stirling: there are a lot of megatrends.articularly moving from the old economy to this new economy is there are plenty of ways of capturing it. it discusses things like lithium, technology exposure, of those top 10 ai companies, china has three of them. that the it clear china 2025 plan is to dominate in all 10 areas. whether that is in the nasdaq in the u.s. or of course mainland here in asia. yvonne: are you staying a little more defensive than for the rest of 2019? do i look more when it comes to bond markets, gold? stirling: at the moment, to put it another way, no market plateaus and goes and collapses. there is no immediate retrace inside. the main implication as we will see a spike, a rally in equity markets and possibly a retracement there. you stay in mainland and the s&p 500 if you believe there is steam. if not, you start pivoting now. what is healthy is the relationship between bond markets in the u.s. and equity markets. how long that has to go is a question of assessment and that is one that individual investo

-- stirling. everything is more than perfect, fantastic. —— back home.hampionships finish on sunday, scotland will be hoping they are among the medals. a reminder that you can listen to commentary of england women against japan, england women againstjapan, in the final match of the shebelieves cup is on bbc four, from ten p m. for now, that is all from sportsday, goodbye. good evening, whether looking pretty turbulent, quite changeable over the next few days, a lot of energy in the atmosphere, strong jet stream, high up above our head, driving the next area of cloud and rain in from the south—west, you can see it here on the satellite picture, swell of cloud working all the way across the atlantic and it is going to be turning increasingly worked for many of us during tonight. before that, area showery rain, moving into southern scotland, snow over high ground, here is the next lump of wet weather which continues north, enveloping england and wales, then into northern ireland and the south of scotland and again here over high ground, three 400 metres, we

we have seen some of that optimism fade in stirling is coming under quite a bit of pressure against the reflects the fact that markets are waking up once again to the fact that we do still have a great deal of brexit uncertainty going forward. speaking of that uncertainty, this morning the ft has a report and it says that up the ft has a report and it says that up to 80 or 90% of goods would not face ta riffs up to 80 or 90% of goods would not face tariffs in the uk. that would make a big difference, that would clear some of the concerns that manufacturing terms have, but no confirmation on either side. manufacturing terms have, but no confirmation on either sidem manufacturing terms have, but no confirmation on either side. it is just to provide some kind of relief to markets and if we do see this chaotic brexit emerge, the impact that that can have on businesses and the fact we are seeing firms stockpile. at this point it is just providing some calmness to the risk that we could see a new deal brexit emerged. you will be back later. interesting to get your thoughts on the dress down c

the irish were skittled out forjust 161, of which paul stirling made 89.naib top—scored with 46 as afghanistan reached their target with more than five overs to spare. some of the world's leading rugby players have expressed concern over new proposals to revamp the international calendar. the sport's world governing body reportedly want to introduce a 12—team "world league" starting in 2020. but the world player of the year, ireland's johnny sexton, and the england captain 0wen farrell have already voiced their opposition to the plan. they claim the idea's "out of touch" and harmful to player welfare. patrick gearey reports. this is what it takes to play international rugby union. it tugs at the emotional and physical extremes. the governing body wants to ta ke extremes. the governing body wants to take it on a world tour, 12 nations taking each other on during the year. but the rugby selling point is also breaking point. before the plans have been formally announced, the body has raised body about its safety. if it continues down this path, and that came

i thought i would start with the sunshine across stirling this morning but i am having concerns aboutg, but also from the showers in county durham, as well. although the rain and hill snow is moving out of the way, we will see further wintry showers over the hills and more substantial snow tomorrow morning but the wind is a concern, lively at the moment, and it could be windy tomorrow but it hangs in the balance. watching this developing low to the south and this one combining forces, it has the potential for significant snow and also windy weather tomorrow so please stay tuned to the forecast if you have plans this weekend. this is how it looks this morning. wintry showers coming in. a band of hill snow moving across northern england and still giving showers in east anglia and the midlands and after that sunny spells and showers but particularly in the west and south of scotland, parts of northern ireland, they will come in to north—west and wales. but you will see spells of sunshine if you can forget the brisk wind. it should ease this afternoon, even across scotla nd ease this afte

