. >> sophie was living a bit of a secret life?> initially, yes. but it wasn't too long before it -- you know, it all came out. >> reporter: sandra milon, a close friend of sophie's husband, was living in france when she heard about the affair. >> i was sad. you know, my friend was really going through a terrible time and i was so far away. >> reporter: sandra met tony tung when she was living in new york back in the 80's. she says when tony first met sophie, he fell hard. >> they were a beautiful couple. i was very happy for them and i. and then sophie being french, so that was great. >> reporter: all she knew. sophie had the career, an important job in finance with an tony stayed home with the kids. he served as president of the pta at their school. >> did tony share with you the joys of being a dad? >> yeah, 'cause we talked about it all the time. he was so much full of love for his girls and since he was the one raising them, he was there >> yeah. >> reporter: once the girls were older, tony wanted to work, too. so, with sophie

it starts here and ends here. >> sophy, you're from france. so what made you acquire a burial plot in california? >> i lived here for six months maybe, and i started to make photos because i rented a house of a foeltographer and she had a little dark room. so i started to use the dark room. and i came in the graveyard because i like grave yards. so my first photos that became my first work ever happened here in this graveyard. in the way the beginning of my professional life. so i thought it was a good enough reason since the beginning, toened it here. >> why are you so interested in death, sophy? >> i don't know. you know, it's not death. it's about subject which are about absent, messing someone that goes, somebody that dies, what's taken away and what's left. when things go away, you don't take photos of your own happiness in a way. once in my life when i thought i hadn't been as happy, i took a photo of a spot where i was. and then i spoke with a photographer and he said actually you didn't suffer that much because you thought of taking th

get the first word headlines with sophie kamaruddin. sophie: thanks. president trump's son-in-law, jared kushner, has denied improper contact with russian officials during the campaign. the senior white house adviser spent 2.5 hours answering questions on closed doors. after the meeting, he reaffirmed his stance that he did not act of impropriety during the campaign or transition period. >> i did not collude with russia, nor do i know of anyone else in the campaign who did so. i had no improper contacts. i have not relied on russian funds for my businesses. and i have been fully transparent in providing all requested information. sophie: turkish president rest that tie up her to one -- end this back dividing them. he finished reading the speech in delhi after visiting saudi arabia and kuwait, urging the parties to end qatar's isolation. one of the demands of the saudi led block is the immediate withdrawal of turkish soldiers. arasa thinks it made accounting errors over losses in the u.s.. it doesn't say where it learned the news, but says the arbiter i

thank you for coming in, sophie walker, leader of the women's equality party. the weather now. many parts of the country have seen thunderstorms but the focus that torrential rain has slipped further north. siliceous downpours during the last half of the afternoon. the showers and storms drifting eastwards through the night. most of the thunder will tend to fade away. turning cooler and fresher by the end of the night. assign a thing to come “— end of the night. assign a thing to come —— a sign of things to come. but brightening and cooler and fresher air returning from the atlantic. rain in the atlantic. particularly out west, belfast, staying cool. further spells of rain at the weekend at times. this is bbc news. the headlines at 7: the government brings forward plans to raise the retirement age to 68 — it means anyone currently aged between 39 and 47 will have to work a year longer. we have to face up the fact that if we live longer we can't expect the state pension age to be static, otherwise the costs just build up and build up. i wouldn't want to work ful

and if sophie has the early—onset gene, she could also have passed it on. it's really scary.e with is the thought that if it happens to me, it could happen to my daughter. that's my big thing, and i don't think i will ever come to terms with that possibility. but what does her 16—year—old daughter think? it's not like a taboo thing to talk about. i know a lot about it. i think it's brought us closer together. we've always been close, but closer, and i thinkjust cherish every day really. families from all over the world who carry rare alzheimer's genes are in london for a major conference, like the demoes, from north dakota. dean has early—onset alzheimer's, but is still able to work full—time. i think i'm doing alright. yeah, ijust live day by day with it, and keep moving on, and i think i'm doing well. two of dean's brothers and a sister died from dementia in their mid—50s. dean is 54. the fear now is for their children. we are here because we don't want to watch another generation have to go through what my husband and his father and his grandmother have gone through. i wor

