in the building, at bbc in london. in terms of an offic

the duty is not yet known of the reuters has said it could be 25% for two years on flat steel productsbetween the us and china, who are both india's largest trading partners. a bit more news to get you up to speed with. british had fund trader has been sentenced to 12 years in jail trader has been sentenced to 12 years injailfor trader has been sentenced to 12 years in jail for orchestrating a tax fraud across the danish government more than $1.3 billion. sunday schar is a founder, is the founder of london—based had fund solar capital partners. the cutis had accused him of fraudulently claiming dividend tax refunds from the danish treasury by making a series of complex trades. the heaviest penalty ever given out in denmark for a fraud case. and warner brothers discovery has announced it will split its cable tv businesses away from its streaming and audio operations. the move could allow for a potential sale of its tv operations, including us giant cnn. shares at warner brothers jumped 15% on thursday �*s training. the deal is expected to be finalised by the middle of next year. that's

i should note that this reporting from reuters is based on a document that reuters saw. we haven't seen the document ourselves. we have reached out to tesla and the trump transition for comment. so far we have not heard back. we'll let you know. when you're thinking about this dynamic and sort of our government, you know, i acknowledge maybe worrying about car crashes isn't your thing. maybe you're thinking less domestic, more global concerns. i can imagine you out there right now being like come on, maddow, you're talking about car wrecks? there's a war in gaza, a war in ukraine, drug cartels and the opioid epidemic. why are you talking about this domestic specific thing? well, behold, the man who has been tapped to be your next secretary of commerce in the united states, that's him there with the microphone standing next to j.d. vance. as the co-chair of the trump transition team, this man was "in charge of identifying 4,000 new hires to fill the second trump administration, including antitrust officials, securities lawyers and national security advisers who have globa

the quantum of the duty likely to be imposed isn't yet known, however, reuters has reported it couldming trade war between the us and china, who are both india's largest trading partners. nikhil inamdar, bbc news, mumbai. and a quick bit of news before we go. china's top leaders have pledged further measures in an attempt to boost consumption, as concerns grow about the potential impact of trade tensions with the incoming trump administration. beijing has pledged higher debt issuance and looser monetary policy — as the country braces for the impact of tarrifs on exports. that is your business news. martine croxall is with you next. i want to bring you some news from france where we are hearing that president emmanuel macron has appointed his new prime minister francois bayrou, the centrist leader. there had been speculation mounting over who he would choose in an effort to try to end months of political turmoil. of course his government fell last week after the french mps as prime minister in a no—confidence vote. emmanuel macron has said that a replacement would be appointed by the

just reading on the lines now, reuters - his own.es now, reuters news - his own. just reading on the - lines now, reuters news agency is saying that the turkish foreign minister is telling the us secretary of state the syrian government should establish dialogue with the opposition, is that realistic in terms of the rebels speaking to a side's regime, is that even possible? t to a side's regime, is that even possible?— to a side's regime, is that even possible? i think that is the key question _ even possible? i think that is the key question to - even possible? i think that is the key question to ask, - even possible? i think that is the key question to ask, is i even possible? i think that is the key question to ask, is it| the key question to ask, is it possible. aside, historically has never compromised —— president aside this is been a unique challenge with dealing with him over the years, he never compromises whether in a weak or strong position so if it came down to ultimately his survival, could he potentially change for the

reuters reporting chinese leaders have agreed to raise the budget deficit to 4% of gdp next year. let's get more from mark. what is your assessment of these reported targets being put in place by policymakers traditionally not officially revealed until march of next year and the market reaction as well, which seems at the moment to be subdued? >> if these numbers are going to be correct, the headline number would be disappointing. we have seen a bit of a knee-jerk response in terms of the market, although they are losing some of that initial bounce we saw after they reopened. the markets were generally down. the csi 1000 was down more than 4% at one stage. it's recovering some.is still in the red . the thing is that this kind of knee-jerk bounce will need quite a bit more substance to keep it going and that's really what's been lacking with so many of these things as far as investors are concerned. they are not seeing a lot of meat and the headline number itself is also disappointing because the market consensus was something more like 4.5% to 5%, so this number is not on the high

