simon in the car on the 24th of april, did you not?ou didn't grab her by the hair and put her head into your lap and -- >> no. >> reporter: finally the defense confronted him with what it said was proof of sexual assault, what it called the smoking gun text. the one, you'll recall, which clearly suggested sex had taken place. in the text, the boy apologizes, promises to never put you through that again, baby girl. >> first of all, did you send that text message? >> yes. >> can you explain to the jury what that meant? >> never doing anything again in the car. >> it's your testimony that that text message is only because it was uncomfortable in the car? >> yes. >> it was consensual between you two? >> yeah. >> reporter: when he was finally allowed to leave the stand, it appeared that abby's defense and her freedom depended on the story she and she alone was about to tell. >> we call abigail simon to the stand. >> reporter: the question, despite all those text messages professing her deep and abiding love, would the jury, could the jury,

elena simon, snapchat user"i'll still use it i'll probably turn on the ghost mode.jessie simon, mom "that's correct yes." ((jrs/live)) meteorologist lawrence karnow is back with your complete forecast. who are these people? the energy conscious people among us say small actions can add up to something... humongous. a little thing here. a little thing there. starts to feel like a badge maybe millions can wear. who are all these caretake

simon jones, thank you. simonjones in good time. simon jones, thank you.on jones in north good time. simon jones, thank you. simonjones in north london. the brexit secretary, david davis, has said he is "pretty sure", that the uk can reach a suitable deal with brussels, on leaving the european union but has suggested britain may need a transitional arrangement if everything isn't agreed within the two—year time frame. mr davis insisted that britain had to be ready to walk away if the deal was a bad one. susana mendonca reports. we have had some smiles and that never—ending handshake but behind the scenes of the brexit negotiations, the man charged with doing a dealfor britain negotiations, the man charged with doing a deal for britain seems uncertain as to whether he will get one. i am pretty sure, not 100% sure, one. i am pretty sure, not 10096 sure, it is a negotiation. you said at the beginning of this "we are guaranteed to get a deal, you can be sure we will get a deal." we will get a deal. i'm pretty sure, but i'm not certain. what the brexit secretar

simon quijano-evans still with us. bank is the only institution functioning properly in south africa. it is doing the heavy lifting. when is that going to stop? are you going to get resolution? when are we going to get resolution? is it going to be by the end of the year? simon: it will stop when we get a change of the leadership. essentially, as you say, the country and the government have been relying on the central bank, pushing reforms forward, doing the right thing, which has not been the case for the rest of the government, and as you know, south africa has the highest income inequality, youth the wholent mix in world. this has not changed. we finally need change to south africa, otherwise you will see further ratings downgrades. matt: let us go from one emerging market to the other. saudi arabia's deputy crown prince has replaced his cousin as the crown prince, next in line for the throne. the shock announcement obviously puts him next in line to the head of the world's biggest oil exporter in saudi arabia. bloo

simon: it certainly helps her out.nd thursday that she to win, after the queen's speech, the legislative program we spoke of that lier, defeat would be pretty bad for a prime minister. d.u.p., the 10 law makers it brings to the party will guide her through and certainly this rupert report, most likely is that she and through that vote, she's still with us in a week, and she continues to push on or a little while yet. tom: an economic question, we saw a great number today, some good economic cat on out of urope. what have you seen the latest of the united kingdom economic growth? is it better than the gloom? not. perhaps we saw retail number fall the other week. four-year high. certainly there's a case to be is that the euro area solidifying its recovery, just as the u.k. goes the other direction. gives some hand to the e.u. negotiators, lot has been made of the fact that he economy, on the content, is picking hand to the up, that macron brings and that there's signs of inflation picking up. breaking news, get back to w

jelena ostapenko had never played simon halep before and neither had ever won a grand slam.on any title before. unseeded, but also unfazed. a style of tennis that is all or nothing. astonishing power, but for every magnificent, unplayable winner, there was an error as well and it was those well and it was those that helped halep to the first set. how would the young latvian cover? well, three down in the second set, it did not look good. questions over her temperament were answered in the most thrilling way. bludgeoning winner after winner, roaring back to take the match to a deciding third set. the french crowd now with a new—found favourite, this was her moment. fittingly, it was another brilliant winner that won it. and on a day of firsts in paris, there is a feeling this may just be the first of many. jelena ostapenko — it's a name you'll hear a lot more from now on. the 20—year old has become the youngest winner at roland garros since ana ivanovic in 2007. she's the first latvian to win a grand slam tennis title. and she is the first unseeded woman to win the suzanne le

