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renault lowered sales outlook, and after 9:00 u.k. time-- a you a ceo with the interview with the ceo, thierry bollore. matt: twitter is reporting results, and at 1:30 u.k. time, all figures will be on u.s. growth figures. gdd comes out for the second quarter. analysts see growth of 1.8%, which would be the slowest since 2017. very interesting, to see what that growth number will hit. it makes a difference between the fed cutting maybe 50 basis points, or not having any reason to cut at all. coming up, mike pompeo tells us he would be happy to travel to tehran to address the iranian people. our interview with the u.s. secretary of state is next. this is bloomberg. ♪ nejra: this is "bloomberg daybreak: europe." london.a cehic in matt: i am matt miller in berlin. let's get the bloomberg business flash. for that, we go to debra mao in hong kong. debra: alphabet is reporting revenue that beat expectations, combing concerns -- calming concerns about slowing growth. the google parent announced plans to repurchase $25 billion of the company's cla

u.k. story may be times of uncertainty, who knows where the u.k. turns to for solace?about this broad trend, public to private. what is it about the pes find it so attractive? why are we seeing this trend? itah: i think we're seeing in germany, as well. as we go back to saying how much capital the private equities are sitting on, if you look at options in the private space, they become very expensive and competitive. lost stocks on the public -- whilst stocks on the public have come down, it has made it difficult to do deals in that space. going forward, we will see more public to private in europe. anna: thanks very much. sarah syed from the deals team. if you're a terminals subscriber, you can check out the latest m&a news. up next, we'll bring you some of the stocks on the move, including the swiss semiconductor provider, which planned in european trade after missing expectations. we'll get you that story next. that start down. -- stock down. this is bloomberg. ♪ anna: welcome back to the european open, 51 minutes into the trading day. we're pretty flat for u.s. equ

u.k. market for the first time since 2016 even with the uncertainties.are seeming more confident and more reliability and people buying homes. the consumer goods company also railing this morning come up about 2.6%. this is after they settled in opioid case. shares rallying. the idea is doj overhang and they are settling for $1.4 million. the swiss company, shares dropping 4%. they had downgrades saying it is not necessarily overall weakness. momentum showing after the shares gained. the company has a lot of fx headwinds. thank you so much, dani burger. let's get to the bloomberg first word news. >> the federal reserve is getting ready to cut interest rates for the first time in a decade. it sees a cooling global economy and weak manufacturing around the world. speaking in testimony to the u.s. congress, jerome powell says the strong jobs report didn't change that you. >> the bottom line for me is the uncertainties around the global growth and trade continue to weigh on the outlook, in addition, inflation continues to be muted. those things are still in

on our own position, navigation, and timing satellite and -- earth automation system. u.k. access, orbiting in space with all the long-term strategic and commercial benefits for this country. let's change the tax rules to provide extra incentives to invest in capital and research. and, let's promote the welfare of animals, who have always been so close to the hearts of the british people. and yes, let's start now on those free-trade deals. it is free-trade that is done more than anything else to lift billions out of poverty. all this, and more, we can do now and only now. at this extraordinary moment in our history. and after three years of unfounded self-doubt, it is time to change the record. to recover our natural and historic -- of an enterprising, outward looking and truly global britain. generous in temper, and engaged with the world. no one in the last few centuries has succeeded in betting against the pluck and nerve and ambition of this country. they will not succeed today. we, in this government, will work flat out to give this country the leadership it deserves.

u.k. time. this is bloomberg. ♪ francine: this is "bloomberg surveillance," live from westminster, where in a couple of hours we will learn who the new prime minister of the u.k. is. boris johnson, the heavy favorite. let's get to the bloomberg business flash. viviana: robin hood markets closed a new round of funding, valuing the company at $7.6 billion, up from 2018. in 2013any was founded and allows people to trade stocks on its mobile app. the u.k. intervening in the $3.4 billion sale on national security grounds. the decision follows a recommendation by the competition and markets authority to review the deal. the fund looked to by the satellite company to keep strategic decisions in the u.k.. ever wanted to buy into your favorite musicians? a story for you. $560 million bond back by agreements, allowing places like retailers to play music. that counts bob dylan, adele, and neil diamond among its artists. that is your bloomberg business flash. norsk hydro has turned the outlook for a second t

