sophie, thank you.ther eyewitness who is there at the moment. thank you forjoining us. no worries. what can you tell us?” moment. thank you forjoining us. no worries. what can you tell us? i was on my way to the station. i went to go on my way to the station. i went to 9° up on my way to the station. i went to go up the stairs, and i saw hordes of people trying to get out as quickly as they could. where the staircase is is not that long, loads of people were trying to get out, people were climbing on top of each other and doing everything they could to get out as quickly as possible. what time was this? i got to the station at 8:20. when the incident happened? around that time. i was about to go up to the platform, and that is where the people started to come out, everybody rushing each other, getting out as quickly as they could. people were falling down on the floor, and falling over each other. what were people saying as they were fleeing the scene, as they we re they were fleeing the scene, as they

opinion from a medium so they have to play around new rules so the disrupters are being disrupted sophie now moving on september is usually seen as a bit of a cost money for investors now or at the end how is it being. not cursed at all the ending of september twenty seventh you was different that out jones actually gained around four hundred points surpassing the record level of twenty two thousand points and then compare been incredibly resistant and patiently waiting for their march along the texas roof on this stuff or promise is even more remarkable when you think about all of the historical realities office stock market stocks typically have performed poorly as during the month of september and the stock traders elma next for example repast said on everest september is the month when the stock market usually is really performing the poorest in all three indices seems this year is bucking the trend sophie szymanski thank you very much for that have a good weekend. pro independence catalan say that space takes too much from the region and gives too little in return when it comes to t

sophie, thejudge in this case described charlie alliston as an accident waiting to happen.s of a bike and he had also purchased a track bike that was illegal for use on the road had also purchased a track bike that was illegalfor use on the road but this bike that he was riding, he struck and killed kim briggs with it as she was crossing the busy 0ld street in london, he was coming down not far from her. street in london, he was coming down not farfrom her. when he saw street in london, he was coming down not far from her. when he saw she was in his path, he shouted at her to get out of the way. when she froze to the spot, not knowing what to do, the court heard he did not try to stop that tried to weave around her. they collided and she suffered such severe head injuries she died in hospital one week later. the difficulty for police was knowing exactly how to prosecute charlie alliston because much of the legislation designed to protect pedestrians is designed for car drivers. not those on bicycles. he was acquitted of manslaughter originally, he was the first cyclist to b

sophie joins us now.hink it is safe to say that nothing is going to change from trump's trade policy, right? sophie: we all ow trump likes to flex his scles when it comes to appearances on multinational states in his speech was not any different from this, especially when it comes to trade in the trade deficit and his love for protectionism. america first has been one of his big campaign promises and he is just trying to enforce it. when a trump's -- one of trump's more moderate -- trump wanted to lead -- leave nafta completely but now he is only renegotiating. i assume he is surrounded by enough people so far who are able to give him rational know how about trade. javier: at the beginning of his speech trump emphasized how well the u.s. economy is doing right now. do you think all the leaders in that room share that view? sophie: well, let's just look at some indicators that might help to disprove or prove it. what about jobs, for example? the economy added more than one million jobs as trump took office

helena: sophie on wall street, thank you.ech deal as an rumor for several weeks and now united technologies says it will create a new aerospace giant. united is buying rival rockwell collins for $30 billion in that includes assuming a mountain of debt from rockville. it has been hit in recent years with disputes from its key customer, airbus. up evil in legoland. -- upheaveal in legoland. they are downsizing after they posted their first drop in sales over one decade. over 1400 jobs are on the chopping block. reporter: these blocks are a hit with children worldwide. there is hardly a kid in europe or the u.s. who is not played the classic toy. and lego has enjoyed double-digit expansion in china as well. one growth factor, the companies licensing deals with major franchises like star wars. but this year the danish toymaker has seen its fortunes turn south. sales and profits are down, which is why lego is looking to cut staff and shrink its hierarchy, meaning 8% of its employees will have to go. >> we are now aware we have an

