we have centres cities, it is notjust in london. we have ce ntres a cross cities, it is notjust in london. we have centres across the country and i like the idea of decentralisation and less focus on london. but i worry that this idea that the governor should be based in birmingham, that is just fluff. it doesn't matter. he will spend his time in london all the time anyway. in terms of building new infrastructure, it is interesting and exciting, it will not win many votes a nd and exciting, it will not win many votes and i am sure people in the bank of england will be horrified at this headline, should they wish to stay in london. but there are lots of advantages to staying outside of the capital, i am told! reliably told by pigeons! caroline, there must be some sense that the economy does need to be rebalanced? this is what the policy, whether you like it or not, is aiming to do? we heard george osborne before departing the cabinet with his great northern powerhouse and even though he has left, the wheels of that continue to turn s

you for this beautiful gift you sent from london to singapore. from london to singapore. thank you, i love it. i'm wearing it in the new year. i should hope so. can you believe i bought rico socks? believe i bought rico socks? there is a story behind it. is a story behind it. and on those socks is printed the london underground. absolute it. that is why. rico, thank you to my lovely passport holder. lovely passport holder. i received a present with my name on it. present with my name on it. it was great presenting with you in 2017. great presenting with you in 2017. merry christmas, kasha. and me and all of the newsday team, thank you for watching. hi there. and christmas day. much the same. extensive low cloud. and we've got more of the same to come. of northern ireland and much of scotland too. and a light drizzle. for some of us, it will be a dense start to the day. but look at these temperatures. 10 degrees across wales and southwest england. very mild here. and could be some dense patches of fog around as well. of the morning. the time of year. even 13 degrees. aroun

so really in very affluent areas of london. london is still leading the pack, is it? well, yes, for now it really is. we are seeing the very expensive streets clustered in quite a tight area. but we are also seeing interesting shifts going on. so, overall, the average price this year was £16. 9 million in the most expensive street, that‘s similar to the price last year. we are not seeing much growth at the top end of the market. interestingly, eton square, which was number one last year, that‘s dropped to number three this year. we are seen average prices there fall by about 3. 5 million. these houses are still incredibly expensive, but they have dropped quite significantly. that does point to potentially interesting trends. the office for national statistics recently published statistics suggesting that london, prices in london were growing much slower than other regions all across the uk, so, slower growth. but interestingly, in the last couple of days the royal institution for chartered surveyors published a report suggesting prices are going to fall in london

we are in london from the philippines. hgppy in london from the philippines. happy new year from the philippines. they are ready now to see the fireworks. 11 minutes and 15 seconds worth. lighting up the night sky. the

london zoo at the moment. she is monitoring the fire and following developments. we will catch up with her later. the good news is, london fire brigade tell us the fire is under control, the bad news if you were hoping to ta ke the bad news if you were hoping to take the kids to the zoo today, as alternative to shopping, it is closed. they hope to notify us, but at the moment it is closed. a man is due in court this morning charged with murdering a woman as she worked in a supermarket. neville hord, who is 44, will appear before york magistrates over the death ofjodie willsher in skipton. 0ur north of england correspondent judith moritz reports. malcolm and jodie willsher looking forward to a family christmas. now he is left grieving, paying tribute to her as a doting mother and loving wife. jodie willsher was getting ready for the holidays, wearing her festive jumper while serving supermarket shoppers. jodie had worked at the skipton aldi since it opened two years ago. the store was full when she was stabbed.

earlier on i spoke to the mayor of london, sadiq khan, who explained why it was important for london to put on such a show at new year's eve. notjust londoners will be enjoy in tonight's fireworks, people around the country will be watching the fireworks on tv and also people around the world. this is a sign of confidence, it is who we are, it is showing the world we are london, we are the greatest city in the world, london is open. but also our theme of gender equality, the theme of the soundtrack showing the world that we are a beacon for pluralism and equality, with just women artists later, we don't simply tolerate difference, we respect it and embrace it and celebrate it. we respect it and so, we respect it and what can we expect from the display so, what can we expect from the display tonight? we have got a fantastic show. at midnight there will be 12 minutes of fantastic fireworks, ticking off with big ben, which is live for us this year, obviously, it's been closed for maintenance of. we will start in the traditional way with the chimes, and then we've got a fantastic track w

we are here at the london transport museum... shortly after the hack begins, problems with current solutions are laid bare. i only this year was sexually assaulted on the tube. i was going up an escalator and a man followed me, repeatedly touching me even though i tried to move away. i ended up having to give the same statement three times which, having to repeat that three times to three different people, is pretty harrowing. i can't talk about the specific case and am you shouldn't have had that experience. the whole setup of this is that the police are set up to take reports, to support victims, support women of experiences through the criminaljustice system if they choose to go that way. many suggested technology as a solution. actually, i'd like, there's a harasser on the tube button. it stops the train, everybody can know, everyone knows. as the discussion continued, one idea grew stronger. perhaps the solution doesn't resolve around the victims or offenders but is about fellow passengers intervening when they see harassmen

