we will have u.k. gdp. isn't it ironic that caroline is covering u.k. gdp? a great story standing in a very big hole. you can enjoy that one. markets are just opening. manus is going to walk me through the start of the trading. >> you are seeing equity markets a little bit lower this morning. the s&p 500 on record high yesterday evening. china, europe, manufacturing blowing out. u.s. disappointed. 10 year government bond yields up about 2.5%. jobless claims coming in lower. versus people not buying new homes. european equities are opening lower. do they like the deal or not in terms of b-sky-b getting their hands on sky italia and sky deutschland? did they overpay for sky italia? 2.4 5 billion pounds. penetration, germany and italy. down 3%, trying to convert the uncomfortable. that is a question you have to ask yourself. equity markets are lower as i said. louis vuitton, if you want to understand the reality of what happens when you miss your estimates, this is it. stock down nearly 5%. japan is beginning to bite on the luxury market. joe maddon -- japan mi

top headlines -- the u.k.overed the outlook lost after the financial crisis after growth powered ahead for a sixth quarter. say 16nian officials people were killed in a shelter run by the u.n. in northern gaza. it was hit during the battle between israel and the militants in gaza. the shelter also served as a school. seven children among the dead. diplomatic efforts have intensified to end fighting. preparing to sanction russia. top security officials after the downing of malaysian air flight in ukraine. watching the story develop. is a story we are watching. artillery fire is now a big part of the story as well. anding ms. out of russia ukraine, the first time american officials are alleging this is happening. we have got the russians helping the separatists directly. in russia, breaking news russia's rate decision is out, it raised key rates to 8%. the estimate was seven .5%. the ruble has been on a the last trajectory of few days. strengthening this morning. 35.0166.ble at not a big move. manus cranny has m

u.k. gdp figures coming out today and it could reveal the economy has recovered from the financial crisis. infrastructure projects are fueling the growth and european business correspondent caroline hyde is down at the biggest construction project london. you are at crossrail. the sheer scale and noise sounds enormous. it is pretty enormous. i know you get up early, mark, but the people behind me, these people are working 20 47 around-the-clock. the sheer scale is phenomenal. below me now are two tunnel boring machines. each weighs the same as 1000 cars. they have really been cutting under london and taking out 100 kilometers long and being connected to south east london. they've had to do some really intricate feats around the last five years of construction. they've had to navigate ancient burial grounds. they've had at some point less than one meter away from the northern line shuttling commuters back with these in our most tunnel boring machines. it's quite a feat and it comes at quite

>> you are right to point to point the combined chiefs meeting in the u.k. last month,, the first time there has been such a meeting since the second world war as a strong demonstration of the growing collaboration between our nations. we are the closest allies in defense. we are looki to broaden and in thecollaboration intelligence field to specific areas of operational aivities. you referred to carrier strike. that is exactly the sort of thing we have been discussing. i had etings with theuty secretary who was here for the naming of the carrier 10 days ago. we had our meetings with frank kendall in the deity and -- in the dod and others. there is a stronong representatn of the department of defense and military here. we have been working on continuing collaborations including science and technology opportunities. >> i also asked whether the royal navy was going to be allowed d to use both of the big deck aircraft carriers it is building. he said th decision is up to the chief of the royal navy who controls his own budget. coming up, the chief of the royal

>> looking at the u.k. tightening potential on foreign we had him talking about how he wants to reduce wiggle room. astrazeneca again. how much can we make a financial penalty? they have got until friday to agree to the price tag. >> they have indicated a value of 53 pounds 20 a share. they are in detailed talks. recommend andg to offer. these heads are giving an indication that at least the two companies are talking with each other. >> they are lucky. it is their fifth and hopefully final offer. last are saying, we want you to sit down. we could get a deal here. talks thate detailed this has gone further. out.need to work them >> a hefty price tag. that is more than 31 billion pounds. they were originally offering 51 pounds 15 per share. now they raise it 253 pounds a share. we understand that is pretty ok if you are a shareholder. >> these are not small increments. know it is something good. when you have a tax rate north of 20% and you can bring it down they are worth paying for. the morning.ore in we wa