sophie raworth is at them seriously. sophie raworth is at the scene.oken to some of the scene. having spoken to some of the people, including those that we re the people, including those that were injured at the scene here, the feeling today is that they have all had a very lucky escape, that it could have all been so much worse. tom symons is with me. he has been following the investigation. we know it was a device, and we think it had a timer. it looks like it didn't go off properly. all the eyewitnesses say roughly the same sort of thing, they say they heard a low fired, rather than a loud crack. they describe a sheet of flame, a fireball, rather than a blast, and that suggests that this was a device, perhaps very poorly constructive, which went off before it should have. there is another clue, i think. it should have. there is another clue, ithink. this it should have. there is another clue, i think. this is big election, but it is worth looking at what we know, this train was heading into london. parsons green is a quiet suburban area, not an obvi

market open with sophie kamaruddin three sophie: take a look at what is cap -- with sophie kamaruddinors may be sticking on the sidelines ahead of the weeklong public holiday that kicks off next week. onhad a muted trading volume thursday. could be the same picture today. with out what is going on japanese stocks sliding with this they lose of data, and fundamentals may be set aside as markets are taking in the end of quarter flows. "sure, down .2% along with the kiwi and aussie dollar. this even as the dollar plus strength is stalling somewhat. the greenback is falling victim to rebalancing when it comes to portfolios. the kiwi is lower for a fourth day. drop for first weekly the kiwi dollar in four weeks. the aussie, we are seeing that lighting with bond yields as iron prices are set for the biggest monthly drop in over one year. reallyhave iron ore having a tough september. to show youthe imap what is going on with stop stocn the topix. utilities leading the drag. givenly under pressure the new hope party, led by the tokyo governor, is looking to put together a study on the nuclear

sophie on wall street, thank you. china has told a north korean company -- told north crane company's operating within -- north korean companies operate within their borders that they need to leave by january. china's commerce minister made the announcement on thursday. also defended the recent imports of north korean coal, which are banned under you and agreements, by saying they fell within a grace period for implementation. now insurance companies might soon have to offer special coverage for donkey damage. in germany, the owner of the sports car, this one here, this shiny car, he parked it near the field. the animal grazing there decided to take a bite out of the car. believe it or not, the police believe the donkey had mistaken the expensive race car for a giant caret. and -- carrot. and now a german court has ordered the donkey owner to give 5800 euros. yes, i am probably thinking the same thing you are. but the donkey was not available for comment, apparently. i do noknow what to say to that. sarah: what are yo

let's get it over to sophie. sophie: on the mainland, chinese large cap down .1%.hang seng at the open. looking to drop for the first time in four days. this morning, we got a weaker fix for the yuan reference rate for a second straight day. drag on theg that onshore rate at the open, down .1%. check out korean assets. the won building momentum, and the kospi now up .1%. losses deepening for the csi 300, down .2%. some apple suppliers in hong kong given the big story. top pick atadar, a deutsche bank for their exposure to augmented reality tech. supplier. major aac is key after the removal of the home button. suppliers, the wireless charging game, some players who could benefit from the i watch and air pod wireless iphones -- headphones. it is a mixed bag when it comes to investor reaction. david: i'm also watching the 10 year yield in japan. 50%, two basis points up. thank you for that update. let's get you caught up with first word news. apple shares dipped as it unveiled its most important new iphone in years to take on growing competition from samsung, google,

sophie kamaruddin there.et's talk about one currency that had a drastic fall monday before recovering today. with that and first word news, here is haslinda amin. reporter: bitcoin tumbled the most in two and a half years after initial coin offerings are illegal in china. fundsoc has halted all raising, and says there will be harsh punishment for any offerings in the future, as well as for what is already completed. bitcoin fell by more than 14% monday, the most since january 2015. buyed technology is set to rockwell collins for about $23 billion. the deal is $140 per share in cash and united stock. united technologies says it is funding the cash to debt assurances and cash on hand. one of the biggest deals in aviation history is expected to close by the third quarter of 2018. the u.s. house of representatives will vote wednesday on a hurricane harvey won't containat language aimed at saving up a default on government debt. republican leaders are bowing to the most conservative members, and will not -- the ha