with me is simon french, chief economist at panmure gordon. good morning, simon. and discuss. for market a really uncertain time which they observe the head. but if we look at of the other issues, business optimism has plunged over the weekend. and as higher than it was after last yea r‘s weekend. and as higher than it was after last year's decision on leaving the european union. give us your take on all of us. what you haveis your take on all of us. what you have is domestic economic uncertainty put on top of brexit economic uncertainty. it is a double whammy. i think most assumed that the conservative manifesto was go to be lamented domestically. they knew that brexit was an uncertain outcome for at least two years, but you now have that multiplied twofold. and therein lies a lot of deep sentiment that we have seen out of business over the weekend. if you add to that some of the economic issues on top, like consumer spending, the latest figures show that it is falling in may for nearly the first time in four years. this is inflation tightens its grip. there is a

simon, thank you for that this morning. simon jones, heard. simon, thank you for that this morning.rmation about how the feeling has changed in the two weeks —— we'll be speaking to. will have people who were in the tower and those who had friends there. —— we'll have. and all so we'll get something from those trying to improve safety at the building. if you've looked out of the building chances are it's not looking great. not the best but carol is here with a positive spin. rain is crucial, rain is your friend? lots of people are crying out for rain and we've seen a lot of rain tonight and it is raining heavily in some parts of england and wales in particular. if you are travelling, expect a lot of surface water and spray on the roads. 0n the radar picture you can see the extent of the rainfall. at the moment it is heaviest in parts of east anglia and lincolnshire, but it is rotating around low pressure, succumbing in across eastern parts of england, wales and down into the south—west. even wales and down into the south—west. eve n a cross wales and down into the south—west. even a

simon, a very good afternoon to you. as they made 377—7 to set pakistan a huge target in the second match of their world cup campaign. joe wilson is in leicester. england responding after that opening defeat? yes, john, we need to put it into context. england came into this match under pressure after that defeat, but secondly, that they started their innings badly. pakistan choosing to bowl first and bowler friendly conditions. sarah taylor opening the batting in the absence of the injured lauren winfield. england were 42—2. what happened next was a stand of 213. england put a total on the board, i think, everybody does see as a winning total. pakistan's hopes of getting past 377 were pretty much nil to begin with and i can tell you that in response they have already lost two wickets for just 26 runs. so, everything good in england's world apart from potentially still the weather. 0ne world apart from potentially still the weather. one thing to watch out for, pakistan have to get to 20 overs for their reply to be meaning

simon was shot while serving in iraq in 2006.er soldier in the british army. i was fortunate to survive the incident on the battlefield. i woke up in birmingham after 18 days in a coma. to the knowledge that i‘d lost my left eye and my right i had very little hope of retaining any sight. although i survived my injuries, i have colleagues that didn‘t. and it changed my perspective on life. i suddenly realised i was a survivor, not a victim. and it made me think about the things i have kept and not the things i have lost. i think that some values that i carry forward with me now. i‘ve served in places around the world where the people living there have no say. i have seen how powerless they feel. i really feel that the biggest freedom that we have is to have a voice and an opinion. that our leaders have to listen to. it is so important that you use your voice and your opinion. you might not think it matters, but it truly does. and at the very least honour the sacrifices made to ensure that you will always have a vote. i‘m sure most

i am simon mccoy.aths of five young men on camber sands last august has heard they were all able swimmers. a pathologist told the hearing that the men, who were all of sri lankan origin, all drowned after getting into difficulties at the beach, in august last year. live now to our correspondent duncan kennedy outside hastings coroner's court. duncan. yes, simon, what we have been hearing at the harrowing final moments of these men during that august day, they had come down for a bacup beside the beach, five friends from east london before they got into trouble. a number of witnesses have come forward, lots of tears and weeping in the court, the family of the dead men had been listening to the dead men had been listening to the graphic detail. one witness, a young girl called any words, a young teenager, she had been hot on the water on her soft board and had earlier helped to save an 18—year—old who was getting into distress. she took him back to the shore, during all of this, she saw these five men fr