facebook is being investigated by u.k. rep learners -- u.k. regulators. studies show a psychological experiment was conducted about what users saw in their new see. takenok says it had appropriate protections for people's information. welcome back to "countdown." i am anna edwards. an acquisition is taking place in the telecom center, including vodafone's acquisition of ono that looks to get approval today. steve joins us to discuss this and mandate an answer we have seen -- -- m and a bonanza. thatf the most interesting you have pointed out in your notes is that acquiring companies have consistently gone on to outperform markets. typically in years gone by you saw a business doing the buying and the company acquired, their stock rose. we going to see something different over a long time frame? >> no. at study we look at looked -- to quarter post announcements. that can be anything from six months total of performance. what we are seeing on aggregate, if you look across all dealmakers, they have the full and the market. >> is that because the rising tide

s new super carrier with whisky instead of champagne according to the u.k.'s defense secretary it's a demonstration of britain at its very best the royal navy has sixteen ships and submarines and two royal marines commando units based in scotland the s.n.p. has promised to maintain all military establishment in scotland in the event of independence but the problem is that at the moment there's simply no agreement over what would happen to britain's defense says if scotland were to leave the union the u.k.'s first scene lord has warned that the royal navy is already constrained by budget cuts and the split with scotland would further weaken the effectiveness of britain's maritime defenses since the s.n.p. say that they would abolish nuclear weapons in the event of a yes vote many questions surround the future of trying to end the u.k. submarine based nuclear missile system that station in western scotland tridents unique deep water location is of key strategic importance as it provides quick access to the atlantic finding somewhere else to park the u.k.'s nucl

coming up in our international whiskey no champagne is the u.k. launch used in the aircraft carrier the british queen is heading to scotland to christen the u.k.'s biggest ever warship well the future of britain's nuclear missile system remains in question ahead of the independence referendum. with jihadi militants making significant advances in iraq saudi arabia has started moving military personnel close to its front with the war torn country the reports come after iraqi troops are reported to be withdrawing from the area something baghdad denies. it's called the. saudi arabia has reportedly sent thirty thousand troops to its border with iraq across that border is a cauldron of sectarian infighting the isis is so it's a radical sunni jihadi are well armed and well funded saudi arabia also sunni doesn't want to be officially associated with the isis but it's hardly an innocent bystander many of the isis is most violent frontline fighters are believed to be saudi nationals there are widespread reports that wealthy donors in saudi arabia had been f

britain's queen names the u.k.'s biggest ever warship well the future of britain's nuclear defense is remain up for question ahead of scotland's independence referendum. we supply the weapons that are used in the conflicts that none of these people had to flee then we don't let them work and put them in countless when they get their anger within germany over the treatment of refugees after police try a big thing dozens from a disused building. but first washington's a wait and see approach to the crisis in iraq could change the u.s. has already sent more than seven hundred fifty troops to the country and currently advising the iraqi army on how to defeat isis insurgents but it may not be enough america's top army general leaving the door open to the country's increased military involvement the chairman of the joint chiefs joint chiefs of staff martin dempsey says the u.s. could launch an assault on isis militants if national interests require or president obama gives the order currently the u.s. is gathering intelli

the current u.k.legation to india has been talking about many things and we believe food is something that could lead to final retail. >> you have touched on some big subject there. have osborne and the government in hague. when it comes for doing business in india, listening to some of who has gone outwards from india, what can he deliver in the next six months to a year to make a destination to boost? >> first and foremost, the clear has alreadyas delivered a euphoria of people looking back to india rather than looking away, number one. >> at least they are looking. >> the feel-good factor is back. >> he is a great statesman and he is proved that in his own ability in running his state. i'm sure given time he will prove the same for india. he has a clear vision and a clear mandate. >> is britain on the front foot? as the third-largest investor, switched on a was few years ago. how do indians view the british relationship to trade? >> the britain-india relationship is strong, whether it is built on t

