
US Markets Open Down Again After Bad Week
Last week was the worst for American stocks in a decade
In the United States the financial markets have opened down again following the worst week for American stocks in a decade. On Sunday, the US Treasury Secretary, Steven Mnuchin held a series of telephone conversations with the chief executives of America's six largest banks as part of efforts to allay fears about the economy. Our reporter gives us the latest.
Also, in Indonesia the death toll has risen to at least 373 after parts of the West Java coast were hit by a tsunami on Saturday. The wave was triggered by the Anak Krakatoa volcano. We hear more from our correspondent at a hospital there.
And we go to Guatemala where the body of Jakelin Caal, a seven-year-old girl who died in custody at the US border, has been returned to her home town. We speak to a reporter at a memorial there.
(Photo: Traders work on the floor at the closing bell of the Dow Industrial Average at the New York Stock Exchange last week. Credit: Bryan R. Smith/AFP/Getty Images)
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