by 5:00 u.k. timee in the late day we'll know who has triumphed in this leadership between boris johnson, a slightly divisive man. they said boris johnson could have done more to support the outgoing minister. we'll see phillip hammond, the chancellor, the finance minister in the u.k. and the justice secretary hit the air waives on the sunday meetings. he said that the country should come out of the e.u. by the latest deadline, by october 31st, do or die. they say that is economic suicide leaving the relationship that the u.k. has with its largest trading partner, the eu, without another game plan. either way though, with this ton of resistance from the back benches, from senior cabinet members today, what we may see is the question of not so much whether boris johnson be prime minister by this time tomorrow but how long will a boris johnson tenure hold? christine? >> wow, the plot thickens. thank you so much for that. nina dos santos in london this morning. >> wow. >>> meanwhile, irish eyes are smilin

she will be replaced around 5:00 u.k. time with boris johnson as our new prime minister. today, theis said campaign is over, the work begins. guy: if i'm looking at the other side of the channel, what do we do with the irish backstop? in order for it to happen from the u.k. perspective, the irish backstop has to go. the eu says that will not happen. how do we resolve the crisis? backdropis right, the -- backstop has to go. 50 years ago, we put a person on the moon. are you saying that in that poem two of time, technology is not sufficient that there could be other ways to facilitate the flow of goods between northern ireland and ireland using technology, using camera technology, manifests, trusted trading schemes. up till now there was no interest in the european union to buy into any of that because they thought they were wedded to the withdrawal agreement that theresa had signed up to. three times to try to get it through the house of commons. three times she failed. it cost her her job. there is not a chance boris will go over those old mistakes that cost to reason her

times saying a buyer can emerge. but also, the conversation you guys were having about the data strong bottom in the u.k. also likely helping shares today up 2%. anna: up next, raising the stakes. gilead pays billions of dollars as it bets on inflammatory diseases, sending stocks to an all-time high. more on that next. this is bloomberg. ♪ matt: welcome back to bloomberg markets, the european open, 51 minutes into the trading day. the ftse little train -- changed. that is back down to unchanged, the dax gaining 7/10 of 1%. other equity markets are paring gains, as well. m&a monday, so let's take a look at the deals driving the markets today. billion toaying $5.1 raise its stake in the belgian biotech firm, galapagos, to gain access to a portfolio compound, including six in clinical trials. for more, we're joined by sarah saeed. what is the motivation between the deal -- behind the deal for gilead? seems like an awful lot of money to raise estate less than 10%. definitely, but a great deal for gilead. now it will deepen its research into inflammatory diseases and others. it's the largest deal that's been

coming up, we speak to the active managing director of the imf, at 10:00 u.k. timein the middle. this is bloomberg. ♪ hey! i'm bill slowsky jr., i live on my own now! i've got xfinity, because i like to live life in the fast lane. unlike my parents. you rambling about xfinity again? you're so cute when you get excited... anyways... i've got their app right here, i can troubleshoot. i can schedule a time for them to call me back, it's great! you have our number programmed in? ya i don't even know your phone anymore... excuse me?! what? i don't know your phone number. aw well. he doesn't know our phone number! you have our fax number, obviously... today's xfinity service. simple. easy. awesome. i'll pass. daybreak: europe. i am nejra cehic in london. manus: i am manus cranny in dubai. let's get our first word news roundup. debra mao is with us in hong kong. nejra,manus and citigroup has vowed to keep cutting costs, despite managing to save more than analysts expected. it was not all smooth sailing for citi, who saw trading revenue drop about 5% and investment banking

find that on -- u.k. time. find that on dab or other resources.speaking to german lights aberdeen. stick with us for that interview. we'll talk to him shortly, that interview on the markets open program. european markets wait down by that warning -- weighed down by drama. now pretty flat. ftse 100 and the cac doing better, up one quarter of a percent. this is bloomberg. ♪ anna: 30 minutes into the trading day. jerome powell builds the case for a rate cut, despite strong readingment inflation -- inflation reading. >> first quarter was fine, but indications were second-quarter of strong -- are less strong. there are not leading -- leaning forward. anna: they go flat/ the asia unit struggles price ipo, puts a lid on what could be the biggest listing. betting down the hatches, hurtles toward louisiana, cribbing oil output, 70% of lng capacity at risk. welcome to bloomberg markets, the european open. i'm anna edwards in london, 30 minutes into the trading day. we've got a norwegian start to the upside, help 5.7%. -- up 5.7%. up 3% on the back of the nu