raworth was at the scene moments after the incident, and she's there for us now, sophie.about ten or 15 minutes after the attack this morning. people were still coming out of the tube station. it was sealed off. there were police, helicopters flying in the sky, as there are now, ambulances, fire engines and lots of many distressed people wandering around. a woman i spoke to with a police officer said she was there when it happened. describing how she had been standing on the tube, suddenly a bang, a pause, then fire coming towards her. people around her burnt. she said she was protected as there were people in front of her. people described the panic as they tried to leave the station. a crush of people going down the stairs. it's a very small station. one exit, one staircase. people were terrified and really running for their lives. the police this morning have said there will be a heightened police presence around the transport network in london today. we have this first report this afternoon. 8.20am this morning. a commuter catching this on her camera through the windo

republican party have yet to explain where exactly the money to pluck the soul would come from and sophie szymanski has more on this from wall street so sophy all firms optimistic that trump can keep his promises this time around also first of all this is only a plan and this far away from being anything like a bill that congress could even vote on but if we look at the plan like it is right now you can definitely see some issues coming up i think it's in be too big of a deal for everyone to agree on cutting the crop protection but the conservative freedom caucus is probably really unhappy with one thing and this whole plan you don't find any suggestion on how tom wants to finance these tax cuts and the freedom congress really hates everything about the idea of making the deficit larger instead of for internet and even if the republicans can figure out a way to agree the democrats will have to say what are two and let me quote chuck schumer here it's a little more than an across the board tax cuts for america's millionaires and billionaires so i think danielle we're followers from seeing

sophie and co i'm sophie shevardnadze reza north korean missile launch over japan is causing yet another escalation with a military response in the air what can stop the region from the slide into open confrontation of former japanese government advisor militarist scholar dr naresh. guest today. as north korea launches missile after missile international sanctions and resolutions the world's powers scrambling for countermeasures is there a limit to north korea and the world's patients with it the provocation see a real true spawn's from the u.s. and its allies and what can be done to avoid an all out war. dr morrow she gave me a former japanese government advisor and military scholar welcome to the show it's good to have you with us so the way this north korean test so the lending two thousand kilometer system of hokkaido the second missile to fly over japan in less than three weeks error rate signals were sounded people were told to hide in basements there's been a boom in bomb shelter sales in japan are you scared. well i'm not scared but people upset and. good news is that. the people

sophie: the yen easing gains.kets.d response to management says this is a continuation of provocations, not an escalation. it, itarkets will like is not a precursor to a call back. led higher bys health care and industrials, but korean assets under pressure. , it hasn debt risks risen by the most in a week on this north korean missile test. the cost to ensure five-year debt has risen by 1.5 basis points. in the currency space, the korean won on the back foot along with the aussie. while the won has lost .7% this month, it is still up 6%. as pyongyang ramps up its rhetoric, putting a dent in other asian currencies. still gaining momentum in september, leading gains in the asian space here it j.p. morgan has upgraded its forecast for 80% of asian currencies in september. they have upgraded 57% of emerging-market currencies as a contrast. not doingen bitcoin as well. here is a look at the downward trek. sixthn has fallen for a day and now in a bear market after losing her for 27% since september 7. much after a chine

sophie kamaruddin joining us on set. china feels about janet yellen's comments overnight. the party congresses weeks away. beijing does not want to rock the boat. this china beige book put forward. is it comes to 2018? sophie: we have the organization connects -- that collects anecdotal accounts from 3000 firms in china. the picture it pinks is not looking so rosy after a robust 2017 of offering evidence that above key perceptions about the economy, namely it is not rebalancing to services for manufacturing, that corporate borrowing continues to rise, that has yet to come. plus, china has said it is cutting back on capacity of commodities like steel. capacity expanded in the third quarter after spiking in the second quarter. is farhina's economy better this year than it has it been in the past two years, 2018 is shaping up to be less than positive. we are waiting on the latest economic indicators this morning of china's economic health. industrial profits for august will be out. kathleen: emerging markets are really payi

sophie raworth has been to meet her. for the next seven—and—a—half weeks, mimi anderson will be running at least 55 miles every single day as she makes her way from la to new york. it's taken years of planning and a lot of training. my run will start from los angeles and it will go all the way through colorado. she'll pass through 12 states in all as she tries to break the women's coast—to—coast record, set in 1979. 2,850 miles in total. that's a long way. here are all your medals, what a haul. i know.