and if sophie has the early—onset gene, she could also have passed it on. it's really scary.could happen to me but what i can't cope with is the thought that if it happens to me, it could happen to my daughter. that's my big thing and i don't think i will ever come to terms with that possibility. but what does her 16—year—old daughter think? it's not like a taboo thing to talk about. i know a lot about it. i think it's brought us closer together. we've always been close but closer and i thinkjust cherish every day really. families from all over the world who carry rare alzheimer's genes are in london for a major conference. like the demoes from north dakota. dean has early—onset alzheimer's but is still able to work full—time. i think i'm doing all right. yeah, ijust live day by day with it and keep moving on. i think i'm doing well. two of dean's brothers and a sister died from dementia in their mid—50s. dean is 5a. the fear now is for their children. we are here because we don't want to watch another generation have to go through what my husband and his father and his grand

but like sophie, has been tested. but like sophie, has chosen not to know the results.out, it is not only you, it is yourfamily and you find out, it is not only you, it is your family and the repercussions it has on them. both families are pa rt it has on them. both families are part ofan it has on them. both families are part of an international trial testing alzheimer's drugs. sophie has an infusion every month. they are playing a vital role in the search for treatments. from them, we understand the bio markers, the changes in the body that happen so you can see the disease before it causes symptoms. and finally, we hope we can find a treatment that works within that group and therefore we can extrapolate that to therefore we can extrapolate that to the alzheimer's population in general. there is still no drug that can slow the progress of alzheimer's disease. in the past year, two major clinical trials ended in failure. despite that, there is optimism that decades of research will bear fruit. and forfamilies decades of research will bear fruit. and for families with

sophie. months, british and allied troops clashed with german soldiers in what became known as the battle of passchendaele. in the fields around this cemetery, around half a million soldiers — on both sides of the war — were killed, wounded or went missing. as the battle began, torrential rain fell. many soldiers drowned in the mud. their bodies were never found. but the names of many are etched in stone on the walls of this cemetery. robert hall reports. there are few more peaceful places than the gentle slope of tyne cot. today, among its white headstones, families looked back across the years to another big push. the battle we know today as passchendaele would last for over 100 days. we remember it not only for the rain that fell, the mud that weighed down the living and swallowed the dead, but also for the courage and bravery of the men who fought here. tyne cot overlooks the rolling farmland, streams and woods that were once no man's land, a scar of liquid mud and stagnant, stinking crat

here's sophie long.ster lit up to mark 50 years since it enacted the law which partially decriminalised homosexuality. it may have been the beginning of legalisation but it did not stop the arrests. after 1967, pride celebrations became annual events, promoting equality and challenging prejudice. but over the decades, thousands of gay or bisexual men were convicted for behaviour which would not have been a crime if their partner had been a woman. terence stewart says he was wrongly found guilty of soliciting in 1981, 1a years after the act came into effect. the offence remains on his record today and has affected every aspect of his life. i was stopped from choosing particular careers. it also meant if i applied for a mortgage, i could not get a mortgage because that would come into play in an application for a mortgage. so it affected where you lived as well. it had a huge affect on my health and well—being as well. i am very happy to announce that you are now legally husbands. cheering it was not until

well welcome to sophie and co me sophie shevardnadze six months into his term donald trump is already disrupting the existing global order pulling the united states out of the international agreements and jeopardizing partnerships how america's new posturing to fact its role on the world stage well we asked former u.s. governor and x.m. bastard to the united nations bill richardson. from abandoning the climate deal to literally decades old allies drums foreign policies are loosened the ripples across the globe with america party with some of its traditional policies could also ceded starwood role on the world stage who will step up to fill the power vacuum and how will it change the existing world with. governor richardson thanks for being with us today it's a great pleasure to have to be with you so i start with the latest the u.s. has pulled out of the paris climate agreement and the boston globe when one further and saying that it's in an unveiling of the war order so in your opinion how those new world order look like america put its own interests before the global interests world

sophie leggett from suffolk has a 50—50 chance of having inherited a rare gene for alzheimer's.