"vanity fair," quote, if my relationship with simon or anglo started to fwlounder a bit now, i would my tour. if i don't have a real life, then it's game over anyway. well, adele has worked so hard on this tour. 123 shows, and 103 of them away from england where she lives with simon and anglo. >> don't go, adele. >>> and "shades of blue," j-lo has her man, alex rodriguez close, but she love him enough to say i do again? a-rod is getting along great with her twins, and here is the proof. ♪ >> j-lo hashtagged the pics, about last weekend. her man by the pool, later the twins asleep. so this is what j-rod's family looks like. ♪ and with the couples at work, he stays close. that's a-rod yesterday onset of "shades of blues j gts. >> she is the hardest working lady, and i like that for my daughters and he is a roadle. >> he is a support irveg person, and he is so lovely. >> so after four months of dating and a summer of loving that includes a whirlwind four-day vacation in france and a getaway weekend in the hamp n hampto hamptons, the question now, is an engagement next? >> i have a lot o

tell us who simon is and what his story is. >> i found simon, who is a resident of a, a village in the south of south sudan, living under a tree -- a large mango tree in uganda. most of his village was chased down after a series of killings for the south sudanese government troops. they caught simon on his way out of town. they forced him to dig a grave, which simon believed would be his own grave. and they took steps to execute him. it was only through happenstance, poor aim, and a gun jammed, that saved his life. after an argument among soldiers, they allowed him to leave. simon left something in that site of his supposed execution. the main i found was completely shattered, traumatized. i don't think he knew what to do next or where he would go. it is like this for so many south sudanese. it is a country whose population has been traumatized. refugeesouth sudan, fleeing civil war say government soldiers have indiscriminately killed civilians, slitting the throats of adults, running down children with a vehicle, and shshting thosese who trieded to flee.. hundreds of survivors recount

that was my baby.for the sotelo's tragedy struck twice in two years.they also lost simon's older brother in a car accident. terina sotelo/victim's mother: it hasn't even been two years since we lost my oldest and now my baby. it's very hard. manuel rubio/victim's uncle: we loved him so much. he was dear to us as well as the community. he was an influence with a lot of people around the community. they loved him. we loved him. it hurts. he was not only my nephew but he was a dear friend to me and i loved him very much. and i will miss him dearly.kayla martinez/victim's girlfriend. he was funny, caring, sweet, very sweet. he always pulled out my chair, opened the door for me.the accident involved a minivan and a truck with sotelo and five others in it. police say speed appears to have been a factor.ana marie warren/victim's sister: like my dad said, you kids out there, be safe. speeding is not worth it. you can get to where you need to go. it will still be there. (steve) happening tomorrow:we are expecting to hear from the wife of one of the men facing charges in the deadly ghost ship ware

thank you very much, simon. good afternoon to you.game in cardiff. there were half centuries from alex hales, joe root, jos butler. in reply, new zealand's luke ronchi has been bowled first ball by jake ball. they're on 4—1. a win for england will take them through to the last four. arsenal have announced the signing of the bosnia—herzegovina from the bundesliga side schalke. he's hasjoined the fa cup winners on a free transfer. he has an impressive claim to fame — he scored the fastest own goal in world cup history when he found the net at the 2014 tournament in brazil. southampton have asked the premier league to investigate liverpool for an alleged illegal approach for virgil van dijk. jurgen klopp has made the defender his top target this summer. and the manchester city and england women's captain steph houghton has agreed a new long—term contract with the club. she led city to a domestic title sweep last season. the cause of death of former newcastle player cheick tiote, is still being investigated, according to chinese club beij