szymanski is on wall street forrest sophie the trade dispute between bombarded day and boeing is still in the air what of the two companies have to say. well boeing is acting quite confident they drop the polite but firm reminder to theresa may that boeing employs six thousand five hundred people and if you case the pike chain and laugh we just broke ground on a new facility and sheffield for now the american company seems to be winning the legal arguments what with all the important people the u.s. department of commerce the u.s. international trade commission and ultimately the world trade organization so no wonder it is giving competition one by yes of course disagreed strongly saying that the u.s. government should reject both attempt because they would unfairly tilt the playing field and its paper so this dispute rippling across the atlantic now u.s. corporations have had twenty four hours to digest trump's tax plans what do they think. well then you of course they like the idea of cutting the car protect this specially in the retail sector by the way because retailers are hoping

and sophie szymanski is on wall street for us now sophie always seeing a major culture shift from silicon valley after all it's not just google who's been asked to change with the times. yeah right i mean many of these innovative silicon valley companies are trying to disrupt industries and that usually means they don't play by the rules from the very start and they different their founders think differently and they have to otherwise they wouldn't sound disruptive companies think about adding the for example the platform has been facing multiple regulatory issues and in various cities because it is hard to define a completely new business model that is clashing was a traditional one take the taxi industry and move with case and hotels and abbey indy's case and other interesting shifts that has to be made in order to say no business being faced by facebook right now they have evolved to as promised ocean networks to an opinion farming medium so they have to play around new rules so the disrupters are being disrupted sophie now moving on september is usually seen as a bit of a cost money f

sophie: first of all, this is only a plan. it is far away from being anything like a bill that congress could even vote on but if we look at the plan like it is right now, you can definitely see from issues coming up. i think it shouldn't be too big of a deal for everyone to agree on cutting the corporate tax but the conservative freedom caucus is probably really unhappy with one thing and this whole plan, you don't find any suggestion on how trump wants to finance these tax cuts and the freedom caucus really hates everything about the idea of making the deficit larger instead of shrinking it and even if the republicans can figure out a way to agree, the democrats will have to say a word or two. let me quote chuck schumer here, "it's a little more than an across-the-board tax cut for america's millionaires and billionaires." brent: so the plans aren't exactly straightforward. i'd like to bring up bombardier, the u.s. putting a 220% tariff on the canadian planes. is it justified? sophie: it will take economists a while to answe

sophie, what are we watching?ophie: i want to highlight what you mentioned about concerns around sovereign debt when it comes to korean notes. when you took it -- take a look at the action, investors are not shunning it. the korean won resuming gains for a third day. korean bonds are catching a bit today. local -- global stock rallies continuing today. despite the risk on mood we are seeing, asian currencies are mostly under pressure. the ringgit is leading the drop in asian, while the aussie and kiwi are the biggest g10 letters aggers-- ladders -- l today. i want to check out what is helping the climb in asian stocks this morning. those are asian financial players. they are leaving the region higher today. after hitting a pick -- peak on august 1, the regional index dropped 2.9%. given the slide we are seeing in treasury yields, but after u.s. bond yields, that might help for a rebound in asian banks and insurers. we are seeing that so far today. when you break it down for they benchmark, japanese insurers among

welcome to sophie and co i'm sophie shevardnadze as the wall transitions from a mechanical to digital the way society functions is rapidly changing. what will the technical revolution bring by ask economist innovative speaker and bestselling author shel north strong. the rise of digital technologies bringing the whole world closer together distances disappearing nations and borders begin to disappear to where will this rapid progress taken in the coming decades how will our influence future technologies and how will groundbreaking inventions shape the humans who use them. in our strong welcome to the show it's really great to have you on our program today so show us to cannot. nation states are withering away and we'll have citizen stead i heard you say that lots of times. but look all over europe all over the world there are people fiercely obsessed with their national identity london voted to stay in the u. england voted to leave new york voted hillary but the bible bible belt voted trump what makes you think the nation state pendle don't want swing back and when it looks like it is

betty: indeed, sophie.base metals rebounded on monday, including materials used in electric batteries. tell us about the outlook for lithium in light of china's big plans to go full ev. both battery makers and minors have had a strong year. index tracking the largest lithium companies has risen 45% this year and is not the strongest level since august 2011. with china in the mix, that could add more pressure on long-term supply and push up lithium prices. demand has been outpacing supply so far, and citigroup expects the markets remain tight this year, going through early 2018. following china's announcement, they have filed in. the lithium etf has claimed to the highest in over six years. that is what this chart is showing you right here. holdingsng the biggest in this etf, which is aptly t.aded under the ticker li was assets having more than doubled last year, this year we could see the gain even further given the demand for lithium could drive more inflows and push up prices further. betty: sophie, thank