earlier this evening, the mayor of london sadiq khan told us it was important for london to put on that show. notjust londoners will be enjoying tonight's fireworks. people around the country will be watching the fireworks on theirtvs, will be watching the fireworks on their tvs, but also people around their tvs, but also people around the world. this is a sign of confidence in who we are, we are showing the world that london is open. we also want london to be a beacon, fighting gender inequality. the second half tonight of the soundtrack being just a great women artists that we are a beacon for pluralism and for equality, we don't simply tolerate difference but we respected and celebrate it. that is the mayor's intention behind the tea m the mayor's intention behind the team of gender equality that we will see in tonight's display. the second half of the soundtrack, looking toward 28 in fijian exclusively female artists. a few facts and figures, 11 minutes 15 seconds of fireworks, 50,000 individual explosions, and it will all be set of from the centrepiece behind me, the london eye and

every morning it's rush hour in london bridge the gateway into the financial district the city of london the city provides over one million jobs it's at the heart of the u.k. economy we want to find out how much to people in london's financial hub. and how are they preparing for it financial services are particularly vulnerable to roughly a third of all violence or transactions here in the city of london and girls club. that's why companies already prepare for every possible scenario lloyds of london the global insurance company have had their offices in the city for almost three hundred thirty years but now they are preparing to move more stuff to the continent . below its chief executive has been preparing for the worst which would be no trade deal about four billion euros of business is written by the lloyd's market here in london at the moment across the country so that is a significant amount of business that we've run the risk of losing lloyd's already have a presence on the continent now they are increasing it by about one hundred staff mainly in a new office in brussels it's been

allan little, bbc news, in west london. let's brief you on some of the other stories making the news. in berlin, informal talks to put together a new coalition government have ended. martin schulz, germany's social democrat party leader, had initially ruled outjoining with chancellor angela merkel‘s conservatives, following september's election in which both parties lost votes. formal negotiations are planned for friday. syrian state media is reporting that air strikes by us—led coalition forces have killed at least 23 civilians. the strikes targeted a village in the deir al—zour province, on the eastern banks of the euphrates river, which is controlled by islamic state fighters. the dead include eight children. judges in el salvador have rejected an appeal against a 30—year prison sentence for a woman jailed under the country's strict abortion laws. teodora vasquez has already served ten years in prison. she says she passed out because of abdominal pains and awoke to find her baby dead. el salvador is one of six co

every morning it's rush hour in london bridge the gateway into the financial district the city of london the city provides over one million jobs it's at the heart of the u.k. economy we want to find out how much two people in london's financial hub fira heartbreaks it and how are they preparing for it financial services are particularly vulnerable to bracks and roughly a third of all financial transactions here in the city of london and those clients in the e.u. that's why companies already prepare for every possible scenario lloyds of london the global insurance company have had their offices in the city for almost three hundred thirty years but now they are preparing to move more staff to the continent . below its chief executive has been preparing for the worst which would be no trade deal about four billion euros of business is written by the lloyd's market here in london at the moment across the country so that is a significant amount of business that we've run the risk of losing lloyd's already have a presence on the continent now they are increasing it by about one hundred staff m

a memorial service is now underway in london honoring the victims of the grand tower fire which took place six months ago the ceremony is taking place in simple as cathedral survivors of the fire are in attendance at the service you're seeing live pictures of that coming from london along with firefighters and senior members of the royal family at least seventy one people were killed in the tower block fire that broke out in the early morning of june the fourteenth. listen listen in and see and soak in a bit of the atmosphere what's happening in simple. you're watching live pictures from st paul's cathedral in london a memorial service for the victims of the grenfell info until six months ago. let me draw in bigot masacre respondent in london big now it's been six months since that inferno and which took so many lives and so many people were displaced by it but tell us it seems many of the survivors are at that ceremony that you're just been seeing but this seemed to be still very unhappy by the way local authorities dealt with the blaze. that's true survivors have been really puttin

i'm here in central london to host a hackathon. for those like me, not quite clued up on their urban dictionary definition, it's where experts come together, form teams around a problem and collaboratively find unique solutions. can bright minds actually solve harassment on public transport? we've gathered a team of experts from very different fields to find ground—breaking solutions, and tackle street harassment head—on. today they will brainstorm with an audience from around the world, then they've gotjust one week to design, test and implement solutions. let's meet the team. at the london transport museum, we've invited an audience to participate in this hackathon which will be broadcast live on bbc radio around the world. in the crowd, i meet our team of experts. each bring a unique superpower to the table which, when combined, have the potential to make real, lasting change. ellie is an engineer. she lectures in urban innovation in policy, working and making spaces saferfor women. laura is the founder of advertising agency