simon's family tells me it still isn't clear who the driver was that morning.hey're still searching for answers.those answers may take some time.this crash is still being investigatedit's extremely hard on the families involved.((alecia))as a matter of fact, simon's mother is in deep mourning.he turned 17 last month.and 2 years ago she lost another of her sons, also in a deadly crash. they tell me the mayor visited their home today to pay condolences and will be planting a tree at the spot of the crash . in memory of the lives lost. reporting live from alameda (pam) dramatic moments today on the bay bridge... as a man climbs up the center anchorage. two lanes were shut down and traffic was snarled for hours... spilling over well beyond the toll plaza. kron 4's vicki liviakis is here with exclusive video. (vicki) yeah pam, it was a traffic ordeal that dragged on for nearly three hours earlier today on the upper deck of the bay bridge. i was one of those stuck in it. the bridge is now back open . our kron 4 reporter was on the scene, right as the man who scaled t

manus: we can pick up on that theme with simon french.an watch the and followtv all of the charts and functions. you can ask simon french of question. it's on the bottom left-hand side. just click into a chart and the producers are ready to take your questions. coming up on the show, it's been a tumultuous week hosting president trump. european leaders are now looking to the east. that is next. this is bloomberg. ♪ manus: it's 1:44 a.m. in the united states of america. you're looking at a live shot of the empire state building. it is a lighter day in terms of data releases in the usa. we are building up to the jobs report tomorrow. let's get the business flash from sophie who is standing by. america's two biggest banks have said second-quarter trading revenue is on pace to drop at least 10%. investorsfo told and conference at market revenue was down about 15% from a year earlier. at a separate event, the bank of america ceo said the revenue fund business will be 10%-12% lower but first half results should be stronger. and selling non

it's focusing on a reit of all things goldman sachs updating simon property group to a buy.hat stock is down 20% in a year goldman says the recent underperformance has created an attractive entry point what do you guys think of this they're cautious on the space. this is a retail reit. they're cautious across the board. they take simon property group to buy they downgrade ggp to sell, general growth they point out that it's a balance sheet difference and this stock is simply more attractive >> simon property group is a quality company. the problem is, in the reit space right now, exposure to mall reits is not the place to be and you're picking a bottom at this point so getting along spg, you have to be very comfortable that you feel the bottom is in, as it relates to the malls and to the traffic and to the discouraging signs we're seeing there also, you have the impact of corporate tax reform that really does not impact the reits itself that's another negative. >> you have good yield >> i could go over places in the reit space and get better exposure i could look at the apar

simone sanders the flip side are democrats. there are democrats who say they are focusing too much on the russia investigation in the absence of focusing on health care which jackie and simone have talked about. he won't answer questions about russia until he's allowed to speak about health care first. do you think that important issues for democrats are being obscured now? >> i don't think they are being obscured, but democrats should take note. we have to keep the pressure on russia. there are fishy things going on. it seems like there's smoke. usually, where there's smoke, there's fire. in the midst of this happening and the president tweeting about being under investigation, republicans are trying to pass a health care bill in secret. there's no hearing so this notion of obstruction from the democrats is laughable. the democrats haven't seen the bill. republican legislatures, republican senators won't even discuss the bill in public. no one will come on air and do interviews on the health care. why? because it's dangerous.

simon mccoy is at westminster for us. simon.estminster the tories will seek approval for their overall legislative programme. here at westminster — the tories will seek parliamentary approval for their overall legislative programme after a week of debate. labour has tabled an amendment to the queen's speech to introduce elements of its own general election manifesto. the party said it was because the conservative programme "was in tatters." a previous labour amendment, on lifting the public sector pay cap, was defeated in the commons last night, after the democratic unionists voted with the conservatives. here's our political correspondent alex forsyth. a piece of parchment setting out the government's policy plans. written by ministers, read by the queen at the formal opening of parliament last week. my ministers are committed to working with parliament, the devolved administrations, business and others, to build the widest possible consensus on the country's future outside the european union. but now there's a hung parliament

simon: it is a cool function.nlike some conviction views at the moment, sterling is probably the strongest of all because as i said, we have underestimated the positive story for europe and we must have overestimated the positive story for sterling. for me, i have a strong feeling that at some point in the next six months or so that chart will have 90's against it rather than 88. francine: by the end of the summer? simon: absolutely. the risk is euro-sterling becomes the big mover. francine: what does that mean for european equities? they are undervalued but could they become much more expensive? ed: i don't think it is bad news for european equities as an aggregate because it is positive reflected the strength of the eurozone economy which is being translated into stronger corporate earnings. the problem we have a certain sectors which are very sensitive europe, the auto sector, they could be vulnerable to a real correction. francine: we are hearing a little bit later from mark carney so let me show you what the