welcome to sophie and co me sophie shevardnadze two decades of undercover work and long the world's most wanted drug lords and criminals in full trading gangs and hiding out in the jungle like the hill put his live on the line every minute of every day and lives to tell the tale as well where because most experienced anti-drug agencies experience to inside buildings. and colombian cartels first hand so how is an undercover war on drugs played out we're joined today by the former head of international operations for the d.n.a. undercover agent michael the. drugs. those are the traffickers sniffing out drug stashes it would pretty well state these crime syndicates the thrill of the chase may become an addiction for crime fighters is there a way out for those who've done their time on the front line with cartels always finding new ways to smuggle drugs in and immediately taking place of those who are brought to justice is the old some of the few. mike they hail former head of international operations for they did a welcome to the show it's really great to have you with us now mike you have

here's sophie long. westminster lit up to mark 50 years since it enacted the law which partially decriminalised homosexuality. it may have been the beginning of legalisation but it did not stop the arrests. after 1967, pride celebrations became annual events, promoting equality and challenging prejudice. but over the decades, thousands of gay or bisexual men were convicted for behaviour which would not have been a crime if their partner had been a woman. terence stewart says he was wrongly found guilty of soliciting in 1981, 1a years after the act came into effect. the offence remains on his record today and has affected

what a victory for sophie hamlisch, just 20 years old, such disappointment in last year. not surprisingly she was delighted to finally have that major title. i'm not still believing it because the only other international metal i got was a bronze for the 22013 but i'm amazed. i was like the girl virgin ofjonnie peacock but not as good. —— virgin. ofjonnie peacock but not as good. -- virgin. two goals for britain in the evening session but there was also won gold in the morning session from 0livia breen in the long jump. she competed at the rear paralympics last year where she finished 12th, she since then had a rethink she has changed her training base to loughborough with astonishing result because today she set a personal best in the final, 4.81 metres, enough to take the gold medal and 0livia breen delighted because after such disappointment last year, they couldn't be more different here. now what about richard whitehead? unable to make it a double gold following his victory in saturday's 200 metres final. so many people here had come to see richard whitehead, such a

and sophie raworth‘s there for us. sophie...mong the 4,000 guests here at tyne cot for a special ceremony today were descendants of those who fought in the battle of passchendaele. jill barnett‘s father, freddie parsons, was one of those men. he — unlike so many others — survived the war. this afternoon i spoke tojill, who was here with her family for the first time, about her father. we leave you tonight with her reflections as we remember one of the bloodiest battles in human history. good night. it was a wonderful ceremony. i loved every moment of it. i thought it was beautifully done. how much did he talk about what happened? he did say i don't know how i came out alive. it was just diabolical. the rain, the mud. shells raining down on them. men just blown to pieces all around him. it was literally a putrid soup of body parts and rain and mud and everything. it was just awful, i think. and your father also spoke about the horses he went into battle with. one of his horses was fatally wounded in shrapnel or something. and, th

sophie, many thanks for that.nt trump says he's "very disappointed" with china for not doing more to stop north korea's weapons programme. his comments, in a tweet, came after pyongyang launched its second intercontinental ballistic missile in a month, which landed in the sea, off the japanese coast. the north koreans say it's a "stern warning" to washington, that the "entire us mainland" is now within striking distance. from tokyo, rupert wingfield—hayes reports. the unmistakable shape of an american b—1 bomber, sweeping low over south korea this afternoon. this is president trump's pointed response to north korea's latest missile test. it was accompanied by an equally pointed rant on twitter. "i am very disappointed in china", the president tweeted. "they do nothing for us with north korea, just talk. "we will no longer allow this to continue." china today has been showing off its own military might, in a huge parade overseen by president xijinping. he has condemned north korea's launch, but china is not prepare

sophie, thank you.who made and stashed potentially deadly bombs for a dissident republican terror group in northern ireland has been jailed for 18 years. ciaran maxwell, who's now been discharged, led a double life — a proud commando training hard with his brothers—in—arms, while at the same time supplying continuity ira with explosives and ammunition. june kelly reports. soon after he signed up, ciaran maxwell became the enemy within the royal marines. the seemingly proud commando was an opponent of the state in uniform. on facebook, he posted this video of his training exercises, as he was supposedly serving queen and country. in reality, his six—year career was spent servicing the dissident irish republican group the continuity ira, as a bomb maker. he was a very accomplished and sophisticated bomb maker who could have supplied these devices over a long period of time to violent dissident republicans. undoubtedly, i believe that by being caught now, lives have been saved. maxwell came from northern i

sophie hutchinson at the high court.ica's relationship with france is stronger than ever as he attended the bastille day military parade in paris. the parade marked 100 years since the americans entered the first world war, but remembrance events have also been held to remember the 86 people killed in the nice attack one year ago. our paris correspondent, lucy williamson, reports. applause today's events were not about the ties between men but between nations. even so, the growing personal alliance between donald trump and emmanuel macron was on display. they were joined as symbols of their two nations by armed forces from both america and france, beginning with a fly—past from visiting fighterjets. their soldiers led the parade together, in tribute to america's role in world war i. the us is an ally of theirs, sometimes you don't think so, but france is there for us and we are there for them. i did not vote for president trump but he is the president and we are proud to have him here. speaking to crowds in central paris