official tells reuters there are early indication as russian ant antiaircraft system may have broughtn a passenger plane in kazakhstan. dozens of people died in the fiery incident. employ to open transparent investigation. stephanie bennett is following the story tonight from london. good evening, stephanie. >> good evening, bret. today's speculation is mounting over what caused this crash in the first place. and today we are hopefully getting near to some of those answers. four sources in az erbaijan of knowledge of the investigation tell reuters the flight was downed by a russian air defense system. experts were quickly concerned after seeing this damage, in particular, the holes in the plane's tail section which could possibly indicate that it came under fire from russia while it was depending off ukrainian drone drone attack in the region. off spray flight solutions also thought the same thing, saying ukrainian drone strikes have already hit that part of russia this month. one source tells reuters that the plane's communications were also paralyzed by electronic warfare systems on

out hundreds of s strikes since the collapse of the assad regime last week for this very 5 by the reuters news agency shows a new explosion early on monday. and the coastal region of talk to the syrian of secretary for human rights as the israeli military, a tech ad defenses and missile storage sites that the region is also home to russia's only naval base in the mediterranean. we cannot cross live to a correspondent in jerusalem, tanya exam. uh tonya. uh what, what do we know about these reported strikes to well, this appears to be one of the latest strikes by the is rarely military here. be understand that these were unusually powerful strikes in the air. it's reported here in the media that they might have struck at defends and surface to surface mississauga weapon storage is there. this is part of a very large military campaign by israel, that the scene since the full of the a saw received by last week of the is really military headset. they're striking uh, you know, a targets such as air fuse onto aircraft, a weapons, weapon storage is production. a saw its and be seen that in the po

there have been other polling as reported in reuters showing how people are feeling about trump moreenerally. in a polarized america, 41 percent of americans have a favorable view of trump according to a poll. about two in five americans view present elect donald trump favorably, fewer than when he was on the cost of his first presidential term, a new poll showed, so 41% of respondents in the poll, which closed sunday, said they viewed trump favorably well 55% viewed him unfavorably as his january 20 inauguration approached. that was down from his favorability rating in december 2016 after his stunning victory in that election, even though for months he had garnered ratings around 40%. the postelection boost carried into the initial month of his 2017 to 2021 term. that is looking at how people are feeling about his policies as well as trump in general. he spoke with reporters at mar-a-lago and says he is now better able to enact his agenda this time around. >> we are inheriting big challenges at home and all over the world. we had no wars. we had no problems. we had no inflation. we

reuters headline, quote, exclusive: trump team was to scrap car-crash reporting roll. the trump transition has surveyed the landscape of public policy in the united states of america and it has decided, you know it really to go? what really needs to go as a matter of priority is this thing where car companies have to report it when their car is on autopilot and they crashes into something. that is the new priority apparently. quote, the trump transition team was the incoming administration to drop a car crash reporting requirement opposed by elon musk's tesla, a move dr. crippled the government's ability to investigate and regulate. musk, the world's which is person, spent more than a quarter of $1 billion helping trump get elected. removing the crash-disclosure provision would particularly benefit tesla, which has reported most of the crashes, more than 1500 of them, to federal safety regulators under this program. tesla has been targeted in national highway traffic safety investigations, including three stemming from this specific data. now. now, what is the purporte

official tells reuters based on early indications after the christmas day crash in kazakhstan.spondent stephanie bennett is reporting live for us from london. what is the deal with this? >> a lot of questions not too many answers at this point but speculation is mounting as to what caused this crash in the first place. nato announced today they will be launching a full investigation. what we do know is that for sources in azerbaijan with knowledge of this investigation tell reuters that the flight was downed by a russian air defence system. experts were quickly concerned after seeing all of this damage in particular the holes of the plane's tail section from the wing which could indicate it came under fire from russia while fending off ukrainian drone attack in the region. the u.k.-based aviation security firm may also have thought the same. saying cranium drone strikes have already hit that part of russia this month alone. that source telling reuters the plains communications were paralyzed by electronic warfare systems on the approach th but s no one did it on purpose and the