simone, to you. i know you don't like this senate bill. >> no. >> putting that aside -- >> thank you for clarifying. >> putting that aside for a moment, do you think the democrats need to do more and say, hey, we will help? because you are looking at a situation where, as you know, obamacare is not working for everyone. you have 47 counties across america where next year, they are not going to have any choice in their exchange for the insurance plan. they won't have a choice of a plan that they want. so, do you want to see democrats raising their hands more? >> one i'll note is a lot of insurers are pulling out, one, because of the uncertainty around subsidies and the current president of the united states, donald trump, sold himself. i think obamacare needs to be fixed. expand the great work that has been done. that is not what this bill has done. democrats have been locked out of the process, the republicans, house and senate decided to do it party line. they decided not to include the democrats, r

so simone, i'll start with you. is nancy pelosi your party's problem? >> no.i do think that the democrats do have some problems. i don't think that nancy pelosi is at the top of the list. nancy pelosi didn't lose this election in georgia. the reality is that she wasn't even in charge of the democratic congressional campaign committee. so i think there are -- there are fruitful debates that should happen within our party and i think that are happening and we have to stay focused and there are lots of things to attack at this moment. health care, education is out there on the table. there's a russian investigation happening. so we need to stay focussed. >> so if she's not the problem what do you think is the problem? >> you know what? i think that one, we have not actually done an internal party autopsy of 2016, of where we e are. we haven't done a six month check on what has been happening so i think the party -- there's a couple different issues. like we need to figure out how to energize our base, young people, people of color and we need to figure out how we

stuff.reat simon of ubs, you are sticking with us. and --ight -- right aid walgreens are calling off their stores. over 2100 stores. what is right aid going to do it -- rite aid going to do with that money? a earlier in premarket. walgreens up by over 1%. the big merger not working out for them. sky, the 21st century fox offer not exactly got the signed sealed delivered green light just yet. trading 10% below the offer price. the u.k. government are inclined to refer to the regulator, no broadcast standard concerns to the sky fox deal. can proposed they remedies to avoid a probe. 3.2 percent. the 14.9 billion dollars bid from rupert murdoch's 21st century fox. alix: busy thursday morning. has: the u.k. secretary stopped talking. of the.s. secretary interior on the white house's energy week and president trump's agenda. energy dominance. i have no idea what that means. this is bloomberg. ♪ jonathan: rupert murdoch's 21st century fox inches closer to securing sky in the u.k. that 11.7 billion pound bid getting very close to approval. st

simon is nursing painful.s ina lot the date of the accident and he was in a lot of pain, he was still in shock, couldn't believe what happened. as you might expect, a shave this close has gone viral. the bar has been inundated with requests from the media and people are talking about it online. most of them simply admire the way simon kept calm and carried on. that is unbelievable, remarkable he was able to get up. i thought the bus was going to hit ben! simon, if you're watching, get yourself checked out. let's catch up with the weather and some grim news. it's not very pleasant out there today and this whole week is not looking great either. a lot of cloud. damp at the very least. wet at worst. this is what it looks like today. a mass of cloud rolling in off the atlantic. another massive cloud coming in from the south. here is the rain from overnight and this morning. you can see mostly affecting northern areas, not quite the far north of scotland. in the south it was dry until a few under storms developed l

simon derrick. remember, the functionality you can use on your terminal. we go to europe for its take. ♪ ♪ >> good evening, welcome back, you're watching "the u.k. decides." special coverage of the u.k. general election on bloomberg television and radio. let's recap. we have an inconclusive outcome to the u.k. general election. >> pretty conclusive move for the fx market. sterling, you know what to do with it, it gets sold. by 1.65%. u.s. sterling, up by 1.6%. a stronger euro, stronger dollar against the much, much weaker pound. you speak to simon derrick, the guys on the trading floors area the reaction i am getting, that is on the hung parliament story. amazing the tories get a majority. you get a really inconclusive results once we tally up over the next 24 hours. sterling could go lower from here. guy: what you do with it from there? this indecision will cause a sterling to weaken. do you then buy it because you assume that will make a soft brexit? do you not buy it because you worry about a massive period of uncertainty? a difficult position. where do

