dad was an experienced swimmer, and pulled sophie to the surface. a jet skier came by to help. >> he came, and got my sister, and my uncle -- he said save my brother, too. >> reporter: officials say the current is known for sucking people under, and the walk, 50 feet -- water, 50 feet deep with weed. he body wasn't found until 8.5 hours later. >> they said he wasn't alive anymore. >> reporter: marie's mother was too distraught to talk, but marie's bravely spoke. she said now, the river haunts her family. >> we don't want to go back to the water no more. it's a bad memory for us now. i can't bring him back. >>> is the last photo taken of the family. it was at an ice cream shop near the river. >> he has always been a good dad. he worked hard for us. he didn't -- he worked construction in scaffolding, and even if he had to stay for hours, did he it for us, so we could have fun on the weekends. >>> man wanted for a fatal shooting in hayward is behind bars after being arrested for an unrelated crime. joseph car link was arrested in an extended stay delux

brent: so -- christoph: sophie, thank you so much.d trump has vowed to make america great again, but economists say he has not put up a convincing strategy showing how he will go about it. the lack of details on his plans to reform the economy have front of the international monetary fund to cut its u.s. growth forecast for this year and next. reporter: a previous forecast predicted the government's plan to cut taxes and increase infrastructure planning would boost growth in the u.s. but uncertainties surrounding the plans has caused them to remove it from the outlook, which it is now slashed. it is also skeptical that white house policies -- >> many of these policies -- however, looking at the international experience in new last four years, looking at u.s. data, it is unlikely that the set of policies can generate and eczema duration of growth of a magnitude of approximately 1%. reporter: the imf warned that some proposals to cutting back on social programs could slow or the economy rather than boost it. as with measures that oppose

sophie kamaruddin.hie: barclays is increasing the size of the stakes it is selling in its south african unit to raise 2.9 billion dollars. the london-based lender is offloading 285.7 million shares of barclays africa equal to a 33.7% stake create it has plan to sell a 22% stake as part of a plan to shrink operations and bolster capital. and agreeing to sell nonperforming loans with a value of 2 million euros. according to two people with knowledge, the sale was in line with the net assets and has no significant impact on the italian banks capital ratios. mitsubishi motors may have to abandon one of its best-known models as it tries to recover scandal.el economy speaking as closely to bloomberg, the carmakers ceo says he plans to increase spending on r&d well considering whether to keep making the likes of the pajero suv. >> whether we continue with the model depends on whether there is a market for such a vehicle. we need to decide if it is worth investing a huge amount of money and human resources to p

sophie.rs facing the same slowdown in activity that's dragging revenue across investment bank this is quarter. they said, quote, we're right in line with what others have said. he was referring to earlier remarks from j.p. morgan executives who indicated second quarter trading revenue will all by at least 10%. manus: thank you very much, sophie. good morning. >> good morning, maus. this chart pretty much -- manus. this chart pretty much sums it up. this is the asia-pacific index trading at its highest level records in&p 500 hit the session. as you're seing the nikkei move higher, you're seing the yen weaken. dollar yen up on dollar yen generally a move toward risk assets and away from havens. the dollar is holding on to gains triggered by the a.d.p. report, looking ahead to jobs data today as well. i showed this chart yesterday, the 10-year yield versus the bloomberg dollar index. i am bringing it up again because yesterday some were arguing this gap meant dollar losses might moderate. today

let us see how the asian markets are shaping up with sophie kamaruddin.h we have a gloomy day outside in hong kong, it looks like asian stocks are looking fairly up the this mine with japanese stocks leading the charge in the region following the latest japan trade data, confirming the economy is chugging along despite a slightly lower export growth we saw from a. .4%.ikkei 225 up asian currencies also on the front with the kiwi dollar and korean won leading gains with asian stocks moving upward, they have been rising in a tight upward channel since december. if they can sustain this see the original benchmarks surpassed the 2015 high from the start here. let us check in on what is going on in sydney. putting the asx 200 on course for a second straight day of gains. utilities and financeading the advance. consumer cycles falling over 1%. woolworths and was farmers -- west farmers following their counterparts after amazons megadeal to buy a whole foods -- to buy whole foods. giantn the wake of the confirming it is no longer looking to take over i nomura re

here is sophie kamaruddin. sophie: we do have asian stocks lower by .33%.okyo despite a disappointing first-quarter gdp read, calling into question the gd -- the sustainability of the recovery. closerseeing the yen at to 110, providing support for the nikkei 225, up about .1%. thanks, exporters leading the charge, financials up about .7% today. we have got to keep in mind the first quarter gdp is the fifth quarter of expansion for japan. taking a look at some of the stock for our viewers. tdktronics component maker today adding 4% and over 11 points to the nikkei 225. we have volumes at doubled up 30 day average for the stock. it was raised to a buy at city. shares trading at the highest level since august 2008, oasis management saying the stock has an upside potential of 49%, pointing out good corporate governance at the company. toshiba climbing for a third day as it tussles with western digital. take a look at what is happening in seoul. we have the kospi deepening the days losses, down about .33%, set for a third day of declines. energy stocks, the bigg