time. so in spite of the identification, our u.k.ant, has not been the hub for the rest of europe. so we have not had to spend very much to be prepared for whatever outcome the british government, together with the eu, comes across with. towill see our ability continue our business is unaffected. and to the degree we can be helpful to u.k. companies or other companies that have more serious challenges, we will support them. anna: thanks very much, john. up next, top of the class. a secondribas posts quarter of income gains come out shining rivals on both sides of the atlantic. we bring you our interview with the lender's ceo next. this is bloomberg. ♪ matt: welcome back to "bloomberg markets." you are looking at live pictures of turkey's central bank presentation. the governor is doing that presentation on a quarterly inflation report. year end inflation is estimated at 13.9% nurses 13.6%, previously. every little helps. bnp paribas has outshone its rivals in fixed income trading. they posted gains for a second straight quarter, putt

they needed him for a long time. the u.k. needed him for a long time. and let's see what happens. he and i will spend a lot of -- we just spent a lot of -- when i was with the queen, and one of the great, most beautiful couple of days that i have ever experienced. she is a term meant his woman. -- she is a tremendous woman. incredible woman. we get along very well. boris and i just spoke. i congratulated him. he is all set to go. he is going to do i think a great job. we are working already on a trade agreement. i think it will be a very substantial trade agreement. with the u.k. we can do three times -- we were actually impeded by their relationship with the european union. we were very much impeded on trade. i think we can do three times four times five times -- we don't do the kind of trade we could do with what some people say is great britain. and some people remember a word you not hear too much is the word england. which is a piece of it. but with the u.k., we can do much, much more trade. and we expect to do that ok? [indiscernible] pres. trump: apple. well i want apple to

u.k. from the e.u. without a deal come the 31st of october of course for a long time the economic ties between u.k. and germany have been a huge part of the german economy and already the u.k. has slid down from being the number 5. trade partner with germany to already the 7th and that's before breakfast even happened so it was germany like the rest of the e.u. right now will be looking forward to its own interests and you're looking at a shot at a shot there of london we've been seeing boris johnson's car excuse me. we're looking at a shot of the entrance to downing street there of course we've been seeing johnson's car as it is makes its way through the city is coming from buckingham palace going to 10 downing street where he will be making his 1st speech as prime minister we have to say on and you know just let's just remind ourselves of who we're talking about here i mean this is a politician known for making bold statements dramatic statements. one of his big challenges certainly. by stance and now as we're going to see him walking up to the podium but have a. good afternoon. i have just been

and for a long time even you herr accounts of some children that were sent to the u.k. that for a long time didn't know that they were jewish they were sent to the u.k. at such a young age and again this is a many of them have to retrace their footsteps and retrace their family history to find out exactly where they came from and what happened to their families here in germany under the nazi occupation kate thanks very much for looking into this force . it's to wimbledon now and the new chapter in one of sport's biggest rivalries will play out later today when roger federer and rafael nadal meet in the semifinals it's the 1st meeting of the 2 most successful male players of the sport's history at wimbledon since 2008 and with both players and also the thirty's it could be one of their last encounters at a ground slam about. rafa nadal is match up with his prey drive will be the 4th time he has met the stressed master at wimbledon. roger federer on lost last month to nadal on policing clay the grass is of course a different matter federer has won wimbledon 8 times he also

you can time where philip time will be joining us after 5 -- 9:30 u.k. time. of --peak to the this is bloomberg. ♪ nejra: this is "bloomberg daybreak: europe." i'm nejra cehic in london. two ipo's softens derail this week. unit re, and the asian guided prices to the lower of the range. the ipo may be growing, but firms face a fragile microenvironment. with more, dani burger. periodt is the biggest for ipos since 2014 in dollar value. for companies hoping to hit the opening bell, there are a lot of things that could derail them. we have to look at the geography of where these ipos are coming from. a 29we look at asia, billion -- that is double the value for the size of the market in north america. 10 times the size of europe. ask, if trade talks turn south, what happens if the market is disrupted and demand is zapped. we are seeing valuations at highs, stocks rally so that should create demand what we are not seeing that. there is a risk between buyers and sellers. in six of the 10 biggest listings, priced at the lower end or even below the range. that includes