there we re north london, they came down. there were 5000 metres of wires that came down, and they had emergency repair work this morning, so there were no services coming in and out of the station here, for london midland, virgin trains, and london overground trains, nothing at all. but from the day they started picking up again and the lines are running, but there have been lots of cancellations and quite a lot of delays. but now things are a lot better. i am looking at a board in fact, just a minute ago, and there were hardly any more cancellations, but we have been warned they will go on during the day, but we have been assured everything will be back to normal for the rush hour tomorrow and there will be no problems tomorrow. also people who have bought tickets, their tickets will also be able to be used tomorrow. all people —— or people can use other routes to get home or to euston, so places like glasgow, birmingham new street, manchester, a lot of the main arteries coming into london and going out of london, they

here's what london breed said. >> ed lee lived a life of service cut far too short. cut short far too soon. like me, ed grew up in public housing. the son of working class immigrants, he developed early on a profound sense of community. he was from the dawn of his career an advocate for the powerless, a voice for the overlooked. someone who fought for those in need before himself. >> reporter: that was london breed now-acting mayor of san francisco. and also president of the board of supervisors. she also retains that title under the charter of the city. and that's exactly the balcony we were showing you. that's where the mayor's office is. that is where -- near where she held the news conference for about a couple of hundred people gathered here at city hall. again, the mayor being remembered as a man of inclusiveness. whether they agreed with him or disagreed with him in the many political battles he had here at city hall. back to you in the studio. >> there was definitely a humility to him. thank you, vic. >> many people were asleep when the mayor passed away. i s

having spoken about this away from london, the most expensive street in london is grosvenor crescent in mayfair, it is very close to buckingham palace, to knightsbridge, to hyde park corner, so an knightsbridge, to hyde park corner, so an affluent area of the average price is £16.9 million and also the sixth most expensive streets on the list are all in kensington and chelsea and with answers are really in this very affluent areas of london. london is still leading the pack so, is it? well, yes, for now it is, and we are seeing expensive streets clustered in a tight area but we're also some interesting shift is going on so overall, the average price this year with £16.9 million in the most expensive street which is similar to the price last year we aren't seeing much growth at the top end of the market and interestingly, eaton square which was number one last year but has dropped to number three bc and we are seeing average prices there fall by about £3.5 million so these houses are still incredibly expensive but they have dropped quite significantly. and that does point to some p

jane at london zoo, you will bring us more jane at london zoo, you will bring us more educated. thank you. a former us marine has been arrested in san francisco for allegedly plotting a christmas terrorist attack in the city. court documents say 26—year—old everitt jameson was planning to target a busy tourist area with an attack inspired by the so—called islamic state group. he denies the charges. peter bowes reports. one of san francisco's most popular tourist attractions, pier 39, packed with shops and restaurants. the fbi says everittjameson planned to attack the area on christmas day. using explosives, he wanted to funnel the crowds into a location where he could inflict casualties. the alleged plot came to light after someone reported jameson for suspicious activity on facebook. he liked posts sympathetic with the so—called islamic state group, and he voiced support for the halloween attack in new york city when a lorry was driven on to a crowded bike path, killing eight people, and the mass shooting in san bernardino in 2015. jameson‘s home was raided on wednesd

right now, london breed, takes over as acting mayor of the city. good morning, i'm marcus washington. >> i'm laura garcia. of course we'll continue. we have the crews at san francisco general, pete suratos is there trying to gather more information. not a lot was said as london breed came out to make the announcement, but there was a large crowd there. >> reporter: yes, laura, a very large crowd there. behind her, she was joined by her fellow or members of the board of supervisors. i believe i saw aaron next to her. a number of people here dealing with this tragedy with the passing of mayor

venue in east london. thejudge called his actions deliberate and calculated. some of the victims were temporarily blinded, others were left with permanent scars. tom burrage reports. acid hurled across a crowded dance floor. look closer on the cctv and you can see arthur collins‘ arm throwing the liquid a second and a third time. young people, like lauren trent, suffered severe burns and scars for life. i think that night ijust remembered the sheer panic. the fear, the pain, more importantly, the pain. the smell, the smell of the chemicals and your skin blistering, and there's absolutely nothing you can do about it. i remember looking at the police officers and the people around us at the time when they arrived. was almost, like, disbelief that something like this had happened in a nightclub. collins had caused severe burns to 14 people. his actions in the mangle nightclub has caused physical and mental scars. when you are out and someone splashes a drink on you it causes problems. i knowl splashes a dri