let's go to sophie. in sydney continuing to see weakness, down about a 10th of a percent. property stocks, energy players falling along with financials then the downgrading for lenders. i'm we look elsewhere, we have heard some lines from the pboc governor speaking at a gathering in shanghai addressing financial reform, saying it is a global issue. top officials from china's top regulators will be speaking in shanghai. with that, we have the shanghai, adding to monday's gains, up about 2/10 of a percent. the hang seng is climbing for a third straight day. this is ahead of the msci decision, hotly anticipated. wait to hear whether this will be the fourth time lucky, here is something to look at. the fortunes of the chinese 10 year yield is in the blue line, could serve as a hint of the direction the msci china index could take. that is the line in white. you can see a correlation. keeping an eye on onshore gauge, denominated in hong kong dollars. when it comes to the impact of ,he msci's decision on the y

>>reporter: maria said sophie and her father were not wearing life jackets. her dad was an experienced swimmer and pulled sophie to the top. >> a jet skier came and saved him. >>reporter: the father never made it out. the water, 50 feet deep with over grown weeds. the body wasn't found until 8 days later. >> they said he wasn't alive anymore. >>> maria bravely spoke. now the river hasn'ts her family. >> we don't want to go back in the water anymore. it's a bad memory for us now. we can't bring him back. >>reporter: this is the last photo taken by the family. >> he was always a good dad. he worked hard for us. he didn't give up on his job. he worked construction. if he had to stay extra he did it for us so we could have fun on the weekends. i really appreciate what he did for us. >> the family created an go fund me account for funeral expenses. many would like to bury him in his homeland she would like him to stay here. >> if we bury him here i can see him every day. >>> tough new gun laws are about to go in effect in california. it will make millions of firea

we met sophie, one of her school friendslj have sophie, one of her school friends.” have a friend calledr dead or in hospital or something. the grief is very public as some received terrible news. but with the grief, a truly heartwarming response. everyone seemed to be carrying bags and boxes of water, food and bedding. churches, mosques and community centres inundated with people wanting to help. everybody here is a volunteer. none of us know each other. we just got stuck in and it has been fantastic. real community spirit. it has been good. this was a spontaneous response but as the day wore on a sense of anger that the local authority was nowhere to be seen. it isjust the community doing it by themselves. we are co—ordinating it ourselves. doing it by themselves. we are co-ordinating it ourselves. there is growing anger as well about the fire, anger that poor people in a council owned block could have perished and anger that warnings we re perished and anger that warnings were ignored. i don't care what anyone says. there is no way that that fired should spread that quickly on a newly

welcome to sophie and komi sophie shevardnadze and like much of the world the e.u. is going through turbulent times massive immigration. security threats rocking the very foundation of the union while the link with the common challenges bring the e.u. closer together or ultimately tear it apart. and we're here add to your reign him media for us to not to discuss this and much more with the former commission president. bush and the rise of euro skepticism scaring european politicians into promises of reform while the job. it's our new relations with the west is making brussels think about a tighter union in europe but with so many different voices inside the bloc really biggest single directions will forward it how will the powerhouses of the union bring the newer member states in line with the powerful stronger integration lead the e.u. to new horizons or the complete breakup. plus one hundred virus so it's really great to have you on our show today welcome to pleasure so that. when what's going on in european union right now i met quite a lot of european politician

sophie raworth, chatting about the dup and tim farron while standing in front of a burning tower blockably containing the charred corpses of people's loved ones. how has it come to this? a channel should pool resources, share footage, not send the main presenter. and if you must, have the basic respect and human decency to not treat it like a chat back on a studio sofa. thank you for all of your thoughts on the issues arising out of the coverage of the grenfell tower fire. we may well be discussing them with the bbc news editor next week. it's been a week since the general election results and its implications are still unclear. last friday political editor laura kuenssberg reflected on what was widely considered to be something of a political earthquake. what was surprised at the start... and what we're saying is the conservatives are the largest party, note they don't have an overall majority at this stage. gradually, seat after seat was glorious shock for labour. loss after loss for the conservatives. images of cheering labour politicians and supporters, and of disappointed or angry