we'll begin with reuters reporting that intel has begun evaluating a handful of outside candidates forarvell ceo matt murphy. marvell those shares are higher. seeing strong ai demand in the third quarter. right now those shares are up 13.5%. >>> microsoft is asking the inspector general at the ftc to investigate whether the agency improperly leaked confidential information regarding a possible anti-trust probe in the tech giant. violating its own rules. cnbc has reached out to the ft-c for comment. >>> multiple reports that wells fargo is exploring the sale of the san francisco building that is its home to its headquarters. the reports add the lender is looking to move another building -- move to another building in that city. >>> and prudential announcing executive chairman charles lowry will step down as ceo next year. he will be succeeded as executive vice president andrew sullivan. >>> one more look at the futures before we let you go. we have been mentioning in the green, salesforce the best performer in the dow. really driving the gains there. that will do it for us here on "worl

reuters reports removing the disclosure provision would benefit tesla, which has reported most of the, to federal safety regulators under the program. i mean, maybe it's just a coincidence. >>> joining me is california congress man ro khanna whose district is in the heart of silicon valley, always speaks his mind. great to see you. i want to ask you, i mean you know these guys pretty well. you know the industry quite well and speak your mind. what do you make of the courting of trump by these tech billionaires? some of their proactive engagements. is this business as usual or something different? >> well, it's not surprising. some of them had courted him even in the first term. i remember tim cook flying to meet with him in 2017. the reality is that they're concerned about the power trump is going to weald on tariffs. they're concerned about ai regulation. they're concerned about issues of who is going to decide procurement processes. obviously, i want transparency, and i don't like that we're losing part of silicon valley, but that's what's motivating them. >> let me ask you a differ

and china's long-dated government bonds extended losses after reuters reported authorities have agreedissue 3 trillion yuan of special treasury debt next year. equivalent to a little over 400 billion dollars, three times the amount that was issued this year. the focus from the ministry of finance is on supporting the consumer. the quote coming through after a two-day meeting of the ministry of finance is to expand the magnitude of fiscal spending and accelerate the spending pace. the focus shifting to the consumer, building on comments we have already heard from senior chinese leaders, and pledges to lean into the chinese consumer in 2025. something economists have been pushing for quite some time, and as china prepares for potential additional tariffs and trade frictions with the incoming trump administration. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu says there was progress on a potential it's our son, he is always up in our business. it's the verizon 5g home internet i got us. oh... he used to be a competitive gamer but with the higher lag, he can't keep up with his squad. so now we

some breaking news to bring you around the conflict in gaza which is being reported from the reutersinister benjamin netanyahu is on his way to cairo for talks on a ceasefire in gaza and we understand that a gaza ceasefire deal, according to reuters, their sources are saying a deal is expected to be signed in the coming days. this speculation has been building and the bbc has been building and the bbc has spoken to palestinian sources today have said negotiations have entered a decisive final stage with a sense of momentum building but we hear benjamin netanyahu on his way to cairo to discuss talks of a ceasefire. do stay with us. hello. it has turned into a mild day across the uk, but we've also got some outbreaks of rain and some increasingly strong winds. 0n the satellite picture we can see this hook of cloud, an area of low pressure, and as this swirls to the northwest of the uk, you can see the isobars, the white lines squeezing together, indicative of some pretty strong winds, those winds increasing through the afternoon, gusting to 50mph or more around the coast of southwest e

the reuters news agency is quoting so. so saying, syrian president, bush or left side has left the capital damascus for an unknown destination. that's according to reports from 2 senior sources from the serial. now i'm a to see when the government has yet to comment with a short while earlier opposition forces announced they entered the syrian capital a hearing and thoughts then not facing resistance, as i guess was a saying they have a fight as of taking control of states television, damascus, airport passengers was seen fleeing as the opposition said, the government had withdrawn from the area well, the position forces to control of the 3rd largest city homes. they've been, seems of jubilation in the city. people have been gathering in central homes and slashed posters and president special. all of a sudden, i'm climbed the statue of his father half is alongside him. another account reports syrian opposition forces have added another city to their tally. drove their forces into homes. the 3rd largest city in syria and sa