sophie, how are we doing?ke a is going on with the large-cap on the mainland, again for a third straight day. the hang seng is on the front foot, up a 10th of a percent, running -- raising for the third session. is going on with the hong kong dollar, surging the most since january 2016, also as the hdm a announces sales. the hong kong dollar has gained yuan, onshore and offshore rates are falling here, after the pboc news. we have the offshore rates near a september low. uzuho says that the yuan is vulnerable as bullish sentiment is fading. regulators are being encouraged to loosen capital outflows either. fromding to estimates capital economics, capital outflows from last month were moderated to a three-year low of $12 billion. while we do have the hang seng shaking higher, check out what is going on with rate shares. , and the percent gain real estate segment is the biggest drug, especially in china which has fallen for a third straight day. david? if it bank thank you for the update -- david: thank you, for

betty: thank you sophie. japan say prime is trying tozo abe take advantage of weak opposition. also, the growing public support of his handling of the north korean crisis. stephen engle is following all of this and while he has the wind at his back, he is going to make this gamble. it is all about timing when you call a snap election. >> he doesn't have to call an election until the end of 2018. there is a little wind at his back right now. perhaps the north korea chamber rattling is working to his favor. he has been working hard and lobbying hard to revise the constitution in japan. suggests thatge two thirds of respondents of japanese voters approve of the harder line shinzo abe has taken to north korea. is in asition right now bit of disarray. the democratic party, their leader resigned. have a new leader, key members of that party have resigned with his new leader coming in. disarray that. shinzo abeouble for is a bit more forgotten as he considers calling a snap election, parliament resumes on september

sophie kamaruddin has more.ems like these political tensions have yet to cool, however this risk-off momentum seems to be stabilizing right now. sophie: yeah, betty, even as nikki haley is begging for more investors, they may not see the chance -- pulling up the futures or to show you how contracts are faring so far in asia, we are seeing that mostly higher. we do have the asx 200 also looking at a positive start a head of the rba decision. i want to pull up the risk radar. we are seeing safe havens like the yen and frank studying after monday's performance while gold pared some of monday's gains. that has been the big elephant andhe room as mizuho novartis put it. btv 6157 shows you that when it comes to hedging against korean risks, the swiss is gaining popularity. that is the line of white on this chart climbing above the yen. the line in blue. this can be seen as appetite for a hedge out of the firing line of pyongyang. and now, i want to turn to gold, climbs 16% this year, gaining 10% in the past two months

sophie hutchinson, bbc news.who starred for decades as vera duckworth in coronation street, has died at the age of 77. she first appeared in the soap in 1974, but afterfalling ill ten years ago, she left the programme. herfamily said she had been the love, light and inspiration in their lives. 0ur correspondentjudith moritz looks back at her life. i'll give you "be reasonable"! to many they were coronation street — the duckworths, jack and vera. you'll hear from my solicitors, love. the perm, the gravelly voice. funny and fiery, she was a corrie fixture for more than 30 years. come on, cool it, vera. well, you'll laugh on the other side of yourface. come on, vera. liz dawn made vera her own. but the actress, who began life in leeds as sylvia butterfield, first worked in a variety of other jobs, from cinema usherette to shoe sales girl, before getting her break as a nightclub singer. the money were good, and i'd three children, you know, under school age. and i actually really did it for money. i used to sing at w

sophie long has more.tion the most powerful quake to hit mexico in decades had delivered. in less than a minute, yucatan‘s town hall was reduced to rubble. at least 17 of its citizens were killed. translation: it was all horrific. everything collapsed, everything. the truth — i have no words to explain what happened. look at my home, everything is destroyed. this is the moment it hit a bowling alley in chiapas, the closest state to the quake's at epicentre. 600 miles away, the tremors rocked mexico city. as people pick through the remnants of their lives, there are fears that there could be more strong aftershocks to come. translation: so far, there have been 65 aftershocks. the strongest was magnitude 6.1. however, it's possible that, over the next 2a hours, we could see a shock that's as strong as the earthquake. this is a country used to earthquakes, but not of this magnitude. it has left families devastated, and infrastructure destroyed. sophie long, bbc news. now it is time for newsnight, with emily m