explain what is happening where you are, sophie. can see london bridge behind me, it is closed, the buses on its stationery. on the banks of the river thames, it is calm, it is peaceful today, the opposite of the scenes here 15 hours ago. just after ten o'clock last night the attackers drove their van across the bridge, ploughing into pedestrians. they then abandoned their vehicle, run down the road, attacked people in bars and restau ra nts, attacked people in bars and restaurants, stabbing them at random. the police investigation is ongoing today, there is a large area still cordoned off. what is crucial for them is to find out who those men were and whether they were acting as part of a wider circle. for people who don't know borough market, it is a real foodie for people who don't know borough market, it is a realfoodie haven, it attracts tourists from all over the world, but it is also a place loved by locals. i have been speaking to many of them today, some of whom were caught up in the carnage. they have talked about the pani

here is sophie.he dusting off the tech route, limited impact in the market sanguine about the upcoming fed decision, but the dollar helping support asian currencies, led by the korean won, snapping a three day drop. treasuries are keeping steady. market volatility has tumbled to a four-year low. a ship, retail sales, factory output, and fixed asset investment out of china in an hour. aussie shares climbing ahead of that. south korea, and improvement in the jobless rate to 3.6%, so the kospi is set for a new record. up .2%. oil the biggest casualty of the , crude trading just below $46 a barrel. brent also on the back foot, down .9%. ,ake a look at sovereign cds falling across the board. stocks and wellington on the up despite that current account balance missing estimates this morning, and the nikkei 2250.4%, closer -- nikkei 225 up .4%. ahead of the china open, i want to show this chart, #31. we will hear from msci on whether on sure chinese stocks will be added to global indices after denied three

let's get it over to sophie for shanghai and hong kong. sophie: we are seeing chinese stocks on the back foot. sx 300 game. weakness once more. hung saying down .2% -- hang seng down .2%. is rebound in energy prices helping oil players in sydney, trading higher by .4%. helping to also support gains across the region here. take a look at the currency drop, the yuan snapping a .3%, and the yen trading at 111.14. the yuan steady after the pboc said the daily fix slightly weaker. asian bonds looking mixed as treasury yields tick slightly lower. as our mliv opines, the bearish turn is not enough to bring back global deflation. that could provide some and the test for stocks. industrial metals in white outperforming. i want to pull up some market ,overs this morning, tencent rising over 1% after a drop on wednesday. as kate telecom gaining 3.5%, the most in three months, after samsung security said the stock is undervalued given it is the biggest shareholder in sk hynix. rishaad: thank you very much indeed. let's get over to paul allen in sydney

shanghai and hong kong open, let's get to sophie kamaruddin, the aussie dollar and its move as well. sophie: chinese stocks adding to that picture, the shanghai composite extending wednesday's drop, down .1%, headed for a weekly decline, but chinese stocks on course of snapping three months of losses. 1%hong kong, shares are down , halting a two day prize. the question we are posing after the fed rate hike is what will the pboc do? there deleveraging campaign is making headway. today, the pboc strengthening the yuan daily fix the strongest since no camber. -- since november. goldman's sees medium-term stability for the yuan. , closer look at the hang seng falling over 1%, consumer discretionary stocks falling almost 2%, and real estate on the back foot. the hong kong monetary authority is urging homebuyers to consider risks after the fed rate hike. we had hong kong follow the fed when it came to that move. steps will be taken the property market risks continue. they have been grappling with escalating home prices in hong kong. certainly, yeah, yeah, quite a political and social issue

sophie kamaruddin has more. the fed markets having more time to digest yellen and company, so treasuries easing gains, but asian bonds maintaining that rally after the u.s. 10 year yield dropped the most in a month overnight. u.s. futures signaling a softer open, and asian equity markets looking like a mixed picture. aussie shares are deepening losses, miners and energy companies dragging the most in sydney, sending the asx down .9% as crude falls below $45 a barrel adding to that 3.7% drop in the new york session. we'll has lost nearly 8% this month. resources stocks are also laggards, but korean shares are keeping the kospi afloat when it comes to the tech industry. , a gaining to the kospi of .1% this morning, shrugging off that tech tumble on wall street. the korean won leading asian currencies higher as the dollar could test a new low. the offshore yuan looking steady. the medium stability is in the offing. we are waiting to see what the pboc may given that the fed has raised rates. some movers this morning

sophie: let's focus on the reaction to the aussie data. is coming out for the aussie dollar. you can see that spike following that gdp update. just to recap, the estimate was 4.3% quarter on quarter rise, in line with that forecast. on its standing pat policy rate, slugging off the slowing growth in the australian economy. in the equity markets, the asx 200 down .1%, falling for a second straight day. taking a look at the open in shanghai, a marginal drop their, but shen shen little changed. we do have a rise of .2% on the hang seng. ke shareve china van suspend and. -- suspended. we also have the fix for the yuan coming in stronger at 6.7 858. saying that is key to the ongoing rally given its recent stability. at aacake a look technologies, up 8%. short sellerthe that spark its tumble says it plans to address the points raised on tuesday. that same day we had another short seller, anonymous analytics, issuing a rare buy , and theation for aac stock could rally 36% from its last official close. we have muddy waters on the radar looking to