second-quarter gdp print at 1:30 u.k. time.lysts see growth at one point a percent, the slowest since -- 1.8%, which would be disclosed since 2013. alphabet came in slower than expected. common concerns about slowing growth. the stock rising and after hours as alphabet beat expectations for second-quarter sales. it also announced a plan to repurchase $25 billion in stock. no big deal. meanwhile, amazon warning investors one day delivery has a big price tag. the results were marred by a surge in costs, tides of faster shipping. joining us to discuss this and more is alex webb. alex, it's been a mixed picture for faang, and yet we see nasdaq futures rising, so investors look pretty pleased abroadly. alex: yeah, it's been difficult for facebook and partly amazon but people know they are invested in the future. i think the bump on the google side partially to do with the negativity from facebook, thinking that might have implications for alphabet. and they are all fine and dandy and still going, the reaction was still strong. there

u.k. this time was ok in the we have been aware of the operation civil guard patrols have been watching the area but we are investigating the circumstances under which the u.s. and its petition to the u.k. now as well as spain a senior iranian foreign ministry official said that the united states had asked the u.k. to intercept the ship however just brought us government said in a statement that they acted independently on their own accord the decisions of her majesty's government of gibraltar were taken to do independent. the way some breaches of existing law not at all based on extraneous political considerations meanwhile though the seizure was hailed enthusiastically by a key member of the trumpet ministration excell news yuki has the team the supertanker grease one laden with the reigning oriel bomb for syria in violation of you sanctions american our allies will continue to prevent regimes into ran in damascus from profiting off this illicit trade so this latest round comes at a time of escalating tensions between the u.s. and iran of course it follows the trumpet ministration previou

u.k. is calling it an act of state piracy lansley has more now from london this emergency couldn't have come as a worse time for the u.k. and the ministers who left the crisis meeting all know it's apart from anything else they'll be a new prime minister this week probably with a different take on the situation. still the u.k. can do nothing in the face of what it regards as a provocation by iran the way in which the capture of the u.k. flight tanker was filmed by the commandos who took control of its refusal to obey the demands of the british frigates in the strait of hormuz to let the time to go all cut very deep at the heart of a british military establishment used to the days when britannia ruled the waves and consequently the foreign secretary told parliament minister the u.k. would seek a european led maritime missions of the gulf states because iran had to understand the consequences of its actions if iran continues on this dangerous path they must accept the price will be a larger western military presence in the waters along the coastline not because we wish to increase tensions but simply because

. -- prices weaker this at this afternoon u.k. time.usation of currency manipulation by europe and china as foreign-exchange analyst game planning the administration next move. a weaker dollar on account of fed rate hikes and a slower economy is a tailwind for emerging markets. earlier bloomberg spoke to veteran investor mark mobius. this is what he is saying about president trump criticism of the currency and emerging markets. currency weapon has been on the table for a long time. the chinese have used that weapon. maybe in preparation for this recent meeting, the chinese allowed the currency to get stronger. that eased tensions somewhat. the u.s. is in a difficult position because the u.s. dollar is a global currency. ,here is very little particularly the fact that the foreign reserves of the u.s. are not that great. very difficult for them to do anything. other countries can control their currencies. china controls currencies closely. europeans can do it. other countries can do it. the only thing the u.s. can do the other countries i

u.k. she's preparing to take questions from m.p.'s for the last timeand boris johnson will take over as leader very soon. hello and welcome i'm devika paul and you're watching out is there live from doha also coming up. saddam's military gentle arrests 18 generals including the recently appointed army chief of staff. iran's president says his country is ready for negotiations to defuse cult tensions and calls the seizure of the u.k. flag tanker powerful precise and professional. and want to washington's most anticipated public hearings former u.s. special counsel robert muller prepares to testify before congress. boris johnson will become britain's new prime minister in just a few hours' time the newly elected leader of the ruling conservative party will meet queen elizabeth to get the official nod to begin forming his government jonson's replacing terry's a man who's about to hold her final question time in parliament before handing in her resignation to the queen 1st on the agenda for the new prime minister will be appointing a new cabinet one that w