saying it will ruin serious chops of restoring it security as well as the ability. meanwhile, the reuters news agency says that council is now in direst communication with the opposition group highest a heavy to some wish that the over through of a shot. and i said more talks all scheduled to take place on tuesday. and there is new administration is aiming to turn the page on 50 years of dictatorship and build what it says will be an inclusive government. how much of a share has been appointed prime minister. and he met with the full, the prime minister to discuss the political transition along with elisa of hyatt. so here is some then any but the mission, we started from nothing but we've been able to achieve so many things i think got. so you will see that we have some people with expertise. we are not starting from scratch. we also need to benefit from expertise that exist under. we're not going to have to go off every one of them we weren't. and the reason that to us is dr. resources, but we weren't able to achieve so many things. so if he show up on some okay, well so, so don has mor

his office have released that to the reuters news agency and we will bring you more on that when we have gaza has been put out of service after it was evacuated by the israeli military. the kamal adwan hospital has been under siege by the idf for weeks and is now empty. the world health organization said it was deeply concerned for the safety of patients who were forced to leave. the head of the hospital's nursing department told the bbc the army gave them only a fifteen—minute warning to evacuate patients and staff before the israeli army entered the hospital and removed anyone that remained. palestinian health officials say around 100 medical staff were ta ken into an interrogating site and questioned last night. the director of the hospital was also detained. some of the medical staff who have been released have now reached the indonesian hospital. israel has confirmed it has ended its raid on kamal adwan hospital, which it said was being used by hamas as a command centre. israel has not provided any evidence to support this. patients and medical staff have described what they witness

we have heard via the reuters news agency at the syrian prime minister says he is ready to cooperateh a new leadership that is chosen by the syrian people. do you think that can be any new elements of continuity from the assad regime, or will this be a cohesive wife the slate clean completely? >> i mean, honestly, it's too early to know with any level of certainty. anything could surprise us one way or the other. for now, the leader of hts just released a statement ordering his fighters not to enter any public holdings. no government buildings, to fire no bullet. for now, he said that all of the state institutions remain under the authority of bashar al assad's prime minister, frankly, into some form of a transition takes place. the really early signs and calls for optimism for the next few hours or days. but after that, again, all bets are off. syria has not been in this situation for many years, and everything will be starting from scratch at some point. and frankly speaking, there is a great responsibility here for the international community to come together. i am right now in qa

reuters reports that removing the car disclosure position would particularly benefit tesla, each hasore than 1500, to federal safety regulators under the program. i mean, maybe it is just a coincidence. joining me now is a friend of congressman ro khanna, his district is located in the heart of silicon valley, he always speaks his mind. it is great to see you. i want to just ask you, i mean, you know these guys pretty well, you know the industry quite well, you always speak your mind, what do you make of the courting of trump by these tech billionaires? is this billion -- business as usual or is this something different? exit is not surprising, some of them had courted him even in the first term, i remember tim cook flying to meet with him in 2017. the reality is that they are concerned about the trump power he is going to wield on tariffs, they are concerned about a.i. regulation, they are concerned about issues of who is going to decide procurement processes, obviously, i want transparency and i don't like that we are losing part of silicon valley, but that is what is motivating th

video verified by reuters reveals a rare glimpse into the last moments on board the flight. oxygen masks down as the camera tilts to the window, showing damage to the wing. then, in another geolocated, social media video, the plane appears to nosedive. in the resulting explosion, the plane fuselage is broken into parts with its rear half miraculously landing almost intact, but upturned. parts of the plane scattered across a wide radius. bodies seen covered in blue blankets. russia and azerbaijan evacuated their injured citizens as families in baku waited to see if their loved ones had survived. for azerbaijan, it is a time of mourning. ned derbyshire, cnn, london. >> all right. i want to bring in geoffrey thomas, editor of airline news, and he joins us live from perth, australia. thank you so much for being here with us. so when it first happened, it was claimed this crash was caused by bird strikes based on the visual evidence we're seeing now. what do you think happened? >> no, there's no chance it was a bird strike. kim. it was definitely a missile of some kind. possibly