here is sophie kamaruddin.de we saw overnight in oil is easing, crude up .3% trading at the 42 spot 66, helping ng shares in sydney, which is helping the benchmark snap etude a drop. miners -- snap a two day drop. miners also gaining as metals like copper are on the up. gold is rising for a second day at $12.50 an ounce. stocks are bucking the regional trend we are seeing as pharma and medical equipment players are rising in seoul and tokyo. u.s.rump bump we saw in biotech stocks perhaps translating into the asian session. telco and ip stocks are also gainers in tokyo. the energy sector in japan under pressure, down about .6%. the rebound in oil not translating just yet. japanese small mid-caps have been on a tear, climbing to new records this year, up 18% year-to-date compared to 6% and the topix. that is the line in blue. we just deck has risen for five years straight. says&p see nico analyst the market is not yet look overheated with the pe only has 17 times. as nbc has changed its overweight call on the sec

let's get it straight to sophie kamaruddin and a positive trading day. sophie: so far. the asx 200 come up .1%. consumer discretionary stocks on the rise, consumer staples still falling over 1%. as paul mentioned, retail sales figures exceeding estimates for the month of april. turning to the market open in shanghai, stocks there snapping a three-day gain ahead of the caixin manufacturing pmi out in the next 15 minutes. on the hang seng, resuming gains for an eighth day. hong kong stocks ending may with a fifth month of gains, the longest winning streak since 2013, one of asia's best performers, so extending the lead over the shanghai composite. the rally in tech in financial stocks helping that advance. says investorsal are expecting housing to outperform. the pboc setting the daily yuan , the strongest since january 6, and the strongest since november 10. rised see the onshore yuan past its 200 day moving average for the first time since the august 2015 the violation, but this jump may not imply a broader market impact. from the regression analysis on your terminal, l

right.: let's get to the reaction and a market check with sophie. we are checking what's going on in sydney following business condition updates. for a thirdl rising day, adding 6/10 of a percent this tuesday. elsewhere, gains when it comes -- kospi.the cost be the nikkei is marginally lower. in shanghai, the shanghai, extending a drop for a third day. there are signs u.s. investors are turning more bearish on china. perhaps that is weighing on mainland markets. the hang seng gaining 4/10 of a percent, extending its gain for a second day after a two-day drop. we are seeing mainland buying of hong kong shares cooling, given that strengthening of the yuan of late. we did have the hang seng's leading by the most in two months on monday. taking a look at what's going on when it comes to sectors in the region, haidi, earlier in the show you were talking about value trading emerging in asia. here, asolidifying energy and finance lead gainers in the region, whereas the slide nit shares has certainly subsided. just marginal losses for the i.t. sector. let's

over to sophie. sophie: tepid is one way to put it.take a look at the percent change column on the function of the terminal, it is pretty much bleeding. asx 200 still continuing to fall over 1% following the bop update that you just providing -- provided. falling, japan also nikkei 225 falling over half a percent. not a lot of bright spots to be seen in asia. we have the shanghai markets and shenzhen as well, hong kong coming online. we have stocks in shanghai falling for a second day along with hong kong equities falling around 8/10 of a percent. this morning we got the pboc said the daily you want to fix a 6.7934.hanged at industry and focus in chinese stocks is the auto space, given regulators on the mainland are looking to adjust the elected vehicle policy. let's pull it up on the board, one stock here. it has been trading in hong kong pending inside information announcement. around 3.6% at monday's closing. it focuses on selling mid and high end ranted cars -- branded cars. turninge in the region, to our attention in singapore. no

let's get to sophie kamaruddin.e paris agreement, aheads have vowed to push after president trump pulled out of the agreement. others, italy, and signed of letter saying they will not renegotiate. theresa may expressed her disappointment to trump. the trump administration has asked the u.s. supreme court to immediately reinstate its travel ban. the initiative is before the nation's highest court, bringing the justices into a claim that the president is abusing minorities. james comey will testify before the senate intelligence as theee on june 8 russia investigation moves onto the public stage. he will him. appear in an open session. global news, 24 hours a day, powered by more than 2600 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. this is bloomberg. thanks very much. let's get back to russia and the international forum where erik schatzker is standing by. he spoke with bob dudley about the impact of the opec deal to expand production cuts. >> it is an unprecedented agreement. the cuts could allow countries