sophie kamlish, a world champion but you are quite a creative and artistic soul as well.or you. can you show us what you can do was have a few things in front of you here, stadium, orbit, what can you do for us? i might be able to do a bit of the stadium, but not a lot of it because there are a lot of straight lines. straight lines running, not drawing? yeah. 0k. i have always just like drawing, really. if i feel stressed, which is a rare occurrence, i can draw really. if i feel stressed, which is a rare occurrence, i can draw it away, really. lasted, istarted animation at kingston university. it has been full on, because i have been training six times a week and going to university as well. how word you feeling this morning? tired, but overall, happy, and thinking, ami tired, but overall, happy, and thinking, am i the world champion or is this just thinking, am i the world champion or is thisjust a thinking, am i the world champion or is this just a light? what sort of reaction have you had from home and family friends? everyone is pleased and proud. it seems i have lots

. >>> when we come backs, "game of thrones" star, sophie turner was blushing about her boyfriend, joe. next on kron-4 news at eight: a driver shot at ... on an east bay freeway ...what the victim saw just moments before the gunfire. richmond's mayor calls out bart for lack of concern after a man is attacked just outside a station. how bart is responding tonight i'm steve aveson. i'm pam moore. the news -- at eight -- is next. >>> travel consideration provided by -- >>> tomorrow on "e.t." -- ♪ >> or garth brooks exclusive backstage at his first hollywood concert in 21 years. >> it was phenomenal. >> tomorrow. >>> "game of thrones" fever is in epidemic prorgss. >> sophie turner showed up without her boyfriend, joe jonas, but a little while back, she brought him to the premiere, and i want you to watch what happened when she was asked about him. >> is joe rooting for sansa to end up on the iron throne? >> i don't know. i don't know. we don't talk about it. >> we love love. are you blushing? >> oh, god. yeah. or i'm sweaty. i can't tell. >> she wasn't blushing talk to jon snow. now at eig

that's the direction from sophie. discussing,ou were that pop in the aussie dollar, climbing for a third day, but softening somewhat. ,tocks on the mainland in china hong kong opening. the hang seng adding .4%, extending and eight-day rally, but on the mainland, it is ready much flat so far after a two day rise. today, the pboc fix of the yuan slightly weaker. we do have the yuan extending its drop amid speculation that the seven-day advance we saw previously was effective, and as u.s.-china talks get off to a rocky start. ae yuan retreated from nine-month high, and the offshore rate is lower for a second session. for a quick check of what is moving in shanghai, i.t. stocks and health care leading gains, the shanghai composite slightly higher. miners on the back foot, down .3% come the segment that really the shanghaist to composite yesterday, seeing it rise over 1% on wednesday. full up the screen to show you some stocks we are watching in hong kong. after the switch up in the wanda-sunac deal. jumping on was 8% this

here is sophie. sophie: we have chinese stocks on the back foot, down .3%.aging gains, rattling for a 10th straight day. we do have the kospi swinging to gains in the morning session, but elsewhere, losses in sydney, taipei, and tokyo. we had the yuan fix slightly stronger. the yuan down .1% against the dollar. i want to show you some stocks moving. , bydse stocks in hong kong electronics sees a substantial rise in first-half profit, popping almost 8%. sliding 5% after hitting the highest in the year on thursday, snapping a four-day rally. artificial intelligence related stocks in china, flipping the plan tohina has a develop that industry, aiming to grow the sector to $60 billion by 2025. developingnd by do core ai. i want to in the what is going the hang seng, utility stocks leading the gains, up almost 3% today, industrials on with telcos, but i.t. stocks falling over .5% this morning, so a mixed picture when it comes to the session in hong kong, but the hang seng rowing for a 10th straight day. rishaad: nice one, sophie. we keep these two-year highs. tha