president's father in a suburb around ten for limiters from damascus, that has come to us via the reuterswitness to that. we have some pictures of that as well, we have a live page as you would expect up and running on bbc news website, which is looking at every twist and turn of the story. you will see that video they're embedded in the reporting, with rebel fighters progressing towards damascus and protesters appearing to take to the streets in defiance of president assad's control. let's take a look at what is being said. little earlier, donald trump who we are expecting to see at the events in paris shortly for the reopening of the notre dame cathedral, he has said syria is a mess but it is not our friend. he was posting on his social media platform, saying the united states should have nothing to do with it, this is nothing to do with it, this is not our fight. nothing to do with it, this is not ourfight. let nothing to do with it, this is not our fight. let it play out, do not get involved. again putting a marker down on his position on this particular conflict in the middle east. i

reuters is now reporting that multiple unnamed sources in azerbaijan with knowledge of the investigation say russia's air defense system is to blame. it is worth noting the official stance from azerbaijan right now is that the cause is unknown. russia is denying these allegations. the azerbaijan airlines flight was headed to russia when it crashed on christmas morning and burst into flames. russia initially initially claimed a bird strike forced an emergency landing, but holes seen in the wreckage are raising some suspicions. cnn's nadia bashir is in london with the latest on this. now. what are you learning? >> that's right. there's been a lot of speculation, a lot of questions around what may have led to this fatal plane crash. and we heard earlier in the day from one ukrainian official who had alleged that the plane was downed by russian air defense systems. of course, there had been questions around drone activity in the area. it's understood that the plane crashed shortly after drone strikes took place in parts of southern russia. now we are learning, according to reporting by reute

reuters is supporting the suspect in the killing of the russian general kirillov has been charged withsm, that has come from the court, the killing on tuesday right in the centre of moscow. the ukrainian security services saying they were behind the killing, but that suspect in the killing has been charged today with terrorism. you're watching bbc news. we will have more on that news as it comes into us. let's change gear entirely. now a look back at the movie year — what have been some of the best films released in 202a. here's tom brook. 2024 is drawing to a close, and as is the custom every december, we look back at the film is released during the last 12 months. some were quite good, some were brilliant and there were a few that were truly awful. anyway, here is my list of the top ten films of 202a. at number ten, the seed of the sacred fig, a family drama that serves as a microcosm of life under iran's authoritarian government. director mohammad rasoulof, who's now living in exile, managed to shoot this critique of the government in ninth place, emilia perez — a musical crime film

so it's, it's verified by the reuters news agency shows a new explosion early on monday. and the coastal region of touches the syrian of $73.00 for human rights says the is a military attack, a defensive missile storage sites. the region is also home to russia's only naval base in the mediterranean of corresponded in jerusalem, tanya came a told us more about the report that strikes in serious tops has area or well, the house be no comments yet directly from the is really military. so this is based on a syrian reports or they were reported also here in the is very media as one of the it was seen as the heaviest strike. yet in recent years on the region, possibly targeting a missed the stores. so it's, as it's reported to you and a defense system. so this is also part of the campaign of you've been seeing here from the is really military in recent days or in the past week since the full of the a sort of regime where we've been seeing large scale attacks on military a sides across syria. we've seen that in the past year when it was attacked uh, usually weapons, storage side

as of now, reuters reporting eight are not there yet. pete hegseth, there is the pole , has the support of only 17% of americans for confirmation. that means most trump voters do not support pete hegseth for confirmation of secretary of defense. most do not want to secretary of defense with a drinking problem so severe he decided to promise to stop if he gets the job. robert kennedy junior who was a heroin addict in college nodding off in class didn't take a single premed science course in college. he could not have passed a single premed science requirement. is the most unqualified nominee for secretary of health and human services imaginable. today john kennedy of louisiana who is no relation and has not yet met with him did say something that robert kennedy sharply disagrees with >> the polio vaccine is saved hundreds of millions of lives. >> robert kennedy junior disagrees with that saying it has killed more people than any other vaccine and that is a lie now when asked about the vaccine robert kennedy junior says this. >> what is yo