u.k. time. this is bloomberg. ♪ matt: economics, finance, politics, this is "bloomberg surveillance," and i'm matt miller in berlin. let's get the bloomberg business flash. viviana: citigroup preparing to ax hundreds of drops in the slumping trading division, including 100 positions in the equities unit, amounting to 10% of the division, as wall street banks faced the lowest trading revenue in the decade. ning abraaj, citing serious wrongdoing, including unauthorized activities and misusing money. this is the largest, the imposed by their financial regulator. bp bucking the trend of disappointing earnings. flow in q2,ed cash offsetting the effect of lower energy prices. the ceo says it is too soon to determine the cost of tensions in the strait of hormuz. >> extremely careful. out,ve had ships in and some concerning incidents, right now we are not sending british troops, ships into the persian gulf. viviana: that is the bloomberg business flash. matt: thanks. tech. , 23% rise in first-half 400 b

they needed him a long time. u.k. needed him for a long time. let's see what happens.nd -- we spent a lot of times when i was with the queen in one of the great most beautiful couple of days that i ever experienced. she's a tremendous woman. incredible woman. we got along very well. boris and i just spoke. i congratulated him. he's set to go. i think he will do a great job. we're working on a trade agreement already. i think it will be a very substantial trade agreement. you know, we can do with the u.k., we can do three to four times -- we were impeded by their relationship with the european union. we were very much impeded on trade. i think we can do three to four, five times what we could do. we don't do trade that we could with great britain or england, which is a piece of it. with the u.k., we can do much, much more trade. we expect to do that. okay? >> [question inaudible] >> apple. i want apple to build their plants in the united states. not in china. when i heard they were going to build in china. i said when you send your product to the united states, we're go

well the leak comes at a key time for the u.k. as it looks to boost its trade with the u.s. following blanks it remains to be seen if this blush in diplomacy will have an effect on the special relationship and the post breaks it economy ouch capehart he's in london there thanks for that update let's get the thoughts live from john why political commentator and journalist and other john thanks for making the time so the pair face a behind the scenes not so diplomatic words allegedly revealed john you surprised by the content of these messages and a broken cover now or not at all this is the normal diplomatic speak that takes place behind the scenes in these numbers at those these cables to the governments from various capitals given the unvarnished views of the governments and which the are operating as ambassadors there is very about us and i think for the diplomatic service it's embarrassing for treason his government but i don't think trying to be overly concerned he knows that i mean tory government is on the way probably led by boris johnson who has committed to our brea

u.k. from nigeria she's been denied a visa 3 times on financial grounds despite showing evidence that her costs are being covered by her sister in london on the way says her family a victims of a prejudice a visa process is very emotional it's very disturbing i'm not getting younger you know so maybe when i die and then. you know she's not paying anything painted and if there's anything that i've gone which is the reason why do i want to know. according to a new report african visa applicants are more than twice as likely to be refused to people from other parts of the world the authors blame a catalogue of careless often offensive decisions the cost applicants sometimes hundreds of dollars per application the home office fees are processing system is broken and africans are paying the price this has been outsourced to private sector companies and we find just to you all bitch so you have a scientific delegation some of them fused others with exactly the same background qualifications finance. this is british gambian perform a solid job she's a rising star in the world music scene she rec

u.k. time. up next, a new era at bmw. the carmaker names a new ceo.rom the head of its china business about the appointment. this is bloomberg. ♪ matt: this is "bloomberg surveillance." i'm matt miller in for francine lacqua today. breaking news. is underitmex investigation by u.s. regulators. the probe is focused on whether the platform broke rules by allowing americans to trade on it. americans were not allowed to trade on it, but they may have been doing so using some sort of virtual help? >> that would be the assumption, that they are using a vpn perhaps to access the platform. one of the cofounders of bit had established work forness to not business customers because he didn't want to be regulated by the united states. if it did happen, there could be real legal consequences. matt: the u.s. has really started to put its foot down in terms of cryptocurrency. is treasury secretary starting to get pretty angry about not just bitcoin, but also facebook's libre. >> i think the introduction of facebook's currency galvanized a lot of opposition to crypt