let's get the business flash from sophie who is standing by.st 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 nonperforming loans, according to two people would knowledge of the matter, the cell was in line with the netbook value of the assets and has no significant impact on the italian banks capital ratio. mitsubishi motors may have to abandon one of its best-known models as it tries to recover from a fuel economy scandal. beginning exclusively to bloomberg, the ceo said he plans to increase spending on r&d while considering whether to keep making the likes of the pajero suv. >> whether we continue with the model depends on whether there is a market for such a vehicle. we need to decide if it's worth investing a huge amount of money and human resources to prioritize its d

sophie arrived in 2015. igot more olympics. sophie arrived in 2015.ho was a different performance director to the one that was supportive. i asked what funding i would be able to go on to because i have got the mortgage to pay. the apa would not be able to cover those costs. i opted to retire from the programme. double world champion helenjenkins is amongst several triathletes to choose 2017 to start a family. british triathlon have something on the website, it is key that you will have to make a decision within the first three munns. i was not aware of that. i is open to the staff rather than the website. there is good communication open. you come to me and work out a plan that allows her to return to training in the appropriately whilst maintaining a family life. as long as we conceded his progress to delivering at the competition, we are supportive of how they do it. it is seen as something that athletes can do and then come back. it should not be a headline to have a baby then come back to competing. sarah is a new mum and is an example of what ca

maria and her 5-year-old sister sophie were fishing and swimming. but when the waters turned choppy from boats and jet skis, marie's watcher her father's kayak flip on top of them. >> i don't want to believe it. i really don't. [ crying ] >> reporter: she said sophie and her father were not wearing life jackets, but her dad was an experienced swimmer, and pulled sophie to the surface. a jet skier came by to help. >> the jet key came and he got my sister and my uncle told him, told the person, save my brother too. >> reporter: but officials say the the current is known for sucking people under, and the water, 50 feet deep with overgrown weeds. the body want found 8.5 hours later. >> they say he wasn't alive anymore. >> reporter: marie's mother was too distraught to talk to us, but maria bravely spoke. she said now, the river haunts her family. >> we don't want to go back to the water no more. a bad memory for us. i can't bring him back. >> reporter: this is the last photo taken of the family and her uncle. at an ice cream shop near the river. >> he h

let's get the latest with sophie kamaruddin.uestion whether the new k to 25 could power ahead given the performance to push it above 20,000 -- nikkei 225 could power ahead given the performance to 20,000.above to with the benchmark still above 20,000, japanese stocks still on a roll this year, but goldman sachs says it is getting harder for u.s. clients to get excited despite dollar returns outpacing what we see for u.s. stocks. investors remaining under way japan. with the labor squeeze ramping up, that could be seen as a megatrend for investments in the long run. taking a look at the kospi swinging between gains and losses after powering to a new high on friday. we do have health care and consumer discretionary stocks on the uptick. we did get south korea announcing additional fiscal stimulus measures with plans to add $10 billion to the budget to create 86,000 jobs. kospi and the won our an example of a double whammy trade, outperforming equities, outpacing the u.s., europe, and japan. stock that is capturing the story, samsu

sophie raworth, chatting about the dup and tim farron while standing in front of a burning tower block containing the charred corpses of people's loved ones. how has it come to this? a channel should pool resources, share footage, not send the main presenter. and if you must, have the basic respect and human decency to not treat it like a chat back on a studio sofa. thank you for all of your thoughts on the issues arising out of the coverage of the grenfell tower fire. we may well be discussing them with the bbc news editor next week. it's been a week since the general election results and its implications are still unclear. last friday political editor laura kuenssberg reflected on what was widely considered to be something of a political earthquake. what was surprised at the start... and what we're saying is the conservatives are the largest party, note they don't have an overall majority at this stage. gradually, seat after seat, was glorious shock for labour. loss after loss for the conservatives. images of cheering labour politicians and supporters, and of disappointed or angry co

welcome to sophie and kill me sophie shevardnadze nato joining the global fight against islamic state but what's the actual plan behind the bold declaration.

well welcome to sophie and komi sophie shevardnadze nato is joining the global fight against islamic state but what's to action plan behind the bold declaration. of the military alliance be able to reinvent itself in the face of changing threats to talk about this and war we're joined by a former deputy secretary general of nato i sounded on when you thought it so. isolationists schools appear to be damaging to you. as europe is criticized by the u.s. president for failing to show financial commitment to the long decades old alliance is now feeling the pressure with the e.u. seemingly ready to take its security into its own hands in a few radical european army replace them waits on the transatlantic alliance is the current disagreement just a passing cloud or will it be the catalyst of an unraveling of seventy years of western. sound that will mean the former deputy secretary general of nato welcome to the show it's really great to have you with us now sir at the latest nato summit startled strong scald its alliance members for not pulling their weight financially in fact if they eff