sophie. sophie: that trade is driving bonds higher. in tokyo. 225.ave the nikkei they are dragging the most in tokyo. we had the second-quarter gop -- gdp this morning. check out the kospi down about 2/10 of 1%. concerns about what that might mean with the weekend ahead. check out the south korean bond that dropped. it was falling as much as 21 and a half basis points. take a look at what is driving moves on the kospi. consumer stocks leading the drive. i.t. is the bright spot with samsung shares. over prices have eased somewhat. waiting forors are the risks to be resolved because they want to buy more. even adding holdings of some small caps on the nasdaq. pulling up the board to show you what is going on with that stock along with consumer stock. keeping an eye on asian auto stocks today. carmakers with exposure to the u.s. it and areas hit by extreme weather could be vulnerable. they are sold in florida. weather in houston, we might be looking at the same when it comes to hurricane irma's impact. yet onno fallout in asia this incred

sophie, iwonder is against us. thank you so much. thank you. get, maybe. let me give you that back, before we break it. we are going to talk about your tweets and worst fears, a lot of them involve flying and heights. we will delve into the interesting ones ina minute. you can stay ahead with the breaking business news. the latest details, insight and details from our editors around the world. we want to hear from you, too. get involved on the bbc business live web page. you have been getting in touch today, lots of tweets about apple and your worst fear. apple isn't many people's worst fear, but harry said, "my fear is darkness and an enclosed space." maria, "spiders, i had a panic attack after having won through in my face." "i am terrified of sunflowers." each to their own. my my worst fear is jumping of high things, i have posted a video of me doing that on holiday. it will amuse you. lucy is back to look at papers. regulators warning of scum of virtual currency. this is about bitcoin being called a fraudulent setup. tell us about it. there

sophie raworth has been to meet her. the next seven—and—a—half weeks, mimi anderson will be running at least 55 miles every single day as she makes her way from la to new york. it's taken years of planning and a lot of training. my run will start from los angeles and it will go all the way through colorado. she'll pass through 12 states in all as she tries to break the women's coast—to—coast record, set in 1979. 2,850 miles in total. that's a long way. here are all your medals, what a haul. i know. i have to say, i'm quite proud of them, actually. quite proud. but mimi is used to tough challenges. she took up running in her mid 30s and since then has conquered some of the hardest endurance races in the world. this one here, the marathon des sables, which is 250 kilometers, over six days, in the sahara desert, was my very first race, in 2001. i nearly died doing it, but i loved it. that was fantastic. the arctic race is called the 6633 extreme ultra marathon. it's 350 miles, non—stop, over eight days, in temperatures as l

sophie, sophie wessex, who are in touch with. ..it is a picture which has gone around the world. and how well managed it may or may not have been. prince harry and meghan markle, here is the incident itself, the handholding. touching as yet. again, looking at each other, but touching. there you go. i‘ve been hearing some wonderful news, carol has got a dog? look at that beauty! look! this is dillis, isn‘t she good? dillis, give me a paw, what a clever girl! the reason dillis is here is because she is with her mum, the head gardener here. hello. you have 185 acres of parkland to look after, how do you do it? with a fantastic team of national trust staff and volunteers who come in every day of the week and look after this beautiful green space where people live. you can see it's being used by commuters and dog walkers already. morden hall park in south london of course and we are talking conquers and we‘ve got a line of trees here. are you an expert on conquers? i'm getting to be one, it's a good year so far, they are starting to drop

sophie is with me now.ople since the 1970s, so many children have been affected but very few people will have heard of it. it's astonishing this is more than four decades old but only last year were warnings put on packets. many say it's as if this tragedy was hidden in plain sight. it's important to stress that for a minority of women this is the only treatment they can take. doctors stress if they have a seizure in pregnancy there are very serious possible consequences. the women say because they weren't told of the risks they didn't have an informed choice to decide whether to have children or not. some even went to their doctors and said could they ta ke their doctors and said could they take the medicine if they were planning a family, and they were wrongly reassured the medicine was safe. now they have children that have irreversible life changing disabilities. now, tonight we've had m essa 9 es disabilities. now, tonight we've had messages from many mothers, one said pa rents were messages from many

