Quite a lot going on in the markets. Quite a lot going on in the u. S. President ial race, certainly in u. S. Politics with President Trump tweeting i think 25 times yesterday, not mentioning his wife or a lot of the white house staffers that have been infected with covid19 and saying that we should not be worried about it. Certainly, it will play out in the election. European stocks are struggling a bit for direction following yesterdays broad market advance. We are looking at dollar per much study. Other Asset Classes really little movement. Lets get straight to the bloomberg first word news. Heres leighann gerrans. The coronavirus can spread through the air to people who are more than six feet away from an infectious person. That is the latest guidance from the cdc. The agency says this message of transmission is uncommon method of transmission is uncommon and happens in places with poor ventilation. It raises new challenges for reopening businesses and schools. Coronavirus is sprea
This is bloomberg surveillance. I am Francine Lacqua. A lot of thoughts on the markets. A lot of thoughts is not only on earnings and dividends but what we heard in the first trial of from gilead. People saying lets watch out for that. We could get something more. This is what your markets are doing. There is a left overall. When you look at eurodollar and thinks we have been watching. Gold down today. Gold is less high than it was two days ago. Nymex at 18. Lets get to new york city with bloombergs first word news. Viviana we begin with chinas economy in the First Quarter. For the first time in decades it contracted as the outbreak shut down large parts of the country. Gdp shrinking, 6. 8 from a year ago. This is the worst performance since 1992. Plunging moreo than 60 over that period. Here is the United States President Donald Trump outlining plans to restart the u. S. Economy. Some state employers are being encouraged to abandon restrictions. The white house has been eager to help
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hello, and welcome to bbc news. we begin with some news which has been breaking out of somalia over the last couple of hours, where security forces say they ve ended a siege that had lasted over 30 hours at the hayat hotel in the capital, mogadishu, where islamist gunmen were reported to be holding hostages. there s been no independent verification, and no official statement from the somali government. our reporter emily brown has been following the story and joins me now. emily, what is the latest? we know this first began on friday evening, wendy al shabaab group were known to have detonated at least two bombs outside the hayat hotel in the capital. when the al shabaab. dozens were evacuated from the building, said to be popular with politicians and journalists. we know the siege is said to have lasted 30 hours, with government having held hostages inside. we have some footage in which you can hear the gunshots. frame. this was an intense battle for frame. this was an