so for now we have london breed as the acting mayor. the question is who becomes the president of the board of supervisors? that is up to the board. breed had a year left on her term at board president. now the board of supervisors have to pick one of their own members to serve as president for that remaining year. so, to recap, the board of supervisors will appoint someone to be mayor and next year we will have a special election to fill that seat. and the board will also pick its own new president. so now we have the board of supervisors normally scheduled to meet today, although that may be postponed. they have a lot to think about moving forward. >> certainly. how often has this happened before? >> well, people don't die in office that often here in san francisco. this is only the second time that happened. before we had the mayor george moscone in 1978 and before that mayor james ohties in 1875 died of diphtheria. not a lot of precedent here. people scrambling. many city leaders will be opening the city charter this morning to figu

the london fire brigade says a blaze at london zoo which broke out early this morning has been brought under control. a number of zoo staff have been treated for smoke inhalation and shock. a devastating tropical storm has torn through the southern philippines, triggering flash floods and landslides. more than 130 people are known to have died. more now on the fire that broke out at london zoo this morning. the zoo has confirmed that one aardvark has died and four meerkats are still missing. dominic germey is the director general of the zoo and spoke about the incident. 0r orjust after six or just after six o'clock this morning, the fire brigade was notified of a fire at london zoo. 0ur keepers, we have keepers who live on site, they went to the incident really quickly, as did our security. the fire brigade was there within a matter of minutes. this was a fire that had broken out within the animal enclosures, the animal adventures which includes where our aardvark misha lives and our meerkats. we are absolutely devastated that misha the aardvark has been killed and we are still trying

that is the mood in london. i do not think it is the mood beyond london. i feel london is an outlier. the racial mix here is more diverse. i think london is particularly hot about it. i do not think he would necessarily get as much of a negative part in other parts of the net kingdom, where people are more skeptical of politicians in general. this is not good. if reports out, out that the u.s. admission asian has decided to push off the visit a little longer, which has been the second time this is done, i think the president will not come here until he thinks it is safer. he needs a macron-type visit. francine: we will ask president macron if he will have him in the next few months. coming up next on "bloomberg surveillance," we speak with the u.s. ambassador to the u.k. he is woody johnson. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ francine: good morning. this is "bloomberg surveillance ." in august of this year, the united states president appointed woody johnson u.s. ambassador to the united kingdom. uses firstjohnson speech to highlight the long-standing ties between

london's euston station opens as a shelter today serving christmas dinner to hundreds of homeless people in the capital. good evening and welcome to bbc news. the queen has paid tribute to manchester and london in her christmas day broadcast, for the way the cities have dealt with terror attacks this year. looking back at 2017, she said their "powerful identities shone through adversity." earlier, she attended the traditional christmas day service at sandringham, along with other members of the royal family, including prince harry and his fiancee meghan markle. here's our royal correspondent nicholas witchell. it's a day for family, with its own established pattern. for the royal family, that means a visit to church, led by the queen. and there, very much at home already, the royal family's soon—to—be newest member, meghan markle. alert to everything that was going on, and waiting for her cue in terms of royal protocol. a neat curtsey, as the queen left by car. and then walking across to speak to members of the crowd who had been hoping to meet her, before lunch, and then the queen's

from other parts of europe back to london? >> okay, so i guess one of the things banks have found is that when they look at actually transplanting their eu operations from london to other parts of the eu, most of them haven't found a single city in the eu which they can move everything to. so banks like say goldman sachs is vying to do paris, but also frankfurt. jpmorgan is doing frankfurt, paris, amsterdam, and morgan stanley is doing frankfurt, paris, dublin as well. most banks are looking at moving from london to multiple sites in the eu because they think no single eu city has the capacity to take all of their eu operations in london, they do have the capacity to have a large portion of their eu operations together, and that brings with it significant economies of scale, both for things like capitals. if you have the markets operations, you have some capital synergy if you have everything from the uk and eu in one entity, but there are other things like literally helping everyone under a single roof creates efficiencies al

bartholomew's hospital in london in the 1950s. reporter footage: ordinary fog does little harm, but smog, smoke and fog, has become one of the greatest mass murderers of modern times. the smog began on a friday, and it was black. it was described as a pea soup because it was a bit yellowish. you could smell it. it tasted a bit acidic. and it caused absolute havoc in the levels of pollution, they were horrendous. you could not see your feet. i remember on one particular occasion i wanted to cross a very wide road, and i shuffled across, and after 10 minutes i did not know where i was. and finally i ended up on the same side of the road as i started. it was extremely cold for several days. and, of course, londoners wanted to keep warm, because it was so cold, and so they burnt coal on their open fires. the pollution did not rise up, it tended to drift down and pervade the street and everything else. the smog got in everywhere, you couldn't avoid it. reporter footage: special filtering masks are the latest weapons designed to combat