yeah of course this is an exciting time for the u.k. i think that many people just don't know that this is happening right now in this transition i mean this is all happening behind closed doors i was just talking to some tourists who are having 8 more exactly now it's 2 to 5 when he recently is meeting with the queen and they had no idea that this was happening but as i said behind closed doors we'd all love to be a fly on the wall cause seeing what reason may and the queen will discuss and then later on boris johnson and the queen so what is happening what we know no details will be published but we know. may is recommending her successor she is recommending boris johnson she is telling the queen that he boris johnson can command a majority in parliament and then boris johnson will arrive at buckingham palace to basically draw policy plans for his premiership and present them to the queen this is the 1st official meeting the queen bee will be then be appointing boris johnson as the next prime minister and it could get a little content

u.k. relates to the world at a particularly sensitive time in the u.k. political history growth is conservative prime minister kerry our course mr jaggers has been sworn into office after his new democracy party won a clear majority in sunday's elections the conservatives plan to start legislating changes quickly as john strapless explains from athens. emerged from the presidential office surrounded by his 3 children having just been sworn in as prime minister his administration he says dedicated to their generation he wants to rebuild greek society as a meritocracy where hard work and justice will bring opportunities for all that he says is the only way to stop the brain drain which has cost groups as many as $100000.00 young people each year in recent years but because. the greek people yesterday gave us a powerful mandate to change greece we should honor that mandate to the full today the hard work the game and i have complete faith in our abilities to do what needs to be done. to honor that mandate it's a thank yous has promised a series of reforms t

one of the most influential intellectuals of our time speaks about the modern civilization of america. u.k. government orders an investigation offered embarrassingly diplomatic cables which describe donald trump's administration and that clumsy and dysfunctional. that has gathered for a 2nd consecutive day in the georgian capital tbilisi to vent their anger over the local t.v. hosts explosive filled denunciation of the russian president. the u.s. launches a new strategy to counter what it calls the kremlin's of malign influence a shop response from moscow which has branded the initiative russian propaganda also ahead. beautiful now. a 70 year old boy in the u.s. state of texas is caught up in a bitter custody battle between his divorced parents who can't agree on which gender the child should be identified as we hear from the father. i consider this to be child abuse and sexual mutilation of children on a on an industrial scale so it makes me feel terrible i can't believe that a mother would do this to her son. other than monday evening. in the russian capital with the world news this hour

u.k. flag while time britain has written to the un security council calling for the ship streets police in hong kong have fined rubber bullets and tear gas at protesters moved roads hours after another largely peaceful march through the city demonstrators are trying to push the government to officially withdraw a controversial extradition veil and a suicide bomber has killed at least 6 people at a hospital in northern pakistan the attack happened in the city of dera ismail khan soon after gunmen opened fire on a police checkpoint killing 2 offices the pakistani taliban have claimed responsibility. the u.s. secretary of state mike bump aoe is in mexico his latest stop on a tour of latin american countries tensions between the neighbors have been rising as u.s. president donald trump continues his efforts to crack down on illegal immigration and the wave of asylum seekers arriving at america's southern border on iraq below is our correspondent in mexico city so what can we expect from this meeting between the u.s. secretary of state and the mexican foreign minister manual. this meeting takin

u.k. without a deal if you can't renegotiate so we're going to see very very exciting times he is going to be a prime minister and a ha. sorry we are heading into some a break here paula is heading on some a break on on thursday so boris johnson will really need to hurry to rally palm and behind him and rally his own party and united's own party behind him a lot lot happening there in london over the next few days for now thanks very much going to brief you know on some of the other stories making news this hour a power cut has hit large parts of venezuela social media reports indicating that all $24.00 states are being affected the country's main airport lost power and the outage cause traffic jams in the capital for august the government said the blackout was caused by sabotage by electromagnetic attack. wildfires the blaze through central ports goal are now partially controlled but the wind forecast for the next few hours is causing concern so far $39.00 people have been injured but no deaths have been reported more than a 1000 people are out on the ground working to put out those fires

shipping lanes this comes at a rather awkward time at the same time the u.k. is trying to get away from european countries they've said whatever naval alliance it is put forward will not actually be an official e.u. or nato mission but it will involve european countries european union member states so it's an interesting dynamic going on it's interesting because i think you know even a few months ago no one would have predicted that the 1st challenge for a prime minister boards johnson would be if roland instead of bricks it right i mean and those 2 things are very closely linked the strength of the political unity of the u.k. right now and events unfolding around the world all right william miller with the latest on the fallout from. the boris johnson election today thank you. here are some of the other stories now that are making headlines around the world a south korean fighter jets fired hundreds of warning shots after a russian military aircraft violated the country's airspace seoul says the russian planes flew over the don't do islands also claimed by ja