sophie hutchinson, bbc news.benefit from taking an existing treatment much earlier. cancer research uk found that combining the drug abiratarone with another drug used in the initial phase of hormone therapy cuts the risk of dying by nearly a0 %. abiratarone is normally used when other hormone treatments have failed. earlier we spoke to dr aine mccarthy — senior science information officer at cancer research uk, and she told us more about the research this was a men with high risk of their cancer spreading of whom were at risk of having their treatment may be not work as well. we looked in this group and found that when they combined the normal treatment, where they reduce hormones, and combine that with the other drug, it greatly improved survival compared to just the hormone therapy on its own. some breaking news to bring you: we are getting reports via reuters that police are attending an incident at london bridge in central london. we understand the officers are armed, and there is a report to suggest that lo

sophie hutchinson, bbc news.ed survival rates by more than a third. cancer research uk — which organised the trial — believes the findings could transform the treatment what the research has looked at was, could this drug be used to treat women who have an advanced stage of ovarian cancer? women for whom there are no other treatment options. any research which find and identifies potential new treatment for cancer, particularly when it is in the later stages, certainly is something to be excited about. the researchers themselves say, however, we need to be cautious because it was a very small scale trial. how does it work and why does it work? what‘s so special about this drug? what the research has found was that this drug can mimic how another molecule gets into cancer cells, and when it gets in there it damages the dna so much that the cells can‘t grow and they can‘t replicate and make copies of themselves. essentially it kills the cancer cells. why was the trial group so small? it is only 15 women. the trial

sophie hutchinson, bbc news. benefit from taking an existing treatment much earlier. cancer research uk found that combining the drug abiratarone with another drug used in the initial phase of hormone therapy cuts the risk of dying by nearly forty per cent. abiratarone is normally used when other hormone treatments have failed. the researchers looked at a group of men who have what we call high risk prostate cancer, some men who aren at risk of the cancer spreading or who are at risk of having their treatment may be not work as well. they looked in this group of men and found that when they combined the normal treatments, where they reduce hormones, combined with another drug, it greatly improved survival compared to just the hormone therapy on its own. that was the senior science information officer at cancer research uk. statins — which are usually prescribed to lower cholesterol — could help reduce the risk of dying from breast cancer by 27 percent, according to a new study. scientists in china who analysed re

sophie hutchinson, bbc news.to create an automatic compensation system for passengers affected by serious flight delays and cancellations. it comes a week after a major it failure caused hundreds of the airline's flights to be grounded. the images of the week from ba. passengers waiting for flights, some of which ended up being cancelled. the compensation bill could exceed £100 million for the airline. ba says it will treat customers fairly and refund legitimate expenses but consumer advocates say that is not enough. in a letter to the chief executive it says compensation should be automatic for passengers out of pocket. they should not have to apply directly to airlines for a refund. an automated system would save time and money for ba as well as prevent companies from making profit from misery of others. people are entitled to money but they are not given it automatically. passengers are often not realising what they are entitled to. the airlines can pay compensation because they know what flight you were on an

a welcome to sophie and komi sophie shevardnadze nato joining the global fight against islamic state but what's to actually plan behind the bold declaration. of the military alliance be able to reinvent itself in the face of changing threats to talk about this and war we're joined by former deputy secretary general of nato don when you thought. isolation is schools appear to be. as europe is criticized by the u.s. president for failing to show financial commitment to the block. is now feeling the pressure. to take its security. european army replacing the transatlantic alliance is the current disagreement just a passing cloud or will it be the catalyst of an unraveling of seventy years of western. sound it'll mean the former secretary general of nato welcome to the show it's really great to have you with us now sir at the latest nato summit startles truong scalded alliance members for not. pulling their weight financially effective be effectively for not contributing two percent of their g.d.p. to defense but since it's the united states that will see most influence in the alliance i

sophie hutchinson, bbc news.new combination of hormone therapies, for prostate cancer. they say it has increased survival rates by more than a third. earlier i spoke to our health reporterjenny walrond about both these developments, but started by asking her about the potential new treatment for ovarian cancer. it doesn't have a proper name yet because it is such early stages. though it is a remarkable results, it is important to remember how early they are. 0nly it is important to remember how early they are. only 15 women have had this treatment. they have a long way to go. they have got to be assured it is safe and they have to be assured they can replicate those results in a larger trial and will not be available on the nhs any time soon. i understand they are testing with the safety of the drug and came away with these results. two drugs well—known to the cancer fighting community in the fight against prostrate cancer, tell us more about this? there is a long-running trial being funded by cancer research uk