ahead tonight britain's queen aims the u.k.'s biggest ever warship for the future britain's nuclear defenses remain up for question at the scott was independence referendum. washington's wait and see approach to the crisis in iraq could change the us already has over seven hundred fifty troops in the country and is currently advising the iraqi army on how to defeat isis insurgents but that might not be enough america's top army general now is leaving the door open these countries increased military involvement may be chairman of the joint chiefs of staff martin dempsey says the u.s. could launch an assault on isis militants if national interests were cry it would require it or indeed if president obama gives the order to currently the u.s. is gathering info intelligence and information while the number of iraqi deaths continues to grow more than two thousand were killed in june alone meantime saudi arabia has reportedly begun amassing its troops along the border with iraq one arab media outlet said iraqi forces are withdrawn fro

and there is more military hardware on show this time in the u.k. where britain's queen elizabeth has unveiled the country's biggest warship at a ceremony in scotland the vessel which is named after the monarch is the first of two aircraft carriers being built at a cost of over six billion pounds expected to be her majesty's last official engagement in scotland before the referendum on the country's independence which will take place in september police border has its birth is taking place in scotland which is why the queen is christening the u.k.'s new super carrier with whisky instead of champagne poured into the u.k.'s defense secretary it's a demonstration of britain at its very best the royal navy has sixteen ships and submarines and two royal marines commando units based in scotland the s.n.p. has promised to maintain all military establishments and scotland in the event if it depended but the problem is that at the moment there's simply no. happen to britain's defense says if scotland were to leave the union the case first see the lord has wa

and u.k. economies and the wimbledon finals are this sunday and in honor of the occasion edward harris and i are talking about money in tennis in today's big deal and remember you can see all segments featured in today's show on you tube at you tube dot com start on hulu at hulu dot com slash boom dash now before we go to break here are a look at some your closing numbers of the bell come on back with us. would you like me you want your comedy news with some t one to comedy news to be a bare fisted no holds barred fight to the dad. looking through the vampire whining into the next in the corporate elite the billionaire freaks well they're going. well that's what you get with my new show projected tonight. washington well it's a mess trees being stressed to add to the list. isn't the media candidate for the proper see the point is that usually doesn't do too much for ad revenue my own tech agriculture giant song a seventy six year old american farmer in the studio fallout do you think this is g

s defense forces should scotland separate the remainder of the u.k. will still have defense forces all i would say is that if you have a single unit tree force and you split it into two parts then it inevitably costs money to set up the other part with all the admin and things like that and it ends up less efficient so there will be less money effectively and we already don't spend enough on defense assuming that an independent scotland supplication to join nato was successful then then scotland would expect the rest of the nato organization to come to their aid and vice versa i think when we talk about defense and independent scotland all roads eventually lead to tried and now he said the government has said it would seek the speediest and safest removal of trident from scottish territory however there are huge implications in that because there appears to be no where the trident fleet plus warheads could go in the u.k. in the short to medium term and to move it would be hugely expensive and disruptive the cost of redeploying of the trident the balli

earnings, the u.k.'ports. ♪ "> welcome back to "the pulse live from bloomberg's european headquarters in london. pound land has issued its first earnings report since going public. it is set to benefit as the economy in england improves. is our european business correspondent, caroline hyde. why is pound land doing so well are we all becoming bargain hunters? >> we are. that is what is the most fascinating thing about penland. i go quite crazy in it. flashing santa hats which last for like 48 hours. over christmas, they sold 3 million meters of tinsel. they sell 3 million light bulbs, 4 million bags of sugar. 18 billion cans of coke. quarter of a million garden gnomes. they are across the board. they sell everything from cleaning products to novelty items. one in five of their shoppers is from what they call the a-b earnings category. that is the most affluent, the biggest earners. they are the people going to pound land. sales are currently up 30% last year. profit up 23%. they are expanding. 500 stores