simon derrick, chief markets strategist at the bank of new york mellon joins us now.o differing pictures depending on which bit you choose to go with. and i think the weakening economy story is the central one here, the latest manufacturing numbers confirm that. over the course of the last month or so the chinese markets have been reacting very negatively to this, you had seen the equity markets down, moody ‘s downgraded china last week. over the last few days, something curious has happened, there has been talked about some of the big state banks in china, some talk about the national tea m china, some talk about the national team stepping in to support the equity markets, equities are up, and it feels as though what we are seeing is an attempt to support markets, an attempt to reconfirm that they are there to provide stability. whether that is possible in the long—term, given the fact that we have this underlying wea kness that we have this underlying weakness and underlying concerns in the chinese market, tough to say, but clear that the authorities want to try and

simon, the waiting goes on.e just been i havejust been inside the i have just been inside the leisure centre behind me where the council is trying to reassure people and organise accommodation for those who need it. they say, so far, they have found accommodation in hotels or in some cases here at the leisure centre, for around 200 households, but that means the vast majority of people, hundreds, are staying with friends orfamily, people, hundreds, are staying with friends or family, and people, hundreds, are staying with friends orfamily, and it is unclear how long people will be able to do that, particularly if the building work last for about a month as is predicted. let's stock now to bobble tool from the residents‘ association. —— lets talk to bob 0‘toole. association. —— lets talk to bob o'toole. a lot of the residents are not happy. this is the first time something when this has happened since the war. everybody is working together to try to get things done. the people who are left in the blocks, they can

simon jones there, thank you. chancellor, philip hammond, says brexit negotiations that end with no deal would be an extremely bad outcome for britain. it comes as formal talks with the eu are set to get under way in brussels tomorrow. labour say the government's approach so far has left the uk in the worst possible starting position. our political correspondent, susana mendonca, is in wesminster. philip hammond is taking a slightly different position on no deal than theresa may? yes, we have heard theresa may say so many times have no deal would be better than a bad deal. here we have philip hammond, the chancellor saying no deal would be a very, very bad outcome for britain and he talks about how he wants a transitional structure which means we have a slope rather than the cliff edge people have spoken about. this is contrary to what other members of the cabinet think. philip hammond has been critical also of the government's approach and the conservatives' campaign in the general election and his role which he

european countries — although angela merkel voted against it. she changed the lives of women in france — simoneocaust survivor who became a politician has died. we'll have a tribute. hello and welcome to world news today. we start the programme with some breaking news coming in from the states. reports of a shooting incident inside a hospital inside the bronx in new york. unarmed man, said to be dressed as a doctor, opened fire at the bronx lebanon on hospital, according to reports. this hit is a 972 bed hospital, at least three people are believed to have been shot, although there are reports of multiple shootings and some reports describe this as an ongoing situation. messages on social media speaking of doctors and nurses having barricaded themselves inside the building and also some reports of a fire in the building. none of this is 100% confirmed. new york forrest has been briefed on the situation and police are going through from each floor to each floor in search of the gunmen. we will keep you updated on this developing story. the leader of kensington and chelsea council, the borough wh

elena simon, snapchat user"i'll still use it i'll probably turn on the ghost mode.jessie simon, mom " correct yes." the giants just had their 50th loss of the year. we'll show you what you missed just ahead. ((brian tease)) (jr stone) the giants have lost 11 of their last 12 games. bruce bochy and the giants were taking on the mets bottom 7th -- new york up by one -- brandon belt ties the game with a solo shot -- he leads the team with 14 homers this year in the 8th -- the giants bullpen find away to lose the game again -- wilmer flores hits an r-b-i double putting the game away mets win 5-2 this is the first time the giants are the first team in the majors to lose 50 games since 1976 the oakland a's in chicago today and it was a big day for a few of their young guys. in the first inning right fielder matt olson says see ya. that ball is gone. two to nothing a's. then in the second center fielder jaycob brugman.says good bye. three to nothing athletics. then in the third 2nd baseman franklin barreto sends one out as well. first time since 1914 that three players hit their first home r