let's get it over to sophie for the open.here is a massive financial conclave underway, waiting for details about what that could mean for the deleveraging campaign and who could lead the pboc next. foot,stocks on the back the csi 300 falling .1%. the yuan looking steady with a stronger fix. .2%,ang seng gaining climbing for a fifth straight day, set for the best week in a year. fitch on china, the credit agency of firm china's a plus reading with a stable outlook as gdp looks on track to meet the target of 6.5%, although fitch points out the tight monetary conditions could lead to slower growth, but the latest trade data this week marchrcing the economies higher and putting feel behind the rise of the aussie dollar, up .1%, even in the face of iron and the aussie back above $.77. chart, thehow this aussie dollar could retest the fibonacci resistance, the yellow line here on the chart, a 23.6 retracement of the decline of 2011-2016. there is also a signal of bullish momentum for the aussie dollar. newss are falling on the of

the whole thing's amazing and that's all i can say. >> hold on a second, sophie.ng more goods and sitting down with the cast again in an all new interview. we'll have that for you tomorrow. >> tonight on nbc, there is a new ep said of "america's got talent," and i have a real street for you. a father-son acrobatic team that will blow you away. ♪ >> oh, my god! >> wow. >> whoa. that guy is flexible. ♪ >> what is your name? >> my name is -- >> my name is -- >> how old are you, oscar? >> 8 years old. >> with oscar's mom and baby sister watching from the wings, the family act from ukraine is unbelievable. i wonder what they call this move. ♪ >> do you like it here in america, oscar? >> i love america. >> and we love how big he smiles throughout his performance. i mean that is unbelievable. here's my question. how do they keep the act going when he is a teenager? next on kron-4 news at eight:a fast-moving brush fire..destroying homes in the south bay.crews working to get an upper hand on the flames.a live report...straight ahead. plus...a close call for a santa cruz ma

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well welcome to sophie and call me sophie shevardnadze muslim women around the world are involved in a struggle against male authority in islam questioning what they call outdated family values that guide their everyday lives activists are demanding gender equality and basic rights. will they be able to change the centuries long tradition used a co-founder of the libyan woman and a platform for peace who fought for the libyan less than woman's rights after the revolution how long she is with me today. after the spring revolutions in libya tunisia and elsewhere hopes for democratic. women only to be shattered by five years of instability war and the rise of extreme religious fundamentalists in the work of feminist. supposed revolutionary chaos what will it take for middle eastern women to shift the oppression of customs and to this fine balance between the lives of women and respect to their faith. the co-founder of libyan women's platform for peace an advocate for women's rights in islam's a how long do you welcome to the show it's really good to have you with us today so you're afte

." >>> when we come back, "game of thrones" star, sophie turner was blushing about her boyfriend, joetomorrow on "e.t." -- ♪ >>> "game of thrones" fever is in epidemic proportions. >> here east some info from comicon. >> sophie turner showed up without her boyfriend, joe jonas, but a little while back, she brought him to the premiere, and i want you to watch what happened when she was asked about him. >> is joe rooting for sansa to end up on the iron throne? >> i don't know. i don't know. we don't talk about it. >> we love love. are you blushing? >> oh, god. yeah. or i'm sweaty. i can't tell. intelligence intercepted electronic communications in april of 2016 between the ambassador and moscow in which the ambassador reported he and sessions discussed campaign matters. the ambassador and sessions attended a trump speech at the mayflower hotel in april. sessions acknowledged in march there had been two meetings with the russian ambassador during the campaign and last month he was adamant that there wasn't a third. >> i did not have any private meetings, nor do i recall any conversations

." >>> when we come back, "game of thrones" star, sophie turner was blushing about her boyfriend, joetomorrow on "e.t." -- ♪ >>> "game of thrones" fever is in epidemic proportions. comicon. >> sophie turner showed up without her boyfriend, joe jonas, but a little while back, she brought him to the premiere, and i want you to watch what happened when she was asked about him. >> is joe rooting for sansa to end up on the iron throne? >> i don't know. i don't know. we don't talk about it. >> we love love. are you blushing? >> oh, god. yeah. or i'm sweaty. i can't tell. the students of strayer university.rted time has taught us, the strength in them is in us all. and to all who seek their true potential, we say, let's get it, america. what are you doing, babe? i got to get the kids up for school. what? no! get some rest. your man is home now. i got you. well, that's sweet, honey, but it's a whole routine. i mean, sara -- she's gonna call you some names. i'm not gonna lie. she finds your weak spot, and she just -- she digs in. and then kendra gets mad at sara 'cause she's making too much no