. >>> reuters reports walmart is teaming up with meituan.rovide delivery services for walmart and the giant will be featured on its app. >>> coming up on "worldwide exchange," the one word every investor needs to hear today and the stock pick every investor needs to know. >>> and wall street rolls on to continue to test new highs. the investor of coinshares lays out if the 2024 most men momentum will carry over into the new year. we'll be right back after this. >>> welcome back to "worldwide exchange." you see the chart here. bitcoin hit a all-time high this morning crossing the $107,000 mark. among the catalysts for the latest move is micro strategy. the future tied to the bitcoin success being added to the nasdaq 00 at the start of trading next week. michael sayler talks about the sector as a whole. >> enormously legitimizing bitcoin for the crypto industry and cro strategy. we have now more than $100 billion in open interest in the options market. we have more than $100 billion market cap. we have more than 100% volatility. we have runnin

and so the reuters reported, for example, that the, some of the rebel says it said that they entered damascus without any opposition. so we're just able to march right in that would seem to confirm a report from the saudi outlet that said that the syrian army commands had informed its officers and soldiers that the regime had fallen. and the most significantly then the leader and self assad fled. we don't know where i don't know how long people have been tracking flights out of the country, but no one knows for sure. um and and so the, the prime minister is in position says that he will respect the wishes of the people, whoever, whatever leadership they, they choose, he will help the peaceful transition of power there. so it's just to recap, as far as we know, there's been little to no opposition from the military and these revel groups when i'll have to sorted out among themselves, who will take on the leadership of this new chapter in serious history? yeah, the next dance will tell us a lot as have the last few weeks. thanks for bring yourself to that. appreciate it . early it's. i

seeing the lightning offensive. citing senior military officials, the reuters news agency reports that the syrian army come on has notified its officers of the full of the regime. so is prime minister mohammed ali has announced he is ready to cooperate in the peaceful transfer of kyle with any new leadership chosen by the people. and a group of syrian rebels appeared on state television to announce the photo of outside the outside regime. and the liberation of damascus. the speakers identity is unknown. let's listen it a some the out of duck with the help of god, the city of damascus has been liberated. the tyrant bush are all a side has been toppled on all the on just the detain. parsons and the regimes prisons have been released from damascus operations room calls upon the fighters to preserve all the properties of the free theory and stays long. live a free and independent syria for all syrians of all believes these are the from all of these developments. i'm uh, drawing in this to do about it. pause. it gives you a honda is who was actually born in a level and it goes it that's you

reuters has a report out to delay it six months and make a june opec decision. pressure in the market. >> geopolitics is the story when it comes to oil. quickly, when we talk about the cease-fire with hezbollah and lebanon. there are other factors to influence the market? the biggest issue going into 2025? >> the biggest issue from the demand side is china tariffs. weak chinese demand has been a problem for the oil market this year. i think people will be watching closely to see what the tariff impact would be. on the supply side, it's sanctions and return maximum pressure. how many iranian barrels roll off when team trump takes office. >> helima croft, great to see you. thank you. >> thank you. >>> coming up on "worldwide exchange," we show you the a.i. play up 170% this year that our next guest says still have plenty more upside left. we will give you that name and reveal our mystery chart after the break. stay with us. >>> welcome back to "worldwide exchange." futures are lower. overall, stocks shrugged off the eventful 24 hours with the political turmoil in

imports of steel have surged to a seven—year high in the first 7 months of this year, according to reutersndia's larger neighbour has climbed. local industry leaders have been complaining about this for a while, as it's hit their pricing power and taken the utilisation of the industry to a four—year low. it could be 25% for two years on flat steel products. this comes amid a looming trade war between the us and china, who are both india's largest trading partners. thanks forjoining me on business today. i'll be back at the top of the hour on news day. in the meantime, bye for now. hey, it's lucy with the catch—up. tonight — an appeal from marcus fakana... time's person of the year... ..and selena is engaged. first, an update on marcus fakana, the 18—year—old from london who's been sentenced to a year in jail for having sex with a 17—year—old girl he met on holiday in dubai. now, marcus has appealed to dubai's leader to let him go home. he says he never intended to break the law — and just wants his life back. jack is going to tell us more. after returning home and seeing their pictures and

news agencies reuters and afp say residents in damascus have told them they have heard gunfire in theity. the syrian army says it is boosting its military deployment there, and president bashar al—assad's government says reports the army had withdrawn from areas around the city are untrue. opposition forces have been rapidly moving south towards damascus from aleppo and from the key strategic crossroads of homs. the head of the rebel advance has said his forces have taken full control of homs in the last few hours. other opposition factions are converging on the capital from the south, having taken control of daraa province. there have been signs the government's control over damascus is slipping. this footage from the suburbs shows protesters toppling a statue of assad's late father, who founded the ruling dynasty. a few hours ago our security correspondent frank gardner filed this report. they think they've won already. these are syrian rebels in the south of the country, in daraa, part of a pincer movement that is closing in on the capital, damascus. more celebrations today in the