a welcome to sophie and komi sophie shevardnadze nato is joining the global fight against islamic state but what's to actual play and behind the bold declaration. well the military alliance be able to reinvent itself in the face of changing threats to talk about this and war we're joined by a former deputy secretary general of nato i listened on when you thought it so. isolationist schools appear to be damaging the unity of nato as europe is criticized by the us president for failing to show financial commitment to the long decades old alliance is now feeling the pressure with the e.u. see. be ready to take it security into its own hands in a few radical european army replace them waits on the transatlantic alliance is the current disagreement just a passing cloud or will it be the catalyst of an unraveling of seventy years of western union. sound it'll mean the former deputy secretary general of nato welcome to the show it's really great to have you with us now sir at the latest nato summit startled chong scalded alliance members for not pulling their weight financially effective be ef

sophie hutchinson, bbc news.hich are usually prescribed to lower cholesterol — could help reduce the risk of dying from breast cancer by 27%, according to a new study. scientists in china who analysed research involving 200,000 women, found patients who took the drug were less likely to see their cancer return. charities have welcomed the news but say more clinical trials are needed. the consumer group which is calling on british airways to create an automatic compensation system for passengers affected by serious flight delays and cancellations. it comes a week after a major it failure caused hundreds of the airline's flights to be grounded. the images of the week from ba. passengers waiting for flights, some of which ended up being cancelled. the compensation bill could exceed £100 million for the airline. ba says it will treat customers fairly and refund legitimate expenses but consumer advocates say that is not enough. in a letter to the chief executive it says compensation should be automatic for passengers

let's get it over to sophie for shanghai and hong kong.eing chinese stocks on the back foot. sx 300 game. weakness once more. hung saying down .2% -- hang seng down .2%. is rebound in energy prices helping oil players in sydney, trading higher by .4%. helping to also support gains across the region here.

sophie: we did see the yen holding gains.ture when it comes to japanese markets, closing out the morning session, the nikkei 225 up .1%, while the topix is on the back foot here. the gauge of small caps in japan is set for its highest close on record. there is a question between the correlation between the yen and japanese stocks being tested. we do have a hung saying reversing earlier gains, down 2015falling away from a high. h-shares also on the decline with the shanghai composite. on the china market front, morgan stanley raising its 12 month forecast for the msci china index, as well as hong kong stocks, citing that stronger yuan. morgan stanley sing the climbing to 28,000 by the year end. they also see the h-sure gauge rising to 11,600, so the preference for banks and telcos relative to utilities. we do have utilities on the back foot, down .5% along with industrial banking stocks, down .3%, but property stocks on the rise come up .2%. we do have the hong kong government saying prices in ,pril exceeded the 1997 peak 89%.

back to you, sophie.tities of the three men who killed seven people and left many more critically injured. that's all from the bbc news at one so it's goodbye from me, good afternoon, i'm will perry with the latest from the bbc sport's centre. we'll start with tennis because andy murray is on the verge of booking his place in the quarter finals of the french open. the world number one is dominating the unseeded 21—year old russian karen khachanov. murray comfortably took the first set 6—3. he had a brief wobble when he was broken in the second set, but still went on to take it 6—4. murray should wrap things up as he's currently leading the third set 5—4. he'll face either kei nishikori or fernando verdasco next. let's go over now to new scotland yard where a statement is being made by commander mak chishty with religious and community leaders. a different direction, and a different movement to counter the scourge different movement to counter the scourge of terrorism and hatred that we have in our neighbo

sophie hutchinson, bbc news.the new exterior cladding that was put on this 19705 tower block just last year as part of a £10 million refurbishment. but there are still many questions outstanding for the local authority, builders, and subcontractors, as well as the company that managed the tower. simon gompertz reports on the investigations that will take place into the causes of the fire. there are still so much unclear, evidence perhaps destroyed in the fire, which is no subject to what is bound to be a lengthy investigation and public inquiry, but some worrying claims are emerging. firstly, that the sort of cladding that may have been used at grenfell tower, the polyethylene inside it not being fireproof enough, is banned in high—rise buildings in other countries included the united states. polyethylene as a material is used as the core of certain composite panels and it does have the ability to burn. having said that, the panels on this building, we don't yet know precisely what the make—up was. if they includ

sophie hutchinson, bbc news.six, our top story this evening. the deal with the dup is done, theresa may get backing for her minority government. and still to come, how many hours' sleep do you get a night, and what effect does it have on you? coming up in sportsday on bbc news — heather watson makes an excellent start to the week at eastbourne — the british no 3 beat the fourth seed, dominika cibulkova, in straight sets to reach theresa may has reassured the more than three million eu nationals living in britain that they will not be forced to leave the country after brexit. the prime minister said eu citizens legally in the uk would have what she called "settled status" — enjoying all the rights of uk citizens except the right to vote in general elections. but as our political correspondent vicki young reports — the offer depends on british citizens living in the eu being given the same status. theresa may says she is giving reassurance and certainty. is your offer to eu nationals good enough? allaying the anxie