sophie huthinson, bbc news. and our health correspondent is at the hearing in east london.this is the first—ever public hearing by the medicines agency and we will hear from some of those families, it's their first official public forum to express the sense of anger at being left. there will also from neurologists, drug manufacturers who will say that they are deeply touched by the distress of the families and it's an important drug in the treatment of epilepsy and bipolar disorder. this hearing will feed into a review into the adequacy of those safety warnings which is due out later this year. thank you. the time is very nearly 20 past one. our top story this lunchtime. calls for america and north korea to stop using hostile language amid fears it could cause international term one. and coming up — talking about our generation — we hear from a group of young people about how they want to be perceived by society. coming up in sport, a second british bobsledder has taken to crowdfunding in a bid to make the winter olympics. former skeleton slider donna crichton has been insp

thank you so much, sophie. sophie kamaruddin.sen it looked like regulation had killed off the bitcoin rally, the cryptocurrency has word back to life despite some of the naysayers like jp guy been -- jpmorgan. left for dead, the next minute, revived. what is behind the latest surge? >> it is pretty wild. bitcoins are 4000, which is a pretty dramatic shift from the end of last week, around 3300. it dropped because china had outlawed the initial point offering some ideas for -- initial coin offerings, ico's. we have even seen some of the exchanges announced plans to shutter operations already. today, we saw news that these regulations might be more severe than we initially thought. despite all this, bitcoin has bounced back. technical, might be recovering from those lows, but it could be a sign that people view this cryptocurrency as very asilient, and they view it something that could be independent of government regulation and it might arrive the regulation even though it is some of the most akoni and regulation we have seen to d

sophie? sophie: haidi, as you pointed out, it would be at test of how tough equity bonds are. seeing weakness across the board. the kospi down a little bit, and the nikkei is marginally lower. the sydney -- in sydney, a few losses as well. i would like to highlight what is happening in the yen, retreating from the ascension no decline. 09, and in japanese stocks. we have seen again so far this week of japanese equities and u.s. inflation data will also likely mitigate the yen's rise. keep in mind, it is still up year, andor the today's launch as unlikely to evolve into a big problem. it points to japan, saying that the case fundamentals are looking good. they are forecasting a rise in at the year's end. we are seeing a dip in the of, and korea investment management says a rebound in the afternoon might happen. i let's check on shopping in seoul, korea, checking on the sachs, sellingn its discount stores in china. the planned sale of a chinese business, is positive, according to the company thing that it is seven out of 112 market in china have been closed, and it is still earl

here is sophie. sophie: we have the hang seng opening in the green.e large caps gaining .1%. the yuan fixing focus this morning. it is strengthening for a 10th straight they to the strongest level since may 2016. we have the offshore yuan extending declines following that fix, but the onshore rate is climbing .6%, rising for a second straight day, the highest level since april 2016. a closer look at hong kong. the hang seng extending -- don't look at this red. it is still in the green. have i.t. stocks leading the drop in hong kong. lenovo group the worst performer when it comes to the hong kong session. now let's move to the shanghai composite. .1%, utilities, energy helping that benchmark move higher. consumer staples under pressure. as for the insurance regulator, that party getting shut down. let's look at the small-cap index. this is 1928. this index has been riding the yuan strength. there could be more room to run for the small caps. local traders have built the biggest leverage since december. you can see that with the white line on this chart

sophie is on wall street for us. how serious is this case? sophie: the fbi is investigating this case. it seems preservice to me. it could mean huge damage to the editor's reputation and in good shape the rivalry between its competitor nike. ideas became number two in the -- addidas became the number 2 shoe developer in the market, nike being number 1. the connection between a healthy brand and famous athletes -- in this case, young basketball players, month after month, the defendants allegedly exploited the hoop dreams of the athletes, treating them as little more than an opportunity to enrich themselves. most investors expect the added stock after the european markets are open. + checking in with equities now. it has been a woeful week for tech stocks so far. >> let me say something about two companies. let me touch on netflix. netflix -- studios are tired of at place and amazon lowering people onto their platforms. they are starting their ne on platforms. fx plus will be offering hits like american horror story. netflix lost during the mo