this was the sunset in stirling on sunday evening and things are set to turn quieter through this cominga little milder as well. monday we will start on the chilly note. a touch of frost first thing in the east. sunny skies through the day, clouding over in the afternoon. as you splashes of rain. temperature is around eight to 12 degrees on monday. monday evening and overnight into tuesday, quite a lot of cloud. if you clear spells. temperatures down to freezing in some spots. but most of us frost free first thing on tuesday morning with that cloud around. best of the sunny spells towards the south and east and it will warm up with temperatures around 12 to 14 degrees. bye for now. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe. i'm reged ahmad. our top stories: new zealand's prime minister opens a book of condolence for victims of the christchurch attacks, writing "together we are one. they are us". she's been discussing changes to the country's gun laws with her cabinet. what the public rightly are asking right now is why is it and how is it that you

body has launched disciplinary proceedings against montenegro one of the abused players was right stirling who happened to score a standout goal and tweeted that it was the best way to silence the haters and yes i mean racist he tweeted his goal celebration was aimed at the montenegro kral. besides sterling england players danny rose and callum hudson were on the field for england and within easy hearing distance of these so-called monkey chants meant to be racially abusive towards black players you know the thing discrimination should be anyway you know as it will equal yes if a game and enjoy the moment when you hear it stuff from the funds it's not right it's unacceptable and hopefully you wait for the appropriate because obviously when i was livid at me and rosie heard it was a monkey stuff so i was enjoying the game as well and to his stuff like us never right i said to go have a song entirely it was so that i would win so we stay that way then go back oh. well the man who stabbed wimbledon tennis champion petra in her home was today sentenced to eight years in prison by a check court

the match 5—1 — and after danny rose told him about racist chanting earlier in the game, raheem stirling as he celebrated his goal. and rose was targeted again, after he was shown a yellow card. uefa have opened disciplinary proceedings — which will mean montenegro will, at the least, have part of their stadium closed for their next qualifier against kosovo in june. troy townsend from the anti—racism organisation kick it out says the punishment needs to be more severe: it is closing at the stadium for a game that is not against england wisely, are is expulsion more were they? if we are going to show we are challenging, i say we because i am pa rt challenging, i say we because i am part of the footballing industry, if the governing bodies are going to shoot the tackling this, enough is enough, they cannot play this tournament until you have sort yourself out. and chelsea have complained to uefa about alleged racist abuse of callum hudson—odoi during their europa league tie against dynamo kiev in ukraine last week. uefa will assess whether there's enough evidence for disciplinary action. d

and scotland finished runners up at the world wheelchair curling championships in stirling, losing tosilver medal. they fell just short of repeating the achivement from 2005, the last time the championships came to scotland, when they won the competition. there's more on the bbc sport website, including news on a dramatic finish to today's formula e race in hong kong. but for now, back to you. many thanks. there's more throughout the evening on the bbc news channel. we're back with the late news at ten. now on bbc one it's time for the news where you are. goodbye. hello. you are watching bbc news. let's go back to our top story. authorities in ethiopia say there are no survivors after a passenger plane crashed with more than 150 people on board. the ethiopian airlines plane was carrying 149 passengers and eight crew. seven of those onboard were british, along with more than 30 other nationalities. let's now speak to max kingsley—jones, from the global aviation news publication, flightglobal. thank you very much for being with us on thank you very much for being with us on the bbc news

this england team finds new rhythm with every match, this perfect start to qualifying conducted by stirlingrnationals and aaron ramsey will miss wales' opening qualifier against slovakia tomorrow. he's returned to his club arsenal for treatment on a leg injury. the republic of ireland are in gibraltar at five o'clock tonight for their opening qualifier. there were mixed fortunes for the british number ones at the miami open. kyle edmund is through to the third round, after a straight sets win over ilya ivashka of belarus. he'll play former wimbledon finalist milos raonic next. butjohanna konta — at the top of your picture — is out. she got herself into a terrible rut, and lost ten games in a row on her way to a straight sets defeat to china's wang qiang. it's been a good morning for britain's oliver rowland at the sanya e—prix in china. he had his best everfinish — but it was only good enough for second. it was won by frenchman, jean—eric vergne — as the race finished under yellow flags, because of a crash on the final lap. britain's sam bird — who led the overall standings before the race