sophie hutchinson, bbc news.r cholesterol, could help reduce the risk of dying from breast cancer by 27 per cent, according to a new study. scientists in china who analysed research involving 200,000 women, found patients who took the drug were less likely to see their cancer return. charities have welcomed the news but say more clinical trials are needed. at least ten people have been reported killed following explosions at a funeral in the afghan capital kabul. it follows a huge bomb on wednesday in which 90 people were killed, and violent clashes yesterday. the bbc‘s secunder kermani is in afghan capital. -- is in —— is in the afghan capital, kabul 's. the blast took place at a cemetery where a young man killed in clashes with police was being buried. he was the son of a prominent local politician who had been taking place in a protest against the deteriorating security situation in afghanistan following that large suicide attack in kabul earlier this week in which 90 people we re earlier this week in which 90

sophie hutchinson, bbc news. 200,000 women, found patients who took the drug were less likely to see their cancer return. charities have welcomed the news but say more clinical trials are needed. the consumer group which is calling on british airways to create an automatic compensation system for passengers affected by serious flight delays and cancellations. it comes a week after a major it failure caused hundreds of the airline‘s flights to be grounded. the company says it has already taken steps to process claims as speedily as possible. meanwhile, british airways cabin crew have voted for four more days of strike action starting onjune 16th. back to the election now — and in northern ireland next week‘s vote will make the fourth time voters have gone to the polls in 13 months. butjust how much does identity shape the vote? people‘s backgrounds have a major impact on the politics and that is true everywhere but perhaps more true everywhere but perhaps more true here than anywhere else. true everywhere but perh

sophie, this is unquestionably a setback for nicola sturgeon.ry clear timetable for an independence referendum between autumn next year and spring 2019, before brexit. after losing 21 mps in the general election, she has had to shelve that plan, saying that she has listened to the voters and reflected in the election result. nicola sturgeon may not look like a woman thwarted, but she cannot now march ahead with her plans for an independence referendum — admitting today, voters have rejected that idea and she has had to think again. having listened and reflected, the scottish government will reset the plan i set out on march 13th. we will not seek to introduce the legislation for an independence referendum immediately. instead, we will, in good faith, redouble our efforts and put our shoulder to the wheel in seeking to influence the brexit talks in a way that protects scotland's interests. we will seek to build... she wants to keep open the option of a referendum after the brexit deal is clear. the tories want her to abandon her plans completely.

sophie hutchinson, bbc news.new combination of hormonal therapies for prostate cancer. they say it has increased survival rates by more than a third. cancer research uk, who run the trial, believes it could transform the treatment of the disease. with me to discuss both these developments in cancer research is our health reporterjenny walrond. this is pretty exciting. let's start off with the ovarian developments. it isa off with the ovarian developments. it is a drug called oh nx —— 0801, very specific because it targets cancer cells. tell us more about it. it reduces the typical side—effects you get with chemotherapy which don't necessarily target those cells as well, but as you said, it has a strange name, it doesn't have a proper name yet because it is such early stages. although it is remarkable result, it is important to rememberjust remarkable result, it is important to remember just how remarkable result, it is important to rememberjust how early they are. only 15 women have had this treatment so they hav

sophie hutchinson, bbc news. now from salford by florence wilks, who has ovarian cancer. thank you very much for being with us on thank you very much for being with us on bbc news. let me ask you first of all what was your reaction when you heard about the trial and the results ? you heard about the trial and the results? i think it sounds so exciting because we need further advancesin exciting because we need further advances in treatment for women with advanced ovarian cancer. i have had four lines of chemotherapy and two major surgeries and i can tell you chemotherapy is very, very you have to. one of the great things about this new drug is it's targeted and the side—effects are less than traditional treatments, which is very harsh. what has the impact of the ovarian cancer you are dealing with been on your life in terms of the disruption of day—to—day life with the treatments you have had to put up with? my life's been totally devastated op one hand, the treatment is very, very harsh. my life's been turned do

let's get it over to sophie to take a look at this mood on friday. sophie: happy friday.looks like that is the case for asian markets, trump pulling the u.s. out of the paris climate pact not raining on the parade. the focus on the jobs report out of the united states, the private number better than forecast ahead of the official data on friday. the nikkei 225 topping 20,000 for the first time since heading 2015, the topix for its best weekend five. the rally and global stocks unabated, up 10% year to date. we morgan stanley ceo said should not be surprised by these fresh records. we did have first quarter, the final read on first quarter gdp out of south korea, revised fastest1.1 percent, the pace of growth since the third quarter in 2015, so the kospi up .9%. led byussie shares up i.t. and telcos stocks. in the currencies base, the ofus is on the yuan ahead the daily fix by the pboc, the offshore rate looking weaker after rising. funding costs remain elevated, , the hibor will behind on the radar today. the yen around session highs as the greenback is holding onto gains