i'm afraid the winner today is the london set. because it was absolutely beautiful and sat there silently and performed better than both. we will hear from larry summers at 1:30 eastern. don't miss it. this is bloomberg. ♪ >> it's noon in new york. i'm bonnie and. >> welcome to "bloomberg markets." >> from bloomberg world headquarters in new york city, here are the top stories on the bloomberg that we are following. anddollar is strengthening most stocks rallying after the progress on the gop tax plan. both chambers will move to reconcile their differences as president trump hints he might be flexible on the corporate rate. a mega deal that might reshape the health industry. cvs is said to be buying aetna for $64 billion. that is in today's deals report. will bitcoin be the next big short? by some investors are saying the crypto currency will be the next great short opportunity. more details this hour. julie hyman

reminding everybody that london also voted for staying within the e.u. and we've heard from wales we've had from nicholas sturgeon and scotland and they're saying well if northern ireland can have a special deal then so can we because also scotland's main objective is to stay within the e.u. within the single market this is what the people of scotland have voted for so there is a fear that there could be all sorts of constitutional. all sorts of consequences for devaluation of power that we have seen over the last decades. as as a consequence of this deal so yes it's still there are that many issues that the reason may has to iron out and as we've seen it's very very tricky final and brief or to your barber of various of what happens now. what happens now that they'll try to find another bridging formula however logically feel it is impossible to solve this so that everybody is content because either you have a hard border between northern ireland and ireland where the european union will end in the future after breaks it or you'll have it through the ir

city in the world, london is open. but also our theme of gender equality, the theme of the soundtrack showing the world that we area soundtrack showing the world that we are a beacon for pluralism and equality, we don't simply tolerate difference, we respect it and embrace it and celebrate it. so, thatis embrace it and celebrate it. so, that is the mayor's intention between behind that theme of gender equality which we will see in tonight's display. the second half of the soundtrack, looking forward to 2018, featuring exclusively female artists. the display itself will be 11 minutes and 15 seconds of fireworks, 50,000 individual explosives, and it will be set off from the centrepiece behind me, the london eye and three barges along the river, holding 30 tonnes of equipment. so, a spectacular show us a lwa ys equipment. so, a spectacular show us always and it all takes off as big ben, which is covered in scaffolding at the moment, chimes midnight to see in 2018. the countdown is also on for hogmanay in edinburgh. there

i have lived and worked in london for 32 years so there is a sense of returning. i am both a nurse, the chief nursing officer, and a parish priest. there is a sense i bring all of those to this role. the diocese of london is one of the few areas where anglican congregations are growing. it boasts the formidable presence of conservatives from the anglo—catholic and evangelical traditions who disapprove of women priests. while the archbishop of canterbury described the appointment is wonderful, other church leaders we re is wonderful, other church leaders were relieved the new bishop of london does not support any change to the practice of marriage in church being between a man and woman. i think it would be very regrettable if the church moved into that position because it would undermine its traditional teaching. i was delighted bishop sarah said she stood by the traditional teachings. bishops of london art additionally made dean of the chapels royal, churches like st george's chapel and westminster abbey which are overseen by the monarch and not a bishop. this

i'm kasia madera in london. also in the programme: russia's president heaps praise on donald trump, and slams fabricated spying claims. and they call it fast fashion, but who are the biggest culprits for disposable clothes in asia? live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news. it's newsday. good morning. it's 9am in singapore, 1am in london and 5pm in los angeles where one of the biggest media deals in history will reshape the world of entertainment. walt disney is buying a large part of 21st century fox, the business controlled by rupert murdoch and his family. it's worth more than $50 billion, and the deal could see new films and tv shows reaching homes in asia. our media editor amol rajan reports. when rupert murdoch bought the news of the world in 1968, he was an outsider. but this canny australian with news in his veins made his way to the heart of the establishment in both britain and america, wielding extraordinary influence. from his base in tabloid newspapers, he moved aggressiv

trade route ran as a festive feasters gorge on revisit a family owned smoked salmon producer in east london and find out what its owners think about the e.u. . and daniel winter and this is your business update christmas may be done dusted but retailers are still keeping busy just a britain bargain hunters lined up in front of shops for the country's traditional boxing day sales this year the day was rather disappointing as thirty seven percent of shoppers chose to bargain on black friday instead according to a survey more than half of survey takers also thought boxing day sales have lost their luster due to the increase in online shopping. and to the u.s. now so he is on wall street for us so sophie it's being a happy holiday for online retailer amazon. yeah and the ateneo would step in come as a surprise to investors i mean think about where you probably have large mall store at least some of the open christmas presents i guess it was amazon if that's right amazon said they have been seeing the best holiday season ever with say its numbers reaching record highs throughout the month of nov