facebook is being investigated by u.k.lators after a study found a psychological experiment influenced what 700,000 users saw in their online feed. a researcher has apologized. "the pulse" is coming up. i will be anchoring today, a special treat for you. we are going to talk virgin atlantic. -- theestment director airline recently unveiled new uniforms designed by vivienne westwood. we will talk about airline branding. we will examine the housing market in the u.k. we are speaking live with a former npc member. ♪ >> sarkozy under fire. we are live in paris as the former french president is charged with influence peddling. just short of 17,000. will the dow jones passed that threshold today for the first time ever? and thumbs-up for a telecoms tie up. the eu is set to approve' vodafones bid for ono. welcome to "the pulse," live from bloomberg's european headquarters in london. i am mark

for at theosborne speaking u.k. interview. the u.k. government could consider further sanctions on russia. that's going to be a developing story. we are also looking at what happened in israel as well. >> both of those stories later in the program. our dog looks to boost his bid. 20th century fox may use the stock -- murdoch looks to boost his bid. ♪ >> welcome back. just coming up i am joined by anna edwards and caroline hyde. caroline, rupert murdoch, time warner, a massive aid. could it go even higher? he is not going to walk away. >> he is not going to walk away. understand.we it could go even higher. we are expecting another bid to come. he has really started gathering force in terms of cash. interesting game of musical chairs going on, and he could be cashing in on sky deutsche and sky italian. they are close to offering what could be $10 billion for a 50% stake. this would make the european player more powerful when developing content. it gives more cash to up its bid. up to get itso hands on time warner. it's all about producti

you know do that the u.k. b.c. barclays and world bank of scotland already have this on the drawing board they're going to charge you to keep money in the bank or you can or you can have a solar project or a wind project where you get a check for five to six percent a year so the average british person so i know i don't want the income may i want the government to steal my money i mean there's a nation of pedophiles but this has gone too far i think is extend to everyone's day to day existence they don't feel comfortable if they're getting raped by the government that's the bottom line it certainly feels that way yes i think that one of the biggest problems we have is a media problem because it's all well and good saying about the children fund i bumped into that by going on twitter and then i met the chap i thought was a brilliant idea and a brilliant project and say we sell a century they're doing some great work however we don't as the average british public don't get to hear about that we get the b.b.c. and i.t

economically meanwhile in the u.k. there's the trillion fund they've crowd funded five million pounds worth of wind projects and solar wind and solar projects where people are putting up small amounts of cash and they get an income six percent on their money on on a wind project or solar projects so here you have a fracking like negative interest rates it takes money out of the economy and destroys the ecology or you could put money into a wonder solar project where people get five or six percent on their money so that was what smith's or are they just what are they but i think one of the problems with that is like we constantly see wind farm applications being turned down because when i saw i was in a cab or earlier and the guys like you had such an ice from an eyesore because there's a wind farm and you're like a vision that's very distressing but notice but why is it less distressing that there's a shale gas rig burning methane on venting me thing and they've got like those pipes were going to look like texas in lan

and u.k. economies and the wimbledon finals are this sunday and in honor of the occasion edward harris and i are talking about money in tennis in today's big deal and remember you can see all segments featured in today's show on you tube you tube dot com start on hulu at hulu dot com. now before we go to break here are looking from your closing numbers of the bell come on back with us. the return and we band of the neo cons as a middle east ascends into a regional civil war in ukraine becomes a failed state washington's foreign policy neoconservatives are on the march the world is there a place. where you like me and want your comedy news and some t.v. want your comedy news to be a bare fisted no holds barred fight to the dad. looking through the vampire lighting into the necks of the corporate elite the billionaire freaks while they're going. out so that's what you get with my new show projected in night. on marinating in the financial world moves. back to series to goldman to have a nonstop