simon: that's right -- ed: that's right. another deal that dragged on and on and they previously cut the price and then said they needed more time. the remedy they come up with with the regulators has been insufficient a couple of times and this was a deal that has struggled. there is so much overlap and there were always questions as to whether or not they could do it at all. what best the solution -- the solution they have come out with is to say they are not going to the m&a deal, we are just going to buy assets from rite aid. what happens to the remainder of rite aid? you end up with a reduced rite aid. vonnie: it has turned into almost a real estate deal. ed: that is right and that is kind of what these guys do. they own a bunch of stores. the difference in terms of what they do in the stores is pretty negligible. one pharmacy is much like another. the real loser in this situation is the smaller pharmacy change was going to pick up the assets should the deal have gone through. shares, offn their about 25% --what he five

francine: simon kennedy, editor for bloomberg brexit.veillance continues in the next hour, tom keene joins me out of new york. we will be talking to pierre lagrange about hedge funds and inflation and central banks. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ francine: the pressure mounts on may with politics and her handling of the london block tower fire facing criticism. the challenges facing the prime minister. is it time to recalculate desk recalibrate? -- recalibrate? rate decisions from some of the world biggest central banks. good morning, everyone, this is bloomberg surveillance. i am francine lacqua in london, tom keene in new york. it has been quite an incredible 10 days when you look at u.k. politics, a big central-bank week, and u.s. politics. tom: a good friday wrap up after the london fire, the shooter -- shootings in washington. it is good to get to the weekend. a good, eclectic set of guests today. francine: i am looking forward to speaking to pierre lagrange but first, taylor riggs. taylor: russia claims it may have killed the leader of isl

simon jones reporting. to try and contain a wild fire in central portugal that has killed more than 60 people. authorities believe dry thunderstorms sparked the blaze on saturday in pedrogao grande, which is 150km northeast of the capital, lisbon. a short time ago, we spoke to diana arauja from the international department of the portuguese red cross, who gave us this update. u nfortu nately, we unfortunately, we have had recent developments in the last hour or so and two fronts of the fire have joined so more villages have been evacuated by the red cross, the portuguese red cross, in the last hour. we have evacuated 57 people from a nursing home near a front which was active this past evening. and we are currently also evacuating civilians from another village nearby. so, yes, in the latest hour, we have had this development, so the fire is still ongoing and it is affecting other areas around pedrogao grande and other municipalities. the view of the portuguese red cross there. at this time yesterday, we in

thank you, simon.uncil, georgia gould, has put out a statement this lunchtime saying that there are various legal routes that people can ta ke various legal routes that people can take requiring people to leave their homes. they are saying they do not wa nt to homes. they are saying they do not want to do this, butjudging by what that president was saying, that maybe the council's only option. the brexit secretary, david davis, has said he is "pretty sure", that the uk can reach a suitable deal with brussels on leaving the european union, but has suggested britain may need a transitional arrangement if everything isn't agreed within the two—year time frame. mr davis insisted that britain had to be ready to walk away if the deal was a bad one. susana mendonca reports. we've had some smiles and that never—ending handshake, but behind the scenes of the brexit negotiations, the man charged with doing a deal for britain seems uncertain as to whether he'll get one. i am pretty sure, i'm not 100% sure, it's a

simon, you know the area very well.tory. —— edwardian. you have these estates with just a handful of these huge tower blocks. and it's not the first time there were issues in the area. anybody who knows london will no trellick tower. it is an imposing building, loved and hated because of the ability to see it from semi— parts of town. 200 people were forced to leave. what actually happened and what took place. this was caused, they believe, by carelessly thrown away cigarette and we don't know what happened in this situation but this was one flat on the 27th floor of the trellick tower, a woman and two children were evacuated before the fire service arrived. but at that stage, it was eight fire engines to arrive at the scene. we did not see building go up in flames but in the case of the trellick tower, in the same way we have seen in the case of the g re nfell tower have seen in the case of the grenfell tower and we have had the mayor of london on twitter an ounce in that he is calling this, declaring this an emergency