back to london city. gonna come back to london city. # london is the place for me. i think there was a sort of reticence and nervousness that the women might take over altogether. we might not present an acceptable face of cricket and i actually cried as i walked out onto the pitch. it was the most incredible feeling. rachel flynt, what a good piece of fielding but not good running between the wickets, though. advantage miss graf. 0vercome with the emotion of it all. she just told me "jana, you will do it, i believe one day you will do it." she's done it! scores read out. after our last programme, the editor of final score came with a box and when he opened it and pulled out this trophy, i thought that's absolutely made my day because that is something that i have always thought, having watched the sports personality of the year, i would love to have something like that as a souvenir of my career. grandstand theme. batman theme. it was a two—piece but it was itchy and someone had to zip up the back. i had to fumble for a long time to get out of the suit. if i want

economy we want to find out how much to people in london's financial hub. and how are they preparing for it financial services are particularly vulnerable to roughly a third of all finance or transactions here in the city of london and those. that's what companies already prepare for every possible scenario lloyds of london the global insurance company have had their offices in the city for almost three hundred thirty years but now they are preparing to move more stuff to the continent . below its chief executive has been preparing for the worst which would be no trade deal about four billion euros business is written by the lloyd's market here in london at the moment across the country so that is a significant amount of business that we've run the risk of losing lloyd's already have a presence on the continent now they are increasing it by about one hundred staff mainly in a new office in brussels it's been estimated that tens or even hundreds of thousands of finance jobs might be lost in london it's not yet happening on a big scale but it is on people's m

the light for the football association in london. wales today saying they are extremely disappointed by the decision. they hoped they would get those games. and this... for europe as it is being built, it is now in its final shape we think. —— billed. the additional games leaving brussels and coming to london. they said the opening game, also a decision that needed to be made, will take place in rome, so italy getting the prestigious opening match. and then the group pairings, which cities would host the different games in pairs. london and quadrant will be one, dublin and bill bal will be another. —— bilbau. so you can see that this is a unique format. uefa had said this is probably not going to be repeated any time soon, but we have got the european competition being played all across europe, so we will see a lot of travel for fans, players, officials and journalists. save your pennies! out of about 4000 professional footballers in england, only ten are from a british asian background according to new research. the study fo

in london. bloomberg's brand-new european headquarters in the city of london, i am mark barton. vonnie: in new york, i am vonnie quinn. this is the european close on "bloomberg markets." ♪ mark: the top stories we are covering from the bloomberg and around the world. the coin lands on wall street. futures surge in their debut session of the cboe exchange. we are live with their chief executive. boe otherhe highlights this week. investors embrace for the steepest rate hike since 2006. we speak with the economy and finance minister about the timeline for president macron's ambitious plan for europe. let's have a look at what is happto

london breed now the board president becomes acting mayor for a time. her colleagues will decide whether to make that permanent until a special election will be held in june. >> london breed and mayor ed lee could not be more different in terms of their styles. she is -- does court the limelight, does have that flamboyant personality, does have -- did have political a.m. businesses before this as well. >> also comes from humble beginnings. >> just like he did and they were friends. he often called upon her to step into his shoes when he was out of town. >> in a city where the haves and have notes are separated by this vast -- >> wide gulf. >> that's an important trait i would think in our next leader. carolyn tyler will be sticking with us for the rest of the morning as we remember ed lee and look to the future. right now we will take a look at the weather and that is with mike nicco. >>> outside of politics i loved his infectious enthusiasm for san francisco. his genuine wanting to help. initially he may not have wanted to be mayor, but he owned it, th

economy we want to find out how much to people in london's financial hub. and how are they preparing for it financial services are particularly vulnerable to roughly a third of all violence or transactions here in the city of london and those. that's what companies already prepare for every possible scenario lloyd's of london the global insurance company have had their offices in the city for almost three hundred thirty years but now they are preparing to move more stuff to the continent . below its chief executive has been preparing for the worst which would be no trade deal about four billion euros of business is written by the lloyd's market here in london at the moment across the country so that is a significant amount of business that we've run the risk of losing lloyd's already have a presence on the continent now they are increasing it by about one hundred staff mainly in a new office in brussels it's been estimated that tens or even hundreds of thousands of finance jobs might be lost in london it's not yet happening on a big scale but it is on peopl