and u.k. economies and the wimbledon finals are this sunday and in honor of the occasion edward harris and i are talking about money in tennis in today's big deal and remember you can see all segments featured in today's show on you tube and you tube dot com start on hulu at hulu dot com. now before we go to break here are a look at some your closing numbers of the bell come on back with us. but we're going to do. that you know the price is the only industry specifically mention of the constitution and. that's because a. free and open press is critical to our democracy trek albus. role. in fact the single biggest threat facing our nation today is the corporate takeover of our government and our crack cynical we've been hijacked by handful of transnational corporations that will profit by destroying what our founding fathers once will just mark it on this show we reveal the big picture of what's actually going on in the world we go beyond identifying the problem. rational debate and real discus

u.k. government tries to legalize keeping personal internet and mobile phone data results of his crying the states the violence program would breach basic previously right. and i welcome you watching r.t. international now this is the skyline in the guns in eastern ukraine that was filmed on sunday night and the areas on fire are reportedly there and they're port where the military and government forces have been engaged in a bitter fight this is a video apparently filmed earlier in the day showing fighters who were at the time control of the airport shelling attacking government troops both sides currently kind control over the strategic area. but a massive military convoy has also reportedly approached lugansk including up to eighty tanks and government forces have been filmed maneuvering their own armor to meet the enemy parties refund is in again he says the city is bracing itself for an escalation in violence. they actually don't need to turn on the siren ambulances are almost the onl

u.k. government tries to legalize it activists say it amounts to an unacceptable violation of basic privacy rights. two pm in moscow good to have you with us here on r.t. international our top story this hour this is the skyline in lugansk in eastern ukraine film sunday night the area is on fire reportedly near an airport where the military and government forces have been engaged in a bitter fight this is video apparently filmed earlier in the day showing fighters who at the time controlled the airport shelling attacking government troops both sides currently came claim control over the strategic area. a massive military convoy is also reportedly approached lugansk including up to eighty tanks anti government forces have been filled maneuvering their own armor to meet the enemy and trapped in the middle of it all millions of civilians shelling air raids and fighting at devastating cities villages and towns in the east artie's marie if an ocean is in logan square she joined an ambulance cre

and u.k. economies and the wimbledon finals are this sunday and in honor of the occasion edward harris and i are talking about money in tennis in today's big deal and remember you can see all segments featured in today's show on you tube at you tube dot com start on hulu absolute dot com slash boom dash now before we go to break here are a look at some your closing numbers of the bell come on back with us. do you believe that people in ukraine should have been. given an opportunity to vote to have a background on whether or not they want to sign this agreement actually number one i mean looking at the post public opinion polling. i don't think really that is said to divisive as you say number two. i'm not against referenda and particularly where of sure if arindam if you sort of posture pardo feel superior in a tip to institutions. let's say in brussels and i think it's up to the people to decide. do we speak your language i mean some of the. news programs and documentaries and spanish what ma

u.k. government flies to legalize keeping personal internet and mobile phone data as activists the state surveillance program would breach basic previously rights and. president posting from the world cup relay from brazil the country hosting leaders of top developing states for the brics summit. there is good to have you company you're watching international. now this is the skyline in eastern ukraine filmed on sunday night and the areas on fire are reportedly near an airport where the military and anti government forces have been engaged in a bitter fight this is a video apparently filming apparently filmed earlier in the day showing fighters who at the time controlled the airport attacking government troops both sides currently claim control over the strategic area. well a massive military convoy has also reportedly approached advanced including up to eighty tanks and government forces have been filmed maneuvering their own army to me and then make. it in against the city is bracing its

but just ahead springs queen names the u.k.'s biggest ever warship while the future of britain's nuclear defenses remains a question ahead of scotland's independence referendum. but next washington's wait and see approach to the crisis in iraq could change the u.s. already has over seven hundred fifty troops in the country and is currently advising the iraqi army on how best to defeat isis insurgents but that may not be enough america's top army general knows leaving with door opened his country may be increasing its military involvement chairman of the joint chiefs of staff martin dempsey says the u.s. could launch an assault on isis militants if national interests were required or if president putin get president obama rather gives the thumbs up now currently the u.s. is gathering intelligence while the number of iraqi deaths continues to grow more than two thousand were killed in june alone meantime other developments saudi arabia has reportedly begun amassing its troops on the border with iraq one arab media outlet said iraq