but sophie turwh gives us the scoop. >> a lot of characters will be linking up.rselves for the wars ahead. >> so expect bigger drama, bigger stakes and bigger dragons. they are now the size of 747 airplanes. >> crazy dragon stuff happens. the whole thing's amazing and that's all i can say. >> hold on a second, sophie. we're getting more goods and sitting down with the cast again in an all new interview. we'll have that for you tomorrow. >> tonight on nbc, there is a new episode of "america's got talent," and i have a real treat for you. a sneak peek of a father/son aye kro ba tick team that will blow you away. ♪ >> oh, my god! >> wow. >> whoa. that guy is flexible. ♪ >> what is your name? >> my name is >> my name is oscar. >> how old are you, oscar? >> 8 years old. >> with oscar's mom and baby sister watching from the wings, the family act from ukraine is unbelievable. i wonder what they call this move. ♪ [ cheers and applause ] ♪ baby, baby, baby >> do you like it here in america, oscar? >> i love america. >> and we love how big he smiles throughout his performa

." >>> when we come back, "game of thrones" star, sophie turner was blushing about her boyfriend, joerrow on "e.t." -- ♪ >>> "game of thrones" fever is in epidemic proportions. >> here east some info from comicon. >> sophie turner showed up without her boyfriend, joe jonas, but a little while back, she brought him to the premiere, and i want you to watch what happened when she was asked about him. >> is joe rooting for sansa to end up on the iron throne? >> i don't know. i don't know. we don't talk about it. >> we love love. are you blushing? >> oh, god. yeah. or i'm sweaty. i can't tell. >> "the insider" tracking the biggest stories making news today. >> number one ben affleck and gal gadot's super hero weekend at comicon as his justice league crew brings girls to tears. >> then ryan gosling and harrison ford makes the fans swoon at comicon. it was the stranger things two trailer that had social media losing its mind. >> and number three bachelorette rachel lindsay breaks down her final trio. which one is the man of her dreams? >> it was a very hard decision for me. >> plus your "ins

let's get the latest with sophie kamaruddin. sophie: it looks like a packed week., earnings of plenty out of tokyo, korea, production reports out of miners in australia to consider as well. , maintaining the tension there. , soave potential downside keep an eye on asia players. the s&p falling at the open. ,he nikkei 225 falling .7% waiting for pmi numbers at the bottom of the hour. we do have the kospi seeing slight losses, but may see glover momentum after we had 's budget moon jae-in passing saturday, helping south korea reaches 3% gdp target. we are waiting on that gdp update this week. elsewhere, base metals sliding, iron ore as the bulls unwind a position. aussie yields falling ahead of cpi data wednesday. the aussie trading .1% higher, coming off session lows despite the weakness in iron ore prices. , the strongest since june 16. euro holding onto gains above that 1.16 level, the dollar near a 14 month low with a technical level signaling more losses ahead for the greenback. some key support levels for the dollar, it has been tough to break through this mark

sophie, how is monday? sophie: asian stocks set to snap attend a rally.ro and micro drivers, earnings, the fed decision, and out of australia, philip lowe do to talk, looking to reinforce what was said on friday. we are seeing the aussie dollar down .8%. 80 level looking farther away. bonds climbing, commodities base pressure, stocks and metals on the decline, and oil dropping after sliding the most in two weeks on friday. brenda just below $48. we do have volatility returning an it comes to japanese markets. the gauge has risen 10%, the most in a month, rebounding from the lowest level since 2005 as the yen had's for a fifth day of gains. a poll puts shinzo obvious process for a third term not so bright. i want to highlight what is happening with taiwanese stocks, extending the drop for a third day. this afternoon, we will get factory output and jobless data for june. we saw export orders and trade surplus surged to a record. ahead of that data, the taiwanese dollar climbing for a second day. i want to round out by checking on tsnc shares on reports it i

sophie: a check on the markets.pite that strong caixin data out of china and tankan the survey. themuch in 207 even as china-hong kong bond connect kicks off. chinese bonds falling and weakness in the yuan after a slightly lower fixed from the pboc. come underuld pressure as chinese firms prepared to pay out dividends to oversee shareholders. , the asxstocks up .2% 200 little change, but the aussie dollar sliding ahead of the rba policy decision on tuesday. in seoul, korea, the kospi down .2%. and health care stocks offsetting the rise and telcos. the week in what could be most controversial g-20 meeting ever, safe haven gold extending in drop after losing 2% june, its first monthly loss this year. rick spooner says rising global bond yields put pressure on gold. 10 year treasury yields are trading at 2.32%, the highest level since mid-may. welcome back. we are kicking off the second half of the year, but notable is the yuan, another strong fixing today. it is this trend we are seeing from the pboc, speculation of i