let's go over to sophie. checking out what's companies,th chinese edging higher by 2/10 of a percent. they are ahead of next week's golden week holiday. checking in on the hang seng, it is also rising about a third of a percent today. given what's going on in the currency markets, i want to highlight some movers. the onshore rate on the back foot, down a third of a percent. this morning we got the pboc setting, stronger than what was forecast. the parity was set slightly weaker. emerging currencies, having a pretty solid star this friday, wrapping up a third quarter of gains. the korean won is leading emerging currencies higher. the kiwi dollar and the yen are on the back foot today. let's flip the board to show you some movers we are watching in hong kong. casino operators ahead of next week's golden week, forecasted to look pretty stellar as we are seeing hotels booked out. hotels are charging five times the usual prices. another potentially super golden week for macau casino operators. flipping the board t

what are we doing, sophie? sophie: we have the election this weekend.n party victory will change the rba mandate and immigration policy, but for now -- .4%. up .410% battle of the bears in the lead up to national polls. ,heck out the equity space stocks in singapore and seoul, korea leading the charge. those with risk appetite being rewarded despite events this week. tradingve the hang seng near a may 2015 hi. at the large caps strongest level since 2015. the taiex trading at the highest level since april 1990. when you look at the regional benchmark, the reason for what , onee seeing in taiwan company trading at a january 2015 hi, adding to its 9% gain. post an fosun said it was buying a smaller stake in in india drugmaker to avoid a government rent the dough. -- government veto. capital markets initiative coverage of shangri-la, saying the market has not appreciated the stock. it has a price target of 17 hong kong dollars. that is implying an upside from the friday close. chinese developers among the top performers following the data on the mainland.

sophie, currencies, but the equity markets so far. sophie: these are equity markets.her byeing led tokyo and seoul, korea. some marginal losses for stocks in kuala lumpur. while stocks are higher, bonds falling, the u.s. 10 year yield closer to 2.1%. the dollar rebounding, up .2% from the lowest level in over two years, set for its first gain in eight days, so weighing on g10 and asian currencies. risk appetite returning, dragging on gold, the yen at 108 .41. surpriseighted that uptick in chinese inflation numbers, but that is supporting , and theore yuan aussie also shrugging off a stronger than forecast inflation data. when it comes to the yuan move to date, when catalyst could be the pboc removing a reserve for women for trading starting today. we have oil on the rise, gold falling, and ace metals under pressure. copper extending the drop on friday with aluminum and steel. iron ore futures extending last week's drop after the biggest weekly drop since may. as equity markets are getting warmed up, mining stocks are among the worst performers of the day here. and new

red behind sophie.ea says the rising geopolitical risks created by the north's latest nuclear test could have a long-term impact on the economy. keepinance minister will an eye on the markets for the foreseeable future and will take measures to stabilize if necessary. pyongyang claims it has miniaturized a nuclear weapon and fitted it to an icbm, although the claim is doubted. the chief brexit negotiator is said to be running out of patience with the u.k. after the second round of negotiations ended last week with little progress. italyd the conference in that the british people must be "educated" up up the costs of leaving the eu and the serious consequences of the splint, which he says has not been made clear. resolving start by the issues that are on the table, then we will think about our future relationship. it is no secret that we think that we need to have a very , butg trade relationship first things first, again. after president trump asked congress for $8 billion to clean up after harvey the g

sophie: take a look at metals. we are seeing some pressures for that space. pressure. that despite the faster than expected inflation data out of china. we could see the yuan on course for a second day of weakness. , futuresr picture pointing to a mix to start when market to stock shares, the nikkei jumping .9%. managing to gain .2% kospi isen, while the edging higher. of dollar is the key driver this morning, retracing some of the slide we saw last week. the aussie and kiwi dollar losing some gains. 1.08, theck above first day of weakness against the greenback in three days. some caution remains when it comes to the bigger picture ahead of monday's united nations security council vote on fresh sanctions against north korea. , all sectors in the green led by health care and i.t. stocks. we also have the latest read on japan core machine orders, up 8%, perhaps indicating business spending in proving. topix a strong start to the week for the after last week was the worst week since april. playingngth has been partly into the selloff in japanese equities. should