and u.k. economies and the wimbledon finals are this sunday and in honor of the occasion edward harris and i are talking about money in tennis in today's big deal and remember you can see all segments featured in today's show on you tube at you tube dot com start on hulu at hulu dot com slash. now before we go to break here are looking from your closing numbers of the bell come on back with us. i would rather as questions to people in positions of power instead of speaking on their behalf and that's why you can find my show larry king now right here on our t.v. question more. welcome back to jack now we explore the numbers behind a potentially stronger u.s. economic recovery with daniel alpert a moment ago but as a point of comparison we wanted to bring the u.k. into this whole story so i spoke to john as east now he's the economics and business correspondent at the week dot com and gets we want to get his idea and his view on the future of the u.s. and the u.k. economies and i first asked him

virgin media in the u.k.. -- in the u.k. you have lots of moving together. telecom coming together. much datats to eat as as they can. through the internet or on the mobile through the internet. we need more data. we are seeing so much consolidation and the yuan allowing vodafone to get into spain because the telecom companies in europe have a real problem. they have to increase investment . the have to update the networks to allow us to download this data. at the same time, the revenues are falling, particularly when you have the you reducing data roaming charges in europe. what do you get the money from? they save money. they will save money by buying ono and i think there is more consolidation to come. >> thank you. here's what else is on our radar today. the jpmorgan chief has throat cancer and will begin treatment shortly. he told employees and shareholders that is condition is curable and he said that he will continue running the fi rm during radiation and chemotherapy. facebook is being investigated by u.k. regulators after a study says that a psychol

and the u.k.increasingly the euro zone to basically rate pops up by prince of money that of course is a little he'll make instability in the u.s. g.d.p. is falling sharply sure in the first quarter there are signs it will recover a bit in the second quarter we don't know the figures yet but it was interesting to me max and i'm sure you as well is when the really bad g.d.p. numbers came out in the first quarter the markets loved it because bad news is good news that meant the fed was more likely to take its foot off the off the off the gas in terms of tapering if you like to take time out of ronnie dahl funny money dollars even. more so bad news is good news what a situation we've got in the markets rally when there's bad news because it's more likely the biggest central bank on earth will print more virtual money so that's why stock markets in my view a rate there are a lot of mom and pop investors out there trying to invest their nest eggs trying to get their kids through college who want where o

the u.k. government tries to legalize keeping personal internet. surveillance program would breach of the sea rights and president putin takes up the world cup relay from brazil with the country hosting leaders of. the brics. are you watching international coming to you live from moscow. this is the skyline in eastern ukraine filmed on sunday night and the areas on fire you can see here reportedly there paul where the military and anti government forces have been engaged in a bitter fight this video apparently filmed earlier in the day showing fighters shelling government troops at the airport both sides currently in control over kariya obviously if a national is in lugansk and says the city is bracing itself for an escalation in violence. we witnessed dramatic escalation of the situation here in the city of the gods guarantees continuing to deteriorate is now you can see shalini east continue and we hear that crane in troops are now getting closer to the city center and to government just con

could land you in a whole lot of bother at least if you're on the search for work in the u.k. find out what punishment lies in store for dodgy job hunters info on our website and it's been more than a century since the idea of wireless energy transmission was first conceived but scientists are doing all they can to put a new spark into the idea and make it reality find out how r.t. dot com. also there are few high caliber pictures here of naval drills carried out by russia's fleet in the black sea. we've got this and much more for you at r.t. dot com. right to see. you and i think. on our reporters. on. we were just speaking about military hardware and there is more on show as queen elizabeth has unveiled the country's biggest warship at a ceremony in scotland the vessel which is named after the monarch is the first of two aca carries being built at a cost of more than six billion pounds is expected to be her majesty's last official engagement in scotland for the referendum on the country's independence in september. it's birth is taking place in scotland which is why the quee