And a sign of winning the battle against the virus South Koreans cast their ballots in an early voters ahead of next weeks general election. Paul the wild is now nearing 100000 deaths from the coronavirus the us saw its deadliest day on thursday and in new york mass burials are taking place as morgues run out of space Christensen Amy reports that theyre all signs of improvement for with a drop in hospital admissions part island is new york citys potters field where those with no family or means to arrange a funeral are laid to rest they used to bury 25 people a week here in the age of the coronavirus its about that number every day. Counting the dead is now part of the daily routine for the gov 911 was supposed to be the darkest day in new york for a generation we lose 2753 lives on 911 weve lost over 7000 lives through this crisis. That is so shocking and painful and breathtaking. I cant i dont even have the words for as the daily death toll continues to reach new heights and the stat
Other epidemic gender based violence and why the corona Virus Outbreak is making it worse. Hello authorities around the world are warning people to stay at home and abide by tough restrictions to movement as the coronavirus pandemic reaches a significant point the official global death toll has now passed 800000 with more than 1600000 cases confirmed but experts believe the number of deaths attributed to the virus is deceptively low the u. K. Has recorded europes highest ever number of hospital fatalities in a single day with 980 deaths in spain the government says its beginning to see results from its Strict Lockdown as its daily death rate comes down but it does remain europes most affected country after italy with the early. 16000 dying from this disease so despite the success being seen in some countries the World Health Organization has warned governments against prematurely rolling back restrictions and that containing the pandemic it says that while the rate of infection has bee
For the imf meetings but lets get a check on the markets as investors digested the data out of china earnings will be coming through in europe. We struggle a little bit and stoxx 600. Cable is coming off a fivemonth high. A lot of concern going into this weekend and what parliament will vote on in terms of the brexit deal. We are talking about potential rate hikes. Coming up, we hear from the Vice President of the european atmission that 1130 time 11 30 a. M. London time. And still to come, we speak to bank of England Governor Mark carney at 5 30 p. M. London time. Definitely not want to miss. All of those conversations from the Imf World Bank annual meeting. Lets get first word news in new york. We begin with the ceasefire in syria. The u. S. And turkey agreeing to a break in hostilities to allow kurdish fighters to withdraw. Once the ceasefire takes affect them a donald will remove this weeks sanctions, but u. S. Senators from both sides say the deal does not go far enough. Reluctant
And Boris Johnson. There is a lot going on in the markets we are also getting a little bit of news from italy with the new government being sworn in. Can see the pound is what we are watching out for. Overall, there is a little bit of a risk on mood when it comes to the markets. Back to the Italian Government. The one that we need to watch for is the new finance minister. Were seeing the cabinet sworn in with the same Prime Minister, that is conte. Lets get straight to first word news. China and the u. S. Are holding the next round of trade talks in early october. Thats according to the commerce ministry. They confirmed ministerial level talks in the next week but did not specify when. The two sides are trying to end the trade war but there is still skepticism on both sides that any Real Progress can be made. Hong kongs chief executive carrie lam says withdrawing the extradition bill is only the first step to address the unrest in the city. She also says the decision will be made indep
Its 30 minutes until the end of the session. We are lower right now after being up and down. Volume is lower today because of the thanks giving holiday even though there isnt a holiday here in europe. Its a spill over a spillover effect and these are the currencies against the dollar with the dollar drifting lower after eight dovish fed meeting. After a dovish fed meeting. Silver, bonds, communities and cdss. Shortgs just felt fell of estimates. In the cognac business. The french spirit makers cognac sales have been improving in china after a fiveyear government crackdown on extravagant spending. The company has been expanding its ultra premium versions is prices run as high as 80,000 louissix liter bottle of roma xiii cognac. There is a 15 jump in annual profit by germanys largest steelmaker, forecasting higher earnings this fiscal year. Steel producers have been bouyed as china cuts plants to curb pollution and exports. Demand remains a strong and prices are rallying and the key stee