the kids were all right but the night was capped by one stirling performance.he field but off the field, he is so mature and comfortable in himself. and i think we talked about that earlier in the week, how i have seen that and so delighted for him to get the reaction he did from the crowd here because we cannot hide from the fact that he has a difficult moments for england and he has turned that full circle. staying with football, and birmingham city have been deducted nine points, for spending too much money. the championship side lost, 10—million pounds, more than is allowed under football league rules between 2015 and 2018 — the money was mainly spent, on player wages. the points deduction means birmingham, are nowjust five points clear of the relegation zone with eight matches still to play. there were mixed fortunes for the british number ones at the miami 0pen. kyle edmund is through to the third round, after a straight sets win over ilya ivashka of belarus. he'll play former wimbledon finalist milos raonic next. but yohanna konta — at the top of your pi

before last year's world cup, stirling's gun tatupu, a reference to his late father, gonna get more negative was 100% spot on with what he said, that the stick he used to get from the media was bang out of order. southgate's rain is notable for the squad's togetherness. with this trophy up for grabs this summer, this camaraderie could be key. c? group hug, that is what we should all be doing, later. after a skiing session. with a coffee. wales play tonight. they have got a friendly against trinidad and tobago in wrexham. and boss ryan giggs has found himself defending the class of ‘92, after criticism from zlatan ibrahimovic. the swede says the group of manchester united legends are too critical of the club, because of their loyalty to former boss sir alex ferguson. when you play over 2000 games between us, we're going have an opinion. sometimes positive, sometimes negative, but i don't think that has any bearing on results, or anything. so think that has any bearing on results, oranything. so yes, we think that has any bearing on results, or anything. so yes, we are supporters of the club.

that was adam fleming's stirling effort to explain everything.f theresa may's agreement with eu officials, on what they've described as "legally—binding changes" to the brexit withdrawal deal on our website — bbc.com/news, or download the bbc news app. us aviation authorities say they believe the boeing 737 max aircraft, of the type that crashed in ethiopia on sunday, is airworthy. both black box recorders have now been recovered. the aircraft was flying to the kenyan capital, nairobi , when it crashed minutes after taking off from addis ababa, killing all 157 people onboard. our correspondent emmanuel igunza sent this report from the scene. it's a slow, delicate process of recovering pieces of the plane that might offer clues on why flight et302 came down. more remains of those who died have been recovered from the rubble, as rescue efforts enter the second day. the main focus for the investigators has been that huge crater that was made when the plane hit the ground. now, throughout the day, we've seen them pull out debris, including this mangl

confidence is coursing through stirling, these defenders try desperately to keep him in check.inical, raheem sterling and the perfect place with the perfect touch and the perfect sentiment, paying tribute to a young footballer we lost this week to leukaemia. with his stock sky—high the class act continued, albeit with a slice of luck. time for a rest for raheem sterling and a hug. step forward callu m sterling and a hug. step forward callum hudson doyle, capped for england before making premier league start for chelsea, it was his determination that led to this own goal. 5—0 england and the kids are all right. years ina years in a really confident moment, not only on the field but off the field, he is so mature and co mforta ble field, he is so mature and comfortable in himself. i think i talked about that earlier in the week, how we have seen that, so delighted to have seen the reaction he got from the cloud. —— crowd. you can't hide the fact that he has had difficult moments for england and he has turned that full circle. staying with football, and birmingham city have been d

let‘s look at the trajectory of stirling today because it has been down pretty much all the way, hasnf multinational companies. it certainly has, when you invest in the uk and the ftse 100 index of leading shares, you are investing globally because it is made up of so many international players, so it is not a true reflection on the uk market or the uk economy per se, it is more of a global outlook. when you look at the retail figures today, up 0.4%, global outlook. when you look at the retailfigures today, up 0.4%, that has surprised some and some have said it shows consumers are pretty confident. would you say that is the true picture? it is probably true to say that brexit isn‘t impacting quite the way it is possibly thought to have been, but retail sales going up to have been, but retail sales going up orany part to have been, but retail sales going up or any part of the story because high street sales are not looking that good, still. it is the online side, they went up, but also the flip side of this story today is of course that supermarket sales have actually gone down and the