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let's get the latest with sophie kamaruddin.g futures they are, as well as across other major markets in asia, set to open higher this morning, tracking gains we saw on wall street. expects some trepidation giving the pressure we are seeing on bonds. keep in mind that asian stocks are starting off this week from a one-month low. keep an eye on how the yen trade this morning, as well. here are some stocks we are watching. over in seoul, korean air on focus after a raid on friday, allegedly accused of using company funds. this is the first crackdown as president moon gets tough on conglomerate. in tokyo, watch for mazda motor shares. six vehicles that are locally made are going to be recalled for airbag defect made by takata. and of course come election for reactions in sony shares thanks pidey's adventures in the box office. this is bloomberg. ♪ whoooo. you're searching for something. like the perfect deal... ...on the perfect hotel. so wouldn't it be perfect if there was a single site where you could find the right hotel for you

it's go to sophie kamaruddin.ing -- sophie: we are seeing bonds slide, and after germany posted improving business confidence, that is a two-year high from around that level. we have begin retreating for a second day, as is the korean yuan. the aussie is breaking for -- is bracing for a potential whiplash. aussie hovering near a 2.5 year high ahead of that. a lot of action going on the commodities. we have oil continuing to climb higher. this is the uae pledging more and there being a bigger than forecasted drop in u.s. inventory. still above the $50 a barrel mark. copper is leading the gains in base metals. the red metal charging to a two-year high based on that softer dollar and brightening prospects when it comes to chinese demand. for your credit availability in china should boost -- free your credit availability in china should boost industries like construction. that is what gave caterpillar some sheer, rallying to a five-year high. it is set as does anyone increase in five years, largely first-- set to post

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sophie: we are seeing a weekly advance nonetheless. drop, down 0.8%. we are seeing a change in fortunes when it comes to the currency space. , and the aussie is retreating from a two-year high ahead of the rba deputy governor's speech. abu dhabi stocks are sliding as well. when it comes to the aussie they may the 80 level, feel left behind when it reaches that level. the base metal does have its skeptics. bulls and bears have follies and record output to consider when it comes to the outlook for that metal. taking a look at steel prices, tanking from a 2013 high as buyers turned wary. that is also weighing on in shanghai.n despite the rise in oil, we have new york crude up, holding at that $47 a barrel mark. the have shares in sydney sliding, and financials are falling about 0.9% after a two day rise to that sector. the segmented is still up. upgradinggan stanley aussie banks on earnings resilience with the threat out of the way. concerns remain, especially strength.sumer david: interesting that you mentioned him a have a look at the w

now we will go to sophie kamaruddin.e of things, geopolitics, the rebound in tech shares, that could play out. and the latest fed minutes. treasuries did rally, especially the 10 year yields, 3.32% and 11325n rebounding above after it was indicated that they were divided about the timing of the balance sheet unwinding. oil very much in focus after the wti fell 4.1% overnight, putting an end to the longest rally in 2017. now we have a recovery, up over 1%. crude up over 1%, but still below the $50 a barrel mark. with that, taking a look at equity markets we are looking at this 20,000 level. we have shares in sydney adding a 10th of a percent after falling on wednesday. and the cosby adding a 10th of a percent, adding to the gains on wednesday. and the korean won is down. aside from geopolitical risks, other things at play when it comes to emerging currencies. we are looking at the dollar and the fed policy. with video factors percolating, you want to focus on the upward climb we have seen of late. it was cut short as russ

let's get the latest now from sophie kamaruddin.oks like the record profit from samsung not doing much to help the kospi stay afloat. it is joining the rest of the region in the red. we are seeing significant losses, nikkei 225 down .6%. stocks in sydney down .2%. asia stocks taking their cues from wall street where we saw the s&p 500 suffered their worst drop in two months. we had euro cents the shares showing front and center's as investors are dumping debt. odds in asia today are under pressure. take a look at aussie 30 year yields, up six basis points there. thursday session also had energy shares come for losses in asia. comeuld see tech shares for losses given that selloff in tech equity in new york. take a look at what is going on with oil. we have crude falling over 1%. on the back foot once more, gold falling .2%. based metals looking to make some. a key thing to watch today in yearbond space, we had 10 yields climbing to .1% for the first time in four months. you can see that with #1158. this will bring attention to the bo

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