. >> a recent interview with reuters, one of the passengers aboard the plane described hearing a loudg shortly before the plane attempted to land at its original destination. right now, investigators are likely analyzing 2 black boxes recovered from the wreckage of azerbaijan airlines flight. 84 32, which could provide vital clues as to what exactly happened with 2 sources telling newsnation directly that early signs point to a russian anti-aircraft system being responsible for this tragedy. the flight left azerbaijan's capital on wednesday to head to grozny in chechnya southwestern russia, which has been a target of ukrainian attack drones during the ongoing war. russia's aviation watchdog group says due to heavy fog and local alerts over ukrainian drones. the flight diverted hundreds of miles to kazakhstan, but the plane never made it to its destination. of course, the last moments of the plane in the air all got captured on video and footage shows pieces of the plane scattered on the destroyed in total. 38 people died in this crash. will 29 others on board survived reuters sites fo

the strikes caused a massive explosion as seen here in footage, verified by the reuters news agency, syrian observatory for human rights, as is randy ministry to tact air defenses and me sell storage sites. nearby civilian areas were also damaged. it's all staying in syrian more than a week after being overthrown. serious, i was, did president bush or aside, has broken his silence about his full from power in a written statement posted on social media. i said, says he never planned to add to a funds in his country as rebel forces post in on damascus. he claims he initially moved to a russian base in western syria to continue fighting that says russia evacuated after the bass came under attack. he also denied so serious new leaders as terraces you don't, you corresponded to abraham is in the syrian capital damascus. a little earlier, i asked her if this statement from bosher outside seemed genuine. to this message did appear on the telegram and facebook accounts that have been thus far controlled by the syrian presidency, or i should say, the former syrian presidency. but of course, i

and we are fortunate to have one of my favorite generals here, a foreign policy correspondent with reuters who was kind enough to agree after bouncing back and forth on the plane so hopefully the jet lag has caught up so with that i will turn it over to you. thank you so much. >> thank you i am thrilled to be here. thank you for being here with us today. i am going to be asking about 35 minutes, some questions and we will be taking perhaps some if they come through online chats here. given his experience, we are going get to be talking a little bit about war on terror, the lessons learned, how about counterterrorism world has changed since then and quickly move to something i'm sure everyone will be interested in here to syria and continue from this so thank you very much for taking the time and being here with us today. something very broad to kick us off. there's been an incredible evolution in the kinds of threats the enemies and tactics they have used. it is changed a lot and theater and battlefield changes. do you think the united states has called out how are we dealing with these ev

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imports of steel have surged to a seven—year high in the first seven months of this year, according to reuterss. local industry leaders have been complaining about this for a while as it has hit their pricing power and taken the utilisation of production capacity to a four—year low. the duty to be imposed is likely to be low, but it could be up to 25% for two years on flat steel products, in the face of a looming trade war between the us and china, india's two largest trading partners. let's get some of the day's other news now. china's top leaders have pledged further measures in an attempt to boost consumption, as concerns grow about the potential impact of trade tensions with the incoming trump administration. beijing has pledged higher debt issuance and looser monetary policy — as the country braces for the impact of tarrifs on exports. warner bros discovery has announced it will split its cable tv businesses away from its streaming and studio operations. the move could allow for a potential sale of its tv operations — including us giant, cnn. shares of warner bros jumped 15% in thursday's