but i'm facing christmas alone on the streets of london. well you look to be honest. i could love for you like. you know just to still give up food for the hope. that you don't really feel like that. and then. this came over to me so me in. this book. an explosion rocks a supermarket in the russian city of st petersburg injuring ten people were thought to say they suspect the blast was caused by an improvised bomb packed with ball bearings. also this hour german authorities identify a large network of women sporting islamic state ideology online officials warn that the wives of killed isis fighters are now more effective at sport in the groups message of hate. thousands of documents relating to controversial episodes in british history have gone missing country's national archives claim that civil servants simply misplaced them. a welcome saltines a national live from moscow with me daniel hawkins wherever you are today thanks so much for joining us on the program this hour well first this hour the russian city of st petersburg news coming from their security services

economy we want to find out how much to people in london's financial hub. and how are they preparing for it financial services are particularly vulnerable to roughly a third of all violence or transactions here in the city of london. that's why companies already prepare for every possible scenario lloyds of london the global insurance company have had their offices in the city for almost three hundred thirty years but now they are preparing to move more stuff to the continent. below its chief executive has been preparing for the worst which would be no trade deal about four billion euros of business is written by the lloyd's market here in london at the moment across the country so that is a significant amount of business that we've run the risk of losing lloyd's already have a presence on the continent now they are increasing it by about one hundred staff mainly in a new office in brussels it's been estimated that tens or even hundreds of thousands of finance jobs might be lost in london it's not yet happening on a big scale but it is on people's minds i t

that is christmas eve, london zoo will be open from 10am. the prime minister has paid tribute to the work of the armed forces in a special christmas message. she banked them for their work in combating islamic state and acts of terrorism here in the uk. combating islamic state and acts of terrorism here in the uki combating islamic state and acts of terrorism here in the uk. i want to send a message of thanks to every member of our armed forces and your families, wherever you are in the world this christmas. earlier this yeari world this christmas. earlier this year ijoined the centenary commemoration for the battle of passchendaele. gathered in flanders, we remembered the hundreds of thousands of young men who gave their lives on that battlefield in their lives on that battlefield in the cause of freedom. through a sentry of great change since, the high standards and devotion to duty of our armed forces have remained co nsta nt. of our armed forces have remained constant. today, as we face new threats, your work continues to make the world

and sex exploitation on the streets of london. the tragic story of a jobless taiwanese graduate comes to life on the big screen. live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news. it's newsday. good morning. it's 7am in singapore, midnight in london and 2am in the gaza strip, where the palestinian islamist group hamas has called for a new popular uprising, or intifada. it follows president trump's recognition of jerusalem as the capital of israel. traditional allies of the us, including saudi arabia and france, condemned president trump's decision, but israel said it was a welcome step forward. our middle east editor, jeremy bowen, reports. over the years, palestinians have burned many american flags. the question is whether something fresh is happening. whether this old conflict has entered a new stage. volleys of tear gas were directed at palestinian demonstrators by israeli security forces in towns around jerusalem. many palestinians have serious doubts about whether these street clashes change anything. jer

those are pictures from the london premiere taking place in london. the daily telegraph. households and motorists being told gas prices could rise. you will talk about this later. yes. thank you. i love this picture. so many pictures from the star wars premiere. the princes inspecting the troops. do any of you use frozen items as part of your christmas dinner? like peas? frozen parsnips, yorkshire puddings, stuffing... no. no. "no, no, no." i cannot even heat up a pizza, to be honest. what is your role? i get hung over. bake off. igniting a frozen stuffing debate. and ring the web giants to heel. facebook and twitter helped in this campaign. the major official ethics watchdog said they were the biggest factor in harassment. the guardian. talking about big companies. british airways, the royal bank of scotland, porsche, they paid corporate intelligence firms to monitor political groups challenging their businesses. this is john political groups challenging their businesses. this isjohn boyega who was in star wars. lovely. what have you got? not the best news in business to

it's never easy to travel through london at new year's eve. and if you are meeting people, set yourself up a prearranged meeting place so people don't get lost. but above all, be reassured. the metropolitan police service and our emergency service partners are here to look after you. it is safe to come to london on this new year's eve, but please be alert, don't be alarmed. if you see things that you think look out of place or suspicious, please tell us. a seaplane has crashed into a river near sydney, killing all six people on board. reports suggest four of the victims are british, although this has not been confirmed by police. the foreign office here is in contact with officials in australia. the aircraft — on a sight—seeing trip ahead of the new year celebrations — came down in a river close to the suburb of cowan. ian palmer reports. police divers have spent the day searching for bodies. the seaplane is underwater. the party was returning from a trip to a restaurant, before crashing into the river. six people were on board. for reas