u.k. derek scally berlin correspondent for the irish times and kate brady thank you so much to both of you. a quick reminder now the top stories we're following for you here on d.w. news boris johnson has officially begun britain's a new process become britain's new prime minister after being invited by queen elizabeth to form a government in his 1st speech in front of 10 downing street he promised to take the u.k. out of the e.u. on october 31st no if so or buts. and you have been watching special coverage of this live event here on your news i'm sarah kelly and berlin coming up next it will be made in germany to stay with us if you can thanks for watching educating. our. economies can't function properly even in times of demand. without skilled work. but housing. with food shortages. scarcity making things difficult for companies and entire economy what's causing it and what can be done to combat the problem. made in germany next. we get. to the disrespect. thing each team. love love love love. love. the snow shut the place. love and respect. it seems like the world is getting more the 1

u.k. unleashed is time we the productive power, not just of london and the southeast, but of every cornerd, scotland, wales, northern ireland. incarnated in the great white and blue flag that are together so much more than the sum of their parts, whose brand and political personality is admired and even loved around the world for our inventiveness, our humor, our universities, our ,cientists, our armed forces the equalities on which we insist, whether race, gender, lgbt, or the right of every girl in the world to 12 years of quality education, the values we stand for around the world, everyone knows the values that flag represents, ss for freedom, free speech, above all it stands or democracy, and that is why will come out of the eu on october 31 and within the end brexit was a fundamental decision by the british people. they wanted their laws made by people they can elect and they can remove from office. we must now respect that decision. and create a new partnership with our european friends as warm and as close and affectionate as possible. the first step is to repeat unequivocally our

u.k. is lated to exit the e.u. is very little time significant preparations for .his no deal scenario in the event of a no deal crash out, most economists expect a significant downturn, at least in the short term, to the u.k.'s economy. less's likely to be negative but still significant downturn to the eu economy. the eu economy has already experienced slower growth. .he u.k. has seen lower levels the u.k. does feel it is prepared for a no deal scenario, but the time is very short for additional preparations to mitigate the impact. if markets are already factoring of ain, you can see less dramatic reaction. nonetheless, with just three months left to go, there's very little time for new preparations . paul: thanks very much for joining us. australia's 10-year bond yield has slipped again, down another for basis points. .t has hit a record low 1.258% that aussie 10-year bond seems to keep slipping lower and lower. of the most aggressive calls for where the bank of australia is headed next. the rba really in a position of chasing a deal

now for the 1st time in the u.k. boys will receive the routine vaccinations of the council causing human papilloma virus h.p.v. it could prevent tens of thousands of cancer cases in the u.k. h.p.v. is a sexually transmitted infection can lead to survival and other related counsellors it's already mandatory in several countries for boys to be vaccinated because it protects them from some cancers but it also stops them from passing the virus to women vaccinations have been given to schoolgirls in the u.k. for over a decade which research has said led to a 71 percent reduction in precancerous survival disease around the world around $311000.00 women died from cynical council last year the majority from low income countries were very gather as a lecturer in the bomb medical department at lancaster university he says well the vaccination isn't compulsory in the u.k. many parents will sign their boys up. so there are some countries where vaccination is mind a tree and we don't of course have mined a tree vaccination for an

has more now from the british capital this diplomatic controversy comes at the very difficult time for the u.k. just when the country is about to cut its ties with the e.u. and will need to rely on its other close partners in order to make bricks it worth while the country needs to come up with advantages for leaving and the trade deal with the u.s. could be such an advantage it's also a huge blow for tourism a past nearly who was just one month ago rolled out the red carpet for donald trump and granted him a bombastic state visit it will be up to a successor most likely post johnson to find the right tone with a u.s. president surely he doesn't want to go down in history as donald trump's patsy i was did a very good last there on the u.k. ambassador found himself in the span of just a couple of days to be persona non grata in washington at the center of a diplomatic row unprecedented in modern british american relations the u.k.'s foreign relations committee met today and this is what the head of britain's vast diplomatic corps said do you know of any of the. occasion over which a the head of