William Lee Adams

It's been a pleasure.

All right, let's do the numbers.

European markets are down again after U.S.

threats to acquire Greenland kept investors on edge ahead of President Donald Trump's Davos speech later.

But in South Korea, shares in Hyundai Motor Company surged 15% amid optimism over its robotics initiatives.

The South Korean carmaker has overtaken General Motors to become the world's fourth most valuable carmaker.

One of the world's largest airline groups has told the BBC that airspace closures due to war zones are now forcing substantial rerouting of flights.

Lufthansa says the ban on using Russian and Ukrainian airspace is having a measurable cost impact on its long-haul network with typical detours of one to two hours.

It comes as research suggests the amount of airspace over conflict zones is the highest since World War II.

The BBC's Rick Kelsey has more.

And in the UK, I'm William Lee Adams with the Marketplace Morning Report from the BBC World Service.

On behalf of the entire team, thanks for listening.

Will the focus on Greenland attract international investors?

Live from the UK, this is the Marketplace Morning Report from the BBC World Service.

I'm William Lee Adams.

Good morning.

Frank but constructive.

That's how the Danish foreign minister described talks between the U.S., Denmark, and Greenland, despite fundamental disagreement over the future of the Arctic island.

President Trump's interest centers around defense, and Greenland is also rich in natural resources like critical minerals.

There are only two active mines on the entire island.