yes, at a price and at a big price, simon. 0ne and a half billion pounds, an extra alien pounced magicquestions about exactly where that money emerges from, an additional half £1 billion which dup sources say was technically allocated to northern ireland all ready by the previous government but was now impossible for northern ireland politicians to access, but has now been listened to make sure they can get hold of the money but there have been questions raised from critics effectively saying what about us? the labour first minister of wales carwyn jones saying exactly that, this his view amounts to a bunk to prop up the prime minister and a week government. worth reflecting that even with those votes, those ten mps from the democratic unionist party, willing to back the conservatives on big votes but not every boat, it's still only leaves those two parties with a working majority of 13, in other words, very precarious, you only need a large taxi full of disgruntled conservative mps to say we don't like this particular thing ona we don't like this particular thing on a particular night

simon gompertz, bbc news.ent of a normal length has to look at state pension age. that was underway before the election was called and ministers were going to make an announcement about it. it's been conveniently forgotten and put on one side because no politician wa nts to on one side because no politician wants to talk about the idea of making people wait until they are 70 for their pension but once the election is over and in the months afterwards, ministers, whoever they are, will have to look at the issue again at decide whether 70 really is an age they are willing to look at. thank you very much, simon gompertz. more of us than ever are shunning the traditional 9—5job in search of greater flexibility and, perhaps, control over our life. in the last ten years there's been a 50% increase in the number of women who've become self—employed, and many of those are setting up small creative businesses. our business correspondent emma simpson reports on the changes in our working lives. i left school at 18, went

simon atkinson is in singapore. simon, what more can you tell us about this?last couple of hours toshiba announced that it is suing western digital. it says that western has been trying to derail essentially it's plans to sell off its memory chip business. western digital said it doesn't want the business to go to the consortium that toshiba has in mind, it would be not be in its interests and toshiba are keen to push the deal through and today it has announced it will sue them with costs linked to this deal not going through. you mention the huge amount of money that it owes after the collapse of its nuclear business and that's why its nuclear business and that's why it is so keen to push the deal through as soon as possible. simon, thank you for that. let's see how the markets have been getting on. asian shares slumped overnight following the feeling on wall street. the delay to the us healthcare reform vote is increasing traders concerns that president trump won't be able to push through all the tax reforms, deregulation, and infrastructure spending that th

we speak to nigel farage, simon schama and kerry—ann mendoza.g and welcome to westminster. newsnight in daylight. do not be fooled by mellow sunshine, do not be fooled by the gentle breeze of a summer weekend. today saw no calm, no respite in the pace of change and power—shifting that gives this place its identity. senior conservatives began the day calling for the resignation of theresa may's joint chiefs of staff. by the afternoon, they got what they wanted. nick timothy and fiona hill were known for their unwavering loyalty. the pm was accused of relying on them too heavily, closing her eyes perhaps to a more collegiate, consensual type of government. two unelected names. two broadly unrecognisable faces. yet these chiefs of staff were at the very heart of government. they knew theresa may inside out, knew how to shield her from the hostile parts of the job she wished to avoid. they were notjust moral support — they were, nick clegg told us, instrumental to practically every decision she took. i asked her not to bring the special advisers wit

thank you very much, simone williams.t secretary of state, damian green at around half past eight this morning. let's pause, it is 20 past eight, let's look at the weather. thank you. hello, good morning. it is worth pointing out that today we have very high levels of uv across the country. we don't seek levels of aid across the uk very often at all. i have been forecasting for over 20 yea rs, i have been forecasting for over 20 years, so it's very strong today, the sun, that's a word of warning because there will be plenty of sunshine around. a few areas which are sunshine around. a few areas which a re less sunshine around. a few areas which are less sunny, the picture is universalfor are less sunny, the picture is universal for many of us but in the north—west of england we've got low cloud across the south—west and this weather front in the north, just to show you we do have this cloud, this is an area of language, many weather watchers are showing plenty of sunshine, the cloud in the north—west will lift and break th