david george from the london fire brigade. a man has appeared in court charged with the murder of a woman working at an aldi supermarket in north yorkshire. neville hord, who's 44, was remanded in custody by magistrates in york. jodie willsher was stabbed to death in skipton on thursday. 0ur correspondent, sarah walton, sent this report. arriving at york magistrates‘ court, 44—year—old neville hord appeared in the dock charged with murder. he's accused of attacking 30—year—old jodie willsher at the aldi store in skipton where she was working on thursday afternoon. she suffered serious injuries and died in the store. there were no relatives in court for the hearing this morning and mr hord, dressed in a blue t—shirt and grey shorts, spoke only to confirm his name, age and address. he didn't enter a plea and was remanded in custody. at the store where mrs willsher worked, colleagues have described her as much—loved and popular. and in a statement her husband malcolm said she was a doting mother and loving wife. mr

euston station opens to serve christmas dinner to hundreds of london homeless. coming up in half an hour, we remember those lost in 2017, including liz dawn, so bruce forsyth and roger moore. the queen has paid tribute to manchester and london in her christmas day broadcast, for the way the cities have dealt with terror attacks this year. looking back at 2017, she said their "powerful identities shone through adversity." earlier, she attended the traditional christmas day service at sandringham, along with other members of the royal family, including prince harry and his fiancee meghan markle. here's our royal correspondent nicholas witchell. it's a day for family, with its own established pattern. for the royal family, that means a visit to church, led by the queen. very much at home already, the royal family's soon—to—be newest member, meghan markle. alert to everything that was going on and waiting for her cue in terms of royal protocol. a neat curtsy as the queen left by car. then walking across to speak to members of the crowd who had been hoping to mee

good morning from bbc london news. i'm sara 0rchard. six months on from the grenfell tower fire, the london fire brigade's chaplain said around 300 firefighters have sought counselling. mia hilborn told the bbc many were suffering from symptoms of post—traumatic stress disorder, and that the fire had affected the whole fire service. it has been such a massive incident that it has affected the whole of the london fire brigade, every single person who works for the fire brigade has in some way been impacted by grenfell. british transport police have released cctv images of two men they believe threatened and robbed a teenager of his bike. the 16—year—old was on the platform of west drayton station when they grabbed his bike. when he refused, the men threatened to stab him. it happened on the evening of 5 november. west ham united are involved in a legal dispute with their landlords at the london stadium. it is over plans for an additional 3,000 seats at the ground, and whether the landlord, a group called e20, is entitled to receive

the sun sets over london. it is time to take stock. when we started out, i was thinking the problem is global, it's far too huge, what are we realistically going to get done in five weeks? going to get done in five days? but these women i've met this week are inspirational. past solutions have either been about the victim or the perpetrator but they've made this about the community. it doesn't matter where you go in the world, you will find community and if this week has taught me anything at all, it is that by working together, globally, we can solve any problem. week and speak with some confidence about what to expect on the weather for the forthcoming week there and pick up the trends for a longer term. let's boost the confidence levels and take a look at november with regard to sunshine, you see from the scale that many were well avail telling what was expected, does that mean a heat wave? now certainly not. many locations in england and wales are mad about the average. scotland and north ireland below par. we've seen a lot of nort

is that white london is especially hard—hit? that white london is especially hard-hit? london is the lowest performing region in the uk, its lowest since 2013 so that is a worrying sign. london has a third of all financial services and employment associated with it so when london isn't doing well and the wider south—east, it is a worry, and up wider south—east, it is a worry, and up in the north we seem to see a more confident outlook. you mentioned earlier some of the upside is, what are they? the area we see in the sector that is likely to perform the most strongly from an employer perspective is that transport logistics area. traditionally that is a peak period but this is likely to continue for the first quarter of next year as you see a shortage of drivers, paid going up for drivers and that is a strong area, also the business services area, especially the west midlands remain strong. james, thank you forjoining us. in other business stories we've been following, apple has confirmed it's buying uk music recognition app shazam for £300 million. the app allows y

tom keene in new york, guy johnson in london. we are lucky to get a peek into foreign affairs magazine. with us is gideon rose, who has given a new life. fill, givenhoes to a new life to foreign affairs. the undead past, help. gideon: when we watched charlottesville and saw the riots and the united states grappling for the first time in recent years really with its own history, with its troubled racial past and what it means for the present, we decided other countries have done the same thing. on a lot ofles different company -- countries -- germany, rwanda, south africa have all dealt with their great national crimes and how they process it in the present. picking up on the famous comment that the past is not passed. 2018, sarahing into binder writes an essay on the mess in washington. what did you learn? gideon: how to waste a majority. this has been an absolutely fascinating year for many reasons, one of which is all of the terrible things that could have happened, that almost happened, and one is how little actually did happe