and, yes, the legacy media from reuters, associated press, fox news, cnn in the front row.onversation, of course in doubt that the president-elect was successful how the american public are consuming the media there will have to be conversations about it. >> mike: shelby, what's your assessment? >> i come from new media. for me this is a really interesting conversation. cleft is clothe did nontraditional media. skepticism whether it would work and it worked. what donald trump's team is trying to do here as caroline set, better reflect what the american public is listening to and how they are getting their news. it does not necessarily mean kicking out "the washington post" or the "new york times" but, rather, making room for some of these newer outlets. you know, i don't anticipate that a thea vaughan or joe rogan is going to be sitting in the briefing room but there are opportunities for newer outlets and newer forms of communication to be in there and asking different questions. >> mike: fascinating times. weave will be tracking it all. caroline, alex, shelby, thanks for

and we are fortunate to have my favorite generals here so she is a poor policy corresponded with reuters you seen her over the savior she was kind enough to agree advancing back-and-forth on the plane with the secretary blinking this week to make time for us hopefully the jet lag is caught up and with that overview thank you so much. >> thank you alex and i am thrilled to be here in thank you very much for being here without us today and i'm going to be asking general about 30 or 35 minutes some questions and were going to be taken perhaps them if they come through online chats here. and given his experience were going to be talking a little bit of that war and terrorism lessons learned how the counterterrorism world has tamed since then and then we will quickly move to something that ensure people to syria and continue from there so thank you very much for taking the time and being here with us here today i want to start it was something broad in your thoughts since your time that is been an incredible evolution in the kinds of threats in the enemies and tactics that they have used it a

markets continue to digest a reuters report that beijing may allow the currency to weaken next year tompact the blow of tariffs. i'm pleased to say that jeremy stretch at cibc capital markets is joining us this morning. jeremy, how are you looking at this report that perhaps beijing will weaken the currency in 2025? >> when that report initially broke, we saw it move up quickly and it looked as though it is heading to 730. we see a retreat now from the highs of the course of yesterday. i think we have seen the chinese press also pushing back against the notion. i think there are question marks as to whether this report really has a great deal of veracity. the highlight of the inauguration invite, maybe there is an opportunity there for a slight softening of the pressure points and that might alleviate the pressure on the currency as well. >> what are you pricing in going into next year in the currency space thinking about china and thinking about the u.s. and indeed the threat of tariffs still on the table? >> indeed. the threat of tariffs is inevitably going to remain on the table. we

one source tells reuters that the planes communications were also paralyzed by electronic warfare is systems, but adds no one claims it was done on purpose but they expect russia to confess and their aircraft took off from baku on wednesday morning and was due to fly to the russian city of grozny, that the air airline initially said it was diverting because of heavy fog. a surviving passenger told russian tv he believed the pilot tried to land twice before the third time something exploded, they claim, and the plane was redirected to an airport across the caspian sea in because extend where it landed short of the runway and quickly burst into flames. of the 67 passengers on board, 38 were killed, the rest, 29, all suffered injuries. >> when the plane crashed, my wife was sitting next to me, and i haven't seen my wife since the crash, and i don't know where she is. >> the flight data recorder has been recovered. the president of azerbaijan and a kremlin spokesperson initially said it was too soon to speculate and russians aviation watchdog claim to the plane was diverted because of a

news agencies reuters and afp say residents in damascus have told them they have heard gunfire in theng its military deployment there, and president bashar al—assad's government says reports the army had withdrawn from areas around

come in at the upper level of the central bank's comfort band according to a poll of economists from reuters is going on. insta nt instant noodles and even chocolates — indians are cutting down on buying basic things. india's middle class is shrinking says the boss of nestle india. the country's largest food and beverage company reported its slowest quarterly growth in eight years. it's the same story with other consumer goods companies as well. and that's not good news. consumption makes up some 60% of india's gdp and at 5.4%, the latest figure was a bit of a shocker, a shadow of the 8—plus—per cent growth that india clocked last year. so what's gone wrong? the pent-up demand is _ what's gone wrong? the pent-up demand is gone. _ what's gone wrong? the pent-up demand is gone. there _ what's gone wrong? the pent-up demand is gone. there is - demand is gone. there is regulatory tightening by the rba on up secured lending that has been happening so far, plus incomes haven't really grown much. employment hasn't grown much. employment hasn't grown much. employment hasn't grown much. . much. even